2012 is here BABAYYYY!!!

So, I really like lists…

Here’s a personal list of “Memorable Things from 2011.”

1. Late night chats with friends.

2. Graduating from college!

3. Parades with my mother.

4. Visiting old friends at the nursing home only to realize that the visit blessed me as much as (if not more than) it blessed them. (Nursing Home Shenanigans)

5. Seeing growth in my relationship with the Lord (Progress in Humility).

6. Hosting sleepovers with beloved friends and even younger cousins.

7. Realizing that I’d already accomplished things I wanted to accomplish on another list of mine.

8. Finding a man who had the qualities I was looking for but hadn’t yet realized.

9. Surprising friends with fun, creative gifts! (And I thought I wasn’t creative!)

10. Sharing the Gospel with people and beginning to see them the way the Lord does.

What memories do you cherish from 2011?

Enjoy the holidays!

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Me and Jesus

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I read a post on a blog called Life Blessons (love this blog!) in which the blogger wrote about how she viewed Jesus as a child.  I wanted to take a lil' time to do that as well...

It's funny to me - when I was a kid, I believed God could REALLY do AAANNNYYYTHING!  I didn't question WHY He loved me.  I just knew that He did because I'd heard that He loved the world so much that He sent His Son to die AND that God had raised Him from the dead.  I knew the basics of the Gospel.  I believed in my heart and confessed with my mouth.

The rapture?!

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Picture it: circa 2001.  Mid-week.  About 2 pm. I'm about 12 years old at this point.  I'm inside my house while my mother is outside taking clothes off of the clothesline.  It's a windy, summer day...

"I'm pretty sure she should be done taking the clothes off the line by now...hmm...I wonder what's taking so long."

It's a lazy, summer day for me and boy, am I lazy.  I didn't even offer to help my mother take the clothes off of the line.  It's too hot for all that mess.  Note:  I said it was WINDY...layyyy-zzzz

"She's been out there for over half an hour.  There ain't THAT many clothes...oh no...what if she passed out?! I'd better go check on her!!"

I open the back door and head outside.  Pushing the oval-shaped rims on my face...I peer through the lenses...and what do I see?

A lone laundry basket filled with folded clothing just sitting on the ground under the clothesline.

Not a person in sight.