I have to say that in the past four weeks I have built relationships that I know are going to last the rest of my life...and NOT just with the Summershiner's. The camper's these past few weeks have been absolutely amazing. We had a couple of families last week who were the sweetest people we have ever met. This week we have Cody and Dawson who are some pretty cool kids, and I think Cody may just do summershine next summer. Honestly, I can't imagine God placing me anywhere other than here this summer. I am learning so much. I am growing in my walk with God and learning to be reliant ultimately on Him. I am learning how to really be a sister in Christ to my other brother's and sister's in Christ. I've been here four weeks and I have already decided to extend my contract to the middle of August. I have never been happier, or felt more of a sense of family than I do right now with these people. My birthday was this past Tuesday and the Summershiner's made me feel like a million bucks. At midnight Monday evening they sang happy birthday to me and Jeb and Liz gave me a birthday gift, then Tuesday evening when I got off work we celebrated with Sparkling white grape juice and my favorite cake, Strawberry with cream cheese icing. Yes, I celebrated turning 21 sober and it was the best birthday I have ever had.
I'm learning to be vulnerable....I'm learning to give up myself in order to Make God bigger. This place is amazing and I can not begin to describe the things that God is teaching me =)
June 19, 2009
June 05, 2009
Why--Oh WHY?
So into my second week of working with the KOA I am finally given permission by our Assistant A.D to get on the jumping pillow, as long as I'm careful. I was indeed very careful. Whenever Mary and all the other staffers were jumping, I sat down, and when they sat down I jumped. No problem there, right? Well I thought so too. I was fine all Tuesday night when we were done jumping....Wednesday morning I wake up to my knee being SO SORE! I wasn't understanding....and I'm used to it being sore so I went to work Wednesday....but most of the day I had to sit down. Wednesday night we're all laying in bed and all of a sudden we here (and I feel) "POP!!"---My knee. I thought it was out of place again...but I didn't get to work yesterday because it hurt so bad...and at around 1:00 yesterday afternoon Mary and Kristin took me to Urgent Care. O how much fun it is to go to an Urgent Care two weeks into living in a new state. Still thinking my knee's popped out of place....we go back and Mary holds my hand the whole time....he plays with my knee (which by the way hurt terribly and I squeezed Mary's hand as hard as I possibly could)--and then said that my knee was in place.
All of a sudden he starts naming off LCL, MCL, and I'm thinking "O NO PLEASE DON'T SAY ACL!"--He doesn't....PHEW! I basically have a sprained LCL and MCL....which isnt that bad even though it FEELS 10 times worse. I thought I could go to work this morning. I got ready and Mary drove me to the office, but our Boss said no : (--so I'm once again off work today which really stinks and is really frustrating considering I've become the clutz of the summershine family. By the way...being the clutz isn't always funny..... : (
So from all of this frustration has been setting in. I'm here to work and to bring God glory, but instead I'm stuck inside with my knee propped up. I thought I was over the knee problems in high school! Apparently not. So last night our staff had a prayer time just to prayer for our staff as well as for all the other summershine staffs....because we really haven't done that. We read scripture that God's been showing us, we prayed over it and asked God to really be in us while we're here, and that we would bring Him glory--not ourselves. This morning when Gary told me I couldn't work today I really wanted to cry. I was extremely frustrated....but about five minutes after being frustrated it's kind of like God put a sense of "it's okay" around me...and basically told me that I had my five minutes of pity, now I have to get over it...and remember that I will be able to work Sunday.
What's the point of this whole blog? Well one it's a prayer request....seriously. One for my knee to heal and for me to LET it heal....and Two for all of us to remember why we're here...to bring God glory. His glory is our reward.
Also though it's to simply say--when people pray together for a purpose, that purpose comes alive. God reveals why we're here...and allows us to vent...but then says "okay it's time to move on"--I'm in love with our Heavenly Father. I'm in LOVE with my job! Most of all....I'm glad I have God by my side.
