Friday, April 21, 2006

O.S.G.

Im not one to keep up on the happenings of famous people but my mother informed me that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise had a baby girl. They named her Surrey. That makes her the O.S.G. (Carly, that means Original Surrey Girl, in case your boys ask). O dear...

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Accepting Grace

A wise man recently reminded me of the concept of really letting God love me. Its funny because even looking back, the way in which I came to have this conversation with this man was totally set up by God. I've been mulling over this idea that, God delights in me more than anyone else, that one day I will stand as a bride, His pure bride... now that's an analogy I understand. I realized, through my mullings, that letting God love us is something we don't naturally do, in fact we almost do the opposite.
Grace isn't a concept I can easily understand or accept. In fact I've been known to talk myself out of asking for forgivness because I assume it wont be given, without really allowing for the other to make that decision. So this Love, this Grace, this Delight that is mine, is blowing my mind. Suddenly passages of scripture that I've quoted for so long, have come alive to me. For example... THE verse. "For I know the plans I have for you..." You all know I like that verse alot and I've written it in letters, grad comments, invitations... But now I see it in a whole new way, granted, my set of circumstances aids that, regardless, I'm going to get on my soap box about this one...
"plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE" He doesn't just promise to make everything bright and great, He promises hope. Hope comes from perserverance which comes through trials and if the measure of the first two is a measure of the hope He gives us, then I think that everyone is ladened with hope. Sometimes when I get overwhelmed with my own struggles I look at the challenges of those around me (no, Im not talking about watching the OC to feel better about my life)...
And a FUTURE, let me tell you how good that promise sounds when you sit on the edge of university and can't decide between History, Psyc., Poli. Sci. or Human Service. Jesus promises ME a future. And the best part about the whole verse is that I know God's plans are way bigger than anything I could imagine them to be, that I have no idea what He has planned, I only know that they are GOOD plans with HOPE and a FUTURE!!!
I hope my ramblings make sense to you...

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

back to school...

Well I've officially begun final practicum. I'm in a high school in Surrey and its a whole new learning curve!! It's kinda odd to be working with kids who are only 2 or 3 years younger than me, I look at them and think "We could be friends if we met in any other setting". The best part was Chem. 11 though. When I told the TA that I took Chem. in high school she said "Great, you'll know what you're doing then." What a joke... The only thing that got me through Chem 11 was sitting beside Danielle and Dayna. Today the TA turns to me and asks if I remember anything about Hydrates... Well chances are, since I dont remember, that day I was either a) playing mario on my graphing calculator b) talking about boyfriends with danielle or c) playing tetris on Lisa's graphing calculator. Needless to say, I felt a little useless. Ask me what a prepositional phrase is and I'll help you out but Hydrates is somewhere back in my brain with all of Dereck Stinger's talks on Daniel. What a gong show...

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Interesting Thought...

Did you know Saturday has the work TURD in it?
... if it wasn't for Garrison Keillor our lives would be empty of such random thoughts...

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Team Fika

Great night out with the girls last night... we did some reminiscing of travelling day, there was good food, good drinks and some definite good laughs! I have to tell you a very sad story though. My dear friend Lisa (the girl on the right) is amazing. She has a wicked and twisted sense of humor and she is very stubborn. In fact she is so stubborn she's on Tim Horton's coffee # 31 AND STILL HASN'T WON A THING!!! And yet she keeps trying... all she wants is to win a free coffee or maybe a muffin but no... nothing yet. Did you know that BC has the least number of Roll-up-the-Rim wins in Canada!! I know we have more people than the prairie provinces so WHAT IS THE DEAL??? That's my beef Dan...

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Thanks!

I don't reelly want to share with the world the road I've been on so I'm not gonna go into details of what my life has been the past week. Those of you who know me well enough know where I am at now and if you don't, just ask. I have seen huge miracles this week and it is all a testament to God's awesome power, my amazing family, my awesome girls and this supportive "pseudo family" that is our church body... I've never felt more held up in prayer and love than the past 7 days, so thank you. I will now continue with my regular blogging about random things such as U2 and bowling...

Saturday, April 01, 2006

God's Strength

There's a verse in Isaiah that has carried me the last few days... one of the lines is "His understanding, no one can fathom." I don't understand it all, I may never understand His ways but I'm trusting that His plans are so much greater than the ones I had laid out so finely. Thank you for all your prayers and love...