Wedding Time.

I started my new summer job, that I am secretly in love with. If I could marry a job, it would be this one. I get to wear all black, serve people great food, clean up, decorate, laugh, and watch two people get married! a.k.a I'm doing catering!

My first wedding was at the Fine Art Center, and I thought I was working from 3-6pm, turns out that is set up. We were there tell 11:30pm, and my arms almost fell off. I had never held a tray in my life, or served food so fancy. I only dropped one fork during clean up, and managed to keep a smile on my face.

I had to memorize the appetizers and carry them around, and act high class. I laughed as I left the catering room, to go out, they had me repeat what I was holding over and over...and it was more difficult then I imagined. " Bacon wrapped dates, with almond paste"... so many random words put together, that I have to make sound delicious.

The next goal was to carry a bread tray...a huge bread tray. One I felt, was the size of Texas. I had it balanced with one hand under the tray, and then my other hand placing the bread rolls on the salad plates...ha. I should also state there were two different rolls, and sometimes I had to go searching for the preferred roll, and not drop the whole tray on the ground and go hide. I did happen to elbow a Sargent in the head, as I walked pass with my massive tray. No harm done...

In the middle of cleaning up plates, I would talk to the people a tad bit, and ask if they enjoyed the food. Then this lady, turned and said, " You are so sweet, and have the kindest nature, you need to tell your boss for a good tip!". I told her that her saying that to me, meant more then any tip! It was a boost of encouragement!



I have worked a few more event's sense then, and learned more and more. Like: you need really good shoes, and snacks. I worked a wedding the other day, at the most beautiful venue, they had a bluegrass band play the whole night. I was loving that. It was kinda a wooden wedding, the decoration's were so thrifty and outdoors like. We get to set up the decorations, and all! During the wedding we started cleaning glasses, plates, beer bottles, napkins. etc. As I was cleaning up, I started laughing at myself. I noticed I was pointing at bottles across the room, and then going over to them, and checking if they were empty. I would point and say, " there's one..." then I'd go over, like I was going to have a conversation with a empty beer bottle, and take it for a walk to the trash can. Hilarious. I only wonder what the people I work with, think of me.

Then two nights ago I ended up working a wedding of a family friend, and they were all there celebrating. I loved having some familiar faces around as I ran from place to place, looking useful. ha, There are this gigantic tables that we have to roll out, and I'm not quite use to them yet, so as I rolled them, a few times they almost fell over. It was pretty dramatic to say the least...if I could stop and laugh out loud, I would. I try to stay professional. So I would roll the table slowly and carefully until I found a strong person, and give it to them. safety first.

I find a little time for secret dancing. While the guest are away dancing, we go and clear the tables, and I try to get my dancing in there, cause the music is so good, its hard not to do a little gig. We are not suppose to dance I don't think, cause I mean...we aren't invited to the wedding as guests. So it makes sense...




Anywho. That's it for now, I am loving summer,work,friends,yoyogurt,settlers of Catan, and how warm it is outside! God is the best planner around... ask Him to plan your day for you, He has great idea's in mind.

learning violin...Lesson #1

 

So today my friend came over for guitar lessons, and brought her violin. I then quickly got addict, and had her teach me a song. Now we are going to do a trade off...REALLY EXCITED!


( this was suppose to be a video...fail. I'll try again)

Walk It Out

It's about time that I share what God continues to show me everday lately.
Friday morning I woke up, and rolled over to grab my bible, and found a note in my bed...must had fallen out of my bible the night before. The note had the verse that talks about the FRUIT of the Spirit. I thought, " That's so good". I leaned over the side of my bed, and flipped open my bible, and landed right at that same verse

Galatians 2:22-26

" But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy(gladness), peace, patience( an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness(benevolence), faithfulness, gentleness(meekness, humility), self-control( self-restraint, continence).

Against such things there is no law[ that can bring charge]. And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh ( the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires. If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.[If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]

Let us not become vain glorious and self conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another."

