crazy love

Raise your hand if you're excited for a long holiday weekend!!

This past week has been a rough one...

but I am uber excited for a long weekend.

And I fully intend on spending it with my besties.

For example:

Tonight I will be heading downtown Goshen for First Fridays with my homegirl Laura.

It's the annual First Fridays Cruise-in.

That means there will be lots of pretty cars to look at.

((Yes, I am a girl that loves to go to car shows and "boy" events.))

I couldn't tell you a thing about the cars but it's always been something I've enjoyed doing.

If you're in the northern Indiana region you should come hang out with us cool kids!!

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Anyways...

time for some honesty. 

 I've been spending a lot of time thinking this week.

I'm still sorta in one of my low times so I've been trying to really refocus my life and work through this.

One thing that I've been trying to do is to refocus on God again.

There have been so many things lately that have been like God is screaming at me to grab my attention again.

This was one of those things: 

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:3-4 

I've been struggling with my outward appearance a lot lately.

I felt pretty good about myself.

But there was still always that nagging voice in the back of my mind telling me that I wasn't good enough.

These verses were a reminder of how your outward appearance doesn't matter to God.

And really... he's the only person you should be trying to "impress."

I've also started reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan.

I began reading it last fall and got 2 chapters in before I let life take over again.

So I'm starting over.

I'm really hoping to get my life back on track and fall in love with God all over again. 

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There's one sentence on page 29 that I feel everyone needs to remember:

"In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him."

Wow.

 Makes ya think doesn't it??

Happy Friday

and

Happy 4th of July!!