Go out and bring Him the glory today! =)
All of a sudden he starts naming off LCL, MCL, and I'm thinking "O NO PLEASE DON'T SAY ACL!"--He doesn't....PHEW! I basically have a sprained LCL and MCL....which isnt that bad even though it FEELS 10 times worse. I thought I could go to work this morning. I got ready and Mary drove me to the office, but our Boss said no : (--so I'm once again off work today which really stinks and is really frustrating considering I've become the clutz of the summershine family. By the way...being the clutz isn't always funny..... : (
So from all of this frustration has been setting in. I'm here to work and to bring God glory, but instead I'm stuck inside with my knee propped up. I thought I was over the knee problems in high school! Apparently not. So last night our staff had a prayer time just to prayer for our staff as well as for all the other summershine staffs....because we really haven't done that. We read scripture that God's been showing us, we prayed over it and asked God to really be in us while we're here, and that we would bring Him glory--not ourselves. This morning when Gary told me I couldn't work today I really wanted to cry. I was extremely frustrated....but about five minutes after being frustrated it's kind of like God put a sense of "it's okay" around me...and basically told me that I had my five minutes of pity, now I have to get over it...and remember that I will be able to work Sunday.
What's the point of this whole blog? Well one it's a prayer request....seriously. One for my knee to heal and for me to LET it heal....and Two for all of us to remember why we're here...to bring God glory. His glory is our reward.
Also though it's to simply say--when people pray together for a purpose, that purpose comes alive. God reveals why we're here...and allows us to vent...but then says "okay it's time to move on"--I'm in love with our Heavenly Father. I'm in LOVE with my job! Most of all....I'm glad I have God by my side.
Go out and bring Him the glory today! =)
May 27, 2009
Wait...What's my name again?
So I have been here in Williamsburg for a little less than a week and I am absolutely in LOVE with my job! I love being with these girls and getting to know them. I love running into families and talking to them, and then later on they come up and want to talk with us about things. I LOVE seeing fourteen year old boys with manners who say "yes ma'am" even though I'm only a few years older than they are. This job is amazing. It's exhausting, yes, but it's well worth it.
God is definitely working in our staff. We are all so close already. We love each other and we're breaking down walls already in order to be there for one another. We already have inside jokes (hints the "what's my name again")--and we have a lot of fun joking around and hanging out when we can.
Yesterday was my day off and I spent a lot of my day reading. I was able to take a nap and then I spent a lot of time in 1 Corinthians. It was really great to be able to spend time with God, and not have to worry about going in to work. I work today 1-9 and then I'm off again tomorrow and I am pretty sure tomorrow I'm going to spend time off the camp site reading and spending time away. I can not begin to explain how much this job is already changing me. Please continue to pray for us. God is definitely our energy here when things start to get tough--but overall, we have an amazing job doing what we love...bringing God's people closer to Him. =)
God is definitely working in our staff. We are all so close already. We love each other and we're breaking down walls already in order to be there for one another. We already have inside jokes (hints the "what's my name again")--and we have a lot of fun joking around and hanging out when we can.
Yesterday was my day off and I spent a lot of my day reading. I was able to take a nap and then I spent a lot of time in 1 Corinthians. It was really great to be able to spend time with God, and not have to worry about going in to work. I work today 1-9 and then I'm off again tomorrow and I am pretty sure tomorrow I'm going to spend time off the camp site reading and spending time away. I can not begin to explain how much this job is already changing me. Please continue to pray for us. God is definitely our energy here when things start to get tough--but overall, we have an amazing job doing what we love...bringing God's people closer to Him. =)
May 24, 2009
1 day down...and already injured!
Heyo! I arrived in Williamsburg Friday evening and I must say I fell in love as soon as I got here. I love this camp ground. I love my co workers. I love love love how God is already working! Friday night we had a flashlight peanut hunt for the kids on the camp ground. It was SO MUCH FUN to see these kids joyfilled expressions as they hunted for PEANUTS. Haha. It's like "O Okay Peanuts" but no...these kids are like "MOM! LOOK! PEANUTS!"--it's awesome.
Saturday morning we awoke and did an activity again. We helped the kids make beaded neclaces and braceletts. We had such an amazing turn out and I realize how open I was already being with the parents and the kids about talking about God with them. It was so awesome. I worked yesterday 1:00-basically 11:00. I was supposed to get off at 9:00 but then Rudy and Myself helped Matt with bathrooms. There's nothing like cleaning up bath houses on a camp ground and everything's going smoothly, then all of a sudden a toilet decides to overflow and there's urine filled water all over the floor. YUM! Haha. Rudy and I had to clean up the snack shop by the pool yesterday which took quite a few hours because the shop hadn't been opened in a year. There was DUST everywhere!
