Committment

I am making a commitment with my husband to write down my reflections of my daily devotions, whether it be on this blog or somewhere else. I'm doing this, because when I don't write down the lessons and corrections that I learn from Scripture, I forget about it in a week. Just like the man described in James 1:22-25:

22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Lord, I do not want to be this man who forgets his own face. I do not want to merely be a convinced intellectual of the gospel's "logic," or a fruitless professor of faith. I desire to be a lover, worshipper, and treasurer of Jesus Christ.

Starting today, I hope to build discipline... I really pray, Lord, give me eyes to see the unseen, and a heart and mind that worships and delights and meditates on You day and night. Let your Spirit display Himself in my life, in my secret thoughts, intentions, and hidden actions. Lord, teach me.

Vitamin D

I love what the sun does to me. Winter is coming to an apparent halt.. The sun came out on Saturday (as I've mentioned in previous post), and it's making me feel all kinds of wonderful. Like, I feel euphoric!

How did I manage living under the clouds for 3 months? I'm a troopuhh! (Right about now, David would tell me to calm down before he tranquilizes me.)

Yesterday was Valentines day. I woke up kind of upset that David didn't wake me up, because I had asked him to "wake me up when he wakes up." I ended up waking up an hour later than I really wanted to, and he was already gone for work. I was kind of irritated, until I went out into the living room and saw a beautiful red card addressed to "my wonderful wife." Way to humble a prideful woman... and make her cry! After school, I came home to a a dozen fuchsia-pink roses on the dining table, and dinner ingredients all bought! We spend the evening together in our apartment with all the windows open, eating the best steak ever. Felt fabulous.

Like I mentioned before, the Lord gives me times of refreshing. This is what life is all about.

Rest

Last week entailed strenuous, arduous, back-breaking, eye ball-drying work. I had two big exams in one day, which by the way seems to be very common in pharmacy school, and at the end of the week my body literally felt broken.

This weekend fixed all of that. :) In lieu of spending $$$ to go out for Valentines Day/buy worthless heart-shaped gifts, David and I bought ourselves something a lot more practical. Haha, a Wii + Wii Fit to keep ourselves.. um, fit. (?) It's so much fun, I can't get over it. I'm playing Kung Fu, Skiball, and like, random stuff like Hula Hoop. I think this was a great purchase. Well, hopefully!

It hasn't been this warm since November. Mind you, "warm" for Minnesota is 40 degrees. It feels so great. The skies were clear, the air was crisp, the sun was out. Wow. Breath of fresh air without having to wear a darn goose coat. It really put David and me in very good spirits.

Today has got to be one of the most relaxing, enjoyable days I've experienced in recent memory. We woke up late, had a healthy brunch, cleaned the house, opened the windows for fresh air, played Wii, took a nap, told each other funny stories, watched the Grammy's, went out to our favorite cafe for an hour of "work," and came back home to just lounge. Lounging felt so great today. Sigh.. The Lord is so good to us. He gives us times of refreshing, when we need it.

Revived and rejuvenated, I am ready to tackle this week with VIGOR! *fist pump* yeah..