rainy days

today-and yesterday-have been so rainy and gloomy outside!! it makes me just want to curl up in my bed and watch chick flicks alllll day long! but classes have to come first here so that idea will have to wait! tonight is the AU dance marathon though and i am so pumped! all night? we'll see. if my eyes are still open by 3 we're in good shape! anyways..i went to lunch with one of my best friends today and we were just catching up and talking about life-you know how it goes and we started talking about how much we seriously need/HAVE to rely on God's strength every day.. its easy to have a quick quiet time and then run off and forget what i read that morning and leave it all behind, but then i run out of my own strength and need God's! she told me that she has just started writing what stands out to her during her quiet time on a note and putting it in her bag or in her pocket and that way she can apply it all day long! i thought that was a great idea and just wanted to share it with anyone else who may be struggling like i am!


wanted to share some verses that have encouraged me in the past few days!!


"the joy of the Lord is my STRENGTH." Nehemiah 8:10


"though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails 
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet i will REJOICE in the Lord,
i will be JOYFUL in God my Savior.
the Sovereign Lord is my strength...
He enables me to go on the heights." Habakkuk 3:17-19


"the Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in Him and i am helped" Psalm 28:7


"the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace" Romans 8:6