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it's official!


fall, that is :)
monday was the first day of the fall season. and i really should have posted this on monday, but i didn't. i've been anticipating the return of the fall season for awhile now (which, if you've read this in the last few weeks, you'll already know and likely be sick of hearing about). not only has fall officially arrived, but we actually had some cooler weather along with it. i woke up monday and life just felt differently. the sky was a different color blue than it usually is -- brighter, somehow. the air was crisper. and everything seemed new and fresh. what's that? fall is the season where things die, not become new? hmm....maybe, but for now i'm disagreeing with you. this first day of fall made everything seem new, crisp, fresh and simply amazing.
and i'm ushering in fall with some baked goods that haven't been able to materialize yet, but soon, very soon, they will. and you'll see pics. rejoice, my friends! it's fall!


anna's bachelorette party was this past weekend. i'll upload a couple of pics and tell more about it later. but know that it was fun :)


tonight i went to b&n to read. i know i can read at home, but there's something about going and sitting in a big comfy chair, surrounded by coffee, books, and people studying/reading that makes me smile. and makes the reading experience more delightful, at times. i almost didn't go because of gas and such (seriously, i'm way tired of this whole gas crisis thing we've got going. we all just need to calm down. the gas will be back soon. i'm over it...), but i knew i really needed to. most of the time, when i go to read somewhere, i include some journal/bible time in my reading agenda. as i was leaving the house, i was just praying that God would send me some encouragement in some form. something from Him to keep me going -- an anonymous note, a meesage from someone saying they felt God leading them to talk to me -- something. anything. now, i have to say that most of the time, i have trouble believing these types of things will happen in my life, so i'm not sure i was really expecting anything to happen. and i was right. nothing like that happened. when i got in my car and turned the radio up, i heard a song by relient k that i began to love in college. if you've never heard, "for the moments i feel faint" you need to look it up and listen to it. it took me a second to register the song. i came in at this part:
never underestimate my Jesus
you're telling me that there's no hope,
i'm telling you you're wrong
never underestimate my Jesus
when the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong
the rest of the song is equally as wonderful, and it just fits where i am in my life right now. i didn't get encouragement from God in the way i thought i would, but this was just right. a reminder that God is there, all the time, strong and full of hope and love. and the fact that He cares for me enough to answer my prayer in a personal, unique to me way is more than i deserve.

my God loves me. and He is so good.

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