Haiti

Two weeks today since Haiti was shaken to its core by a devastating earthquake...and the haze is far from settling for its people. Suffering from physical pain, hunger and complete uncertainty for a tomorrow. Aching from the lost of loved ones, their homes..stripped from everything they once knew. Many still holding on to their last nip of life. Clinging to their last piece of hope... This is their reality. The after math. Haiti, don't let go of that mustard seed portion of faith left in you. I know you're hurting. You're in my prayers.

Bulls-eye

Unintentionally I bumped into this little piece. A thought one of my friends wrote not too long ago which reinforces what I wrote on my last post.

"Great Shot! Just the wrong target." -Pastor Jeffrey Johnson
-- As I ponder that quote I wonder how many of us made a great shot when we picked a mate or a career, only to find out we hit the wrong target! You were aiming for Boaz but was misdirected and ended up settling with Bozo. So instead of going home with a gold medal, you have a constellation prize. Congratulations I think. :-) --The key to being a good sniper is having a good spotter... Be patient and wait for their instructions...

Couldn't have said any better. Ladies, you don't have to rush into something you're not ready just because you feel like you're running out of time or because you feel like you can't do any better. The more time you put into aiming your shot, the closer you'll get to bulls-eye.

Wait 5 mins

How to make people, friends to be more specific, realize how much they're worth? It irritates me to no end to see people I care about have such low standards. Mainly when it comes to men. You are beautiful, intelligent caring women... why settle for less than what you can offer? Why waste time with some loser when there's something better? I get it. People want to feel loved, need affection and tend to want attention. But let's be honest, if you knew that God had someone for us just in the next room, specifically for us, but wasn't going to show up til 5 minutes later...wouldn't you wait those 5 minutes and prepare yourself for him rather than vainly continue to bat your eyelashes at Mr. Nose-picker? God wants to give us only the best. However, sometimes that means waiting 5 more minutes. For His timing. The man for you and me will be worth the wait.. No need to lower the bar in the meantime.

Plans

"I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11

For the past couple of months I've been clinging to that verse for dear life. I graduated from Texas A&M in May, and like many college graduates I wasn't all that prepared to swim in the real world. I packed up my apartment and left The Station with a minimal idea of what to expect returning to what once was my home. While adjusting to the change, I sincerely began to lose myself. I have no idea how or why, but my mind started to get clouded with doubt and fear. Before I realized it, my confidence was depleted and I was found discouraged. However, thankfully I never hit empty because I know my faith does not lie on myself...but on something much bigger. My life is in God's hands, and I need not be afraid of failing. His plans fill me with hope..and a future.

Constant

Before I began writing about life at the present moment, I wanted to first share with you something I learned when I was a college student. Those college years are pivotal to growing up. At least for me they were. Although a lot of learning was taking place during lectures, plenty of other lessons were taking place in my heart. This period of my life taught me what truly gave meaning to life. That it didn't matter how many exams I aced, how many mistakes were on my papers, how many friends let me down, how many times I fell or how many times I pulled through, or how many days I felt lonely, how many times my heart was broken or ached for home... ONE thing. ONE thing stayed constant. I had ONE guarantee. Always. The rest was just gravy. And that ONE thing was and will forever be--GOD. When my world was stress-fully chaotic or would come crumbling down, He alone was still standing there in the midst, in the core of any situation, with His hand stretched out...and I was home again. What once was a mere epiphany has thus changed my life. God is bigger than ourselves. Bigger than any problem, heartache or letdown. He's our constant.