thank goodness it is friday. i am ready for the weekend to begin. thankfully today was another gorgeous day and not too windy. i started my friday off right by getting chickfila (cfa) for breakfast. as i've mentioned, i gave up sweet tea for lent. i have to admit, my chicken biscuit didn't taste as good without sweet tea, but i managed fine with water.
after work today i ran some errands which i almost always find enjoyable... at target i bought myself The Script cd and am enjoying it thus far. i also had to stop by the at&t store this afternoon because it seems as though my phone has lost all my ringtones. once i told the store what was wrong with my phone, they quickly told me my model phone has come into the store with the same problems. once we found out my warranty had just expired, the salesman tried to push a new phone on me... my phone still works fine but i mentioned to the guy that i want to keep my smart phone and still not pay for internet. the at&t salesman proceeded to tell me that the company is searching through their database and looking for customers with smart phones and no media packages... when they find customers like myself they add the $30 media package with zero notification. i was shocked. then he told me that because i walked into the store and they entered my number into the computer to find the warranty, i may pop up and they may add the media package soon. i guess i'm glad i got a heads up, but i'll have to figure something out if that is what happens. its outrageous. so, just to let you know, if i miss your call it is because i have to keep it on vibrate at all times.
tonight sarah and i went to the gym dog meet and sat with brittany and her friends. i haven't been to a gym dog meet in a long time so it was nice to be back. sarah and i went to the grill downtown and shared fries and a shake. good times in athens. good time to go to sleep and rest up for the rest of the weekend!
remembering His love in all aspects of life,
rebecca rose.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
love and peace
one of my new favorite things to do now is blog in bed... its nice to unwind this way. also, i'm playing around with the set up of the blog. who knows what it'll end up looking like...
my thursdays are supposed to be my easy days... i only have two classes. then i have discipleship, which is a blessing. and then i usually have a few hours to kill before rehearsal at like 6. one thing i love about college is that the weekend starts on thursday. unless i have a test on friday or an assignment due, i like to mentally shut off at about 8pm on thursdays for the weekend. the past few thursdays have a bit out of the ordinary...and although i haven't enjoyed them as much at the time, they have been really good for me. so tonight there was healing prayer night at wesley. for those who are skeptical, know that the Lord is still healing and wesley has a few nights a semester for people to come and be prayed over. tonight they asked the ArtSpeak ministry leaders, both visual arts and dance, to be a part of healing prayer. to be honest, when debating on going or not all I was concerned about were the Olympics... i mean, it was the figure skating finals... anyways, i went to the healing prayer to dance anyways and am so thankful now. recently my shins have really been bothering me, making dance less enjoyable and not really allowing me to do much running. well this week they have bothered me more again so i figured it wouldn't do any harm to have people pray for my shins to be healed. they prayed for them a few times and there was some improvement but then they started to ask me questions about myself and the spiritual season i am currently in. the past few weeks i have struggled with fully understanding and feeling the Lord's love for me. at wesley a few weeks ago, a director spoke about being a Son of God and not living as a Servant to God. that talk has wrecked me ever since. i realized that night that i do strive for the Lord's love...that i am living the life of a servant and not as a son. so this has been on my mind a lot the past month or so...trying to understand everything. i know that the Lord loves me because God is Love so He's naturally going to love his children. but i have recently seen the striving person in me and i'm learning daily how to accept the Lord's love- knowing that it has absolutely nothing to do with what i do, or what i don't do. anyways, at healing prayer tonight the people praying for me asked me about it...meaning the Lord gave them an idea of what was going on. it was very encouraging and i am very thankful that i went to healing prayer. its funny to me that something that is free and good is so hard for me to accept. i imagine God trying to tell me He loves me or even trying to show it to me, but i can't accept it because all i can think of is what i can be doing better.
i kinda just poured out a bit of my heart to you just now...i hope you were ready for that. sorry if you weren't. i guess i'm just looking forward to the day that i know, understand and Accept His love for me. and for me specifically.
so, while i may have missed the figure skating finals, i am thankful for nbcolympics.com so i can watch the re-cap.
my sister is coming into town tomorrow and i'm really excited to see her and show her around again.
until next time...
