A life that matters

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A life that matters...swewww...does that resonate with you?  I'm only 24 but I often think about how I want to look back on my life when I'm (let's say) 55.  I don't wanna look back and regret all the time I wasted, all the youth I wasted doing dumb things, etc.  I want my life to mean something. Especially while I don't have a husband (or any prospects in front of me) or kids or health issues or limitations.  Do I wanna be remembered for being a 20-something who spent her weekends hittin' the clubs lookin too fly for words? Or do I wanna be remembered as that chick who stayed at the throne of grace?

I've been trying to finish this book for years. I started it when I was 19 I think...then lost it...bought another one when I was about 22...and just picked it up again.  It is very convicting and reminds me that God wants to use His people to get His glorious news of salvation out and that we need HIM to do this.  Reminds me of the importance of prayer...and how much more time I need to spend praying and using my words to share the Good News.

Improving my Spanish

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I studied Spanish all throughout high school and college (actually started in the 8th grade...). Embarrassingly enough, I could not piece together a good, full paragraph without using a translator or dictionary of some sort.  For this reason, I tried to avoid telling people that I spoke Spanish, because it really wasn't true! I was a wannabe...as I often have been in many pursuits.

One day, about 5 years ago, while doing some evangelism in a mobile neighborhood (some people refer to these as trailer parks, but mobile neighborhood sounds better) my evangelistic deacon and I knocked on the door of a Spanish-speaking household. I really wanted to share the Gospel with them but COULDN'T since I, ya know, didn't speak Spanish. I think it was then that my desire to share the Gospel in Spanish started.

Here's to Hindsight

taraleighcobble.com

I haven't done a book review in a longgg time, (and this post won't be a review) but this is a great book!  Reading Tara Leigh's honest account of her life and her relationship with the Lord was so touching and like laying on the bed next to your best friends at a (20-something) sleepover sharing about your ups and downs, crushes and making yourself look like an idiot (in hindsight), and how you're growing in your relationship with God. Reading this helped me see the hand of God in my own life and grow in excitement of what's to come! Check it out! And visit her website to learn more about her ministry.

Labor pains

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Look at these adorable loves!!! So a cousin of mine recently had a baby...WHEWWWWOWZA! She got to the point where she said that she was going to the hospital and not leaving without a baby. I thought about the pain that she..and every woman since Eve have gone through for child birth. Going through labor so that one (a baby; a new little life) might live reminds me of Jesus' sacrifice for us. Both are/were painful, but both result(ed) in a beautiful new life. Ours results in being new creations and inheriting eternal life. And oh, so much more! Praise the LORD!!!!!!!!