Random Food Thoughts

Random food thought.

July 4, 2011 at 10:33pm

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Rice is my all time favorite food. More specifically jasmine rice, although I've never had a grain of rice I didn't love.

I think fresh pineapple and peaches comes in right behind that.

I'm a bread girl. It's my weakness. I love bread

My favorite drink is Raspberry lemonade.

I like tea... a lot.

Snap peas and English cucumbers bring me more joy then any food really should.

Not much of a desert person. I love some pies and angle food cake makes the world go round. More deeply when it's covered in strawberries and orange juice.

I don't like chocolate unless it's cold milk chocolate.
I don't like most meat even though I eat it all the time
I don't love garlic (but I eat it sometimes)
In my brain, almonds and peanuts are the only nuts we humans were ever meant to eat.
I don't like rich things. Like cheesecake

I am all about the candy!
Popcorn in the best comfort food.
Cheese should be as mild as possible.

Back to the rice thing... I can pretty much eat my weight in rice. When we are at a Chinese restaurant, I'll spend more money on rice then everyone else did on their main dish.

Learning Lessons 5-15-11

Learning lessons

May 15, 2011 at 9:20pm

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It's been a while since I have felt this isolated and out of place.   It seems that everyone, including me, has grown quiet the last few weeks.  I feel on my own more then I'm used to. I have dear amazing friends who are always there for me, but I'm sick of complaining about the same thing over and over again so I've shut up a lot. This makes me feel like no one knows and no one understands.  I think the fact that I'm wearing dark sunglasses all the time makes the isolation a bit more real. No one can see my eyes so I feel like no one is really looking at me or seeing me.  I know it's all so silly.

I didn't get to sleep last night so I had lots of time just to worship and pray. I love so much that God is big enough to except my frustrations without getting overwhelmed or frustrated back.  I feel like God is trying to teach me some hard things through all this and I know with all my heart that it will be worth it.  My eyes hurt so much so I am praying that God will teach me to better use my spiritual eyes. To see things, and especially people, through HIS eyes.   I seem to be getting more and more fragile which takes away my feeling of independence.  So I'm learning to trust God with the little things. If I can trust Him with my forever then I need to be able to trust Him with my dislocated ribs.

Not gonna lie. These are not fun lessons to learn, but I am thankful that God cares enough about me to not just let me walk through life, but helps me to keep growing and changing.  I want to be a better person today then I was yesterday.  I don't want to take things for granted. I want to learn from everything. I want to live my life with a thankful heart. I have not been good at that this week.

Lord, thank You for always keeping me in Your hands. Thank you for loving me enough to let me learn the hard lessons. I know that You cry when I cry and understand every kind of emotional or physical pain I may every go through.  Thank You that You made a way for your children to be able to talk and hear You no matter what we are doing. Even in my sleep, I hear Your voice and sense your presents.  You are good and faithful even when my fears take over my heart. May my life bring glory to Your name.

New Blog page

Hey friends, after a few hours of work and some help from my sister, I have switched blog accounts.  I don't like the set up of this other account as much but it will make it much easier for you all to comment and fallow.
I have transferred all the relevant blogs to the new site so you can read back posts.
With this new blog you can subscribe and get an email every time I post. You can also comment back right from your email account. How cool is that?
Hope this works out better for everybody.
Thanks for reading.
Whit

http://mygodisbigenough.wordpress.com

Upside down Audi

Little known fact about me: When I’m really, REALLY frustrated I flip upside down.     I have no idea why this is true about me, but I’ve done it since I was a kid.    Today I have spent a lot of time with the blood rushing to my head.   

I’ve been paying attention to myself a lot lately to see what it is that triggers my frustration and I think I’ve got it pegged.  So often in my life there is something big going on that is overwhelming enough that I fight hard not to think about it.  When I have something big hiding under my skin, all the little things start to really bother me.  One misspoken word, one bad IV night, one small mistake and I’m a mess.   I find it funny about myself that I’m able to let God handle the big things, but little things keep me up at night.   

Tonight the little thing that’s got me upside down is that I don’t have my license.   It’s such a little thing, but it’s driving me nuts tonight.  Hahah! Driving me! Get it? Haha! I didn’t even see that joke coming.  

 It’s so frustrating to not be able to go where I want to go. My family, my father especially, are so so sweet to take me where I need to go, but I hate asking them to take me places I want to go but don’t really need to go to.  It’s a freedom most people have that I’ve never known just to hop in a car and go to the store or leave a party when you want to.   

