Simply Jay

(can I just mention that I love doing this to my hair, pretty great) In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.  It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. Proverbs 2:6-7 As I always say on here school is hard, life is hard, things are just hard . The reason I share these little stories is because first, I just kinda like to share how it is and second I know through hard times that I can help others that may also be going through times like mine. I am in this little pit where things are just stressful, school is getting harder and harder, I feel that I cant control my future, and the job search is making me sick.  But reading this verse Proverbs 2:6-7, my icky thoughts were lifted up as I looked to my Father in Heaven. Jesus is greater. He has my future, He is my comforter, He is my loving Savior

Weekend adventures to San Clemente are always the best. Franny, Nat, Olivia and I went down to San Clemente to walk around the pier and purchase sweet treats at the candy store. We may or may not have gotten a little rowdy in the candy store, but it has to be the cashiers fault for giving us so much free salt water taffy,  it was a moment of much sugar highness . Then we wondered down to the pier. Counting that its spring break and the weather is winter weather, we still went to the beach, freezing our bums off. BUT it was so glorious, God just painted the sky so gorgeous we couldn't help but stay awhile.

Sorry for being under a rock these past few days, I haven't been up to too much, just relaxing before school begins in a week... On a brighter note, recently I have had this thought in my head to share with the blogger world. I'm moving! ------------------------------------- Hahah well down the street. Thought I could add some jaw dropping news to you all. Though moving isn't really a jaw dropping convo when its down the street. Though on the moving note, I thought I could share my thought on how my life was "moved".     Jesus.  He "moves" be daily. In my life I have never found a love so strong and so caring before, when I found God in my low of lows, he picked me up with full arms.  God looked passed all of my baggage, swept me off of my feet and embraced me as His daughter. He began healing my broken heart and removing the guilt and sadness. He broke every chain that was binding me and set me free. Free to sin and into his Heaven...

//Psalm 136:1// so it took me a while to actually open a new post, because I went back and forth on if I should write this or not then I realized that I post almost everything to this so why not post this since maybe someone else needs this... and its always a blast to look back on what I was thinking  so life isn't a walk through the park, and as I wrote back  here , I have mastered the "smile everything is ok face" and its super scary posting this since well I have a fear with others judging me and thinking this complaining girl she doesn't have it hard. well that's so so true I have a very very BLESSED life, I am saved by Jesus and know my God, loving God. But this doesn't mean I don't struggle with the thought of having a pity party for myself.  things happen in life and it comes up so confusing, like moments will happen and they changed everything.  yes that sounds over dramatic, and yes I may be over thinking things, and at times I just wan...

today I am eternally thankful for being a daughter of God and knowing the truth of our dear Father in heaven that sent his son to die for us sinners, that is true love. Reading in the story of James, he grew up with Jesus yet doubted that he was the Son of God.  Jesus extended grace over James and appeared to him after His Resurrection. In times of doubts, questions, and time of avoidance God is always present and will NOT give up on us.  Here's a little devotional from the themes that you can see in the book of James, rejoice and love friends! Faith that is alive is demonstrated by the way we act. We should act out our faith in constructive ways. Trials will test everyone of us. We become mature in our faith by facing temptations   head-on and conquering them with God's help. Jesus commanded us to love one another. When we love our neighbors and serve them, we imitate Christ's servant character.  Our words can be used to build or destroy. We are ...

in just two days I will be off in Costa Rica  the time has flown by I cant believe it I am so so excited to see where God will take the team and I as we travel down to Costa Rica for the short-term missions trip I am going with a group from my church to run a kids camp, build, gain fellowship, and just share the pure love of Christ! to see were God has taken me this past year is so unbelievably awesome. my life has been forever changed with the astonishing news that I am saved through the blood of Christ. my life is through Him and for Him and in all I do is for the glory of his righteous name! ahh so so happy  I wont be able to post while I am down there for the 2 weeks though do not fret I will be back and will report everything the team and I would love for prayers, prayers that we will be physically and emotionally ready for the trip and just to have a fun safe time!  God bless!

being anti social media is usually a good to bad thing good thing since that means I am out and about not on my computer or phone bad for my blog since well im not updating hehee so here's my life in a nutshell recently  ~summer school: currently I am in my nutrition class and we are having a two hour lecture on how you shouldn't eat raw meat... easy day which now you can see why its my only time to update the blog though I am really really enjoying my summer classes. They are Monday through Thursday at 7am to 11am. Which every time I say that people think im so strange for enjoying them, but I absolutely do! Speech and nutrition easy and fun, though my sleep pattern is way off due to being out past 10pm.. but its summer who can blame me? ~I am a new and working part time girl at Islands. I am pretty sure my favorite part of my job is getting half off the food there, its just so delicious. And talking with people, thats too fun for me. Though, very tedious, im ...

baptism 6.9.13 something that has been on my heart for a while now and I finally had the opportunity to be "dunked" under water. the glorious words of Dave Keehn as he dunked me under repeat through my days. "dead to sin and alive in Christ"  it was the most humbling, loving, greatest day ever showing to my church family that my life is fully committed to Jesus  its like posting a relationship with someone through facebook cause we all know its not official til its facebook official ;) my life has been so unbelievably blessed since I fully accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour and keeper of my heart. Baptism is a time to show that you will live this life for him and through him, to outwardly show that you have Jesus and you are striving to live like him.  Jesus bought our sins through the blood on the cross and this life is to follow him with his Word and to live to bring him Glory. im so excited to see what heavenly father has in store for me. my sm...

you know the feeling when everything is just packed ontop of your shoulders and all you want to do is crash into your nice warm bed? thats how I have been feeling these past days, exausted, tired, stressed out of my little mind. to be honest here the other night I did crash into my bed around 7pm... didnt know that was possible for someone having three cups of coffee running through her blood stream. with the stress of finals, 15 page research paper, and outside school stuff I have been extrememly stressed out of my mind and just want to crash into my bed. last night I needed the comfort of Gods words to build me back up I went to 1Peter to read and came across this humbling verse  1 Peter 5:6,7  Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. which also is in Psamls 55:22  "Cast thy burden upon the Lord"  made me feel so blessed and filled with...

merry merry Christmas to everyone  been waiting ever so long for this day to come and now its finally here!  this precious day to celebrate the birth of our Savior, the best gift we have ever received  the time to share the love and joy that Christ has blessed us with to be with the ones you love, thats all I need not to focus on the santa and the things he will bring, but to draw your attention to the ONE who already brought you your greatest gift of all, the person who is with you 24/7  not once a year  we live in a day when it is more politically correct to say Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings instead of Merry Christmas, keeping CHRIST in this time is the whole reason for the season im so blessed to share this time with my family and friends and pass around the joy that Christ gives me, to see the smiling faces as we eat yummy food, pass around gifts and just be thankful to be in each others company Isaiah 9:6   For to us a child ...