All for the love of God

Passage Matthew 22:36-39:
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.

The other day I just felt compelled to go the cemetery. At the time I just wanted to take a few pictures of the beautiful oak trees and part of me wanted to see my grandparents. I wasn't close to them by any means, but sometimes you just feel the need to see the past. While there I saw this headstone. It doesn't look beautiful. Its nothing special, but the last few words struck a chord...."all for the love of God". WoW. What an impression this man is leaving....even after he is gone. All he did, he did for the love of God. God really doesn't ask a lot of us. He just ask that we would love Him and love others. Is it that difficult when He puts it that way? It doesn't really sound like it, but WE make it so darn impossible sometimes. I guess the Lord is just trying to remind me, don't make ME so difficult. I just want you to love Me. I desire you above all things, desire me in the same way. So tonight, I encourage you to do the same. Love him with all your are....do all that you do, for the love of God.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Why am I going to school you ask? I have no idea. I guess in the beginning it was to help me get acceptted into the dental hygiene program. And now, I'm not even sure thats what I REALLY want to do. It does sound better than massaging dirty old men all day (that's an exaggeration really), but is it much better. Really?!?! Looking in someone's mouth all day long...Ohhhh, FUN! Where can I sign up? So when I put it to myself that way it doesn't look so appealling afterall. What I do know is, I'm getting tired of massaging. Sure the money is more than great. I do meet a few interesting people from time to time, but my body is crying for help....LOL I really wonder how some people have done this for years on end.

So now I'm just wondering....what is it that I want to do? What am I spending all this time and energy on school for? I'm one of those people that is interested in a lot of different things, just only for a short time - then it fades away. VERY QUICKLY! I love alot of things. Singing, photography, shopping (yes that can be a profession), decorating, travelling - but really none of it really sounds like I want do that so bad I just can't stand it. I want to design every person's home I see. I want to travel the world and educate others about the culture. I want to sing until I can't sing anymore. I want to shop until I just drop. I want to take shots of every moment in time. YES.....I want it all ---- FOR NOW!!! LOL Tomorrow it might be something new.

I admire those people that can work the same job for 20, 30 years and be okay with it. HOW DO THEY DO IT????? I mean I feel like every two years or so I have to leave the place I'm working at just so I don't lose my mind.

I don't know where I'm going with this really. I just I'm just trying to vent so I can stay with my job a little while longer. At least until I can find another that I can make the same amount of money if not more. :o)

I guess there just has to be balance. A little life, a little liberty, and a little happiness makes your world come full circle.

SugarBaby and SweetPea

Just thought I should introduce my babies. SugarBaby is 3 years old (her birthday is coming up, as well as my own -April 20th) and SweetPea is 2 years old. Her birthday is in Novemeber. They are my pride and joy.

I never knew how much personality animals could have until I had my own. SugarBaby is independant and completely sweet as sugar. SweetPea on the otherhand is wild and moves to her own rythem. She can be sweet when she wants to be, but when she is tired and ready to go to bed so is SO cranky.

Missing the View

Lately I've really been missing the beautiful views of France. For the first time in my life, I lost my breath because of the beauty of nature. I've never been one that ooo'ed and ahhh'ed over trees, rivers, mountains, or waters. But in Provence, there was something so illuminating that it captured my breath and my heart. Here are a few photos I took while absorbing it all in. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Feeling Creative

Every once in a while I get the itch to go and take pictures. I wish I could say that one day I'll be a professional. I've dreamed of starting my own postcard and greeting card shop. I've dreamed of traveling the world over and taking the pictures that some people never think about taking. But, I'm no professional.

So, for now I'll stick with the occasional flower in my yard,



the mighty SweetPea sunbathing while chewing on a stick,














the lone tree in the middle of the park,














the sun beams shining through the trees,














the bridge to rest,














walking the straight and narrow,














and the live oak viewing the Biloxi Bay.

Frustrated

REALLY!?!??! Is it that difficult? Apparently so. All I'm trying to do is take my header picture and add my blog link to it and put it on my MySpace. I'm a complete idiot when it comes to this stuff. And to think I used to be the person everyone came to for computer help. If anyone out there feels like helping, I'm open to assistance!

Plans

Have you ever wondered if this is all life has for you? I truly believe life is what you make of it. Sometimes that seems easier said than done though. For example, right now I feel like I'd like to be as free as a bird - just leave everything behind and travel until my heart is content. Go to England, back to France, travel Italy, soak up as much excitement as possible. BUT, I have a house, a best friend I wouldn't want to leave behind, a job, and two precious puppies that are my pride and joy. So, what does this mean? What is my solution? I have no clue!!!! I ask God day by day, what is it you have in store for me, and day by day I hear nothing. And in hearing nothing as clear as anyone needs, I hear, be still - and know I am God. I know the plans I have for you - Plans to prosper and not to harm you - plans to give you a hope and a future.

So yes, life is what we make of it, but it is also timing. Obviously there are things God has in store for me here, despite the current lack of clarity. So for now, I will be still. I will know that God is God no matter what the situation. He knows what HE has in store for me. He sees the big picture when I see only the landscape.