It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

I have started to read Oswald Chambers, his book "My Utmost for His Highest" and it has re-opened my eyes to the little things. I was reading a devotion from that one day and it made me think, because it was talking about seeing God even in the little things. I think we sometimes forget to think simply as a child would. I can think back to when I was 9 and 10 and running around outside and even though I was just a child God spoke to me through nature. I could find God in anything I found, and I thought that every little thing in nature was so special because Gods hands were in it. But , where is that inner child now? Why I have forgotten to stop and see God in the little things? Because "Ima big girl now" and am constantly running and going and get so distracted from these little things and moments of realizing that God is constantly everywhere we look. I have been trying to catch these snippets of God in His creation everyday, I am trying to take a little time out of my day to relax and let God show Himself to me in one way or another. I am human so of course haven't been very good on this promise I made myself , but God has helped me realize His glory in things everyday even when I don't let myself relax. Like this painting that God painted in the sky one night as the sun was setting for me to notice His glory even for just that moment. I would just encourage everyone to take some time out of their day to enjoy God's creation that is all around us. Even being a busy college student and having tons of tests all the time :/ . But all of us can take 5 minutes out of our day to thank God for His glory and Mercy :)

Believe in yourself

That is very cliche, the whole "believe in yourself thing," but how true is that? Ive learned in my 19 almost 20 years of life that if you don't think that you can, no one else will think you can. It is not easy though. A person who is very close to me made me realize something, there is always gonna be someone who is "better" than you at whatever it is you are trying to do. But does that mean? That you stop trying, or stop doing whatever it is you want to accomplish? Heck no! I, like many people, tend to compare myself to people constantly. You may ask why ? Well a lot of the time I don't even realize how much I do that. Its sad, because if I keep comparing myself to other people and their accomplishments all I am going to do is get discouraged and upset, than finishing anything that I had wanted to do. So my advice for today, and everyday as we all go through this thing called life, just believe in yourself because if you wait for anyone else too you will be disappointed. Don't you want to live the fullest life you can that God has given you? I do. That's for sure.