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| to all you die-hard xanga'ers out there.....here's my mid-year shout out! I feel like I have to get on here at least twice a year to let you know I'm still alive....just not doing the xanga thing that much anymore. I do have facebook and myspace, so find me on there for more current info. but, I hope the summer is treating you well....and you're enjoying where you are. I can't complain.....been a very interesting year, but I can't complain.
blessings..... | | |
| happy new year!! woo-woo!!! can you believe it's 2006? and there were people who thought we wouldn't make it past 1999. crazy.....
I hope you all had a great Christmas. our's was fantastic! having a 10 month old in the mix sure makes for some fun times. of course, she had more enjoyment chewing on the bows than checking out her darling clothes (that her only aunt bought her) and the cute "lil red wagon" that Santa brought her....but, that lil' girl has bettered the Robinson/Smith home in more ways than we have been able to count! I recommend having a niece....it will change your life...and definatly for the better!
I'll be moving my happy lil' self to Texarkana, AR in a week & am getting really excited about it. I'll be living w' my best friend, Julie (who I've written about in the past) & hoping to get a teaching position in the near future. traveling w' women of faith is still a possibility. more details will come...
blessings to you & your's on this new year. may 2006 be the best yet! | | |
| I'm a loser, I know. If you're even reading this....you are one of my best friends! :) You didn't give up on me and KNEW I'd come back to this thing at SOME point!! Well, here I am....once again. Like I told a friend on here just today, I will probably continue to suck, big time, with getting on here.....but, hang in there. You never know when it might happen again!
I did want to post & say.....I graduate from Southwestern Theological Seminary this Friday! wow.....who knew that this stupid lil' girl who barely learned her multiplication tables would have her masters. Go ahead....let out that snicker....b'c I have been doing it for the past 4 years! (yes, you suckers who had your masters in 2....get over it.....:))
I hope all is well with each of you. Blessings on this "wonderful time of the year". We are truly a blessed people to have been given such a gift as Jesus! | | |
| wow, it's been a LONG time since I've been on here. has anyone else ignored their site this summer like I have?! I guess the time issue has affected it & the fact that nothing really profound has happened to share....till today.
I was reading in my devo book this morning. here's what I read: "In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life. When we forget that, a strange thing happens: We start treating people like inconveniences instead of assets." --Chuck Swindoll
I was convicted about how I see the people in my life. I go to 2 different extremes: 1) I am annoyed by the annoying people in my life. you know who I'm talking about. those people who suck the life out of you with their very presence. the people who you will never be really close to, but seem to act as if they are your best friend. I am annoyed by them. I avoid them. I talk bad about them & definately have a hard time loving them as Jesus said I should. or 2) I depend too much on people. these are the people in my life who make me a better person, but I put my happiness into their hands. if they treat me right, all is good in the world. if they respond negatively to me, it ruins my day. with both of these type of people, I am treating them as property. they make me look & feel good about myself. they compliment my lifestyle.
people are not property we can use up & discard when we're done. people are vital....."essential"....to our lives. think about the people in your life. for the most part, do they make you a better person? are you changed for the good, simply by being around them? that's true in my life & I can only pray to be that sort of person in return.
so, I challenge you, as I was challenged this morning....cherish the people in you life. whether they are annoying the crap out of you today or you don't think you can love another person more.....they are gifts from God that need to be handled as such.
hugs all around..... | | |
| WELCOME SUMMER!!!! I hope you all are geared up for the hot summer months. I sure am....hard to believe this year is 1/2 over though. Where did the spring go? But, I'm grateful for another season.....and more importantly, another season of life:
I spent some good time reflecting and praying last night over the past year of my life. For those of you that have walked close with me this past year, you know my world turned upside-down this time last year. On May 25th, the boy I thought I was going to marry interrupted my life-plans with the news that he was no longer engaged in our relationship. I spent the next several months trying to put the pieces back together of a heart that had been broken in two. But, as it seems to always ring true, I would not be the person I am today, had that experience not come to be. God has so beautifully put my heart back together & gave me new purpose and vision for the years ahead. As I reflected last night, I realized this summer looks a lot different than last year's. I'm only 12 hours away from my masters degree, spending 3 weeks in a row w/ high school students at camp this month, & traveling every w'end with Women of Faith. I also spent the past 2 weeks with a neat guy & have a new friendship to be grateful for. Last summer, I begged God to be the very air that I breathed, my sustainance & the life within my bones. I was dry & had no where else to turn. This summer, I ask for the same thing. I'm not dry, but am very aware of the fact that without Him, I am incomplete (to borrow the line from the new BSB song!).
So, not sure what this summer looks like for you. I know I simply want Him. Whomever & whatever He brings along the way to bless me with or test me with, I will take & be grateful. But, He is all I need & all I desire. I pray to have this same stamina come August 1st :) Blessings, friends. Now, get out there & catch some rays.....white-girl out! | | |
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