King David.

As I was reading the Bible this morning, I just opened it and randomly started reading. This is something I have gotten into the habit of doing; just letting God speak. I opened to 1 Kings 14 and as I was reading along I kept noticing it said things like, "... but not like my servant, David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes."
That stopped me.
Now, we all know that while David was a man after God's own heart, he still had his crapload of mistakes. What about Bathsheba? Didn't he kill her husband after he found out that she was pregnant... by him? Yeah, he did. But he immediately knew he had done wrong and asked God for forgiveness. But it wasn't all fine and dandy then, the son ended up dying from some sickness and David paid dearly for his mistake.
So, I guess I wonder how, after David does something like that, can that passage in 1 Kings say, "... doing only what was right in my eyes."
Now, I'm not a biblical scholar and I don't have a degree in stuff like this but I like to think that 1 Kings can say that because of something God gives us everyday called grace. Grace means that when we mess up, we can ask for forgiveness, and God totally forgets it.
TOTALLY.
And that's why the Bible can say things like that.

Life.

Lately, for me, life hasn't been easy.
Work is to the max, on Monday, for example, I worked for 14 hours. And when I get a day off, I don't have much to do. Right now for me life is... boring, unsatisfying, in more need of... God, maybe?
Yes, I think that's what it is.
BUT everytime I think that, I come to a stand still. My church has nothing for people my age. My youth pastor says I am more than welcome at youth and I go every once in awhile but everytime I go I feel old and out of place.
Mom and Dad suggest going to Life Church but I can't, I just can't. I can't stand the thought of getting my sermon from a screen from sombody who I've never even met. It just seems so impersonal to me. (Yes, I now there's a base pastor but still... wierd.)
There's also the idea of me starting up my own group for people my age, but then it comes to me being way too busy to be running a group.
And that's usually where it stops. I don't now where to go or how to move forward.
I start school in a few weeks and I know this is only going to add to my business but there's got to be something for me besides standing at this crossroad going "Now what?"

Work.

Today was one of those days where you start out feeling great. Nothing can get you down. I woke up around 8, had my coffee (lots!) and sat down on the computer. I had my normal relaxing morning I even got some time to read.
At 11:30 I started working and it was going great. But then it was busy and all people ordered were the same thing: Buck Doubles and Whopper Juniors, which you guessed it, were all on my board. And that's kinda how it went the rest of the day. No break, just a steady, busy flow, of whopper juniors and buck doubles.
After 6 hours of this it's really easy to get stressed, impatient, and unfriendly.
My lesson of the day? Remember how happy I am when I get a good burger.

Switchfoot - Your Love Is A Song Lyrics :)

I have been on a couple of roadtrips to Florida with my sisters and the whole time we have listened to music and audiobooks. Jami, my second oldest sister, loves this song and has made me quite attached to it. Hope you Like it :)

Beauty and the Beast

Okay, so here it is, my first attempt at a real blog.

I have to admit I just joined a group on Facebook called 'I'd marry the beast if I could have a library like that'.

A library like this:

Who would've thought you would be jealous of Belle when you could have Prince Charming, right? I don't think Prince Charming has such a library.

Okay, if you haven't noticed from my info about me section or reading the first few sentences of this blog, I LOVE BOOKS.

I don't have a favorite type of book really, if it looks interesting I read it.

I even have a bookshelf in my room, which I realized about a week ago might be a little different, I don't know many people who own enough books to have a shelf for them. And to make it worse all my books won't fit on that shelf so I also have a shelf in my closet. Geeky? Who cares. :)

The Rosetti Letter and The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips are some books that I have recently fallen in love with, unfortunately they are they only books she has written. They have just what I tend to like in a book: history, mystery, and just a tad bit of love.

And I have to admit that I've fallen into the trap of the Twilight Saga and yes, I'm in love with Edward Cullen.

But most of all, Jane Austen and her books have caught my heart. Especially since being to England and being in the places where the characters were supposed to have been and living in a manor much like they would have.

So, I love talking about books and.. reading them. Do you have any to recommend?

A blog... finally!

Well.... I haven't written in a long time.... like December. My apologies. Since then, I have been to India and had so many adventures and experiences. Now, I am back home, in the lovely USA.
I have to admit that my life has been pretty bleak since I have gotten back from my DTS. It's consisted of working 30 hours a week and a little bit of getting ready for school. I have decided to go ahead and get school over with, majoring in nursing and going on to become a nurse anethesist. My dream? To bring medical care to the ones who aren't as fortunate as we are in the western world.
So, that's me and what I've been keeping myself busy with the last 2 months. Although I didn't mention it, alot happens and a lot goes on in my mind, random stuff. This random stuff is what I hope to blog about in the future, a way of entertaining you... my readers. :)