Now...how did Brittany manage to get injured? I'm a clutz. That's how. Haha. I'm hoping yesterday is not a sign of what's to come for me. I left from eating dinner in our office and I apparently missed the bottom step leaving
the office and tripped. Let's just say I bled for about a mile as I went back to the pool to find the first aid kid. Of course I WOULD be the one to get hurt the first day on the job. It's okay though, I am def surviving and filled with the Joy God has given me. Today I work again at 1:00 at the snack shoppe and there will be activities going on around again. An Ice cream social at 1:00....games at 4:30...a movie at 8:30....all of which I will miss for work but I am here to shine the light of Christ and THAT is what counts. I can't express how, as tired as I already am, I am ENERGIZED by my heavenly father. Here's to the next two months!
Saturday morning we awoke and did an activity again. We helped the kids make beaded neclaces and braceletts. We had such an amazing turn out and I realize how open I was already being with the parents and the kids about talking about God with them. It was so awesome. I worked yesterday 1:00-basically 11:00. I was supposed to get off at 9:00 but then Rudy and Myself helped Matt with bathrooms. There's nothing like cleaning up bath houses on a camp ground and everything's going smoothly, then all of a sudden a toilet decides to overflow and there's urine filled water all over the floor. YUM! Haha. Rudy and I had to clean up the snack shop by the pool yesterday which took quite a few hours because the shop hadn't been opened in a year. There was DUST everywhere!
Now...how did Brittany manage to get injured? I'm a clutz. That's how. Haha. I'm hoping yesterday is not a sign of what's to come for me. I left from eating dinner in our office and I apparently missed the bottom step leaving
the office and tripped. Let's just say I bled for about a mile as I went back to the pool to find the first aid kid. Of course I WOULD be the one to get hurt the first day on the job. It's okay though, I am def surviving and filled with the Joy God has given me. Today I work again at 1:00 at the snack shoppe and there will be activities going on around again. An Ice cream social at 1:00....games at 4:30...a movie at 8:30....all of which I will miss for work but I am here to shine the light of Christ and THAT is what counts. I can't express how, as tired as I already am, I am ENERGIZED by my heavenly father. Here's to the next two months!
May 14, 2009
Oh Love me!-and right now-HOLD ME TIGHT!
So I realize I haven't actually "blogged" in a while. I've been busy...and I've lost interest in writing. The past few weeks have been really hectic. They have been very busy with finishing school and just trying to keep my sanity. I can't begin to explain everything that has been going on in my life, but I can only say God is faithful and He loves me despite my down falls. I've struggled with all my might and tried as hard as I could to ignore God, and yet He's stayed right by my side...and gently whispered in my ear until I finally heard Him.
Next Friday I am leaving for Williamsburg, VA and I will be there until July 31st working with an organization known as "Summershine". It was started in 1979 by Pastor Chris Thore and it has blossomed in the past 30 years. I will be employed by the Kamp Ground of America (KOA) and will be working as a "summershiner" in order to Shine Christ's love throughout the camp site. I will be working along side 8 other people in order to make Jesus known to the people who are staying on the campsite. I am so excited to see how God is going to use each of us. We have a great team of people who have somewhat already grown close in the past few weeks. We had orientation in April and I have talked to a lot of the other staffers in the past few weeks. The assistant Activities Director and myself have already grown extremely close...I know that God is going to use us all in magnificent ways this summer. My patience will most certainly be tested but with God by my side I will most certainly perservere.
Tonight the assistant Activities Director told me to read Psalm 119:83-104. I won't post all of it but I will say that the jest of it is talking about God's great love for us. Through trials and tribulations God's word stands firm. Through everything going on in our lives...God is always there. When we feel like we've been knocked down and we can not make it anymore, God gives us that extra boost of energy to keep going. When we are being tested...God loves us enough to help us pass. O what a MIGHTY God we serve!
