Quit Smoking.

I was doing a take home portion of my Econ test tonight and I was trying to find an article on negative externalities, I came across this . I had no idea this was happening, and I feel like a lot of people don't know. This is just ridiculous to me, and breaks my heart. I feel like other people should read it.

The Wedding Day

Congratulations to:

Mr. & Mrs. Adam Dowling

Trotter Dowling Wedding ...The Dinner.

Brick's Cafe in Greenville

Me and Seestar.

Trotter Dowling Wedding ...The Bridal Luncheon.

Wedding Weekend

Cousin Lynzie's wedding weekend..

So excited to be in the mountains for a while with my camera.

only 2 weeks until the Twilight at midnight

The Things You Find In A-Town.

While walking through downtown Anderson...

"Home Sweet Home"

"Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless,

maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy;

deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

Ps. 82:3

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Matt. 5:3

Sweet Tooth

Only 24 hours until Kate's pirate glow in the dark birthday bash at the skate park! Woo! I have never made so many cupcakes in my life. And last night, (while making cupcakes) it hit me.... CUP-CAKES. like CAKE in a CUP. It was amazing. 

So in my book I am reading (Being A Girl Who Loves) I read about the lepers in Jesus' time, and how they were forced out of their homes to go into a leper colony far away from town where they could never see their family or friends ever again. If you don't know what the disease is, it's when you get painful sores all over your body and everything on the inside and outside basically rots away and your limbs fall off. Pretty disgusting. But these people were never able to be touched because they were so incredibly contagious. And there was a story of one particular leper who walked into town, willing to be humiliated and unloved all to see Jesus in hopes that he would be healed. But the crazy thing is, that the leper said to Jesus "Lord, if you are WILLING to heal me..." so that made me think, how many times do we go to God demanding things from Him rather than going to Him humbly knowing that he doesn't HAVE to do anything, but he does it because he loves us. We take advantage of God so much. 

And another thing is, we don't look and notice God in our lives daily and thank him for EVERYTHING, whether or not we like it. For example, I don't LIKE having a broken leg, but I can already see how God is using my injury as a positive in my life rather than something to be angry about. So take time to notice God in the areas of your life where you usually let it brush right past you without acknowledging it.

I have to get back to decorating the pirate cup cakes :)