enjoy the Lord's love,
RRR
my thursdays are supposed to be my easy days... i only have two classes. then i have discipleship, which is a blessing. and then i usually have a few hours to kill before rehearsal at like 6. one thing i love about college is that the weekend starts on thursday. unless i have a test on friday or an assignment due, i like to mentally shut off at about 8pm on thursdays for the weekend. the past few thursdays have a bit out of the ordinary...and although i haven't enjoyed them as much at the time, they have been really good for me. so tonight there was healing prayer night at wesley. for those who are skeptical, know that the Lord is still healing and wesley has a few nights a semester for people to come and be prayed over. tonight they asked the ArtSpeak ministry leaders, both visual arts and dance, to be a part of healing prayer. to be honest, when debating on going or not all I was concerned about were the Olympics... i mean, it was the figure skating finals... anyways, i went to the healing prayer to dance anyways and am so thankful now. recently my shins have really been bothering me, making dance less enjoyable and not really allowing me to do much running. well this week they have bothered me more again so i figured it wouldn't do any harm to have people pray for my shins to be healed. they prayed for them a few times and there was some improvement but then they started to ask me questions about myself and the spiritual season i am currently in. the past few weeks i have struggled with fully understanding and feeling the Lord's love for me. at wesley a few weeks ago, a director spoke about being a Son of God and not living as a Servant to God. that talk has wrecked me ever since. i realized that night that i do strive for the Lord's love...that i am living the life of a servant and not as a son. so this has been on my mind a lot the past month or so...trying to understand everything. i know that the Lord loves me because God is Love so He's naturally going to love his children. but i have recently seen the striving person in me and i'm learning daily how to accept the Lord's love- knowing that it has absolutely nothing to do with what i do, or what i don't do. anyways, at healing prayer tonight the people praying for me asked me about it...meaning the Lord gave them an idea of what was going on. it was very encouraging and i am very thankful that i went to healing prayer. its funny to me that something that is free and good is so hard for me to accept. i imagine God trying to tell me He loves me or even trying to show it to me, but i can't accept it because all i can think of is what i can be doing better.
i kinda just poured out a bit of my heart to you just now...i hope you were ready for that. sorry if you weren't. i guess i'm just looking forward to the day that i know, understand and Accept His love for me. and for me specifically.
so, while i may have missed the figure skating finals, i am thankful for nbcolympics.com so i can watch the re-cap.
my sister is coming into town tomorrow and i'm really excited to see her and show her around again.
until next time...
enjoy the Lord's love,
RRR
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
i am who i am
so recently the Lord has been showing me who i am and how he created me to be. which has been great for many reasons but its great now when i'm looking for jobs and trying to find out what i should do after may 8th. today was another informative day. terry college of business has alumni lunch panels and today was themed "business in health care." my dad really thinks i should be looking into health care but i'm also interested in it so i thought it would be perfect to go. well sarah and i got there, checked-in and received our free chick-fil-a lunch (yes, free, it was delicious). once the meeting started i got really excited. then i started to remember how much i've always loved board meetings. i'm sure you're wondering how thats possible, but as a little girl i would sometimes get to go to my mom's board meetings and i always loved them. sometimes i would bring a pen and paper to take notes so i was a part of everything. my mom is also a member of kiwanis and i have always loved going to that. i thought as a young girl that i'll be involved in something like it. i know, its kinda dorky but i love it. i'm grateful to be in the terry college of business and i look forward to being a terry alum and maybe even coming back and speaking at a panel session. who knows. but what i do know for sure is that the Lord created me specifically and although i don't always fit the terry college mold, i have a business mind and i enjoy business meetings. even though i know these things now, i still have no idea what to do in may. as some may know, i want to move to nashville. if you're asking why, i dont really have an answer. i just want to try it...but i gotta get a job first. so we shall see if the Lord really wants me there.
