love is the movement.thankfulness.

soo..i was just pondering afew things today. Which is actually something I do quite often. I work at a daycare. I love this Job. I love the kids..& I'm so thankful for the things they have opened my eyes to. But afew days ago we went over things that they are thankful for. And let  me tell you...I got quite the list. One child said he was thankful for his hand. One said they were thankful for the chicken nuggets their mom and dad make. Afew said their mommy and daddy. One said their toys. This was beautiful to me. I laughed at some of the answers because they seemed kind of silly. But now I look back and think...No, Lindsey..that's the way its suppose to be. I should be thankful for my hands a feet given to me to serve the Lord. Some people don't have that. These kids know exactly what they are thankful for...and express it. So why can't I? A 19 year old, undeserving girl? So this is it..I'm thankful for my hands. Being able to use them to teach children. If I didnt have my hands, I wouldn't be able to do my future job. I wouldn't be able to type this right now. It's in a whole different perspective to me now. I'm thankful for my parents. The parents who understand every path of life and have supported me in everything I do. The parents who have raised me in church and taught me about Jesus. The parents who given me absolutely everything I need. The parents who have displayed God's love! The parents who have given me my silly little brother. Thanks mom and dad :) Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus for friendships. The old and the new. The best friends. The friends I only see every now and then. The friends who have guided me and showed me your love. Thank you for church camps. Thank you for the hard work put into them to bring you glory. Thank you for always giving me the chance to be involved. Thank you for giving me the words to say. Thank you for your guidance. THANK YOU! take some time out to look at what you're really thankful for. big and small things. we don't do this enough!

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Sparks Fly.Beauty.Simplicity.

I'm new to this whole blogging thing. But I decided this would be good for me. What Sparked me wanting to start a blog, you ask? The fact that I am continuely seeing girls who disrespect themselves. Everything from wearing next to nothing Halloween costumes & posting scandalous pictures on facebook of themselves to the guys they are dating. I feel like girls don't know how beautiful they are. So they have started dressing in unpleasing ways to get attention. Which saddens me so, so, so much. Girls don't know what they deserve. So they settle for guys who "love" them. Come on..they don't love you. Plain and simple. Instead of running to Jesus in times of raging storms, girls tend to turn things of this world. This World tell's us we need to look and dress a certain way. That we need to date a certain type of guy. That we need to say certain types of things. When in all reality..the World will FAIL you and our wonderful Creator never will! I am SO sick of seeing these Worldly things!

I often feel like I hear problems and such from other people, which is great because I know God is using me in the lives of those people! But that sometimes I don't get enough of my thoughts and feelings out there! So this is my way of getting it out there...my way of being heard you could say. Don't get me wrong, I am soooo thankful that people can pour into me, but I get overwhelmed at times.

also, I don't feel like we take enough time out to respect all the simple things in life. The beautiful small things that God does for us each and every day. We don't always look at how beautiful the sunset may be..or the fact that the leaves are now changing and falling off of the trees. We don't take the time out to really look at how beautiful life really is. We don't thank him enough for his creations. Let's start doing this.