My Several Tags!

So, I have been tagged twice, once by Mackenzie and once by Steph, and I haven't yet gotten around to responding to those tags, so here goes!

1. Where is your cell phone? nonexistent
2. Where is your significant other? waiting
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? kitchen
5. Your father? lunches
6. Your favorite thing? God
7. Your dream last night? forgotten
8. Your dream/goal? family
9. The room you're in? dining
10. Your hobby? writing
11. Your fear? fish
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? loved
13. Where were you last night? Madrigals
14. What you're not? male
15. One of your wish-list items? books
16. Where you grew up? here
17. The last thing you did? ate
18. What are you wearing? shirt
19. Your TV? huge
20. Your pet(s)? Dog
21. Your computer? laptop
22. Your mood? exhausted
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? nonexistent
25. Something you're not wearing? socks
26. Favorite store? Macy's
27. Your summer? short
28. Love someone? Jesus
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? morning

Thanks, Mackenzie!

And now for the other one...

The five things I love most:

1. God, who always spends time with me even when I forget to spend time with Him. He is my water in a dry and weary land!
   
2. My family. They are so supportive and always make me laugh when I'm upset! (you should all date my brothers. Unless you're guys.)
   
3. Books. I couldn't function without books, because they allow me to go on adventures when I cannot possibly go anywhere or do anything except homework. I live vicariously through them.
   
4. Music. I play two and a half instruments and sing, and I never fail to be encouraged by singing praise when I'm all worn out and have nothing left in me. The words of others are my last resort when words fail me, and it's just so natural for them to come out in song!
   
5. Writing. Yet again, this is something that has blessed my life and allowed me to live something bigger than myself. It is an area I have been gifted in and will use it for God's glory until the day I die!

Thanks, Steph!

So, I tag:
Steph (with the one you did not tag me with)
Shelby
Mikaela
All 4 Jesus
Mia
And that's all I can think of for now. Each of you has a choice of which one you want to do (probably one you haven't done before). Have fun!

Eternally His,

Sing For Him

"I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me." ~Psalms 13:6

Thank you so much to all of you who prayed for me as I went into this week. I have three tests tomorrow (eek!) for which I think I'm prepared, but who really knows? So I could still use your prayers as I finish up the week.

I want to share some praise as well. As I was making my way down the hall of my school with a raging headache to get out of that school NOW!!!! I was congratulated by a friend. I had no clue what she was talking about. Thirty seconds later, I found out that I had snagged one of those four positions in this year's Madrigal choir. Although jumping up and down while shrieking with joy did nothing good for my headache, I cannot tell you the extreme joy and relief I felt. I have lost many hours of sleep this week over this one little thing. Even though I've been telling y'all, "Trust God, He'll take care of it! You don't have to stress over it!", I was doing exactly the opposite. My headache was a result of all that stress and fear and worry. I sat here just a few minutes ago sobbing, hearing God tell me, "See? I worked it out. You can trust Me, Kendall. I am so much bigger than anything you will ever be up against, and I will take care of you."

So I want to apologize for being hypocritical with y'all. I needed to get that plank out of my eye before telling you what to do with that speck in yours! And I also want to tell you, you really can trust Him. He is so, so worthy. He has proven Himself time and again. He will make you with battlements of rubies. With Him, nothing ever goes wrong, just as long as you give Him all of yourself.

And when it's all said and done, don't forget to sing for Him.

Singing for His glory and basking in His power,

Pray!

Hey everybody!


First, I want to thank Mackenzie for doing such a fantasmic job on my blog makeover. Every single one of you should get a blog makeover from her, because it's so wonderful when she's done (and it doesn't take that long, either). So, that is the first order of business. Everyone go thank Mackenzie for making my blog so beautiful. :)

Second, my voice is back! Yay! So I'll be going out for Madrigals tomorrow. However, I just found out that there are only four women's positions available. That's not very many. Also, whenever I take a deep breath, I wheeze and start to cough! So if everyone would please be in prayer for me to do my best and accept whatever happens. Thanks, y'all!

When Everything Goes Wrong

Let me tell you a little bit about what is happening to me right now, what I have to do next week, and a couple of the choices I have to make.

Number one: I have been very lazy over the summer and never stretched once. I am a dancer. Those of you who dance know how bad this is when you go back to class. Suffice to say that after dancing for two hours yesterday, I am more stiff than I have ever been in my life. (That one isn't really important, it just added to the misery I was feeling last night.)

Number two: It was my first week full-time at my school. This school is notorious for lots of homework. I have had close to two hours of homework every night -- this first week. Today I have even more than that to accomplish.

Number three: I have a cold. A really bad one. I have no voice, my stomach can't decide what to do with what I give it, and my nose refuses to follow its usual routine of smelling. And now for one of those things next week (actually, Tuesday, so one, two, three days from now): Madrigal auditions. Have you ever tried to sing with a nonexistent voice? It doesn't work!

Number four: Add to everything I just told you the fact that next week is play auditions. If I make it, I will have to forgo my dance performance. I love acting and dancing, so what exactly am I supposed to do??

Regardless of what you might think, I wasn't complaining. In fact, this morning has been one of the best I've had in a long time, because I am resting in a peace and security like I've never known. I know that whatever happens, it will be God's plan for my life. I'm trusting in Him through this week. I know that He'll give me the strength to get through all the assignments I have (He'll start by telling me to stop blogging and get studying!). I know He'll heal me, in His time. If I don't get my voice back by Tuesday, He'll work it out. If He wants me to be a witness for Him in the Madrigal Choir, I'm game; but if He likes me exactly where I am right now, I'm fine with that, too. I might be a little sad, but I'll come to see it was His plan for me. And in regards to having to decide between play vs. dance, I'm going to audition. I'm going to do my best, and I 'm trusting God will take care of the rest. He'll put me exactly where He wants me. I know if I don't make even a teeny-tiny role, He wants me to dance for Him like I never have before.

I'm sure you can sympathize with my week. I have more devastating, more tragic examples of things going wrong in my own life. But I chose one I think most of you can relate to. Because no matter how small, how trivial we may think our choices and our conundrums are, our loving Father in heaven wants to hear about them. He wants to know that we're scared we'll do the wrong thing and mess it up. And more than anything, He wants to tell us, "I'll handle this one." But first, you have to let Him.

I'm letting Him handle my problems this week. It was the hardest and the easiest thing I've ever done. Next time you can't decide between soccer or volleyball, art or piano, waitress or cashier, ask God to handle it in the way that would bring Him the most glory. Give Him the choice. It takes so much stress off you! He'll make the path clear, and He will always, always, always do what is best for you. He loves you so much. And I do too.