A few thoughts about my trip to Florida this past weekend...

• Disney World has a whole lot more to offer than expected! It was pretty much a blast (especially when you're with the right people!)
• It was perfect weather while we were there. I only got a little strip of a sunburn (what's with that?)...why is it so cold here in Decatur?
• Friends are amazing!
• The rides were sooo much fun!
• The shows were awesome!
• The Indiana Jones stage is a wind tunnel....there's an interesting story that includes blown up skirts and a lot of laughs!
• Fastpasses for rides are great!
• Disney shows are not overrated for teens!
• This trip made me remember a whole lot of my childhood!
• I went on my first upside-down roller coaster yesterday! Something I would do again if I had to...but am really okay with never doing again!
• Epcot was my least favorite.
• The food wasn't ever spectacular and it was pretty pricey but not too bad if you made smart choices.
• You can always find a way to kill time!
• Take pictures of eveything...you'll only regret not!
• Mickey isn't God! Even though he's pretty cool!
• Mt. Everest was my favorite ride of them all.
• Having good stories to tell is the best way to spend your time in-line.
• I learned a lot from Disney as a whole as far as kids and working with kids
• I want to go back!........ Just after I recooperate from sleeping on the bus! : )
  
  
  

humility...cont

I'm reading The Purpose Driven Life with a friend and today there was this little section on humility and how it is important in a small group (of believers). It said that humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. This makes perfect sense to me...and it sort of helped answer my question.

humility

How do you humbly bounce ideas off someone? What do you say? What words do you use? Yes, of course, have an attitude of humility...okay...? What does that mean?

Is this a dumb question?

Living Sacrifice

My biggest struggle at the moment is acting/doing. I can say the right things. Think the right things. Decide. Make good choices. But a lot of things I'm not actually doing. I have become a hypocrite, apathetic. I HATE that! But as much as I say it, think about it...I'm not doing anything to change it. I know that I need to spend more time in worship and time alone with God. I want to...I know that I will learn so much, that God will speak to me, but....I don't know if I'm just lazy or what it is. I just haven't done it. I make up lame excuses in my mind.
I DO a lot of good things. Actually, pretty much everything I do is a "good" thing, but I don't think it's necessarily what I'm supposed to be doing, how I'm spending my time. There's no recipe or specific life plan I can just follow, so it's choices are difficult. I'm ready to move on. I want the next few weeks to just be over, but there's so much in these next few weeks to enjoy. I need to start listening and acting on things. I need to rearrange a lot of things in my life, but I don't know what. What I need is a good smack in the face! But no one can see this, since I'm not doing anything "bad." So I guess this whole post is just a cry out to the cosmos. -> I'm saying it out loud that I need to change!
God, help me to change! Shape me! May "me" not get in the way of You! May I not just pray these words, but act upon them. May the love in my life not just be a noun but a moving verb. Teach me! I know that you will bless me when I follow your will. I am so sorry for my laziness and apathy. You are so good! So worthy of my praise and so on! I love you so much! I want YOU to be in control, not me!
Today, I kind of crashed for a few moments. God is in control, and I am not. I am a perfectionist, but not everything will always be perfect. People are not going to be what I want them to be. Things can't go according to my plans.
I know, I know you read this whole post and just nod because I'm going in circles....well, welcome to my mind!

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