My Fish Have A New Home

I would like to give an update on Ernie and Burt. They are how happy little goldfish, swimming in a new tank. I realized that they would most likely die in that little "vase" that they were once in, so I got them a tank. Aubrey's are happier in a tank too. :-)

I now plan on using their old home as a place to put cute little flowers that I find in. Hopefully starting later today!

Just look how happy they are!

The world has enough women who know how to be smart.

It needs women who are willing to be simple. The world has enough women who know how to be brilliant. It needs some who will be brave. The world has enough women who are popular. It needs more who are pure. We need women, and men, too, who would rather be morally right than socially correct.


-Stephen Marshall


Just something to think about. :)

Home

I'm learning lots these days. I think one of the things that I've learned most lately is about home. Home is not just a building or people. While those things are important, they will not always last or stay consistent. They will be flipped or thrown in a storm or scattered or fade. I'm learning that no matter where I am, I can always be at home. Christ is my home. If God is truly to be my comfort and guide, then He is home. He is the one constant that will never change or pass away.

I have a few different projects that I'm wanting to see happen with this blog. One-which I just thought of earlier today-is for me to take a picture a day, or every few days, of things that represent what God is doing in my life. What He is teaching me, how He's changing me, significant places or things that He's used, etc. I am going to pick the pictures and post them, and see what happens from there. :)

I also have a few other "projects" that are in the works.

Today's picture is a house...simply because it represents what we typically think of as home. In reality, I'm working on getting to the point where God is 100% my home. When my life seems to be falling apart, or not going the way I'd like it to go, I am reminded that it's God's life and His arms are open for me to constantly be in and run to. He truly is my home. :)

"Broken Masterpiece"

Today, I got to experience one of the coolest things I've ever stepped into. I walked through a thunder storm in the middle of campus. I know that this may seem very simple or dumb, but I'm not sure the last time I've been outside during a thunder storm. I'm sure that it helped that I was in a good mood, naturally, but it would have been cool, nonetheless. It's amazing to see the power of God, simply in a storm. I guess that's not very simple, is it? God constantly is showing me ways that He is in control. He wants to get my attention and my life and pursue me so much.

Broken Masterpiece is the title of this post that came out of my reaction to what I feel redemption is. I am such a broken person, without Jesus. I'm not sure how I am where I am today, but because of Jesus and His perfect love for me, here I am. "For we are His masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, for us to do." -Ephesians 2.10.

I so often forget that the reason I'm here is to bring glory to His Name. As I walked through the empty campus earlier today, God reminded me that He alone controls the wind and the waves and tells the mighty, almost scary, thunder and lightning when to flash and when to crack. He tells the clouds to move out of the way and let His power shine through as the sun did not an hour after the massive amounts of thunder today. He is constantly forming me to the holy person He wants me to be. This blog serves as mere commentary (serious and silly and anything in between) on how He guides, directs, forms and loves me according to His perfect, wonderful plan. Enjoy.

Brittany