lessons. snow. concerts. etc.

it's been too long. so sorry!


man, oh man.
here's a quote that has been extremely influential in my life (thus the blog title. :)) & something that's been heavy on my heart the past few days:

"wherever you are, be all there.

live to the hilt every situation

you believe to be the will of God."

                         - jim elliot

confession: lately this has not been true of my life.


i thought about this in terms of the bible... and james 4 came to mind. 

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, 

spend a year there, carry on business and make money."Why, you do noteven

 know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist thatappears 

for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, 

"If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

man, oh man.

the holy spirit hit me like a ton of bricks.

you know, maybe it's winter, the lack of sun. maybe it's the lack of relationships. 

maybe it's been weariness. maybe maybe maybe.

OR maybe i've been checking out. 

because ywam is in April.& i'm really really really really excited about it,  because i know that for right now, God has this door open for me.

but.

i shouldn't be so excited that i lose touch with life here.

people. friends. work. ministry. church. family.

man... i don't want to be that type of person.  i want to give it all i've got every step of the way.

i want to be steadfast. not lose heart. run until the end.

anyway. i'm learning. and god is changing me.

i'm stickin it out. if i have to wake up every day & commit to it, i will. life it too valuable.

god has given me this very moment. & it's a blessing.

ok, ok... now it's picture time, folks:

today it snowed! it only snows about 1 time a year, it's such a thrill that everything is usually cancelled for the day! plus, it's so pretty!

the other day, i finally took my mom out for her christmas present. :)

fun mom-daughter day. :)

& sunday, 3 of my best friends & i roadtripped to San Antonio 

to see one of our favorite bands. it was pretty awesome.

yep. :)

hope all of you lovely people are having a great week. 

blessings.

xo xo xo