| It's been a While |
[22 Jul 2004|12:11pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 cheerful |
] |
| [ |
music |
| |
Who am I - by: Casting Crowns |
] |
HI!! I have not updated in a while but i'm back now. Everything is good. Finally we moved.I really like this house its nice and better than the old house. I'm very grateful for it. I know to my siblings its not the greatest thing ...but, thats cause they arent givin it a chance. Eventually they'll get used to it.I had two really weird dreams Last night....ay where do this dreams come from. well have a good day God BLess!!
Hope you Like my new layout! Thanks to my sister!!!
|
|
| what makes a kiss so special? |
[28 Jun 2004|06:56pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 calm |
] |
Well i just got back from work. Im going on vacation next week so i'm EXCITED!!! although now we are in the middle of moving...Boy...not very pleasant but I always tell myself" to get to the good part, you gotta make it through the bad part" so, i'm ok with it. YOu know i was just thinking...what makes someone's kiss so diffrent from others. Well, I came up with this:
A kiss no matter who gives it to you will always be a kiss and feel like a kiss wether theres feelings in it or not. So,what makes that person's kiss so special. Well the little things...The little things that lead to the kiss. A kiss is a form of affection ... but someone can love you or care about you and the kiss is going to feel like a kiss, and you might not care or love someone and the kiss will still be or feel like a kiss.get me? Well, what do i mean by the little things. Little things are those actions that show your feelings Like showing the person you are with that you are intrested in them: call them just to say "hi", try to be with them (even if it doesnt happen, but atleast try). Just show them you're intrested in them. Respect them, their feelings and their decisions. COMMUNICATE with them tell them whats going on with you...gosh just appreciate them. Let them feel like they are special and just not another person in your life (geez, their your bf/gf) that needs special attention. All that is what makes a kiss so special , so different from others. Dont try to make things ok with a kiss when there has been an argument...instead do all those little things and then top it off with the kiss and the kiss will mean sooo much more. see i always think...if a kiss could make everything ok than how come a kiss cant keep a marriage together? Divorce would be less if it all relied on a kiss or physical satisfaction...but it doesnt. Its those little things that keep couples together...the show of love, intrest the person you are with,respect, APRECIATIon,COMMUNICATION,just that....the things that makes your couple's soul happy...not what makes their body feel good...that only last for that little while...but those little things last in their memory,hearts.spirit forever. So dont be so cold with your special someone...show them that you are happy to be with them....TRUST ME it's something needed becuase then people could seem happy...but their hearts need your "little things".
...Hope yesterday & todays journal...have tought you something...Or brought you to understand your BF/GF...more. God BLess!!!!!
|
|
| I learned a good lesson |
[27 Jun 2004|09:44am] |
|
Last night i couldnt sleep, i just kept thinking and i repented about the way i had been feeling about someone i really appreciate. In the heat of my anger i said relly mean things about this person.But i did learn a good lesson... Thank you God.
THe lesson i learned is that in a relationship when there is no communication there is confusion cause obviously you dont know what the other person feels or thinks so communication is how you know what another person feels or thinks. That leads to assuming, which leads to doubt. So showing emotion and communicating in relationships wether is a friendship,bf-gf,parents and kids, etc. is extremely neccessary.
A relationship is like a Plant. A plant you need to care for it constantly You need to water it, make sure it gets enough sun, talk to it, say nice things to it. If you dont it'll slowwly begin to dry and eventually die. Same thing in a relationship you need to constantly care for it ...water it to grow, talk to it to built a connection, and say nice things to keep it alive. Yea you say i do like him/her but saying to yourself i like my plant wont keep it from drying if you dont water it,talk to it, do the things you need to do to keep it alive.
In any relationship you have wether is with your parents, friends, significant other there will always be down moments, The thing is knowing that happened learning from it and moving on and appreciating that person more after all because through down times you learn and because of that you appreciate more.Just like a plant, you have done all you had to do to care for it but you wake up one morning and find a dry leaf and you think about how you wtered it, was it enough? or was it too much? maybe it was the things you said to it...Through analyzing your actions you realize what you did wrong or didnt do at all and inmediately pluck out the dry leaf so that it wont affect the rest of the plant and now that you knowwhat to do you will do it and you begin to like your plant more because you begin to know it better.
So all i could say is water your relationships with whomever you really care about because eventually if you dont it'll dry up and it wont be there anymore. Even your relationship with God its because we dont water our realtion ship with God that makes us separate from him because we could say "yea i love god" but if we dont take action totruely show our love, read the bible to water the relationship and learn from him talk to him to him Praise him we will find ourselfs disconnected from him.
So For this experience I thank GOd for it because through it i learned about him more and learn this great lesson. A.M .D.G
Later Gator and God Bless!!!
|
|
|
[12 Jun 2004|01:57am] |
HMm interesting
|
|
|
[12 Jun 2004|01:33am] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
Ok |
] |
| [ |
music |
| |
God will make a way |
] |
A young man was at the end of his rope, seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees in prayer
"Lord, I can't go on," he said. "I have too heavy a cross to bear."
The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its weight, just place your cross inside this room.
Then, open that other door and pick out any cross you wish."
The man was filled with relief and said, "Thank you Lord," and he did as he was told.
Upon entering the other room, he saw many crosses; some so large the tops were not visible. Then, he spotted a tiny cross leaning against a far wall.
"I'd like that one, Lord," he whispered. The Lord replied, "My son, that is the cross you just brought in."
