L O Y A L T Y

Some thoughts after a sermon a few weeks ago. 

 What if my deepest fear came true?

What if I was truly alone? 

What if the world as I knew it 

Came crashing down around me? 

And what if all my safe spaces were gone?

Would I deny Him then? 

Would I shove God away 

Saying He wasn’t giving me enough 

Would I stand a forgiven sinner 

Saved from the depths of hell 

And complain about an inconvenience? 

Would I stand before the throne of God 

And tell him he wasn’t doing his job? 

So if my greatest fear comes true 

And I truly am all alone 

And I no longer feel safe anywhere 

I want to turn to the God 

That gave it all to me in the first place 

And thank him for the time I did have 

And let him hold me as I cry 

And show me what to do next 

I want to do this every day 

He showed me amazing grace 

The least I can do is give him 

Undivided loyalty

August Highlights

It was... a crazy month. O.o 

In preparation for my brother's wedding, we have been pretty busy. We have gone up to the Sherman area to see Michael and Liz's new house. We helped pack up Michael's apartment and went shopping for dresses. We had a shower for Liz and Michael, which involved a lot of watching them open presents and trying not to eat too many cookies. 

Michael and Liz at the shower

Rebekkah and I started back at the Classical Conversations nursery. We have almost a whole new class, so it's been an adjustment, along with a new routine as the classes have changed. But so far it's been really good! We've also started up work house cleaning once a week for an awesome family in our church. 

I continued to sort through photos, and let me just give you a piece of advice - never let your photos stack up for two years. It is a pain. But I'm wadding through it and am almost caught up. Then I just have to get it all put into the right folders. 

Grace and I went to see Newsies again before it left the theater. This time there were no mic outages (thankfully), so we got to get pictures with the cast, and that was awesome! I am so sad that this show is over. I have been listening to the soundtrack on repeat since we saw it. 

Grace and I with the two main actors in Newsies!

A babysitting job I have had for a year now ended as the family moved away. After going over every Friday for a year, I'm missing those kids way more than I ever thought I could. I might just need to take a road trip pretty soon and see them. ;) 

My adopted Grandmother went home to be with Jesus. We had all just been with her, talking and hanging out, and I got one last, lovely hug before she drove away and was in a car wreck. Grandma Letha was the best, and it's hard to know I won't be able to see her again down here.

We had our annual siblings retreat. This year we went to a really cute house in Belton. We visited the lake the first day and stayed up late watching movies. We made it a goal to play through every game we brought (around 20), so we raced and got in at least one game of each! We did a lot of swimming and filmed our yearly comedy video. It was a busy few days. =) 

Us siblings on our retreat

My mom surprised me and got a zoo pass for the two of us, so we went to the zoo for a day. It was rainy, so not many people were out, but we had our rain jackets and had a blast. An otter came right up to the glass and swam near me for a long time! We also got to go to a couple bookshops nearby and I got TobyMac's new album. Faithfully and Cornerstone are some new favorites by him.

As must be done yearly (It's a rule somewhere I'm sure) I jumped into the pool in my regular clothes because I felt like it. =)

So, again with a lot of new books. The only thing I re-read was the Sarah Plain and Tall series. <3 My favorite new book was Me, Myself, and Bob. It was an incredibly encouraging book (even as a non-veggie tales fan)

Pirates of Penzance: Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. The comedy and music in this is just the best. If you have not watched this, do yourself a favor and find it. It's amazing. 

Milo Murphys Law: Since I loved Phineas and Ferb I decided to try this out. It was pretty cute, I enjoyed the characters, but it just doesn't have the same charm as P&F. I do love how cheerful Milo was. 

North Avenue Irregulars: This is one of those old Disneys that I just love and I can't even explain why. It's just epic. 

Sand Dollar Cove: Such a cozy Hallmark. No drama, no breaking up only to get back together. It was really sweet!

Star Trek Cartoon: Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of the original series, but I thought most of these were pretty cute!

Sight and Sound Noah: We got the new DVD of this and it is so much better than the original. The songs are updated, and wow it is good!

New adventures of Heidi: This is one of those childhood movies that I had such a hard time finding, but my mom finally found it and we had a blast re-watching it after years. It's a really sweet continuation of Heidi's story. 

How was your month? What is your favorite thing you read this month?