My Knight

I work in a library. I see a lot of books.

One book that particularly caught my attention was a children's book about knights. It was humorous and informative.

One page provided information on the knight's code of honor:
I don't know about you, but these are some of my qualifications in a man. And they are VERY Biblical.

Apparently, I've been all wrong about looking for love. I need to be in search of a knight-in-shining-armor. :-)

Prayer Journal

Last night I bought a prayer journal. (Well, my lovely date gave me a Books-A-Million gift cadr with which to buy it.)

So far, it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. (The date AND the prayer journal.)

For everyday, there is a page of questions. They include how the weather is, blessings of the day, specific prayer requests, special verses, etc. The back of that page has lines to write your own prayer.

I started it last night and fell asleep. This morning I awoke early (unheard of, I know) and decided to finish. Again, one of the best decisions of my life. It gave me time to reflect on my day, blessings, problems, tasks. I gathered all of my thoughts for God and prayed them reverently all at one time.

Usually my prayer life is to sporadically pray whenever I think of something during the day. This causes hurried, not-thought-out prayers. I need to get over that.

As a result, today was much more focused. I've been looking for things to write down. Things that blessed me. Things I want to pray for.

Also as a result, I believe, I realize more clearly when God answers my prayers. I learn to appreciate them more.

What a good decision. Amen!

Faces

2 of my recent favorite pictures:


They're happy together...I promise. :-pCandid? Yes.

Too Soon, Too Late, My Life is Great

This might be the busiest and most frustrating week of my life. I've barely had time to breath so far, and it's not even half-over. Not that I'm complaining, because so far, this is one of the BEST weeks of my life. Here's why:

1. I'm dating someone. (*pause for gasp*) Yes. I am. A perfectly sweet, Christian fellow whom I adore. Admittedly, I've spent a lot of time with him this week. A lot of time that I don't have, per se. But, you see, in 2 weeks he will be graduating from good ole FHU and moving to a state far far away, so we won't be able to hang out much longer. *sigh* Of course, that's how my life works.

So I don't know where this is going. And neither does he. And well, no one except God does. I have big hopes, but my realistic mindset is uncertain. We'll see what happens. But for now...I relish in this amazing blessing. :-)

2. TEA PARTY. This might be the reason for the busy-ness. And most of the stress. Ok, almost ALL of the stress. But it's because it's going to be awesome. Everyone is working SO HARD on it and I think everyone should come. I know that I am looking forward to it. Fo shizzle. The best part? I'll be making paper flowers AND wearing a dress.

3. Work. I forgot what it was like to have 2 jobs. In a word: hectic. But it enables me to raise my standard of living. Plus the fact that I LOVE both of my jobs. I mean, how awesome is that? Hardly anyone can say that they have 2 jobs that they love.

4. Youth group. I've been slowly getting more involved in Henderson's youth group. I'm starting to love those kids. I'm going on retreat with them in a couple weekends. I'm going to Atlanta with them this summer. I gave a girls devo on Monday, and attended the youth devo last night. I like teenagers. Is that weird? They make me laugh. They're good kids. I want to make a good influence on them.

5. Friends. On Monday night, I hung out with Elizabeth and Robert, my newly engaged friends. I'm going to be a bridesmaid and I'm just giddy about the whole thing. Even though summer is approaching and the college kids will be leaving, I've made a lot of friends who live in Henderson so this summer will not be lonely.

6. My house has ants and fleas and carpenter bees. This is frustrating beyond belief. But I will be moving within the next month or so, so that problem will vanish. Even the constant mass genocide of ants, and the unbearable itchies from flea bites won't bring me down. (But the inhalation of all of the pesticides might.)

In conclusion, I'm exhausted. I'm constantly sucking back caffeine and on the run to another activity with bleary eyes. But this just reminds me of how blessed my life is that I have so much to live for. I have so much to accomplish. Praise God!