AMEN!

Can I get an amen for my last day of school?

AMEN!

This semester was my first time back at school in 2 1/2 years. Holy Jesus! I can honestly say that I would never ever recommend taking that much time off of school, because, Yes, it is true, It is so so so much harder to go back after that long. But, I will give myself a pat on the back for actually going. I have pursued my dream of being a hairdresser and the Lord is good and faithful to bless me through the entire process. All praise, honor and glory goes to God the Father. He is good!

My Top 10 Favorite Things

I was trying to think of a fun post to write, and this is what I decided would be fun for me. The top 10 are in no particular order, they are just fun. 

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1. My Mac

2. My awesome NASB Bible that mentor Nat gave to me for my 20th birthday. 

3. Chacos

4. Jewelry 

5. Brownies

6. Swimming

7. The SUN

8. The Beach, I guess you pretty much have to love the sun if you love the beach. :)

9. Hair-its what I do

10.DRESSES!!!! 

So, I love my Mac, but am definatly jealous of people who have the newest titanium mac, because its just so beautiful. My chacos are so my best friend, I would wear them with all my pretty 40 something dresses if I wouldn't look like a fool. Brownies are my weakness and definatly contribute to the 25ish pounds that I've managed to put on since moving to the city of concrete and fat. When I first moved to Texas, I was working at an awesome camp, camptejas.org, and started swimming a whole lot. Now, I LURVE it! I am from an awesome smallish town called Daphne, Alabama and its only about 20-30 minutes form the most beautiful beach ever, Galveston aint got nothing on Gulf Shores. 

If you are ever interested in an awesome hair cut or color, I know this awesome hairdresser, she is amazing....if you are interested, you should give me a shout! 

Love you guys. 

payday.

Finally!

I feel like I have never had to wait so long for a payday. I have set an amazing record for myself, I haven't been to the grocery store in a whopping 3 weeks. CRAZY! I usually go every week, but since the money has not been there, the groceries have not either. Somehow, though, God has continually provided food and even money to get gas and dinner a couple nights. Its so great to see the Lord provide for me. He is so faithful. He has also really humbled me in this time of need, showing me the difference between what I need and what I want. Lets just say the list of wants is much longer. Sometimes I am just never content. He is faithful in every area. To teach and to give to me. I love you Jesus, You are awesome. Praise you for the paycheck you are giving me tomorrow. Praise you for the jobs you have given me. You are amazing. 

perms.

You're born. You live. and then You die.
The perm was born. It has lived. and now, it should die. Well, at least I think it should.
The smell, I can handle. (its not the kind of smell that I would call, refreshing, but it isn't one that I can't handle.) But, the acutal sectioning and rodding of an entire head, so NOT necessary. I hate it. I think that sometimes, yes, they are needed, but isnt that what a curling iron or hot rollers are for. This is an ode to the day that the perm will die. Please, Lord, any day now. Thank you.

12 days...

In 2 days, it will be exactly 3 months since the very first day I started my new life in cosmetology school. It has been a crazy, busy, hard and easy, challenging and long 3 months, but now, in exactly 12 school days I will be finished. ( well, at least for the almost 4 months of summer break that I get) PTL! 

I can't begin to understand what the Lord is going to do in my remaining 2 semesters at school, but I am beginning to know what I am there for, other than the get my cosmetology licence, FINALLY! 

Over the past few months, He has really been showing me how exactly I am different from others around me and that, its okay. I am in a classroom full of girls who don't know Him, and I am there to show them how they can know Him. I have definatly screwed up at times and struggled with my words, my attitude, my actions, but as I am coming to a finish in the semester, the Lord is showing me that the way I think I should love these girls, is not the way that He intended it.

Patience. Self-Control. Gentleness. All these things, I am finding Jesus wants me to live in, but the one that I struggle with most, in fact, is pretty easy, quietness. 

Being quiet and holding my tongue is definatly not my strongest characteristic, but it is, in fact, very easy. In the midst of awful conversation where my words could hurt someone as I am about to EXPLODE, Jesus basically yells for me to shut up. Its all pretty humbling, always. I never am not humbled by it. He has even screamed it at me through some of the girls in my class. 

I encourage you all now, to just shut up every once in a while. Listen to others, and if you dont like what they are saying, pray for them. Pray for the words to say to them, and rest in it, wait on it. Be patient. Practice self-control. It really is worth it. 

good night to all. 

Its in His beautiful name I come to you. 

Brittany