Merry Christmas from Pensacola....

Here are some of our Christmas decorations in our condo... Enjoy! :)
Charlie Brown Christmas tree on our dining room table... they actually make these! SO precious.

This is my new favorite ornament. It's a precious little chapel. I've always dreamed of getting married in a chapel...

Our family's handprints.... mom's idea. we did this in '07

our precious Christmas tree! sadly, it is not real. Yours truly is allergic to real ones. But it is so cute. and i love our tree skirt! (it's from dollar general...shhh) :)

This is an antique that my mom had and we put lights in it. it's my favorite Christmas decoration we have... i am literally obsessed with it! SO cute.


Merry merry Christmas! only 10 days! :)

Hello.. it's I love Tuesday!!

"Shame was never meant to be your portion."- from a beautiful song called "Mercy" by Kristene Mueller.

Today is TUESDAY. such an overlooked day, but i call it "I love Tuesday" because it should be a fun day. solely because it is a day. sooo, celebrate "i love Tuesday" with me next week and do something out of the ordinary that day, or just something positive and uplifting!

Today was semi productive. I worked out and it totally changed my mood!
My fam and i are having breakfast for dinner! (consisting of mickey mouse waffles, bacon, and eggs). however, i think i will just have a waffle.

I'm SO ready for Christmas! my family has been decorating our condo to make it feel more like home, and it is seriously so cute. i will post pictures tomorrow! We also made a list today of desserts we want to make over the next few weeks in honor of the holidays! lots of yummy sweets on the list, i just can't think of them at the moment.

I'm journalling more... and it's so therapeutic. you should all journal. Seriously.
i hope your week is going well so far... and if its not, try to be positive. Things will get better
"this too shall pass" :) promise.

"I praise You, Lord, for I am fearfully and WONDERFULLY made." Psalm 139:14.

Do I really think that?.... not all the time. Praying to see myself through the Father's eyes.
just something to think about

Choosing joy.

I can't believe it's been a whole week since I last wrote... so sorry to all of my sweet, faithful readers :)
How is your week going? I have done a whole lot of NOTHING. except school work and eating. the latter needs to stop (just kidding)... so tomorrow, I'm going to get up early and do school work, then take full advantage of this beautiful workout facility here. I just need to get out of the condo.
The weather has been fabulous here... and by that I mean, it's been cold and cloudy. My favorite.
I got back from Jackson Sunday, and it's been kind of hard to adjust (again). But, I'm not going to give the enemy any part of my life-- so i'm choosing to be joyful. My circumstances do not define me.
I'm learning to sew tomorrow, too!!! I can't wait.
We are trying to make the condo as much like home as possible. There are Christmas decorations everywhere :) It makes me happy.
I hope you all are having a good week! I am watching "A Christmas Carol" tonight with Jim Carrey in it. I love family movies!
blessings and love.

Life-giving conviction.

Sooo Paige just blogged about being a Christian blogger... and she wrote about this article and i was incredibly convicted. And when I say incredible, I don't mean the size of the conviction, I mean that this conviction was INCREDIBLE, great, beautiful, and life-giving (as the title states).

As a daughter of the King, I am to die to myself everyday and to follow Him. Not just in some areas in my life, but ALL of them. I'm to die to MYSELF. So, this blog is about to change alot because I've been shown that this is not about me... my life is not about me. It's about glorifying the Almighty, and bringing His Kingdom to earth. "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven"

So today, a few things are on my heart. (first) Christmas season... I'm dwelling on the fact that Jesus came to this earth in human form and He endured all kinds of suffering throughout His time here. So He understands ALL suffering that we face. I'm also basking in the fact that, yes, we died with Him on that cross, but we also ROSE with Him! The enemy lost his power over me at calvary. Jesus already won. (second) Breakthru. An amazing, life changing retreat. I've gone every year since 7th grade... but I'm not going this year. I'm praying right now that the Holy Spirit would already be in Pulaski, MS at Timbercreek. I'm praying that their would be lives changed and hearts set on fire for Jesus. (third) ONETHING. A conference in Kansas City, Missouri that I am going to instead of Breakthru this year. and I am SO expectant in my heart for what God wants to do there. I'm praying for the Holy Spirit to move and to reveal His heart to me. Pray with me today for these things!!

I hope your Wednesday is whimsical. Halfway through the week!!
Blessings.
Jordan