An update to end all updates.

Hello, my lovelies.
I am SO sorry I haven't blogged pretty much the entirety of February. BUT I promise that I will be back again March 1st. That is my goal. During my accidental hiatus, I also have failed to read daily (this is your time to chide me). So, my goal is to catch up on reading and return to all of you lovely people in March 1st. Please, hold me too that. And also, forgive me for all of this. Though to be fair, I did warn you at the beginning that something like this would probably happen. But I'm trying to get on track, so bear with me please!

<3 MG

Walk 32

Oh man,

I'm going to have a really hard time now numbering these posts.

Well,

until I open up my Bible.

I'm so used to just naming the walk whatever the date is,

but now I can't do that.

Today is February 1st, 

but Walk 32.

This is going to mess me up.

Good things on the 1st of February:

•  Feeling like I did pretty good on my Stats quiz.
• Drinking some Cranberry Pomegranate Green Tea on my way to speech class today. I like that stuff! However, I always end up letting it steep too long and it gets SUPER bitter.
• Getting to be the receptionist ALL afternoon today. I don't know why they let me do that, because I'm not a very good receptionist. Ha, I either redirect all my questions to someone else, or tell the person that I just straight up don't know. But it's still fun! Also, I made random videos to send to Josh! By the way, they're extra creepy and weird!
• Drawing the official beginning pages of the coloring book I told my friends Celeste and Paige that I would send them... LAST SEMESTER. Yeaah, I gotta get on that.
• Going to Mondo Subs on campus and running into my friends Rachel, Mandy, and Laura. It was nice to eat with them :)
• After struggling with the internet, it finally decided to actually connect and work after about 9 p.m.

Guys,

my flower pot things that I bought

aren't sprouting yet.

Should I be worried?

Does it have something to do with them being from the dollar section?

Probably.

Let's not tell them that though.

Okay,

seriously,

I have been listening to this song

all afternoon.

I think it is absolutely 

ab-

so-

freaking-

lutely

gorgeous.

I think,

I think I want to dance to this at my wedding.

You know,

the bride and groom's first dance?

Wouldn't that be the most

romantic

gorgeous 

scene 

you could ever imagine

beholding?

It  better be,

because it is for me.

And yes, 

I like Glee.

This song was on a couple episodes ago.

I loved it then,

and I love it now.

I know I tell you this a lot,

but 

please

please 

please 

listen to it.

For me?

Guess what!!

We've made it to Leviticus! 

This is probably the most of the Bible I've ever read, sadly.

But it's good that I'm doing it now!

So in Walk 32

God describes how He wants the Israelites to make sacrifices to Him.

I guess it's interesting,

but to me it's a little sickening 

because of all the descriptions of the parts of animals that had to be cleaned and cut and killed, etc.

 But I liked one quote from the devotional part of it:

"A drop of praise is unsuitable acknowledgement for an ocean of mercy."

 I really like that.

It reminds me that

the Israelites had to give these complicated sacrifices/offerings,

because it was their way of expressing more than just a drop of praise.

The devotion of going through the process of killing and cleaning the animal,

and then picking out the part for the altar 

show the dedication that they needed to have to God.

It sets a good example 

for us to give more than just the minimum in praising and sacrificing to God.

<3MG

Walk 31

Tuesdays are BCM days!

It makes me really happy to be going to a Tuesday night worship thing again.

Well,

really,

I just like to worship God. :)

SO,

we sang this.

It is

by far

one of my favorites.

I have loved it,

I think,

since my church first did it at Easter last year.

SOOOOO
AMAZING.

If you did not click,

you are a loser.

Good things on the 31st of January:

My perfect Chem quiz!

•  Doing really well on my first Chemistry quiz. 105 BABY!
• Having yet another easy day of work.
• Doing my stats homework. Honestly, I detest stats. But doing the homework was a good thing because I finally got it done instead of procrastinating on it.
• Going to Common Ground (the BCM Tuesday night worship). It was in Derryberry Hall tonight instead of actually at the BCM. It was a different, yet fun experience!

So Walk 31

was all basically a big summary of the past few days of reading.

Well,

actually,

it was about Moses telling the Israelites God's instructions

and them setting up the Tabernacle.

So,

basically a repeat/summary.

However, 

one thing that struck me

was the Israelites generosity.

If you remember,

I told you some time ago

that tithing is/will be an issue that I'll have to conquer.

In the final parts of Exodus,

the Israelites had to be told to stop giving God their supplies and money,

because the builders were receiving too much.

