The Word, contentment, music and some dance

I was reading something my Grandpa wrote: read the Word, it'll show you His likes and dislikes. I was amazed and so grateful for verses I read in James 1 (the whole chapter had great stuff but these were the two verses that stuck out)...
"But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."-James 1:6
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."-James 1:17
I finally had an evening to breathe after feeling like a non-stop rush for the past few weeks and realized how grateful I am for contentment. Sure there are things going on that I don't have control over, may not like, may wish were different but God has given peace as I trust His good and perfect plan. Praise the Lord!


Today we had a band from the Netherlands accompany our modern dance class and were combined with threes! It was a bit intimidating for us, level ones, to work with threes but it ended up being a lot of fun. The band had members from Chile, Israel, America, and Germany. It is truly amazing to see the technology, they play instruments and make beats and use macs and it's so neat! They get to play, put sounds together, make music for a living! God's creativity is so cool!

My feet are very torn up-blistery and I'm not entirely sure why but it is the life of a dancer i suppose. All I keep thinking about is the story of the missionary who had beautiful feet because she walked all over China spreading the Word-"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, 'Your God reigns!' "

It's also neat to see how music is so powerful. I love the songs'To Aslans Camp' and 'Concerning Hobbits'. Just the weight of what they encompass, the struggle, victory, tears, and joy!

For another amazing story listen to 'I Did not Catch her Name'