Idols

This is a sermon I listened to the other day about Idols in our lives. My friend Heidi posted it on facebook, it was really good so I thought I would share it with you.

DeepIdols Check it out when you have some time!

My Favorite Boys

Saturday I took my nephews to the local park and zoo. Daniel is 3 years old and Aaron is 1 year old. We had a blast despite the heat and rain.

Morning Ride

In Medora we went horse back ridding which I love!

Riding at 8am!

Me and my horse Utah

800+ miles can't seperate best friends

My best friend Katie is living in Medora, North Dakota this summer, she is on summer project with an organization called CRU (campus crusade for Christ). Basically summer project is a way for college students to learn ways to share their faith and gain leadership skills. The college students get jobs in their assigned town and share the Gospel with those they work with and meet. They also have Bible study once a week and have other faith activities through out the week.I am so proud of Katie for going out there this summer, Medora is a 800+ miles away from our home town.

My friend Lindsey and I made a road trip last week to go and visit our dear friend Katie. Here is a picture of me and my best friend the first day we were together after being apart for over a month.

This is us outside the Pizza Parlor.
We also had a picnic in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park which is breathtakingly beautiful.

It was very windy that day!

All before noon

So I realized I haven't done a faith post in a while and wanted to share a few things that have spoken to me lately but first let me tell you about my morning .... I am going to Africa in September on a missions trip and you are required to get certain shots before you can even enter Africa. I went today to get them thinking no big deal. I have never had problems getting shots before, in fact I usually watch the nurse as she is injecting me. Today I decided not to look, immediately after the shots I felt like I was going to pass out and throw up! The nurse jumped into action and got help. I had a fan on me, an ice pack on my neck, the nurse yelling to keep my head down and yelling to another nurse to get me juice and a granola bar. My blood pressure dropped to 76/48! (120/80 is considered normal). After all this quick action I was ok and my pressure went back up although my arms are sore! So after all this embarrassment I go to pay for the visit and realized I had taken my check book out last night and forgot to put it back in my purse! Thankfully they took a check card. Oh boy, and all this happened before noon today!

A quote I wanted to share is: "Sin happens when we believe lies about God instead of Gods Word and when we worship idols instead of worshipping God." Wow, how simple and true. How quick am I to believe the lies of this world and put away what Gods' Word says is truth! How easily I forget all the promises God has given me! How quick am I to worship someone else or something else instead of the one true God? This quote definitely has gotten me thinking.

The next paragraph stated this-

We need to:
-Trust God instead of believing lies = faith
- Worship God instead of worshiping idols = repentance

Behind every sin is a lie (Romans 1:24-25)

Well there you go, a few thoughts that were running through my head. I hope your day is blessed and not to hot! Where I live with the heat index it will feel like 105-115 degrees!

A sneak peak of a picture from my trip to North Dakota! More to come!

A Party with a Purpose PART II

Here are some of the great bands I enjoyed:

FFH

Matthew West

SuperChick

Hawk Nelson

Toby Mac

The Afters

 Skillet and many many more, I can't wait til next year!

A Party with a Purpose

A week ago I attended a Christian music festival called Lifest, it was my 8th year going! I love lifest, it is such a great time with friends, wonderful speakers and of course great bands! My friend Emily came down, she drove 6 hours to come stay with me and go to the festival. I had a blast!

Hanging out by the stage, waiting for the next concert!

Rocking out the sunglasses

Me, Emily and Abby taking a break and laying under a tree

Dancing it up during the Skillet Concert

Friends!