She's Sun and Rain

What could be better than a tin roof, a front porch, and a gravel road? Add some sweet tea to it and it's delightful. Just thinking about the people in my life who have contributed to this part of me...(disclaimer, this post has lots of dot dot dots) You know how you have friends that you can stay on the phone with for hours at a time and talk about nothing, or sit on a swing and be silent and a million words are spoken without using words...how you can walk on the beach and not realize how far you've gone and when you stop you're miles away...those nights in college where you'd just lay on the bed talking forever about who knows what...that's what world I'm in at this moment. If only I could stay in it without the responsibilities of the the 'real' world coming in. I could talk myself out of it with thoughts about money, purpose in life, being responsible and a grown up, or I can sit here and reminisce about the good ole times. There's a reason I fe...

Last night at the beach we had a cookout at the park in N. Myrtle with the college students for the last night of the retreat. After we had eaten and I had sadly lost in ladder ball we went over to the outfield of the baseball field and played soccer. There were 8 of us so we played 3 on 3 with goalies. It was amazing! Everyone playing was athletic and some had never played before and some had played a little or a lot. They all played so hard and we played to 10! The game ended at 10 to 9, and we were all giving 100%. In the van on the way back Mary said "will we make the blog?" Haha! Of course!!! I also got a comment from one of the college students...he said "You're pretty good for a youth pastor's wife" LOL. Such fun times. So yesterday I ran/walked with Leigh in the morning and then worked my butt off playing soccer :) I think that counts for my workout for 2 days. Still reading in Luke and last night Adam taught about Luke 14 and the parable of going to...

We're at N. Myrtle all week. I didn't fill you in on why :) I'm here helping chaperone Adam's youth group from Abilene this week. The first part of the week we have the High School juniors and seniors and then Wednesday he'll go back and drop off the HS and pick up the college students. Last night we had a great devotional time and talked about the amount of influence christian students can have in their schools and community. One of the girls, when we were on the trip to the Braves game Saturday found out her friend drowned. She didn't know if he were a christian or not so that was a topic of conversation last night. It's so important to be an example so people will know you love Jesus :) After the devotion, four of us sat up and talked about not knowing if someone is a christian when they die. We discussed Lazarus and the rich man and the rich man wanted Abraham to let Lazarus go back and tell his brothers so that they won't have to come to the place o...

At the beach, North Myrtle and it's awesome. So, I took a walk on Saturday, rode in the car on Sunday, and ran this morning. The end. Food does not matter because it's been awful. I'm going to read Luke 13, 14 and 15 today, as I'm enjoying the sounds of the ocean. I'm not going to let this go! :)

Yesterday was Thursday and I went for a nice HOT walk/jog around the neighborhood at the place I'm staying in Augusta. I stay with Adam's friends Will and Leigh and they are super great hosts! Their pets Alf and Sky always greet me with a smile and wet kiss when I come in. Yesterday I read Luke 11 and today Luke 12. Luke is an interesting book to me because it jumps around so much from topic to topic. Jesus is talking about Beezelbub and then being light and then about not storing up treasures here...so I felt normal ADD when I was reading it. I'll have to get in some sort of a work out or walk later this afternoon, It was way too hot this morning and without the gym, I just couldn't make myself have a heat stroke. Did a little cleaning this morning at Adam's...I'm excited thinking about when we get to combine all our masses of junk and then I'm going to organize it all. Haha, who gets excited about that? Not sure what's on the agenda today...think I...

I have a confession, I didn't work out today. Call it my cheat day. I ate healthy, does that count? I did go to the pool with Kristi and got a tan, so technically I burned calories and swam for a few minutes. I also have to read Luke 10 before I go to bed...not quite there yet. Now, here comes the test. I'm out of town and in Georgia, then in Myrtle Beach...can I keep it up?

So it's 12:30am, so this is my blog for Tuesday :) Today I read Luke 9 and did the RPM class at the gym, aka Cycling. Let me just say, it was awesome! The instructor was awesome, motivating, and kept us going the whole time. I didn't wimp out once! My butt hurts...yeah tmi? It's just what happens when you sit on a bike for an hour. I also laid out today at the pool and got semi-sunburnt, but I'll live. That's all I've got for today!

Today I read in Luke 8 and did Yoga. Weird combo. (Disclaimer: I don't do all the weird meditating and religious parts. I'm just trying to get my stretch on.) I could feel my abs still kinda sore from the surgery, but hopefully the Yoga and similar classes will help stretch it out again. We also played boggy pong at the church tonight, so much fun! So technically I worked out twice :) There's alot of good stuff in Luke 8. I didn't realize that Mary Magdalene had seven demons come out of her. Random fact. I hope that I am one of the seeds that is planted in good soil like in verse 15, where it says "But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop". I know there have been many times in my life where I've felt like rocky soil. I also think it's interesting when Jesus calms the storm, the disciples are surprised that he could do it. They even ask "who is this"...

After Adam asked me to marry him I came to the conclusion that I needed to implement some much lost, must needed discipline into my life to prepare for marriage and being a wife. I started reading through the new testament and that part has gone rather well. I'm at Luke 7 now because I read about a chapter a day and journal some. I never realized how easy it is if you set a goal for yourself that's not too far above what you can realistically reach. I also knew that I needed some sort of exercise plan in my life. That part is not going as well as I'd hoped. After two surgeries it is very difficult to get back in the rhythm of working out on a daily basis. What I'm going to do is blog each day about what I've read and what type of exercise I have completed. Today for example, I read Luke 7 and walk/jogged for about 40 minutes. (The plan was to run but I realized I'm way too out of shape for a 40 min run). This way I have accountability to my readers and might eve...

Sappy? Sure. I went to middle/high school camp with Team Church last week. It was tons of fun; lots of hiking, waterfalls, and time worshiping Jesus. When I came home on Friday Adam was at the church waiting on me to get back from dropping off the van I drove all week, with these flowers in hand. These flowers, and him there I have decided are the best part. Through all the wedding planning, talking, decisions and indecisiveness, lack of money, colors, foods, and allll that...the best part is at the end of the day I get a phone call and get to talk to him. Eventually, I'll actually get to see him at the end of the day! What a concept :) God's so good and I keep thinking how awesome he is to create marriage for us on earth. I'm so glad he thought of it. On the flower note, I have picked out flowers for the most part and it was fun. Rebecca is going to do our engagement photos in August. I can only imagine how awesome she is going to make them...such a great friend and so tal...