Isn't that awesome?

Shouldn't we all be like that?

So willing and wanting to give of our resources to the church,

that we have to be told to stop.

That would be amazing.

And honestly,

it doesn't even have to be money or material supplies.

God wants us to give our time,

love,

and prayers too.

Anything you can give that would be pleasing to God,

we should give it all to Him.

After all,

He does deserve it.

<3MG

Walk 30

Ooops...

I did it again...

Yeah, 

sorry,

I did it again. 

I forgot/ got to lazy

to blog. 

I'm a bad person,

I sowwwy :/

Forgive me?

Love me?

Okay.

I see how it is.

;)

Good things on the 30th of January:

•  Having an easy day of classes.
• Having an easy day of work.
• Not having an awful chemistry lab.
• Going to the school's art gallery for my art appreciation class. I really like art galleries. They're peaceful and moving. :)
• Playing racquetball with Savannah, Justin, and Travis. Well, we played for like 5 minutes but apparently someone had that court reserved and the others were full. So we ended up messing around the gym for like half an hour. Basically we played on the "rock wall".
• Josh and I posting ALL over each other's Facebook wall. Haha my brother and I are ridiculous :)

Yeah,

so my Ipod has been dying a lot this week.

Mainly,

because I keep forgetting to charge it fully.

So I don't have any pictures for January 30th.

I am,

yet again,

sorry.

So Walk 30 

was about 

"The Incident of the Golden Calf".

Basically,

while Moses was up on Mt. Sinai,

some of the Israelites decided that he had died.

So,

even though they had been instructed not to,

they decided to make a golden calf to worship to.

The calf god had been one of the Egyptian gods,

so they were referring to what they thought they knew.

When Moses returned to them,

he was so mad at them,

he broke the two stone tablets full of rules that God had given him.

Breaking the tablets

symbolized them breaking their covenant with God.

So,

Moses had to go back up the mountain 

and get new tablets and enter into a new covenant with God.

There was one sentence that kind of rubbed me the wrong way.

It was Exodus 33:3:

"'Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.'"

Like,

this sentence got me.

I wondered how God could be so...

cruel I guess.

I sent this message to my dad after I read it:

I'm still getting the impression that God is an angry, strict God. And it's still bothering me. Is it just because the Israelites are being really stupid that God has to be like this?

I didn't even wait for his response before I sent this:

I guess I get it though. I can relate it to myself. I understand God being frustrated with the Israelites. I mean, I get mad at Josh, Joel, and Chloe when they don't do what I tell them to do and want them to do, because I think I know it'll be good for them. God was doing the same thing with the Israelites. However God actually does know what's perfect for us and can see the best path when we can't. And I guess it makes Him really angry when we and the Israelites directly defy that and break promises we just recently made to God. Because He knows the best path for our lives but we think we know it, but really we don't.

 Yeah,

I know it kind of rambles.

But,

I guess I had a little breakthrough.

I understand why God was so upset with them,

that He thought He might destroy them if He had to continue on with them.

I kind of get the same way.

Sometimes,

I just want my siblings to do something so bad

because I think that I can see that it will better their lives.

However,

I come across bossy,

and they don't listen.

And honestly,

I just feel like slapping them in the face sometimes.

But God is the only one who knows what's best.

I guess He seems so severe to me,

because He is on 

so much more of a grander and majestic level than I could ever dream to be,

so naturally,

He needs a bigger reaction.

It makes sense,

to me at least.

<3MG

OH!

I KNOW WHAT WAS A GOOD THING I CAN POST.

MONDAYS CONTAIN NEW BLIMEY COW VIDEOS.

DO IT NOW.

Walk 29

Ummm...

so today 

was food experiment day.

And,

to say the least,

it didn't turn out well.

Not

at 

all.

But hey!

Tomorrow's a new day,

and there's a new episode of Pretty Little Liars

and

a new Messy Monday video (hopefully)!

Good things on the 29th of January:

Yeah, amazing picture I know. When I took Cody's picture, Instagram froze up on me and somehow the picture got deleted :/

This is why I had to go back and stir it, therefore causing the chocolate chips to melt and make the batter chocolatey. If you look at this picture below this one, you can still see tiny clumps of butter that I had to stir in.