Next Friday I am leaving for Williamsburg, VA and I will be there until July 31st working with an organization known as "Summershine". It was started in 1979 by Pastor Chris Thore and it has blossomed in the past 30 years. I will be employed by the Kamp Ground of America (KOA) and will be working as a "summershiner" in order to Shine Christ's love throughout the camp site. I will be working along side 8 other people in order to make Jesus known to the people who are staying on the campsite. I am so excited to see how God is going to use each of us. We have a great team of people who have somewhat already grown close in the past few weeks. We had orientation in April and I have talked to a lot of the other staffers in the past few weeks. The assistant Activities Director and myself have already grown extremely close...I know that God is going to use us all in magnificent ways this summer. My patience will most certainly be tested but with God by my side I will most certainly perservere.
Tonight the assistant Activities Director told me to read Psalm 119:83-104. I won't post all of it but I will say that the jest of it is talking about God's great love for us. Through trials and tribulations God's word stands firm. Through everything going on in our lives...God is always there. When we feel like we've been knocked down and we can not make it anymore, God gives us that extra boost of energy to keep going. When we are being tested...God loves us enough to help us pass. O what a MIGHTY God we serve!
April 01, 2009
Arizona in a nutshell
So I know this is a little late, but I finally have time to sit down and post about how amazing Arizona was.
For the third year in a row I was blessed by people who love God enough to help me in a journey to go to San Carlos, Arizona.
Every year I go to Arizona God teaches me something new. He knows where I am in life at the point in which I go, and He shows me what I need to see.
Before I even begin to talk about Arizona 2009, I want to post the chorus to "Satisfied" by Meredith Andrews, because it is absolutely how I felt when I was in Arizona.
Complete in your presence
Secure in your love
You made me who I am
Because of who you are
Wanting for nothing
Lost in your eyes
Contented just to be by your side
I’m satisfied, mesmerized
That’s how it is when I’m with you
Okay so a lot of you are probably asking, "how does that relate to your trip to Arizona?"
Well...because the entire time I was in Arizona God's presence was completely prevalent. Even though I knew we were in a place where the Devil is extremely prevalent and darkness is felt, I was secure in knowing my Father loves me, and I was mesmerized by God's complete beauty.
If you have never been to Arizona, you should make it a goal to go at least once. The land in Arizona is nothing like it is anywhere else, so it seems. The vast beauty of God's creation runs for miles and miles. As you drive down the road and along the sides of the mountains, all you can see is more mountain. More beauty! It's a comforting feeling, to stand on the edge of a mountain in Arizona and be so aware of the fact that God carved each and every canal, and every mountain with HIS hands!!
So what exactly did we do this time around? What did God teach me on this trip? Well...We arrived in Arizona Saturday, March 7th. Sunday we had service with Central Christian Church and then Diana (one of the staff of Arizona Reservation Ministries) took us on a prayer journey around the reservation. Last year she did this for us at the end of the week, and it tore me up. I wasn't able to stop crying last year because it made me so angry to see how the Apache nation is apart of the United States, yet it seems so hopeless. America isn't doing much for them, and that breaks my heart. I was really glad that Diana took us on the Journey before our work week actually began, because there were three people on the trip this time that had never been, and I think this prayer journey was something that could really help them get focused on what they were there for.
From the prayer Journey I still learned new things. One of the things that really touched my heart is that God is surely working on the reservation. Gangs are diminishing because people are actually starting to see hope. Even though the bloods and crips are still prevalent on the rez, there aren't as many of them as there was last year. Slowly but surely people on the rez are seeing the hope God has given them, and they want things to change.
Monday we went out and started our project. We started building a house for a family of 12. We didn't get to meet the family, but it was a blessing to start on a house for them. Monday we finished the entire foundation of the house, basically. The floor was finished, when we started from nothing. That afternoon we went on the bus and worked with the kids and played with them. That is always one of my favorite parts. I love kids and I love seeing them smile and feel loved. Later on Monday evening I was writing in my journal and I started to think about what we did that day. We started a house, and got the foundation set. God started to show me that that is how our lives are. If we had of gotten anything out of place on the floor that day, the foundation wouldn't have been standing as firmly as it was, but we would have been able to fix it. It's the same with our walk with God. We are to build our lives on the foundation of Christ. We are not perfect though, and sometimes things in our lives get out of place. We mess up. We walk about from God, and the foundation of our lives isn't God anymore and we start to crumble. That happens to me a lot, actually, where I think I have my life on the foundation of Christ, but I am far from it and I crumble. But then, we have the grace of God. So when our lives start to crumble all around us, God is there to help us pick up the pieces and put them back on His foundation. That's awesome, right?
