It snowed here for the first time today. We are listening to Christmas music and I made apple sauce. I work 3 Saturdays this month and school is going well. I did my first presentation yesterday and I was so nervous. I thought about you guys when I stood front of the class. I told myself that I want to motivate and speak like I was writing a blogpost. I don't know my grade yet. I have almost all of my Christmas shopping done. Wilson really needs a car wash...also to be cleaned on the inside lol. Went to Shake n Steak for dinner tonight. They took forever to give me my food and then when they did I spilled mustard on my new shirt lololol. no worries, it came out. Josh Wilson has new music out and For King and Country has stolen my every heart beat with "Burn the Ships." I feel like 2018 flew by so fast. I told my Farm Boss that I'm probably not coming back next year..that was hard. My journal is filling up like mad. I dip my plain potato chips in ketchup and was told that is weird. is it? Hobby Lobby has so much amazing stuff. spend two hours there whoops. my family is awesome and my friends are too and God is amazing.
guys. i saw the words UNCONDITIONAL LOVE today and about cried. we live daily because of a God and Savior who understands those words. will I ever? idk. but thank you Jesus.
write me a letter too please xx tell me, what's new? what are you seeing and feeling? how is Jesus been showing you His unconditional love lately?
You know, I really loved this little letter. :) (It's a little like how my journal entries have been of late. Filled to bursting.)
ReplyDeleteJesus has been showing me His unconditional love in a lot of ways. Mostly in answers to prayers - even ones I prayed earlier in the year, (that feels like decades ago). I've been growing closer with my work colleagues/friends and becoming more confident in many areas, I'm preparing for adulthood (you know, boring stuff like voting and cars and money and driving licenses and jobs), I have graduated school (pretty much... it's too hard to explain so to put it bluntly, all the work has been done, I'm waiting for my results now) and last night I went to a Remembrance Day concert (with less than 24 hours notice) on a free ticket and it was incredible and mind-blowing and I may or may not have cried and partly held my breath for the two hours. I've been overwhelmed by God's love for me, and the support of my family and friends, and how God's timing has been ever at work, constantly slipping things into place at the perfect moment - often the opposite to when I most expect it.
We've partly put up our Christmas decorations, but the carols are on full blast. The days are getting near the 40 degree (Celsius) mark and summer is on its way. I've decided I'm going to have an ice cream party for my 18th. ;)
Hope you're doing well, Julia! <3
<3 this is beautiful! and wonderful picture. :D
ReplyDeleteI'm a person who likes to celebrate my holidays one at a time, but the cold weather has me kind of wanting to listen to Christmas music. Somewhat. 😜
I've been working on fixing Uprising a little more. I probably won't publish as a teen as I was hoping, but I want to publish my best work, not a mediocre book. I'm happy with my decisions and I'm going to keep looking forward. :D
Love this little update post. <3 Have a wonderful November/Thanksgiving. <3
i loved this! your blog is one of my absolute favorites <3
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness it is so good to hear from you, my friend! Your blog posts always lift me up <33
ReplyDeleteHaha well I've been drowning in school work and writing and dying for the cold to come. God has been trying to get me to slow down and just live in the moment, since I'm always thinking about the future and things I want to be doing rather than living in the moment and enjoying what I am doing. It's like He's trying to tell me that the place I can be closest to Him is HERE, in the moment, not in the future and the past. And He is so so good. Like the phrase "unconditional love" spoke to you, "everlasting love" really hit me hard when I read it earlier this month. Everlasting. FOREVER. Unchanging, eternal. No matter what. Mind = blown. Our God is so good.
Thank you for this little update <3
Hello, I have missed you to. Only because I have fallen behind on my reading of blogs I follow. This past year has been rough and I have seen Gods unconditional love in keeping me through the loss of a job, friends and family. Depression has been a constant companion along with spiritual apathy. Jeremiah 31:3 has been a subtle reminder that I am not alone. My desire to read my bible, pray or blog has taken a big hit. Yet, it's in the times of silence and inactivity that God has spoken most loudest to me. Thank you for sharing your journey and being an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLoved this! Speaking up front sounds really nerve wrecking! Your so brave! Steak 'n Shake has a really good Reese's milkshake! And I seriously could get lost in hobby lobby! It's awesome! We serve such an amazing God to love us with unconditional love, like, wow! We can't even comprehend it! Sorry for the randomness of this comment, great post!!
