Glory is life's trials

Please pray for my mommy. She's having a lot of tests done to see what is wrong with her (physically, not mentally :P ). She had some done already, and is going in tomorrow for some of those results and also doing some prep work stuff for a colonoscopy that will be on thursday. Sometimes the hardest part is the tests and the waiting for the results.

Sunday we had two awesome services at church. Our pastor is out of town (that's not why they were awesome!) and we had the youth pastor fill in for the AM service and one of our missionaries fill in for the PM service. Matt (our youth pastor) spoke on the 3 things you will always see when revival happens in your life. 1.) you will see God for who He really is 2.) You will see the reality and weight of your own sin in your life 3.) you will see God as a gracious, merciful, and forgiving God. But he also was talking about in one of the side notes that everything we do and everything we go through we can find a way to glorify God. God doesn't put things in our lives to harm us. We may not always see it that way as humans. Our small finite minds can't always understand why something we deem as "bad" in our lives can bring God glory. All we have to realize is that God is going to bring himself glory through it, and we will understand once we get to Heaven.

So what has God put in your life that you think is bad? Can you find a way that it will glorify God? How can my mom's health problems glorify God? We may not know how God is getting glory from this till we get to Heaven. But that's ok, we can keep praising God and thanking Him for all the things He provides us each and every day!

Ok, that was my mini sermon for the day! Just thought I'd share it with you, cause that's what blogs are for right???? :D


Have a happy day!

Picnic

Josh and I FINALLY went on our first picnic together. I'd been trying to get him to go on one with me for a while, but he kept making reasons (excuses) why we couldn't go. We're trying to stay on a strict budget right now because we're saving for our Disney trip in October (insert a big WOOHOO here)! I finally convinced him that it is cheaper to go on a date to the park and have a picnic than to go to a restaurant and whatever else we decide to do. Even if it is just out to eat, it's hard to get out of a place for less than $20 unless its fast food. Plus there is waiting time for the food, and then you have to leave a tip. So Josh and I went last night to Falls Park on Reedy River in downtown greenville. It was so fun! It was the perfect weather, no bugs, and didn't cost us money! We had turkey sandwiches, with baked cheetos, applesauce, and pudding for dessert! We even saw this guy propose to his girlfriend! I felt like I was intruding on their special moment, even though we were there first!

Here's some pictures of the park in case you have never been there before!