Boundaries

Boundary - a line that marks the limit of an area

Everybody has boundaries, 

and everybody wants to know where boundaries lie. 

They are an important part in our life; personal space, property lines, rules and behavioral boundaries. 

Boundaries are the first things babies learn.

Yet all the way through life we are all trying to push our boundaries. 

Everybody wants to know what they can and cannot get away with, how far they can push the boundaries, how far they can push you what are you willing to put up with. 

Boundaries are crucial between men and women.

Boundaries are good. They protect us as individuals and they protect us as people. 

Where do your boundaries lie and what kind of a standard do they convey?

Some things about me:

Some facts you might or might not know about me:

-I am a female percussionist 

-I love being a girl

-I wish I could dress really cool all the time

-I love to bake

-I still struggle with my body image

-I can't wait to find my husband and be able to Submit

(email me about this and we'll twalk)

-I wish I didn't have to shave my legs

-I'm discovering that one of my top love languages is Quality Time

-I have the coolest boss ever!

-I really love the people I know but sometimes have a hard time 

expressing and showing them how much I love them

-My little cousins and I dreamed up a Sweet dream house 

not too long ago and you should ask me about it :)

-I love God and He loves me and sometimes I just want to 

scream it to the world

Check it:

Check out this cool B.V. God gave me this morning:

And a great road will go through that once deserted land.

It will be named the Highway of Holiness.

Evil-minded people will never travel on it.

It will be only for those who walk in God's ways;

fools will never walk there.

Isaiah 35:8

The whole chapter is cool and I'm sure if I read a lil' further back and a lil' further ahead it would be even cooler. But it's still pretty cool.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE A TATTOO!!!

Sometimes it just hits me...

How do I know He loves me

How do I know that Jesus is real? 

It's when I get those goose-bumps 

when I feel His love, excitement and enthusiasm 

so strongly while teaching.

It's the goofy inside jokes I have with

....myself.

It's having the longest and hardest work day

and walking away with Joy

 excited, enthralled and ready to go for the next one.

It's playing good timpani parts,

playing good music,

with great musicians.

Wanting to scream with excitement that

I get paid to do this!

My life

is good.

A Time to Love

I just had a glorious moment while sitting on our "porch" with a cup of hot coffee spending a little time with God before my feet got too cold. And in those few minutes we had a good heart to heart I'll share with you.

I had the pleasure of attending a wedding last night of two of my friends and it reminded me of the brides perspective on a relationship with God. This morning as I was flipping through my bible I came upon an encouraging word she gave me probably two years ago and a couple things grabbed my heart. She saw a swing set and interpreted it as I am the Lords playmate, she saw angels in a forest watching me because they were intrigued by me, and this one, parts of God are captivated by me.

I forget sometimes about Gods romance. 

It's not a one way street. I have my part in seeking Him out but sometimes I get caught up in 'I'm not doing enough' or that He's loving me in a far off distance only enough to cover my sin not enough to have passion for me. There's a time to be 'grounded' and know your place and there is a time to be wooed by your lover.

Lord, come show us your passion, your passionate love for us!

What God does for me

Over these past couple of weeks (I have a short memory span, it's probably been longer) God has been amazing! Like, unexplainably great to me! 

I've been praying and asking God for all sorts of things going into situations that I might not feel real comfortable in, teaching and dealing with middle and high schoolers, giving me TONS of grace with work...the list goes on!

I will pray and ask for all sorts of things (somethings I won't remember praying for) and God has been consistently delivering!

I'm still in shock.

I feel like I'm getting spoiled.....

I'm kind of okay with that...

Holy cow God is amazing!