Where Are You?

I went to my Mom's bible study this past Tuesday and the topic of the day was seeking the Lord.


What became very clear through the lesson to me is that if your'e not actively pursuing  the Lord, in prayer, reading your bible, and worship, you're actually drifting away.
 If we truly want a relationship with the Lord, we must treat it like any other relationship and give it effort, because we all know how it feels when were in a one sided relationship... like our effort isn't appreciated.
We have to pursue the Lord, and only then will we truly begin to know him more like a father, and less like a judge.


"He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the LORD" 2 Chronicles 12:14


So the readers digest version of what i'm trying to say is this: If we don't seek the Lord, and make an effort, it will be so much easier to fall to temptation. Because once you forget about Jesus, you will begin to make the wrong choices. 
Read the bible, or do devotionals. Keep a prayer Journal. Talk to HIM. . Get to know that God that knows everything about you.


Great songs for worship, or to listen to alone!

Kari Jobe also has some great organizations shes backing through selling products (If you love online shopping like I do), I'd check it out! Click here to go to Kari's website

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies!

One of my favorite restaurants...hands down is Paradise Bakery... What my good friend Leigh calls: "frilly food".
Quiche and soup? Or salad and panini?
And their cookies are to die for!
So I searched the internet for their Coconut Chocolate chip cookies... and found this! 


Here are some pictures from my baking excursion!

I find that I really enjoy sticking my camera in dangerous appliances...(i.e. the mixer, the oven...the blender!)


They were a hit with the family and I'll be forever putting coconut in chocolate chip cookies now!


I was inspired to bake cookies from cupcakesandcashmere


So last night in my Devo I came upon the verse Ecclesiastes 11:9-10:
You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it. 10 Live footloose and fancy free - You won't be young forever. Youth lasts about as long as smoke.
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What does" make the most of your youth" and "relish" mean to you? Eat cookies while you can? LOL! 
Or use that youthful determination to make a difference while you have it?

Hello...Somebody

I saw the Hello Somebody booth at Celebrate Freedom and liked their products, but didn't really know what all they were for...

Here's a quote from their website:

"Hello Somebody is a non-profit brand that exists to impact and change the world through love, passion and creativity. Our purpose is simple: feed the hungry around the globe."
So far they have served up 986244 meals to the hungry! Almost a million meals!




They have many ways you can help through your purchases, here are a few!!

A 22 dollar T-shirt feeds 100 people!

Sweet Sixteen, and Gearing up.

Yesterday was my sixteenth birthday!
I didn't really have a party, or get a car, or my licence, but I did go to dinner with my family had had the best lobster i've ever had! So thats good!
              So I've been gearing up for my pageant coming up, last minute song changes and memorizing! I have about two weeks so thats what I've been doing (instead of blogging :/)
Excuses, excuses, I know.
So I made a really yummy iced coffee today!!

Ingrediants: 4 cups water, 9 tablespoons Starbucks french Roast coffee beans(grinded to medium)...but any coffee will do, half and half and chocolate syrup to taste, and ice!
serves 3, yum!

I'm excited for pageant and claiming this verse going into it! "Colossians 3:23---

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."

Five Favorites!

1. Bubble baths!

Lush has some really cool soaps and bathbombs that are really fun!

this one spews glitter!

2.

Tinted moisturizer

I've been using this product almost daily and it's great for an easy summer moisturizer!

(Plus...no need for foundation or powder!)

3. Iced tea!

I'm in love with Starbucks passion tea lemonade and Iced chai latte, but when there isn't a starbucks nearby, an iced green tea at home will suffice! 

 

4. The Message Bible-- a must have translation, can't put it down!

5. this song

Closer by Shawn McDonald

I saw him perform this at Celebrate freedom this year, and Love it!

Hope everyones summers are treating them well!

Another great verse... the Bible has a lot of them;)

My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:1-2

Summer Smoothie!

I made this great smoothie for breakfast the other day!
what you need:

1 mango
1 banana
1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
2 teaspoons honey
handful of ice
blend it all in a blender!
serves 2

This is  packed with potassium, vitamin C, and Calcium, and live cultures from the yogurt!

The bible says that our bodies are like temples, so we need to take care of them and keep them healthy... nobody wants a messy temple! :)

The Roaring Twenties, and Getting Back On The Horse.

My brain just imploded at a realization that I've just had... 

The New ROMPER trend.....

JUICY COUTURE 

Forever21

Strangely resembles bathing suit trends in the 1920s!

ALSO

Today I bought a red flapper dress that looks very 1920's at a garage sale for five dollars!! 

And, This pin... how cool is this?

I'm really excited to wear this with some dresses, cardigans, and purses!!

Kinda random, but I think this verse is beautiful! After coming back from New York, I stopped reading my Devotionals for a while. I'm getting back on the horse and into this verses mentality! Here we go!:)

Philippians 3:13-14

 I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.