This morning I started a new hair routine involving leave-in conditioner. My hair is so fine that it gets tangled at the shake of my head. SO irritating. Anyway I decided to try this Fructis leave-in jazz, and my hair smells delicious. (In a non-edible way.) I keep getting whiffs of it and thinking, Wow. I smell really good.
Since the Kennedy mini series, my Kennedy interest (which is always present in different capacities) has been sparked to the surface yet again. Last night I began re-reading Grace and Power. JFK...what an interesting human being. There's such a huge dynamic in everything about the Kennedy's - their family relationship, their marriage relationships, the political climate they lived in and created for themselves, the shady gray area that Joe Kennedy, Sr. lived in to forward his childrens' political careers, etc. There's so much to learn! (I now realize this picture is from an audio version, because I don't hear Anne Twomey's voice when I read silently.)
On a slightly more depressing note...this is what we woke up to this morning :( April 18th and 2 inches of snow on the ground. Welcome to Michigan springs. Luckily the high is in the 40's today so it won't last long. COME ON! (Any Arrested Develpment fans out there should declare that last phrase in Gob Bluth sytle.)
I've been working oh-so hard on my sister-in-law's wedding shower. (Well...one of them, at least.) I'm mostly just nervous that it's going to be a flop because I've never "planned" an event before...of any magnitude. I want it to be fun and memorable and that's just a little bit of pressure that I'm putting on myself. Anyway, Dan, in all his kindness, knows I've had my eye on this Eddie Bauer dress, waiting for it to go drastically on sale. Sunday morning, out of the blue, he told me that since I've been working so hard on the shower, he wants me to have something nice to wear to it...and that I should go buy the dress :) (In reality, I'll probably wear it to the more feminine shower that'll be in early June. But still.)
My poor brother-in-law! He got a few puncture wounds from saw teeth a while back. It was puffy and swollen and sore so he's been on antibiotics. The skin is all healed, but he's still having problems with it, so he had to go visit a hand surgeon today :( I'm a bit concerned for the old chap. They did blood tests and x-rays and everything...poor guy. Hang in there J-Pup, we're all rootin' for ya!
In an effort to get over my selfishness and poor time management, I got up on time this morning. I realized that by getting up when I'm supposed to go running, I have a precious 20-30 minute window of a.m. time that I could spend doing my devotions and refreshing myself in the Word. The reading was from Psalm 37, and like always, I feel like the lesson was written specifically for me, with my specific present struggles in mind. (Funny how that happens.)
"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him...refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evil." Psalm 37:7,8
"It seems so unsafe to just sit still, and do nothing but trust the Lord; and the temptation to take the battle into our own hands is often tremendous. We all know how impossible it is to rescue a drowning man who tries to help his rescuer, and it is equally impossible for the Lord to fight our battles for us when we insist upon trying to fight them ourselves...It takes God time to answer prayer. We often fail to give God a chance in that respect."
I understand this isn't to say that we, as Christians, should sit on our butts and wait for God to hand us every little thing. But in my life right now, I'm in a situation where it's best to continue living day-to-day, thankful for where God has placed me at this moment in time. And when He's ready and able to answer my prayer, He will make it so.
"Do not fret - it leads only to evil."
"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him...refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evil." Psalm 37:7,8
"It seems so unsafe to just sit still, and do nothing but trust the Lord; and the temptation to take the battle into our own hands is often tremendous. We all know how impossible it is to rescue a drowning man who tries to help his rescuer, and it is equally impossible for the Lord to fight our battles for us when we insist upon trying to fight them ourselves...It takes God time to answer prayer. We often fail to give God a chance in that respect."
I understand this isn't to say that we, as Christians, should sit on our butts and wait for God to hand us every little thing. But in my life right now, I'm in a situation where it's best to continue living day-to-day, thankful for where God has placed me at this moment in time. And when He's ready and able to answer my prayer, He will make it so.
"Do not fret - it leads only to evil."
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