January Twentieth...

Hi, everyone, no one, or how ever many of you lie in between. Today was actually not terrible, which was my original thought upon waking up to go to the four classes that I had from 8-2 today. But, it actually turns out that I think i'll like the majority of them. Here are a few things that I'm seriously thankful for today:

1. my journalism class...we spent the entire class talking about the nbc/comcast merger and i'm lame like that, so I was completely fascinated for the entire 75 minutes.

2. I got a surprise and got to run today instead of cross-train, which was great. Although I was advised to run slower and for only about thirty minutes, it was still great nonetheless. I'm not sure if I can pinpoint one exact thing that made me fall in love with running a few years ago, but today was one of those runs. The weather was perfect, and I was just thinking and clearing my head and just remembered how simple it really is...the sport free of competition and stress and times and meets...just running, the way God designed it.

3. Though this has to do with my run today, it deserved its own number. One of the reasons I love running is because it allows me to just be still and listen sometimes, and it's often in those moments that I hear something that the Lord been trying to tell me but just kept missing. Anyway, today I heard a simple truth, but one that I constantly forget and overlook...Don't worry..." But seek first my Kingdom and all things will be added to you" (Matt. 6:33). Worrying is something I've done a lot of lately, for various reasons and just different decisions that I'm trying to make and the Lord just completely gave this verse to me today. And how cool is is to know, that He promises that the only thing I need to do is to seek Him and everything else He will provide. Something so simple, yet so easy to miss.

4. After practice, I've been incredibly lazy. I took a nap, and got to spend some wonderful and much needed time just reading His Word and journaling (I'm a writer, so yes, I journal). It's one of those days when I wish I could just do this all day...

5. Found this on a friend's block and was so encouraged by it that I just have to share:

"When I can't sleep, it's either because I'm supposed to be praying over something or someone, or because I have too much on my mind. So on nights like this, when my mind and heart are full to the brim, I write. After I was finished scribing what is on my mind and my heart, I seek what God says about this. I have such a new fascination with Scripture. It was a stirring of the Holy Spirit after reading the well-known, "All Scripture is God-breathed" verse. Just think about that, let it sink in. Let is seep through all the pretensions about the apostles, disciples, and prophets scribing verses down on paper. All Scripture isGod-breathed. Everything we think we will ever need to know is in the Bible. Not the most widely spread and copied book in the world, but the Living Word. God's breath and heart in word form. A special gift for those who love Him and confess Him as Lord."

Prayer request for Me: to live by that matthew 6:33 and just truly trust in that promise that He will provide for us as we seek Him. Something I just need to remember daily and not worry about everything else. Also, my interview for SWAT is tomorrow, and I just pray that that would go according to God's will.

Prayer for someone else: little abby...I just discovered she broke her finger playing basketball, and has to have surgery monday. I just ask for a quick healing for her, and a spirit of praise throughout it all for her.

-In addition, there's also been a person who the Lord has just laid on my heart to be in prayer for lately. And for that person, I just ask that God would break them and allow that brokenness to bring them to a place where only He can restore them.

...I started a new book today, which I'm enjoying so far.

Hopefully I'll have enough free time to finish soon.