All I Want Is You

This song is really speaking to me right now. In my time of sorrow and despair, the only one I can count on to fill my soul and life, is Jesus.

Thank you Lord!

Up and away

My Lola came by my parent's house today. Luckily, I happened to be spending the night so I was able to see her.

She's flying out to the Philippines today with 2 of her children. I pray they get there safely. I'm just happy my Lola will get to see all if the family back home. She is 95 years old after all. I'm sure they will love seeing her!

Here are pics of me, her great granddaughter Bridgette, and my younger sister!

Audrina's 1st birthday party....Tinkerbell style

Today my cousins celebrated the birthday of their first born daughter Audrina!

It was Tinkerbell themed and was lots of fun! It always a good time seeing my family and spending time with them.

Check out the highlights:

White Flag

Do you ever just wonder what to do sometimes?

Should I do this, what about that?  Is this right, wait....that's wrong?

There are just so many distractions, obligations, and desires that stretch us thin.

I, for one, have been with struggling so many things right now.   Almost to the point of I just want to give up.

And that is exactly what I'm doing, I'm giving up.  I'm surrendering.  I'm raising my white flag.

I can't do it anymore.  Instead of fighting, I'm laying all of me to you Lord.  I'm surrendering everything to you Lord.

It's no more about what I want, but what is Your will for me!

Just a day at Disneyland

Since I have this annual pass to Disneyland Resort, I decided to make the most of it.  My friend Joanne and I spend just a few hours riding a few rides, and indulged in some beignets!  It was a quick trip and I got to experience some new things at Disney's California Adventure that I never had before.

One of those was  "A Bug's Life" It's Tough Being A Bug show.  It's very much like Hone I Shrunk the Kids or Captain EO.  I liked it!

We also rode on California Screamin', Twilight Zone's Tower of Terror...and that was pretty much it.

We then retired to eating some Red Beans and Rice, and her Gumbo Ya-Ya from Ralph Brennen's Jazz Kitchen.  Couldn't forget the beignets either!

It was fun!

Alpha 5 Weekend Away

This past weekend, I went away on a church retreat up to Forest Falls, Ca. It's right on the outskirts of Redlands and went stayed at a facility called Forest Home!

What a wonderful and experience it was. One of the unexpected blessings was that cell phone reception was pretty non-existent. Only if you had Verizon, which was not me.

It really gave me a chance to be removed from my circumstances, and pretty much life. All of the noise was pretty non-existent and was able to really be still.

More to come about this past weekend but here are some highlights. Check out the pics and video hopefully to come soon!

Excited!

For what you may ask. Well there are lots of things happening in my life. Some for good, some for bad. But it's all about how we cope or view it.

In the coming months, I'm excited to see how things progress and where my part will play in the grander scheme!

Time will tell! This is actually a post that I should have written yesterday. Sorry to be vague also...but for now. This is what it will have to be.

Leap Ahead

Today is one of those days. No no no...not a bad day. It was a leap year day! And Disneyland was celebrating in a different way. Not like you really celebrate leap year...unless its your birthday. But this morning they opened the doors to the park at 6am. If you are one of the 1st 2000 patrons to enter the park, you got a limited edition Mickey ears.

I was tempted to camp out, but I think Black Fridays are good enough for me. They did give away buttons to commemorate the occasion.

Hike, run, & jump

Just finished a hike to potato chip rock! Was awesome!

Now eating a 50/50 burger from Slaters!

Sacrifice

Today is Ash Wednesday or also commonly, the beginning of Lent. Christians don't really practice Lent but it does represent the 40 days of Christ fasting before his crucifixion.

I have also chosen to fast but not because it's Lent. But I am a Christian which means Christ-like. I try to live my life like Christ. He died on the cross so that I could live. He sacrificed Himself for me. So why can't I make a sacrifice?

So I am fasting on a few things until Easter.

One of those is caffeine. I've already had such a hard time with that today. I love to just sip on drinks. Tea and coffee have been my beverages of choice lately and I knew this would be tough. But day one wasn't so bad.

Facebook: giving you up. I find myself losing hours of my life browsing that thing. I should actually say all social networking I am fasting from. Blogging is not one of them or tweeting.

Video games: this one is tough also. I find myself playing those casual games on my iPhone a lot

Personal time: I value my personal time so much. So why not dedicate more of that time to God? It's what I'm doing. I'll be spending more time helping out the children's ministry, try to get involved in a life group, or maybe even help with services or Celebration coming up. I just want to serve the Lord!

Alcohol: nope, no way, no how. Must refrain from drinking you. Bad bad bad!

Spending or using credit cards: this I have to work on. Need to use the debit more often.

And there you have it folks. I want to live my life for God. I don't want to doubt that I lost my salvation!