Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. Mostly this is a record of my journey- through what exactly I do not know yet, so for now we will just say: Life- and all that comes with it.
My dear friend Katie and I hosted a sleepover for the teenage girls at
our church, and it was an absolute blast! We decided that for dinner we
would have a "create your own pizza" night. I of course decided to make
the crusts from scratch for the first time ever (and I personally think
they turned out awesome and easy). These are some phone documentation of the pizza fun:
I might have over estimated the amount of dough needed just a little bit, but it turned out just fine because I brought dinner to a friend who just got home from having a baby the next day. The girls got to choose whatever toppings they wanted and make their own pizza look just the way they wanted.
This was my pizza, and if you can figure out what staple pizza ingredient is missing you either have a very good eye, or you know me very well.
As a side not I recently started going through the Book of Psalms and I cannot begin to describe to you how they are speaking to my soul. So forewarning, expect many to come.
Psalm 13
"How Long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face form me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Look on me and answer, O Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me."
This Psalm describes how I feel right now quite perfectly. Who hasn't asked the Lord, "how long?" at some point in their life? I'm currently struggling with a place of uncertainty and direction. I don't know whether to go or stay, or what to do. But blaming God or being sorrowful is the easy way out - rejoicing in Him and trusting His way is better than yours, that is harder. That is how we should all strive to respond to hardship.
If you are God's child then trust Him, for He only has good planned for you.
I was recently reminded that I haven't posted the pictures from my trip to Victoria, Texas with my mother and grandmother yet. So I of course had to immediately remedy this. Below is the adorable bed and breakfast we stayed in - while charming and old from the outside, not quite as pleasant inside. Unfortunately the place seemed to be falling apart a bit, the owners seemed to be borderline hoarders (is there such a thing as borderline?), and it was a bit dirty. Despite all this however we did enjoy our stay with them.
There was a historical tour in the city, and quite a few old homes that were magnificent looking, however most of our sight seeing was done via car, so few pictures were taken.
We did see this beauty however.
And we even went inside to get a peek at the sanctuary.
While in the sanctuary I took advantage of the amazing acoustics and sang a little song - I put it together with a few dancing clips for kicks and giggles.
Then later that evening I caught a free Easton Corbin concert at the town square for their local "boot fest," which is essentially a mini rodeo minus the actual rodeo functions (sale booths and music only). For a small town festival it didn't seem too bad, though you have to remember I grew up in Austin, where a little music festival is 3 sold out days in the biggest park with 5 stages and a TON of bands, so I might be hard to impress on that front.
Just before taking off to our separate homes at the end of our relaxing weekend we took a few pictures together on the front steps of our B&B.
Of course this is my favorite one, where I am still smiling at the camera but mom and grandma have turned to each other to share a few choice words.
While on my drive home I stumbled across some remarkably beautiful countryside that I felt the need to photograph as well.
While photographing the barn I was kneeling next to a barbed wire fence and a thorny vine, so I also took some close ups of those.
Then shifting to my left I discovered I was kneeling right next to this beautifully frightening scene, so I snapped a couple quick ones and then quietly backed away. (Notice the one on the top right of the nest is staring right at me EEK) Still gives me the hebegeebees.
Just past all of that fun there was a magnanimous cotton field (even though I'm from Texas I had never seen one in person) so I naturally couldn't resist it's beauty either.
Scripture:
I saw this one in a frame on the wall at a friend's house, though I had read all of it before I had somehow never really noticed this one until now, which makes it seem like even more of God's doing since it's rather pertinent to my current life situations.
"In his heart a man plans his course,
but the Lord determines his steps."
Proverbs 16:9
You may plan out your life, but God will direct you where He wants you to go.
