Fabulous and Frightening Friday

Hi!,

I hope everyone has had a great week!  Our gang has!  I haven't done a Fabulous and Frightening Friday in a while so here we go.

Fabulous:

• Going to the park for a picnic

Click this link for a picture: http://instagram.com/p/cPUp-YIgqj/

• Finally getting headphones that work for my iPod.
• The lime cantoloupe we had for lunch. Delicious!
• Face Paint.  Introducing Molly the puppy dog!  (Click again!:) http://instagram.com/p/cPkOfQogku/
• Spending time with the best big brother ever.  We sat on the swings and listened to music together.  It was great!
• Sleeping in till ten this morning.  Since I got back from Student Life camp, I haven't really slept in because I was in a habit of waking up at six every morning.
• The fact that we have nothing to do this evening and dad has no meetings.  I can't wait.
• Our Wi-fi is back!  (I'll try not to put too many smiley faces.) :D :) :O !!!!!
• A sweet piano teacher who will totally change her schedule so ours works better.

Frightening:

• Getting ready for the day when  your little sister comes up to you and says, "Your face and hair do not go with that shirt!"  ...gee thanks sis?
• How hot it was today after a few pretty cool days.

Today was pretty wonderful.  For tonight's supper we are grilling.  YUM!  

How was your Friday?

Meg

Graceful

Hi everyone!  I hope your summer has been wonderful.  It is hard for me to imagine summer coming to an end soon.  It has flown by.  I just finished a book and wanted to post a review.  The book is Graceful by Emily P. Freeman.  It is a very rich book and I have MARKED IT UP!

In Graceful, Emily writes about things we hide behind, masks we put on, and how to come out of our hiding.  She opens the book talking about playing hide-and-go-seek as a kid with her dad when he came home from work.  She would hide in the same spots every time.  Her favorite part of the game was being found.  This illustration was a great way to open up the book.

There our many "good girl" voices in our heads that tell us to hide behind different things.

The Actress says "You have to perform."
The Girl Next Door says "You have to impress."
The Activist says "You have to make an impact."
The Heroine says "You have to be strong and responsible."
The Bystander says "You don't matter."
The Judge says "You have to be perfect."
The Intellectual says "You have to be the best."
The Dreamer says "Your life won't start until later."

We listen to these voices.  We hide behind our performance, our reputation, our causes, our responsibility, our comfort zone, our rules, our report card, our somedays.  We try to handle everything ourselves but we can't.  We need grace.  Instead of hiding behind these things, we can hide ourselves in Christ.  He gives us grace to live everyday.  That is what this book is about.

A phrase that stuck with me from this book is, "Grace plus anything is no longer grace."  And it is true. I would recommend this book for any young lady seeking after grace.

Meg