You know why friends get so upset when they see that their friends like a guy who's just so a scumbag?
because they can see the REAL YOU. The beautiful you that is not being treasured honored and held high in the eyes of a guy. And they can see how amazing you are even when you can't.
So trust your friends. Listen to them. Let them help you see what you don't always see in the mirror.
Because you are awesome. you are beautiful. You are sweeeeeeeeeeeeettttt!!! Pun intended ; )
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Trust
Let worship flow from our lips.
No more mourning, no more pain.
Our Lord is good, and he redeems all heartache.
Worship heals the wounds left in wake of sin.
Worship, praise, thankfulness, gratitude.
Thank The Lord for redemption because his love is so deep so deep and so great!!!!
We are never lost, never beyond repair, but loved so loved!
We can trust and we can give all ourselves because He is beautiful and He loves.
He can be trusted. : )
Back in the park where I used to play.
Where I used to climb jungle gyms and ride on merry go rounds, and run around playing frisbee or letting moms braid my hair! It's so nice to understand and remember all the phases of life that have made me who I am, a girl that I love : ) it's so nice remembering how silly I was and how many crushes I had and how many little things that seemed SO huge at the time but now I see it's all okay. It helps to give perspective that whatever we go through, in a little while it will not seem so big, it will not seem so insurmountable. But instead, we can know that it made us who we are. Beautiful people with such value and worth before God. We are loved and we are free.
My Dad
My mom this morning said...
"We're about to lose your dad."
Me: "What?"
Mom: "It's hunting season."
Me: "Oh."
Mom: "We'll see him again in April."
"We're about to lose your dad."
Me: "What?"
Mom: "It's hunting season."
Me: "Oh."
Mom: "We'll see him again in April."
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
What is grace?
Coming to understand this more than ever before. Grace is something I wish I had known since I was a child. To be able to fail would have saved me so much heart hurt. But I must come to terms with myself: a sinner. So where do I go from here? I think Ann Voskamp offers real wisdom the way to go is to give thanks. That instead of dwelling on our sin and sinfulness, those chains, we must instead fix our eyes on Jesus, our lover who loves us with all compassion for all our sin! He loves us so whole heartedly fully knowing we would run from him to sin! Yet we are worth so much to him, so so much, that he runs oh after us. Oh thank youLord, thank you thank you Lord, for saying I am worthy enough to be sought! Our Lord and his love are absolutely amazing. I hope to know this more and more and more.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Goal # 19 & 24!!!!!!!!!
Even when I'm not actively trying to accomplish goals, they just happen...
19) Find what is beautiful about Jackson
24) learn how to take care of my car
19)
This morning my dad and I went to church at Redeemer Presbyterian Church which is a church that actively seeks to bridge diverse communities in Jackson. I've realized in the past few weeks, that I do not follow my own philosophy when it comes to fighting for racial reconciliation. I have failed to CELEBRATE! And celebration is the key to growth. So I've decided that I am actively going to look for ways that Jackson, a place with a deeply entrenched history of racial segregation and tense race relations, has made strides toward racial reconciliation. Because really and truly there is beautiful work happening here, beautiful work rising from the ashes of this community! And that is something worth recognizing. Church this morning was beautiful. Seeing people of different races stand beside one another in the choir makes my heart sing. Seeing families from different communities shake hands and exchange information is what should be happening in the church!!!!!!!!!!!! So it was good, and I am glad to know this church is growing in Jackson.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
"17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
24)
When my dad and I returned to my car, the cup of oatmeal I had left in the car was swarming with ants. It turns out there is an ant colony living in the car. What? My dad said that they probably found their way in while I was in Evanston, and I said, "When the car was parking in a parking garage?" Ha not likely. Whatever the case, there are ants making their home in my car. So my dad and I proceeded to vaccum all the carpets in the car as well as take it through the carwash. Now I highly doubt the vacuuming scared the ants away, but my carpets are now clean!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I realized today that anything you care about, you will work hard to keep it safe, protected, clean, and good as new. This is how God feels about us. When we get dirty, he makes us clean! He washes us clean. Wonderful.
