Well since its early in the morning its officially thanksgiving. What am I thankful for? I'm thankful that I have 4 options of where to eat this Thanksgiving! People have been so nice about inviting me and then of course there is my family. Maybe I'll just go to the three local meals and pretend I didn't eat already... then I can pig out. I'm also thankful that I get to serve the Lord in Bosnia this May. I can't wait to go and learn more about the Roma people and share God's love with them. (If anyone wants to know more about this trip please email me and I'll tell you more.) I'm thankful that I finally cleaned my bathroom and I'm not scared of it anymore. Enjoy your turkey everyone.

I made a mug today on my pottery wheel. I'm one dish closer to finishing my list of 100 things to do before I die. I've decided what # 70 is going to be. The seventieth thing I have to do before I die is photograph a wedding. Weddings are a huge fear of mine. All the other events I've shot images at I'm surronded by other photographers. There is always someone there to get the image if I mess up. I'm deathly afraid to shoot a wedding because there is no second chance no leway... you have to get it right. So in an effort to challenge myself and get over my fear of messing up I want to shoot a wedding. Any takers?

"God's happiness consists in enjoying and rejoicing in himself; so does also the creture's happiness. it is a participation in what is in God, and God and his glory are the objective ground of it. The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted." -Jonathan Edwards.

"Not unto us, not unto us, O Jehovah, but to they name give glory (ps. 115:1)"

So it seems when I'm dissatisfied I should look to see who I seek to glorify myself or God.

"Live a life less ordinary, live a life extrodinary with me.
Live a life less sedintary live a life evelutionary with me.
Well I hate to be a bother but its you and there's no other I do believe.
You can call me niave, but I know me very well, at least as far as I can tell and I know what I need."

-life less ordinary by: carbon leaf

Ok so I've made myself a few more promises. Call them new years resolutions a little early. No more swearing. It seems so harmless until you see the shock in someones face and realize its still a stumbling block for some Christians and I don't want to be that stumbling block. Promise 2, no more sleeping past 10:00am. I'm going to force myself to go to bed at a normal time! After tonight that is...

Clouded wanderings
and comings home
are muddying the light I know
is obscured by my routine.