in other wednesday news, i had my first coffee today that i have had in months. i actually had half of a vanilla latte but still, it has coffee, and caffeine which was the whole reason that i bought it. since i gave sweet tea up for lent, i haven't had any caffeine all week. it really hit me today so i decided to give my body some extra energy. but life without sweet tea is not as bad as i thought it would be and i am thankful. it is somehow making my eating habits better as well, which is always good. i want to be in a habit of eating well. saturday, after my long run, i walked to earth fare down the street. not only was it a gorgeous day after a run, but i got to Walk to an organic grocery store, with my reusable bags in hand. i felt incredibly healthy and enjoyed every second of it. i hope that when i move i can walk to the grocery store...doubtful but i'm hopeful.
it seems that i am on a bit of a blog kick so i hope you're enjoying these updates. blogging is still slightly weird to me because its like i'm assuming people will read and be interested... either way i think i'll keep this up for the rest of the semester...that was my whole intent of the blog. also, i probably won't capitalize my blogs unless i'm emphasizing something, just fyi. :)
happy wednesday-now thursday.
"the Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trusts in him and I am helped. my heart leaps for joy and i will give thanks to him in song"- Psalm 28:7
i'm still working on that sign off but enjoy the verse instead...
Rebes.
in other wednesday news, i had my first coffee today that i have had in months. i actually had half of a vanilla latte but still, it has coffee, and caffeine which was the whole reason that i bought it. since i gave sweet tea up for lent, i haven't had any caffeine all week. it really hit me today so i decided to give my body some extra energy. but life without sweet tea is not as bad as i thought it would be and i am thankful. it is somehow making my eating habits better as well, which is always good. i want to be in a habit of eating well. saturday, after my long run, i walked to earth fare down the street. not only was it a gorgeous day after a run, but i got to Walk to an organic grocery store, with my reusable bags in hand. i felt incredibly healthy and enjoyed every second of it. i hope that when i move i can walk to the grocery store...doubtful but i'm hopeful.
it seems that i am on a bit of a blog kick so i hope you're enjoying these updates. blogging is still slightly weird to me because its like i'm assuming people will read and be interested... either way i think i'll keep this up for the rest of the semester...that was my whole intent of the blog. also, i probably won't capitalize my blogs unless i'm emphasizing something, just fyi. :)
happy wednesday-now thursday.
"the Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trusts in him and I am helped. my heart leaps for joy and i will give thanks to him in song"- Psalm 28:7
i'm still working on that sign off but enjoy the verse instead...
Rebes.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
the small joys in life
one year ago i was starting my life in verona, italy. is it even possible that a year has gone by already? thankfully i got to see most of my italy friends last week and it was wonderful catching up and reminiscing on verona and europe. going on this trip was, hands down, one of the best decisions i have ever made. i hope the vivid memories that still run through my mind stick forever... but i also hope that i'll soon return to verona and europe to make more memories and see more incredible things...
its Olympic time, if you didn't know already... as it may be a surprise to some, but not to many, i have gotten really into the spirit of it this year. i love watching the winter games but i also love hearing about the athletes and their stories. its incredible that these people prepare their entire lives, practically, for one (sometimes more than one) chance at a medal. it makes me wonder if i have that kind of dedication in me... but, i'm pretty sure if there was a medal for ballet, and i was one of the best, i'd work my butt of for a chance at it. i really got into the ice dancing last night...i didn't like it at first, but once i watched the canadian pair, tessa and scott, i was hooked. their performance was incredible and they definitely deserved the gold. its good to have bob costas back on screen giving us the important information from the games too. and as the games are coming to an end, i am looking forward to the women's figure skating finals on thursday night. the korean skater is the favorite, so im interested to see her free skate...
in other news, i recently found out that vanderbilt did not hire me for the assistant football coach position. yes, i did apply for the job, since you're wondering. i would like to just say that i felt semi-qualified and felt that i could only help the team and school. obviously i would have kept my loyalty to georgia but i want to get some experience in the SEC so i can coach for georgia one day.
well since ron burgundy said "stay classy" first, i must come up with my own sign off...
