today, is an important day.

Psalm 145

I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.

Every day I will praise you
and extol your name for ever and ever.

Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.

One generation commends your works to another;
they tell of your mighty acts.

They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

They tell of the power of your awesome works—
and I will proclaim your great deeds.

They celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.

The LORD is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.

All your works praise you, LORD;
your faithful people extol you.

They tell of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of your might,

so that all people may know of your mighty acts
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures through all generations.
The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises
and faithful in all he does.

The LORD upholds all who fall
and lifts up all who are bowed down.

The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.

You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

The LORD is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all he does.

The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.

The LORD watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD.
Let every creature praise his holy name
for ever and ever.

Update

Alright, well it is day 7 of the 10 days that I took off. I was so looking forward to them! But right now, I feel more like it is day 100. I think I have forgotten how to leisure.... sad. I know.

Day 1 (last friday) started with a day trip to the beach! I didn't think I could really go wrong with that. But low and behold- it did. The weather was gorgeous! Blue skies, warm, salty breezy air, sand, crashing waves and FLIES!! Might I add- BITING flies :/ They were too many to count and relentless! I was cursing to myself by the third hour of it and decided I would just have to leave. I literally had to sit at the waters edge the whole time so that I would only have maybe 4-5 biting flies to deal with (instead of 12-15, no joke) But I did brave the fly filled dunes at one point to get some nice pics... could have done better, but thirty freaking flies biting you can kind of put a damper on things. Gosh I'm getting worked up thinking about it hahah

Moving on.... the next few days were good. Nothing real spectacular though. Sucked that the weather here has been cold and rainy until yesterday. Did not help my restlessness.

The reason I took off in the first place was to spend some time away from life for a while, because I didn't know how I would be emotionally and mentally for working with a bunch of crazy kids during this certain week in the year. I've been surprisingly relatively fine though! So thankful for that. Yesterday and last night was not too wonderful, but this morning I woke up with the sun shining, the lake sparkling and the birds singing. Not too bad of a wake up call if I do say so myself.

I am definitely restless though. I'll get hype about doing something for a little bit of the day, but then an hour or so goes by, and I'm done with it. And then have to try to think of something else to do. I do so many of my hobbies and personal activities on the whim of inspiration, that its been a little tricky when I realized this week that I am NOT inspired every second of every day haha.

It's all good though. I'll be glad to get to a more normal schedule of life next week! (although my work schedule has been switched.. not too jazzed about that) But it means I'll be closer to the river and can spend some more time there between breaks in my day.

So there is somewhat of an update blog entry. Maybe with my time left off I can do some more meaningful ones.... if inspired of course ;) I have a whole list of subjects I want to write on.

May your day bring peace, joy and the knowledge that you are loved. For everyday consists of struggles, but every struggle has no power compared to The Power above and within us.
Shalom my friends.

mornin'

I woke up desperately wanting to be there this morning....


((btw, if I could have a super power, it'd totally be teleporting. no doubt about it))

fav mag.

So there is one thing in the mail that I anticipate like crazy every two months: Relevant Magazine. I freaking love it. It's such and honest, inspiring, informative medium to my faith. I find so much to relate to and learn from in every issue! (guess that's why its called "relevant"...) I HIGHLY recommend it to absolutely anyone. Its cheap, yet I think I would pay quite a substantial amount of money for it even if that were not the case.
**shout-out to John Wagler for for introducing me to it. lol.

Anyways, this morning I did not wake up exactly how I would prefer to on a Saturday. My head is killing me, I can't breathe, I'm coughing non-stop. It's really quite a pleasant picture... But the one thing making me smile and not go back to sleep to waste away my day is this new issue, along with the fact that I'm still in my pajamas with a cup of coffee. I think I'm actually feeling better from reading it. (is that sad? haha)

Seriously. Go to the site... search around some articles... order it!
-click this to go straight to the new issue. this to go to the website.

(p.s. This is not a paid advertisement) haha