Weekend came and went....

Last week a lot of exciting things occurred! It showed me that God is really moving in my life but the more he moves the more trusting I have to be and especially patient. I am so excited for what is happening now but also what is to come! So to update and post my late High Five For Friday! Better late than never, as they say..

1.) Saturday evening I attended a leadership meeting for The Mix (6th-8th grade) to volunteer. I am joining the leadership team for TheMIX at Fellowship Church Grapevine! and it used to be on Wednesday evenings but now it will be on Saturday evenings starting September 8th! I'm very excited to begin working with the student ministry again (I worked with Denton Bible Church when I lived in Denton).



2.) I got to speak with not only 1 but 3 PA's about shadowing in the future and 2 of them are at Children's Medical Center - I am so excited because I have always been interested in pursuing Pediatrics! It's now feeling like my dream is closer than ever and I can only thank God for it!!! I will begin after September shadowing an Orthopaedic Surgery PA and the others have yet to set up a schedule but I have a feeling it will be soon!!!!! SO EXCITING. (if you can't tell I'm basically jumping for joy over here!!!!)



3.) Okay so this may be silly but I bought this book thinking even if it doesn't help maybe I will learn something from it. Well let me tell you this is a little gem, I am so glad I bought it! It is very helpful and if I could tell the author one thing - is that I am so appreciative for him giving me a new perspective on making goals, and achieving them also just staying positive through the whole process even if I become discouraged! It's great to hear someone's perspective that is on the other side, that has already experienced what I am going to experience! So Thank you Andrew Rodican!!!

4.) My job! - for those of you that don't know I work at UT Southwestern Medical Center - University Hospitals as a Senior Administrative Assistant for the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Vice President of Non-Clinical Support Services. I am really blessed to have the job that I have. It is extremely flexible and my boss' are very understanding; also there are a number of perks that come with the job. I mainly am thankful because with starting back to school - they are certainly lenient if I need to study, or take a test, or whatever the case maybe. In past jobs I have not had such lenient supervisors/boss'. So I am so appreciative that the Lord has blessed me with a wonderful position, even if is not the position I/He plans for me to stay in.

5.) I am very excited about the new series our pastor Ed Young is going to begin on September 8th and 9th called "I am not ____ enough."

Hope you all had a great weekend! I enjoyed mine, I didn't really do much of anything! It was relaxing.  HAPPY MONDAY! It's a brand new day, if today were your last day - how would you make His name known to the world. Also Happy First Day of School to all the kiddies out there as well as my teacher friends! My first day is tomorrow. I'm nervous/excited! :)

XOXO,

Kristi Brooke

New Beginnings....

The last two days have had some exciting things occur - well exciting to me!!!!! but before I share them with you I want to share something else.

The Lord is so gracious, reliable and our ultimate provider. He is our everlasting love. It is amazing the more time I spend in His word and experiencing His truths I can see Him moving in me and rearranging things in my life to fit His purpose. One important truth as I was reading in "Too Blessed For This Mess" is that we as Christians may focus too much on the future and what is too come, yet we are not promised a future, we are given the present and we should focus on the moments we are given - they are a gift! Even if you think you are not where you should be, God says you are right where you need to be right now. (A couple verses to back that up are James 4:13-16; Matthew 6:34; Psalm 118:24) I really needed to hear this because I have been in a discouraged mood lately, just with being overwhelmed and not knowing what my next steps should be as far as career, life, church, etc.

So. . . . moving on to my exciting news! This past Sunday while being in the service as Fellowship Church at Grapevine campus, they mentioned that The Mix is going to be moving to Saturday evenings after the service. I got so excited and thought "I can volunteer in the youth and help out at the mix", this was a RANDOM thought, I hadn't been praying about it for months or even days or anything. It just caught my attention, when I lived in Denton, I attended Denton Bible Church and helped out with their youth group for a year and it was the time of my life. I had made some great friendships and also felt I grew a lot in my spiritual walk. They asked that if people were interested in volunteering for The Mix stay and they would talk about the upcoming ideas/future for the youth group, so I decided to dive in (it also helped that my sister was sitting next to me) and boy am I glad I did! I wrote my information down so that I could be contacted regarding volunteering in the student ministry as well as FC Connect which is the equivalent of greeters, etc. I received a call yesterday! inviting me to a dinner this coming Saturday night to meet the youth pastor as well as other volunteers. I am so excited about it! I think it's the HS (Holy Spirit) moving inside of me doing a little dance! ;)

Next up, most of you know that I am pursuing the medical field, to become a Physician Assistant. I am just starting my prerequisites and I have 6 more classes to go, maybe a couple more but today I am getting the excitement you feel when you can't wait for something? If that makes sense. . . yesterday I looked up 4 PA's, 1 here at UTSW and 3 at Children's Medical Center. I emailed them regarding shadowing opportunities and received a response from the PA here at UTSW. I am going to meet with him for lunch tomorrow and ask him some questions, etc. I will probably begin shadowing after September! I AM THRILLED!!!! this will be a great learning experience and the guy that I contacted has been beyond helpful and seems to just want to help me anyway he can! It is truly a blessing from God! I have been relunctant to contact people I do not know... but sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith!

