As you all know...or at least now you do...I have TRUTH on Tuesday nights!!! It is an off campus bible study at my church that I attend here in the great city of Huntsville, TX!!!!! :) All I can say is that this bible study has absolutely taught me more and blessed me more than I could have imagined!!! Every week I feel SO refreshed as I walk out of there. Every week, the Lord has something new to say to me. And, every week, I look forward to it...it gets me through the rest of my crazy week!!!
Last night was exceptional! I heard such a sweet new word from the Lord that totally changed my point of view on things. Afshin, our wonderful speaker, talked about HOPE!!! Now, yes, we all know what hope is, but, what do you hope in?!
While faith is the doorway, grace is where we stand, but hope is our fuel! It's what keep's us going!! If you haven't noticed, the opposite of hope is despair...which some of us so often feel. We feel like our life may not mean anything..just a heads up, that is NOT TRUE if you are in the Lord!!! He is our Hope!!
The main thing that really stuck out to me is what our hope rests on. There are 3 things we were taught, but the point that stood out above the rest was that our hope rests on what God is DOING in the PRESENT! This means no despair, no self-pity. This is me putting my hope on what God is doing, he is more interested in who I am BECOMING than anything else. My hope can't be what I want, what I am waiting for. This period of waiting is something I have to embrace, something God is using in my life. He is more interested in Growing us, but, growing takes time. God is not interested in what I get, as I have said this over and over, he is interested in who I am becoming!! I must wait in PRAYER!! Un-faithful and un-trusting waiting is an insult to the Lord, he deserves our trust more than anyone else does!! If we don't trust him we are telling him that what he did wasn't enough for us...what a lie!!! I have to decide today that HE will be my constant JOY!! I have to decide today to take my eyes off of 'stuff', but rather place my eyes on him...the author and perfecter of my faith!!
I guess this hit home because so often I wallow in self-pity! As we all know, all my wonderful best friends are either married or engaged!! Don't get me wrong....I COULD NOT be happier for them...this time is SO fun!!!!! But, so often, I wonder why? Why isn't it me? Why have I never had a boyfriend? Why am I always a bridesmaid, never a bride?! And yes, now you can see how selfish that is! I am so focused on that, I can't get anywhere else. So then, I start hoping in my future. Start 'looking' for guys! I hope in the fact that one day I will be married...when my hope should be the fact that God is working in my life right now. He is teaching me things at this time in my life, this season!! So, that is why I loved last night!! I learned that my hope should be in who I am BECOMING...and for that I am eternally grateful!!!
I hope you all learned something new last night!! Or maybe this morning!! The Lord longs to teach you something today, just listen for him!!!
HUGS to all of you!!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
RUSH...enjoy!!!!
We are some FUN girls!!! :)
DANCING!!!
The only 'deltas' left ;( Sad day!
Me and Jen!!! Black and White morning!!!!
My table at RUSH BRUNCH!!!
My favorite Chaplain!!! :)
Hannah, Jen and myself being crazy!!! 
Coffee and Chocolate night at KALDIS!!!! 
Me and my favorite Rush captain...and our matching shirts!!! :)
The group that won for the cutest letters!!!
Me and Jamie, the OLDEST member of phi lamb so far!!! :)
Me and Rachel at the first night of rush, MAFIA!!!! :)Join the Family...
As you can see, I haven't posted a new blog since last wednesday!! Can I just tell you it is becuase I absolutely DID NOT stop last week..yup!!! :) That's right...I just kept going and going and going, kind of like the energizer bunny!!!! :) So in a nutshell, I will tell you about my week:
Last week was RUSH for my sorority, Sigma Phi Lambda (Phi Lamb)! And, what a BLAST it was, yes exhausting, but a blast at the least! Consistently, we had about 6 new girls each night, so we were just too excited!! We will see tonight which one of those precious girls actually commits to this amazing organization!! The whole 'theme' of the week was "Join the Family", while incorporating the Godfather (which I have never seen!) So, our week consited of mafia, scary games, chocolate, brown and black and white!!! SO fun!! We always end our rush weeks with a formal setting of some sort. This past year we have had RUSH BRUNCH, which is about the FUNNEST thing ever!!! At this brunch we heard a message about what 'joining the family' is all about...we talked about Jesus and his family, his heritage and how they were all unique and had many differences...just like us!! It was a sweet time of fellowship and fun!! I love you girls!!
