Great is Thy Faithfulness

I had the most wonderful weekend ever. I went up to Shellharbour on Thursday night. I missed my people over there way too much. I stayed at Ashleigh's house on Thursday and Friday night and had a wonderful time with her. She makes my heart swell with gladness. There is never a dull moment when Miss Ashleigh is around. I find myself laughing harder than I ever do at home. So I am very glad that I got to see her. On Friday I was able to meet up with Grace and we were both able to catch each other up on the business of our crazy lives. It was very good to see her and so refreshing to know that she is well.

On Friday night the Shellharbour youth had a youth service and then after Brad and Daniel came back to Ashleigh's for ice cream. It was a pretty fun night all in all. But nothing compared to Saturday. Definitely the best day of the whole weekend. I spent the day at a park for the engagement party and then after went to Brad and Michelle's house. Michelle was helping me with my assignment and the three of us stayed up all night talking about all the silly things that Brad did as a kid. Oh it made me laugh.

Then on Sunday I drove up to Sydney to the city and managed to park and navigate myself from the car to Pitt Street Mall and then the Queen Victoria Building and then to Darling Harbour where I finally found my Mum and sister. Then after a short time there, we went to have family photos taken and although it took 7 hours it was so much fun. So I didn't end up leaving Sydney until 8:30, and I got home around midnight. Meaning that I accidentally slept in this morning and missed my lectures. But on the plus side I finished my assignment and presented it too and then I joined the gym!

And now that all of that is out of the way, I can focus on the title of this post. You've probably been wondering why on earth it is titled Great is Thy Faithfulness when all I have spoken about is my weekend. Well today is the 24th of September 2012, which means that it has been exactly two years since Stephen died in a car accident. So today has been a very hard day for me. The stress of multiple assignments and tiredness did of course not help in the slightest and I just had a horrible day. But one simple phone call from my best friend was able to turn my whole day around! I am so very blessed!

Of course my best friend cannot always be there for me because we are both so busy, but God is still always faithful to me. He is so good to me! Even though the pain of missing Stephen still remains and gets stronger, I know that there is a God who loves me and He is taking care of him. So no matter how bad your day is, always remember that our God is so great and mighty and nothing is impossible.

Stay blessed!
-Brooke ox

Run away

People keep asking me why I always go away to Sydney and Wollongong. I wonder if they realize it's because I hate them?

No not really. I'm just over all of the people in Canberra. Ah. Wish I could just run away!!!

-Brooke ox

Why, why, why?

I was really hoping that I would wake up feeling better this morning. But sadly I woke up just as lonely and upset as I left off to sleep.

I know that everything happens for a reason. Even all the bad stuff is part of God's plan for my life. But I guess it is just my human nature for me to ask 'why?'. Why does bad stuff happen? Why am I feeling so alone and upset? Why do good people get hurt? Why, why, why?! But then I got to thinking... How can I possibly be asking 'why is this happening' when something bad happens in my life if I am not asking the same question when something GOOD happens? I mean, really, I am so blessed with my life, and I KNOW that! There are so many people who have so much less than me and still seem to have such true happiness. I think it is really true that the more you have, the more you hurt, because you have more to lose. That is my thought cycle this morning; 'why do I deserve such blessings in my life?' hmmm... Big question really. I guess I don't... But I have a God who loves me more than words can ever tell. And He gave His whole life for me. But why? Why me? Because He loves me! That is the only reasonable answer. And boy am I glad that He does!

-Brooke ox

Update!

So life is so up and down right now. Uni is stressful and church is busy. And tonight my car broke down because I had no money for petrol. So from now on if people want a lift with me then they can pay up! So over it.

I wish that I could freely rant on Facebook but I can't. So here I am. Anyway life is pretty gay. I mean really it's okay and I'm probably just having a bad night but whatever. I'm over it all and in desperate need of a rant!!! So I'm going to blog everything I feel from now on. Fasten you seat belts and get ready for a bumpy ride.

-Brooke ox