Let the fasting Begin!!

40 days. Starting in an hour until 40 days later, 960 hours...

I am giving up music in my car. I want to have a set aside place to be in comunincation with God, and that seemed right. I think I am going to make cards of requests to flip threw as I am out and about.

The major prayer is going to be for the government. All of the elections coming up have so much strain on everyone. Prayer is certainly needed.

I am also going to use this time to further my relationship with God and to pray for requests from people I am in contact with. I am sooo excited to see what Gods plans are!

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I realized that I do not have much time at home during the day, so I am taking TV off the list of things to do for me. Its not a big deal, but it will take away the temptation to stay up late and I'll have time to get stuff done.

The last thing I have been praying about is fasting with food. I think I would really like to go the first week. I think it would be an amazingly hard and humbling experience and God will be able to speak to me clearer with that distraction eliminated. I am going to continue praying about this, but I think I am going to do it.

Well, I'll keep you posted. I'm sure there'll be much to come on this journey.

How Great is our God!

Wow!!! Talk about the song that says it all!

"Sing with me How Great is God, all will see how great, how great is our God!"

God can be so encouraging! It is just amazing how he can use others to just be Bartholomew in our lives.

I can't wait to see what God is going to do!!

Please help me.

Ok, so I'm done with txting in church. At the end of the service, I felt so convicted for placing so much priority in some lame conversations, that had nothing to do with God. I have always told myself that I am a good multitasker, that may be true, but in church I shouldn't have to be a good multitasker. What a great opportunity to be spiritually stretched and challenged, yet I'm not taking full advantage of that.
Here's where you can help me! Can you help keep me accountable with this? Its going to be hard and tempting, but I know that God will provide the strength, strength like no other.
Thank you.
**Laurel

Thank you!

Dear Jesus,
Thank you so much for being able to catch all of my tears. Thank you for putting pain and troubles in my life, so that I can lean on you. Thank you for giving me the confidence in you. Thank you for teaching me to yearn for you. Thank you for never changing. Thank you for leading me on your perfect path for me. Thank for never giving up on me. Thank you for giving me experiences to lead me to grow closer for you. Thank you for forgiving me!
I love you for everything. The good, the bad and the ugly!
For you make everything glorious... and I am yours.
Yours always,
**Laurel

Yikes....

I don't know where to begin with the day... I never came home, all day. I had my first evolution talk in History 17a and a bunch of swearing from my English 1a. It was interesting to say the least. I'm still hoping that I'll be able to be added to the classes. Oh and I got a call from Jen, which I could not answer because I was in History, so she sent me a txt. Sal is gone. That hit me harder than I thought it would... The rest of today has kind of felt a bit like auto pilot. I'm not going to lie tho, laughing during band devos really helped and my hug from Kristina... (: Yeah, I picked up a book from Britts house that I'm suppose to have a bunch read by 2m and I probably have a math quiz too. Oh my... at this point Im not sure where I stand. ... sit, fall on my knees... Im not fer sure whats going on. Oye!
"Blessed be your name."