Water

Good ol' h20. It is over rated these days. With all of the convenience our world offers, especially all of the zero calorie options, it seems almost impossible to want to drink the first and formost pure substance of our existance. It is getting harder and harder to drink water because instead, you could have your vitamin water, or your crystal light water, or your flavored sparkling water. There is even a market now for how your water bottle is designed, to make drinking water more appealing. I am guilty guilty and guilty for buying into all of this. The whole splenda, equal, sweet n low, and artificial sweetners get me every time. It is hard to wrap my brain around the whole "chemical can cause diabetes infecting your body worse for you than regular just drink the regular" deal. Because if I drink the regular, then that means I can only have one instead of two and that stanks. But regardless if you are hoppin on my bandwagon right now or agree that I should stop eating things with artificial sweetners, I ask this question...Do you take for granted clean drinking water? And I think if you are an American, and furthermore, if you are in a place that has internet connection, which you would have to be to read this blog, than you prolly have access to clean drinking water and do take advantage of it. Me? ..guilty....soooooo guilty. So, some people found out that Africa is one of those places that doesn't take advantage of their clean drinking water...why? Because there is none. Well, actually it is deep, deep, deep down in the ground where only lots of drilling and digging must be done to obtain it. Becasuse of their lack of economic system, they do not have access to drill or dig. So, the same people that found this out, decided to do something about it(YES). They started a nonprofit to install $5,000 wells. Not only do they install them, but they teach the locals how to sustain them, so that they can continue to sustain themselves and not rely on others. Amazing stuff. In heaaring this, made me think about my conviction in this and how I take advantage of how good water tastes. So for two weeks, I am not going to spend my money on anything else than water- and the starbucks, petes, jamba, yadayada yada beverages, I will donate that money to the well. I am also, for a sacrifice to sink a little deeper to Jesus' dying for me...I am fasting from all other beverages, even though I have coffee and tea laying in my food pantry right now..I am denying my needs and taking up my cross to come closer to what Jesus had to go thru to save me from my sins. This seems like a pety thing compared to Jesus dying, but it is more than nothing, and is going to be my personal struggle. extremely difficult struggle because i personally am obsessed and prolly quite addicted to coffee. there, I admitted, thats the first step, and the second step is me taking action to rid myself of something I love, for Jesus' sake. Whew. i am going to be coming back to this blog lots during these next 2 weeks, well 12 days now actually!

Encouragement

Have been lagging on my blogging lately... My bad. But this week has been a complete whirlwind, good but crazy busy. And it is only tuesday. Monday felt like a whole week in and of itself: I did.

-class from 8am till 11am
- gym- kickboxing class that kicked my butt!
- met with sara for womens greek bible study
- practiced with jacky for bsu hip hop dance
- scarfed some grub
- went back to practice for hip hop
- went straight to bible study
- went home, showered, hit the bed... whew!!!

I just wanted to recap, because of the book I am reading. called A million miles in a thousand years- talks abt at one point- how we dont remember half our life, and im trying to write down more memories.
I had a beautiful conversation with my friend Bentley, hes a junior and asked me totally out of the blue- about if i go to that "christian club" on campus and about if there are bible studies