Oh Onion Rings

So I've been craving onion rings for like 2 weeks now and everything I get them, I just want more. I can't stop wanting them . I'm going out to lunch for my birthday n Sunday with my family and I'm tempted to change the restaurant just so I can have more onion rings. This is getting to be a serious addiction. I think I need to go to onion ring eaters anonymous!

The Lord cares about the small things

I am in such awe right now of how much the Lord really loves me. This morning when I was out at Steve and Vicki's I got a splinter down by the horses on one of their fences. I got most of it out, but a small little piece stayed in my pinky. I was kinda frustrated by this because it hurt every time I bent my finger. The splinter was right on the crease.
One of the ways the Lord has been growing me lately is in the prophectic; healing, prophesy, words of knowledge, all that stuff that Jesus did. Well I haven't raised anybody from the dead, unless you count the fly in Mexico. Jessi can vouch for me, it was dead before I prayed life back into its fly body.
Back to my splinter. Well it was really bothering me and on the way home from Bible study I was just kinda like "In the name of Jesus I command you to leave. " When I got inside I was going to get a razor blade and cut it out, but when I went to look at it again. The splinter was hanging outside my finger dangling. That thing was stuck good inside too. I tired all day to get it out. It just goes to show that nothing is too big or small for Jesus to care about.
Go Jesus Go Jesus Go Jesus Go Go Go!

Importance vs. Urgency vs my life

Back when I was in high school my youth pastor gave this message about the things that really matter in life. He was a man of illustrations whether stories or pictures or example or whatever. This has always stuck out to me. Its the important vs urgent graph. I realized today that my life is very un organized. Not in the I'm a messy and have papers stacked high in my room and in my car so no one can enter my room or ride in my car and I have no time to clean up sense. In the sense that I prioritize things really weird.
when I was working with the youth all of my time was compass and Church it was all important, but not necessary urgent (don't tell Joseph his lists of lists aren't urgent) and I lived very much in that box with the rare oh no impotent and urgent thing coming my way.
I think there are some things in my life that are urgent that haven't been getting done. Things like spending serious time with Jesus, not in quanity but in quality. I want to be able just to soak in the Lord's presence and dance around for hours on end. I think God wants me to do this. It just didn't ever fit into the box I was living in. I definitely didn't have time for things that weren't important or weren't urgent. I kinda like doing those things though. I did some today. today is my day off. I am house sitting for the dawsons. The dogs woke me up so I went and fed the horses at 8am. I have nothing to do till 6pm. Sure I have a 3 page essay to write and laundry and my car could probablly get cleaned out but those are in the important, not urgent box (my paper isn't due till the 29th) Today was going to be my not important not urgent day. I resolved a few weeks back to stop watching all television and movies, chantoll and cameron now own my DVD collection. However this morning I decided to watch x-men 3. I asked Jesus first. He said it was ok. I read a chapter of blue like jazz first though. It was very relaxing, not having to do anything. It feels weird though. I've always been the type of person that has a million things going on. Having a not important not urgent day is weird to me. I did give in and do my essay though and I will probablly clean my car as well. I feel like I'm just blabbing away, I'm not sure if the coolness of my chart really got across, but hey it was life changing for me at least.

changing times

we are now going monday night at 6:30pm. meet at cheyenne. sorry. chantoll is not available at that time on sunday

Wahoo!

Chantoll and I (Melanie) are getting our noses pirced for our birthdays This Sunday. we are going to urban Body in Davis. If you want to come meet us at the Cheyenne House around 4pm!

New Name

A few months ago I had some of my friends prophesying over me and one of them said that the Lord wanted to change my name of Melanie to Melody. I thought that was very entering since Melanie means darkness and mystery where as Melody is obviously a melody of music. I really like it. I changed my name tag at work to say Melody the other day and it just kind feels right. I'm not saying people have to start calling me Melody. I just think that it cool. All though out the bible the Lord would change people's names based on significant life changing events whether it was spiritually or something that would happen. I am at a point where the Lord is dramatically changing me and purging me and refining me. It makes sense that he would change my name as well. Even if it were only for him for call me that. I also decided to get my nose pierced because of this too. I think there should be a physical change to represent the spiritual change in my life. After all that's why the Jews were circumcised, that's why people wear enjoyment rings and why people get tattoo to remember and represent major things in their lives. I have always loved how Abram proposed to Sara with a nose ring. Right now the Lord is speaking to me on how I truly am HIS bride. SO that's why the nose ring in case you were wondering. Chantoll is getting one too. I'm not sure on her reasons,but were going together for our birthdays.