Randomness

I know it's been a while sense I last posted any thing,  but this semester at school has been kicking my butt. However this week I get a breather I am on spring bring and enjoying the time off. I am working on some new blog posts, I also plan to do a couple tags, as well as a few list posts. It's been officially spring for almost two weeks, but here in the bluegrass state it feels like we skipped spring and went straight to summer.

It's March Madness and this weekend is the final four, and it seems my state and my city have forgotten that there are four teams in the final four. To most people in the state it's pretty much a state divided. Both teams playing each other are from home state.  One is from my home city, but that's not the team I root for. I am Big Blue all the way. So unlike people from my city I will not be cheering for Louisville, I will be like the people from my state cheering for UK on Saturday. I am a wildcat who feels like sometimes she lives in the wrong city in her state. 

Barefoot blue jean princess

I am a barefoot blue jean princess. The blue jean and barefoot part; because I am a southern country girl who loves to live in bare feet and jeans and t-shirts. I am a princess because I am a child of the King of Kings and Lord of lords.  I've always been a little bit of tom boy; but I can also can be a girly girl when I suppose to be. However you'll never catch me in heels, my idea of dress shoes is a pair of cowboy boots.

    


I am the girl who learned how to drive at fourteen with a tractor.
   
Who loves spending time with  my cousins playing baseball. Didn't have to have a tree house when you have a barn loft.



I loved being a member of a large family; plenty of cousins to hang out with, but
     

       

all of us southern girls are different


Daddy taught me however to shoot as soon as a I could hold a gun.



I am a Kentucky girl and a southern girl who's eyes are as blue as a Kentucky sky, hair the color of an autumn sunset. A face full of freckles. I love picnics and books,



I prefer campfires to candle light.

   

As a child I loved my little red wagon.
 
I am a sweet tea drinking southern girl

I love my mason jars.  According to my papaw I knew at an early that my first vehicle would be a truck;


   


Three out of four ain't bad.


This was true as a child and it's still true today.

  No one leaves grandma's hungry.

Even though I don't know what God has planned for my future; and I trust His Plan. I still can't help dreaming, and praying about the future and the desires of my heart.

 

what I've learned from reading the Book of Matthew

     What I’ve learned from reading through Matthew that Jesus chose everyday people. Average fisherman to be His disciples Jesus told them to drop their nets and He would make them fishers of man. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19. If Jesus can use average fisherman without formal schooling He can use anybody He calls.

     Another thing that stood out to me was that even though Jesus knew that Peter would disown Jesus three times, Jesus still chose Peter to be the one to build His church; because he would come back. “ And I tell you that you are Peter(rock) and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” Matthew 16:18

     If Jesus can still use Peter after everything Peter did He can still use us. I am thankful that He is a God of second and third chances. God does call the equipped He equips the called. Jesus gave them the great commission and that still applies to us today. “Then Jesus came to them and said, “ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20.

     Jesus will always be with us as long as we are His.

     After reading through Exodus and Leviticus all I can say is I am thankful for Jesus, and His blood covering my sins, because I know that there is now way without Him. All I am is a sinner saved by Grace. Thank you Jesus. 

What I learning so far

With the Old Testament is that so much of the Old Testament points toward the coming Savior.  With Abraham and Sarah it shows us that our timing is different that God's timing but God's timing is always best, and right on time. Also with Judah and Tamar even though they sinned God was still able to use them, and use them in the line of people that would one day lead to Jesus God's only Son the one God sent to take the weight of sin upon Him, to live a sinless life, but to bare the cost of our sin, and die on the Cross. But because of God's grace rose three days later, allowing those who call upon His name to be saved.

With the Psalms it serves as a reminder to me of who God is and what he has done for me.

With Proverbs I am reminded the wisdom and lessons from the Bible still apply today even more so.

With the New Testament and Matthew it shows that even though Jesus could have chosen anybody to be His disciples He chose common fisherman to be some of the first. Showing that God can use anybody to reach people for Jesus. Everyday people really can make a difference for the Kingdom of God. 

new stuff

I am in the process of coming up with some new stuff for the blog. Some fun stuff as well as what I learning in my  Bible studies and life group classes, as well as what I've learned from my and my friends experiences. When I get out of class tonight I hope to post some things that have stood out from my journey of reading the Bible through in a year. 

Day four of read through the Bible in a year

Today I read Genesis 8:1-10:32, Matthew 4:12-4:25, Psalm 4:1-8, and Proverbs 1:20-23. The verse that stands out the most to me today was Matthew 4:19


 "Come and Follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."  Matthew 4:19


The verses prior to that are about Simon Peter and Andrew who were fisherman in Galilee. What gets me is that Jesus could have chosen anybody to be his disciples, and he chooses to call two small town boys (I'd call them country boys) to follow Him to learn from Him. This goes to show that God can choose anybody to impact the world for God. Jesus choose Simon Peter and Andrew not because of who they were but because of who God is. This verse helps to remind me on days that I doubt myself  that God can still use me just like He used two simple fisherman. 

Bible Verses for 2012

This year I am choosing two Bible verses to be my verses for the year. One from Philippians and the other from 2 Peter.  

“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”

Philippians 4:11

No matter what path God has for me I want to be able to say that I am content in whatever season I am in at the moment; because it is exactly where God wants me to be at that moment.  His  ways are not our ways.

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever! Amen”

2 Peter 3:18

No matter what I want to use this year to grow closer to my Savior and my Heavenly Father. I want the relationship that I had with them in high school when I was on fire for God. However God chooses to use me I want Him to get the glory, because it’s all about Him.