some quality God-time

so i woke up this morning and covered my eyes groaning about how bright it was, and tryed to go back to sleep. then suddenly jumped out of bed to see that it was actually.... sunny! what a miracle. it was as surprising to me as the first snow fall of the year, the magic of waking up to see the whole world covered in a white blanket of snow. thats what it felt like to wake up to the sun shining.

so i gathered some notebooks, my book of old writing, and Jonny Mo's book and heading outside to get a good dosage of vitamin d. a millon things went through my mind while i was out there. i really needed that. praise Jesus for days like today :) it is gray and cloudy right now but i dont really care because i am not going to let the weather bring me down (although the weather is a great pick-me-up when its sunny)

i came across my bucketlist (a list of things to do before you die) i added something and i actually got to cross something off. how great is that?

i came to the decision that everyone should have a little bag of skills to help with depression and times of confusion, i have a rather big bag of little tricks now, and it is making all the difference..
if any of you are in need of some tricks.. ill name just a few

- pray- duh
-read luke 15
- flip through the psalms, stop on any page, read it!
- read the chapter on seizing the day in Jonny Mo's book
- listen to really upbeat music and colour a picure or draw or something
- look at your walls, if there are picures of girls in bikini's- rip them off your wall- its really satisfying.
-redorate your room, get rid of junk, etc etc
- put a giant peice of paper on your wall, get all the art supplys you have and go crazy.
- write down sweet verses and put them around your room
- put 1 peter 3:3 on your mirror
-write
-if all else fails... go outside and smash things
-mash potatoes, bananas, whatever, or pound meat (this helped before i was a veg-head)
-wear a bright colour
-help someone
-cheak out God's love letter

these are just off the top of my head so if you want the full list (so far) i'm working on it, let me know if you want it.