what a beautiful mornin'....ohhhh

well hello again, its only 10:34 and i've worked out, showered, and aced a midterm! what a good feeling that is! jess and i studied last night for almost 2 hours after our ra meeting, and i feel like i totally kicked butt on that midterm!

so i started using a new shampoo this morning....guess what it is....go ahead guess.......did you guess? i dont think you did, now really guess.

i used mane n' tale. yes that is right, im using horse shampoo, BUT let me explain myself...its to make my hair grow faster! its supposed to really work. megan uses it and her hair has grown like 3 inches in a matter of just a couple weeks...so here we go...i may have long hair the next time you see me. which is even weird for me to think about because i've had short hair for almost two years now. but i want to be able to put it into a pony talk for when i got to ivory coast, because you know, i know...its going to be HOT! So i want to be as cool as possible!

yesterday was a good day. i went to church and then to a 6 hour tech rehearsal which kicked off the week of tech rehearsals and opening night....i can't wait until the final light cue on saturday night. but i have to say its a real joy to work with these people. they don't bite your head off and they appreciate the work you do. which is a nice change for me :)

so last night i was laying in bed just praying havin' my daily conversation with God and i reached over and picked up my daily bible verse stand. and while i was doing that i just prayed the Lord would allow me to pick one that would be an encouragement to my day and week and to the other people around me. and i took the deck in half and read this one..."you have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in YOUR presence with eternal pleasures at your hand." Psalm 16:11 i really started to think about this verse, and for me just reading this verse excites me. to think through the lord is when ill find my joy, and then will i be on the right path of life, his path of life for me. i dont know about you but just thinking about being on His path for me excites me because I know his plan is far better than my plan ever could be, or even dream to be. and then to think about the joy i will have when im in the presence of the Lord, is amazing. it takes a lot for me to become speechless but i have no doubt in my mind i will be in the presence of the Lord. He is such an amazing God, its hard to even think of the right words to even justify his name!

My prayer is that everyday i bring glory to his kingdom, but i also know that i fail Him. he expects me to fail, that doesnt make it okay but that does give me the assurance that he still loves me.

today, my heart is heavy as their is conflict between my close "family" i pray for that situation, i know there is nothing i can do execpt to pray. what i dont think they understand is that "we" are the next people to raise up a strong leadership team, and even more heavy, to raise up strong Christians on this campus. and if we dont have our bond, through Christ, strong...then how can we even expect to do the Lord's will. he calls us to have peace among our brothers and sisters...and we do not have peace. i'm praying every single day for them, and even more so today as my heart is heavy; but there is nothing i can do except turn it over to the Lord.

So whats heavy on your heart today? are you taking it to the Lord?...

have a blessed day.

em