1 Corinthians 6:11 "And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
19) Find what is beautiful about Jackson
24) learn how to take care of my car
19)
This morning my dad and I went to church at Redeemer Presbyterian Church which is a church that actively seeks to bridge diverse communities in Jackson. I've realized in the past few weeks, that I do not follow my own philosophy when it comes to fighting for racial reconciliation. I have failed to CELEBRATE! And celebration is the key to growth. So I've decided that I am actively going to look for ways that Jackson, a place with a deeply entrenched history of racial segregation and tense race relations, has made strides toward racial reconciliation. Because really and truly there is beautiful work happening here, beautiful work rising from the ashes of this community! And that is something worth recognizing. Church this morning was beautiful. Seeing people of different races stand beside one another in the choir makes my heart sing. Seeing families from different communities shake hands and exchange information is what should be happening in the church!!!!!!!!!!!! So it was good, and I am glad to know this church is growing in Jackson.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
"17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
24)
When my dad and I returned to my car, the cup of oatmeal I had left in the car was swarming with ants. It turns out there is an ant colony living in the car. What? My dad said that they probably found their way in while I was in Evanston, and I said, "When the car was parking in a parking garage?" Ha not likely. Whatever the case, there are ants making their home in my car. So my dad and I proceeded to vaccum all the carpets in the car as well as take it through the carwash. Now I highly doubt the vacuuming scared the ants away, but my carpets are now clean!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I realized today that anything you care about, you will work hard to keep it safe, protected, clean, and good as new. This is how God feels about us. When we get dirty, he makes us clean! He washes us clean. Wonderful.
1 Corinthians 6:11 "And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
Brothers
I can't believe I've never blogged about this before, but I just want to say I have an overwhelming amount of gratitude for my brothers in Christ. God has been so good to me bringing such good friends into my life these past four years at Northwestern. And all I can say is thank you. Thank you brothers. Thank you for respecting us women, and for being yourselves, and for pursuing the Lord. It helps us remember that there really are guys who believe we are valuable because they know how much Jesus loves us.
Three boys I'm particularly thankful for are dating some pretty amazing ladies. And it brings me smiles to see their relationships progress so healthily, holy, and wholesome. A lovely portrait for every single girl to know what she deserves. So thank you Adam Dominick. thank you David Young. thank you Clay Burrows. I wasn't aware of what a gift it was to know you, but now looking back I see that all of you were exactly the gift God intended to place in my life.
I'm thankful for my real brother. As I get to know him more and more, I realize how amazing God has made him. He is so wise, thoughtful, kind, gracious and I am so thankful for my relationship with him. He's probably the only guy, other than my dad, who can understand me completely, because he KNOWS all my faults. Tonight I said, "William, you know my pride is about as big as this house right?" And he said, "Yes. I know."
That's a brother for ya. Loves you for who you are.
He also gave me this quote:
"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." C.S. Lewis
I love C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, George MacDonald. It makes me smile that someday, I will be their sister in heaven. How cool is that??? I'm gonna to hang out with J.R.R. Tolkien!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even handle that thought. Seriously, the writer who wrote Eowyn??? And the whole story? And all those characters? And the eutragedy during the beginning of post-modernism? Not possible! But it IS.
--eutragedy is a tragedy in which the story turns hopeful at the very last possible moment. So he simultaneously managed to portray the brokenness and depravity of the human condition, that is so evident in the writings of Hemingway and such, and yet he managed to show how hope remains. He is pretty high on the list of men that I would consider marrying if he were my age. Just sayin. But alas in heaven we will all be brothers and sisters. There will be no marriage! And so I rejoice to know my amazing brothers in Christ. All of you.
