Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Coziness.

I love coziness.

Snuggling up under a quilt in a little nook bed as it rains outside on a cold, dark day with a fire in the fireplace throwing a warm light over the room....is just perfect.  :)

In fact, I've devoted a board on Pinterest (I LOVE Pinterest) all to coziness.

And I have decided to share it with you.  :)

So sit back and imagine yourself snuggled up in these cozy nooks and such.  :)




This one ^^ is just....perfection.  Oh, I could so snuggle up in there and write or read or pray or just relax.  :)


Same with this one.  ^^  It's just so perfect!  :)


And while we're talking about nooks....this little writing nook is adorable!  And this country, cozy bathroom....aaahhhhh.  :D



This one up above is just so.....dreamy and whimsical!  I've come to really love the white Christmas lights in a room.  This whole little area kind of reminds me of Tangled.  The lantern look, the colors....so neat!  :)



Writing...on a typewriter....in a nook....surrounded by books?  Yes, please!  A writer's dream, right?  :)

Okay, I'm done.  :)  We can all go back to our lives and stop dreaming about coziness.

P.S. We are without our DSLR camera.  That's a problem, ya'll.  I'm going to appreciate it so much more after this.  :)

God bless you and have a great day!  :)
Joy :)

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Faithful Fridays ~ A Little More Than Necesary

Hi everyone!  I just want to quickly say that I am HOME SWEET HOME.  :D  I am feeling so much better.  We were in the hospital for nine days and nine nights...yep, that's over a week and that's the longest we've ever had to stay!  I didn't get to dance at the Chinese New Year festival, but my teacher was able to wear my costume and join in in my place, so that was good.  :)  My mama and I really believe that one of the reasons God had me in that place at that time could be that He was planting a seed--a seed to maybe serve someone in that situation in the future, or to give me compassion toward someone with something similar to what I was there with, or to even make me want to be a nurse or something!  Who knows.  :)

All right...time for Faithful Fridays!  :)

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Faithful Fridays is a weekly "meme" hosted on my blog.  I made it so that Christians could have one day out of the week (Friday) to share something from their Christian walk on their blog.  If you'd like to participate, write your post, grab the button from the Faithful Fridays page on my blog (so that it will link back here), and come link up at the bottom of this post!  :)

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"Always be a little kinder than necessary."
-J.M. Barrie

Okay, we hear it all the time.  Be nice to people.  Just be a little kinder, you never know when you might make someone's day!

And we're like, "Yeah, that sounds great!" and we make up our minds to be kind to people and stuff.

But (at least for me), I don't remember that resolve when I am around that one person I just cannot stand!  I don't think we remember that when someone graces us with the gift of their rude (lousy) driving.  We usually don't remember it when that rude, grumpy cashier is giving us an attitude.

Or maybe we don't remember when that one girl is by herself.  You know, we watch movies and read stories of how one person made a difference when they approached the "outcast," but I think sometimes we hear these stories so much that we kind of lose the meaning and don't grasp it and let it all seep in and become real.  So we just see that girl and we're like, "Oh, well, she's not really being picked on, and besides, she's annoying."  And we just leave her be, even after all the stories, even after resolving to be kinder than necessary to people.



I do this!  I make these little promises to myself and decide I'm going to be really nice, and then someone comes along, whether it be a family member, a friend, or that one person that just gets under my skin, and I find myself snapping at them and being grumpy and rude.  And sometimes that little promise sticks its head up again and says, "What about me?" and I defend myself with a, "But you can't expect me to do that in this situation!"

But that is when Jesus is tenderly taking our hands and saying, "My child, these are the times when you need to keep your promise the most."

"Therefore encourage each other and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."
-1 Thessalonians 5:11

And it's hard.  We want to pull away from this little push on our hearts, telling us to do what we know is right.  I want to pull away.  But if we choose to be kind...well, it might make you cringe at first.  It might be a bit painful.  It might make you feel like you're the one losing, like you're just letting the other person walk all over you.  

This is love or this is hate,
We all have a choice to make
Oh, Father, won't You forgive them,
They don't know what they've been doing
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them,
'Cause I feel like the one losing
-"Losing" by Tenth Avenue North

But keep doing what you're doing, even if the other person is not responding or not reciprocating any of that kindness.  And you will start to feel love toward that person.

"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!"
-Psalm 133:1

Sometimes the action comes first and the feeling comes after.

God bless you guys,
Joy :)

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Faithful Fridays ~ Right Where He Wants You to Be

Hi everyone!  Today's (Thursday night) Faithful Friday will be quick as I am having an episode of pancreatitis again and we'll be leaving for the hospital in a few minutes.


Faithful Fridays is a weekly "meme" hosted on my blog.  I made it so that Christians could have one day out of the week (Friday) to share something from their Christian walk on their blog.  If you'd like to participate, write your post, grab the button from the Faithful Fridays page on my blog (so that it will link back here), and come link up at the bottom of this post!  :)

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This morning as I started the day with bad stomach pain, I cried.  I cried because I didn't understand why God would let this happen--why He would let me have a flare-up right before my Chinese New Year performance this Saturday.

But then I remembered what I've been reading in my devotionals lately and what the Lord's been pressing onto and speaking to my heart.  

Where I am right now is where God wants me to be.  Right now it's with an episode of pancreatitis.  But I'm okay with that now.  I don't know if I'll get to dance or not, but maybe there's something or someone in the hospital I need to do or speak with.  Maybe there's a lesson I need to learn.  Who knows!  But I'm going to just dump it all in God's hands and give it to Him.  

God bless you guys.  :)
Joy :)


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Giveaway over at God's Daughter! :)

Hi everyone!

Two posts in one day.....whaaat?

Well, I'm just popping in to say hi and let you guys know that Miss Raquel over at God's Daughter is having a nice giveaway, and I suggest you check it out.  :)

God bless,
Joy :)

Coming Up for Air + The Most Annoying Song Ever

Phew...!  It kind of feels like we're coming up for air after several eventful days.  :)  It's been fun, though!  We visited family in Alabama over Wednesday and Thursday, then headed back home on Friday and picked up my friend so she could come spend the night....to celebrate my birthday the next day!  :)  Yep, Saturday, February 2nd, was my birthday.  I'm officially fourteen!  My birthday was great--apart from the fact that I had a stomach virus.  :P  It was, all in all, a good birthday.  :D  I'll show some pics later.  :)

Anyway, enough about me.  Today I'm here to ask you guys what you would choose as the most annoying song you've ever heard.

A lot of people say that "Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift....



.....and "Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson are really annoying, but I like both of those songs, lol!  :)

The songs I find annoying are:
"Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time."  (By the people that make us want to bang our heads against the wall.)




My next pick would be "I Was Raised On Country Sunshine" by Dottie West.  I just....I don't like it.  :P  See for yourself:


And, finally, I pick "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber (or any song by Justin Bieber, but I know Shelby is going to be angry with me about that ;P).  Has anyone noticed that throughout the whole song that same little sound keeps going off?  "Pew.....pew.....pew....pew!"  Drives me crazy.  :P

What is the most annoying song you've ever heard?  :)

God bless you and have a great day!
Joy :)
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