Life According To Me

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Winter Retreats..

God is good. I was thinking today about where I was this time last year. How I was still in High School. Then I started thinking about how it has almost been a year since I graduated High School. I was pondering and praising God for all that he has done and all the ways He has used me this past year. I had the privilege of being a youth leader on two different camps so far (and summer hasn't even come). So I wanted to share some of those good memories with you :)

me and my best friend getting ready to conquer the world...or jr high ministry

hanging out on the kids playground

we wear our hats like mike swanson

beautiful!!

me and liana (make up free ;)

she may be my student but she is one of my best friends

HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT:

Monday, March 5, 2012

there is no darkness

for awhile now (since mid January) this idea of light has been a theme in my life. at first when God was making it clear He was trying to teach me something I realized there were areas of my life that were in the dark. through some stuff God brought those areas into the light. i was sooooooooooooooooo thankful. recently however God has continued to remind me of this. i wasn't sure if it was just a reminder or something else. i realized the other day that it was a little of both. last Wednesday some stuff happened and I was a little scared going into it. then Friday I got some news that wasn't horrible but was pretty disappointing. then today i got some news that made me want to punch a wall. all of this stuff is about the same thing. so then I was like God what does all of this have to do with light and darkness? i felt God say "you don't have to fear, because with me there is no darkness." see I am walking with the Lord therefore I have no reason to fear. there is no darkness in this trial because I am trusting God, not man.
-ariana

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Dear Sweet Boy,

To my love, my best friend, my sweetheart, my dear, the one I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with.

I love you. Today is our third Valentines day together. How beautiful! I love everything about our relationship! The strength, the love, the devotion, the purity, the simplicity. Evan, I believe when God made you He already had me in mind. He knew one day our paths would cross on a missions trip and that we would fall hard for each other. He knew you would wait six months to ask me out. He knew the hardships we would face as a couple. He knew the victories we would celebrate. He knew the days we would mourn and the days we would rejoice. He knew it wouldn't always be easy for us but that our love for each other and love for Him would keep us glued together. I couldn't be thankful enough for you Evan. I am privileged and blessed to be your girlfriend. Thanks for letting me into your life and heart. I love knowing you for who you are and being able to love you for it.

Happy Valentines Day Dear,

Love Nani :)

Saturday, February 4, 2012

"The harder you strive to collect more things and perfect your image, the more insecure you will be about who you are and why you are here"

Saturday, January 28, 2012

i love.

Wow. These past few months have been insane. I haven't been on in forever. It's okay I am still alive. Just dealing with a fair amount of things right now. I needed some time away. Well God has been teaching me a lot. Have you ever noticed we tend to choose the hard way of learning things? We don't see it when God first tries to tell us so it takes Him doing something drastic for us to understand? It's true we are stubborn people. I don't see why we make it sooo difficult. I'm positive it breaks the heart of God. I believe prior to the accident that God was trying to show me some stuff but I was being blind to what He had to say. One thing the Lord really showed me in the healing process after the accident was that I needed to love. I am not sure I will be able to adequately express exactly what I learned. But in case you didn't know I am the type of person that doesn't really trust people or love freely. I don't think that is the heart of God. Jesus has always loved freely so why shouldn't I? In a moments time I could have everything precious to me. I need to not hold back with the people God has placed in my life. But it is soo hard to always remember that and to always give of myself.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

top 11 of 2011 :)

I can't believe 2011 is almost over. I have been so busy and I am still super crazy. Anyways. I wanted to post a visual reflection of this year. I did it last year and absolutely loved it! Here it goes....

Ps: these are in noooo order at all :)

1: Going to prom with this boy