And she laughs.

Coming home from ORU this past week has made the future seem so much more real. I just filled out a form, like many other seniors to order graduation tickets, had a meeting with my guidance councilor to enroll in LCC next semester, and I'm realizing how precious everyday at Waverly High School actually is because I have... 6 1/2 months left. That is not a long time at all. So, basically life is moving. It is crazy. I am always busy with work, school and family. This all adds up to me thinking about the future and just scaring myself. 
I get so excited sometimes when I think about next year. I think about having fun with my roommate, studying to help fix people, eating at chic-fil-a, and worshiping with a body of students that are passionate for The Lord. Then, after a few minutes of being happy and excited I get so scared. I think about the flip side of things. How hard my classes will be, how much I will miss my momma, how I won't be sleeping 1 ft away from my baby sister and how I will be so far from everything I have ever known. This is the stuff that I hate. FEAR IS SO STUPID. 
This past week I have literally had to renew my mind in this once again. Everytime I start to get fearful I have had to say outloud to myself Proverbs 31:25 
She is clothed with dignity and strength, she can LAUGH at the days ahead. 
Okay, not only are dignity and strength such wonderful things but the promise that I can laugh! Not in a foolish way, but in a way that understands that it is not in my hands. (I have learned that you NEVER want to take things into your own hands, but allow Jesus to FULLY take it into His... He is ALOT smarter)
Jesus is so great.
Even in the midst of sadness, fear and worry, He stands with dignity and strength and HE HOLDS THE FUTURE. 
I love proverbs. 
We are able to laugh at what the world may find fearful. This is such a wonderful promise. 
If we worry about the future, how much can you really enjoy today? You can't enjoy the love, smiles and opportunities to represent Christ that you have in the moments that stand right before you. One thing is for certain, we are not called to worry. We are called to press on, passionately without ceasing for Christ. 

(I am learning this daily as well, once again. Learning is so weird. You think you have mastered something in a situation, then you must relearn it in another.. So great but SO tough) 

So, next time you think about the future and the things you can't control... Join me and LET GO. Continue pressing forward, laugh it up and enjoy the journey. The future will come and if you really think about it.. The future will one day just be a day called today. Eventually that scary day (for me, it's move in day in August) will just be here and it won't be the future anymore. 
So, enjoy today, the day that once was the future. 


If you need some assistance in laughing watch this YouTube video. It seriously makes my life 20173X better everytime I watch it. 
Yes, I also understand I may be one of the weirdest girls on planet earth for being in love with this video. Judge away. At least I'm laughing ;) 



Just a typical day filled with laughter in the Cochran, Torres, Pohl, Sherear household. We like fun. :p

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