Recreate your world

Aha! It appears that my blog has been UNLOCKED! Yay!! :) I went to write a post last evening and it told me my blog was locked because it was potentially spam :/ so I had to fill out a form and stuff so they would unlock it! But it's back so I am happy!!

Yesterday was a long day. I started classes at 8:30am and didn't finish until 5:30pm. I stopped in at McDonalds and gave them my availability - since I can't seem to get a hold of anyone there - and my contact information, again, so hopefully they will call me with some hours soon!! I haven't worked for 2 weeks and it feels so strange! It feels really good to not have that extra thing to worry about, but I think this is the longest I haven't worked in 6 years! I need a paycheque again too! aha! I'll stop in or call on Monday to see if the guy got the paper I dropped off!

Last night I decided I was going to read the journal I kept while I was in Mexico in 2008! That seems like SO long ago but still SO recent! Crazy! It was really awesome and inspiring to see the passion I had in my life and the fire for God! Unfortunately I say 'had,' but I am slowly getting back there!! More quickly recently than has been since 2008, that's for sure! I started writing 1 week before I went and I was so excited! :) I also felt very far from God before I went and I really wanted to use my time in Mexico to focus on God and I needed the flame in my heart to reignite - ah so this feeling isn't so foreign! It's incredible how many ups and downs there are and how you can feel so far from God one week and so close the next!! Can't wait to get there again!!! :)

Something I wrote and I haven't thought of it that way since really is that "I have fallen asleep. I have become too comfortable with the way things are. I am content. I need to WAKE UP!" We should always be striving for the best, living for God and worshipping him in everything we do! It's not about doing certain things, it's about doing them in a certain way! Christ does not force our will. He only takes what we give Him. But he doesn't give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him! Remember Isaiah 41:10 - "fear not for I am with you; be not dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." We don't have to be afraid to give ourselves entirely to God; he will hold us  up and give us strength if we do!

watch your thoughts, they become your words

watch your words, they become your actions

watch your actions, they become your habits

watch your habits, they become your character

watch your character, it becomes your destiny

Just something to think about!

 I met so many wonderful people all the different times I went to Mexico, but this time there were people I met that will NEVER leave my heart! Teri & Jim (The Z's), Noah, Andy, Ben, Janine, Molly, Kendall and many others!! I have lost touch with some of them, but I still see them around on facebook. I talk with some of them a couple times or more a year :) I am trying to get back in touch with some that I've lost touch with.

Anyways, I have to get ready for school. I will write again soon!!