God's Way is Perfect

My Father's way may twist and turn;

My heart may throb and ache;

But in my soul, I'm glad I know

He maketh no mistake.

My cherished plans may go astray,

My hope may fade away;

But still I'll trust my Lord to lead

For He doth know the way.

Tho' night be dark and it may seem

That day will never break;

I'll pin my faith, my all in Him;

He maketh no mistake.

There's so much now I cannot see,

My eyesight's far to dim,

But come what may, I'll simply trust

And leave it all with Him.

For by and by the mist will lift

And plain it all He'll make.

Thro' all the way, tho' dark to me,

He made not one mistake.

I came across this wonderful poem, and it really spoke to me. One my friends is going though such a hard time; I hurt so badly for her. Honestly, sometimes I get mad...Do you ever wonder why such good people go through such hard times. But this poem was a great reminder to me...God knows what He is doing- He has never made one mistake...God's way is perfect.

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose."

Alike but Different

How can two people in the same family be so different? How can two twins be extreme opposites. How can one be so sweet and quiet and the other so boisterous and rowdy? I just don't understand it. Let me explain... So we have these two twins at work: Bella and Mena. Well, how about I just simply post our conversation we had.

Mena was sitting on my lap and Bella was standing next to me when one of the two noticed I had an owie on my finger.

Meet Mena:

Miss Brooke, you have a owie on your finger. What happened to it?

Hmm..I don't know Mena, I didn't even see that.

Want me go get you a band aid and make it all better for you?

No, but thank you Mena

Here, Miss Brooke, I gonna kiss it and make it all better for you....(KISS)...All better?

Yes, Mena all better.

Meet the other half, Bella:

Hey Miss Brookey you got a owie on your finger...does this hurt, does this hurt when I dig my nail in your owie , Brookey does it hurt you? huh huh?

OWWWW!!! Yes! Bella that does hurt, now stop that!

Hey, Miss Brookey look what I am gonna do, I gonna lick it, look Mena, I licking Miss Brookey's owie. Do you like that?

Yes, alike yet so so different

Special People: Paul

Well, I haven't written for a while so I thought I would pick up doing a special person. So today, I would like to introduce you to Paul. If you read my blog much, I guess I wouldn't have to introduce you to this man. You would know him quiet well by now. This young man has been my "special friend" for about three years. Wow...Has it really been that long? From the moment I saw Paul walk on the campus my junior year in high school I told myself he was definitely someone I would like to get acquainted with. The whole story is kinda strange. But within a short time we were chatting after church. I was still just a junior in high school and he was a sophomore in college, so it was kinda difficult. But here we are three years later still chatting after church and I still look at him and think I want to get to know this man a little more. And every moment I spend with him the more I realize I want to spend more time with him and I think I could get use to chatting with this guy all the time. Paul is truly the man of my dreams. We have definitely had our ups and downs. But through it all I have realized that no one else quite fits me as Paul does.

Fun in the Snow

The weather finally got above 30 degrees, so we were able to take the kids out to play. We had a great time playing in the snow!

No matter how many times we told them how dirty the snow was...they insisted on eating it.

Special People: Lauren

Today I would like to introduce you to another special person in my life...Lauren. Lauren was my play mate all my childhood life. I have so many wonderful memories with my little sister. All the memories of playing with dolls, barbies, playing school ( I was always the teacher of course), building forts out of our bunk beds, and on and on... However, I also have many many memories of us fighting, fighting about what we would play next, which doll house person she would have, etc...we fought A LOT! However although we fought a lot, my love for her never stopped growing. And the older I get the more I grow to love her. She is always there to cheer me up and offer a bright smile. Lauren means the world to me and I love her so very dearly.

Computers, computers..

Yea! I am back. Back to taking notes on my computer, back to checking my email, back to blogging, well..back to life with my laptop. The day after I wrote my previous blog on simply not stressing out about school this year, it happened... I really think God was testing me. He said, "Ok- you are going to trust me this semester...ok, so it shouldn't bother you at all if I break your computer cord. Then it shouldn't bother you in the least bit that your replacement cord won't arrive for 10 day. And you know if you are really trusting me- Brooke you will be content to write all your notes out- even though half of your notes are already on the computer. If you are trusting me this semester..this won't bother you." Well I think I failed the test at least at the beginning. It was simply aggravating not to have a computer to do my homework on and take notes on. However, I honestly do think that God was telling me to simply trust. Even in something as simply as a computer cord, God taught me a lesson....Trust, trust, trust...

Second Semester Sophmore...

Well, today was my first day back to school. I am actually pretty exited about this semester. Although, to be completely honest I would have to say I really do not particularly enjoy school. I don't like the pressure, the tests, the quizzes, and the countless hours of sitting in the classroom, and did I mention the homework...the reports. Simply, I am not a great student. Now I do like to learn- but college always stresses me out. However, this semester I am excited. No- not about the homework and tests. Actually I am already dreading that. But I am looking at this school year a little differently. Last semester and the semester before I saw that I cannot do it. I simply cannot get through college, go to work every day, date, have ministries, and try to spend time with my family. I can't. I try and I try- I simply get so stressed out! And I don't know why- but I can't handle it. So this semester I'm giving it all over to God. Yes, I will still have to studying for two- three hours for every tests. But instead of stressing out between work and school. I am going to rely on God. Somehow in my hectic schedule of 2009 I forgot the several promises God made to me. I forgot that God is my helper. God wants to help me. He knows how I get weak I am. He knows how I get sick and stressed out. I personally think He allows me to get this way to get my attention. Without this weakness,- I would completely forget my Helper, my God. This semester like any other will have its share of difficulties and trials. However this semester will be one in which I try God, and I am confident that God will show Himself in a real and mighty way to me.