Lately I have found myself fulfilling all that I have been wanting to do with my life...some of it is crazy...some of it legit...but whatever it is...I'm doing it. Here is a list of what I have left to do (most of the big stuff)...so I don't forget...
1) Play a slot machine in Canada
2) Eat Tandori Chicken in India
3) Ride the Tube in London
4) Get married by Elvis in Vegas
5) Annul said marriage...lol (not really)
6) Fluently learn Arabic, Hindi, Hebrew, and Mandarin
7) Jump into the Trevi Fountain
8) Participate in Hajj at Mecca (it would just be an amazing site to see)
9) Go everywhere Paul went on his missionary journey's
10) Participate in a Civil War Reenactment and fight for the South
11) See my 41st Dave Show
12) Give birth 100% Naturally (I know im asking for it...but hey...its cool to say I did it)
13) Spend a year interning at the Simple Way...(I would like to do this with my husband but sadly i think im going to have to go in this one alone)
14) Buy a VW Bus ( <3 )
15) Backpack across Europe (Bryan I am soo jealous of you!!! theearthexpedition.com)
16) Be an Extra in a movie (Preferably Tarentino, Jackson, or Scorcese...which i dont see happening)
17) Get my IDS certificate...(yet still not manage to graduate from Lincoln LOL)
18) Marry someone who challenges me! (and hopefully have my mom make the dress if shes still well)
Thats it...a little ridiculous...ok a lotta ridiculous...but its what I want to do...
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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Friday, February 13, 2009
I think we are bordering clinically insane...
This past weekend I went to Texas for Relevant weekend. Unbeknown to me, Francis Chan spoke at the conference. The theme for the weekend was Live Love. He touched a little bit on his book, Crazy Love. It was amazing!...Chan talked about the holiness of God, how to pray to God, God as a father...and heart breaking love for others....I know what youre thinking..."WHOA that is a little too much to handle..." and I would agree that you are right. But you wouldn't believe how the students really grasped the concept. WOW...it was beautiful. My favorite part of all was how Chan lead us into reverent prayer to a HOLY God...If youre reading this...stop what youre doing and try it...even if you dont believe...just close your eyes for a second and calm your heart...then...read this...
Revelation 4: 2-11
At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spiritsa]">[a] of God. 6Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." 9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
Revelation 4: 2-11
At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spiritsa]">[a] of God. 6Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." 9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11"You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I LOVE THIS MAN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2oi6y292kE&eurl=http://francischansblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.crazylovebook.com/
http://www.crazylovebook.com/
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Slow Fade
This week at church we talked about Slow Fading. Based off of Ephesians 5:1-7...
I love this video...I love the lyrics, People never crumble in a day...Daddies never crumble in a day...Families never crumble in a day. It is so true. The things that happen to you don't happen over night...they happen because of the decisions you make...conscientiously...maybe it is the people you have come to associate with...maybe its that one drink too much that ruined a friendship or the idea to find yourself slipping into a slope of lust and pornography. I dont know what it is that you are slow fading with...but I do know for me every decision I make will effect me...however small it is...maybe its that one IM I decide to return to someone who may only use me for something in the end, or it could be masking my femininity with coarse words and joking so that I do not give my heart a chance, but I end up giving it away...Slow Fading is dangerous...black and white will end up fading to grey....and you will give yourself away...and your heart that is set upon God will be nothing left but a battered idolizer...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Christianity the "other" path...