Then, my favorite newlyweds came down from their new home in Louisianna to visit family and friends in Houston, TX!! Yes, I am talking about the Isamingers!!!! Not only did they come down, but they brought down their new addition to the family, Moxie Jones!!! :) This is their new pup, and he is about the most precioust thing you have ever seen!!! I am such a proud auntie!!!! ;) While Grant got to golf, me and Jen just hung out and chatted...of course about the wedding!!! And, we got to see the wedding pictures, they are fabulous and everyone looked amazing!!! Good times were had!! I miss them so much, but it's times when they come down that it makes those time so much sweeter!!! So, I love you two!!! :)
Then, on sunday I went to First Baptist with my brother! What a great church!! I have been there PLENTY of times for Beth Moore, but never on a sunday!! Can I just say, AMAZING!!! Gregg Matte is such a godly leader in that church and is so blessed in the area of speaking! He talked about 'victory', and how we as christians need to celebrate victory, but not too early! So true, we get so caught up in that we have won, just when satan is at work and pulls us down! We can celebrate, but when we do, we need to be on our watch for evil more than ever! Satan despised victory through Jesus Christ! He also asked us all what the Lord could do in our lives in 52 days? You think, wow, that so long. But, if you think about just the next 52 seconds, it dosn't seem that bad. Then, 52 seconds turns into 52 min., than 52 hours, than 52 days, than weeks, than years, and as soon as you know it, you have been in love with Jesus for 52 years!! Amazing!! I know I look ahead and think to myself, ahhh, 52 weeks of faithfulness is so hard, but just start with seconds...and then move on! One step at a time!! All I can say is that I was blessed by his message on sunday, it was encouraging!! Than sunday night I got to see my precious Joanna!!! She had strep all weeked..blah...but I am glad I got to see her for at least the 2 hours that I did!!! Soon, she'll be married also and living in montano! Oh, how I am loving having her in houston for at least the next 6 months!!
That was my week and weekend in a nutshell!! Hope you enjoyed yours as much as I enjoyed mine!!! HUGS to all of you!!! :)
Last week was RUSH for my sorority, Sigma Phi Lambda (Phi Lamb)! And, what a BLAST it was, yes exhausting, but a blast at the least! Consistently, we had about 6 new girls each night, so we were just too excited!! We will see tonight which one of those precious girls actually commits to this amazing organization!! The whole 'theme' of the week was "Join the Family", while incorporating the Godfather (which I have never seen!) So, our week consited of mafia, scary games, chocolate, brown and black and white!!! SO fun!! We always end our rush weeks with a formal setting of some sort. This past year we have had RUSH BRUNCH, which is about the FUNNEST thing ever!!! At this brunch we heard a message about what 'joining the family' is all about...we talked about Jesus and his family, his heritage and how they were all unique and had many differences...just like us!! It was a sweet time of fellowship and fun!! I love you girls!!
Then, my favorite newlyweds came down from their new home in Louisianna to visit family and friends in Houston, TX!! Yes, I am talking about the Isamingers!!!! Not only did they come down, but they brought down their new addition to the family, Moxie Jones!!! :) This is their new pup, and he is about the most precioust thing you have ever seen!!! I am such a proud auntie!!!! ;) While Grant got to golf, me and Jen just hung out and chatted...of course about the wedding!!! And, we got to see the wedding pictures, they are fabulous and everyone looked amazing!!! Good times were had!! I miss them so much, but it's times when they come down that it makes those time so much sweeter!!! So, I love you two!!! :)
Then, on sunday I went to First Baptist with my brother! What a great church!! I have been there PLENTY of times for Beth Moore, but never on a sunday!! Can I just say, AMAZING!!! Gregg Matte is such a godly leader in that church and is so blessed in the area of speaking! He talked about 'victory', and how we as christians need to celebrate victory, but not too early! So true, we get so caught up in that we have won, just when satan is at work and pulls us down! We can celebrate, but when we do, we need to be on our watch for evil more than ever! Satan despised victory through Jesus Christ! He also asked us all what the Lord could do in our lives in 52 days? You think, wow, that so long. But, if you think about just the next 52 seconds, it dosn't seem that bad. Then, 52 seconds turns into 52 min., than 52 hours, than 52 days, than weeks, than years, and as soon as you know it, you have been in love with Jesus for 52 years!! Amazing!! I know I look ahead and think to myself, ahhh, 52 weeks of faithfulness is so hard, but just start with seconds...and then move on! One step at a time!! All I can say is that I was blessed by his message on sunday, it was encouraging!! Than sunday night I got to see my precious Joanna!!! She had strep all weeked..blah...but I am glad I got to see her for at least the 2 hours that I did!!! Soon, she'll be married also and living in montano! Oh, how I am loving having her in houston for at least the next 6 months!!
