Yesterday was not a good day. I was tired, overwhlemed, and cried on the way to taco bell. I'm not joking, it really happened ya'll, I just lost it!
Anyway, yesterday I was so desperate for God just to come down here and rescue me! I did my daily Bible study at lunch hoping something in my heart and attitude would change. It helped a little bit but it didn't really *fix* anything. I struggled all day asking God to help me change my attitude and give me joy but I just kept feeling like I was falling apart little by little. Well that evening, I was going through my little notebook of sermon notes that I keep on sundays from the worship service. I came across one line that changed my perspective immediately! Pastor Gregg a couple of months ago was teaching on God's peace. All day I had been trying to hold myself together, I had been trying to *do* all these things to make myself feel better, but this one sentence I read changed all that. The one little sentence was "Our lives are held together by grace." Oh how sweet that one little sentence was! I immediately felt a sense of freedom and relief! Ya'll Jesus is the one who holds us together. We don't have to perform, or *do* a daily spriritual checklist to ensure that we have it all in order, it is His GRACE alone that is the glue of our lives.
Jesus' love for us is kind and everlasting. It never changes and is always present. If you ever find yourself struggling to hold it together, let go and remember that your life is held together by the precious grace of Jesus. God does not require us to fulfill a certain criteria or perform before he is willing to help us. It is never about us or what we do, but it is all about Him and what he does in us and through us! All He wants is for us to surrender our hearts and our lives and be moldable to his truth and his purpose so *HE* can live it out in us.
We are the beloved and beautiful creation of God. Let his grace hold you together today.
Blessings!
Whitney
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Dear England...I love your tea tradition
Every morning I get up and make myself a cup of hot tea and sit down to do my daily Bible study. I have always been an avid tea drinker, anywhere from refreshing iced tea to comforting hot tea. The point is I LOVE TEA!
Anyway, last night I had a horrible headache so matt took me home and I left my car at his parents house. Since I didnt have to go into work until late this morning, his mom came and picked me up to drive me to go get my car. While I was there I enjoyed a nice cup of tea with his parents. They are such sweet people and always a joy to visit with. They are also from England and South Africa so they make their tea the right way! With milk and sugar first then they pour in the tea. No offense to anyone who makes it differently but putting the tea in last really does make a difference in the taste.
Well thats all I wanted to write about for now. Sorry for any typos, I'm writing very fast.
Blessings everyone!
Whitney
Anyway, last night I had a horrible headache so matt took me home and I left my car at his parents house. Since I didnt have to go into work until late this morning, his mom came and picked me up to drive me to go get my car. While I was there I enjoyed a nice cup of tea with his parents. They are such sweet people and always a joy to visit with. They are also from England and South Africa so they make their tea the right way! With milk and sugar first then they pour in the tea. No offense to anyone who makes it differently but putting the tea in last really does make a difference in the taste.
Well thats all I wanted to write about for now. Sorry for any typos, I'm writing very fast.
Blessings everyone!
Whitney
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Thank You Jesus
The title of this post is so appropriate for my day today. I cannot adequately express my love for the Lord and how in awe I am with him. Lately my relationship with God has been growing and maturing. I absolutely love what He is doing inside of me, and I feel like He is romancing me in a whole new way and drawing my heart closer to His. Lately I cannot even go a day without my time with him or talking to him constantly. I am addicted to his love and his grace.
I love the bible verse about God's grace being new every morning. I definately needed new grace today. I was so tired and could barely get out of bed. I don't know why but my body is just worn out lately. It is by his grace that I have been productive and joyful today. I am learning to rely on Jesus for EVERYTHING! Nothing is too small for him, even if it is asking for help to get out of bed on time.
I love how God is into every detail of our lives, and he is reminding me more and more of that each day. I can't even begin to explain how much strength you have when you become so dependent on the Lord. Its such a mystery how being so dependent on something makes you so much stronger. Only the Lord can produce that much strength and peace in us.
Well darling things, I must wrap this up. I have so much more work to catch up on here at the office.
Don't forget today how much God loves you and how much he wants to be in EVERY detail of your life!
Blessings
Whitney
I love the bible verse about God's grace being new every morning. I definately needed new grace today. I was so tired and could barely get out of bed. I don't know why but my body is just worn out lately. It is by his grace that I have been productive and joyful today. I am learning to rely on Jesus for EVERYTHING! Nothing is too small for him, even if it is asking for help to get out of bed on time.
I love how God is into every detail of our lives, and he is reminding me more and more of that each day. I can't even begin to explain how much strength you have when you become so dependent on the Lord. Its such a mystery how being so dependent on something makes you so much stronger. Only the Lord can produce that much strength and peace in us.
Well darling things, I must wrap this up. I have so much more work to catch up on here at the office.
Don't forget today how much God loves you and how much he wants to be in EVERY detail of your life!
Blessings
Whitney
Monday, August 17, 2009
How Could I have Forgotten
Hello darling things!
Ok so I have messed up. In my previous post I had forgotten what I did on friday! How could I have forgotten such a fun and and uplifting time with my darling friend Seresa! I was so upset by lapse of memory I decided to dedicate an entire post to seresa and our wonderful night!
Friday started off a regular work day. Seresa called me as I was leaving and asked if Matt and I wanted to double date with her and her husband and of course we said YES!!! They are such fun people and such a blessing to have in our lives. We went to the tasting room and enjoyed a very tasty chilled reisling and just had so much fun visiting and laughing until our face hurt! I love those two precious people!