...this has now been added to my To Do list...
much love my dear friends,
your friend who wants a gold medal.
its Olympic time, if you didn't know already... as it may be a surprise to some, but not to many, i have gotten really into the spirit of it this year. i love watching the winter games but i also love hearing about the athletes and their stories. its incredible that these people prepare their entire lives, practically, for one (sometimes more than one) chance at a medal. it makes me wonder if i have that kind of dedication in me... but, i'm pretty sure if there was a medal for ballet, and i was one of the best, i'd work my butt of for a chance at it. i really got into the ice dancing last night...i didn't like it at first, but once i watched the canadian pair, tessa and scott, i was hooked. their performance was incredible and they definitely deserved the gold. its good to have bob costas back on screen giving us the important information from the games too. and as the games are coming to an end, i am looking forward to the women's figure skating finals on thursday night. the korean skater is the favorite, so im interested to see her free skate...
in other news, i recently found out that vanderbilt did not hire me for the assistant football coach position. yes, i did apply for the job, since you're wondering. i would like to just say that i felt semi-qualified and felt that i could only help the team and school. obviously i would have kept my loyalty to georgia but i want to get some experience in the SEC so i can coach for georgia one day.
well since ron burgundy said "stay classy" first, i must come up with my own sign off...
...this has now been added to my To Do list...
much love my dear friends,
your friend who wants a gold medal.
Monday, February 22, 2010
grateful
yes, i know. its been so long since i've last posted something. my bad. i don't really feel like there has been much to post about but really i haven't made time for it...
so, i just received an email about my terry college graduation. it was another moment of reality slapping me in the face. here i am writing down important dates in my planner and forwarding those dates to family because i'm only 2+months from graduating college. how is this even possible? how have four years flown by this quickly? the Lord has been teaching me a lot about His love and about trusting him. perfect timing, right? honestly, i have a hard time understanding His unconditional love...that no matter how hard i try to find a job, He has one for me regardless. the past few weeks have been humbling and eye opening. i'm learning more of who i am and what i like. and recently i have come to realize that i, rebecca, am an oxymoron. you may think thats weird, but its completely true and i'm so comfortable with that reality. i love many things and they kinda contradict one another, but its who i am, who i was made to be. i am extremely thankful for who the Lord has created me to be. He created me to be unique and knew that i would love being unique. its comforting to know that God knows me better than myself...which means he knows where i'll be after may 8th, even if i don't.
i'm a big planner and all i want to do is plan the next step of my life. but, i also want to enjoy where i am right now and i am also very grateful to be in this exact position. if i think too hard about the reality of leaving athens, i am immediately sad. but if i think too far into the future, i'm immediately overcome with fear. both of these are because the Lord wants me to live in the Now. He wants me to enjoy the people around me, the fellowship, the last moments of college, and He wants me to enjoy learning about myself and who He created me to be. i am excited to be here and i'm excited to start something new...oh, whats that? another oxymoron. its where i'm comfortable- so i'm thankful to be here.
until next time, stay classy y'all
-your oxymoron friend.
so, i just received an email about my terry college graduation. it was another moment of reality slapping me in the face. here i am writing down important dates in my planner and forwarding those dates to family because i'm only 2+months from graduating college. how is this even possible? how have four years flown by this quickly? the Lord has been teaching me a lot about His love and about trusting him. perfect timing, right? honestly, i have a hard time understanding His unconditional love...that no matter how hard i try to find a job, He has one for me regardless. the past few weeks have been humbling and eye opening. i'm learning more of who i am and what i like. and recently i have come to realize that i, rebecca, am an oxymoron. you may think thats weird, but its completely true and i'm so comfortable with that reality. i love many things and they kinda contradict one another, but its who i am, who i was made to be. i am extremely thankful for who the Lord has created me to be. He created me to be unique and knew that i would love being unique. its comforting to know that God knows me better than myself...which means he knows where i'll be after may 8th, even if i don't.
i'm a big planner and all i want to do is plan the next step of my life. but, i also want to enjoy where i am right now and i am also very grateful to be in this exact position. if i think too hard about the reality of leaving athens, i am immediately sad. but if i think too far into the future, i'm immediately overcome with fear. both of these are because the Lord wants me to live in the Now. He wants me to enjoy the people around me, the fellowship, the last moments of college, and He wants me to enjoy learning about myself and who He created me to be. i am excited to be here and i'm excited to start something new...oh, whats that? another oxymoron. its where i'm comfortable- so i'm thankful to be here.
until next time, stay classy y'all
-your oxymoron friend.
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