Goodbye 08...Hello 09!!!

Well, today is the LAST day of 2008! I cannot believe how fast this year has flown by!! I am excited to see 2009 come and 2008 go... its kind of like a new beginning and a fresh start! Lets see... I believe that today is day 9 of my cold and I hate it! I am so ready to be over it!!! I definitly do not want to start school next week with a runny nose and a cough..that would not be cool!! Wow! I cannot believe that school starts in less than a week! A new school, a new year, a new start... that is the way I am looking at it! This is a brand new adventure and opportunity for me, I am a little nervous but for the most part I am excited! Last night my Micheal and I read our first chapter of "The 5 Love Languages" I am really excited and hopeful that this book will help us learn how to better communicate with one another and pray together! The first chapter talked about how we all have a love tank inside of us and if our love tanks are full then we are able to experience life in a more fulfilling way. When we first meet our significant other we are in the "in love" stage where everything is new and exciting and we fill like our love tank is overflowing. However, after the in love stage is over we have to make a conscious decision to love the other person whether we "feel" it or not. And if we learn how to love one another then we will be able to make sure that one anothers love tanks are full and that they truly feel loved! We both liked the chapter and are ready to read the next one!! Another exciting thing that is happening tomorrow is that it is mine and Micheal's 3 year anniversary..(even though he claims that its our 4th)!! Ha Ha! I pray that our next year together will be filled with joy, love, and hope!

My first post ever!! :)

So.... I have been wanting to create a blog for sometime now but today I finally decided to just do it! I am not exactly sure what I hope to accomplish by doing this but hopefully this can be a way that I can clear my head and just let it all out!! I have soooo many things that I want to accomplish throughout my life. So many goals, so many dreams, so many ideas. Sometimes I have to admit its a little overwhelming and frusturating because I often feel like I am not doing anything to help those dreams become reality. I am 20 years old, going to school, working part time, and basically doing everything that everyone else my age is doing but for me at times its simply not enough. God has really been stretching me about how I should deal with my emotions. I have to learn how to not allow myself to be ruled by my emotions. I tend to base my mood and attitude on the circumstances around me and I know that is not how God wants me to live. Therefore I am trying to learn to discipline myself and know that the Jesus who lives in me is bigger than any emotion that I could ever experience! I praise God for his promise that I am "more than a conquerer" and that "I can do all things through him who gives me strength!!" AMEN!! I am so excited to see what God has in store for me to learn and experience in the future!!