Klutz

Klutz: a clumsy person. This is what I am. Promise. I am so clumsy. I trip over my own feet, even when I am looking at them. I fall down all the time. I run into things and people. I drop stuff constantly. I spill stuff everyday. And last night I decided that the best place for my elbow would be in a door frame. That was a very unwise decision. It ended up in pain and with bruises. It turns out that I busted a fluid sac in my elbow. I had to ice it down and all, but it will be okay. :)

Anyways, today was my last day of class for the semester/year! Whoop whoop! :) We got early and everything! After that, I went to work and then went got a free massage. It felt great! I left there and came to my place to take a shower and get ready to go out to eat with some friends. I ate with Laura Lee, Morgan, and Melvin. Laura Lee gave me a new journal for upcoming trip. I was so excited to get it b/c I leave in 17 days!!!! Time is getting closer and I am getting more and more pumped about it. We were getting ready to leave and our waiter was giving us our tickets and he didn't give me one because he said that someone already paid for mine. There was some of my church family there and come to find out, they paid for my meal. The Lord is too good to me. I love nice people and I love my church family! :)

I have really been missing Vancouver, Canada today. I spent summer 2009 there as a summer missionary and I don't know why, but I really wanted to be there today. I miss the people I worked with and built relationships with. I miss the city life, the country, the beach, the mountains, and the weather. And because I was missing it, I looked through my pictures. While I was looking through the pictures, I saw some of when I visited the seminary there. There was a picture of a scripture someone had painted and put in the lobby/study area of the college. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord." Luke 4: 18-19
This is a great mission verse. This is what we are called to do with our lives everyday!

More to come tomorrow! :)

You can't do it alone

Today I was reminded of the quote, "The turtle didn't get to the top of the fencepost by himself." My pastor has said that as long as I can remember. I do not know if he created the saying or if someone else did, but I like it. To me it means that we cannot get on top of something or succeed in anything without God's help. We have to have God in us and with us to do anything. And when we do succeed, we are to give God all the glory and praise!

Classes are almost over and not too much went on today. This blog is short and maybe tomorrow will be more interesting. Hope your week is off to a great start! :)

My God is so good!

Wow! I serve the most amazing God EVER!!!! My day has been filled with Lord and His goodness! I had the privilege of going to church this morning to worship with fellow believers and it was awesome. Some of my favorite hymns were sang and my pastor preached a great sermon and at the end of service we stood up and sang "Victory in Jesus" a capella. God's grace is really and truly amazing.

After service, I went out to eat with 12 people at Subway. Our conversation is always great and I always enjoy their company. I left to go pack up my things to head to Montgomery to meet with my team that I going on the mission trip with. Our leader, Chris made dinner for us and Amber was skyped in. We had great conversation as well and were able to pray for each other. We also got more details about our trip, which is awesome. :)

I have been in a really good mood today for some reason and I like it. I really love where I am in my relationship with God and I am excited about where He is leading me! So, today was great and full of God and fellowship and I love it!! School starts back tomorrow and I am kind of dreading that, but all is well. Hope you have a great week! :)

Lazy Day

I got to sleep in today until 11:30. I cannot tell you the last time I had the chance to sleep that late. My alarm went off at 9 and I was like, "I will wake up when my body wants to wake up." My knew exactly how much sleep I needed and I woke up at 11:30, which is AWESOME!! I stayed around the house most of the day. I did finish up my application for summer staff. I am still waiting for my video to upload to youtube. It is taking FOREVER and a day. I had to video my testimony for a part of the application. I thought it was pretty cool that they had me do that.

Then, I got ready to go out of town with the parentals. We ate at Longhorn and it was really good and I was really hungry! haha! We then went on to bass pro. My parents had to pick up some Christmas gifts from there. Of course, these things were for my brothers and there was one gift in there for me. :) After that, we went to Starbucks to get coffee. I got hot chocolate though. It was the first time I ever had it from there and it was awesome! While we were there, it really hit at how soon Christmas is coming. It is right around the corner! I am so happy about that!! It means school will be over soon and then I will be heading out for another country!! I am SUPER excited about that!! I know it will be a life changing experience.

