Thankful for TODAY 7.26.10

1) Being able to get into the doctor and get the medications that I need! (I hope that tomorrow I can be thankful for the fact that the medications are working).

2) Sonic Diet Coke with white coconut

3) Amazing friends that I can spend the weekend with as together we grow closer to the Lord!

4) Mirage Paper Co. and their jumbo journals, so much of my life is written in the pages of these journals

5) Emily Waterston Heinis! Today my best friend whom I have known since the 1st grade turns 29. I can not even begin to express how thankful I am for her friendship! She is my family and I love her dearly! Happy Birthday Em!

Undivided Devotion

So I have been praying for somewhat of a "jump start" with my walk with the Lord, and tonight I got just that. I just got home from day one of "Desperate for Jesus", a two day women's retreat at a local church. I have been looking forward to this for some time now because Beth Moore, a woman who has spoken so much truth into my life through her books and Bible studies, was one of two main speakers. Before Beth Moore they had breakout sessions and I went to the one for single women. All I can say is that God was moving in that room and really spoke to my heart! I wanted to share a little about what was shared tonight!

Jada Edwards, a women I had never heard of, was the speaker for the session. Let me tell you this woman was made for this! The seminar was called Undivided Devotion and she began by saying that if we give God our undivided devotion, He will move within us! She said that there are three things we need to do to get to this point.

1) Decide that we are exactly where God wants us to be! She used the term intentional contentment, CHOOSING to be ok right in this place God has us- I loved that!

2) Detach from the things of this world! During this point she talked about how we should not let things of this world control us when we have a God who is bigger than everything on this earth. When we detach from the things of this world we are making ourselves available to God and for Him to be the "I Am" in our lives! She made it clear that we are not to shut down the desires of our heart but to let God mold those desires.

3) Devotion- as a single woman our devotion should be undivided and God has us in this season for a reason. As a single woman this is the only time when God will be the only devotion. What is keeping us from giving God our undivided devotion.

She asked a question towards the end of the session that was so sweet, because it is the current theme of this blog. She asked "are you too consumed about what the future holds that you are missing what God has for you RIGHT NOW?

I think God is trying to tell me something!

Thankful for TODAY 7.20.10

1) Being able to get a good nights rest and waking up feel refreshed!

2) Central Market Gellato!

3) Word with Friends

4) Finishing my last presentation EVER of grad school!

5) Being able to watch God move in mighty ways in the lives of those around me! Seeing prayers being answered

Thankful for TODAY 7.18.10

1) The times spent at the dog park with Daisy's bestie Wrigley!

2)The ability to nap rather than do the things I need to do!

3) Writing my brother, I love being able to share my life with him through written letters!

4)An amazing church that I love!

5) Friends that no matter how far we live from one another, they still know me and prusue me!

Thankful for TODAY 7.17.10

1) Letters from my brother! And really in general my relationship with my brother and God is using me in his life. I miss and love him so much!

2) Air conditioning! With tempatures reaching over 100 I am thankful for air conditioning at home, work and in my car!

3) Roots coffee shop

4) Beth Moore! She has spoken such truth to my heart so many times and continues to do so as I read this book!

5) Friends at the same stage of life as myself! A friend I can laugh with when a crazy guy recites poetry about jabberwokies to us. A friend I can relate to as we read above mentioned book together. A friend whom I can do crazy things with! Thanks for hanging out "Kate"!

Thankful for TODAY 7.15.10

1) Kati and Erin, who I have the privilage of meeting with weekly. How I truley treasure these times spent together!

2) Encouraging text messages!

3) So You Think You Can Dance

4) Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Gelatto

5) Study sessions with Sarah!

Thankful for TODAY 7.14.10

1) B12 shots! Of which I had my second weekly shot today.

2) A great family physican who is willing to explore my crazy medical issues with me!

3) An unexpected day off from both work and my internship!

4) A comfy bed and being able to take a nap!

5) Rachel Petit and the 53 sweet minutes I got to talk with her tonight! I miss you Rachey Pachey!

Thankful for TODAY 7.13.10

1) My job, although days like today are long and frustrating I do love my job and am very thankful for it!

2) That when I run out of gas there are people to come to my rescue!

3) Sarah and Theresa who encouraged me so much through e-mails today!

4) Having group members that I know will get their stuff done by next week when we present!

5) Chic-fil-a

The update

Ok so it has been super long since I've updated this and because of recent requests here I am. There has been SOOOO much that has changed since the last time I wrote on here so I will try to do a quick update and then tell about a new idea that I have had! So here is the update....

The biggest thing is that I am employed! God is so faithful and I am constantly in awe of this faithfulness! I started working for a mental health agency at the end of January. I work on a Mobile crisis outreach team and am always on the go. My team goes out to assess people who are in crisis to see what services are available to them. It has been great experience and I can honestly say that I love what I do. The hours can be long (especially now, which I'll get to in a minute), but I really do enjoy going to work. I love being to help clients get stabilized after being in a crisis. I love doing something in which I can use my gifts and talents and something that I believe that I am good at. I've been there for almost 6 months now and I truly love my job.

Second update is that in 156 days, 17 hours and 2 minutes I will be walking across that stage to pick up my MSW degree!! I don't know if you can tell but I am very ready for that day! I have enjoyed this school process and can not believe that the end is almost here! It seems like just yesterday I was a Panera with a great mentor who challenged me to go back to school, and now here I am. I am in my last class right now (literally I'm writing this in class...have I told you I'm ready to be done!). I am doing 500 hours at an internship and have to write my final paper in the fall. I am doing my intern hours at a inpatient psych hospital. I am currently working on the adult unit and will be in the adolescent unit in the fall. This is where the super busy schedule and long days come in. I work 12 hour days 6 days a week! That has been a great experience also. I am getting great training and my heart is being more formed into what I want to do when I'm done with school.

The next update is an addition to my life... Meet Daisy!

She is my sweet little dog I welcomed into my life in January and I love her so much! It has been super sweet to have a dog in my life again! She is so super sweet and I love her so much!

So that's basically the update, still single, still live alone, still in school (for another 156 days!), working now,loving my job, got a dog... There you go!

So now for my idea... I meet with two of my dear friends each week for accountability and this past week we spoke about living in the here and now rather than hoping for the future. We talked about our hope for the future was becoming an idol for us. We thought that one day to truly live in today would be to think of 5 things each day for things that we are thankful THAT DAY! So I am going to use my this blog as a record of that. I don't know if I'm going to be able to blog each day but I am hoping to share the five things I'm thankful with each of you as much as possible!