Exciting things (first blog post in ages i know)

I’m skipping my apologies for being absent from the blogging world. Life is crazy and I miss writing but i think i probably needed the break.

I’m not going to talk about how i totally did not finish some of my goals for January. I’m just gonna release all that and move on. February is coming and a new month is a new start, heck every day is a new start and if you want it to be every moment of every day is an opportunity to blow away the negative and start again fresh. I like that outlook…. i like it a lot.

My life has been a whirl wind lately, in a crazy but super good way. So much is going on God is moving in HUGE ways, we launched our student ministry at lifepoint it was like a drug watching the excitement surrounding it build and a crazy good high** watching everything fall into place and seeing the students give it their all. SEVEN people began relationships with Jesus our first night…. that feeling is so addicting watching life change happen. My Reaggy roo was baptized on Sunday not even 6 years old and she already gets it, she gets Jesus in a way many of us still don’t. Not to mention my younger sister who i haven’t seen in almost eleven years WAS SAVED ON SUNDAY! I have been praying for her since 2005 when i experience that life change and she is getting baptized this coming Sunday in Florida, its so comforting to know even if I never do see her again (which i hope doesn’t happen) I will see her in heaven. She and I will be worshipping Jesus together some day no matter what!

School is a whirlwind of deadlines and assignments its kinda drowning me a little bit but i am treading water and getting it all done. I’m trying to figure out what my summer will look like and deciding what to do. I’ve been praying for clarity (and would love your prayers too if you’re the praying type)

Other random things:

• This weekend I was told by a bunch of people I look like Tina Fey… this made my day
• My ipod auto-corrects shelby to ‘shelbyisrad’ i like it.
• I’m in love with yoga
• I just realized this May means i’ve been a christian for 7 years… kinda blows my mind.
• I heart instagram
• I am waiting for some stationary to come in the mail and I cannot wait to write pretty letters on it!
• This blog post, this one,  this one, and this one are all awesome things i read this morning.

And heres a random collage of my life lately from instagram….

 

** i don’t actually know what its like to be high or addicted to a drug but the excitement and buzz i felt couldn’t be explained any other way.

Fallen

Ugh, So I’m not going to go on and on about it but i fell off my blogging streak as well as my bible-reading streak. I was doing so good for two weeks then bam school hit and it caught me off guard in a major way.

But this is me shaking it all of, dusting off the rubble from the crash of reality i felt and moving on.
Tomorrow morning I will get up, I will read my bible, get a good breakfast then start my new running plan.

I will then come back and do homework and find a few minutes to get out all my blogging thoughts and maybe produce a post and if I don’t i t will be okay . Blogging is important to me but my bible reading and school has to take priority.

I would love some encouragement in all of this because in my typical fashion I was being really hard on myself for not sticking to my plan. I need to get all that self-hate OUT.

I also would love your prayers (or good thoughts/well wishes) about an application I am filling out for an incredible opportunity.
Also we are launching our full-blown student ministry this week and I really need prayers to stay encouraged and filled. Its going to take a lot of work out of our team but I know it will be awesome.

 

Love to all of you beautiful people, and I will try to get another post or two out this week!

One of those weekends

Today was one of those weekends where i played a lot lot lot. I should’ve done a lot of work but i did pretty much none. I can’t decide how i feel about that because its gonna put a lot of stress on me this week… i’ll work through it though.
Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Illuminate Week 2

Documenting my word. Remembering and seeking all the light this year. Its anything that brought an enlightenment to me, gave me goose bumps, or just brought light into my world. I hopefully will be illuminating the world for others to.

Light and love this week:

Quotes:

“Making mistakes is an essential part of learning — loving and living! Let’s go!” -Beautiful words from my favorite stargardener

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.”

- Esther Hicks via Mastin Kipp @ The Daily Love

Pictures:

insights gathered
loving myself, working on wellness and fitness are really important. As is strengthening my relationship with Christ and these are my number one priorities!
Also it’s okay to be lonely and sometimes being alone is the bravest thing you can do
Love List Progress:

Started Yoga this week!! 6:45 AM and I LOVED IT! Also started biking to class AND my running shoes came in so i plan on running! or trying to haha

I’ve been blogging consistently and keeping on track with my Bible Reading plan

In the ‘be more crafty’ department I bough a knitting loom and some beautiful yarn and started my first hat!!!!

I’ve been dancing a lot.

And in the building myself up/self love I treated myself to some pretty things from Victoria Secret