There is no other feeling like freshly shaven legs...

Wow...I just love being clean. And I like water. And I love getting e-mails from old friends!! I like hearing how people are doing and what the heck they are up to. But I have also been getting bad news...and it usually comes in threes...but in this case four, kinda.
1) Angie's young neighbour of 17 died in a car accident with four of her friends. One also died and three were injured. That is brutal news and my heart and prayers go out to the family and friends of the girls. I pray that God places an unexplainable peace on your hearts and comforts you like nobody's business. He has a plan from all of this, but I know it is easy for me to say that. I am sorry for your loss.
2) A guy that I went to highschool with for a couple years, and is a friends mother passed away on Monday after battling with cancer for a few years. Even though they had time to prepare for her death...it still is such a shock that I can't imagine. I have no idea if she was saved and I pray that she was for she would be in a far better place and with our Lord God.
3) Another friend from highschool, Casie Shortridges grandma passed away as well. I'm not sure why but that is tough. I am not especcially close to my grandparents but it would suck very much to have one of them leave.
4) Jen Bakers sister was planning on moving out of her house (she is 16) but now she is not because her friends talked her out of it (Praise the Lord!) May God move in might ways in her heart so she has a complete turn around. I pray that she deals with what is bugging her and may the lines of communication between her parents and her be open and together they can find some middle ground. Thank goodness God is watching out for her!
So...that is my bad news streak. Sometimes I wish I was hit with stuff this tough so I could be broken and have to pick up my pieces and trust God unconditionally. But of course I don't want bad stuff to happen...but the branches have to be pruned in order to bear fruit (John 15:3-5) Maybe I am being pruned but don't know it....I pray that God shows me when I am being pruned so I notice and learn things from it. Sometimes I am so busy just living that I don't notice oppurtunities to apply my faith. Isn't that horrible? I want to notice!!! Put it right in my face God, right here so I can't help but notice!! Lord, give me tough stuff so I can praise your name in suffering!! A wise man (by the name of Wes Farquharson) told me that in ALL situations, we need to say out loud "Praise the Lord!!!!" So I say PRAISE THE LORD!!!