Coffee

Today I found Starbucks coffee at Marsh for half off! So of course I bought 2 pounds and it was like a BOGO sale, Lovin' that! But then later on, I found out that the coffee was whole beans. So I have to find a grinder now to get my coarsely ground coffee.

Yes, I do realize this is a boring post. But if you read the previous one you'll find that its a bit ironic. Also, Anne and I cooked dinner for our townhouse friends. That was fun.

today and yesterday

I did good today and yesterday. I've been trying to wake up earlier and actually do something with my mornings even if its just taking time for myself. So i've eaten breakfast and made coffee both mornings. I love mornings. They are so quiet and beautiful. The outside is just lovely in the mornings, everything is still quiet and waking up. i like that. My townhouse is quiet too. Everyone goes to work by like 8:00 then I get up and its all nice and chill. Sometimes when I wake up in the mornings I think about how I haven't talked until I see someone and then when I see that person I kind of want to tell them that they were the first ones to hear my voice today... and its like 2:00 in the afternoon and i've been up for like 6 hours. Maybe that seems self-absorbed, but its just funny to think about.
The cereal that I've been eating was given to me by one of my freshmen at the end of the year. So it was free, and it's probably stale, but I actually think it tastes good! I'm wondering though if I only think it tastes good because I know it was free and I want to eat it and save money. I should probably get an outsiders perspective.
The coffee that I've been drinking is the three region blend from Starbucks. It's so goooood. I felt like such a beginner adult trying to buy whole ground Starbucks coffee. There are so many ways to grind coffee, who knew? I got mine coarsely ground. Sometimes there are just little details you don't realize you don't know until you start getting your hands dirty.
I just jammed my finger in the door before writing this post making typing more interesting and I spilled my coffee a little.
Being an adult is messy, but i'm learning lots.
...Oh, and I read and write and clean in the mornings too. I'll post about the books I'm reading soon.

The internet

I'm usually terrible at surfing the internet. When the internet came out people learned a web surfing skill that I completely missed out on. I don't know how it happened, but it did. I end up doing all my social networking then not knowing what else to do and just get off.
So today I spent some time on the internet. And I think I found my favorite website... at least for now. It took me awhile to surf the cyber waves, but I like where the tide has taken me. It's called buyolympia.com its a little artsy website... similar to etsy. There are 4 people in Portland, OR who run the website and they made it to help their friends sell their handmade stuff. It's cool. These are the favorite items I found today.
I haven't spent money on here, but I'm getting very tempted.



I like this photographer.


This one is on a T-shirt. I don't always like graphic T's on me, but i like the design of this one.


And this is my favorite. It's a picture. It's called Lost In Space. I'll probably buy it for my room.

Letters

I took an Inductive Bible Study class last year, t'was a great class. In the textbook, there was a bit of truth that I will never forget. It explained the feelings one gets when they receive a love letter either from a friend or family or boyfriend/girlfriend, whatever. Everyone can relate. When you get this letter from a loved one, you look at it very carefully. You take the time to double check the envelope and make sure you got every last drop of whatever that person sent you. It's funny. I got a letter from a friend today and began turning it over, checking the envelope, looking at it from every angle to make sure I didn't miss anything. I was trying so hard to soak up that person, their words and essentially feel all of the love I could possibly feel from this simple piece of mail.

The textbook said that this is how we should view God's word.

Ouch. I don't do this with my bible. I don't read the chapters over and over flipping it upside down to make sure I didn't miss anything. I don't try to soak up every drop that I can from the scripture. It makes me sick to think that I love people more than God, but my actions make this seem true. Time after time I will choose to make my friendships and loved ones my idol and not my savior. He wrote me the perfect love letter and I don't even give it half of the attention I gave that letter today. Friendships and loved ones are a beautiful gift from God, He has created each of us to need both Him and His community, but when we abuse those gifts it becomes distasteful to His sight. Father, help me not to do this. I need scripture. I need to soak in the love God has lade out for me on those pages.

The dynamics of God's word are amazing. How can I not want more of it?

Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

Paul

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
II Corinthians 12:9-10

Ps- I promise I'll actually write things from my head soon.