That was my week and weekend in a nutshell!! Hope you enjoyed yours as much as I enjoyed mine!!! HUGS to all of you!!! :)
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
HE is ALIVE and ACTIVE!!!
HI!!
Well, hello to the people who actually take the time to read this!! My roomate asked me today, "why are you doing this blog?", I didn't realy know what to tell her...accept that I am enjoying it!! :)
I thought I would drop a quick note and encourage you all to read Eph. 3:20! Why, you ask...becuase I absolutely LOVE this verse. It says that HE can do more than WE could ever imagine!!!! I love it because I always feel like my dreams and ambitions are so far out there, like I am dreaming TOO big...but then I read that verse and realize that my dreams and thoughts are not even close to what HE is dreaming for me!!! And, what I love is that if we let him, he will give us more than we can imagine...this makes my heart overjoyed!!! Just something I love to fall back on! Now granted...this dosn't mean we can sit back and enjoy our coffee...it means we've got to get moving...we need to be living for HIM!!!! When we let him 'take the wheel', we are handing over control...and in due time he will bless us in an unimaginable way!!! I love it!!!
If you know me, you know that my absolute favorite person, or person that teaches me the word in such a practical way is Beth Moore! Yea for her...the Lord has given her a gift that blesses me beyond belief. Anyway, she once said this:
"If we could only see beyond the veil of this natural world, look upon our true surroundings, see the Kingdom in the distance and behold the face of Jesus Christ, we'd realize the tragedy of ever settling into a stagnant, mediocre relationship with God." -Beth Moore
Is that not so true?! Why would we settle...I know I am ALWAYS settling. So sad. Just think about this...are you settling?!
On the other hand, RUSH is this week!! YEA...it's been fun so far..so we will see!! We have had about 6 girls come and they are all so fun!! We love them already!! I will post some pictures when RUSH is over!!! :)
I hope you all have had a wonderful week so far! Remember, only HE can do immeasurably MORE than you can imagine!!!! :)
Love to all,
Linds
Well, hello to the people who actually take the time to read this!! My roomate asked me today, "why are you doing this blog?", I didn't realy know what to tell her...accept that I am enjoying it!! :)
I thought I would drop a quick note and encourage you all to read Eph. 3:20! Why, you ask...becuase I absolutely LOVE this verse. It says that HE can do more than WE could ever imagine!!!! I love it because I always feel like my dreams and ambitions are so far out there, like I am dreaming TOO big...but then I read that verse and realize that my dreams and thoughts are not even close to what HE is dreaming for me!!! And, what I love is that if we let him, he will give us more than we can imagine...this makes my heart overjoyed!!! Just something I love to fall back on! Now granted...this dosn't mean we can sit back and enjoy our coffee...it means we've got to get moving...we need to be living for HIM!!!! When we let him 'take the wheel', we are handing over control...and in due time he will bless us in an unimaginable way!!! I love it!!!
If you know me, you know that my absolute favorite person, or person that teaches me the word in such a practical way is Beth Moore! Yea for her...the Lord has given her a gift that blesses me beyond belief. Anyway, she once said this:
"If we could only see beyond the veil of this natural world, look upon our true surroundings, see the Kingdom in the distance and behold the face of Jesus Christ, we'd realize the tragedy of ever settling into a stagnant, mediocre relationship with God." -Beth Moore
Is that not so true?! Why would we settle...I know I am ALWAYS settling. So sad. Just think about this...are you settling?!
On the other hand, RUSH is this week!! YEA...it's been fun so far..so we will see!! We have had about 6 girls come and they are all so fun!! We love them already!! I will post some pictures when RUSH is over!!! :)
I hope you all have had a wonderful week so far! Remember, only HE can do immeasurably MORE than you can imagine!!!! :)
Love to all,
Linds
Monday, January 22, 2007
I am finally learning this thing!! :)
Since I recently learned how to post pictures on this thing...I thought I would post one for you that makes my heart so happy!!! This is just for fun!!!! :)
Me catching the bouquet at my best friends wedding!!! YAY!!! LOVE this picture!!!!
The Onlooker...
