Day 6 (more like day 2)

Highlights of the day:

I dropped a chair on my big toe. It really hurts (Not a good highlight)

Grabbed dinner with my grand parents. They are truly grand. (Good highlight)

AND I went to my first soccer game. Ever. So, here is my picture as both proof and my picture for January 6 :) Had a great time watching and chatting with one of my best friends, Erika Rein. So thankful for her.


A photographer, I am not. That, and my phone takes TERRIBLE pictures... I should start carrying my camera with me so they're not 100% lame.

Well, to make up for the poor quality of that photo I will attach something else. Shout out to my friend Daniel Pardo who is letting me borrow one of the most epic musical compilations my ears have had the privilege of listening to. I've literally been playing it ALL day. The mail man came up to my door and said, "Something sounds good!" Daniel may not get it back... Anywho, the following is a link to my favorite song off the album "Goat Rodeo" featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, and Stuart Duncan (Yeah, I had never heard of the last three people either). Actually, I can't decide between Attaboy and Quarter Chicken Dark, so you get both. Aren't you lucky.

So far 2012 is going pretty well. Hope it is for you too! God is good.

Oh, here's something I've been mulling over lately... Psalm 84:11 is one of my favorite verses because of the first half which says "the Lord is a sun and shield; the Lord gives Grace and Glory" I think you can see why. But the second part is what's been sticking with me lately... "No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly" ...it goes hand in hand with Romans 8:28. However, I think many people glance over the qualification... "those who walk uprightly" and "those who love God and are called according to His purpose" But as I've been talking this one through with my friend Laura, I'm realizing that sometimes those "good things" that God does not withhold from us are hard things. They don't feel like good things at the time because they hurt... but they're good because they are shaping us into who God has created us to be. They are sanctifying us, making us holy, making us more like Christ, and therefore it is indeed good. Man, just thinking about that amazes me. If you're striving to be like Christ and are facing something difficult, be encouraged. This is a good thing.