Speaking of going out of the country, I will be meeting with my team in Montgomery tomorrow. All of us will be there, except Amber will be skyped in. :) I am excited about meeting with everyone. It will be the 1st meeting that I have been to and it will be the first time I meet 2 of the guys on my team. So, it should be fun!

What did I learn from God today? I learned how important friendships really are. I got to talk to several of my friends today from school and I have really missed them this week. I miss talking to them everyday and receiving their encouragement. I also got to talk to friends who do not go to school with me and I enjoy the conversations that I am able to have with them. God has also been revealing to me here recently how important it is to memorize scripture and have it on my heart ready to share with others. So, this is something I am trying to work on. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day with the Lord! :)

Are you glorifying God?

My best friend, Sarah, turned 21 today. She is such an amazing woman of God and I am so happy I can call her my best friend. She got married in May to my other best friend, Neal. Sarah moved to Alabama when we were in 9th grade and automatically clicked! We have done just about everything together since we have known each other. The only things we haven't done together is go to the same college and then she went and got married on me. Things for us always kind of happened around the same time, so we got to experience things together. I am so glad she got married before me though! I have told her several times that I will be able to learn from her and Neal's marriage and they can give me advice when God feels it is my time to get married, which is really cool. Sarah has always been there for me when I needed her and I can always call and ask her to pray for me with whatever I might be going through. She always give advice from the Word. So, anyways, I got to spend the majority of the day with her because we went shopping at 4:30 AM. So got up and left and went to Spanish Fort/Malbis. We had such great conversation as always and got a lot accomplished. We also got to eat lunch at Olive Garden, which is a favorite of ours. :)

We came back home and I watched the game with my family. I enjoy watching football, but some people take it to the extremes. It is JUST a game. It is not a life or death situation. The fans are NOT on the football team. The way the game turns out will not affect your life in any way. Nothing you say or do will affect how the game turns out. And you need to make sure you glorify God in everything you say or do. People get so hyped up about the game and you hardly ever see the same people get hyped up about God that much! I get so fed up with the way they act, the language they use, and just out they get so excited about something that they are not a part of. They are JUST FANS, nothing more! It is so crazy to me. Football is for entertainment purposes. Just so you know, I am basically for both Alabama and Auburn, but I guess I cheer more for UA. But, another thing some people need to realize is that it takes a WHOLE team to win or lose a game. It is not JUST ONE PERSON. You have to work together if you want to do something. I cannot stand that people basically worship someone who is not God. I could go on and on about it, but I am stopping now.

After the game, I went to my aunt and uncle's house where they and my cousins were. Me and two of cousins went to the Huddle House for dinner. I think I got a black lung by just walking in the restaurant. HA! We had a good time as always! We always seem to laugh and laugh when we are together, which is great. :) Then, we went back to their house and me and another cousin swapped hospital stories!! Oh my goodness!! I really think I have seen it ALL in the hospital!

So overall, today has been a great day. Hope you have a great night.

Give Thanks

So, today has been quite eventful! My family had the rest of family over for thanksgiving lunch. Crazy idea, but totally worth it! Our house was full of like 40 people! We took a huge group picture of all of us too. It is so hard to get all of us in one place at the same time, but today we did it! I don't think none of us was missing. There was tons and tons of food with tons of leftovers. It was a really great time. I got to meet the newest addition to our family, Amelia Grace, who is my cousin Adam's daughter. She is so precious! I enjoyed my time with them.

What I am thankful for? The better question would be, "What am I not thankful for?" First and foremost, I am thankful for a God who has chosen to love and bless me when I am probably the most undeserving person ever. I am so glad that I am able to have a relationship with my God like I do. He is the reason of my existence! I am thankful for my family and friends who love me so much and would do anything for me. And just so you know family and friends, I would do anything for you as well! :) I am thankful that I have the privilege to get an education and top of my education and I am very blessed that I am getting it for free! I am thankful for my jobs God has blessed me with along with the roof over my head and my mode of transportation. There is so much more that I am thankful for that I could go on and on.

It was very nice to receive the comments and texts today with people telling me that they were thankful for me. Why would anyone be thankful for me?..I do not know.

