Blessings..

Alright, so today is Wednesday, which means discipleship group meets today! So first thing is first, I love these women, they make my weeks and they honestly have helped me grow in my faith so much this semester and this year. So today we talked about contentment and that the way to achieve this is to put the Lord first. Being a new christian I understand this concept, but I struggle with putting the Lord before myself. Everyday. But, today was a new revelation, since about January we have been discussing the "tongue challenge" a week-long challenge to think about what we say to people and challenge ourselves to be polite, positive and Christ-like with our words and thoughts for a week. And this is the week we are trying it.
This got me thinking.
I am SO blessed, seriously. I am attending a great university, I have fantastic, loving, supporting parents, I am talented and intelligent and the Lord has chosen me to be his daughter and has surrounded me with people that help me grow and learn and stay in His word. So why do I complain, nag, whine and focus on the things I don't have and ignore the great things in my life? That's a great question and honestly the only answer I can think of is, "I'm selfish."
God is good!
So with the start of the "tongue challenge," I plan to stay positive about myself, the blessings I have been given and others.
Praise God for all he has done and I ask Him to guide me and others around me to remember His goodness and the blessings he gives.

Alright folks, enjoy the sunshine and look forward to more confessions of a delusional bridesmaid.

Starting at the Beginning..

Why hello there. As you can already tell, this is my very first blog. Shout out to... Christine Knasel for the inspiration.

Alright, so a little bit about myself. I am a sophomore at Michigan State and I am a journalism major. Now, hold on there I know that due to my major, I am supposed to be AMAZING at this whole blog thing, but to be honest I'm a little intimidated by it.

Well, I will start off with an explanation of my title. My dearest friend Christine Knasel is getting married in 52 days. I met her at the beginning of the year at fall training, because we are both resident assistants at MSU. When we first met, we hit it off like right away which was awesome. Soon, I found out she was getting married and like every other girl on the planet wanted to be a bridesmaid. However, Christine is like SUPER popular and has 8 bridesmaids already so I was denied access to the coveted spot in the bridal party. But, never leaving any stoned unturned, Lora, another RA, and I decided we wanted to be delusional bridesmaids. Basically what that means is we pretend to be bridesmaids. I know it sounds nuts, which is where the lovely and affectionate name delusional came from. So that is why I am a delusional bridesmaid and to be honest, I have totally earned my place in the wedding party by spending 8 hours making invitations and going dress shopping for 6 hours. I know what you're thinking, are you nuts! You volunteered time for a wedding you aren't even in? It really is a great thing though because I love Christine dearly and I love that she is getting married, her fiance is AMAZING! So it was totally worth it, plus now I get to be the understudy in case one of her bridesmaids cannot come. 2 girls are studying abroad and flying in a day or 2 before the wedding so if there are problems with their flights, I get to step in. Hooray! Don't worry I'm ready to slow down those planes. Not really, but just being involved with the wedding and being invited is enough for me.

So, I think that's a good start and look forward to more confessions of a delusional bridesmaid.