If you haven't noticed, I have taken a break from the internet.
I mean, the internet didn't offend me in any way, I'm not mad at it, I have just kind of been a little busy and a little preoccupied with other things.
Internet, you understand...
Many cool things have happened since my last post.
I survived finals even though I wanted to pull my hair out.
When it came time to study for my last test, I just couldn't make myself do it until the night before and the morning of. So i crammed for a few hours Sunday night and all day right up to the last few minutes before the final.
I would not advise anyone to do this hah. Its easy to think that we can cram everything in and get everything done in a short amount of time, but its way easier to prepare a little every day in advance.
Now that'll preach...
hah. To my surprised I got my grades back and I made A's in all of my classes.
I was shocked.
It took me a while to actually believe it.
I kind of thought that MC made a mistake. "Oh we're sorry, JJ, these were actually someone else's grades. You actually made a C in every class."
Thankfully, my awful thoughts were false.
Also, Mr. Luke and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary!
yippee! Its been a wild year. I've changed a lot. He's changed a lot. We've changed together. We've laughed, we've cried (okay, me more than him), we've quoted The Office, we've made pancakes, we've shopped in antique stores, and the list goes on.
We still intend to celebrate one anniversary with a Chick-fil-a nugget tray.
Currently there is a jar in Mr. Luke's room where we put spare change called the Nugget Fund.
Since we both rarely use cash, the Nugget Fund is a little lacking.
One day.
Christmas was wonderful.
I love spending time with my family.
Its basically one big laughing fat fest.
Tomorrow the whole Benson clan, plus Mr. Luke, will be traveling to the beach for more intensive Benson family fun.
I am quite excited.
Santa was good to me.... as well as my family.
I do love the exchanging of the gifts.
Mr. Luke and I made canvas tote bags for all the women in my family.
I found the idea on this blog.
Mr. Luke was a sole member of the paint committee. I tried to paint one, it didn't turn out so well. I don't have the magic touch.
But we did add a few extra things to the bags.
Luke's mom helped me make some fabric flowers that I glued a pin-back to and pinned to the bags.
Mr. Luke also made some tassels that we found on MarthaStewart.com.
I have also learned how to add links within my blogs. haha.
It took forever to assemble these bags but we finally got it done and everyone loved the finished product.
My sister got me a mini sewing machine from Urban OUtfitters.
Its battery operated and it is bright yellow sunshine.
My mom is still helping me figure out how to run the threads through it properly.
I will be a sewing beast.
My parents got me a sweet new camera.
I now own a Canon Rebel and I am ready to be a photographer.
The lack of photos on the blog are probably throwing you off, but I am currently at Mr. Luke's house and my camera is not.
Pics. WIll. Come.
On another note, I am still reading in Genesis.
Yesterday I read the story of Joseph and Potipher's wife.
Basically she wants to "lie" with Joseph, and Joseph refuses her offer every time.
He is faithful to not only the Lord, but to his boss, Potipher. He is righteous and responsible.
The wife on the other hand is the complete opposite.
She throws herself at a man, choses to be unfaithful to her husband, and is basically the complete opposite of Joseph.
After countless rejections, she devises a plan to show Joseph who is boss.
She grabs his tunic in an act of desperation, he slips out of his tunic and leaves the room.
She then becomes the victim and tells this sob story to her husband about how Joseph was intending to rape her.
She had his tunic for proof.
Joseph in then wrongfully thrown into prison.
What I got out of this story is that a lot of times when we read this we picture ourselves as Joseph. The righteous and responsible one who flees from temptation and still finds themselves in awful situations.
Even though we try to do right, bad things sometimes happen. Or maybe we aren't as happy as we think we should be. You know what I'm saying.
We don't like to admit that we've messed up.
We don't like to admit that we are Potipher's wife instead of Joseph.
Now again, we aren't literally framing any one and throwing him into prison by any means, well I would hope not, but we get so good at playing the victim.
Maybe its just me, but a lot of times I catch myself not getting what I want and then finding ways around it to actually get it instead of patiently waiting on the Lord.
Instead of being responsible in our relationship with the Lord, we turn into a selfish Potipher's wife.
Now there's a dose of humility.
Having to take ourselves off of our Joseph level pedestal and realizing that we aren't as righteous as we think we are.
The biggest lesson I am currently learning is to be responsible, like Joseph, in my relationship with the Lord. That entails not running to him in tears when something is wrong, I'm scared, or I'm upset, but running to him every day.
Responsible Relationship.
New years resolution number 1.
Number 2 ... make healthier choices.
thats all ive got so far.
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