this is like a real-life version of a Bachelor date...and i think i'm in love!

(I think this picture would also work for #1 below)

2 things i learned/realized this weekend:

1. a couple weeks ago i was watching this q&a thing on the village website and matt chandler was talking about the sabbath and what that looks like for different people. he went on to say that the sabbath isnt just a sunday but was asking what time in your day/week/month do you withdraw from eveyrthing that consumes you and spend time with the lord where you heart actually is stirred. at first, i had the thought of i have NOTHING like this. no place. no special hideaway. sooo...i kept thinking about it for a while and then this weekend i went up to the lakehouse. just me and my parents and a few of their friends. but there is something about getting away i never really realized until i lived in the city. which i know seems silly, but it is true. but being up there i realized this is my place, this is where my heart is so easily stirred for the Lord. Whether it is spending time up there with all of my best friends or with just people over 50 i feel like i wouldn't want to be any other place but there. so im grateful that the Lord helped me realize that this weekend. and that he loves me. and gives me the good ol' moss lake to just rest in Him and see how perfect his creation is.

2. we got to spend some time with one of our married couple friends on saturday night and it was SO FUN. that's really about it but it was just encouraging to see them and how much fun they have and how well they love each other and are PERFECT for each other. gives a girl a little hope, which is never a bad thing...

i know this is so simple but i feel like its always so encouraging to see that God is always teaching me new things, and i love when i have my eyes open wide enough to actually see them.

there is this song i love that says "You never stop chasing my soul...I want to waste my life on you Jesus" and I've probably listened to it over 20 times but recently this verse just keeps sticking out to me.

what would it look like if ALL i wasted my life on was Jesus? that's a question i need to continue to ask myself.

because all of that other "stuff" i waste my life on every. single. day. i cant take with me. all it will do is define who i am on this earth and is that what i really want? most of the time, i'm gonna go with no. not at all.

So grateful that he loves me but realizing i never need to be complacent. satisfied. ok with where i'm at. instead i need to always, always be running after HIM no matter how hard it is at times. no matter what distractions get in the way...there will never be a good enough excuse for sitting back and thinking "oh life is good" or "im happy with where i'm at"

"look to the Lord and His strength; seek his face always." 1 chron. 16:11

ohhhh, where do I even begin...

manic monday.

it's time to brush the dust off the blog...

today is one of those days where i just can't seem to focus. a little on the distracted side...it all started last night when i just couldn't fall asleep (which NEVER happens to me, luckily)

but i just found my mind racing about...

relationships mainly.

how blessed i am with so many great, genuine, awesome, loving (i could go on and on) friends.

the purpose of some people in my life. why they just pop in and out and what is God trying to teach me in that. i think that is something i go back and forth with the most...like i'm afraid to miss something. i really value the relationships in my life but when to step away from situations and when to go forward is a constant struggle.

that some people just suck at life. and they always will. but at the end of the day i don't have to answer for them, only for myself and the decisions that i choose to make day in and day out.

that God is good and His plan is good. even if i have to continue to constantly remind myself of that. but something i've definitely been humbled of in the past couple weeks is that if i'm not continually seeking Him and His plan as well - it's definitely way too easy to miss. which slightly terrifies me and something i definitely don't want to continue to happen.

DID I MENTION THAT THE MAVS ARE THE CHAMPIONS?!?!?! SOOOO awesome! Hopefully, I can blog about them soon. I mean they did make history after all : ) #mffl

WOW (words of wisdom)

I have this little calendar by my desk (along with my dry erase one) so that I can always have two months in sight. it helps when i'm talking dates with clients, etc.

Anywho, the July one says this:

"May you always have
walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain,
tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you,
those you love near you,
and all your heart may desire"
- Irish Proverb

Definitely hits home. and SO SO TRUE.

Sometimes it's just the simple things that are the most important/what I should spend my time thinking about instead of the dumb stressful stuff that I probably can't change anyway.