Don't be afraid cause I won't keep track

I'm not one to overly complain or harp on a bad day, but when you have just an entire, flat out, no good week, I feel like I need to do just that. First of all it was REALLY long. Most weeks are only 7 days long. I feel like it should be the Wednesday after next by now. We didnt have bible study this week because some of the girls are on spring break. Bible study is a good and encouraging way to jump start the week usually, but I went without it this time. There is a young college-ish band called MyCalvary that lately plays all of FBC Gaffney's youth retreats. I only heard them a few times and the kids in it were all really great as far as I'd gotten to know them over the past couple of years. Tuesday morning Brandon, one of the members died in a car wreck. And even though I didn't know Brandon that well personally, it still hurts me to see everyone in my home church community be torn up and hurt over it all. And it makes me sick to think that he was even younger than me and how he died from something simple that we do everyday like driving. I also think the kids at work knew I was having a rough week and decided to see just how mad they could make me and how far they could run with my patience. And boy were they right on if that was their mission. It was probably the worst week at work yet as far as that goes, and every day got worse it seemed. Enough of that.

On the better side, my soccer team decided on the PIRATES as our team name this season! The Pipeline Pirates. At the end of practice on Tuesday we all put our hands in and yelled a big "Arrrrgh!" How adorable is that? Seriously. My team is awesome this season because, well, they know how to spell the word soccer. They are so much more attentive and they are actually understanding the whole soccer is a team sport concept. It's gonna be good.

Two weeks ago in church, we were singing this song about the Cross and at the end Christabell simply said, "the cross is all we have isnt it?" And that thought has constantly come up in my mind this week. Because no matter how angry or annoyed or tired I am, He is all I've got and the truth of the Cross is way better than everything good or bad about this life. I'm kind of jealous of Brandon.

"Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you."

-Psalm 63:3