When life's problems seem overwhelming, it helps to look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself far more fortunate than you imagined.
Whatever your cross
Whatever your pain
There will always be sunshine
After the rain
Perhaps you may stumble
Perhaps even fall
But God's always there
To help you through it all
|
|
|
[03 Jun 2004|05:53pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 pensive |
] |
| [ |
music |
| |
BBmack-out of my heart |
] |
| L | Lovable | | I | Influential | | L | Lovable | | Y | Young |
Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com
I just found out what a lukeworm Christian is....It is a person who calls themselves Chrisitan but dont walk the christiasn path...now that makes me wonder ...How lukeworm am I?...how about you?...God doesnt like lukewormacy...He wants you to be eigther christian or non-christian....Atleast thats what i read.
|
|
| FUNNY HOW YOU TAKE THE TIMETO READ LONG POINTLESS JOURNALS, BUT REFUSE TO READ ONE ABOUT GOD |
[20 May 2004|01:14pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
content |
] |
| [ |
music |
| |
Avalon - Undeniably YOU |
] |
In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.
And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in! Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
|
|
|
[17 May 2004|11:12pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 happy |
] |
| [ |
music |
| |
Avalon - Undeniably YOU |
] |
LIFE TEEN Presents
Spread the WORD
“For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not
the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves.” – Luke 22:27
SITUATION EXPLAINED
Looking for something to do this summer?
How about becoming more like Christ?
SOLUTION OFFERED
The summer is upon us, schools out and summer jobs are in. I had a variety ofsummer jobs, some good, most not. I dug ditches and landscaped yards in 120degree heat. I coached kids who could win the football championship on their video game in one sitting, but couldn’t catch a real football if their lives depended on it. I delivered over 300 newspapers a day on my bike; nowadays I don’t even have the time to read the paper. And I bussed and waited tables…now THAT was a learning experience.That summer (and the summers that followed) taught me a great deal about the importance and humbling power of service. When we serve there is no room for pride, it is not about us but about the other. There is a reason that service is such a beautiful and virtuous thing, and that our Lord urges and commands us (in today’s verse) to serve one another in love.
Using our bodies and energy to serve another person is a living prayer. Often times these days bodies are used to tear down others rather than build them up. Sarcasm, gossip, foul language, fighting, drug use, drunkenness, lust,premarital sex, abuse…they are all examples of how our society takes the gift of the body and uses it not to serve but to be served or control, not to bring life but death.
Of course, there were other ways beyond my summer job that I could have served. I was really opening up in my faith but lacked opportunities. Actually, I didn’t lack opportunities, I lacked creative ideas in which to serve – simple things I could do on a daily or weekly basis. I wish that someone would have given me some ideas of ways I could have grown closer to God that summer. Even though I can’t go back, I can go forward. Whether or not anyone takes it to heart or tries these…at least I tried. In fact, several of the following ideas I have decided to do this summer in between my travels, in an effort to get back to my summer “roots of service”. Here’s a list of random things to try – some easier than others – give them a shot or come up with your own. How about:
Offering a bottle of water to a mail carrier in the heat of summer.
Showing up to the Church with some friends to wash Father’s car.
Helping a little brother or sister clean or re-decorate their room.
Clearing the table without being asked; doing the dishes before anyone else has a chance.
Get your hands on a helium tank (no, not for funny voices), fill balloons and distribute them to patients at a local children’s hospital.
Getting up early and mowing the lawn or scooping up the dog’s…um, presents.
Offering to babysit – for free - for CORE Members or someone who volunteers at church.
Getting some friends together and offering to help an elderly neighbor with housework.
Cleaning your room (or the house) while the family is out…and then providing smelling salts to help bring your mom back to consciousness when she arrives and sees it.
Give Jesus hands and feet this day. Let your eyes and smiles radiate Christ.
Be the man or woman of service that God designed you to be and that He delights
in.
In the Kingdom of God it’s the waiter who is the greatest, not the one eating. Carry the tray of love for God and serve with a smile. Before you know it,those whom you serve will not only be around the Lord’s table, they’ll be wearing aprons themselves.
SALVATION GIVEN
“For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not
the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves.” – Luke 22:27
Jesus would have been the first one to grab a broom, not sit and point out how dirty the floor was. A true Christian isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
Bible Geek
|
|
| This is how i feel at this moment |
[16 May 2004|07:56pm] |
| [ |
music |
| |
Tonic - if you could only see |
] |
This song describes my feelings at this moment and how i would tell the world about the love between Jesus and I at the moment.
If you Could Only See
If you could only see the way he loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue his eyes can be when he says
When he says he loves me
Well you got your reasons
And you got your lies
And you got your manipulations
They cut me down to size
Sayin' you love but you don't
You give your love but you won't
If you could only see the way he loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue his eyes can be when he says
When he says he loves me
Seems the road less traveled
Show's happiness unraveled
And you got to take a little dirt
To keep what you love
That's what you gotta do
Sayin' you love but you don't
You give your love but you won't
You're stretching out your arms to something that's just not there
Sayin' you love where you stand
Give your heart when you can
Sayin' you love but you don't
You give your love but you won't ( he will)
Sayin' you love where you stand
Give your heart when you can
If you could only see the way he loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about or love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue his eyes can be when he says
When he says he loves me
|
|
| navigation |
| [ |
viewing |
| |
most recent entries |
] |
| [ |
go |
| |
earlier |
] |
|
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
living_faith27's journal