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
- Jesus (Matthew 7:13-14)
Robert Frost made it simple, there are two roads. The first one, the one that everyone takes; the one that is worn and tattered and walked upon daily. Then there is the second one. The one that needed wear. It was beautiful just the same, but people would not walk it. Could it be they were afraid of what was ahead? Could it be because there were very few footprints they could see? Maybe it could be that their friends took the other path, and said how much fun it was and since it was worn it was easier to tread. But Frost knew the other path would bring great joy, excitement and beauty! He says that at the end of his poem, because he traveled this way, he is now a different person. Jesus says that we have two paths as well. The one that is worn and comfortable and vast. And the other is hidden in the woods and when it is found it is a beautiful path full of joy, excitement and beauty. The awful thing is, how do we know what path we are on. One day could we be on the beautiful path making FOOTPRINTS , we could then be diverged and end up on the path that is broad and worn. I think it is a conscience decision everyday to make sure that we end on that path! I have found myself these past few weeks struggling to stay on the narrow path. The broad path has enticed me, with it's comfortability and it's false hope. But I know that if I take the road less traveled, the road of life, then that will make all the difference in me, my family and the world. I just have to make sure I have the things I need to help me make it through, just like a good trip outdoors (which I love!!!) My map (The Bible), my compass (accountablilty) and good shoes to press on (my faith in the Joy that only Christ can give). Getting back on the path is going to be hard, I will need to cut away weeds and walk through brush, but once I get back on the path...I can not wait to say with a sigh..."I took the road less traveled by and that has made all the difference!"
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
- Jesus (Matthew 7:13-14)
Robert Frost made it simple, there are two roads. The first one, the one that everyone takes; the one that is worn and tattered and walked upon daily. Then there is the second one. The one that needed wear. It was beautiful just the same, but people would not walk it. Could it be they were afraid of what was ahead? Could it be because there were very few footprints they could see? Maybe it could be that their friends took the other path, and said how much fun it was and since it was worn it was easier to tread. But Frost knew the other path would bring great joy, excitement and beauty! He says that at the end of his poem, because he traveled this way, he is now a different person. Jesus says that we have two paths as well. The one that is worn and comfortable and vast. And the other is hidden in the woods and when it is found it is a beautiful path full of joy, excitement and beauty. The awful thing is, how do we know what path we are on. One day could we be on the beautiful path making FOOTPRINTS , we could then be diverged and end up on the path that is broad and worn. I think it is a conscience decision everyday to make sure that we end on that path! I have found myself these past few weeks struggling to stay on the narrow path. The broad path has enticed me, with it's comfortability and it's false hope. But I know that if I take the road less traveled, the road of life, then that will make all the difference in me, my family and the world. I just have to make sure I have the things I need to help me make it through, just like a good trip outdoors (which I love!!!) My map (The Bible), my compass (accountablilty) and good shoes to press on (my faith in the Joy that only Christ can give). Getting back on the path is going to be hard, I will need to cut away weeds and walk through brush, but once I get back on the path...I can not wait to say with a sigh..."I took the road less traveled by and that has made all the difference!"
Thursday, January 1, 2009
The New Year
Next year, things are gonna change
Gonna drink less beer, and start all over again
Gonna read more books, gonna keep up with the news
Gonna learn how to cook, spend less money on shoes
I’ll pay my bills on time,and file my mail away, everyday
Only drink the finest wine,and call my Gran every Sunday
Resolutions, baby they come and go
Will I do any of these things? The answers probably no
~ Jamie Cullum
Why do we always set lofty aspirations for us to acheive on our own every year. Last night my childhood friend Niki said that she was going to give up swearing. I love my Kiyaboo but lets be honest, if you knew Kiya you know thats gonna be a tough one. Every year we say that we are going to change something about ourselves to better fit this mold of who we want to be. I say this year my new years resolution isn't surface...its simple. Live each day a little better, a little wiser with a lot of love. I can't do it alone, which is why I am reminded of Hab. 3:19...with God's strength I just want to live a little better each day for him...in worship...simply and candidly...
Gonna drink less beer, and start all over again
Gonna read more books, gonna keep up with the news
Gonna learn how to cook, spend less money on shoes
I’ll pay my bills on time,and file my mail away, everyday
Only drink the finest wine,and call my Gran every Sunday
Resolutions, baby they come and go
Will I do any of these things? The answers probably no
~ Jamie Cullum
Why do we always set lofty aspirations for us to acheive on our own every year. Last night my childhood friend Niki said that she was going to give up swearing. I love my Kiyaboo but lets be honest, if you knew Kiya you know thats gonna be a tough one. Every year we say that we are going to change something about ourselves to better fit this mold of who we want to be. I say this year my new years resolution isn't surface...its simple. Live each day a little better, a little wiser with a lot of love. I can't do it alone, which is why I am reminded of Hab. 3:19...with God's strength I just want to live a little better each day for him...in worship...simply and candidly...
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