more pictures of Mimi :)

thank you for today

Thank you Lord for the smell of the air after a spring rain.

Thank you Lord for the wind blowing through my hair.

Thank you Lord for having time to talk about life with friends.

Thank you Lord for the last homemade chocolate peanut butter egg.

Thank you Lord for the first quiet afternoon I've had in quite a long time.

dying eggs :)

**belated Easter pictures due to sickness and midterms last week

studying for midterms

A candid picture of my sister from Easter that I decided I liked and wanted to share

social media

Something to read . . .

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/stop-instagramming-your-perfect-life

I'm not saying I totally agree with getting rid of Facebook or Instagram (and I don't know that the author does either). Facebook is one of the primary ways that I keep up with many dear friends and family members from home and sometimes I really love looking through their pictures and seeing the highlights of their lives. However, I do think this an important article to read and reflect upon because sometimes I also find myself scrolling aimlessly through Facebook when I could be taking a few minutes to encourage a friend.

a letter without postmark

Dear Dove chocolates,

Thank you for your deliciousness, but pleeeaaase stop telling me that "daydreaming is free" on the inside of your wrappers.

Honestly, daydreaming isn't free at all. It's enslaving.

It teaches me to create my own plans for my future instead of trusting the Lord's plan for my future.
It teaches me to look to myself for fulfillment instead filling myself in the glory of my Savior.
It teaches me to create a "new", comfortable reality for myself instead of looking for ways to be a light in the reality Christ has given to me.
It allows me to entertain the thought that something could be more beautiful that the gospel at work in my heart and the world right now --- and that will NEVER be true.

thanks for making chocolate though,

Rachel :)