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| My students surprised me with a "healthy" cake! |
Refreshment: Something
that I have been striving for for so long is rest and longing to have energy.
It has been a struggle, but I believe this is my year to be refreshed. And I am
starting it by having a nice and relaxing summer with family and friends. Many
hours will be spent sipping earl gray tea, reading, soaking in the sun, time
apart with my Savior, and being spontaneous.
For the rest of the year I want to be intentional and not feel guilty
about setting apart time each day to relax and reenergize whether that’s
through reading, running, journaling or napping J!
I have been learning that “our mornings, our evenings, and our every hour-in
between have purpose, and that purpose is to know Christ and to make Him know”,
but this can’t be done apart from feeding on the Living word of God and
choosing to have our identify rooted in Him.
I say this because I believe that my soul will find refreshment the more
I focus on God and see that everything that I do has a purpose even the little
things like washing dishes or big things loving on my community or students. Instead of allowing these worldly things to
suck my energy I am choosing to change my mind-set to see them as a way to
bring glory to God and make His name known!
Remembering:
I believe of a lot of this year will be remembering. Remembering the past
twenty-four years and how faithful God has been. Sometimes when you go through hard seasons
it’s hard to see how faithful God is, but can I tell you He is so faithful in
every season. Oh, my! How faithful God has been. Remembering the people who have impacted my life and encouraged me
so much the past twenty-four years. Remembering
the memories that I have been so blessed with you. It hit me hard this birthday
how blessed I am to be alive and that I have been given twenty-four years of
life so far. I don’t want to waste a single day focusing on worldly things, but
instead living each day as an ambassador of Christ! One goal for this year is
to complain less and focus on trying to see the best instead.
Refocus:
I really believe this year is a year of refocusing on what God has for my life.
Pressing into Him with the desires of my heart. Deep down in my soul I feel
(expect) God is going to do BIG things in my life this year and I am ready! I
have no idea what He has planned, but I am so ready to listen and be obedient! J A piece of scripture that God has
laid on my heart for this season is Psalm
37:3-7:
“Trust
in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heat’s desires. Commit
everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make
your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine
like the noonday sun. Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently
for him to act. “
This scripture speaks so clearly to my heart-
there is so much in this chapter and it has so much more meaning to me than I
going to write out because there are just some things that are meant to be kept
between God and I. Just know that Psalm 37 brings hope to my year of
twenty-four!
Twenty-four is year of expecting and waiting
patiently! J Waiting
patiently is hard for me, but I want to be able to wait patiently in God
because He knows so much better than I do!
The rest of my birthday was spent going to
church with my roommate, shopping for a bridesmaids dress for my brother’s
wedding!!!!! (unsuccessful, but still fun), trying new things like raw sushi!
and a late night of talking with a dear friend! It was a beautiful and refreshing
day! So far I loving twenty-four!
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| My birthday day summarized in pictures! |
Happy
birthday to me!
Love,
Daniella
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