Tuesday was our free day. We were able to go to the Salt River Canyon. I absolutely LOVE the salt river canyon. It's so beautiful. The river runs through the mountains and I am just reminded of how huge God is. The salt river canyon doesn't even come CLOSE to how huge God is. It doesn't come CLOSE to God's love for us! I love standing at the bottom of the canyon, and looking up, and realizing that I am standing in the middle of something God created. No man could make something that beautiful. I feel so small, yet so loved. It's like that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you realize someone loves you enough to do something awesome for you.
After we left the canyon we went back to the dorm, and a few of us walked down town Globe. That was a really awesome time. We then got some walls for the house, and then went on the bus to play with the kids again. It's fun to see kids that you recognize, as well as see new kids who are learning about God. It's fun to see how some of them are learning about God's love, and helping the others grow to grasp that concept.
Wednesday-Friday we finished a lot of the house. We got up the walls, and the siding, and the trusts for the roof. It was so awesome to see something go up before our eyes, and see the work we had accomplished. It was exciting to see that God was using us!
This doesn't come close to everything we felt and saw. There's so much more. God is an amazing God who is working on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. He's shining his light and penetrating the darkness that Satan is fighting to keep there. It was hard to leave. For the first time I cried when it was time to leave. The people who work with ARM are such sweet people. Their hearts are so pure and their love for God is so evident. They are our family. We have built relationships with them, and to see them only once a year is really hard sometimes...but we get updates from them throughout the year, and we continue to pray for them because they are fighting a battle every day. When they wake up each morning they have no idea what's going to happen that day...but they trust God.
Please pray for ARM. Pray for Dale and Diana (the head of ARM) to continue to fight against Satan's battle. Pray for their health as they battle with so many different issues. Pray for their family, Justin, Jenna, Jonathan, and Jackie, as well as their grand children.
Pray for Zane and Danielle Martens as they are serving God with the Bus ministry and construction, as they have decided to follow God and leave their home in Indiana to be a part of the ministry in Arizona.
Pray for Bill and Jean as they can no longer help with the ministry because of their health failing, but they are always a part of the ministry.
Pray for Charlie and Debby as God moves them from one part of Arizona to another to help with ARM and sign on full time with ARM. Please pray for Debby especially as God shows her the right time to quit her job and become a part of ARM...and for her and Charlie as they are apart from each other during the week while Charlie is in Globe cooking for work groups.
This is a ministry that is very close to my heart, and I am constantly thinking of them =)
For the third year in a row I was blessed by people who love God enough to help me in a journey to go to San Carlos, Arizona.
Every year I go to Arizona God teaches me something new. He knows where I am in life at the point in which I go, and He shows me what I need to see.
Before I even begin to talk about Arizona 2009, I want to post the chorus to "Satisfied" by Meredith Andrews, because it is absolutely how I felt when I was in Arizona.
Complete in your presence
Secure in your love
You made me who I am
Because of who you are
Wanting for nothing
Lost in your eyes
Contented just to be by your side
I’m satisfied, mesmerized
That’s how it is when I’m with you
Okay so a lot of you are probably asking, "how does that relate to your trip to Arizona?"
Well...because the entire time I was in Arizona God's presence was completely prevalent. Even though I knew we were in a place where the Devil is extremely prevalent and darkness is felt, I was secure in knowing my Father loves me, and I was mesmerized by God's complete beauty.
If you have never been to Arizona, you should make it a goal to go at least once. The land in Arizona is nothing like it is anywhere else, so it seems. The vast beauty of God's creation runs for miles and miles. As you drive down the road and along the sides of the mountains, all you can see is more mountain. More beauty! It's a comforting feeling, to stand on the edge of a mountain in Arizona and be so aware of the fact that God carved each and every canal, and every mountain with HIS hands!!
