The Friendship Adventure Begins!

This adventure is exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time!  It's just been a little over a week!  During this week God has moved me to tears, sent me to my knees in prayer, and has constantly whispered, "Alicia, just trust me."

Trust.  It's a big word for me!  These days letting anybody new in is HUGE for me.  I've been hurt so often in my young life that I'm hesitant to let anybody in, especially NEW people.  The scripture verse for this whole adventure is:  "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths."  Proverbs 3:5-6.

So, have I made any progress in the Friendship adventure this week?!! I thought you'd never ask!  Of course I have!  I actually put myself out there and invited one of these people to do lunch one day this summer and she agreed!  No date has been set!   I think it's safe to say that I have a list of 6  people.  They come from all different walks of life.  There's a college student, two ladies from my church, a real estate agent in the next city over from me, and two authors.  Six different people God has put in my path!  It might take me a bit to get to know these people.  Also, during this adventure there are some friendships that I will nurture that are already in place.  There are 5 specific friendships that I will work on nurturing!  I"m excited.

Out of all 11 relationships new and old...6 of them are long distance!  Yep, go figure! It's worth it though.  I think Mom would be proud.  Speaking of my mom, there's a song I'm going to attach to this video.  If there were any song that I feel mom would use to talk to me and give me words of widsom this song would be it.  I have only listened to it once since she died because it sends me to tears EVERY time.

So, onward I march toward the friendship adventure!  Come along!  Follow this blog and let's celebrate this adventure with God together!   Watch the video below please!  Psst...Leave comments for me!  i love getting comments on my blogs!  Be nice please!

My new Adventure with God....Time for a Makeover!

It's a Brand New Day!

Hi there!  Today is a brand new day for and me! I'm ready to fulfill a promise I made to and to my mom just before she died!  I made her a promise that I would start taking better care of me.  You see, I'm always doing something for somebody else!  Yep!  I would much rather do something for somebody else any day of the week!  Now it's time to do something for me.  I'm scared, nervous, and excited all at the same time.  

So here are some things that with God's help I will venture to do.  #1 on the list is the hardest but I've been somewhat successful at it recently.

#1.  Make new friends.  Yes.  I have to put myself out there and go make new friends.  I still have criteria on friends that I won't back down on.  These people must be mannerly, friendly, and be positive people.  So, the overall goal is to make at least 5 new friends.  Pray hard ya'll.  I"m scared.  I think I've made sort of a new friend recently...but for now I think it's safe to call her an acquaintance.  I'll introduce you people to these new people as I feel comfortable!

#2.  Go have my makeup done.  You see over in God's Word in Psalms it says that "I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  I don't think I'm ugly but I'm not drop dead pretty either.  I'm God's creation and so I need to look better on the outside!  So, soon I will march my scared little self into Bare Essentials and let them do my makeup.  I will take pictures for proof.!

#3.  Loose Weight.  I want to loose about 20 lbs.  Once I loose the weight then I will buy me a new wardrobe.  No sense in a new wardrobe before I've got the new look!

#4.  Spa Day.  I will go have a spa day.  Yep, Alicia Roark is going to finally pamper herself!  I've had two messages and a facial before and I loved it.  So, it's time to do this again.  Will I go alone?!!!  Will I take a new acquaintance/friend?!!!  Or maybe my very own husband?!!! We will just have to wait and see!  

#5.  Maintain Contact with my friends:  I wear my heart on my sleeve when it comes to my relationships with friends/acquaintances.  I"m not so great at maintaining those relationships. My mom was AMAZING at this.  So, I'll up the effort and write letters and cards at least every 90 days to my brand new acquaintances/friends. 

So, today starts my brand new adventure with God!  My biggest prayer through this process is:  Lord, help me to see me as you do and feel beautiful from the inside out all over again!  

Love,

God's Girl...Alicia Roark

Psalms 139:14