the last five years

the title of this blog is not only the name of a fabulous musical on my must-see-before-i-die list, but its also a great topic of discussion my sweet friend Jessica and I had the other night.

think back to where you were five years ago. For me, I was a baby freshman in high school with blonde highlights and braces. It was a great look for me, I know. And if you had asked where I saw myself in five years I would have told you I saw myself going to Harding University, wanting to become a photographer, and in a serious relationship about to be engaged.

Um what?

And that was just five years ago! Look at how much life has changed! I'm now a sophomore in college (brace-less and highlight-less thank goodness!) I'm not at Harding, I'm not studying photography, and I'm far far away from being engaged.

It's crazy how much your plans for life can change in just a period of a few years. And its just crazy how much I've changed as a person over the last five years. I've learned so much, done so much, and become so much over the past five years.

And I can't begin to imagine what my life will be like five years from now. Sure I have a nice life plan laid out for the next five years consisting of graduating and becoming a kindergarten teacher in a lovely little suburb of Houston or the metroplex, but who knows? I could be doing something completely different. And that is so cool. Ultimately it's not my decision at all where I am in the next five years. I can plan and make lists all I want.. but it's all in God's hands. My prayer recently has been for God to just send me somewhere. Do something with my life. Use me in some way to bring HIM the glory. If thats in a kindergarten classroom in suburbia with a husband and 2.5 kids- wonderful. But if not, I'm excited for that too. I'm just ready to see what God has in store for the next 5 years!

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

Provers 16:9

On another note. I'm thinking about making blogging a regular thing. Like once a week, you can expect a blog from me. It may not always be this wonderfully though provoking or deep (please laugh at that). But just fill you in on my life. Current things I'm loving or stressing over. Or just whatever is on my mind, which usually isn't much. We'll see how long I actually stick with this. My hopes aren't extremely high.

But to start, my current obsession is Adele's new cd. I know its been out for a month of so, but it is just so darn good. Download it. Love it. Sing along in the shower to it.. I surely do.

See you this time next week?

xoxo

God Makes No Mistakes

Oh hello lonely and deserted blog..

I wish I could explain to you how ridiculous life has been lately. School has become my life (nerd) and when I'm not writing a lesson plan or doing a big project, I'm catching up on sleep (which is ALWAYS in shortage). But I'm writing now, and will be a lot soon. I just have lots of ideas all in my head that need to be written down! But this is just going to be a quick little post about something on my heart.

This weekend I went to fort worth with my roommates (morgan and katherine) because katherine's sister is having a BABY and we went to the baby shower (awwwww). We spent most of the weekend giggling, sleeping, and of course lots of shopping. It was so nice to get away from a-town for the weekend and just chill. This morning we went to church at North Richland Hills.. man that church gets it.

The lesson this morning as about judging people. And I will be the first to say, I am so quick to judge any and everyone. But seriously- who am I to judge any single person on the face of this earth. Not only to I not know their entire back story, but I am just as flawed and screwed up as anybody. Jesus' message isn't about judgment- it's about love.

Morgan and I got coffee tonight and spent a lot of the time talk about the message. So often we just sit in the campus center critiquing outfits and talking about who did what this weekend. And goodness gracious- where do we get off saying stuff like that? I am no better than anyone standing on a street corner or smoking a joint. That's extreme, but it's real.

Woah. Sorry about the rant.. but it was just something that needed to be said. Have a blessed week!

xoxo