Like I have stated before I love movies and music and a lot of times when people say something one of the two things or both will pop into my head which deal with whatever is being talked about or what I am thinking about (and that can be a whole bunch of everything).
Well I should be in bed, but I am not... Instead I am listening to music and browsing the web and the sont Summer Nights by Rascal Flatts came on which is one of my favorites and one song that gets me EXTREMELY excited about summer which starting Wednesday the 27th will be a exactly a month away and OH I CANT WAIT!
It has been no secret that this semester has been a tough one in many ways. It was my first semester back since taking the fall off even though it seems like I never took a semester off. It also has been packed full of classes, seven to be exact which all are critical for my education major because I have been learning about writing lesson plans, how to teach students who are deaf and hard of hearing to read, learning how to assess students whether formal or informal, and so on. Not only are the classes about important information, they also have TONS of work that is just too much for even the Queen of England to do. (I have become kind of obsessed with the Royal family, and I have watched many episodes about them on TLC during this Royal Wedding Week).
Something that has always amazed me is the teachers brain lock...for some reason they dont understand that this isn't the only class we are in, but are in many others with just the same amount of work.... I mean I have ONE month left yet I have work due that should take me about two months to complete....hmm that might be a problem...
On top of that my Praxis scores werent passing 15 points to be exact..ugghhh so close but yet so far away... Because of this I have to do ten hours of practice tests in the three different areas during the summer and then retake the Praxis so that I can be admitted into the School of Education. That of course is going to be tons of fun... "hey britt you want to go somewhere?"..."I cant, I have to do practice tests." Yep sounds like an exciting summer to me!
Of course Im exagerating...I will not let that ruin my summer, and it want....its not that big of deal...to be quite honest Im sort of in a complaing mood (If you couldnt already tell) at least I know it and not trying to hide it :)
BUT SERIOUSLY ON A GREAT NOTE...
Easter was on Sunday and it was a beautiful day! I would have to say I follow in my Grandma's footsteps because Easter is one of my favorite holidays, right next to Christmas!
Saturday of course was the annual Simpson family Easter egg hunt, but this year we also went hiking in the morning and then lunch, and then the Easter egg hunt plus a game of egg toss, hit the egg and see it splatter, and kickball.... I slept good Saturday night trust me!
Ever since Romania everything that the LORD has taught me, and shown me contains something dealing with love, His love for me, for His people, love I have for others... it blows me away. Recently when doing my devotional I got blown away, and of course it contained something about Love. Ive been doing the Chasing the Lion study by Mark Battersonwhich is amazing... Iven done one of his studies before and it was just as amazing. This study talks about Benaiah, a brave man who fought a Lion and WON! Throughtout the study you learn that of course Benaiah has to be afraid, I mean its a lion for petes sake, there had to be a little bit of shaky hands, but he didnt let that stop him... Instead of running he chose to RUN TOWARDS the lion and with that victory over the animal. AMAZING! Thats what we as believers, and Christ followers must do, run towards the enemy not away from it, and in the end the LORD will see that and bless us with a victory. As long as we follow God and do His will, we will never fail. Whom shall we fear? What can we not do? That would be nothing and anything!
When reading Mark was talking about forgiving and forgetting and there were two lines that completely blew me away.
"God has forgiven and forgotten"
"We cant forgive ourselves for our sins because we cant forget."
Since this was around Easter thats what immediatelty came to mind. Our Jesus suffered through betrayal, beatings, and death for us, and he rose again for us...so that we might spend ETERNITY with Him.... WHOAH! Even though the LORD suffered through all this he had forgiveness in His heart, he plainly states that when He says, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they are doing." (Luke 23:34). Now Im just saying, I dont think I could do that, and thank goodness it wasnt me but JESUS! Through everything he asked His Father to forgive them even after everything they did to Him...WHOAH! Thats just one example, while hanging on the cross he told the thief next to him that he would be in Heaven with Him that day. He forgave a thief. Now for some reason we cant do the same thing. We repent and ask Jesus to forgive us, and He does and then bam its gone....vanished, yet we keep it with us. To me this belittles God and is sort of a smack in the face because its like we are saying how could Jesus forgive us and forget it, thats just crazy. Ummmm who are we to question the LORDs ways? Now Im not saying I am a pro at this, because I do it too but I am trying not too.... Jesus did it freely, He died willingly and forgives and forgets willingly, we should be jumping for joy. We have no blemish with repentance. THANK YOU JESUS!
Prayer Request:
Please pray for me and my classes, and that all my hair want fall out! (just kidding of course, i dont think it is).
"May the good LORD take a liken to ya!" -Pawpaw