So, it's monday night! Every monday night for the rest of the semester I will just be getting back from another phi lamb meeting!! :) Whats different about this year is that I will just be a girl who is in phi lamb!! I am not anything, don't have any jobs, and for that I am grateful!! Don't get me wrong, when I was chaplain I absolutely LOVED it and learned more about myself and grew more in my walk than I ever have...and for that I am eternally grateful! It's just that now, since I am one of the 'older' ones I guess you can say, I am enjoying sitting back and seeing where God is taking phi lamb!! And that brings me to my point...I realized tonight at the informational meeting that the Lord has HUGE plans for this amazing organaztion that has blessed me more than I could have asked for!!! Yes, we have had our ups and downs, and satan has for sure had a hold on us at points..but at this moment..phi lamb is growing in more ways than one. We are growing spiritually, which is the whole point of phi lamb, and we are growing in numbers, which we always praise the Lord for becuase we LOVE new girls!! HE alone places who HE wants there...and I am so glad!!!
Every single girl is so unique and amazing in their own way. All of us come from totally different backgrounds. We all struggle with our own things. But, the Lord loves each and every one of us more than we could EVER imagine!! He loves us SO much, and I am so learning that right now!! We are all beautiful creations that he has hand made!! I know all of us are girls and at some point struggle with our appearance...and lately I have learned that God did not create ANYTHING ugly!! Everything is beautiful!! Satan has created ugly and made us think at some point that thats what we are!! But, we are the exact opposite...I have to remind myself this daily..whether my hair and make-up are done and I feel pretty...or whether I am sitting around in pajamas with my hair up and no make-up on! At that point he still loves us the same..and still wants to romance us in any way he can!!! I guess my whole point to this is that I love phi lamb and I love all the girls in it. I love seeing girls get saved, I love seeing girls be honest with themselves, I love seeing girls grow spiritually, I love it all!! That is why this semester I am so grateful to be the one to sit back and watch the Lord move in all our lives...I can't wait!!! I am so glad I get to be apart of something that the Lord's hand is on and HE IS changing lives!!! :)
So, all my lambs, HUGS!! I love you all and hope you all know you are BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Saturday, January 20, 2007
I'm trying...
I know, I know!! It's been 2 days and I've only posted ONE blog!! I just feel as though I don't have much to say!! VERY unlike me!!! I guess the reason I haven't posted is becuase I have been babysitting since yesterday...needless to say...I am tired and have a headache!!! :) But, it's all good, I have one more day left with those precious little babes...and let me tell you, they are PRECIOUS!!!! :) Maybe I'll post pictures if I learn how to do that!! I am certainly enjoying this though, simply becuase I know come a few weekends down, and I will be a CRAZY person!! Yes, reading block with 2 other classes might make me go insane! Pray for me...seriously....so much craziness!!! And, I am happy...becuase a week from today I get to see THE ISAMINGERS!!! :) A.k.a my best friend and her husband!!!! SO excited!!! I miss them..I miss all my girls...they're all so grown up!!! I guess at this point I should say HEY to Lauri Lou...now lauri...you can say you made it to my blog, just as you asked!!! :) I LOVE YOU!!! Maybe you'll land it again if I get to see you anytime soon!!!! HINT, HINT!!! ;)
Okay, at this point I am rambling, y'all are never gonna read this again!!! I guess I'll leave you with this:
So, as I am babysitting, we are watching such an old school video of old bible songs. Can I just say it is sad that I remembered and sung to ALL of them!!!! One popped out to me though, and made me think, it said: "Oh be carefull little mind what you think...". Yeah, something I have got to work on! My mind is SO consumed with worldly things, things NOT above! What is your mind on today? Is it on the Lord and on things above? I hope it is, becuase I want mine to be!!! :)
HUGS to all of you!!! Until the next blog...
LKE
Okay, at this point I am rambling, y'all are never gonna read this again!!! I guess I'll leave you with this:
So, as I am babysitting, we are watching such an old school video of old bible songs. Can I just say it is sad that I remembered and sung to ALL of them!!!! One popped out to me though, and made me think, it said: "Oh be carefull little mind what you think...". Yeah, something I have got to work on! My mind is SO consumed with worldly things, things NOT above! What is your mind on today? Is it on the Lord and on things above? I hope it is, becuase I want mine to be!!! :)
HUGS to all of you!!! Until the next blog...
LKE
Thursday, January 18, 2007
We'll see if I keep this up....
Yes, I feel as though I get pulled into everything!!! As often as I read other peoples blogs, I figured I would try one out myself!!! :) I always said I would NEVER do this kind of thing, but then again I learned I should NEVER say NEVER!!! So, here I am...getting myself into something that will take up more of my time! Anyway, I guess all of you who live near and far can now be updated on my life without me using my cell phone minutes...not that your not important enough for me to use my minutes on..but we all get the point!!! ;) Guess thats all I've got for now!!! Tootles!!!
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