26 December 2008
By Amber
In Accountability
So I read through Romans chapter 9 and to be honest at first I was a little disappointed with how little I got out of it…at first.
The main point of this chapter is pretty obvious as you are reading it:
Sometimes we just need to accept God for who He is. He is God and who are we to disagree with Him? Who are we to question?
Pretty straight forward right? However how many of us actually go trough life with this perspective? How much of our stress and our worry would melt away if we could truly accept that God is in control and we just need to listen and follow?
22 December 2008
By Amber
In Faith
Well I’m a little bummed. The Church I’m attending while in Iowa has decided that all of the women’s groups are going to do Ester for the new year instead of Romans (which our group had chosen in its own.) I think Ester will be a good study and fun to do since its Beth Moore (it will also be pretty intense it has 5 days of home work per week.) But I was really enjoying Romans. I don’t know when exactly we are starting with all of the holidays here but until then I’ll keep doing Romans on my own.
22 December 2008
By Amber
In Goals, Life
So what am I going to do? A New Years resolution? Goal? Huh.
I think I’m going to do a resolution, but not the typical ” I will lose 10 lbs by summer” or “I will do devotions everyday” Its going to be stated very simply but the way it plays out will hopefully be intense.
I’m going to take care of myself this year Mentally, Physically and Spiritually.
So what does that involve? Well pretty much everything. I want to make sure I’m taking care of my body by not polluting it with foods that are bad for it and chemicals that arn’t necessary. I want to get active again like I was a few years ago (climbing, kayaking, hiking…humm I need something to do in the winter.)I want to make sure that I’m communicating my feelings and emotions with those around me so that we can work together to have a healthy relationship. Most importantly I want to change my relationship with God. Scratch that, I want a relationship with God. I want the desire to talk to him everyday like I want to talk with Ryan. I want a lifestyle change, I’m expecting some big things to happen this year and I’m excited!
But I guess why wait for the new year, I’m going to start now!
18 December 2008
By Amber
In FYI, Life
So last night at the Go Fish concert I stumbled across something pretty cool. Its called Flashes of Hope and its a not for profit organization that does free photo shoots with kids who have cancer or some other terminal illness. Then they give the parents a free leather bound folder with two 8×10′s and a bunch of 4×6′s as well as the CD with all of the pictures! How cool is that? It combines two of my passions cancer awareness, and photography! I haven’t done a ton of research yet but surface level this seems awesome!
10 December 2008
By Amber
In Life
I’ve gotten this question twice today already. So here it is, overall I’m Great, today I’m a little on edge. I’m actully doing quite well but I’ve noticed the little things are getting to me more than they noramaly do. To be honest I have a lot of things going around in my head but I’m really not in the mood to type right now. I don’t know how to put my thoughts down on paper. Just know that I’ve been blessed over the last year and Mark is healed. I’ll try to write more later…
…Later
So the reason I didn’t want to type earlier is because I feel the need to write something ‘insperational’ and amazing for you all to read. But really its just life as normal (at least for my crazy world) around here, so I don’t know what to tell you. Mark and I always took life one day at a time because that was all we were guarenteed. That is still how I live life, I can’t go back and change the past and I’m happy with where God has brought me. I’ve learned many things and am much stronger than I was 4 years ago. I know this is a sad day but honestly, Mark would want us all to look to the future not the past. Remember him yes, but don’t cling. Remember he was healed and that is all any of us had hoped. It may not be the way we wanted but how many times does God have to show us that his way is not ours and he knows what is best.
In HIS Grip,
Amber
