What time is it?

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

A time to be born and a time to die,

Time to plant and a time to uproot,

A time to kill and a time to heal,

A time to tear down and a time to build,

A time to weep and a time to laugh,

A time to mourn and a time to dance,

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain,

A time to search and a time to give up,
A time to keep and a time to throw away,

A time to tear and a time to mend,

A time to be silent and a time to speak,

A time to love and a time to hate,
A time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Weekly

Song of the Week: "How He loves" by David Crowder

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane,
I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way

How He loves us all He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us

Topic of Discussion: Haircut

Quote of the Week: "Brooke, someone keeps running down the hall in Burt. Can we shoot them with Nerf guns? Thanks." - Resident

Something I have learned this week: I have no idea what I really want out of my life

Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Start applying for jobs

Picture of the Week: Residence Life Staff: 80's Inaugural Bash

Random-ness

I have so much intense brooding life stuff rolling around in my head that I do not want to even address... so instead here are some random thoughts I have had recently that are of absolutely no consequence:

- I love Chinese Food... I want some

- Did you know that they now have snuggies for dogs? Ridiculous.

- I really want to cook something. Preferably soon.

- Officially used a whole box of Kleenex in a week. Gross.

- 80 days until granduation... whoa.

- Oh's is my new favorite cereal... thanks Robyn

- Haircut must happen soon

Ok, I think thats it. This is the most ridiculous blog post ever. I'm a little sorry you had to endure it. But not really. Hopefully you didn't read this far.

Love Love.

Week Dos

Song of the Week: "Pretty Baby" -The Spin Doctors

Look around your world Pretty Baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy
The wrong situation
The right time to roll to me
Roll to me

And look into your heart Pretty Baby
Is it aching with some aimless need
Is there something wrong and you can't put your finger on it
Right then roll to me

And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there

So don't try to deny Pretty Baby
You've been down so long You can hardly see
When the engines stall and it won't stop raining
It's the right time to roll to me

Topic of Discussion: Applying the "Belt of truth"

Quote of the Week: "Love is never too common, but it's always too rare." - Preston Morgan

Something I learned about this week: Forgiveness

Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Haircut

Picture of the week: All the Single Ladies... the grandmother of the bride was working the hardest to catch the bouquet. Haha...

Weekly Update

Ok, in the spirit of jumping on the bandwagon, I have decided to do a weekly blog. However, in the spirit of individualism, I will do my own thing. I will be giving information pertaining to that specific week and will include a weekly photo. So here we go...

Song of the Week: "You are God" by Charlie Hall

You’re closer than our troubles

More present than any danger

More grand than gold and silver

You are God, You are God

You’re the joy of man’s desire

You are Father, satisfier

We are stunned with wide-eyed wonder

You are God, You are God

You fill our hearts with love and faith

You fight for us, You make us brave

You are God, You are God.

You walk with us, You lead us on

Faith, hope and love wakes up with dawn

You are God, You are God

Topic of discussion this week: The Wedding

Favorite quote of the week: Resident -"Brooke, I need your tall-ness to help me hang my cutains"

Something I learned this week: I know nothing about my identity in Christ

Something I want to have accomplished by next week: Make a doctors appointment and quit avoiding the problem

This weeks picture: Me, the bride and two of the other bridesmaids at a wedding shower. T-minus 3 days till the wedding.

Hola, me llamo...

This weekend was muy bueno...

First, I relaxed on Friday and Saturday. It was great.

Second and really more importantly, I went to Dallas with Retta. It was totally great. I had a lot of fun... and I got to practice my spanish. Which I totally wish I could do more frequently. Any takers?

I have decided that I really like going home with people. Now, I realize for some going home with someone would be an anxious time of meeting a lot of new people... Not for me. I love it. I love to see where people came from. It opens up my eyes to how people became themselves, why they have certain traits and its like opening up my eyes to a whole different part of who that person is.

I have had dicussions with friends about how mind boggling it is that we only really know one side of one another. But most people have many sides and lives. Who we are at home, with friends, at work, in romantic relationships.... And really we only get to see the people around us in 1 or 2 of those lives. Mind blowing.

When I go home with someone, you have the opportunity to know that person better and on a different level, in one of their "other lives". I just love it.

On another (funny) note, I went with Ret and her mom to a family reunion in which they were related to no more that 5 people... out of a ton. This was awkward and hilarious enough... But then we realized that I was 1 of only 2 white people there... Hello conspicous, my name is brooke.

5 things I love

As requested by one ms. robyn allison here are 5 things I love... not in order, maybe not even the things I love the most. But I do love the following 5 items...

1.) My brothers: these two make me want to be a good person. They challege me, tease me, stick up for me, and let me just be me.

2.) My friends: Old or new, these people are the reason I love my life and my job. Without them I can honestly say I would not be the Brooke you all know.

3.) Cooking: Very few things bring me as much joy as making a meal for someone else. especially if i know they loved it

4.) Books: I love books so much that I willingly lug them from place to place when I move. In fact, when I have a more permenant residence there will be two rooms I can about, the kitchen (referring to #3) and the room I will make into a library. I just love love love books.

5.) Coffee: Nothing makes a bad day better for me that some good music (which I also love) and a good cup of coffee. Hot, cold, plain, fancy... I love them all. Man now I really want some coffee...