The final product  o.O

•  Going to the late service at Stevens Street Baptist church today. Again, I really do love their music!
• Eating lunch with my friend Cody and his friend Ben. I was rolling the whole time, they were so funny! They would also break out (loudly) into song pretty much every ten minutes. It was a good lunch!
• Playing racquetball with Savannah.
• Going to The Perch with Savannah, Bradley, and Travis. While there, I got (what we thought was) a strawberry kiwi polar ice thing. Polar ice, Slushy (ie, ee, etc.), Icee, they're all synonymous!
• Eating the most healthy dinner ever, consisting of tortilla chips and cheese sauce, and an apple and crunchy peanut butter.
• Experimenting with food in my crockpot.

Yeah, 

the whole 

experimenting in my crockpot thing...

it didn't turn out too well.

Originally,

I wanted to be a total fatty and put cake mix on top of cookie mix.

A) I don't know why I wanted to do that, since brownie mix on top of cookie mix obviously would've been much better

B) I realized that I didn't actually have any oil and eggs to make the cake mix, so yeah... that idea got nixed.

So,

I decided to do just the cookies.

I think I went wrong

by letting it cook too long.

It...

it was interesting.

It 

A) turned dark brown because I stirred it after the chocolate chips had melted

B) turned into this weird cake consistency and smelled bad/weird and only tasted a little better than it smelled.

So,

now I know what not to do.

Trust me,

there will be many more experiments 

in my crockpot

in my future.

And you will get to see them all!

So Walk 29.

Honestly,

it was kind of boring again.

I feel bad,

because I kind of looked at it and sighed.

It was more of the rules that God gave Moses.

Only,

this time,

it was for the priest.

It was kind of gruesome in my eyes

because it involved killing lots of animals.

But,

I understand that it was necessary to cleanse the priests.

I guess,

I just have to look at it as one of those acts of obedience

that you need/have to follow.

To me,

it doesn't make much sense.

However,

I live in much different times than the Israelites did back then.

We don't have to do those sacrifices anymore

because Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice.

And man,

am I grateful.

He gave me a new life in every which way.

No more sin,

and thankfully,

no more live sacrifices.

Today though,

we still have to make sacrifices,

they're just in a different manner now. 

God wants us to sacrifice the best of our

time

money

resources

love

for Him and His benefit.

I am, by nature, 

a very selfish person.

I have three other siblings,

so I am very protective of my stuff,

and I don't like to share.

Sacrificing my things to God

is honestly 

one of the biggest challenges I have faced

and have to face in the future.

Once I get an income,

I know 

tithing will be really hard for me.

It won't be so much that I won't want to,

but I'll get lazy

and forget

and say "oh I'll do it next month".

This also leads back to whenever I said I kept making excuses for doing things.

It's because I wasn't willing to sacrifice my time to God.

I had no real good use for it,

but just in case I decided to find one,

I wanted to keep my time to myself.

I can't do that.

I need to learn,

and I will learn,

that the best use of my time

is when I give it to God.

Honestly too, 

I feel the best 

when I've used my time for God and for others.

When I know I benefited someone besides just me,

it's been a good day.

I know that I need to ask God to help me be willing to sacrifice to Him.

<3MG

Walk 28

Oh,

why,

hello, friend.

Welcome to,

Here's to you, Walter.

I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself.

My name is Morgan,

And,

I have crazy hair :)

haha...

today

was a hair experiment day.

It was...

interesting to say the least.

See for yourself:

yeah...

like I said,

interesting.

However,

I have managed to do worse.

This curl came out manageable to where I didn't have to straighten it.

Good things on the 28th of January:

If you don't count the constant, frigid wind, today was a pretty gorgeous day!

Uhh hello? What's better than ice cream after lunch?

On the way back from looking at apartments. Oh, I lied. This is on the way to the third and final complex we saw.

•  Waking up... later I guess you could say. It wasn't exactly late, considering it was somewhere between 9 and 10 a.m.
• Printing off some things that I need to print off.
• Walking and walking and walking, and hey! there was some more walking! Savannah and I went to look at the outside of some apartment complexes... and we walked. 
• Going to Walmart with Savannah.
• BEST PART OF THE DAY: DO YOU KNOW THOSE SOFT, THICK SUGAR COOKIES WITH THE ICING AND SPRINKLES AT THE STORE? WELL, WALMART HAD FULL SIZE AND MINI SIZE ONES IN THEIR SAMPLE TRAY. Honest to goodness, the Walmart here has had the best samples the past couple of times.
• Doing some house keeping chores. I hung up some pictures and a poster, did my laundry, cleaned the bathroom, and swiffered the floor. Yes, all of this should probably go on the bad things list, but I liked it. I didn't like the actual work, but I truly love the since of accomplishment I got.
• Watching more Netflix!!!