So what exactly did we do this time around? What did God teach me on this trip? Well...We arrived in Arizona Saturday, March 7th. Sunday we had service with Central Christian Church and then Diana (one of the staff of Arizona Reservation Ministries) took us on a prayer journey around the reservation. Last year she did this for us at the end of the week, and it tore me up. I wasn't able to stop crying last year because it made me so angry to see how the Apache nation is apart of the United States, yet it seems so hopeless. America isn't doing much for them, and that breaks my heart. I was really glad that Diana took us on the Journey before our work week actually began, because there were three people on the trip this time that had never been, and I think this prayer journey was something that could really help them get focused on what they were there for.
From the prayer Journey I still learned new things. One of the things that really touched my heart is that God is surely working on the reservation. Gangs are diminishing because people are actually starting to see hope. Even though the bloods and crips are still prevalent on the rez, there aren't as many of them as there was last year. Slowly but surely people on the rez are seeing the hope God has given them, and they want things to change.
Monday we went out and started our project. We started building a house for a family of 12. We didn't get to meet the family, but it was a blessing to start on a house for them. Monday we finished the entire foundation of the house, basically. The floor was finished, when we started from nothing. That afternoon we went on the bus and worked with the kids and played with them. That is always one of my favorite parts. I love kids and I love seeing them smile and feel loved. Later on Monday evening I was writing in my journal and I started to think about what we did that day. We started a house, and got the foundation set. God started to show me that that is how our lives are. If we had of gotten anything out of place on the floor that day, the foundation wouldn't have been standing as firmly as it was, but we would have been able to fix it. It's the same with our walk with God. We are to build our lives on the foundation of Christ. We are not perfect though, and sometimes things in our lives get out of place. We mess up. We walk about from God, and the foundation of our lives isn't God anymore and we start to crumble. That happens to me a lot, actually, where I think I have my life on the foundation of Christ, but I am far from it and I crumble. But then, we have the grace of God. So when our lives start to crumble all around us, God is there to help us pick up the pieces and put them back on His foundation. That's awesome, right?
Tuesday was our free day. We were able to go to the Salt River Canyon. I absolutely LOVE the salt river canyon. It's so beautiful. The river runs through the mountains and I am just reminded of how huge God is. The salt river canyon doesn't even come CLOSE to how huge God is. It doesn't come CLOSE to God's love for us! I love standing at the bottom of the canyon, and looking up, and realizing that I am standing in the middle of something God created. No man could make something that beautiful. I feel so small, yet so loved. It's like that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you realize someone loves you enough to do something awesome for you.
After we left the canyon we went back to the dorm, and a few of us walked down town Globe. That was a really awesome time. We then got some walls for the house, and then went on the bus to play with the kids again. It's fun to see kids that you recognize, as well as see new kids who are learning about God. It's fun to see how some of them are learning about God's love, and helping the others grow to grasp that concept.
Wednesday-Friday we finished a lot of the house. We got up the walls, and the siding, and the trusts for the roof. It was so awesome to see something go up before our eyes, and see the work we had accomplished. It was exciting to see that God was using us!
This doesn't come close to everything we felt and saw. There's so much more. God is an amazing God who is working on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. He's shining his light and penetrating the darkness that Satan is fighting to keep there. It was hard to leave. For the first time I cried when it was time to leave. The people who work with ARM are such sweet people. Their hearts are so pure and their love for God is so evident. They are our family. We have built relationships with them, and to see them only once a year is really hard sometimes...but we get updates from them throughout the year, and we continue to pray for them because they are fighting a battle every day. When they wake up each morning they have no idea what's going to happen that day...but they trust God.
Please pray for ARM. Pray for Dale and Diana (the head of ARM) to continue to fight against Satan's battle. Pray for their health as they battle with so many different issues. Pray for their family, Justin, Jenna, Jonathan, and Jackie, as well as their grand children.
Pray for Zane and Danielle Martens as they are serving God with the Bus ministry and construction, as they have decided to follow God and leave their home in Indiana to be a part of the ministry in Arizona.
Pray for Bill and Jean as they can no longer help with the ministry because of their health failing, but they are always a part of the ministry.
