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Hello there,

It's been quite a while since I have updated this here blog. I was in Iowa last week and I just haven't had the time yet this week to update. Call me a bad blogger, I deserve it. BUT... I am here to redeem myself. Although, at this point, I am completely unaware of what I will be blogging about tonight. I'm fairly certain it will be a general outpouring of my thoughts at the present time, so who knows where this may lead??:-)

First, let's talk about the weather. I know everyone always says that you only talk about the weather when there's nothing else to talk about. Like the weather is some sort of be-all-end- all last resort of conversation, but this time I really want to talk about the weather. Honestly, what's going on in the world?? I mean, first the horrible tsunami... which in itself is completely unthinkable... and then this massive snow and ice storm sweeps across the midwest, then there is this crazy mudslide in California and for the last two days it's been like 65 degrees in Cleveland, but the high is below the the freezing mark for tomorrow. How weird is that??? I wonder what's going on. If pollution and all the crap we put into this world is coming back to bite us in the bum, or if weather really is just some crazy unpredictable phenomenon that no one can really understand. I know that a quabillion people will be all pissy about me saying this... but even though all this destruction and craziness is happening world wide (and don't get me wrong... it is horrible) I hope people can find comfort in the sovereignty of the Lord. He controls even the weather, so there's a reason behind everything... even things that seem impossible for us to understand.

Sovereignty. That is something that has been tough for me to grasp lately. One of my favorite verses in scripture has always been Jeremiah 29:11. ""For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord "plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future."" When ever I have felt uneasy about my future, I have always turned to Jeremiah for comfort. When I was nervous about college, or anxious about finding "the one". Whatever the case was... I was always comforted by God's promise in Jeremiah. For some reason, now, that promise isn't quite cutting it. The worst thing is... it should. Now, as I stand motionless in this weird entryway to adulthood, God's promises should be the only things that 'cut it'. Now, my hope in Christ should be the only thing that keeps me going. Not my hope for a job, or my hope for a cool apartment, or anything. Just Christ. Christ and the promise that the Lord has a plan for me. A plan for me to prosper and a plan for my future, regardless of whether or not that plan has any similarities with the plan I have so selfishly made for myself. That's the whole concept behind sovereignty and the whole reason it's tough for me to understand completely. God is in control. 100%, complete, ultimate, with out a doubt, no matter how much I try or want or pray.... control. Whatever will be, will be... and not because God is a unchanging, closeminded, egotistical, "I run the world" god, but because he is an amazing, loving, dependable, "I've got it under control" God with a plan that has been perfectly created for my life. Because He is a "No need to worry" God that knows how many hairs are on my head and knows what my tomorrow brings even if I don't. Because He is God. It's as simple and as complicated as that.

Alright, now that I have talked a whole lot about what has been on my mind lately. I should head upstairs and get to bed. I have to work tomorrow and I shouldn't be dragging my tail around Hallmark all day. It's not good for business :)

In Christ Alone~
tempa