 

Hey,

you wanna see something cute?

I drew pictures last night!

Okay,

it's more like one picture,

but I took lots of pictures! 

Man, 

this post is filled with pictures.

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

like it!

So Walk 28 was another reflection post!

I really like these posts.

They kind of sum up what we've read this past week

by sort of telling us what we may have/should have picked up during our reading.

Look Back.

"But Moses' leadership is consistently marked by 20/20 vision - Exodus 20:20 vision, that is: 'Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.'"

Look up.

"And if you want to know the most important thought on a person's heart, ask that person to express his or her thoughts in just ten words... The Ten Commandments that Moses received on Mount Sinai contain more than ten words. But in them you will find ten thoughts that are near and dear to the heart of God."

Look Ahead.

"It might be easy to conclude that God as described in the pages of the Old Testament is a God of dos and don'ts... But God often goes beyond telling his people what to do and tells them why they should do it: he wants what is best for them."    

Can I be honest with you?

It almost shocked me how 

incredibly detailed the tasks were that God gave to Moses for the Israelites.

For me,

it bordered on too detailed.

For some reason,

I always just went along with the little kid version of

"Oh, God gave Moses the ten commandments and the Israelites had to follow them, 

and then they built the Tabernacle for God!"

I didn't remember 

or realize

the overwhelming amount of detail and rules to it all.

But I kind of like this quote from yesterday's reading:

"If at times you find yourself wishing your God were a little more flexible, yielding more to your own desires and expectations, consider this: if God were small enough for you to control, he would be too small to help you in time of need."

I really liked that.

It reminded me that,

if God went with what I though,

the Tabernacle wouldn't have been as amazing as it was.

It wouldn't have been this grand, intricate

yet movable place 

that God wanted to dwell in.

It would have been designed by a simple mind 

and formed in a simple fashion.

Thanks be to God,

for being bigger and knowing more details 

than I could ever dream of knowing 

or want to know.

He truly is awesome.

<3MG

Walk 27

I really like Sonic.

I think it's awesome.

And I'm not quite sure why.

Maybe it's because of the bajillion drink choices you have?

That probably does it for me.

However,

I always feel like I've ingested a pound of grease after I leave there

... even if I only got a slushie.

Slushie?

Slushy?

Slush?

Whatever...

you get the point.

Good things on the 27th of January:

Savannah and her bf Bradley.

Travis... really? Who plays racquet ball in jeans?

Route 44 baby!

And this is because Savannah was asking how the devotions were laid out!

•  Wearing what I thought was quite a cute outfit. I love my boots! I love my shirt! I love my sweater! I love my Mom! I love my house! I love my dog! If you don't get what I'm probably badly attempting to refer to, you may want to click this.
• Getting to play receptionist again at work!
• Talking to Mr. Steve about important life things... a.k.a. my Walter, and his whatever.
• Playing racquet ball with Savannah, Bradley, and Travis.
• Going to Sonic with Savannah and Bradley.
• Learning that Savannah actually reads my blog! P.S. This is your shout out :)
• Actually remembering to take pictures.

After completely embarrassing me last night,

Walter decided to be decent today.

Only decent.

I don't understand why he must be so difficult though.

However, 

he could be worse.

So,

I do have something to thank God for.

Hey,

do you want to do something really meaningful in your life?

Do you want to better yourself for the good?

Would you like to have an

awesome 

radical

moving moment?

This can help.

Trust me.

Have I ever led you astray?

I'd prefer if you didn't answer that...

Wow.
So Walk 27 consisted of God giving Moses the instructions for how
He wanted His tabernacle to be built.
And,
that is a heck of a lot of instructions.
I think it's quite amazing how God wanted everything to be so
so
so
so
specific.
Down to the tiniest detail.
I think it says a lot about the character of God.
But honestly,
it was hard for me to visualize.
I think a picture representation
would've helped me understand what I was reading more.
But it was still pretty interesting.


<3MG


Oh!
P.S.
tomorrow I may go sort of look at apartments with Savannah.
But,
shhhhhhh....
I haven't told my parents yet.
Ha,
not that I'd move into one without their permission.
I
am
completely
dependent.
And,
I
have
no
money.
Therefore,
I would need them to pay for it.
Hopefully they'll go for it!
But remember,
shhhhhh!!! :)