so i thought i would look back at my Facebook posts of 2013 and have a recap in a blog post. i think im going to make this a yearly thing ,the idea of this blog is for me to look back see how much i have grown as a person. in more detail than Facebook or twitter can give me so here goes...
January ..
2013 started with a near on 3 week bout of snow
Me " alf , I'm moving away from this coversation. I'm going to be the bigger person". Alf "but your not the bigger person are you short stack" lol got to love my brother !
Alfie had his sass pants on that day ! haha
So angry at myself right now ! I was on my way home from work on the bus and as we pass st johns church I hear a girl behind me say " you know I would like to go to a church service , just to see if god is actually there" to which her friend bust out laughing and said "don't be stupid of course he's not" and I know I should have totally stuck up for the big man hear but instead I found myself staring strait ahead and hoping they hadn't hered enough of the music blaring out of my headphones to figure out it was worship. All because this girl was like double my size and she scared me. Then just to make me feel so much better about bottling it like a cowered as I got of the bus god puts the story of David and Goliath on my heart *face palm*
and the moment i didn't have faith
email from St mulitus collage INTERVIEW ON 4TH OF FEB AAAAAAAAGGG SO PLEASED !!!!!!!!
and the moment i did
nothing like seeing Joel Newall do the actions to "our god is a grate big god" to brighten up your Thursday lol , awsome
and the moment you get some comic relief at work
FEBUERY ..
I GOT IN TO ST MILIEUS COLLAGE *dose the happy dance* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
biggest change in 2013 was becoming a theology student
MARCH...
So tomorrow is mothers day.i don't mention my mum not being around that much but I'm going to now. The only thing Worse than having a dead mum around mothers day is having a mum that is out there somewhere that doesn't give a crap.but tomorrow I have a choise I can either mope about the fact I have no "real" mum or I can celebrate the amazing women how have helped make me the women I am so hear goes — with Caroline Cousins and 9 others.
the moment i was totally over seeing mushy mothers day statuses and made one for all the people who where in the same boat as me
Family over from canada yaaay x — with Nicola Malone.
i had two and a half solid weeks of family time
APRIL...
i don't agree with anything remotely conservative when it comes to politics. but Mrs Thatcher had a hard job to do. and no one can say she didn't do it , she was also the first women prime minister , that takes some doing. all in all, she was an inspirational women. r.i.p Margret Thatcher
may...
go feast. such beautiful grounds
something i shared . still very true
June ..
we miss you man
July ..
Celebrating a good friend's baptism ! Happy Jesus birthday Katie. Your an awesome sister in Christ x — with Katie Carter-Leay.
summer was absolutely blistering hot this year . so this BBQ for my friends baptism was awesome
august ..
i had the honer of being a bridesmaid at my friends wedding on august 9th
Had such an amazing time at soul survivor I couldn't write a status long enough to do it justice so I will just say this ..... God never fails to go immeasurably beyond my expectations. Thank you to all the people who made it special. Sorry if I miss someone when tagging — with Joel Newall and 15 others.
Back from momentum. Tiered , soooo grateful for a shower that I don't have to line up for and compleatly amazed at how much god was doing in peoples lives... Wow , just wow.
and spent the rest of august at camp
September ..
"The British Dating Etiquette"-- as told by Lauren Malone I LOVE THIS!!!
teaching an american how things are done around here
teaching an american how things are done around here
October..
my aunts wedding
today's mission : a 500 word introduction to an essay entitled "can you do mission using only one of scripture, tradition, reason or experience?" #biblenerdcollage
and the essays kicked in
Casually discussing the differences between Jesus and superman — with Chloe Painter.
and so did the beautiful friendships
At a cardiology appointment in the London heart hospital After seeing half of London whilst looking for westmorland street which coincidentally none knows.
a status from one of the thousands of hospital visits
Even when it gets crappy, you just gotta think of the positive, you know what i mean ? You can't let the crappy get you down. You gotta go through the crap. You put on your big boots and just walk through that crap and go like "screw you crap, your just crap and I'm gonna walk through you"
here is me trying to force myself out of a bad day .. the comments on this status helped exponentially
November..
o the accomplishment this blue box brings !!
our weekend away. such a great time just hanging out with friends
December ..
It's at times like this.,Having just spent the weekend with some of the most incredible friends ever, that I realise how much I truly have to be grateful for. Thank you everyone who made this weekend so awesome — with Chloe Painter and 9 others.
a reflection on a weekend that made me remember why i love my job and friends so much
At the pub celebrating the end of my first term as a youth ministry student after Casually reading psalm 50 to the arch bishop of Canterbury this morning #dayinthelife
this was one of those days that you don't realize is going to be one of your favorite days ever until its over
a reflection on a weekend that made me remember why i love my job and friends so much
At the pub celebrating the end of my first term as a youth ministry student after Casually reading psalm 50 to the arch bishop of Canterbury this morning #dayinthelife
this was one of those days that you don't realize is going to be one of your favorite days ever until its over
to all you Dr who think having ts and dyslexia is gonna stop me getting a degree... stick my third in your pipe and smoke it ! First essay passed !!!!
yep its been a year of so many successes
Sitting here in the new onsie "Santa" got me as my early present. W aching the poler express and drinking hot chocolate before midnight mass. Feeling super festive. Merry Christmas everyone
Christmas celebration to finish the year off
this year has been the first year where i am not looking down the barrel of major personal changes in such a long time. i have had what looks like a fairly average 2013 for a 19 year old. save the dam hospital visits. and that got me thinking , a year isn't made monumental by the circumstances you find yourself in. its about how you play the hand your dealt. and being able to look back and think. wow i came through that the best i could. i have grown , learned and become more resilient . i am who i am because of it. that works with good circumstances to. when you find yourself comfortable its easy to become complacent and apathetic towards your life but trust me, life's far to short to sit there and watch time as it speeds past you.
so my prayer for myself and you guys as we get started with 2014. no matter what the circumstances you find yourself in. is that you would make the most of them. drink it in , look around at your life and change the things you don't like appreciate the things you do. and above all ... strive to be what Jesus is trying to make you.
toodles
lots of love
Lauren
xxx
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