Sunday Morning Musings

Yesterday was the very lovely youth sunday, which means the teenagers from church do the entire service. Hmm....I have a story for you.

Being youth sunday and all, I of course was required to attend both first and second service. Now I don't know about you, but me and 6:30 in the morning do not get along very well. So I was running a lot a bit short on sleep. The first service went well but ended early. Hmm..what could I possibly do with this 20 minute time slot I have between the service and sunday school? Hmm. Hmmm. Oh yes, I shall lay my little head down on one of the pews and rest my body. ...So I did. I stretched myself out on the front pew and rested

Apparently I fell asleep, because the next thing I knew I was awakened to a loud man's voice. "Alright, are we ready to get started? Does anyone have any prayer requests?"

Crrrraaaaaaappppp.

Adult sunday school class.

I soon realize that since I am laying in the front row, nobody even knows I am there.

Options:

1. awkwardly lay there for the next hour, enduring the adult sunday school class, being as silent as possible, trying not to be discovered
2. pop up, yell "SURPRISE!" and confidently walk out of the room
3. subtly slide upward in my seat, looking as natural as possible....and then pretend that I belong in that class and was just bending down to grab my pen that I had dropped--hold up the pen. "gotcha"
4. try to fall back to sleep. may as well get a nap in while I'm here. ....except what if I snore?
5. wait for prayer to begin, hope that everyone has their eyes closed, and make a run for it without looking back!

And the winner is....

OPTION #FIVE!

Yes, I waited for prayer and dashed out of that room without even a glance backwards.

Thus concludes my sunday morning musings.

The Thoughts In My Head

Man, I've had a lot of thoughts in my head lately. Good thoughts, it seems. Meaningful thoughts. And you will probably be seeing a strand of posts relating to these recent thoughts. This being the first. So here it goes...

Don't waste today waiting for tomorrow.
yeah...i've been doing that lately. I think many of us do it without even realizing it. See...my entire summer has kind of been this way, because I have had so many events planned that I've been so excited about. Here's what I mean by this though:

I'm going on a missions trip in a week and I'm super pumped for it. I just know it's going to be a radical time. But in the meantime...I'm kind of just spending my life waiting for the trip. ( this = fail. at. living.) Do you ever do that? Whether it's summer vacation, camp, a concert, a trip, or whatever else you might be looking forward to in life. Do you set your focus on one date and then just...wait. It almost seems normal to do that. But it is such a waste, I've noticed. You know why?

You could die tonight.

Yeah. You don't want to think about that one, huh? But it's reality. My friend, the reality is that you could die tonight. Or tomorrow. Or the next day. When you start to look at it that way, the trip you are going to take next week really slips out of the focus, and today becomes the focus. By no means am I saying that we should dwell on death or live in fear of dying tomorrow. I'm just saying...we should live TODAY. Because we don't have control over what happens tomorrow. If I spend two weeks being excited about my missions trip and waiting for it to come then I am wasting two weeks of my life. The trip will come when it comes. And it will be awesome when it does. But I think we should invest more in today. Live for the moment. Each morning when you wake up you are given another opportunity to live another day to its fullest. Don't dwell on yesterday. Don't dwell on tomorrow. Invest yourself in each day. Glorify God TODAY. Find your true joy today. Make a difference today. Love someone back today. Spend time in prayer today.

Living like this kind of makes life a lot more awesome. Each day I am given the choice to have a good day. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not here yet. Now is what matters. What are you going to do today?

mmm

I just want to say...that I am crazy in love with GOD!

...my cup overflows.

The Art In Me

I've been designing tshirts as of late. Just...for fun. I might try to sell them someday or something.
But for now I thought I might just let you gaze upon them. Maybe get some feedback. Do you like?

      I plan on putting some lettering on

    them as soon as I get the stuff to do it.

       Fun little God things like...."shine" and "hope"...

           .or perhaps short verses. We'll see what happens.

I can make you one if you like. :)

...and He will.

A Word From God: Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sights of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

Remove sorrow from your heart,
and put away pain from your flesh,
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

a ballpark smile

Yesterday at the ballpark
I discovered that my friend
Has red hair on his face

It's the craziest thing
I've ever seen

Random red hair
How amazing!

I bet God put it there
Just to make us smile.