I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving and enjoyed every second of it! :)

Store to Store

Today has been super busy! I woke up really late this morning, so that was great! :) But I got ready to go eat with my cousin Haley. She is such a blessing! Our lunch was great and the conversation was even better. I wish I got to see her more often than I do, but I guess education is important. She goes to UAB and is a sophomore there.

After that, my mom sent me on the hunt for cake pans. Everyone was sold out of them! I went to 6 stores looking for them!! Who runs out of cake pans?! But, all is well. I had to run various other errands and then I came home to bake with my cake pans. I made an orange cake for tomorrow's lunch with my family.

My mom brought home dinner, which was some seafood and it was great! I iced the cake and decorated it. Then, I started watching some tv with my brothers and their friends. We watched some "Beauty and the Beast" and it was quite interesting to see how they were all so into the movie. haha! I was not expecting that reaction from them. I figured that take control over the tv and want me to turn it to something else, but they were enjoying it. :) We got bored though and decided to go get ice cream and go to Wal-Mart. That Wal-Mart trip was probably my 10th trip since I have been home. Geez! But we had fun together! It was weird being the only girl, but fun. Guys are strange, but they probably think girls are strange too. haha!

So, I learned to be thankful for my family and friends today. Do not take them for granted and enjoy your time with them. God has placed them strategically in your life. Hope you all have a great thanksgiving and remember that God is the reason we exist and do any of the things we do.

Where has the year gone?

I just realized that it is almost Thanksgiving, which in turn means that Christmas is next and then BOOM! the year is over. Where has it gone? I think this could might possibly be the busiest year ever for me. So much has gone on and I have been super busy with school and work. It always seemed that time went by super slow when I was in high school, but college has flown by! It is crazy how fast time seems to go by the older we get.

Today has been busy, but at the same time laid back. I went had lunch with my mom and shopped for sweaters for my trip. Then, I came back home and just chilled out for a bit and did some laundry. After that I went and met one of my friends and he gave me a ginormous canvas to paint on! It is really huge!! Then, I made brownies for my church's thanksgiving dinner. I get to meet and talk with friends. I got to talk to my pastor about his recent trip to visit one of his daughter's who is a journeyman and about my upcoming trip and how God is working in my life. It is so great to have a pastor's family be best friends with my family.

Not too much has gone on today, so not too much to blog about. Sorry..maybe tomorrow will be more eventful. I just know that I become more blessed day by day and I serve an awesome and amazing God! :)

One week

Today marks one week since mine and Tim's challenge started. I am beating him right now since I have blogged more than him. :) Go me!

Today has been pretty laid back I guess. I cleaned some, did some laundry, got my hair cut, and just drove around town. I went to the lake and watched the ducks for a few minutes. I haven't been there in a while, so it was nice. After that I went to my grandparents house because their church had taken up an offering for my upcoming mission trip and they had the money. God has blessed me so much in preparing for this trip. I have really seen God work in my life and the lives of my teammates in raising money. God knows exactly what we need and when we need it!

Something that I wanted to mention today is how awesome that God allows certain people to be in and used in your life. God has placed the perfect people to help me with certain things in my life. It is pretty cool how God works things out for each of us. Everyone has a different plan for their life that God holds. My plan is different from yours, just as yours is different from mine. But then things get really cool when God places the person of the opposite sex in your life that He intends for you to share your life with. Then, it is really cool how both of your plans correlate with each other. I am not in that place in my life, but I still think it is pretty awesome.

I am getting excited about finding out how God is going to use me this summer!! Options are opening up for me, so I am excited!! Something else that I don't know whether or not you know is that I am SOOOOO EXCITED about December 17th!! :)

I ask that whoever reads my blogs will pray for me as my team and I prepare for our trip! Thanks!

Wowzers!

So today has been pretty much awesome! I went to church this morning and got to hear one of my best friends, Neal, preach. It is so cool to see him grow in the Lord. I have known him since I was 9th grade. He is now married to my other best friend, Sarah. They are an awesome couple and love the Lord so much!

