Home is Where the Heart is...

I went home this weekend, even though I just went home two weekends ago because of....

In case you don't know, this is my older sister Patrica. Whom, if you can't tell by the back ground, now lives in Los Angeles, CA! She came home to go to a friends wedding, but I figured I would take advantage of her being in VA and go see her since I haven't seen her since the end of July!

It was really great seeing her and having the whole family around, but it definitely made it a lot harder to return to JMU. I'm not sure I should be this emotional about coming back to school...I mean it's not like I won't be home again in three weeks for Thanksgiving break and then home again in another three weeks after that for winter break...

Although it is always very difficult coming back to school after being home. I'm not sure if there has been a time that I haven't cried about it...which makes me wonder sometimes if JMU was the right pick for me, if maybe I should have picked a school closer to home (not like two hours away is really THAT far or anything). Either way, I will be very excited to go home in three weeks! The relaxation will be much needed for sure! And I will be with these people.....

Which always makes everything a little bit better, no matter how quickly attitudes change after that moment of bliss! <3

You know You've Failed When...

You created a blog like a billion months ago and you've only posted three times... oops!!

What made me smile today:

I was talking to my friend about how frustrated I was with a few things and how I just feel like college is constantly kicking my butt and knocking me down every time I try to get back up. His response:

"If you trip, I will help you up!"

Always providing the simplest encouragement in times that I need it the most! That ladies and gentlemen is a true friend!

:-D

Apology

Let me apologize for how incredible long it is taking me to post about the psalms I am reading! Even though I've yet to post about the first psalm, I am currently on the twenty seventh! Yes, I do have quite a bit of blogging to do! Again my apologies for slacking!

My B...It's Been a While...aka Over a Month!

So here was has gone down in my spiritual life in the past month:

So recently I had been feeling really distant from God and I wasn't sure why. I was reading my bible pretty daily but I wasn't taking much from it. I felt like I was just going through the motions of everything versus being heart felt about it all. It was weird because I could almost feel a physical desire to be close to God again, but I was struggling to get there. I'm not sure why I wasn't unable to fill this desire, which was rather weird. I felt convicted for being distant but when I read the Word and when  I sang along to worship songs, I didn't feel like I was getting anything out of it. I didn't really know what to do...I had  prayed about it some but not much had happened.

SO I asked a few of my friends to pray for me and I asked one of my close friends who I look up to as a spiritual leader what I should do. He told me a few thing that I could do including fasting and just reading 

through the book of Psalm and just really focus on one Psalm per day.

I decided to not fast with food because I started new medication for my ADD. So I tried fasting from TV....That was pretty pointless because my school work load was exploding and I didn't have time to watch TV anyways..BUT I have been reading through Psalms and let me tell you--life is much better now! Reading through Psalms is exactly what I needed! 

I will be posting about the Psalms and specific verses that I found really inspiring and helpful! I'm really excited about it, but forgive me if I don't get around to blogging everyday or every week!

<3

Oh, Why Hello There Blogger!

So, I've finally decided to create a blogspot after several friends have encouraged me to do so by constantly talking about their blogs...aka Stephanie and Taylor! I was hesitant because I didn't know what I would post about--I don't necessarily want everything from my personal life on the web. BUT I think I have decided to use this blog as a way for me to keep myself accountable for scriptures that I've read and just commenting on them. Of course, I will probably post stuff about my day, but my main focus is going to be on Bible stuff...hopefully!

Anyways, this is my first "blog" so bare with me as I tweak different things!