Phones and Otters

Hello hello!!

 I am loooooving summer!!!!!! It brings such a wonderful break from the assignment after assignment after assignment of school.
Thank God we've been getting a lot of rain so our drought is gone, so grass is green, flowers are blooming and the temperature isn't too hot (yet!).

My sista's birthday is Monday-- she has the perfect time of year for a birthday...not too hot or cold, not during or right before school, early enough in the summer that people aren't vacationing yet--so we're going to have a few people over for a small celebration. She doesn't like much hoopla so it will be quiet but very, very sweet. :)

I've finally gotten a new phone!! My whole family is up for renewal and we found a great website (www.amazonwireless.com) and you can get really expensive phones for ONE PENNY!! It's amazing... you should check it out. Anyway, I had a EnV3 before and really liked it. The LG Octane was really similar but I thought it was a really, really ugly version of it. So I decided to get a LG Cosmos Touch, then swap it out for the Octane if I didn't like it. Well, the Cosmos Touch has so far been a BLAST!
I loooove the operating system, the design, the feel, the style, everything!! I have to admit that in the store I saw a picture of an adorable sea otter on it and after that I was a goner. It looks very similar to this little guy:


 

Admit it-- you just went "Awwwww!" didn't you?!? Hook, line, sinker... I was sold on the dang phone because of ONE PICTURE!!!!
I am such a girl.

Well I have a room that needs to be cleaned... so I must say adieu.
Before I go there's  a verse that's just been making me thing and I wanted to share it with you:

He delivered me because He delighted in me.
~Psalm 18:19b

Wow. Just think about that for a minute; it'll blow your mind.

Rapture...right?

Okay.
So, I have to say discuss the hype going on about May 21 (which at the moment, started like... one minute ago)
I am a self-professed big rapture freak. I've been excited about it since I was young. I've constantly learned about it, read books on it, listened to Left Behind: the Kids audio series (which I've listened to dozens of times... I LOVED that series!), heard my pastor preach on it, and have watched experts talk on aspects of it (www.prophecyinthenews.com!!), I am fairly sure that something big is happening soon. Like, within the next year.
Yeah. I know. I can picture you, blog buddy, furrowing your eyebrows, shaking your head, and thinking, "This girl should be put in the loony bin!"
BUT--that's just how I live my life on a daily basis. The rapture is an imminent thing, so technically that's how Jesus wants us to live, always ready for His return!

Now on Mr. Camping's prophecy that the rapture is happening tomorrow and the world's ending five months later??

Absolutely. And. Completely. Un-Biblical.

God bless him, I'm sure he believes he's right, but there's NO chance that the rapture will happen today!!
A mathematical equation is not the key that unlocks God's secret date for the rapture. Sorry, that ain't how it works, y'all.
You really wanna know what's gonna happen and when? Look at Israel. It is God's timepiece to world events. And, just FYI, Israel's been in the news quite a bit lately. :D
Bottom line, what really upsets me is that anyone who isn't a Christian is going to have even MORE reason to mock Christianity when May 22 rolls around and life is going on.

So anyway, I guess I just want to say: enjoy your Saturday. There may be a chance of precipitation where you live, but I'd estimate that the chance of Doomsday is 0%.
But, as Gary Stearman on Prophecy in the News appropriately encourages:

Keep looking up! 

:)

Hangin' Around

I really don't have anything productive to say today, but I thought I'd pop on and post something fun. Like this cute little guy:

                                                                                    (weheartit)
Just because I could, and I'm feeling happy and hopeful and perseverant right now.
I'm not letting worries or cares weigh on me at the moment, and it doesn't look like Mr. Squirrel does either.  And why should he? If the Father cares for every sparrow certainly He cares just as much for every squirrel. ;) I'm thankful that He watches over me and cares for me in every detail of my life too.
Sometimes it's nice to take a minute and be reminded that my Father God:
knows the very number of hairs on my head, has all my days written in a book, and keeps my every tear in a jar. 
 Hmm... maybe I'll go hang out on a branch for a while too. It looks pretty fun! :)