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| So today... June 26th, i turned 26.
This was definately a day to remember. First Anna surprised me with this amazing Tea Party. Right in the heart of Old Town there's a place called Heritage park with cute victorian houses. And in one of those houses, the living room was filled with some of the closest people to me in san diego. It was like a cross section of different aspects of my life... some of my closest students... some of my closest staff friends... old college roommates from various seasons of college... current roommates... summer roommates... BFFSD... girls from my girls group from when i was in college...girls from my girls group this past year... so awesome.
then Jackie took me to a fancy pants dinner at Humphrey's By the Bay for some DELICIOUS HALIBUT. YUM. and at the end of this expensive fancy pants dinner, our server came up to us and said "Happy birthday! Well... you've already gotten a gift tonight" and i was like "huh?" and she said "that older couple sitting across from you earlier tonight well, they paid for your dinner."
I was stunned. I mean, who does that? Like this couple had no idea who we were... they took a picture for us, and then told the server to that he wanted to pay for our dinner?!?! that's so crazy!!! and so awesome! i feel SOOOO blessed! and SOOO loved! i mean, its SO random! but its so awesome that there are people out there that are SO generous! i was just telling anna earlier today that i need to learn how to receive. Praise God for awesome people filled with random acts of gerousity and love.
what a great day!
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| I have the most awesome friends ever! They surprised me for my birthday today and took me to the drive-in movies! (to watch cars, which was awesome!) and took me to the Gardens in LA and Venice beach. (we looked at the canals which are amazing, and it totally reminded me of Italy, ah italia...)
I realized that on this journey of life there are some people that are like family, and i am so grateful that God has blessed me with a large family of friends that span from SD to OC. this year has been CRAZY, but it has been really really good. and i enter my 25th year with a hopeful expectancy of what lies ahead. God has been so good and i'm excited for what more He has.
Praise God that we do not travel alone. Praise God that He has surrounded us with fellow travelors and campanions if we would just turn our heads and realize that they are there, right there with us. | | |
| Have you ever had a moment when you feel like you jumped into the pool head first, only to realize mid air that you don't know how to swim?
i pray i learn how to swim... and fast... cuz i'm about to drown and take everyone down with me.... HoLY CRAP. | | |
| Something i have been learning.... Jesus puts us through time of crisis...times when we think the trial is beyond what Jesus is capable of in order to expand our capacity of who Jesus is.
the storm for the disciples came in their area of expertise... it was on the sea of Galilee. These men were born and raised on this sea... and yet, multiple times in mark we see the storm that rocks the boat stike on that very sea for those disciples. the same is true in my life... the storm stikes where i think i ought to be most secure in... its very humbling... and super freeing to know that the times when i am weakest are the times when i give the Lord the most room to release His power.
praise God for the storms... and for His control over out of control places. | | |
| "You give me life, You give me breath
You give me this heart to love you with
and all I can do is worship You..." (Rita Springer)
Our lives are made up of a series of moments, and any one of those moments can change your life forever. But it is not in the moment itself that we are changed or affected, it is in our response to that moment. will we choose to be devastated beyond belief? will we lean back in fear of what lies ahead? or will we lean foward into all we have to sustain those moments...our faith. Our faith that God has to be good... that God has to know what He's doing... our faith that God has to be God... or else there is nothing.
This entry is for a dear friend of mine. You know who you are. Your faith in these moments has blown me away and left me captive to His divine love and grace. I love you and i'm praying for you. | | |
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