Rested and HAPPY!!! Wahoooosers!

Ok, ya... so I literally had no day. Like it started at 7:22 pm this evening. I didn't get up out of bed till then. I slept all day and dreamed :) It was fun. Then when I got up I showered and got dressed for karate, then I headed over there and waited for class to start at 8. Grant it, I was feeling horrible, still got that dern cold, lol. But, I like going to karate and working out so I sucked it up and took it like a man, lol :D j/k.. Class started with 50 jumping jacks (I hate them cause I got anatomy that guys don't and it's embarrassing, grrr.. sometimes I don't even do the jumping jacks and just stand there turning red) then we went into fighting stance and worked on some of our defenses and kicks, then we stretched... I couldn't do the splits today cause my hips like to pop out of joint sometimes (it sucks to be double jointed sometimes) and tonight they were saying to me "mwahaha, just do em and let us pop out!" so I did them just slightly and didn't go all the way down. Bleh. Then we moved onto more defenses before we sat down in front of our sensei. He asked us if we had ever gone back on a promise with God.... yes, we have a bible study every class, our sensei created this style of mixed martial arts to suite us being Christians (Sheng Dao - Sacred Way).... and then he went into the story about how this one group of guys in the bible.. I can't remember them right now... that had been told by God to let their slaves go every so many years and they hadn't been following his covenant, God then sent another guy to tell the leader of these people that God was sending some men to wipe them out... they leader was like "ok, we gotta let our slaves go cause we don't want to die." They let the slaves go and the people who had come to kill them turned around and started heading back home.... but guess what? When they saw that they weren't going to die, they took back their slaves, breaking the rules of the covenant they had with God. God got mad and sent the messenger again and told the leader that because he wanted to be in God's covenant but didn't want to follow his rules, they would become slaves..... So ya, I can look back on that and see that if I claim to be a part of God's life but don't want to follow the rules He's set down, then I won't be under His protection...... then after this message we broke up into groups and worked on a bunch of things like our blocks and our basic defenses and then learned how to fall, for when we get to sparring, lol.. I can't wait.

So think on that when you make a bargain with God and then when you break it, and things don't turn out the way you want, and you look up to heaven and ask "WHY did you let this happen, I thought we had a deal." Your broke the promise you made to him, and maybe you should also think about what you're asking God to do for you. You shouldn't ask for material or worldly things, but things that you need help with in your life, like your sinful struggles or your battle with depression. Things like that. Things that I know God wants to help you with.

Anywhos - I got done with karate and the walked back over here. When I got in my room I turned my computer on and ate some dinner (a bottle of pepsi, bag of fritos, a bag of cheetos, two granola bars, and two oranges - we didn't get any food served today, nor tomorrow.. so I stocked up on some food.. cause I have no money to get anything to eat... but I'm use to that, I use to be homeless on and off for two years... you learn not to complain with the little food you have) Then after my computer was done loading and doing it's updating, I got on facebook and was surprised that I had 14 notifications. They were about comments on my new photos, lol... One of em that got the most was one were I took a flying leap up onto a stump (the final product of that leap is down below in the pictures) and my friend took a backside picture *falls over with laughter* I had my hand holding my shirt down cause I didn't want my bum to show.... after I got done responding to the comments I checked my friend request and found one from my sister. I was happy, lol. I love here a lot. She is at Quincy, Illinois University studying Pre-Law. She just graduated high school this year and it makes me proud to see her following in my footsteps. I didn't think that she would go to college. But she did. I was the first one in my family to go to college on my dad's side. Kitty is the second. My mom went to college for a bit before she worked as a nurse with my grandma. My grandparents when to college and my uncles went too. On my mom's side of the family. Family on my dad's side didn't go to college........ speaking of my dad, I haven't seen him for a couple of years cause he's been in and out of prison. I do miss him. The first time I saw him after 13 years was my freshman year in high school. He just got out of prison and moved in with us. He actually started going to church with me for awhile, which made me happy. But then he reverted back to drugs and alcohol, breaking his parole. Sad. But all I can do is pray for him right now......... back to my day - after I posted a comment on my sisters profile, I smacked some of my friends with the pillow fight application and turned on my music... what? you know what play list it is? Hello Kelly? YA, that's right, lol.... *rolls eyes at myself* but ya, that's what I've been listening to for the past 2 hours and some odd minutes, lol.

Just an hour ago, I went on my student portal and checked my midterm grades and I was soooo happy! I got 6 A's and only one C, I was so excited. And then when I checked my GPA, it showed that it went from a 1.54 and jumped to a 3.37!!!!!! That is soooo flipping sweet! So now I just have to keep getting A's on the rest of my assignments and pass my classes for this semester. God has helped my so much! I came back this semester after summer and I felt a big difference in my mind-set. I had prayed all summer for God to help me pass this semester... I was on academic warning, meaning I had to pass all my classes this semester, or not be able to come back for a semester.... and God's been showing me how to understand what I'm learning. I've even been able to use what I've learned this semester and my past two ones, and share God's word with a bunch of my Christian and non-Christian friends... wow.. talk about God working in mysterious ways, lol.

Anyways, that's all I got for now. I've talked about all that was in my mind... so, bon voyage until the next post... which might come soon or maybe later. I wont know until then..

Peace out

~ Ashley ~