One of those days.

Ok. So I say that it has been one of those days.

Well, lets try one of those weeks

that just happened to 

lead up to one of those days.

That day being, well, today.

(insert small sigh here)

I have been on a role the past week.

I had so many goals.

I had so many plans.

I had so many things I needed to get done.

Notice a recurring word here?

Well let me give you a hint-it has I in it. 

Oh wait! 

That is the word.

(insert another small sigh here)

Ok, so here is were I get real upfront and personal.

Honestly-it has been a rough day.

BUT I serve a God...that has a way of  

upholding His children with His righteous right hand!

The way my Savior encouraged me today was via other blogs.

It was amazing!

Every single blog I read seemed to have something that was

exactly what I needed to be reminded of.

One of the blogs that I was really blessed by was this one:

The latest devotional was by Elizabeth 

(click here to read her personal blog)

and I thought I would share a part that really leaped out at me:

 

"How frequently we lean on our own ideas and thoughts in place of God's ideas and thoughts! We must learn to acknowledge the Lord and allow him to take our life and make it his. Truly there is no greater joy than to yield our life to God and see his plan unfold before us. God wants to bless us and he longs to lead us, but we must first surrender to his beautiful purpose for our life. "

How true is that? 

That is what I realized I was doing today!

I was so focused inward on myself that I had 

forgotten to focus outward on my Savior!

So today.

It was a hard day.

I made some decisions in how I reacted to things that I regret.

BUT-tomorrow is a new day, 

a new beginning, 

a fresh start.

I am so thankful to my God for that!

 Amber (click here to go to her blog)

also really encouraged my heart in a very special

way today. I am so thankful for the people God uses in our lives on a

day to day basis!

 I found this quote that I had written in my Bible:

  

"Grace-when He who is stronger than me comes and takes the load off of me." 

 

There it is.

It sums it up perfectly.

 Grace-God's grace-is something that we do not deserve

YET-He pours it out upon us 

every single moment

of every single day.

What an awesome God we serve!

So yeah, today was one of those days

but-tomorrow doesn't have to be.

I am so thankful for that.

 

Oh and here is a little extra sneak into my life:

This is Jen and I along with some very dear friends at a piano recital 

of another really dear friend that

we had the priviledge to go to this past week.

It was so much fun to be able to see Christy 

(click here to go to her blog)  

play piano and then be able to spend time with her and her

family that evening. 

The thing that I love about this picture is that there are 

two sets of sisters.

However,the three of them with dark hair actually  look like sisters!

And i look like...the odd girl out!

 Not that I am bitter about that or anything!

The other picture would be one that I took yesterday:

This is me and my amazing friend Sarah.

I spent the afternoon at her house yesterday 

and we had decided to go for a walk 

in the mud woods. 

It was so much fun! 

Last night after church her and her brother

came over and we had a wonderful time 

attempting to  roasting hotdogs over a campfire

and going on a night walk.

It was a lot of fun and it was neat to make some new memories :)

Definitely a good start to our summer!

 

Speaking of summer-

I AM DONE WITH TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE!!!!!

Freedom is here!

Ok, well, that was random and a bit off topic

but now you are all caught up.

Blessings to you all!