Before I begin this post, I'm going to preface it with this: The order of the items on my list are by no means in order of importance. If they were, this one would be one of the first. So, yeah... :)
47. Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year
I am currently embarking on this incredible journey. It's been interesting to see how the Lord speaks to me through chapters of the Bible that I've never even given a second glance to.
One of the best verses I've come across is Genesis 18:14. "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"
With my summer internship creeping up on me, it's been hard for me to ignore the feelings of uncertainty that I have.
You can't do this.
You're going to fail.
How could you think you could ever be good enough for this?
Then I realize, my God is great. And these aren't messages coming from Him, but from the one who is against me, the enemy of all enemies. I know that this summer will be hard. I know it will bring challenges I've never faced before. And I know it's going to test me in ways that I've never been tested. But God has called me to it. And therefore, He will bring me through it.
Brittani
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If you would like to do this, it's an easy task (in the sense of remembering what to do). Read 3 chapters a day, 5 on Sundays, and skip Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Eve or New Years Day.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Brittani's List of Bliss
This post was
inspired by a good friend of mine, David, who recently posted his bucket
list on his blog, and I was inspired to do the same.
So here it goes. Below I plan on posting my bucket list that I have started so far, and through the posts, I plan on telling about my journey in doing each and every thing on my list. It's going to be a journey, but I'm ready for it.
I'm going to call it "Brittani's List of Bliss". Catchy, yeah? ;) Some of these things are ones that were originally on my list, and if they're in bold, that means I've already done it. Here goes nothing!
1. Live my life for Christ-not myself
2. Write a song
3. Face my fear of love
4. Visit all 50 states
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada
New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York
North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia
Wisconsin Wyoming
5. Visit all 7 continents
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
6. See the 7 natural wonders of the world
Aurora Borealis (can be seen in multiple places)
Grand Canyon (New Mexico)
Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mount Everest (Himalayas)
Paricutin (Mexico)
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe/Zambia)
(I think it's funny that I've seen a wonder on another continent and not even the one on my own continent.)
7. Learn how to play guitar
8. Live in Colorado
9. Find the one who was created for me and get married to him
10. Get baptized in Pillsbury Crossing
11. Ride in a helicopter
12. Get married
13. Have a family
14. Adopt
15. Have someone named after me (first or middle name)
16. Be called "Mommy"
17. Donate my hair to locks of love
18. Be the maid of honor in a wedding
19. Watch my kids get married
20. Live to meet my grandchildren
21. Own a horse
22. Write something in wet cement
23. Have a star named after me
24. Build a telescope
25. G0 skydiving
26. Go bungee jumping
27. Get a tattoo with my mom and sister
28. Ride in a hot air balloon
29. Travel for any period of time on a Eurotrail pass
30. Live on another continent
31. Start a center for underprivileged teens where they can learn about Jesus and His love for them
32. Become a youth pastor
33. Visit the places of my heritage (Germany and Ireland)
34. Go on a roadtrip from the east coast to the west coast
35. Visit Canada!
36. Learn to speak another language fluently
37. Go on a zipline
38. Go parasailing
39. Find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
40. Slow dance in the rain
41. Swim with dolphins
42. Own a Mustang (the car)
43. Have a garden with vegetables and flowers
44. Go to the Olympics
45. Become an advanced whitewater experienced rafter
46. Run through a field of sunflowers with the man I love
47. Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year
48. Walk on the Great Wall of China
49. Invite someone without a family to my family's holiday dinner
50. Paint something on canvas
51. Own a salt water aquarium
52. Learn how to sew
53. Learn how to surf
54. Eat pizza in Italy
55. Go to an airport and buy tickets for a random flight
56. Find the perfect wedding dress
57. Be a part of a flash mob
58. Give a homeless person a present
59. Visit Niagara Falls
60. Go cliff jumping
61. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
62. Sleep on a trampoline
63. Watch the ball drop in Times Square
64. Visit the Vatican
65. Make a quilt
66. Build a blanket fort with my husband
67. Dance with my dad at my wedding
68. Backpack through Europe
69. Throw a dart at a map and travel wherever it lands
70. Be a good parent
71. Run a half-marathon
72. Learn to ride a skateboard
73. Learn to play golf
74. Learn to play tennis
75. Learn how to ice skate
76. Become a certified ASL instructor
77. Perform on a street in New York
78. Teach my children to play an instrument
79. Compose a song
80. Go on a canopy tour
81. Drive all the way across Route 66
82. Adopt a pet from an animal shelter
83. See Pearl Harbor
84. Go to Oktoberfest
85. Go to Mardi Gras
86. Be a foster parent
87. Make a difference in someone's life
88. Start a charity
89. Publish a book of poetry
90. Learn to do a standing front flip
91. Shave my head
92. Start my own restaurant
93. Go to another country with my best friend
94. Name my children after my parents/grandparents
95. Own a pet bird
96. Become a blood donor
97. Build my dream house
98. Become a certified scuba diver
99. Visit the Amazon
100. Record an album of my songs
101. Rescue people trapped in sex trafficking
I thought this was a good start to my list. This has been something that has been really encouraging for me to make because I think it really shows my personality and the random and not so random things I want to do in my life. I hope you'll join me on my journey and working my way through this list.
