My husband is really smart. He's always about 10 steps ahead of me.
I am always thinking of things that I'd love to do, then forgetting them, or not doing them for various reasons. He is always doing something, something awesome. Lots of times I feel like i'm running to catch up with him. Then I realize, I have to be myself. I'm not him, I'm just married to him.
Things I think about a lot, and could do more about...
being a better wife
friends i've left behind and new friends i'm making
saving time and money, getting organized
how the church can affect the community
priorities
how can the Mardi Gras outreach be effective this yea
what are some ways to help our city
family
music
creativity
teenagers and young people
organizing my thoughts and communicating better
value and worth
changing the world
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
famous
Have you noticed there are great people wherever you go? I miss Illinois, mostly the people there and the Americano's from Aroma, but there are great people and great coffee here too! I work with some really cool people, and I go to church with some awesome people!
I turned 30. As in no longer in my twenties! Crazy to think, but now I must grow up. It's official. Not that I am going to become lame or anything, but I am an adult now. No one believes that I'm 30. That's probably a good thing!
I turned 30. As in no longer in my twenties! Crazy to think, but now I must grow up. It's official. Not that I am going to become lame or anything, but I am an adult now. No one believes that I'm 30. That's probably a good thing!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
uncanny
So much to say...where to begin?!
It seems that everything I read and study in the Bible, and every teaching that I hear directly pertains to my life right now! Including a lot of conversations that I've had with people. It's so awesome, it's how God speaks...because He's amazing.
This week I've been listening to some teachings by Pastor Brian Houston. He was speaking on the power of hindsight, foresight and insight. Of course we all know that hindsight is seeing something after the fact, foresight is seeing something before it happens and insight is seeing into something. Wow. There was so much in this 38 minute podcast, I wish I had a pen and paper, but I was at the gym :)
The challenge is to check where our eyes are looking. Are we looking back? Are we trying to figure out what's ahead? We must lift our eyes above the immediate. God given insight will allow us to see into things and enable us to fulfill kingdom things. If you can acquire godly insight - you can live an uncanny life! Ask God for insight, which is wisdom. You'll find wisdom on the lips of a person of insight, but the shortsighted needs a slap in the face. Proverbs 10:13
Hehe. I love the Bible! Getting old doesn't automatically guarantee you'll have good sense. Experts don't have wisdom cornered. They live according to hindsight; what already was. It won't help you for the future. But insight will. Look into things and see what is ahead. You don't want to look back and say "if only" or "what if".
Here are some interesting comparisons that stuck out to me from this teaching:
1. Hindsight sees results, foresight can see potential. Insight sees the heart.
2. Hindsight believes after its happened, foresight believes before it happens, and insight believes when no one thought it would happen!
3. Hindsight misses opportunity, foresight sees opportunity, insight creates opportunity.
4. Hindsight lives in regrets, foresight lives in hope, insight lives in faith!
5. Hindsight sees what is certain, foresight sees what is possible, insight sees when it is impossible.
6. Hindsight is the word of the fearful, foresight is the word of the courageous, insight is the word of the uncanny.
7. Hindsight knows what everybody knows, foresight knows what few people know, insight knows what nobody knows.
Wow.
So much to work on! And I haven't even mentioned all the rest, what we talked about last weekend, priorities, and tonights lesson. Change is coming. Good thing there is grace.
Again, this is from a teaching from Brian Houston, Hills Church, Sydney Australia. You can find his podcast on itunes, this message is called "Unlocking The Power of Hindsight, Foresight and insight.
It seems that everything I read and study in the Bible, and every teaching that I hear directly pertains to my life right now! Including a lot of conversations that I've had with people. It's so awesome, it's how God speaks...because He's amazing.