Neal preached this morning on what the purpose of the church is. He brought out several good points. He used the example of Christmas lights. He plugged in two different sets. The plug represented God and how He is the light source. The first set he plugged in was all lit up and he unscrewed one single light and about half of the lights went out. He said that one person can disconnect from God and take others down with him. The church can still function, but just not as well if it had all members of the body. The second set of lights was plugged in, but none of them lit up. They did not light up because the fuse was taken out. They think they are connected to God, but they are really not. Neal went on to say other things, but I thought it was pretty cool how he brought out that example.

This afternoon I sat at my computer the whole time looking through mission opportunities and filling out applications for the summer. Right now, I am praying about where God is going to lead and take me! It is so exciting!!

Then tonight, I went back to church and heard Neal preach again. After the service, the youth had what they call "SNAC", which stands for Sunday Night After Church. Before we left to go Neal asked what my plans were for the night and I told him that I planned on going to the event and he asked if I would share my testimony. And I said, "Sure!" So, I got to share my testimony with them tonight! It is so amazing how God works in my life and uses me and that is exactly what I told them. I was thankful for the opportunity to be able to share with them.

So, yeah..awesome day!! I am so glad that God is using me and giving opportunities to talk about Him with others.

Grace and Peace.

Slipped

So...yesterday I forgot to blog. I has all intentions on doing so, but most definitely forgot. I fell asleep with my laptop in my lap and in front of the TV at home last night around 9 pm. Totally didn't mean to do that, but so thankful for the sleep I received! :)

Friday started Thanksgiving break for me, praise the Lord! You know, I have some of the most awesome worship experiences in my car rides whether it is just me or I am riding with my roommate Morgan. We jam out and sing to the Lord. Morgan is pretty awesome, by the way. I am so thankful for her being my roommate, sister in Christ, and one of my best friends. I love her!

On my way home I stopped and visited my great-grandmother's grave. She passed away on 10-10-10. I was able to go to the wake, but not the funeral. So, I had not seen her grave yet. It is so awesome to know that she is HOME. A month or two before she passed away I had the opportunity to talk to her about her relationship with God. She was in the hospital at the time with congestive heart failure and I was visiting her. We were talking and all of the sudden she started reaching up to the ceiling and I asked her what she was doing and she said she was trying to get up there. I asked her where "there" was and she said heaven. It was then when I asked her if she knew for sure that she was going to be with the Lord when she died and her response was "Absolutely!" She said that she couldn't wait to go because there would be no concerns or worries about anything. She said that she knew she loved the Lord with all her heart and she had a great relationship with Him. She then asked me about my relationship with God. :) I loved it! She had Alzheimer's and multiple other things going on with her in the last few months of her life. She lived 97 years and was blessed with 3 children and I think 45 grandchildren. I am so glad and blessed to be one of them. :)

Today I got hang out with my mom most of the day. We went to Peterman Station Day Festival and shopped around. We also got our favorite Chinese food. Then, I got to hang out with some awesome people tonight like: Sarah, Neal, Kayla, Ryan, Brittany, Garrett, and John. I love having conversations about our awesome and amazing God!! I am so thankful for times like tonight. We were able to share about what God is doing in each of our lives and how God is working everything for the good. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we are able to grow and learn from each other, which is AWESOME! I really needed this tonight and just absolutely love that every conversation had God involved somehow, someway. It is very rare to have that nowadays. I wish I had that group of friends in Livingston and that there was not just a few of them.

Ahhhh..God is so awesome and it is so amazing to see, realize, and know that He is working in your life and is holding your world in His hands. It is also amazing to be at complete peace about everything. There is no stress, concern, worrying, or anything else!! It is an indescribable feeling!! It really and truly is!

Anyways, I am out for the night. Holla!

The Hoops

God is so very gracious to me. Really, He is. I deserve none of things that I have or the people I have in my life. I wanted to blog today about this amazing family that has helped me in so many ways. They are a second family to me and I am so happy that they consider me a part of their family. The Hoopers have 3 amazing kids that I love oh so much!! The kids make my heart smile.