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how the heck do you have almost all your christmas shopping done??? i don't even have ONE GIFT BOUGHT. teach me ur skillz pls. i am at a loss. gift shopping under pressure stresses me out because i want to get people things i KNOWWW they'll like. my expectations for their gifts are higher than theirs. HAHAHA. the worst.
ReplyDeletea letter from me:
a soft fade. like the color of the sky when the sun rises or when it sets. or maybe like that hug that just squishes every part of your being into love. tonight i saw one of my friends for the first time in two months, and i just fell into a well of happiness. some of my other friends i hadn't seen for awhile too came up and just HUGGED ME AND i am just. blecking all over the place. i love them so so so much. somehow i work myself into this thought that people don't care about me very much, whether i stay or go? and like that doesn't bother me. but then i come back. and they just get those smiles on their faces and they come up to me and YIKES GOD IS JUST SO GOOD. HE KNOWS MY DUMB LITTLE HEART AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SORT OF LOVE. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 i love Jesus so so much :'))))) i can't. man oh man. but yes. the swift change of the days is exciting, every crisp breeze sailing through my light summer jackets. things are changing. things are dying. but some things are growing, and some things are new, and i love that feeling. hello, november. what do you have for me today? x love love love.
Its so good to hear from you, Julia. I love Burn The Ships too!! Its an amazing song/album. Right now I'm very fond Psalm 45, its very comforting and I highly recommend reading it. :)
ReplyDeleteOk... I meant I'm fond of Psalm 46 not 45. XP
DeleteYou are such a cutie. Thank you for being so open and honest about your life. I love how you look at things from a positive perspective. <3 YOU GO GIRL
ReplyDeletexx Kenzie | www.paperpizzablog.com
I love this <3 if chips and ketchup is weird, I doubt it's too much weirder than ranch and fries, which is what I do. snow + Christmas music + homemade applesauce also sounds like the best time ever. I broke out my 40s Christmas music CDs today and started a wintry book while drinking tea I just bought today, which was awesome too. Good luck with your grade! I bet it'll be great.
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You're already listening to Christmas music! I'm glad I'm no the only one. Lol we got snow to and I love it! Everyone is grumbling about it but it's the first snow! Nice post!
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Love this <3
ReplyDeleteI made applesauce yesterday too :) my family ate it all before I tried it, but that's okay. For king and country's new album, and lauren daigles "look up child" have helped through SO much this past month <3 <3 <3
Girl, unconditional love. Those are two of my favorite words. Humans are so fallible. They so often do not show unconditional love (to be honest, I often do not show unconditional love) But Jesus ALWAYS is a God of unconditional love. My pastor has talked about that several times lately and its so good. This has been the worst summer of my life, yet I can honestly say that I wouldn't change it for the whole world, and because of it, I can experience God in a closer, deeper, realer way.
I'm so excited for this holiday season (and I really need to get a move on shopping)
Hope you have a lovely week!!
(also you're picture is super aesthetic and adorable)
-Faith
Psalm 46:5
Miss you too! I always learn something from reading your posts. I'm going to use that part about thinking of writing and motivating when I present in class again which should be pretty soon!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, Julia. And I second Kenzie -- I love how open, honest, and positive you are. <333
ReplyDeleteMy letter:
To be honest, I'm tired.
I'm sick, Thanksgiving's this week, family members are coming, and I just want to hit pause and have a few more moments between.
I feel scared 'cause it's my senior year. I feel excited, too, though.
A part of me -- no, a lot of me? -- is cold and lonely and exhausted, but unsure how to fix any of it. I feel like there are 50-billion things on my to-do list (like updating my blog, reorganizing my room, figuring my life??? lol), but I'm sick and too worn to accomplish much of it, and when I'm not sick, I just want to cuddle under my blankets for a long, long sleep.
I miss my friends because most of them live in another city. Others are married and having babies or moving off to college.
I used to find joy in writing books, but I feel as if it's fading away, and I'm afraid I won't ever find it again.
I just feel void, tired, wanting something new with my life.
The good thing is that this is teaching me to seek Christ's warm, unconditional love. Because no matter how tired I feel, He's always here. He's always right where I need him to be. I need only look to him. <333
...So that was really personal. I hope that didn't weird your comments sections too much XD
I love these updates from you, Julia. I hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving!
Liv | livkfisher.blogspot.com
I loved reading this Julia!! Also obsessed with that pic!
ReplyDeleteNabila | Hot Town Cool Girl
I loved this Julia!! Thank you so much for sharing this! <3
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