Top 10- Kate

Top 10 Reasons I will Miss Kate this Summer:

10. My room will most definitely be a wreck ALL THE TIME

9. I won't have an errand buddy

8. I won't have anyone in the room with me at night to laugh our butts off about really stupid things

7. I will have to supply my own toilet paper

6. I will probably get fat, because no one will be telling me how many calories I am consuming

5. There will be no one to Facebook chat with 2 feet away from me

4. I won't have anyone to pester when I am in a really onry mood 

3. No one will start singing a song about whatever I say, even if it is about cleaning my room or being "wishy-washy"

2. I won't have anyone to pester about politics

1. I won't have anyone to share clothes with. :(

Top 10- Friends

The top 10 things I love about having best girlfriends:

10. Always having people to call when I am on the long 9 hour trek home

9. Watching ridiculous TV shows and thinking that they are the coolest thing ever... aka, The Hills, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and The Bachelor

8. Going away from one another and coming back talking for hours about every boy we saw and thing we did while eating either snow cones, ice cream or something else really fattening. 

7. Going shopping with each other and telling each other, "YOU DON'T NEED THAT"

6. Having a support system to call when you need to vent or need advice

5. People to procrastinate studying with!

4. Making each other sweet gifts and letters before we all leave each other for the summer. 

3. Committing to pray for one another this summer and wearing matching bracelets as a reminder. 

2. Being able to love on them and do fun little things for one another.

1. Having girls who love Jesus and are seeking Him just like me and being able to center our relationships around Him! 

Onward on the top 10's

So, I have decided to make another top 10 list.... here goes. 

Top 10 things I want to do before I graduate college and get a job:

10. Watch the economy get better... sorry, I had to. :)

9. Date, maybe

8. Have a giant dance party at my house

7. Go to the beach with my friends for spring break

6. Study abroad

5. Decide at midnight that I want to go on a roadtrip with my girlies and see where we end up

4. Get my aggie ring... the shiny gold one with a diamond in the middle

3. Meet George H.W. Bush and ask him if he will let me take him out for lunch

2. Be able to know that the relationships I make here will be lifelong and that the women I meet here will stand in my wedding.

1. Learn as much as I can about my Savior and become so grounded in Him that when it is time to leave this holding ground called college, that His thoughts and directions for my life, will become mine, by His grace alone. 

OH MY OH MY OH MY

I cannot wait to come home to Oklahoma

My top 10 reasons I love an Oklahoma summer...

10. The fact that my family loves to eat outside on our back porch.

9. Chandler, every summer, attempts to teach me how to pitch in the backyard.

8. I love going to the pool and getting a good tan, then going home and getting ready to go out for dinner and a movie with my family.

7. I love watching Chan mow the grass and the smell of it being freshly cut.

6. I love getting to go to Pine Cove and watching lives get changed for Jesus.

5. I love going to graduation parties and graduations where everyone wears their pretty summer dresses and dreams of their future beyond high school.

4. I love that my mom puts Christmas lights on our back porch and a CD player so we can sit outside at night and read while listening to music. 

3. I love seeing my friends and having no cares.

2. I love the fresh outlook it gives you on going BACK to school. 

1. I love spending time with the people I love, and THIS SUMMER, I will not take it for granted. 

The Ulitmate

So, I have recently made an observation, that I would like opinions on:

I hear people say "they got married... and then lived happily every after."

Is marriage what we are suppose to be waiting for? (this is really a rhetorical question)

Does life and happiness start with being married?

I am just finding it hard to believe, that God would put that kind of limitation on a life. 

Just my opinion. Let me know what you think.

Beaten, Bruised and Finding God in it All.

I am so tired... I feel pretty beaten up, I mean can't you tell I am writing this at 3:45 in the morning. I am trying to find what it means to allow the Lord to "carry you" and to for Him to take over your life. I guess I am struggling with all the of "Christian lingo," what do these words mean? What does it look like to be "consumed" and how does that happen? I may just be writing this out of frustration and exhaustion, but geee whiz... I am wrestling. 

Jacob wrestled with God, and God did 2 things:

a. put him in his place

b. blessed him and allowed him more opportunities to glorify our Lord and Savior

So, put me in the ring... It's time to wrestle. 

B-O-L-D

"Paul's idea of service was to pour out his life to the last drop for others. And whether he received praise or blame made no difference." --Oswald Chambers

This blog is simply about what the Lord has put on my heart lately, being bold. 

We are not called to live lives of complacency, which is BEYOND easy in "Bible-belt America." We are COMMANDED to live lives that are full of truth, blatant truth... I mean think about it, when was the last time YOU shared the straight Gospel with someone? Can't remember, I sure couldn't. So, I'm changing that. I want to be like Jesus and Paul. Whether there is praise or blame, I care not(or am at least giving it an effort).

Matthew 28:20

"...just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, as a ransom for many."

One last thing that can sort of tie in, but is simply just on my heart to share is the fact that everyone know what Philippians 4:13 says, but no one knows the verse before it... it makes it all the more beautiful.

Philippians 4:12-13

"I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT IN ANY AND EVERY SITUATION, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or want. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Contentment has been a struggle for me and one that the Lord has dramatically grown me in. I love seeing the desires of my heart change... I CAN AND AM CONTENT IN THE LORD. 

goodnight... L