I'm Back

Well it's been a while since I posted. Christmas was very nice, it was my first Christmas as an Aunt and that was a lot of fun. Maya got lots of sweet kisses from me. After Christmas I went to Nashville for one of my dearest friends weddings. I stood up in it and wore a pretty red dress, I felt like a southern belle. I will have to post pics as soon as I have them. My Nashville trip was non stop, exhausting and super fun. I have some really good stories like how I almost cut my toe of getting a pedicure, oh and hillbillie Christians that live in the woods party a lot different that us city slickers, fun times though. It was a great trip, I made new friends and got to love on my old ones. It was hard coming home.
Oh I started a new job yesterday, more news on that too follow as well. I have to go study and am exhausted from the crazy week, but there will be another post soon, promise.

He is Good Now!

So I have been asking God some hard questions as of late. Mostly when God is my season of spring coming? It's been a hard place to be in to realize that it may not come during my life on earth. I have been struggling with that being a possibility. I sing at church that His Grace is enough, but sometimes it isn't. It isn't because I choose to not let it be enough. I guess we all want to step out of pain, not stand in it any longer that we have to. I have been thinking about Psalms 23, how it says
Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
And then the awesome phrase of goodness and mercy will follow all the days of our lives. I think I always focused on the goodness and mercy, but they are not necessarily seperate from walking in the valley of the shadow of death. He gives us goodness and mercy and comfort while we walk through the valley. I am learning to lean of him and enjoy his goodness in the midst of trials. So my spring may never come, but I am trying to live for every moment of goodness and mercy. Sometimes we look to much ahead and miss his goodness now. He is good now! Know that his goodness endures forever!

My 5

i guess my last question was too hard. I had a hard time thinking of 5 people I would want in a band, and I wrote the question. I know that I would like something that probably would never happen like Maxwell, Ryan Adams, Eisley, Al Green, and Modest Mouse rocking it together. I think blugrass rock soul would be awesome. I would buy it anyway.

music of our lives

This is kind of a continuation of my last post. I was very excited that Maxwell is back recording. This cd coming out in Feb is the frist of a trilogy, he will be releasing a cd for the next 3 years. Yeah! So who are you waiting to release a new cd? Is there someone (they have to be alive) that you have been hoping and praying will release a new cd? And if you could make any band of 5 musicians (they have to have recorded in the past,meaning you can't include yourself unless you are a recording artist) who would you choose and why? I too am going to think about this one and answer it soon.

Thankful!

I am thankful that one of my favorite artist has come out of the dark and will grace us with his amazing beautiful seductive music this winter! God knows this makes me very happy!


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If you bake it they will come!

I have a kitchen again! Whoohoo! My parents remodeled the kitchen and they did it on their own for the most part, I helped by giving direction as far as what color to paint the walls and well that's about all the help they got from me. But it's so beautiful. Today I made an omellette for breakfast! Oh did I miss cooking. I have been going crazy trying to decide what to make for homegroup this week, so many choices. I can't wait to bake for Christmas! Wow, I guess it is the little things in life. But I love to cook, it calms me and for a moment I feel I can relate to the creative part of God. Like when the cheescake comes out with no cracks and taste like it came from heaven, I wonder if God felt anything like that when he created me, "Like I rock! This cheesecake is awesome!" I hope he said when he created me " I rock that Jessica is awesome!" Maybe it's a little different, the excitement over creating cheesecake and humans, but I am sure not much!

God is Speaking

I guess none of you hear from God, seeing no one replied to my last post. That is sad, so all of you will be in my prayers. Ha
Really God has been speaking to me! Yeah God! I think he speaks all the time I just don't always pay attention or don't give him credit. I think this week he has been using people to speak. Life yesterday I called my credit card company, and before I called I prayed cause I can get in a hizzy with them (credit card companies in general) at times, I feel like they are always trying to screw you over. But a few weeks ago while I was waiting at the dr's office I saw this episode of Oprah called "Women Around the World" of something to that effect. Lisa Ling did this section on women in India who work at credit card hotlines and have to work in the middle of the night because of the time change, and then they go home to their families to take care of them all day. I had this mind when I called, and the lady was super nice. I would be grouchy if I was working in the middle of the night and the had to go home to my house full of kids. Oohwee.
Oh and then I has this conversation with my Jehovah Witness boss about healing and she said that God doesn't heal anymore, something about how Jesus used healing in the Bible to show a transfer of power from the Jewish religion to Christianity, I guess we don't need his power anymore. I know I need his power so I am going to keep on believing in it. I also am going to keep pray for healing, even if I never do get healed I have faith that God can heal me. Oh the ways he speaks.
Anyway God is good, and I think if we choose to pay attention we can see that more often.