Some days, I think: What have I even done for God today?Then I think: That was an inaccurate thought. (Or, at least, it should be. Read on.) Essentially, as a Christian, ALL that we "do" should be for Christ. It's not like I need to get out the sign-up sheet and reserve a little block of time for doing Christ's work. Even though...
This weekend was one of those weekends where I had around 50 options as to what I could do. What was my choice?I stayed home. I needed a "weekend off." It was really nice... I came home Friday afternoon and spent the evening with my parents. We went to Chili's for supper and watched a movie together, and then I just "hung out...
1 Thessalonians 2:4- "On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts."I was searching this morning for the reference to the verse, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." If anyone knows it- let me know! Anyway, I came across...
I'll start on Friday.The first part of it was pretty low key- I got up in the morning and got some stuff done, went to work until 3, and went back to my apartment to get my stuff together to head back to Morton. My cousin, Kelly, was visiting, so I waited around to talk to her for a little bit. She brought...
I read Nahum this morning. I'll point out a few things that struck me."The Lord 's Anger Against Nineveh 2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath against his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the...
This is the continuation, or, PART II, of my previous post entitled "Tracy."She thinks that she looks like a sheperd boy.She also enjoys the word, "mother board."She believes that she resembles a turtle.She has a long neck.She is morphing into an animal...oh no!Her favorite food is "everything."Her secret dream is to run away and become a professional surfer, "even though I've only done...
So I was cleaning in my basement tonight and I was just finishing with the sweeping. I look over to make sure the carpet looks immaculate and what do I see? A ginormous spider sitting in the center of the room. You probably would have laughed if you had seen my reaction. I made a face and backed away, grabbing the sweeper and...
As usual, I should be curled up in my warm, soft, fluffy, purple sheets right now. But instead, I'm sitting here writing as if I have 0% to do tomorrow. Nothing could be further from the truth, yet I blog on.Anyway, I was very blessed to be able to go to college weekend. And I bet I am going to be among the...
The most amazing thing happened to me just now. It reminds me of God's awesome amazingness. I was sitting here, thinking of a realization I had tonight. Often times, I feel like I do things that look good because... they "look good." As a Christian, I want to appear a certain way to certain people, so I do the actions while my heart...
Here is the Christmas card for 2 Peas in a Palette. Feel honored that you are among the first group of individuals to see this! An early "Merry Christmas" to you all! Also- take this as a partial advertisement- if you know of anyone who needs a Christmas card designer- pass the word along! Thanks!Moving on to non-holiday items...I forget if I mentioned...
Wow! This weekend was busy.Friday night, I went to Jr. High girl's/boy's camp at Lake Bloomington. I was a counselor! It was my first camp being a counselor, and I loved it! I had a REALLY great cabin of girls. They were all so fun... I had Brooke Monfre's little sister, Kaitlyn, who I loved already, and a few girls from Morton that...
Well, Kristi beat me to my post idea. Check out her blog today for an in-depth description of what we did last night.After ISU Bible Study, we went and carved pumpkins at Ashley Keiffer and Natalie Stoller's place. It was so much fun! I wasn't quite sure I'd enjoy it very much because usually I don't do well with fine motor skills- I'm...
The girls in the ISU Young Group are doing a bible study this semester entitled, "Lies Women Believe." While it is directed towards women, I certainly think that the concept of the study could be applicable to anyone. The scary part about being deceived is that often times, to be deceived is to be "tricked." That means that we don't necessarily realize that...
Well, guys... I was sitting on my couch last night, trying to figure out what I could post about that was spiritually edifying (since my posts have been on the "fun" side lately)... and Kristi started IMing me. She had many questions about blog templates, adding color to fonts, and changing the look of the entire deal. She insisted that it was so...
Today I got a phone call.I picked up the telephone. "Hello?""Taryn," a very somber voice said. Silence."Yeah?" I asked, trying to add some excitement to my voice to counteract the voice on the other end."I have some bad news for you," the voice on the other end told me.My heart started racing. What happened? "Pretty Bird died today." I then recognized the voice...