I am so excited for what is happening in the NOW of my life but I know if it is the Lords will that the future will only get better. :)

Hope you all have an amazing Tuesday!
Be a blessing to someone today.

XOXO,

H54FX2

Happy Happy Friday my bloggies!

Since I missed last weeks High Five post I'm hoping to double it this week ;) I have had a busy week and I have been pretty tired. Need to catch up on rest! However there have been some highlights so here we go. . . . . . 

High Five 4 Friday X 2 - Linkin' up with Lauren 

1) I am loving this "Too Blessed For This Mess" book by Cindi Wood - it's all about how to rely on God through your stressful experiences.

2) This week we had a wonderful storm (besides it keeping me up all evening) I was so thankful for the rain! 

3) I am registered for my 2nd prerequisite class - Chemistry, I am staying positive - hopeful for an A!!!!

4) Okay, so I have known about this site for quite some time but yesterday I was just spending sometime on it and found some really great things for CHEAP! Even more in love with it!!! Check it.

5) So I am becoming an adult and am searching for car & renters insurance, if you know a good deal let me know! I have found some good ones so far, but want to search out a lot before picking. :)

& This Week's . . . . .  

 

1. wrap bracelets - have been obsessing over one for a while. 

2. gold rings - I would like to add a gold ring to my jewelry collection, here are two that I have been "eye-ing". 

3. If you don't know me very well, I love, love LOVE chocolate milk & ice. It's seriously almost the best thing ever.

4. I have such a great friends and I miss them, haven't seen them in forever but when we do its like nothing ever stopped, we can pick up right where we left off! So thankful for sweet friends.

5. So my dad bought me one of these handy-dandy things and I think I will use it in my closet and take the wheels off.... Haven't figured out what I should place in it, I don't have much storage for towels, so that is a possibility, or I could put all my t-shirts in it and free up some of my drawer space. Decisions Decisions. 

If you have an advice regarding insurances for renters/auto and my storage bin feel free to drop me a line! Also if I can pray for you about anything let me know.

Hope everyone has a blessed weekend y'all! Tonight I think I will hit up boxing boot camp and tomorrow I hope to be decorating and organizing my apartment!! :)

xoxo,

 

Verse of the Day

"For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love and sound judgement." - 2 Timothy 1:7

I liked these pictures that displayed the verse & especially the last one!!!

Time for Everything

Happy Monday y'all!

I got a little behind this past week due to school ending and just being busy in general. Well I will catch you up!

Last week I took Monday - Thursday (yes, looking back should have just added Friday to that list!) off of work so that I would be able to fully focus on school and study for the 3 tests I had. . . . I did really well and was so thankful to the Lord for helping my memory work on those tests, I was really needing to improve my test grades and he helped me out through my struggles! Especially being off from work was quite helpful.

I was able to spend a little time on myself.  I went to get my nails at my favorite place City Nails, which by the way is absolutely one of my favorite things to do, it's so relaxing!

Thursday evening I went to dinner with two of my classmates to celebrate the end of class! We had survived. We decided to go to a place in Addison called The Social House, it was really good by the way and has a good happy hour! We enjoyed and I can't wait to hangout with those girls again soon.

The rest of the weekend I did absolutely. nothing. NOTHING. ah, it was nice. I relaxed and layed out with my good friend DP. We got to catch up from not seeing each other in about a month. Sunday, I went to Fellowship Church in Grapevine and volunteered at Children's Medical Center in Dallas. It was a pretty good weekend.

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So the next two weeks will consist of relaxing, getting my apartment decorated, since yes, I still have boxes sitting around. I registered for my next class which will begin on August 27th and it is Chemistry, so begin the prayers now!


I missed the High Five for Friday last week, so this week I will try and make up for it.

Hope everyone enjoys their Monday - you are not guaranteed a tomorrow!

