my crazy week! :)

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circomstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
-1 Thessalonians 5:16-18-

Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
-Isaiah 51:3b-

wow... so i haven't written in a while and a lot has happened this week! the above verses have been like, my verses of the week. my christian formation group was talking about the first ones in class on monday and i realized that in order for me to be joyful always and give thanks in all cirucumstances, that i needed to pray continually... be in relation with God and also trust him that he's gonna come through for me. if i don't and i'm not trusting him, i'm not believing that he can work it out... so how can i be joyful and thankful? so i resolved on monday to live a life of joy and thanksgiving... always as i continue in relation with God. and then... tuesday happened.

so i'm standing in the bathroom tuesday night, and my tooth came out. not only did it fall out but yes, i lost it. can't find it anywhere. i'm supposed to make dinner for friends coming over, i had gospel choir and worship practice and then i'm singing in chapel wednesday and thursday. what am i going to do? and i can't get my other fake tooth out so that i can wear my retainer... so we call the plumber and he comes over and takes the sink apart, and there's no tooth. we look and look and look... no tooth. so what do i have to do? go to choir with a big hole in my mouth. i'm pretty upset and embarrassed about the whole thing. but i went and laughed it off.... and we sing this song in choir....

i will trust in God to supply my need
he'll come through for me, if i just believe
if i pray in faith
then i will receive!
if i tell God about my problem,
he'll work it out for me!

basically, just what i needed to get stuck in my head! so i go to my other practice, wake up in the morning and still no tooth. and then i read this in isaiah 51 before i went to sing in chapel with the gospel choir, toothless... it's in isaiah 51... "listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn. ... The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing. ... The ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." all of a sudden, i realized that my sour attitude about being toothless and feeling sorry for myself had to change. think of all the people in the world who are without food and shelter and are suffering and all i can focus on is the hole in my mouth... no, i am going to be a woman where joy and gladness will be found inside of me and i will be continuously thankful and full of praises in song.

so i go to chapel and funny... dean woody webb recommended a dentist, so i called and got an appointment right away. later on i went to the dentist and he fixed me... but my tooth is still lost. we go back to the apartment, and i went back in the bathroom and looked where the dentist suggested, and guess what!?! i found my tooth!!!! praise Jesus!

it is amazing the change one tooth can make in a smile! isn't God good? i just praise him that he fills me up and satisfies my insides with him! here's a few pictures of singing in chapel the next day... letting Jesus' praises ring out on high!


be blessed today, wherever you are, whatever you're going through. fill yourself up with joy and thanksgiving. give your worries and troubles to God... if you tell God about your problem he'll work it out for you!!!