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| This morning as I was getting ready I heard this song on the Christian radio station and I thought, wow this song really sums up my life. You know - every now and then you come across a song that you just identify with. I am going to post the lyrics to the song below, but the main point of the song basically asked God to send anything that will bring Him glory and if that means troubles and "rain" then bring the rain.
This song was on my heart and in my mind still about 3 hours later when I get a call from my dad that my mom had been taken to the emergency room last night because she was unresponsive. It turns out she was bleeding internally and they were not sure where the bleeding was, or what had caused it and she was admitted to ICU.
She has had 2 blood transfusions since then, is still completely unresponsive over 24 hours later and they tell me it is just a waiting game and there is no way to tell when or IF she will wake up.
My God was the same this morning when everything was fine and I was bright and cheery getting ready for the Easter weekend - and my God is the same now that I am experiencing this "rain" of not knowing whether or not I will get to speak to my mom again. I will still praise HIM and thank HIM for HIS sacrifice for me, and I will most definitely celebrate this Easter Sunday that my Savior rose from the dead and is ALIVE today.
"Bring The Rain"
by MercyMe
I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I've gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It's never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times
So I pray
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain
I am Yours regardless of
The dark clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what's a little rain
So I pray
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain
HOLY HOLY HOLY
IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY
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| UPDATE ON MY LIFE
My birthday was last friday!! I am now 22. It is kind of strange to keep getting older... I kind of like it though. I like the growing that comes with each year. Plus I love being a new years baby - it seems so appropriate to have a birthday with the new year. Some people came over and Josh cooked up a bunch of food and we had a nice time... and of course there was ice cream cake  I love celebrating birthdays!!
I am starting a new JOB on MONDAY!!!!  I will be working at a dentist office and I can not wait!! I will be learning the bookkeeping and dental assisting & front desk. Of course I am really nervous too, but I always get nervous before starting something new. I think it's healthy? Keeps you on your toes right??
Since being unemployed for EIGHT MONTHS (holy cow I can hardly believe it myself) I have almost started my own business of temp jobs doing things like house sitting, baby sitting, granny sitting, fill in church secretary not to mention all the volunteering I've been able to do (Golden Heirs, MOPS, VBS ETC..). God has been really good to me and provided many opportunities to work for some income, as well as serve. I found out my job at the dentist office will allow me to have some extra days off a week because I will be working a few 12 hour days - so I am hoping to be able to continue some of these "odd jobs" and volunteering. Plus my classes are starting again. Let's not forget school. I am hoping to graduate from Regent University with a Bachelor's in Communications in the next 2 years... this is my 2nd year taking classes there although I took this past semester off b/c unemployment = no extra money for school.
OH and just so happens one of my friends has a friend who actually lives in VA Beach (where Regent is) AND she just so happens to be a student there too AND she is coming to visit THIS weekend and she is bringing me a hoodie because I go to school there and have no clothing to represent and I am sooo excited!!!
AND FINALLY...
a prayer request. I pulled a muscle or something in my neck. holy cow it is killing me it is hard to move. literally I can not move my neck without sharp intense pain. PLEASE pray that it goes away soon. Advil does not seem to do anything to help 
that's all for now folks.
happy new year!!
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| Still have not found a job , however I have been filling in for the Secretary at my Church when they need me and today is one of those days. There is a nursery across the street from my church and right next to the street is one of the largest tallest pine tree's you have ever seen. Well today a bunch of guys came and they are cutting it down to take it to Rockefeller Center for the Christmas Season!! How cool is that? It is crazy to see - I have been taking pictures of the whole process and will post some of them later.
In other news please pray for me - I am taking my resume to a school on Monday where they are looking for a secretary and I am really hoping to get this position!!! It is close to my house and would be a really nice job!! It has been really tough looking for a job with the economy being so bad. A lot of the places I have applied I have found out are in hiring freezes and can't fill the positions they have posted so it is a very frustrating process.
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| well... I am moving on Saturday. I am sitting here in my room hardly packed and stressing out. It is my own fault for procrastinating... I don't even have enough boxes.
even more encouraging is the place I am moving to is only temporary - until I can find another place to live, which means I will get to do this all again sometime in the next few months. don't get me wrong I am very grateful to have a place to go, it's just moving is my least favorite thing to do.
Still looking for a job, I keep praying and keep sending out resumes and alas... nothing as of yet... although someone at church thinks that there is an opening where they work and is forwarding my resume to the appropriate people so maybe this will be the one to work out? i hope...
well... better get back to packing...
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| So, someone hit my car a while back and it is finally getting repaired, luckily my insurance covers a rental car so i don't have to be without a car. Today Josh and I were leaving his house to go to a picnic and we were a few blocks away and made a right hand turn to hear a very loud clunk followed by awful scraping noises. We pulled over to the side of the very narrow street and I turned on the hazard lights so Josh could look under the car. He didn't see anything and we knew we couldn't stay there so we screeched the car another block until we could pull into a church parking lot. That was the most painful sounding block of driving I have ever had to do. Josh thinks maybe the brake pad mechanism fell of (or something like that - I am not really car savvy). So the rental car place is closed on Sundays and we knew there was nothing we could do about the car right now so we walked back to his house, jumped in his truck and went to the picnic. It was very strange though because up until it "fell apart" there were no warning signs something was wrong!! It was driving perfectly fine and there were no "warning noises" at all!! It was very startling and kind of nerve wracking. Anyway, hopefully I don't have any problems with the rental car place tomorrow. I am a little nervous, I know I didn't do anything to break the car, I guess I just always find it intimidating worrying if they are going to try to blame me for something. The craziest things always happen to me!! I can't just have a normal rental car experience... ooh well. At least I had another story to share with my xanga friends.
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