B-e-a-utiful

Today was ace! (This is besides the point, but isn't 'ace' such a 90's word?!)

I met up with my very beautiful and amazing sister Han-Na in Birmingham where we went shopping, ate a Krispy Kreme Doughnut (and now, I can never eat another doughnut again under the pretence that it is a doughnut... it was totally AMAZING! I feel like I'd never tasted doughnuts before!), went shopping again (for about 3 hours) and then went to the sushi bar in Selfridges and ate sushi, drank miso soup, and were generally happy.

It has been so long since I saw Han-Na, it was really great seeing her again. I thank God that our relationship is such that we can pick up where we left off (I guess that you get to know each other pretty well when you share a room for over ten years) but today reminded me of how much better our relationship is when we invest time in each other. As I write, I feel challenged as to the friendships that I almost take forgranted because they have become so 'easy'. I'm going to invest more time into those friendships - I already know that these friends are worth it :-).

A truly b-e-a-utiful friendship is surely one where you know eachother so well that you don't need to invest so much time anymore, but do so because you both want to.

Today was b-e-a-utiful. I love my sister so much!

Five Years on...

Five years ago... on August 11th, I believed in my heart, and confessed with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that He is Lord.

Five years ago, I was an utterly different girl, absolutely miserable, and totally desperate - I turned to Jesus as a last resort. My life today is the opposite to what it was then... Jesus has transformed me, placed me in a wonderful church, surrounded me with amazing people, and I know that He has an incredible plan for my life as part of His purpose for His glory to cover the earth, for His Kingdom to come.

Five years on, I have never regretted the decision I made that day. God has always been faithful - He has never let me down. He has provided for me in abundance. He has been my loving Father, my almighty King, my sovereign Lord, my awesome God. The more I know Him, the more I love Him, and during this next year I want to know Him more, and therefore love Him more. Everyday, I want to be more in love with Him than I the day before. I want God to have His way in my life, I want to fulfil His will for me, knowing that I'm never at home when I'm outside of His will.

If you don't know Jesus, I want you to know that giving my heart to Jesus was and is the best decision I have ever made in my life, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it's the best decision I will have ever made, or could ever make. Should you make that decision, if you choose life, then it will be the best decision you ever make, and it will lead to the best life you could ever have.