School, Friends, Church, Family, Christmas

I have a million and one things going on in my mind right now. So here it is: my stress-free Tuesday post.

~The to-do list/countdown I posted last week: check! I've gotten most of it done. Besides finals (3) I only have a few more easy assignments to do. 

~Last night was my last night of Art. I am sad to see it go, because I love art, but I have never been so ready for a class to be over. I turned in all of my projects last night, including the mosaic that I spent at least 15 hours or more working on. Every time I close my eyes I see Jimmy Stewart holding his sweetheart in the air and a million little pieces of magazine clippings glued to the poster. I will have to put up a picture, it is pretty impressive. 

~I read a quote yesterday that said, "Being a Christian is not about being perfect, its about realizing how much we need Christ, who is perfect." I've been trying to work on the little things here lately, like holding my tongue, or rising above the situation, or being patient. What I have found is that these things are not something you achieve or become over night and stay that way for the rest of your life. Every situation that we face is an opportunity to let God work through us and make us more like him. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail. 

~We have a new Hispanic minister coming to our church. I hope really good things come from this. There are a lot of Hispanic people in our area that need Jesus, so it will be really cool if he gets in there and starts reaching out. The only problem is he doesn't know very much English, but Sunday he testified and I understood what he was saying. I guess three years of Spanish paid off.

~Lesson learned: you can't look at some things the way God looks at them and then other things the way the world looks at them. We have to look at everything through God's eyes. Even the girl code. 

~I spent a lot of time with Joseph's family this weekend. I met his dad's family at a Christmas thing, and then we went to his cousin Brenan's birthday party (he turned four) it was super sweet. However, I didn't get to see my family much this weekend, really just Rebekah and Christina. So that stinks. I am looking forward to having all of next week off with them. 

~The closer it gets to Christmas, the more I want to tell everyone what I got them. I hate suspense. It hasn't been as bad this year, I guess because it doesn't feel like Christmas yet, but I know its coming. 

~My Waffle House bad experiences were redeemed this weekend with a good one. I think I have never eaten there without getting sick, but I went this weekend with Tina, Beka, J, and Joseph and we had lots of fun and got to invite our waitress to church. And I didn't throw up. 

~Do not be weary in well doing, for in time you will reap a great reward. That's my motto this week.