Waffles and Spaghetti

I'm sure you are thinking - waffles and spaghetti, what in the world?! 

I heard somewhere that a man's brain is like a waffle and a woman's brain is like spaghetti. Men have a tendency to compartmentalize everything into little boxes {like the boxes on a waffle}. They have a work box, a wife box, and so on and so forth. Women tend to be thinking and doing several different things all at once {like spaghetti noodles all intertwined}. We can be working on a spreadsheet while thinking about paying the water bill and planning dinner and probably thinking a million other thoughts at the same time.

I say all this to say -- that this is going to be a random post, but that is how my spaghetti brain works! 

Lately I've really been loving a few Christian artists so I wanted to share them with you - you should definitely check these guys out!

I have loved Meredith Andrews' music for several years but she has a new song out that is really beautiful and touching. It is called Not For a Moment. {by the way, the keyboard player in the video is her husband which is pretty cool I think!}

And every step every breath you are there
Every tear every cry every prayer
In my hurt at my worst
When my world falls down
Not for a moment will You forsake me 

Another artist I am loving these days is Colton Dixon {you may remember him from American Idol}. His new single You Are is SO good. It is my new favorite. Well..it's a tie with Meredith Andrew's song! I can't decide! Anyways, you should definitely watch both of these videos and see for yourself. Awesome songs! {fyi - in the video below, Colton is singing with his sister Schyler who you may also remember from American Idol!}

If I had no voice, if I had no tongue
I would dance for You like the rising sun
And when that day comes and I see Your face
I will shout Your endless, glorious praise

Okay, so now onto a totally unrelated topic {told you -- spaghetti brain!}. I have somehow gotten myself subscribed to this email/Youtube subscription called Fully Raw Kristina, and it is all about eating a fully raw diet and juicing and exercising and being healthy and all that jazz. Every time I watch one of her videos I am so inspired! I wish I had her self-discipline! Like this morning I watched her latest video {see below} and I was all like "oh man, I am totally not eating anything but fruits and vegetables for the rest of my life and I'm running 7 miles a day...." and then I looked down and realized my oatmeal and coffee was getting cold and I told myself to hush up and eat my breakfast!

Last random topic for today {although it is kind of related to both of the above topics which brings us back to the spaghetti noodle brain being all intertwined -- we've come full circle, people!} -- my sister and I are signing up for some 5K races toward the end of summer. She asked me to plan a trip home in August to do the annual Garden Spot Trot with her. We've done this race together before and it is just a fun little race in our hometown. Since we have done this one before, I told her I would look around to find us a new race up here in Louisville for us to do together. I found an awesome one! It's not just a race, it is an obstacle course with each obstacle designed to reflect scripture. How cool is that?! It is called Revelation Run.

1) The Sheep Gate (Difficulty 2) (Matt 7:13-14)
Runners will jump over 3-5ft walls during this quarter mile run before entering onto the narrow path
2) Swamp of Despond (Difficulty 2) (Psalm 23)
Runners will make their way through swamp-like trenches
3) The Way (Difficulty 3) (John 14:6)
Runners will sprint up and down small hills
4) Mount Sinai (Difficulty 4) (Isiah 40:31)
Runners will sprint/climb up a 100 ft. Hill before turning and “stumbling” down
5) Hard Heart (Difficulty 2) (Ephesians 4:18)
Runners will navigate over log obstacles
6) The Drought (Difficulty 3) (Isiah 58:11)
Runners will low crawl under barbed wire through a sand obstacle
7) Baptist John (Difficulty 2) (Matt 3:11)
Runners will sprint or walk along 100ft of lakefront

8) Damascus Road (Difficulty 2) (Gal 1:11-12)
Runners will weave through natural obstacles

9) Affliction Alley (Difficulty 1) (2 Cor 4:17)
Runners will maneuver through a “tire jungle”

10) Modern Gospel (Difficulty 1) (Gal 6:7-9)
Runners will run up and through an urban setting

11) Baptize by Fire “Carry your cross” (Difficulty 3) (Luke 14:27)
Runners will have to carry their “burdens”           
12) Persecution Crawl (Difficulty 2) (Hebrews 12:3)
Runners will low crawl through mud and muck

13) Hill of Vanity (Difficulty 4) (1 Cor 9: 19-27)
Runners will sprint/climb a 60ft hill (rope assistance)

14) Perseverance Run (Difficulty 2) (Hebrews 12:1-3)
A sprint through the forest (almost there)

15) Incorruptible Prize (Difficulty 2) (1 Cor 9:25)
First one across the finish line gets the “Incorruptible Crown”

This is SO happening! Can't wait!

Okie dokie, that is all for now! Happy Thursday!