I was shocked that I opened right to the same verse I had just ran my eyes across. I knew God was trying to tell me something. So that whole morning I was thinking on that verse, and thinking to myself, "My Spirit has all those things, so I am choosing to walk in my Spirit and not in my flesh" (how I might be feeling). As I did slowly my day unraveled into a beautiful one. I got up, got ready, and it seemed as if God was given me all the secret details on the day. It was one thing after another, that was right. You know when you just know you're doing all the right things at the right time? It was just like that. I so enjoyed the whole day.

This link is what ties this all together...

http://youtu.be/24ybc1z9qzY

I continued to think about that verse the next day, and re read it. Then Sunday morning at church, my pastor was talking about walking in love. He brought out (of course) Galatians 2:22-23 about how we already have all the things we need in our Spirit, and can walk it out in our bodies. That you can walk in Love because, you already have it. Then he said something that really struck a chord... " If you are walking on the right path, then you can stay on it." He was making the point that if you're walking in love, you won't be tempted by another path. Love is powerful.

I loved seeing God bring that verse back up again! I began to see how you can take any of the fruit and use it at any moment. If you are walking in love, you can also walk in joy, and peace. It shows too, to other people, and even yourself.

This morning as I woke up, I decided to read those verses again, and got a text from a friend, to see if I could babysit. I went over, and saw she had left her bible open on the table, right to....
Galatians 5...SHOCKER. I should have know God would pull a fast one. I mean I drove all the way across town, to see the same verse I was just reading. ha

I am so blessed to know that there is an "out" I don't have to live in haterd towards others, or in depression, etc. God knew my flesh would try to speak louder then the truth of what I really do have. In the midst of what I feel, I remember, that God made it possiable for me to walk in JOY, and LOVE! I have it all in my Spirit, and so do you...walk it out...walk it out!

Great Peace

Yesterday I went for a hike with my dad. We were maybe ten minutes in, and my dad stopped, and started describing how amazing nature is. As he spoke, it was as if I was hearing a book being read out loud. He said , " Look at all the different shades of green, and all the different plants, and trees... God has made so many amazing things, sometimes it is hard to even grasp fully what your eyes are seeing". I kept silent as we continued to walk, and enjoyed hearing my dad soaking up the whole thing, and then sharing it with me. I didn't realize but I am very simlar to him in that manner.

The other day a friend and I were walking through the Garden of the gods, on this stunning trail. She started sharing how, if she is in a certain part of town, Pikes Peak looks huge, and Garden of the gods seems so small. Because we were in Garden of the gods, it seemed so big now, and we couldn't even see Pikes Peak. Then I added, "I can see how God thought everything out. He wanted things to be a picture for us. It's all perception. The mountians and Garden of the gods didn't change, we changed our postion and focus. What we are focused on seems so big at the time, til we get a different view on it".After I said those things to her, I thought to myself, where did I get that thinking from?

Then after hiking with my dad the next day... I could see clearly...I am my fathers daugther.I enjoyed seeing where I got my deep thinking from...ha.

I read this verse today:

" Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble". -Psalm 119:165

As I was hiking with my dad, he was wearing his glasses, and kept stumbling on rocks. ( he almost face planted into a rock...INTENSE). He told me that he could only see ahead, not around, because he glasses cut off part of this outside view. I told him to take them off, and see if that would helped. The rest of the hike, he didn't stumble at all. He even spotted a snake before I did, and I jumped back in disbelief! In all the years I have been hiking, I have never seen a snake!

What I shared with my friend in Garden of the gods, and just like that verse. As soon as my dad changed his view, it was a lot easier to hike then before.

God made his Law for us to see that we couldn't do it alone, we needed him. He then sent Jesus to fullfill the law because we couldn't, Jesus passed the test for us. The law is no longer keeping or causing us from having GREAT peace. Its our own decision to believe that Jesus brought PEACE to each of us, by fullfilling the law in Himself. Now because of what Jesus has done, we have great peace, believe it! Nothing can cause you to stumble or be offened...not even a pair of glasses, or a rock in the path.