Spaghetti Noodles

About me:
So first off my mind is like spaghetti noodles....everything connects. We could be talking about food and I could connect it to unicorns. :)
I love movies except scary
I love music: worship music and country are by far my favorite...and if you look at my ipod you see that, but I do have others (90's, disney, etc.) but for the majority its worship and country.

So here is the connection between those three things....because everything connects, I automatically think of a song or movie in which that "something" reminds me of.

So what does this have to do with my life at Barton? Well I am about to tell you!

The past few weeks have been overwhelming to say the least, and I have had very little rest time. Now that its the end of this week, things have finally been calming down but up to Tuesday this week I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

I had a very big project due on 22nd of February, and my life for a week literally revolved around that...to the point I forgot about a quiz I had in another class...but thanks to my Jesus it got postponed to the following class time (last monday). Jesus is just good like that :D

But literally for the past two weeks (not including this one) I have had something due everyday for one class or another, and if you ask my parents Im sure they would agree with me when I say, I was on the brink of losing my mind... My life was litterally like a TWISTER.
(Twister is a good movie). Ive never seen a twister or been in one, and dont care too but I feel like I know what a twister feels like...thanks to these past few weeks. (see there is the connection, my school work ---> twister the movie).

The Three Little Pigs
I have to take an assessment class which teaches us on how to assess the students, and all the different ways to do that and one being through tests (of course). Our teacher made us read the common story of the three little pigs and then in groups create a 10 question test on the story.
Well While she was reading it I started to think about this story and us as christians...
Everyone knows the story... the three little pigs leave and go build their own houses. The first pig builds his house out of straw, the 2nd out of sticks, and the 3rd out of brick... Then the famous wolf comes along and huffs & puffs and destroys the first two pigs houses (and in the real story, he eats them).
So as my teacher was reading this I believe the Holy Spirit spoke this to me or revealed this to me...
We all know the Bible talks about building your house on the rock where nothing can destroy it...not even the wolf. So many times do we settle for the first thing we see (straw) and try to build a strong house where we can live...but straw doesnt protect us from the evil one... he will be able to huff and puff and destroy... Then sometimes we dont stop for the first thing we see but stop in the luke warm, this is better than straw, but brick would just be tooooo difficult place, and settle for sticks. Now yes sticks are stronger than straw but not strong enough to protect you from the wolf...he can still huff and puff and destroy. Then there is the brick house...the strong foundation, that takes a while to get to and isnt easy, expecially on a long walk in the sun, and after a while you are alone on the journey... Yes its harder to build, and it takes longer but in the end its worth it... If you build your foundation on the Word, and surround yourself by the Holy Spirit and the presence of Jesus...there is NO WAY the wolf can huff and puff and destroy, but in the end it will be the evil one who is destroyed because it is JESUS who is fighting him off (bricks), while you are in the safety of His arms (the walls) and stay rooted (the foundation) in the Word.

"The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock."
-Matthew 7:25


PRAYER REQUEST:
please pray for me... I can feel the enemy trying to break through and to be honest sometimes he does. so please pray for me.

but I guess Im on the right track, because if I feel the enemy trying hard to get in, that must mean Im going in the right direction which is TOWARDS JESUS cause the enemy will do anything to stop someone from reaching the ultimate prize.


May you experience the power and love of JESUS in mighty ways!