one of those days....

you know when you have one of those days? everyone knows what you mean when you say, "it's just been one of those days". have you ever had one of those weeks?

Suck.

that is the only word for it.

but then, miracle of miracles....

something happens....

and once again...
life is good.

it takes a couple days, but you know it's just gonna get better as long as you let it.

laughing with

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God when the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one's laughing at God when it's gotten real late and their kid's not back from that party yet

No one laughs at God when their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one's laughing at God when they see the one they love hand in hand with someone else and they hope that they're mistaken
No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door and they say "We've got some bad news, sir,"
No one's laughing at God when there's a famine, fire or flood


But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or
Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they're about to choke

God can be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie
Who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God when they've lost all they got and they don't know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize that the last sight they'll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one's laughing at God when they're saying their goodbyes

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or
Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they're about to choke

God can be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie
Who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war

No one's laughing at God in a hospital
No one's laughing at God in a war

No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
We're all laughing with God

REGINA SPEKTOR

Ann Bradstreet

ann bradstreet once said:

"among all of my experiences of God's gracious dealings with me I have constantly found this; that He hath never suffered me long to sit loose from him, but by some affliction or another hath made me look home, and search for what was amiss."

what a wise woman.

go for it

today i heard a quote. on tv amazingly. an actress said:
'whatever it is that makes your pulse race...go for it.'
it was one of those quotes that just feels right to your intuition.

lately i've been doing a lot of thinking. about what is really important, and what i need to be going after and doing to be the kind of person i want to be.

then i heard this quote and thought what makes my pulse race?

amazingly they coincide.

feeling the spirit and building my testimony make my pulse race. and they are things i want to feel more. so i will go for it.

doing well in a class or on a test makes my pulse race. and thats something i want to do more. so i will go for it.

being independent. making decisions for myself and caring about myself make my pulse race. so i'm going for it.

making friends and meeting new people makes me pulse race. go for it.

being around my family and having fun with them makes my pulse race. going for it.

loving those around me. going for it.

stolen

The Clouds Move Slowly

You close your eyes when you cry. That's ok. Just don't keep them closed too long. Things have become beautiful since you last looked. There's nothing more to cry about.

i stole this from the blog I Wrote This For You. isn't it beautiful?

S*N*O*W

today was the first real snow. what makes a snow a real snow is that it sticks, snows for more than an hour, and is all around pretty.

when i woke up today and looked out the front room window of my apartment i started bouncing up and down on the couch like a three year old. -I LOVE THE SNOW. there is nothing in this world that compares to the beauty of the snow.- luckily for me both my room mates love the snow too, so they didn't find my bouncing to be too terribly weird.

I love the white sparkly effect of the snow. EVERYTHING looks prettier in the snow. even people. actually especially people. it just looks sooo pretty! thats why they call it a winter wonderland. snow leaves you in wonder. you never hear anyone call summer a wonderland. (you can tell which i like better.)

the downside of snow? driving in it. it's absolutely terrifying. and in utah it is so hard to decide if you should drive now or wait a while. because often if you wait a couple minutes it will start to melt. oh utah. you are bipolar when it comes to weather. but this snow, i will keep.