Give Me The Simple Life

It's the small things that make life big right?

Sometimes I like to sit down and think about the simple things that have made my day or week extra special

1. Spending the week with my Mamaw and Papaw in Nashville
2. Seeing my old youth pastor and his wife  (Doug and Haley) in Birmingham this weekend
3. Listening to the Time Life Singer/Songwriter  Collection on the Drive back to Detroit
4. Breakfast in Downtown Plymouth at Starbucks
5. Taking a long walk with my mom and dad in the evening in the neighborhood next to ours
6. Going to Dairy King with my family and Carmen tonight!

"Some like the high road, I like the low road, Free from the care and strife.
Sounds corny and seedy, but yes, indeed-y; give me the simple life."

In Nashville Ya'll

Grow Leaders Conference was incredible! I went to so many different classes and was able to learn practical things to bring into the new church. Also Highlands Worship team is amazing, their songs are so good and all original ya have to go buy some of their cds! On the drive back home we stopped in Nashville to spend the night at my Mamaw and Papaws, and I decided to stay for the week, until Friday. We've been having a blast! I'm having a chill week with lots of laughs :) It's been a movie kind of week. We've watched Shutter Island, Planet of the Apes Rises, True Grit, and Rango so far. Also a few Mario Kart Wii races have fit in too! Man I've missed them. When I get home I'm going to be busy so I'm loving the time down.  Be home by Tuesday!

A Great Dream Just Gets Greater.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world. - Harriet Tubman

This is one of my favorite quotes ever. I love reading and collecting quotes, in fact I have a whole journal filled page after page with hundreds of quotes. There are so many people that have lived before me that made a huge impact on this world and I just love to hear what they said and how they made a difference. In my room back in Washington I had the first part of this quote on my wall. Every morning I would wake up and see it and every  night before I would go to bed I would say it. Every great dream begins with a dreamer. I want so much to dream big dreams, and whats so cool to me is God can do better. I hear Ephesians 3:20 all the time:

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

but its not very often that I really take time to think and understand that its so important to have a vision and a big dream because the bigger the dream the greater its going to be because God is able to do so much more then we could ever ask for, dream of or imagine in our small minds. No matter how successful I am or apart of a church that will be I never will stop having a strong dream and a strong vision to do bigger and better things because I serve a BIG GOD, and through him all things are possible!

Just on a side note :) I've been so inspired by the amount of young people at this conference. I've seen a handful of young adults probably my age, 18 or 19, just fired up for God and their local church. This is going to be the generation to make a real difference and put the hope back into the local church!