im thankful for..

1. my brother, taylor. no matter what boring/unexciting/useless piece of information i tell him he is always genuinely excited.. its awesome and makes me really happy :].

2. QT.. they have the good ice, fountain diet mt dew, good coffee, mike & ikes and icees. and the people that work there are usually very friendly. 

3. the condo i'm moving into today as a keyboard! so i can really learn and not just talk about it. 

4. moving frequently. i feel like it has kept my things on the less than more side. i like this. of course, being an american i have way more than most, but respectively speaking i dont have lots of extra "junk". i'm pretty good at throwing/giving things away.

verse for the day: 

if anyone loves me, he will keep my word; and my father will love him and we will come to him and make our home with him.-jesus [john14:23]

romance & friendship

the other day the holy spirit told me thats what it's all about... friendship & romance.

the deeper the friendship the sweeter the romance. 

friend of the bridegroom. walk with jesus. know whats on his heart. how do things make him feel? people, events, decisions really impact His heart. the perfect one. the righteous one. what is he thinking about? i want the holy spirit to be my best friend. no joke. 

i like..

(1) pure joy 

(2) finding rest for my soul

(3) chips and guacamole 

i think everyone should get aim again..

if we're going back to hs days of blogging, we might as well go all out and stay up late at night chatting on aim about random nonsense. 

Yeah? 

sandra7858... hit me up yo! 

i'm moving in 7 days.

i should start packing.

upside down kingdom

And I will walk at liberty (in a wide place),

For I seek Your precepts. Ps119:45

Your commands bring FREEDOM.

Your ways lead to LIFE.

They aren't confining--they bring about a free heart filled with life!

Narrow is the gate 

and difficult is the way 

which leads to life;

and there are few who find it. Matt 7:14

I love His leadership. Only in His kingdom does the narrow, difficult, hard way lead to a wide place filled with life! Oh, that I would long for the difficult way. I cant articulate it yet, but I know my mindset is completely wrong. I live so much as a slave to sin, but I am a slave to righteousness! Our flesh profits nothing. zero. zilch. but the Spirit gives life. actual life, the light of Jesus' face, the brightness from His being touches our soul.. there is nothing better. I want all of Psalm119 in my heart. I long for the law of the Lord to truly be my delight. 

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Chad, who teaches my class tonight, said that there was a study done on the health of the brain during contemplative prayer and the brain was at its highest cognitive activity level! 

I also saw a study one time about how speaking in tongues was really good for your brain as well. 

It made me think about fasting too. Not eating, is actually good for your body to get rid of toxins.

so three of the seemingly most foolish things...not eating, sitting in silence, and speaking a language you dont know...are incredibly good for your body, soul and spirit. God's a genius. ha!

spring/summer so far consists of..  !!!

[1] trip to kc with bev

[2] trip to cali to visit sarah and fulfill my dream of surfing

[3] being in 2 weddings...attending at least 6...wowww

i have to move out of my apartment in 11 days and i still don't have a place to go.. and the thought of packing all my stuff and moving it down three flights of stairs kinda makes me nauseous. 

i found some wedding cake classes that i'm going to start taking, so thats exciting! 

sandra-the-wedding-cake-baker-extraordinaire coming soon. 

3 things i'm thankful for: ..copying erica

[1] spell check on blogger

[2] a sweet roommmate who bought me dunkin' donuts coffee (which ps is THE BEST coffee in the world. period.), flowers and gum just because..

[3] blankets..really thankful for them. especially the electric ones. 

fifteen minutes left in during this prayer room for the night. 

not gonna lie, the past hour has been pretty rough. and by rough i mean boring. 

i meditated on psalm 23 for most of my time in here. its pretty awesome that the entire thing is about Him doing things for me. i don't do anything, except let Him...

make me lie down

lead me 

restore my soul

lead me some more

prepare a table for me

anoint my head

and then goodness and mercy constantly follow me wherever i go

we're loved

sought after

completely taken care of

Jesus is good. mmmmm. goodnight.