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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you; plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

This is my absolute, all-time, never failing, never ending favorite passage of scripture. Even before it was plastered all over everything this was it for me. Of course to get the full effect you should really read the verse in context beginning with verse one of chapter twenty-nine, but for the purpose of this post I am just going to tell you how I see it.

It's really simple and can be summed up in three words... Provision. Presence. Purpose. God always provides, He is always present and He does everything with a purpose! It doesn't get much better than that. So, go check out Jeremiah chapter 29 and see for yourself!

Later, Ash

My life just got a whole lot better.

Did I win the lottery? No, well kind of... NKOTB is back!!! Yes I was, am, always will be a NKOTB groupie. Can't help it.. they got the right stuff and I love it! I have waited 14 long years for this one and to think just 2 months I finally gave up my NKOTB blanket for my sweet Lucy to sleep on. I knew I was making a mistake, but I think I still have the rest of my memorabilia in cluding my Joey Mac hat with a hole in the top :)

Hope you got a good laugh out of all that... but seriously... I am so psyched!

Anyone want to go to a show with me?????????

The Case of the Missing Blogger.

Case File
Crime: Blogging infrequently. Blog abandonment.
Suspect: Ashley Bradberry
Last seen: With the exception of a couple videos, February 19, 2008.
Investigating officer: Aunt C
Sentencing: Yet to be determined.

Well, here I am. Just released from my holding cell, better known as a crazy work load. I apologize for abandoning all 10 of you who check out my ramblings with some sort of frequency! And, so as you don't have to listen to my excuses I'll get right to my "blogging" for the day...

I love quotes. Quotes by famous people, quotes from movies, from books, from anywhere. What is it about someone else's words that make my day. Perhaps it is the simple fact that they seem able to express my own feelings without knowing what I'm feeling. Maybe it is the rhythm in which the words seem to flow out of the mouths and pens of those more intelligent than I. Or perhaps I am in love with the dreamy ideas that I am often left with after reading such quotes.

Take for instance one of my all time favorites by Augustine. He says, "The world is a book and those who don't travel read only a page." My mind immediately floats over many pages and I become overwhelmed with the desire to finish one book and go to the next. My "books" are of course more like countries and destinations... Africa, Ireland, Greece to name a few. But the point is that the quote inspires something... travel, reading, history, etc. If only we read more - imagine the places we could go!

See you tomorrow. Ash.

Holy WOW!!!

Check out this stellar performance from the Top 8 American Idol contestants last night... it's only taken them 3 seasons to get the drift that "we" aren't going away and that we will not deny our faith!

The Lord's Prayer... this will be my child someday!