Ser, I just want to know how sorry I am that I had forgotten all about our super fun night! I love you my dear sister and let it be known that my forgetfullness does not reflect how I felt about our fun time on friday! I am blaming it all on it being monday! I can't wait until we can do it again!
Blessings Ya'll
Whitney
Ok so I have messed up. In my previous post I had forgotten what I did on friday! How could I have forgotten such a fun and and uplifting time with my darling friend Seresa! I was so upset by lapse of memory I decided to dedicate an entire post to seresa and our wonderful night!
Friday started off a regular work day. Seresa called me as I was leaving and asked if Matt and I wanted to double date with her and her husband and of course we said YES!!! They are such fun people and such a blessing to have in our lives. We went to the tasting room and enjoyed a very tasty chilled reisling and just had so much fun visiting and laughing until our face hurt! I love those two precious people!
Ser, I just want to know how sorry I am that I had forgotten all about our super fun night! I love you my dear sister and let it be known that my forgetfullness does not reflect how I felt about our fun time on friday! I am blaming it all on it being monday! I can't wait until we can do it again!
Blessings Ya'll
Whitney
Ok so I think I'll really commit this time
Hello all!
I have no idea how many people read this thing. I can't imagine very many seeing as how I haven't updated my blog since last year! I confess, I have been a horrible blogger, but like I stated in the title...I think I'll really commit this time! So many people have blogs and I love reading them! I just have no idea how to put mine out there and let everyone know I have one. I guess I can always add it to my facebook status.
Anyhow, I'll start by updating what I did this weekend. On friday I don't really remember what we did. I am trying to think of it but it is not coming to me. Oh well moving on...saturday was FUN!!! Matt and I took his dad's boat out on lake conroe. Talk about having to work together as a team! My man did such a great job getting the boat loaded and unloaded basically by himself. I am sorry to say that as much as I tried to help and wanted to help I just wasn't very good at it. We cruised around the lake for a few hours and headed back to Houston. We then made our way to a dear friends bbq and pool party. It was a lot of fun but we ended up leaving around 10:30 because we were so tired and had to get up and go to church the next morning. On sunday we went to church and whereas we are missing pastor gregg, the guest speaker was terrific! Matt and I both really enjoyed hearing him speak the last couple of weeks. His name is Afshin Ziafat. His testimony is so inspiring. We then went to lunch with my darling friend Lauren! I hadn't seen her in over a week and it was just way to long. After lunch we helped out a fellow brother in Christ with some things and then decided to go see a movie. We saw the ugly truth and for anyone wanting to see it I do NOT recommend it! It was so vulgar I left the theatre feeling dirty. It had been a long time since we had seen a rated R movie and I don't plan on going to one like that again. My man spoiled me with some marble slab afterwards and if you like blackberries I highly recommend that you try theirs! We then decided to see another movie since it was still early. This time we did NOT go to a rated R. We went and saw Time Travelers Wife. It was rated PG-13 and whereas I liked it, it definately was not all that the media has hyped it up to be. It was a little strange and way to unrealistic for my tastes but it was a sweet movie and I did like it.
So now its monday and I am ready for a good week at work. Even though I came to work a little dissheveled this morning. I fully expect God to continue to be faithful! He is sooooo awesome ya'll and loves us more than we can comprehend! I am holding on to that truth today!
Blessing to Ya'll!
Whitney
I have no idea how many people read this thing. I can't imagine very many seeing as how I haven't updated my blog since last year! I confess, I have been a horrible blogger, but like I stated in the title...I think I'll really commit this time! So many people have blogs and I love reading them! I just have no idea how to put mine out there and let everyone know I have one. I guess I can always add it to my facebook status.
Anyhow, I'll start by updating what I did this weekend. On friday I don't really remember what we did. I am trying to think of it but it is not coming to me. Oh well moving on...saturday was FUN!!! Matt and I took his dad's boat out on lake conroe. Talk about having to work together as a team! My man did such a great job getting the boat loaded and unloaded basically by himself. I am sorry to say that as much as I tried to help and wanted to help I just wasn't very good at it. We cruised around the lake for a few hours and headed back to Houston. We then made our way to a dear friends bbq and pool party. It was a lot of fun but we ended up leaving around 10:30 because we were so tired and had to get up and go to church the next morning. On sunday we went to church and whereas we are missing pastor gregg, the guest speaker was terrific! Matt and I both really enjoyed hearing him speak the last couple of weeks. His name is Afshin Ziafat. His testimony is so inspiring. We then went to lunch with my darling friend Lauren! I hadn't seen her in over a week and it was just way to long. After lunch we helped out a fellow brother in Christ with some things and then decided to go see a movie. We saw the ugly truth and for anyone wanting to see it I do NOT recommend it! It was so vulgar I left the theatre feeling dirty. It had been a long time since we had seen a rated R movie and I don't plan on going to one like that again. My man spoiled me with some marble slab afterwards and if you like blackberries I highly recommend that you try theirs! We then decided to see another movie since it was still early. This time we did NOT go to a rated R. We went and saw Time Travelers Wife. It was rated PG-13 and whereas I liked it, it definately was not all that the media has hyped it up to be. It was a little strange and way to unrealistic for my tastes but it was a sweet movie and I did like it.
So now its monday and I am ready for a good week at work. Even though I came to work a little dissheveled this morning. I fully expect God to continue to be faithful! He is sooooo awesome ya'll and loves us more than we can comprehend! I am holding on to that truth today!
Blessing to Ya'll!
Whitney
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