A sad story. A friend of mine recently posted this on facebook:
"I hate every man in the world right now. Except my dad. And my brother. And my roommates. And the gay ones. And Obama." It makes me terribly sad that she would say this, because I can only imagine the harmful behavior that would have led her to say something like this publicly. It hurts me that she only knows guys who act that way, and that fact indicates that she might only believe she is worth that type of guy. Not true. Not true. I wish for every girl like her to know, that there are great guys in existence. They might seem like they don't exist, but they do. Or they might get there someday. It's just important to know that bad behavior is never condonable. Women have no responsibility to say yes to dating a guy to boost his ego. We spoke with the 9th graders about the myth that if a guy asks you to homecoming, it is rude to say no. "Oh he has get up the courage to ask me out, so poor guy." I'm not gonna say a cuss word, but I probably would say one if I did that. My point is, NO. You have no obligation to make a guy feel good about himself. If he needs you to affirm his worth, he's got some issues. And you're best to walk in the opposite direction. Cause you ain't gonna make him really know his value, unless he finds his value in God. So when I see posts like that, or hear friends talk about the mistreatment in their lives, all I think is why? if anyone can offer a good answer you can write my blog for me. This is the question I've been seeking to answer and will continue to look for an answer to as I hopefully continue in the field of women's empowerment. I guess if I had to take a gander, the answer would be, we don't know our value, unless we know Christ.
So to my brothers in Christ who are so good to the friends and the significant others. I thank you. And women all over the world should thank you because you have the strength and the character to help us really understand our full value before Christ. So in case ya didn't know how great ya are, give yourself a pat on the back, and keep it up. Some girls notice, they really do.
Three boys I'm particularly thankful for are dating some pretty amazing ladies. And it brings me smiles to see their relationships progress so healthily, holy, and wholesome. A lovely portrait for every single girl to know what she deserves. So thank you Adam Dominick. thank you David Young. thank you Clay Burrows. I wasn't aware of what a gift it was to know you, but now looking back I see that all of you were exactly the gift God intended to place in my life.
I'm thankful for my real brother. As I get to know him more and more, I realize how amazing God has made him. He is so wise, thoughtful, kind, gracious and I am so thankful for my relationship with him. He's probably the only guy, other than my dad, who can understand me completely, because he KNOWS all my faults. Tonight I said, "William, you know my pride is about as big as this house right?" And he said, "Yes. I know."
That's a brother for ya. Loves you for who you are.
He also gave me this quote:
"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." C.S. Lewis
I love C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, George MacDonald. It makes me smile that someday, I will be their sister in heaven. How cool is that??? I'm gonna to hang out with J.R.R. Tolkien!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even handle that thought. Seriously, the writer who wrote Eowyn??? And the whole story? And all those characters? And the eutragedy during the beginning of post-modernism? Not possible! But it IS.
--eutragedy is a tragedy in which the story turns hopeful at the very last possible moment. So he simultaneously managed to portray the brokenness and depravity of the human condition, that is so evident in the writings of Hemingway and such, and yet he managed to show how hope remains. He is pretty high on the list of men that I would consider marrying if he were my age. Just sayin. But alas in heaven we will all be brothers and sisters. There will be no marriage! And so I rejoice to know my amazing brothers in Christ. All of you.
A sad story. A friend of mine recently posted this on facebook:
"I hate every man in the world right now. Except my dad. And my brother. And my roommates. And the gay ones. And Obama." It makes me terribly sad that she would say this, because I can only imagine the harmful behavior that would have led her to say something like this publicly. It hurts me that she only knows guys who act that way, and that fact indicates that she might only believe she is worth that type of guy. Not true. Not true. I wish for every girl like her to know, that there are great guys in existence. They might seem like they don't exist, but they do. Or they might get there someday. It's just important to know that bad behavior is never condonable. Women have no responsibility to say yes to dating a guy to boost his ego. We spoke with the 9th graders about the myth that if a guy asks you to homecoming, it is rude to say no. "Oh he has get up the courage to ask me out, so poor guy." I'm not gonna say a cuss word, but I probably would say one if I did that. My point is, NO. You have no obligation to make a guy feel good about himself. If he needs you to affirm his worth, he's got some issues. And you're best to walk in the opposite direction. Cause you ain't gonna make him really know his value, unless he finds his value in God. So when I see posts like that, or hear friends talk about the mistreatment in their lives, all I think is why? if anyone can offer a good answer you can write my blog for me. This is the question I've been seeking to answer and will continue to look for an answer to as I hopefully continue in the field of women's empowerment. I guess if I had to take a gander, the answer would be, we don't know our value, unless we know Christ.