XOXO,

HighFiveForFriday

So friends, we made it to Friday again! (whew, can I be honest for a moment and tell you how horrible my day was today!) I am thankful it is the weekend, however just wait.... the end of my class is on Thursday which I am ecstatic about but I have a test Monday, Tuesday & final Thursday. . . . . pause for a moment of pity. . . okay so don't feel too bad positive note they are all only over 2 chapters a piece, #fingerscrossedidowell.


Hate to say that it was a struggle to find 5 things great about my week. . . . but lets be honest, you can ALWAYS find something to be happy or positive about. So without further ado here are my top 5 things of the week:

1.) Cherries - who knew I liked them, my whole life up until now I would not eat ANYTHING cherry flavored, well my sweet dad gave me a bag of real cherries and they were so guuud. Yes I said "guuud".

After graduating HS we took a trip to Europe - boy how interesting that trip was!

About two years ago, Christmas 2010 - I think, uh oh my memory is getting bad.

2.) Meet Samantha Schwartz Kupiec a.k.a. Sammie

We have been besties since the 5th grade (latter part of the year lol) She has always had a big impact on my life and never ceases to provide excellent advice, and of course to just make me feel better! There was no exception this week for that, God has blessed me with your beautiful frienship and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! Thank ya, babes I love ya! xo (P.S. It's this pretty little thangs birthday August 9th - so shout out Happy Early Birthday!)

3.) Counting down the days, hours, minutes until my AP2 Class is done. I'm not sure if I was drugged before signing up for this class or what, it has totally owned me - prayers I can pull off an A! - otherwise, don't tell anyone but I will take it over if I make anything less.

4.) I bought this precious little gem a while ago and have only worn it out in public twice! Both times I have received RAVE reviews ;) Thanks VC. (Vince Camuto if you're not in the know ;)) Wore it to work on Thursday of this week and it didn't disappoint.

Tired is an UNDERSTATEMENT, but Joy Comes in the Morning!

Okay, where to begin?

Since my last post on Friday I have been a little more on edge because of the overwhelming amount of information I need to know for my recent tests and on top of that work takes away from the time I get to study. . . . .

However, I have been getting to spend more time in the word with God (I AM SO THANKFUL) and there is a peace I'm experiencing, like whatever happens its all going to be okay because He is with me. I know that this is not something new, but its like I am just now trusting that I can do all things through Him and whatever His plan is then it will be. (Philippians 4:13; 1 Peter 5:7)

On July 15, 2012, something stirred inside of me, ha not something the Holy Spirit tugged, okay more like YANKED on my heart at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, during Ed's Throwback - Getting Back to the Basics Part 1 series; I was sitting 2 rows from the front and he was teaching on verses:

 "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." - John 10:9 

"once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from." - Luke 13:25

Pastor Ed Young said, a lot of people think you can just become a Christian whenever you want, Luke 13:25 is some frightening text that states once the door is closed at some point, it will not open again. You have certain opportunities, certain venues, certain times and one day, God will shut the door - that is ONE of Satan's biggest lies that the door will always be open and you can live the way you want right now and become a Christian later.

It. hit. me. so. hard. I have been a Christian since I was 6 years old - btw that is for 19 years and I have never comprehended so clearly. Now even though I have become a Christian and this may not be relevant to me - I had not been living as the Bible and the Lord commanded. Right then I made a commitment with myself that I would try harder to be the Proverbs 31 woman the Lord wants me to be. I also deep down have always wanted to, but I have been a follower as much as it hurts to admit that especially on something so public as this blog but I was when I reached my senior year of high school, I changed, maybe not it big ways but I changed. When I turned 21, more changed and continuing on until this moment; July 15, 2012 - it was like I was hit on the head and God was speaking only to me that He wanted me to wake up and act right, that's as best as I can put it.... I was very emotional, only like one glistening tear and it was in the comfort of my own home but still.

The Lord has blessed me by opening my eyes again, yes I said AGAIN because I have not always been so disobedient and blind. Thankful for reminders and constant grace, His love is everlasting. I am not worried about the future because my God is with me.

Are you struggling with living in the light of the Lord? (Ephesians 4:17-32) Do you sometimes feel like if you're not perfect then you should just give up on trying to be "good"? Do you become discouraged sometimes at the tiniest setbacks? If you have ever felt this way or can relate to what I've said, I hope you will leave a comment and share your view, journey, encouragement, etc!

Here is one last verse to give you something to think about today:

Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thess 5:16-18 ESV

Prayers are always welcomed, Lord knows I can use all the prayers I can get! If you would like me to pray for you, email me here or leave a comment :)

In Him,