Anticipating...

Let me just say that if you have never been to Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster county, you are REALLY missing out! I love, love, love that place! Combine that experience with Shady Maple and I am one happy girl! (Have I mentioned this before? I am feeling repetitive...oh well!) By far, my favorite show was Ruth. It's such a beautiful love story and amazing picture of how Christ has redeemed us! I just finished watching Ruth on DVD for the umpteenth time. I was so thrilled that they put it on DVD, but disappointed that it will never be live on stage again. At least I got to see it live 2 times! :) Watching it on DVD gives you a new perspective because you have different angles and close-up views, but there is nothing like seeing it live!

(Click on the picture to hear a clip of one of my favorite songs)

Now I am greatly anticipating the newest production of Joseph - another amazing story in the Bible. March 2010 can't get here soon enough!!! Anybody want to go along on a Sight & Sound/Shady Maple trip with me?! Let's plan a date!!!

(Click on the picture to go to the website)

Though None Go With Me

Tonight as I was taking sermon notes at church, I flipped to the back of my notebook, and found a quote that I had written down after hearing it on one of the movies I own. It's a great movie called "Though None Go With Me."

This young lady named Elizabeth is going through a rough time because her fiance is going off to war as a chaplain. The quote I wrote down is from the last sermon he preached before leaving on the train for Korea. It really helped Elizabeth finally surrender her life over to God and follow Him unconditionally. Little did she realize all the struggles she would face in the future.

"Our personal power is limited, but God's power is infinite. All that is required is one simple prayer, 'Not my will, Lord, but Yours.' Why are we so afraid of turning our lives over to a greater will? Why do we seek guidance, yet fear what that guidance will say to us? Because it means that we have to say to God that I accept whatever it is that You have chosen for me, and I trust that You will give me the strength to deal with it. There's an old hymn that says it far better than I can, 'Though none go with me still I will follow - No turning back, no turning back."

I would highly recommend both the movie and the book. Obviously, the book is better and goes to a deeper spiritual level than the movie, but both are excellent and may just bring you to tears! I have both so if you ever want to borrow either, feel free to ask!

*Edited* I was getting tired of the movie trailer immediately starting up each time I opened my blog, so I decided to just post the link...if you want to watch the trailer you can click here.

5 Minute Chocolate Cake

Clicking that "Stumble" button on my Mozilla Firefox browser has been an interesting adventure so far. You never really know what you might stumble upon next! Tonight I discovered the 5 minute chocolate cake. I was rather skeptical at first, but decided to give it a try.

Ingredients:

4 Tbsp. flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 egg
3 Tbsp milk
3 Tbsp oil

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa together in a large mug. Spoon in 1 egg. Pour in milk and oil, and mix well.

Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power.

(Don't you just love my snowman mug? I am ready for fall weather...not too sure about snowman weather yet!)

Wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug. Tip cake out of mug and enjoy!

I added some chocolate chips to the mixture because I wasn't sure if I would have enough cocoa. It turned out rather tasty! However, I am BIG on texture, and it didn't have the same texture as a regular cake - it was a more heavy, spongy type texture. But for a 5 minute microwave cake, I can't complain too much. :)

So next time you are hungry for chocolate cake, but don't have enough ingredients or the time to make a regular-sized cake, try this recipe on for size!

Let me know what you think! :)

Change

Why do I cringe whenever I hear that word? Change can be good!

• I just changed my hairstyle = good change
• I recently changed jobs = turning into a good change :)
• I change my clothes every day = ALWAYS a good change!
• Tonight I changed my blog background = good change
• Fall is around the corner = DEFINITELY a good change...CAN'T WAIT!!! Fall is by far my most favorite season of the year...the season of changing leaves :)

Life will always be full of change...some good and some scary. However it is always reassuring to know that...

"For I am the LORD, I change not..." Malachi 3:6a

"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."

Hebrews 13:8

The Grass is Always Greener

Yesterday I was curling my hair, getting ready for church, and I made a "rash" decision. I decided I was going to get my hair permed. I was tired of having to curl it all the time to make it look nice. I had a $20 awards card from the hair salon I go to that had to be used up before the beginning of October, so I decided to go today. The reason I decided to go so soon was mainly because this Wednesday is picture day at our church's school. Even though I am not a teacher this year, I still need to get a picture because I am on staff. Well, if I was going to get my hair permed, I might as well get it done in time for picture day, right?!

So after about 3 hours in a hair salon, (definitely my record so far!) my hair is officially curly. Although I didn't get much cut off, the curls make my hair look shorter. Besides the fact that right now my hair has that lovely "perm smell", I think I am going to like it. I just need to learn how to work with it. My last perm was about 10 years ago, and I basically let it do whatever it wanted. Yeah, not pretty!

Yes, I know...girls with straight hair want curly hair, and girls with curly hair want straight hair. We are never content, are we? :) The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!

The Before and After shots :)