the power of worship

let me start first by saying that worship to me is so much more then just singing songs in the beginning of church. no worship is this intimate time of praising GOD for HIS many blessing that HE has given us. worship is about recognizing the GOD that we serve and what HE has done in your life. i am absolutely in love with worshiping the LORD, it is by far my favorite thing because it constantly reminds me of how insignificant i am and how much of a sinner that i am and still my GOD loves me. still my GOD cares about me and my life. we were singing a song today in chapel and the lyrics are;
"holy, holy, holy, is the LORD GOD almighty, who was and is and is to come. with all creation i sing, praise to the KING of KINGS. YOU are my everything, and i will adore YOU."
this song embodies what JESUS is and i can not help but sing my heart out to the LORD with everything that i have. there are so many amazing worship songs that i never want the worship sets to end. i constantly have worship music stuck in my head but i can not help it, i am in love with the GOD i serve.

trust

trust is a small word. anyone can say it but when it comes to actually trusting whole heartily and believing that the trust you put into it will not let you down in the end is the hardest thing for some people. i struggle with trust issues as well. in some way or another a situation will come up and you will have to make a decision to either trust that GOD has a plan, purpose and will for your life, or you can just run the other way. in provers 3:5 it says "trust in the LORD with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding." GOD is the almighty, the one that we should not be scared of trusting because what HE has started HE will complete. let GOD take over your life today, let HIM take care of you, let HIM guide you, let HIM lay out HIS plan for your life, and most importantly trust HIM with everything because that is the only way to be at peace.

disappointments and let downs. . .

has anyone every disappointed you or let down?? ever say they are going to do something and then does not follow through? i know that that has happened to me before and it has happened often. i will admit that i do not trust very easily and i am working out those issues but when people tell me they are going to do something and then do not get it done on time when i was counting on them or do not do what they said they would do at all; that lets me down. it does not help my progress with trusting someone whole heartily when even the simplest things like, i will be there for you at a certain time, does not even get done at that time. i do not know about anyone else but i know for me this is something that bothers me and really, really disappoints me when it happens. my hope is that disappointments and let downs will never come your way.

arguments

some people would say that confrontation is not their forte; they absolutely dislike arguing with people. and thats okay i know plenty of people like that and some are my good friends. other people just bottle arguments up inside of them and instead of talking them out with people they just keep it and let it well up inside of them until they finally cant take it anymore and they blow up on someone. other people prefer to talk the situation out and just deal with it right away and get it over with. i am a mixture of not liking confrontation and keep things inside and not wanting to talk about it right away and i know that and am working on it. i have come to realize that it is better to just talk through arguments rather then just keep it inside especially with people that are close to you. i know that its going to suck at the time and there might be some raising of voices and some tears but in the end it is worth all the heartache to just resolve the problem and be happy with the people close to you.

GOD is bigger

the weather this week has been so crazy and stormy but it just reminds me about how big my God is. He can make things so pretty and sunny where everyone is happy and loves the whether and then He can make it like this and be totally cloudy, rainy, and stormy all day. i woke up this morning to the roaring of the wind and rain against my window and when i peeked my head out of the blinds i could see all the trees just swaying back and forth and the rain just pouring down from the sky and i could not help but just think about how big my God is and the power He holds and the things that He can do with just a blink of His eye. our God is so real and He holds the universe in the palm of His hands. God says there is enough evidence in creation that no one may have excuse and by the weather has been lately i pray that people will chose to follow the God that controls the world.

its because im italian

for those of you that do not know me i am a very loud, outgoing, energetic, bubbly, talk with my hands kind of girl. when my family gets together everyone has to talk over each other and everyone gets louder and louder as the night goes on. now coming from this kind of a family, it has become only natural for me that i do not think twice about it any more.
my boyfriend always makes fun of me because i do not know how to not talk with my hands. everything i say has to have some kind of hand gesture to it but im okay with that and i have accepted that fact. i have also come up with a simple answer to why i always talk loud and with my hands and that is, "its because im italian."

what do flowers mean

receiving different kinds of flowers can have very different meanings. for example yellow roses say im sorry for your sick grandmother in the hospital. my favorite flowers are gerber daisies and anyone that is close to me knows that i am a sucker for them and if you really want to get to me you bring me pink, yellow, or orange ones. yes some might say that gerber daisies are not romantic and do not say "i love you" but that is what red roses say. a red rose is the flower that is coveted by women that are supposedly in love or it is valentin's day. there are many different kinds of flowers and they all say many different things. a good friend of mine once said this about love and flowers she said, "flowers say im sorry, chocolate says i love you."

good friends

a good friend: "a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard." some might say that they make friends easily, others might not be very good at making friends at all. either way when you know that you have friends that you know will always have your back no matter what you do is unbelievable.
i have always been that little girl that has made friends with everyone but in this past year i have made four extremely great girl friends that i know will always be there for me no matter what. friends are very important to me in my life and i could not imagine college without them this year. they have made my sophomore year amazing, especially this volleyball season. we have laughed so hard and have had so many inside jokes that i could not begin to explain. :) i love you guys!

i cant stop smiling

for the past couple months i have not been able to wipe the star struck, little girl, giddy smile off my face. my mind is constantly in the clouds and every time my phone vibrates i get all excited. my smile just continues to grow with every passing day and if someone were to ask me to stop smiling, even for a second, i would not be able to. just for the simple fact that i can not stop smiling.

growing up

why is it that when we are young we want to be older but when we do get older we wish we were young again?? well i do not really know the answer to that question but i do remember when i was younger i wanted to be older because i thought that all older kids got to be anything they wanted and that they just had so much fun. now that i am nineteen i have come to realize that by being older comes more responsibilities. everything i do now falls on my shoulders and i am held to higher standards then what i used to. but no matter what, young or old, "life is not measured by the number of breathes you take, but the moments that take your breathe away." anonymous

moms

moms are the best people in the world. they are always there for you no matter what, they know what is best for you, they always know where everything is when you need it, and they are always there for you to call in the middle of the night, for a shoulder to cry on and long hugs when you have been away even if for just a couple days. my mom and i are very close even though i do not live at home anymore and we talk almost everyday. i do not know what i would do without my mother. she means everything to me and i owe her the world for what she has done for me. we have this saying that we tell each other all the time, i love you for ever, ill like you for always, as long as im living my baby youll be. i love you mom.