Day 14

Affirmation:
Hi my love.... so i want the best for you in life. My wishes for you are the things above and so much more... but i want to do better than all those things above, i want to look after you the best i can in my God-given ability!!!! It really means a lot to me when you look after me too as it makes me know i'm loved! Most of my life and certainly in my teen/adult years i've felt like i've always had to look after myself which is why it is so important to me that i find someone who loves me enough to take that burden and look after me as well.... one of the best moments ever was when you met my potential future boss for the first time and i sat quietly at dinner while you asked him every question under the sun to find out more about him/the job/organization etc. and when i asked you about it later you said you wanted to look after me... that made me feel loved. Mostly i love that i am independent and can look after myself, but i love when you come alongside me and you treat me like you know i can do it but you want to do it for me because you want to look after me. Those are the moments i feel like i am the luckiest girl alive... those are the moments i am reminded what a great man you are and how much i love you!!!


Prayer:
Clarity. Courage. Love. Freedom. Direction. Humility for us both. A breaking point. Joy. Peace. Laughter. Something new. an x factor. 


Encouragement:
    There is a time for everything under the sun. A time to mourn and a time to laugh.


    Lo I will be with you always, even till the end of the world."

   Matthew 28: 2

Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith .

Philippians 3:7-9

Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Ephesians 3:17-19

Inspiration:

Just at the breaking point, the point when we think all is lost... that is so often just the point where God makes a way. 

Day 13

Affirmation
1 Universe, 9 planets, 204 countries, 809 islands, 7 seas, and i had the privilege to meet you! The crazy thing about you and me is that although we are from across the world we are VERY alike in a lot of ways. I love having a partner to go through life who is as smart as me, as active as me, as social as me, as driven as me, more well travelled than me!, as well read as me, who loves God as much as me. It makes life so interesting. I love that when i'm with you i'm not bored because there are a million things we both love that we can do together - from having a great conversation to kicking ur butt down a black diamond run at whistler! I love that you also are better at things than me and you can teach me things i've always wanted to learn ie. tennis etc. I am so lucky to have you! You and me are two peas in a pod! I will be here through thick and thin love - now that you've found me i'm afraid your stuck with me!

Prayer
That you continue to heal from burnout. That you will know when to rest and when to move forward and will have patience and joy in the healing (waiting process). That God continues to pour life into you as he blesses you with  lifegiving moments and activities and opportunities. That we find joy in the new things that come with summer, and that as have fun together our relationship would draw closer to God and his heart for us and to each other.


Encouragement

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother (aka who is the other pea in your pod!)
Proverbs 18:24

Inspiration
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."

Surprise post in day 12~!

Aloha...


so i am thinking that this blog is going to have a new element... i am going to put things up here that i would like to share with you throughout the course of my day... that includes (though is not limited to) pictures, videos, other blogs, quotes stories etc. Just things that i think are interesting and that you might like... don't worry you will still be getting affirmed, it's just i wanted to add some little surprises when i feel like it...


Today's article is brought to us by the blog THE BURIED LIFE (http://theburiedlife.tumblr.com/post/24011465597/20-things-i-should-have-known-at-20)... it's a post 20 thing's that i should have known at 20. I have modified some of it but it's got some good little nuggets of wisdom which i will now share... it would be so much cooler if i could take credit for this but i cannot thanks  Julian Smith at inoveryourhead.net

20 Things I Should Have Known at 20 (or before i'm 30).

1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.

2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken.  Learn on your own. You also both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not  just by following.

3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.

4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.

5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.

6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.

7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.

8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”

9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.

10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier stuff I mentioned above.

11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.

12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)

13. Learn to program.

14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.

15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.

16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.

17. Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.

18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.

19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.

20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken.

Day 12

Affirmation: You are a good man. A really really good man. I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but in this day and age it is and I am so grateful for it.

Prayer: That this bad streak of health would end. That your soul would be rested. That you would come joyful in a way you have never before experience, that you would be patient in the things that afflict you, that you would be faithful as you seek the heart of your father. That you would fall more and more in love with your savior and out of that more and more in love with…. well… me lol!

Encouragement:: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:2

Inspiration: “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”

I love you…. xo

Day 11 (did u even read day 10??) lol xo

Affirmation: so i am more than lucky that i am in love with my best friend - i am blessed! But what is even more blessed is the man i am in love with is an incredible friend to others as well!  My mom always told me to find out a mans character don't look at how he treats you look at how he is to other people - look at the kind of friend he is to them. You have such a soft, caring, loving heart. You really love other people, you want to build them up, you want to pray for them, and you care so deeply about them. It really touches me. It makes me want to be softer, and kinder, and sweeter, and more vulnerable. Tonight when you wanted to pray for our friend, i was just so overwhelmed by who you are and what an incredible man of God you are. You have learned to be a friend from Jesus and it so apparent to those who have the privilege to call you friend. I cannot believe that not only do i get to call you my friend, but i call you my best friend and the man i love... now that's a real blessing... my mom was right because you are a man of incredible character!!!!

Prayer: health, an end to your mysterious pain. renewed energy for a new week. rest. that god would continue to bring amazing friends into your life in this season, friends that make you feel comfortable even outside your culture. friends who love you the way you love them. That i will be a better friend to you with a softer heart. That you will be a constant friend to Jesus first and out of that that you would love the rest of us even better. A sense of home in this culture.

Encouragement: John 15:15 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. I no longer call you servant, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything i learned from my father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but i chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-- fruit that will last. Then the father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: love each other. 

Inspiration: A good friend will laugh when you laugh, cry when you cry, pray for you when you can't – and love you with the love of Christ always!!!!

Thanks for being my best friend! I am soooo BLESSED to be in love with my best friend!

XO love you! XO

Day 10

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Affirmation: You work ridiculously hard. Like crazy stupid messed up in the head unnormal people hard. Because you are a perfectionist you don't see it though, because you are a procrastinator you always feel guilty about it. But as someone who has sat by your side for the last year watching you do it I can tell you that you work ridiculously hard. You are also naturally quite clever which helps, but I am proud of what you do. I know for a lot of people with a strong work ethic the things that matter most i.e. relationships faith love etc. will always be at the mercy of things that matter least i.e. success jobs work, and I know part of the problem of this year was that those things became the most important. But what I love about you, and what makes me know I want to have you as my husband the father of my children is that above all you know where your priorities lie and you are will not stop fighting to keep those things first. I know we are re-orienting right now and I complain about not always feel special, but I know about you that you know what you want to be first in your life and you are choosing those things and I know we will get there. You are a special man and I am lucky to have someone as smart and hardworking and rightly ordered prioritized as you!

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Prayer: healing, health, no more mystery pain. That you learn to prioritize well. That the priorities become clear. That we can learn to love each other more and treat each other in a way that makes the other know how special and what a priority they are. That your new week will bring you new life. 




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Encouragement: Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

---Luke 10:38-42 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

--- 1 Corinthians 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 
 

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Inspiration: Don't be afraid to fail rather be afraid to succeed at things that don't matter. 

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ps i♥love♥you!!!!