Stop Looking

On my drive back from work I was listening to a preaching from Pastor Tony Evans. God uses him a lot to speak into my life. "Stop looking and start living" was the motto of the preaching; refering to singles who need to stop looking for a partner and to simply get on with our lives and live it to the fullest. That deserves an AMEN as well as an OUCH.

I've always known that I need to just serve the Lord and let Him bring someone into my life in His perfect timing. After all, my life verse is Psalm 37:4. I just want to delight myself in Him and let Him give me the desires of my heart that are in sync with His heart. But when it comes to the subject of "relationships" it's tough to wait on Him. Especially when my flesh as well as my soul opposes what my spirit knows to be the godly thing to do.

However, I must say that I love the fact that God's ways are higher and contradictory to the ways of this world. While many of my friends and my family worry if I will ever find a man, I've stopped worrying about it. My little cousin even asked me the other day, "Jenny, will you ever have a boyfriend or kids?" According to many people I haven't found anybody because I'm doing it wrong. I should be out and about, meeting guys and testing the waters. No thanks. I'm actually learning to just wait on God and let Him be the one to write my love story, rather than me writing my own.

Ruth is my role model in this aspect. Ruth was just gleaning in the fields when she met the man God had for her. So I will continue serving the Lord, and allow God to bring that man into my life whenever He deems fit.

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Looking Ahead

I can't help but think about 2012 and how it is quickly approaching. 2012 looks to be a promising year in my life. But I must be EXTREMELY wise and careful in the decisions that I make. Waving good-bye to my 20's and actually looking forward to turning 30 next month.

Preparation for the MCAT is underway. My goal is to take the MCAT around May or June with the intention of becoming a med-school student in 2013. I must also shadow a physician and obtain recommendation letters for med-school. May God give me wisdom and grace in this process. There is no doubt in my mind that God will give me favor with the admissions office.

I am also going to work with a team from my church that will be going to Costa Rica on a missions trip in July. There is a lot of spiritual and physical preparation, as well as fund-raising to do.

The search for protégé's are also in effect. My heart is to lift up a great team for the communications department of my church's youth ministry. I have already started training people in using Photoshp and Final Cut Pro to create graphic design and video projects.

Family goals are also set. For my 30th birthday, I want travel to Puerto Rico to meet my little sister. She is 16 and I just found out this year about her. I always wanted a little sister and I was very happy to find out that I have one.

2012, I'm ready for you.

A Trip Back in Time

Good friends are hard to find. And I've found them :-)

My friend JP came up with the awesome concept of a 40's photoshoot with a group of us that have been friends for more than 10 years. It was fun to say the least.

Here are some pictures from the shoot.

Pictures taken by: Elba Dipp (Dipp Photography) and JP Cardona (Breakthru Productions). Two amazing photographers to say the least.

Blue is my new fav color

 

We know that pink is for awareness of breast cancer. We know that purple is for awareness of pancreatic cancer. What a lot of people don't know is that blue is the color for human trafficking. Blue is the color that raises awareness of the 27 million people that are trapped in the grip of slavery... The 100,000 woman and girls trafficked each day in the United States alone... The 1.2 million children trafficked for sexual exploitation... And the two children that are sold per minute into this veiled commodity. 

Jesus said, "You will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32)

 

 

***A POST TAKEN FROM MY FRIEND RYLIE'S BLOG***