Ta-ta for now!
Brittani
So here it goes. Below I plan on posting my bucket list that I have started so far, and through the posts, I plan on telling about my journey in doing each and every thing on my list. It's going to be a journey, but I'm ready for it.
I'm going to call it "Brittani's List of Bliss". Catchy, yeah? ;) Some of these things are ones that were originally on my list, and if they're in bold, that means I've already done it. Here goes nothing!
1. Live my life for Christ-not myself
2. Write a song
3. Face my fear of love
4. Visit all 50 states
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada
New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York
North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia
Wisconsin Wyoming
5. Visit all 7 continents
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
6. See the 7 natural wonders of the world
Aurora Borealis (can be seen in multiple places)
Grand Canyon (New Mexico)
Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mount Everest (Himalayas)
Paricutin (Mexico)
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe/Zambia)
(I think it's funny that I've seen a wonder on another continent and not even the one on my own continent.)
7. Learn how to play guitar
8. Live in Colorado
9. Find the one who was created for me and get married to him
10. Get baptized in Pillsbury Crossing
11. Ride in a helicopter
12. Get married
13. Have a family
14. Adopt
15. Have someone named after me (first or middle name)
16. Be called "Mommy"
17. Donate my hair to locks of love
18. Be the maid of honor in a wedding
19. Watch my kids get married
20. Live to meet my grandchildren
21. Own a horse
22. Write something in wet cement
23. Have a star named after me
24. Build a telescope
25. G0 skydiving
26. Go bungee jumping
27. Get a tattoo with my mom and sister
28. Ride in a hot air balloon
29. Travel for any period of time on a Eurotrail pass
30. Live on another continent
31. Start a center for underprivileged teens where they can learn about Jesus and His love for them
32. Become a youth pastor
33. Visit the places of my heritage (Germany and Ireland)
34. Go on a roadtrip from the east coast to the west coast
35. Visit Canada!
36. Learn to speak another language fluently
37. Go on a zipline
38. Go parasailing
39. Find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
40. Slow dance in the rain
41. Swim with dolphins
42. Own a Mustang (the car)
43. Have a garden with vegetables and flowers
44. Go to the Olympics
45. Become an advanced whitewater experienced rafter
46. Run through a field of sunflowers with the man I love
47. Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year
48. Walk on the Great Wall of China
49. Invite someone without a family to my family's holiday dinner
50. Paint something on canvas
51. Own a salt water aquarium
52. Learn how to sew
53. Learn how to surf
54. Eat pizza in Italy
55. Go to an airport and buy tickets for a random flight
56. Find the perfect wedding dress
57. Be a part of a flash mob
58. Give a homeless person a present
59. Visit Niagara Falls
60. Go cliff jumping
61. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
62. Sleep on a trampoline
63. Watch the ball drop in Times Square
64. Visit the Vatican
65. Make a quilt
66. Build a blanket fort with my husband
67. Dance with my dad at my wedding
68. Backpack through Europe
69. Throw a dart at a map and travel wherever it lands
70. Be a good parent
71. Run a half-marathon
72. Learn to ride a skateboard
73. Learn to play golf
74. Learn to play tennis
75. Learn how to ice skate
76. Become a certified ASL instructor
77. Perform on a street in New York
78. Teach my children to play an instrument
79. Compose a song
80. Go on a canopy tour
81. Drive all the way across Route 66
82. Adopt a pet from an animal shelter
83. See Pearl Harbor
84. Go to Oktoberfest
85. Go to Mardi Gras
86. Be a foster parent
87. Make a difference in someone's life
88. Start a charity
89. Publish a book of poetry
90. Learn to do a standing front flip
91. Shave my head
92. Start my own restaurant
93. Go to another country with my best friend
94. Name my children after my parents/grandparents
95. Own a pet bird
96. Become a blood donor
97. Build my dream house
98. Become a certified scuba diver
99. Visit the Amazon
100. Record an album of my songs
101. Rescue people trapped in sex trafficking
I thought this was a good start to my list. This has been something that has been really encouraging for me to make because I think it really shows my personality and the random and not so random things I want to do in my life. I hope you'll join me on my journey and working my way through this list.
Ta-ta for now!
Brittani
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