"What are you the happiness guru Jack?"
"It looks like he's kinda a leanin'."
"It's not good for the baby!"
"Go to your room!"
"These mashed potatoes are so creamy!"

Has to be one of my all time favorite movies :)

To my Mom,
On this special day know how much your loved, Happy Birthday!

"You good days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace and your bad days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace." ~ Jerry Bridges

Hoping that the Lord with "light the fire in my heart again."

"Do you seldom look at the cross?" -The Bookends of the Christian Life by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington

So I haven't posted in a while and I don't have a whole lot to say though I am excited about getting recipes from people. I always thought it was cute and funny when young girls would ask for recipes and I never really much cared until I realized how delicious some of them were and the fact that if I were even to attempt to replicate them, it would help to have some directions! School has gone back to normal after the test days last week but dance evaluations are coming up the following week and then fall break! Woohoo! Sure am thankful for a restful weekend and wonder what's in store for this week...

"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."-Hebrews 4:16

Perspective

Hearing and watching two things on the news today, boy was I put in my place, remembering that it's all about perspective. People have lost lives and homes with all this flooding in the East. Here in MS it was crazy yesterday and though my friend I were drenched by the time we got to work and had quite the humorous story to tell, it is a far cry from some of those in Georgia. I also watched rare footage of a school bus and car accident. It was heart wrenching and lives were taken in seconds. Perspective. Are we looking in the right direction or are we stuck with rose colored glasses?

Life as I Know it

Exhibit A: our showers do not drain once again. After taking two showers like this I decided to try second floor. Much to my delight I got a tip from a source who will remain anonymous that a certain shower drains and has an amazing shower head. She was correct and I was super thankful, even if it was a cool shower.
Exhibit B: our refrigerator somehow turned into a freezer. After watching numerous gatorades, mountain dews, a pepsi and chip dip freeze I determined that 5 weeks into the school year I should probably attempt to resolve this problem. So I did some sleuthing only to realize the setting was at 7, the highest possible setting. I quickly turned it down to notch 4 so we shall see if this helps any.
Exhibit C: Scraping arms, hands, knees, appendages on dance floors results in floor burns. Quite painful I might add. I have one on my hand of all places. It blistered. I think I did the step wrong. I should work on that.
Exhibit D: Mountain Dew keeps me up at night. I had three tests today and was able to make it, wide awake, studying until 1:00 a.m. That's pretty good for me. I think I could've even gone longer. I don't like coffee so in this case, Mountain Dew had become my best friend, well sort of. You know what I mean.


The End. Thank you for listening to my college life as I know it as of September 23, 2009.

In other news...I missed a Caldwell fire drill for once. I kind of like Jason Mraz's "Live High" song, a lot. Except, you really have to think about the lyrics because I don't know agree with all of them but i like the sound of the song. Looking at old yearbooks with your boss who was actually in the yearbook is really fun. I think we should revive the dorm prank wars.

The End. Thank you for listening to my college life as I know it as of September 23, 2009.

Some amazing thoughts....
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."-Galations 3:17
We are free! The question then is so simple. Do you live like that? From RUF even, Albert challenged us with all the knowledge of how man is created (how God keeps saying, "I formed you, I made you, I created you"), do you really live like that? The precious creation spoken of in Psalm 139, that's you! You know it but do you believe it enough to merely "trust and rest in God's righteousness." As Pastor Wheat said, "Don't get caught measuring your righteousness but trust and rest in God's righteousness." So simple. So life changing. So what will you do?

Through You the blind will see
Through You the mute will sing
Through You the dead will rise
Through You our hearts will praise
Through You the darkness flees
Through You my heart screams I am free
I am free

I am free to run
(I am free to run)
I am free to dance
(I am free to dance)
I am free to live for You
(I am free to live for You)
I am free
(I am free)
Yes, I am free
(I am free)

Through You the kingdom comes
Through You the battle's won
Through You I'm not afraid
Through You the price is paid
Through You there's victory
Because of You my heart Sings I am free
I am free

Who the Son sets free is free indeed.
Who the Son sets free is free indeed.

Lyrics from: "I am Free" by the Newsboys from their album Go

This is just too cute

So in light of my child development class, this is just too cute. I know it's not a person but its amazing how little ones discover, develop, and grow!
http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000086?v=5982390&l=100000085

Just for Fun

Just for fun....


The word sabotage came about because laborers were upset and threw wooden shoes, sabotes, into machines to mess with them hence the term sabotage.
Cesarean section better known as C-section comes from when royalty, Caesar, would be born and they couldn't sew up the mom and she would be sacrificed for the life of the child.
If you walk before the age of 1 you probably have a high IQ.
At the age of 2, if you double your height that's probably how tall you'll be.
The fact that my art teacher was keeled over laughing at the above picture, from Marriage a la Mode (mostly because of the concept, the couple ironically received it's just reward), kind of made my day and also that i recognized a plow partly because I had been playing FarmTown on facebook. Sad I know. Oh and the story our art teacher told about the poor lady with the cape who tripped down four steps at the movie theater to tackle an adjacent seat, you apparently looked like superwoman. I just wanted to say, we've all been there, feel you're pain, and are thankful for the joy and laughter it brought us 9:00 a.m. midweek.

Picture taken from: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/print/ra-magazine/spring2007/preview/last-laugh,85,RAMA.html Copyright RA Magazine

God is good. I know that this has been a stressful and busy week for a lot of people but God remains and his encouragement and love is there if we look a little for it. I'm actually overwhelmed with the love He's shown me through friends. After being reminded to "Be still and know that God is God" and a lot of other thoughts, some how things are different.

"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who ha gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." -Hebrews 4:14-16

"Why should I gain from his reward, i can not give an answer but this i know with all my heart, his wounds have paid my ransom"-How Deep the Father's Love For Us

Thoughts from the book The Bookends of the Christian Life by Jerry Bridges & Bob Bevington...
Talking about how the Gospel, the realization of the forgiveness of Christ and how utterly sinful we are causes us to love and live the victorious Christian life. I love how in Isaiah after he's touched with the coal God's looking for someone to serve and Isaiah's like ooo Pick me! Pick me! (v. 8) It was a great reminder for me that working for the Lord should/can be so exciting that the fear is outweighed.
"Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ. Jesus."-Philippians 3:12-14

And a few more thoughts from chapel....
In my life and yours, there will be divine appointments, often including people. My challenge? Make divine appointments defining moments. "Don't miss out on a blessing because you jumped ship too early." Don't be afraid to "say Wow" when you look back at what God has done.

It's a puzzle

So I suppose a lot happened in chapel today but after hearing similar analogies for the second time I figured God was trying to get my attention. Especially as a college student, it's something I needed to hear. It has to do with trust. I have to trust God with my life and for this I'm so glad. You see God's got the box top of the puzzle of my life. I'm putting together the edges and filling in sections and then I get to a piece that makes no sense whatsoever and may even seem like it doesn't even go to this puzzle. And that's ok because God sees the big picture. Praise the Lord and be encouraged as we trust Him with our lives!

11 Years

It's been 11 years. My Grandpa Mumpower has been in Heaven for eleven years. As we sang Holy, Holy, Holy in chapel today I was brought back to the time when I would play that song on the organ in their basement. Grandpa would come down and I couldn't read music but I played by number and he encouraged me to keep playing. Boy did he love his grand kids. I think I'll always have that image of him. What a privileged little girl I am to have the love of Grandfathers who showed me the love of Christ.