The husband is a doctor and he is the one who has been helping me with my heart problem. He is an amazing man of God who runs his household very well. His wife is a stay-at-home mom and she loves her kids dearly. I really look up to the relationship that they have together and hope to one day model what they have together with my husband. God has used the two of them in my life more than they will ever know. They send me scripture just about everyday and they are constantly praying for me. I am also their babysitter, which is awesome by the way! They have a 4 y/o, almost 2 y/o, and a 2 1/2 month old. I am so blessed to be able to spend time with these kids and their parents too. It is awesome to have parents ask you to make sure you pray with their kids and turn on their Christian music before they go to sleep. Also, they have you make sure to read a passage out of the Bible with them before bed. How awesome is that?!? I love being able to be the one to do that with them.

They have had me over for countless meals and asked me to go with them to so many different places just because. I am so glad God allowed me to meet them while at college. And since they are what I consider "young" that help relate to things that are going on in my life and give advice when and when not asked of them and it is always well received. They are very involved in missions, spreading the Gospel, and setting an example for others. God has truly blessed them and I am so glad that they are able to recognize that. They know that they did not make it this far in life without God's help. That is something that people sometimes tend to forget. We forget that God is the reason behind everything we do. It is by His strength and power that we succeed in anything and everything.


"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

Challenge

So, my friend Tim and I are challenging each other to blog everyday for the next 30 days. The challenge started yesterday. This should be an interesting and fun ride for the both of us! We are going to be blogging about what God is doing in our lives and teaching us everyday.
Something I just thought about is how cool it is going to be for me because today declares one month before I leave the country. So it will cool to see all the things God is teaching me before I leave. Did you know that I am SUPER pumped about my trip?!?! Words cannot describe my excitement!! :)

Something cool that happened to me today: I got up early this morning to study for my nursing test and I went through all of my notes for a while and then got ready for class. When I stopped studying is when I started stressing= not good. And because my mind was in other places, I lost track of time and was running late..again! (Just a side note: I am usually not late for most things. It has just happened to me the past two days.) And since I realized I was running late there was a lot things I needed to do last minute and was trying to do them all at one time and I was knocking things over and spilling stuff, which led to more stress. Ha! I got to my car and drove to class, got out of my car, gathered my things together, and started on my way to the nursing building. I walk across the street and there is man smiling at everyone and passing out Bibles. Yes, it was a Gideon. I stopped and talked a few seconds with him and get my mind refocused. I so easily forget what life is all about, just like I said yesterday.

I did fail my test, but that is beside the point. As long I am doing what God has called me to do, that is all that matters. We are here for two reasons, to know God and to make Him known. That is it.

God's Promises

Today has been crazy, awesome, and stressful! It was stressful this morning as I woke up extremely late for class. I did not have time to get a shower. I left for class at the same time I was supposed to be there and it was on my way to class that I realized that I did not have my new power points printed out for class. So, I went to the printers in the computer lab only to find out that I have no money on my card whatsoever. Then, I went to an organization's computer lab that I am a part of that I can print off things for free only to find out that the printer is out of order. I am now making my way back to class and run into one of my friends and he asks what is wrong with me and I tell him about my morning and how I am now 15 minutes late for class. He went on to encourage me. :) Praise the Lord for great friends!
I get to class around 9:20 and my teacher is of course already lecturing and then my heart starts messing up, which is more than likely due to the stress that was building up in me and then I also remember I have not taken my medication. All of this made me realize that this is probably the reason I am getting medicated. haha!

Then, I was able to calm down and start taking notes. But then I realized how long of a day i was going to have today. I had so much studying to do for my test that is tomorrow on the liver. Like I want to learn about the liver?!? Haha! I took notes for a little while, but I needed to get my focus right so I pulled out my Bible and read James 1. Then, I started talking to another friend of mine and he told me that I just needed to relax and suggested I go to Lake LU to just chill. When class got out, I went there and just walked around and talked with God. God put me in my place today on multiple occasions. I am so thankful for that!

While I standing and walking around at the lake, I noticed that the clouds were moving across the sun rather fast. The shadows kept going and coming over my head and I realized how much God really and truly is in control of every single thing in my life!! He is the only one who can move the clouds, make the wind, make the rain fall, and countless other things. It is so awesome to think that He has the WHOLE WORLD in HIS HANDS!!! I do not need to worry, fret, fuss, get angry, get stressed, or anything in my life because He has it all!! The purpose of my life on this earth is for two reasons: 1-To know God 2- To make God known!! Those are the only reasons of why I was placed on this earth. Nothing more and nothing less.