Pray for Charlie and Debby as God moves them from one part of Arizona to another to help with ARM and sign on full time with ARM. Please pray for Debby especially as God shows her the right time to quit her job and become a part of ARM...and for her and Charlie as they are apart from each other during the week while Charlie is in Globe cooking for work groups.
This is a ministry that is very close to my heart, and I am constantly thinking of them =)
February 16, 2009
Maybe this is Cliche'
This morning I was listening to my iPod while I waited for the bus, and this superchick song played. It's called "We Live" and it talks about how we never know when our life is coming to an end. The main theme of it is, what should we do if we never know when our time is up? Basically....Live, Love, Forgive, and never let anything get in the way. Living life to the fullest.
How many times I forget this. I forget that my life could be over in a heartbeat. I forget that I need to live my life like I do not have another day. If I aspire to leave this huge legacy for people, why am I not living my life in love? Lately I have had a hard time with this. I haven't WANTED to love people the way they deserve...and I definitely haven't forgiven like I need to. Thus I've let things get in my way. I've been angry with people. I've been hurt by people and I have refused to forgive them.
Why? Because I'm selfish. Because I've been living life simply for Brittany. That is all. I haven't cared about anyone else. I've wanted to make sure that I get what I want, when I want it, and if that doesn't happen I simply get pissed off. I get frustrated. I get angry....and upset.
If someone hurts me, well, screw them. If someone refuses to hear my side on something, screw them. That's been my whole attitude. And honestly it's probably going to take a lot to get me out of this attitude...but I'm going to do my best to be the person I have been made to be. God has called me to be so much more than I'm living up to. I'm not living up to my fullest potential. I'm simply getting by. That's not right. There's a lot of people in my life right now I need to forgive, and let my anger go. To realize life isn't as long as I think it is. I want to live life to the fullest...and it may take a lot for me to do that, but I don't really think it's an option here.
I've attached the song...read the lyrics...it's pretty awesome.
"We Live"~SuperChick
There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost her son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be the last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
(so she could say she loved him one last time)
And hold him tight
But with life we never know when we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
There's a man who waits for the tests to
See if the cancer had spread yet
And now he asks so why did I wait to live 'til it was time to die
If I could have the time back, how I'd live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well, this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day
Is a gift somehow, someway
And get our heads up out of this darkness
And spark this new mindset and start on with life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy's a reminder to take off the blinders and wake up
(to live the life)
We're supposed to take up
(moving forward)
With all our heads up
Cuz life is worth living
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
How many times I forget this. I forget that my life could be over in a heartbeat. I forget that I need to live my life like I do not have another day. If I aspire to leave this huge legacy for people, why am I not living my life in love? Lately I have had a hard time with this. I haven't WANTED to love people the way they deserve...and I definitely haven't forgiven like I need to. Thus I've let things get in my way. I've been angry with people. I've been hurt by people and I have refused to forgive them.
Why? Because I'm selfish. Because I've been living life simply for Brittany. That is all. I haven't cared about anyone else. I've wanted to make sure that I get what I want, when I want it, and if that doesn't happen I simply get pissed off. I get frustrated. I get angry....and upset.
If someone hurts me, well, screw them. If someone refuses to hear my side on something, screw them. That's been my whole attitude. And honestly it's probably going to take a lot to get me out of this attitude...but I'm going to do my best to be the person I have been made to be. God has called me to be so much more than I'm living up to. I'm not living up to my fullest potential. I'm simply getting by. That's not right. There's a lot of people in my life right now I need to forgive, and let my anger go. To realize life isn't as long as I think it is. I want to live life to the fullest...and it may take a lot for me to do that, but I don't really think it's an option here.
I've attached the song...read the lyrics...it's pretty awesome.
"We Live"~SuperChick
There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost her son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be the last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
(so she could say she loved him one last time)
And hold him tight
But with life we never know when we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
There's a man who waits for the tests to
See if the cancer had spread yet
And now he asks so why did I wait to live 'til it was time to die
If I could have the time back, how I'd live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well, this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day
Is a gift somehow, someway
And get our heads up out of this darkness
And spark this new mindset and start on with life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy's a reminder to take off the blinders and wake up
(to live the life)
We're supposed to take up
(moving forward)
With all our heads up
Cuz life is worth living
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
We live, we love, we forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love
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