hopeful

((yes, I randomly found this image online.))

Sometimes when I'm driving ((well... not me... someone else is always driving. I'm not yet legal)) down the road and stop at stoplights or stop signs, I glance into the car next to me. I wonder where that person is going. I wonder if they've just received bad news or if they are hurrying to get home to see their family. I wonder if they believe in God. I wonder if they pray. Sometimes sitting there I'll pray for that person, their family.
I also wonder if they have hope. ((note the picture!)) I wonder if that person in the car next to me believe that nothing good will ever come out of life. I wonder if they have hope to take another step or if they'll fall.
Sometimes I pray that they'll have the strength to take the next step, to talk to the person they need to talk to, or place their trust in God, or realize that they've been wrong. I don't care if that person wants the prayer or not... I just pray.

Am I weird? Yeah, probably, but it helps me to realize that there are so many people and so many problems in this world.

Do you have hope? Do you know that things will eventually turn out alright? Or at least semi-okay? Do you know that you have hope in Christ? I hope every person who reads this knows that.

((off topic))
One of my really good friends got baptized today! I'm so proud of him! He's changed so much from January until now. Maybe coming here wasn't such a bad thing for him after all. x]

waiting...

What are you waiting for? A call from someone? Your situation to change? What if those things don't happen? What if that call never comes, your situation never changes, your loved one doesn't come back? What then? What are you waiting for?
Many times Americans don't have patience. We expect things here and now (why else were microwaves invented?) and we refuse to take "no" as an answer for anything. We can't believe that the subway was delayed for even a second because we woke up late, got to the station late, and now we are going to be late for work.
Did the thought of patience ever cross your mind? Or maybe the fact that there is something bigger than you out there? Did prayer ever cross your mind? For most of us God is just something we pull out on Sunday mornings, and maybe Wednesday nights. But have you ever noticed that sometimes waiting isn't as hard when you involve God in your waiting process? You ask Him to give your patience and peace. You ask Him to help you to realize that maybe that phone call isn't all that important, or that you can be content in your current situation.
I'm currently waiting for my friends to come back. I'm waiting to see if I can make it out of this. I'm waiting to see if this relationship is worth it. But I'm asking Him for patience. And the strength to keep on going even when I feel like I can't.
So... What are you waiting for?

ugh... the stairs...

so... most of you know that I am a klutz. A major klutz. And I usually have about 1-2 klutzy moments a day. And I got mine in today.
Zack called me upstairs for lunch... and I went to take the stairs two at a time like I normally do, except I kind of missed the step so I went flying into the stairs. At my house we call this "falling up the stairs".

So... you all got to hear about how klutzy I am. x]