It is so easy to forget these two things though. I wish it were not this way and that was my focus every second of everyday, but it is not. I am just being honest. You know that it is not your focus either. I am sinner and I tend to forget about things. Like Sunday, I forgot my nursing uniforms for the week at home. I mean, I am nursing student who has clinicals every week. I should not forget things like that, but I did. So, I had to meet my parents in Thomasville to get them. Even though nursing uniforms are nothing in comparison to my relationship with Jesus, I am relating it to how important it is to forget the necessities of our relationship with God. 1-Know Him. 2-Make Him known.

I was thankful for the time I was able to spend there. I then went on to the library to study and ran errands. Then, the rain came down on me out of no where. I got out of my car to send the last of money off for my upcoming mission trip and there was a perfect rainbow. End to end. All the colors. And I just stopped and stood in awe of God. Through all the trials, tribulations, and tests..His promises still remain the same. How awesome is that?!?! God promises never to leave or forsake us, no matter what. He is with you wherever you go, in whatever you do..we so easily forget that. We get so consumed in ourselves that we forget about God. It is not about us at all, it is all about Him! Nothing or no one else, just God!

Today has been fun! It is amazing how God uses the littlest of things to teach us. Thank you Lord!

Healer

You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk me through the fire
And heal all my disease

I trust in You
I trust in You

I believe
You're my Healer
I believe
You are all I need
I believe
You're my portion
I believe
You're more than enough for me
Jesus, You're more than enough for me

Nothing is impossible for you
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for you
You hold my world in Your hands

"Healer" by Hillsong.
These words are so true.

What would you do?

So, a lot has been and is going on in my life these days. I have been facing trials and going through things that most 20 year olds do not experience.
First of all, I am in nursing school and working two jobs. Being in nursing school alone is a big deal in it's self. More power to the men and women in school who are married and have families! I do not know how they do it.
Second of all, I am failing nursing school! Ha! Not a part of my plan..but God has the ultimate plan for my life. I am fully and truly at peace and not stressed out anymore about the whole situation. There is reason behind every single thing that happens or does not happen to you in life. So, if you know that God is in control of everything, then why stress? Right?
Third of all, I ended a relationship of 3 and 1/2 years with one of my best friends. Who thought you could ever be at peace and not upset about having to end the relationship with the person you love? This would be a huge deal to most people, but if you know God is in control of everything in your life..why make it a big deal and get upset? I am not saying that this is not a hard thing to deal with because you are now left with all the memories you share together and time you have spent with one another. You are also left thinking, why did God allow us to be together so long just let you end the relationship? There is also the question of why did it take so long to find out that you are not meant to be with one another? If you know you are not supposed to be someone, end it. This was also not a part of my plan for my life. But, I know that I can learn from the things we had in our relationship and use them in the future.
Lastly, I have been having some problems with my heart. It is something that I have had since I was 5 years old and never been given a diagnosis for it. Things have been getting worse and worse with it and my family doctor has been pretty concerned with me and now I will be sent to Birmingham to a new cardiologist and also an electrophysiologist. What has been done so far is that I have been placed on aspirin everyday along with blood pressure medicine. What else is to come of this situation? Only the Lord knows! But, the big thing right now with this is trying to get things fixed before I leave the country in December.
So, all in all God is in control of my life and I have absolutely no doubts in my mind about it!! God is sovereign and Lord of all! My relationship with God has grown and matured in the last few months and you know what??-This is all a part of His wonderful plan for my life! I believe that my relationship has been maturing and growing with God because He is preparing me for my time out of the country and things I will face while I am there. I am learning to trust God more and more with my life. Many of my friendships with other people have grown due to everything going on in my life. All I can do right now is thank God for all the blessings He has given me that I most definitely do not deserve and for amazing grace and mercy.
I thank the Lord for all things are going on in my life. I KNOW HE has a purpose for everything and I am really and truly trying to count it all joy! :)


"But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. Be rejoice insofar as yous hare Christ's sufferings that you may also rejoice and be glad when His glory is revealed." 1 Peter 4:12-13