He Is Jealous for Me...

So tell me... Have you ever felt like God is being completely silent in your life? I know I feel this feeling often. Lately, I have been bitter about this fact. Why won't God just tell me what he wants me to do? I must sound like a complete freak going back and forth. "I trust God." "I don't know why God won't tell me what He wants." "I love Him." "He's making me mad."... all of the above. Well, in the midst of my bitterness, I felt a small wink from Him yesterday...

"Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. he will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, "Be gone!"

Isa 30:18-22

-Much Love-
Bethany

Drastic Life Change....

I know this is completely ridiculous. But I am about to go there. I'm about to blog about sandwiches. I just ate a delicious cranberry chipotle turkey sandwich. A while back, my room mates and I went to a farmer's market here in town and purchased three different kinds of salsa. Personally, I chose a cranberry salsa that is delicious, but not so great with chips (because it's sweet I think). So I just added it to a turkey and swiss sandwich. Delicious. Then, I was inspired to look up other unique sandwich recipes. I don't know about you, but plain old turkey sandwiches get old really fast... Maybe you need a little inspiration... I know I do sometimes.

Bagel Bruschetta...

Turkey Cranberry...

Apricot Chicken Salad... yum.

Mediterranean Veggies and Cheese...

-Much Love-

Bethany

Fashion Frenzy...

Here's to cute clothes and inspiring style...

Jessica Szohr. I have my room mate Chelsea to thank for this inspiration.

Rachel Bilson... 

Reese Witherspoon... Not an "all the time" favorite fashion icon, but I love this outfit.

And I don't care how cliche... Vanessa Hudgens... Cuh-ute.

-Much Love-

Bethany

A Healer of the Brokenness...

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Where to begin. Let's just say life is not at all where I expected it to be right now. I guess that's what I get for making a "plan". God just loves it when we do that. I think he sits there laughing and shaking his head when we're drawing out our map and planning all of the events that will take place in our perfect idea of a life. Nevertheless, I had a plan. A good one. And it failed. Big time. Relationships, classes, future plans (there's that word again), etc. So many things aren't going the way I pictured. And lately, I've felt that God hasn't exactly been giving me the lamp to my feet that he promised. Then, I realize that my idea of a lamp is more like a spotlight maybe? One that shines a mile or two ahead, perhaps?

The truth is that He is right there shining away... one step at a time. My quiet times the last few days have dealt with trusting God... shocking, right? Going through a study over the life of the disciple John, I'm realizing that God wants to take my routine and turn it into something amazing (Luke 5:1-11). To quote Beth Moore, "Jesus walks right up, catches us in the act of being ---again today--- exactly who we were yesterday and offers to turn our routine into adventure." I've asked God for adventure. I've asked him to send me wherever he wishes. To use me in ways that I could only dream of. Just give me direction already! And then he gave me this verse... "Consecrate yourselves, because the Lord will do wonders among you tomorrow." Joshua 3:5.

Literally tomorrow God? Really?! Alright, not the point exactly. The point is to get ready. The direction is to gear up for battle. To focus on Him. To fall more in love with Him every day. Also from Beth Moore, "God can perform a miracle in any one of us at any time, but amazing things happen when you and I are willing to get prepared for a mighty work of God."

So that's where I am... an extremely long blog post later... ready to get ready. I don't know what God is going to do in my life. He may be asking me to just trust Him exactly where I am. And he may be asking me to do something huge for his kingdom. Who knows? The point is that I'm learning to trust him with my whole entire heart. Lean not on my own understanding. Look to him.

-Much Love-
Bethany

p.s. Please listen to this song by Esterlyn. I may or may not have listened to it about a hundred times today and cried every time.

Nothing Against You Winter...

I'm so ready for summer... And I think a picture is worth a thousand words... So... here's 6000 words for you... Take your time.

-Much Love-
Bethany

Follow... Check.

I may or may not have just looked at the same blog for an hour. I couldn't help myself! I just had to keep clicking older posts! But I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I know I'm inspired!

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The many desks, book shelves, and office type rooms are hopefully going to inspire me to study a ton this semester! And I love love love the ladder as the bed-side table and also the wooden crates as shelves!

-Much Love-
Bethany

365pics...

Like I said, 365photos may not be posted every day, but here's a couple for the catching up option. School hasn't started yet, and I'm already procrastinating. Great. Good news is though... it is snowing! Just when I thought I was ready for spring, it starts snowing... and all of my flower, fresh cotton, and chaco thoughts changed back to hot cocoa, mittens and hats, and warm fires. My mom came up and spent the weekend with me... which was awesome. We got some quality mother daughter time in, ate some wonderful food, first aspen visit for mom, and shopped at some great little thrift stores. I'm so excited to share what I found! 'Til then...

{beautiful back yards}

{trying to make espresso on my own}

-Much Love-

Bethany