Lovely Blessings

Have any of you ever thought to yourself or even said to a friend, "Man, this is a dark world we live in, huh?" I know I sure have, and the older I get, the more I realize that this a pretty messed world around us. All we have to do is turn the news on for about five seconds, and we can see just how crazy messed up things are. One question I think we all have probably thought at some point or another is this: Where is the light in this dark world? And what do we have to do to find that light? Well guess what, folks? If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, then the light is in YOU. Yes, you. :) I'm ashamed to admit this, but there have been times in my life where I have been afraid to stand out for my faith. I didn't want to be different from others around me, so I simply sat back and blended in with the crowd. But the older I get, the more my attitude about that is changing. Changing drastically. I want to be so consumed by the spirit...

Do you agree that sometimes it is so easy to get bogged down in this life and focus on all the bad things? I know I sure feel that way sometimes. I let myself become negative, and I start forgetting all the wonderful blessings in my life. One thing I want to start doing at the end of each week is listing 5 things I am thankful for. My goal is to not repeat anything and always list something new that has been a blessing in my life that particular week. I feel that this will help me to focus more on the lovely blessings in my life (which just so happen to inspire the name of my blog). The Lord is so good, y'all, and He deserves to be praised with a spirit of thanksgiving. We can praise Him through every aspect of our lives, no matter how big or how small... How cool is that? :) "Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name."  Psalm 100:4 So here we go... My 5 lovely blessings of the week: :) ______________...

Happy Wednesday, my awesome friends! :) Here's what   I'm loving   today... I'm loving that we are only two days away from the weekend, yay! I'm loving  that I am officially in my senior year of college! Eek! :) So surreal for sure. I will officially graduate in less than 9 months, woo! I'm loving   my schedule this semester for my Methods Block. Two days in class at South, two days in the school system, and off on Fridays! Not too shabby. :) I'm loving that our first school practice went great yesterday! Loving my sweet volleyball girls. :) I'm loving that Chad's school/work schedule is going good so far! We may actually be able to spend some time together during the week this semester, woo! :) I'm loving that I get to sleep in on Friday! Not setting an alarm clock is one of the greatest feelings ever, hehe. :) I'm loving all the awesome things going on at Lafitte Baptist Church! The Lord i...

I don't know about y'all, but I had a FABULOUS weekend! My best friend Chelsea so graciously invited me to stay with her and her family at the beach, so of course I so graciously accepted her invitation, hehe. We stayed at Phoenix VI in Orange Beach, and boy, what a beautiful weekend we had there!  Join me on our journey throughout the weekend... Side note: Chad and my cousin Cole stayed with our friend Josh and his family most of the weekend, too. Their condo was about five minutes from ours.  Friday: After Chad got off work Friday afternoon, he, Cole, and I packed up and headed towards the gulf. We stopped at the Pita Pit downtown for a late lunch (it was delish!!). We arrived at Josh's condo around 5:00! Here's Josh modeling his new tank he purchased at the outlets, haha.  After hanging out with Josh's family for a few, we all decided to go to dinner. We ended up going to Doc's Seafood, and it was pretty yummy.  After dinner, we...