I need to let go.
Why do some people make surrender seem like such an easy thing?
Why is it so easy to tell God that you’re going to let him script the story of your life…. but then again, why is it also so incredibly easy to take the pen back from Him and try to do it yourself?
Highlighters.
“You guys are all into that born again thing, which is great. We need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy too… But I guess that’s why God invented highlighters, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest.”
-Rich Mullins
I LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!
This weekend was the most amazing weekend of my life! I can’t believe the close relationships formed and the fun we had and God was really at work in peoples hearts. I can’t even find the words to describe it! If you have a facebook, then you can see all of pictures on there… if not then hopefully they will be going up on Flickr soon.
I’m off.
Im leaving for Village Creek in about an hour, and I could not be more ecstatic! That place means so much to me! My parents met there, I grew up there, I accepted Christ there, most of my closest friendships were made there. I love it and I can’t wait! An update of course will be in order once I return and, knowing me, millions upon millions of pictures.
Have an awesome weekend!
I am soooo getting this for Christmas…
The iPod Invisi… dang. That’s pretty sweet!
Dove.
Ok… now I don’t have a daughter, but I do have 3 younger sisters. I hear parents complaining about the media all the time but how many actually do anything about it? Now, I completely agree with them that our perception of beauty is sickeningly twisted but buying them Barbies and fake make-up kits isn’t helping all that much ((even though i have to admit, when i was younger i loved those too)) . Did you know that if Barbie were a real person, she would be 7 feet tall with a shoe size of about… a 4 or 5? Besides that, she would have a freakishly long neck and large head.
I have battles with my 3 grade sister all the time. She thinks that to be pretty she has to lose a ton of weight, dance like Shakira, wear skin-tight clothes, and pile on layers of makeup. She has “pampering days” where she gives herself a whole spa treatment so that she’ll be more pretty when she goes to school so that some boy will think she’s gorgeous and they’ll live happily ever after. She’s in 3RD GRADE!
Seriously, something is not right with this. Why are people starving themselves to be more “beautiful”, when people in other countries are starving to death?
Thing won’t change until we change them.
Servantworks Banquet.
Last night was amazing! I helped out at the Servantworks Banquet and met some of the most incredible people! For example…
Prang: first girl that the Larson family helped out. she gave her testimony and we took pictures.
Jimi Allen: awesome photographer and super sweet guy
The State Rep for Illinois.
Shuree Rivera: incredible singer. really fun and friendly
Then of course there were friends. (Equally as amazing.) The Meisners, Anna Larson (well Anna Hammond now), Ben Hammond, Betsy and Jason Hartong. It was awesome to see what’s going on in Thailand and hear how lives are being changed over there. And over here too! Right in Aurora. I’m so glad that I was a part of that amazing night. =)