I feel so silly for being upset about this, but I’m a big fan of open honesty and tonight I am almost in tears about this.  I’m 25 and have never been able to go someplace all by myself.  Sometimes I feel like I’m in a cage.  It’s a beautiful cage and I have no right to complain.

Lord, teach me to be content and thankful for all the amazing blessings you have given me. Help me to trust You even when i don't understand.  Little or Big, I know that You are in control and nothing is beyond your miracles.  I am whole, license or not.

I have a dear friend who calls me Audi which is one of my favorite nick names. I guess if I can’t drive a luxury car, I will just be one instead. :-)

Sauna

As part of my medical plan, I have started using a dry sauna 3 days a week. 

I had my first sauna (Is that how you say it? “I had a sauna”?) yesterday.  It was kind of fun.  I love the way it smells, and I love being warm.  I kind of feel like a princess inside the little room.  I’ve always loved small spaces, the smell of wood and being warm… it’s pretty much my favorite spot right now.  Today I sat in there, listened to Adventures in Odyssey (Laugh at me if you want) and looked through CB2 magazines.  Happy!  It’s really great being in there, but I kind of feel like I just ran a marathon when I get out.  It’s very draining.  Today I knew I was having a bad day because I was in the 115 degree room for 20 min and was cold the whole time and never managed to break a sweat. Silly body.

I am excited to be doing something so good for my body that doesn’t also involve damaging it. This is such a blessing. And did I mention it smells really good? 

Whit’s music playlist for today.

These are some of my favorite non-religious songs and what I found myself listening to tonight.

Nature boy – Nat King Cole

It’s just so… jazz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw

If I fell – The Beatles.

Performed by Maroon 5.

I really have no idea why I love this song so much, but I just do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p1N0ce6-rM

I really have no idea why I love this song so much, but I just do.

Fix You- Coldplay

I listened to this song about 50 times (no kidding) on the way home from South Africa. It’s important to me.     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEEFKeGcTc

 

Do you remember – Jack Johnson

Again, this song is really a big deal to me. I’m not sure why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y5kxOGhqrw&feature=related

 

Dream On – Aerosmith

I have no good excuse for why I like this song.  Go ahead, judge me. I admit it. I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb4kvh1XZ14

 

Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová

This one is a new one for me, but I just really love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPbC2YrUUsI

 

 Here Comes The Sun – Beatles

Come on, this song is just so happy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsv34Ng_Rik

 

Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra.

You just can’t beat this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9h0MNMfKuQ

 

1000 miles – Mark Schultz

It’s just so pretty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfR9VUz2BxE

 

I’m Gonna Be – The Steven Curtis Chapman version

This song just makes me happy. I love the original Scottish band singing it just because their voices are happy, but the words are not so cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLzCAnx_fM

 

Till Kingdom Come – Coldplay

Yeah, I just love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8k2jy3g9E

DYNAMITE

There is a verse in 2 Corinthians many Christians have long since had memorized.  The ESV reads it as

For the sake of Christ then, I am content with my weakness, insults, hardships, persecution, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 

It’s always been one of my favorite verses as it speaks so clearly to those days we all have were it feels like our lives are out of control. (To which I have about a million)  I was reading my devotions today in the book Streams in the Desert.   It said that that verse is more accurately translated

Therefore I take pleasure in being without strength, being insulted, experiencing emergencies, and being chased and forced into a corner for Christ’s sake; for when I am without strength, I am DYNAMITE.

As I read this verse translated this way, people and situations were filling my mind. I felt like I wanted to send a copy of the verse to everyone I know with a letter attached that read   “Did you know you could be dynamite for Christ?”   It’s what I’ve always wanted to be.  It’s what I long for!  I didn’t know that all my efforts and striving to escape my weaknesses so I could DO something for Christ, was really me running away from a gift.

I want to better myself. I want to be more Christ-like today then I was yesterday. I want to grow and change and experience, BUT I will never be God (Thank goodness) and so I will always have weakness. There is no escaping it or growing all the way out of it. THAT’S OK!  “For when I am without strength, I am DYNAMITE”   I can just picture demons sounding the warning to each other when I open my eyes each morning. “She’s awake and she doesn’t feel well. Look out! She’s gonna do something big for Christ today!”  They scatter in all directions, trying to escape the explosion.  (Insert my conquering laugh here)  I love this!

In all things we are more then conquerors through Him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither death nor life, not angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, not powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:37+38

Not even my weakness will separate me from the love of Christ. I am MORE then a conqueror, I am dynamite!