better!

Better today! :) At least I'm getting there. Now It's time to jump back into the swing of things... ugh. Sometimes life can be so busy it's annoying and no matter how hard you try to slow things down, everything else seems to keep piling up! Anyways, trying to mentally prepare myself to go back to school on Tuesday. I can't believe Easter is this weekend! Doesn't even feel like it at all! Which is sad.. I wish it did. I wish we had a Passover Feast! That would be so cool! Someday I want to go to Israel do the whole tour thing. THAT would be amazing.

sick today.

ugh. Sick today. And yesterday. And probably tomorrow. Noooo.... :( No fun at all! It's kinda worked out nice cause it's given me time to catch up on editing some photos, but my head feels like it's a 1,000 pounds and has swelled up to twice its normal size. Such a bad headache with a slight fever. Plus I have a cough so I have to keep taking that NASTYYYY, overpowering cough syrup every 4 hours. It makes me gag. It is SO disgusting!! I literally have to swallow it really fast and then chug some water and then quick grab something to eat to get rid of the residual cough syrup flavor. Oh, and I also have a nose/sinus issue too. haha. So I'm all congested. Right now I'm on Sudafed, Cough med, and Aleve... and some emergen-C. I don't think I'm allowed to take anything else. lol. Might be considered an overdose, who knows. anyways! Had to miss work and church today. :(

Interesting...

God is very capable of speaking to us everyday. Sometimes He does. But sometimes He chooses silence for a voice. Nevertheless, it doesn't change anything about the fact that He wants to constantly fill you with His Spirit every moment of every day.

Even when my world is crashing down all around me; even when everything is falling apart; when all my hopes and dreams are like ashes that scatter in the wind, help me to remember You are ALL that I need. Jesus, give me eyes to see You in my life every day that I'm alive. Even if I just see Your hand or Your foot, I just want to know that You are there.

Women's Retreat

So this weekend I went with my Mom to the Women's Retreat! It was my first time and it was fun... Chelsie and I were laughing practically the entire time... mainly at ourselves, but anyways that's a whole different story. haha. Love you, Chels! So the retreat was pretty awesome! Joana Weaver was the speaker and MAN!! She was so good! The Lord spoke to me alot through her!

But besides all of that, I wanted to show you something that happened while we were there! Last night Chelsie and I went into the hot springs and I didn't even think twice about jewelry. I have two silver rings... one being my promise ring... and well, I didn't take them off before going in.. and apparently, the sulfur in the water TOTALLY tarnished both of my rings! They looked like mood rings, I am not even kidding you!! So when I got home tonight I took out the silver polish and fixed them! Yay! Now they look new! :) Here are the before and after pics of one of the rings!

- Lar

Girls Discipleship Group

Three weeks ago (February 24th) was our first girls discipleship group meeting. We started going through the book of Esther the following week and it has been so awesome! The Lord's been showing me alot through it and it is so awesome! It's kinda like a bonus for my devotions too, cause since I'm asking God to show me what He wants me to tell these girls, I find myself digging deeper and looking up meanings to words and all. It's cool. I love it and I know that I'm already benefiting from it! haha. And I love to be able to share what God's pointed out to me to the girls as well.

Here is the flier I made for it! :)




Please keep us in your prayers! And pray that the Lord will continue to speak volumes to me of everything He desires these girls to know, and different perspectives He wants them to see Him from.

- Lar

L O V E .

How cool is this? So today in my devotions I was reading 1 Corinthians 13, aka the "love chapter". I love that chapter! But here is something the Lord pointed out to me today through it...

(1 Cor. 13:4-8)

Love suffers long. Jesus showed patience and longsuffering towards sinners.

Love is kind. Jesus healed the sick, made the blind men see, He reached out to all of the needy.

Love does not envy. Jesus was born into poverty after living in Heaven, yet He never once envied the comfort, positions, wealth, or possessions of the "Religious Leaders".

Love does not parade itself. Instead of waltzing around the cities and capitals Jesus chose to visit the towns and villages during His time of "popularity". Note: these towns/villages were so small they did not even have a wall surrounding them like other cities, etc.

Love is not puffed up. Jesus was always humble.

Love is not rude. Jesus had compassion for the lost and would stoop to whatever level necessary to reach them.

Love does not seek its own. Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve, that His life might be a ransom for many.

Love is not provoked. Jesus put up with the Pharisees' questioning and testing. When He was threatened, He did not throw threats back. When He was wronged, He took no action of vengeance.

Love thinks no evil. He was the only sinless Man.

Love rejoices in the truth. "For the joy that was set before Him, He endured..." Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Bringing the Truth to the lost and giving them Life was His joy.

Love bears all things. He bore the weight of our sins.

Love believes all things. He had faith in His Father's plan of redemption. He said, "Not My will, but Your will be done."

Love hopes all things. He died for ALL to have a chance.

Love endures all things. He endured the cross, despising the shame.

Love NEVER fails. He is our God. The God who saves, the God who redeems... the God who never fails.

- Lar

God is Amazing

I love how God chases us down and rescues us from drowning in our sorrows. I love how He answers our calls to act, how He intervenes on our behalf... simply because He can't stand there and do nothing. I absolutely love that character trait in Him. To think that He is constantly, actively pursuing us. And He will never grow tired or weary in doing so. There is a song by a band called Red and it describes this attribute of God so perfectly. Here are the lyrics... I hope they inspire you as they did me!

"Forever"

I try to run, I try to hide from a voice I couldn't satisfy / That was me, Always needing more / And letting go of all I had before / Cause it feels like the end / A wound that I can't mend / I just can't fight fight any longer / You waited 'til I sobered / You came when You knew that the game was over / I didn't even want to be found

But you chased me down and broke in just when / I was done believing / Spun me 'round so close now / I can feel you breathing / Sunlight burns inside and / I feel so alive and / Help me now, tell me how / How can this last forever, forever

I ignored the signs, opened every door / But I couldn't find what I searched for / I try to fight but I turn and run / Every move I make is the wrong one / You patiently wait for my next mistake / I know it won't be much longer / You waited 'til I sobered / You came when You knew that the game was over / I didn't even want to be found

But you chased me down and broke in just when / I was done believing / Spun me 'round so close now / I can feel you breathing / Sunlight burns inside and / I feel so alive and / Help me now, tell me how / How can this last forever

You gave me so much more / Than I could ever ask for / But I turned and followed / A road that left me hollow / And still you waited for me to come back home / You brought me home....

You chased me down and broke in just when / I was done believing / Spun me 'round so close now / I can feel you breathing / Sunlight burns inside and / I feel so alive and / Help me now, tell me how / How can this last forever, forever