So to my brothers in Christ who are so good to the friends and the significant others. I thank you. And women all over the world should thank you because you have the strength and the character to help us really understand our full value before Christ. So in case ya didn't know how great ya are, give yourself a pat on the back, and keep it up. Some girls notice, they really do.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Read THIS!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
2. Makes me glad to be from the US. But Canada is friendlier to outsiders.
6. The amount of emotion people feel correlates to the country they are from? That's fascinating. Why would the least emotional people live in Russia?
7. Ugh colonialism.
8. Hm. the U.S. is relatively tolerant of racial diversity.
9. The U.S. is less ethnically diverse than I would have thought.
11. ha ha ha ha ha The Texas Republic. They wish.
12. So not a lot of countries hate America. But a few do. China seems ambivalent to it.
15. Makes me sad. Death penalty for homosexuality?
18. Russia also has a cigarette problem? WHO WOULD WANT TO LIVE THERE WITH SIBERIAN TIGERS AND FROSTBITE?
19. Okay, so what are Canada, Australia, a bunch of countries in the EU, and countries I'd have to look up in the Middle East doing so right that America can't figure out? In terms of Economic Inequality.
20. Shame.
22. if I have kids, i'm moving to Canada. it is also better than the US in terms of places to be a mother.
25. This is embarrassing but I don't know the difference between civil law and common law. should look that up...
26. eeeeeek to live in Israel would be scary
27. The US seems safe except for Alaska...NOOOOOOOOO! Don't get KODIAK!
28 is pretty atrocious. The Child Poverty Rate in America is at 20-25%, the most significant percentage of developed nations.
30. is pretty funny. Only Great Britain thinks pretty badly of the European Union.
34. China feels pretty good about the national economy.
35. Makes my brain hurt. Performance Studies major. Not Poli Sci.
36. Fascinating. 40-49.9% of Chinese people label themselves atheists.
37. Hm Muslims in Russia are not so much in favor of democratic leadership. Wonder why that is?
39. Honor killings exist? Killing someone for sleeping around out of wedlock? Rough.
40. Woah
I just learned more about the world, economics, political science, religion, and whodawhatnots than in my entire FOUR YEARS at Northwestern. Here's to reading online news. Once I left Medill, I went downhill. No longer!
2. Makes me glad to be from the US. But Canada is friendlier to outsiders.
6. The amount of emotion people feel correlates to the country they are from? That's fascinating. Why would the least emotional people live in Russia?
7. Ugh colonialism.
8. Hm. the U.S. is relatively tolerant of racial diversity.
9. The U.S. is less ethnically diverse than I would have thought.
11. ha ha ha ha ha The Texas Republic. They wish.
12. So not a lot of countries hate America. But a few do. China seems ambivalent to it.
15. Makes me sad. Death penalty for homosexuality?
18. Russia also has a cigarette problem? WHO WOULD WANT TO LIVE THERE WITH SIBERIAN TIGERS AND FROSTBITE?
19. Okay, so what are Canada, Australia, a bunch of countries in the EU, and countries I'd have to look up in the Middle East doing so right that America can't figure out? In terms of Economic Inequality.
20. Shame.
22. if I have kids, i'm moving to Canada. it is also better than the US in terms of places to be a mother.
25. This is embarrassing but I don't know the difference between civil law and common law. should look that up...
26. eeeeeek to live in Israel would be scary
27. The US seems safe except for Alaska...NOOOOOOOOO! Don't get KODIAK!
28 is pretty atrocious. The Child Poverty Rate in America is at 20-25%, the most significant percentage of developed nations.
30. is pretty funny. Only Great Britain thinks pretty badly of the European Union.
34. China feels pretty good about the national economy.
35. Makes my brain hurt. Performance Studies major. Not Poli Sci.
36. Fascinating. 40-49.9% of Chinese people label themselves atheists.
37. Hm Muslims in Russia are not so much in favor of democratic leadership. Wonder why that is?
39. Honor killings exist? Killing someone for sleeping around out of wedlock? Rough.
40. Woah
I just learned more about the world, economics, political science, religion, and whodawhatnots than in my entire FOUR YEARS at Northwestern. Here's to reading online news. Once I left Medill, I went downhill. No longer!
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