Leavin' [Never Lookin' Back]
“…And suddenly there’s joy in life! Suddenly, there’s a reason to get up in the morning, it’s called Bacon!” Sookie from Gilmore Girls
Just a thought, but something has been bugging me for the past few weeks. Maybe you avid readers can help me sort it out… why are there always scratches in toilets? I mean in like, Wal-Mart or gas stations there are always scratches in the toilets! Not on the toilets, I mean inside. Like with the water. In the bowl. Why is this? I mean, how does this happen? I guess… I don’t know, do other people [not me of course] pee hard enough to leave scratches? I’m sorry but how else does it happen? I can think of one or two more ideas but I’d rather not post them if you know what I mean… it’s just … weird. Maybe someone just had to pee REALLY bad. But what a coincidence that there are scratches in EVERY public restroom. Driving to WI is like, a 16 hour drive so I had time t contemplate this question. I watched, and I noticed, there are always scratches in the toilets! I wonder if it’s like that in guy bathrooms too… I’ll have to ask Jeremiah to look for me next time we go on a trip. Hmmm… I am very bugged at my inability to answer this question… think on it, and if any of ya’ll can come up with a better answer than hard peeing, tell me!!
I need some of prayer guys. I’m seriously going through something tough right now. I don’t want to talk about it, I just need prayer. Not prayer that I get through it, prayer that I see the right way to go, the right way to walk. I know that it’s a test. I’ve already come to the conclusion that it’s a test. But it’s hard. Basically, praying about it this morning God let me know that I’m actually getting it easy. “Pick one, me or this other thing.” Seems like an easy choice right? My problem is that it should be! –Sighs- I’ve been racking the Proverbs for lots of verses to help me. At first I kept saying over and over again “I don’t get it, I don’t understand.” And Then God was like BAM!! and smacked me upside the face with proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” And I just kind of sat there and was like… “Ahh, gottcha.” But if ya’ll could just include me in your prayers, I’d really appreciate it. =]
I still have newz about our trip to the big WI and I’ll talk about it soon. I just needed to rant a bit. I’m going to go sit with Lil’ brown eyes for a bit, before it gets too dark. It’s all good so all my people, puttcha hans doouuuwn.
The rest of Proverbs 3:5... "In ALL your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. " All your ways... wow, that means everything that you do, everything that you say, everything that you are. Is He real? Is He in control?
"He works ALL things out for the good of those who love Him" That truly means that He will work all of your "things" out... In Romans 7:18 Paul talks about how he battles his flesh (which would be his own desires), they are not always good but that he wants to do the right thing and knows the right thing, and that it's hard to DO the right thing when the flesh or our own desires are so strongly pulling us to do the wrong thing..."For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.]" He goes on to say he is despairing over what do, who will save him from these thoughts and deeds... verse ends in verse 25 by saying that "God will save and deliver him, point him to the right path and give him strength to walk it."
God will do the same with you Danielle. You are such a strong willed young woman and one who loves God and truly wants to do the "right thing". It's hard and much easier to just do the wrong thing but remember, God hasn't gotten you this far to walk away. Neither have your dad and I. I always want to talk to you and so does he. We love you more than life...
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Sheesh, It's like tryin to get into fort knox to leave a post! *Squints eyes*...Good!
Anyway, thought i'd browse through your FANTASTIC book store at www.daniellefrankland.com and found myself here. Well i had to comment on the scratches. First thing that popped into my head was that everyone has been drinking so many energy drinks and sodas, that it has reprogrammed the molecular structure of their inner workings and thus far sends out a stream of corrosion. Yeah...thats gross. But then logic decided to strike and realized that the cleaning lady(or man!...wanna be politically correct here)must use a coarse toilet brush. And THUS from my deductive reasoning concluded that over a large expanse of time and thousands of disgusting toilets, ware and erosion has accured. So to be honest...you want to see those odd little scratches in the toilet bowl...otherwise, they'd have a shall we say...foreign matter in place rather than thus stated scratches.
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Trust your gut. I mean Really trust your gut. I know that for me in the past, and i'm sure still do, tell myself logical things to deter me from the correct choice that God tries to direct me in. The words But, and Maybe were some of my favorites. Thats my past though, everyone is different. When i say trust your gut, i mean trust the path that God has layed out for you. If we as people are quiet long enough and put our buts and maybes aside, God will always light up the path we are to travel. Neat part is...its always up to us to start walkin'. I'm always praying for you.
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