happy thoughts

Today has been interesting day. I feel like bursting out of ideas and energy to do things.. I feel happy. Truly.
Even with this blog. Today I could have been writing more than what I have done.. and I have even been thinking about if I shoudl focus my blog for a spesific area of subject.. But then I know my mind is so fast prosessing things so I feel it's best to leave it the way this is, mix up of thoughts, ideas, poems, bible verses, all the things I can imagine I have already been writing about here and will write in the future.

Sometimes I feel difficult to write my thoughts and hopes down, at another moment it feels so easy to write or think about those things, then it's so hard to put it down here.. I think now this is my journal of some kind. My life story. When I was a kid I managed to write to my journal sometimes everyday.. I have almost 10 journals.. haha. crazy amount. I think then it was my place to write everything down when I couldn't talk with anyone.. Now I just keep things to myself, unless I talk with someone. Don't know if it's a good thing or bad.

This flash of idea came to my mind.. wondering if someone would actually read this, I wonder what he or she would think I/the writer would be.. prob crazy because the subjects and writing is all over the place.. hahah.. just funny.. I mean think about it, when you are reading a blog or something similar, don't you ever think about or wonder what kind of person is behind it, unless you know the actual writer. I think everything we bring to this earth, if it's something we create or write or speak, it reflects of who we are and how we think.. So I think in my case it just shows that my life is a mess. in a good way.. ;) lots of things going on. or was going on. now it's starting to slow down. for a while at least.

Summer wishes

Wanted to share this wonderful picture with you because it's from a strawberry cake. I think strawberry cakes are especially for summer times, to enjoy then. Summer here in Finland has been wonderful, extremely hot.. We have never seen this hot summer here, or felt more like. 37,2 `celsius on last Thursday.

Redding, here I come!

Hey, I also wanted to share great news that I have known for a while..

Less than three weeks I am departing from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and will be on my way to Redding, California.. I am so excited!

I haven't been there over a year and a half so it will be so good to see my friends after a long time. Of course we are lucky these days when the technology is so good that I am able to keep contact through internet, it is not the same than seeing face to face.

I was planning to go there for two weeks and I was planning to get the tickets on June. But I didn't have the money.. Then after midsummer I received and envelope from Redding. I opened it and tadaa: it was an wedding invitation. Invitation to Christina and Isaac´s wedding on Sept 3rd. I was like, wow.. what a great timing bc I was planning first to leave Redding on 31st or 30rd.. But after receiving the invitation I decided to stretch my trip little bit and I got one more week. I will stay at Katrina's apartment with her and her roomies.
I made a promise with Candace that I will see her everyday for three weeks.. I am eager to see how that works.. :)

Today I promised to my nephews to get some SpongeBob stuff IF I see something cool.. or find.. hahah.. good promises.

And I have found out that so many of my good friends are in Redding while I am there so I am so excited about that, I will see many of good friends. I know I will be so encouraged by them and hopefully I can give courage to many also. So so cool..
I am counting days :)

Book chapters.

Okay, post of the day..

Today I have been thinking little bit of my book.. You know, the book. The book I wrote in 1st year at BSSM.. in English and now I have translated it into Finnish.. With that I kinda decided to add more stuff into it because obviously through the year I have grown and learnt more to share with the public.

God has given me to ideas to add to the book. One chapter will be about Grace. God's Grace. I know that the chapter will be about it, I just don't know more at the moment.. :) I think it will be something I will do in the fall, then I hopefully have more time to ponder and do little research so that it will be a strong chapter..

The idea for the other God-given chapter came while I was talking with a friend on skype or fb-chat, and I was just sharing and laughing about God's goodness and His humour. How He makes me laugh and we have these inside jokes.. Alone in my apartment when I'm talking with God and He just gives me good laughs when we talk to each other.. And it just gives the insight of how well He knows me and knows what makes me laugh.. In everything really..
So the chapter will be about how God is in a good mood all the time and how He has good humour and it's just funny.
I am not sure how all this will be wrapped up together but I know it will happen somehow. I am just so excited to know that I have these ideas and I will write these chapters. The most difficult part is the WHEN - question. I know my school will keep me busy but maybe writing this is good break from school things.

Those chapters will add the page amount little bit in the book, so it's not a booklet anymore :D I think He has more things for me than I can even imagine. <3

Isaiah 22:22

"; what He opens no-one can shut, and what he shuts no-one can open. "

This verse has been on my heart for couple of years.. I received it while I was in India for some months.. It was actually a word for the organization I was working for that spesific year and I also took the word for myself.

In the moments when I have even have the smallest doubt in my mind, I have put my trust into this verse and knowing that every step I take into any direction, whatever is His plan it will be good.

Sometimes there might be situations that you yourself hope and believe that doing something or going one direction is the right way, but then you don't get why doors don't open. Sometimes our beliefs or what we think is right, is the right way with God's plans.

This one verse, this one sentence gives me hope and strength in the moments when I know I have gone through the right door that He has opened for me and it feels hard time to time. Knowing that He has opened it for me, He will make everything good and takes care of me, even during the hardest time.. I know I am on the right path.. and that feeling feels so good.