This week I've been listening to some teachings by Pastor Brian Houston. He was speaking on the power of hindsight, foresight and insight. Of course we all know that hindsight is seeing something after the fact, foresight is seeing something before it happens and insight is seeing into something. Wow. There was so much in this 38 minute podcast, I wish I had a pen and paper, but I was at the gym :)
The challenge is to check where our eyes are looking. Are we looking back? Are we trying to figure out what's ahead? We must lift our eyes above the immediate. God given insight will allow us to see into things and enable us to fulfill kingdom things. If you can acquire godly insight - you can live an uncanny life! Ask God for insight, which is wisdom. You'll find wisdom on the lips of a person of insight, but the shortsighted needs a slap in the face. Proverbs 10:13
Hehe. I love the Bible! Getting old doesn't automatically guarantee you'll have good sense. Experts don't have wisdom cornered. They live according to hindsight; what already was. It won't help you for the future. But insight will. Look into things and see what is ahead. You don't want to look back and say "if only" or "what if".
Here are some interesting comparisons that stuck out to me from this teaching:
1. Hindsight sees results, foresight can see potential. Insight sees the heart.
2. Hindsight believes after its happened, foresight believes before it happens, and insight believes when no one thought it would happen!
3. Hindsight misses opportunity, foresight sees opportunity, insight creates opportunity.
4. Hindsight lives in regrets, foresight lives in hope, insight lives in faith!
5. Hindsight sees what is certain, foresight sees what is possible, insight sees when it is impossible.
6. Hindsight is the word of the fearful, foresight is the word of the courageous, insight is the word of the uncanny.
7. Hindsight knows what everybody knows, foresight knows what few people know, insight knows what nobody knows.
Wow.
So much to work on! And I haven't even mentioned all the rest, what we talked about last weekend, priorities, and tonights lesson. Change is coming. Good thing there is grace.
Again, this is from a teaching from Brian Houston, Hills Church, Sydney Australia. You can find his podcast on itunes, this message is called "Unlocking The Power of Hindsight, Foresight and insight.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
flourish
There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears...
Almost everyday, at some point in the day, I lose focus. I forget that this life is not all about me. That seems to be opposite of what I see and hear around me; considering the pressure to make our ourselves better. If that's the case, I am in trouble! I've tried so many times to make myself better; better with people, a better wife, better at work, better disciplined, and the list goes on. And there is something in trying, but I'm so glad there's someOne else that wants to shape my life. I've failed so many times, and yet I keep trying. It always happens when I look at someone else who is awesome. And I know many of them, so it's completely easy for me to compare myself to them.
Comparison is not what God had in mind when it comes to my purpose in life. If he wanted to create me to be like everyone else, or like anyone else, He didn't need to think of me before I was born, create me from the inside out, he could have just made a replica, and saved himself some time, effort and energy.
You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day.
How awesome is God?! How incredible to think that he actually thought before he created us! He didn't stop at creation, but then he made a way for us to live, he gave us tools and direction for the daily stuff (His word and his Holy Spirit) and he became the ultimate sacrifice so we could actually live whole, and not be consumed by our sin! And He promises us that He'll finish what he started! It's so much, it's all for us, and it's all for love!
I have to remind myself of this daily! God doesn't want our lives to be depressing comparisons and self-centered quests to find what we are looking for (because we still haven't found what we're looking for). He wants us to accept what He's doing with our lives. It's not like he just walked away after he created us, leaving it to us to figure out how to become awesome. No. He want to complete our lives, to the end, and He has the plan to do it. It's not just life, getting from one day to the next, it's purpose with incredible opportunities and a God who is not going to leave us undone if we stick with Him.
I am so excited for the next that God has for me. I am so eager for the promises that He's given me. I'm ready to flourish.
*Philippians 1:5-6, 9-11 and Psalm 139:14-16, The Message
Almost everyday, at some point in the day, I lose focus. I forget that this life is not all about me. That seems to be opposite of what I see and hear around me; considering the pressure to make our ourselves better. If that's the case, I am in trouble! I've tried so many times to make myself better; better with people, a better wife, better at work, better disciplined, and the list goes on. And there is something in trying, but I'm so glad there's someOne else that wants to shape my life. I've failed so many times, and yet I keep trying. It always happens when I look at someone else who is awesome. And I know many of them, so it's completely easy for me to compare myself to them.
Comparison is not what God had in mind when it comes to my purpose in life. If he wanted to create me to be like everyone else, or like anyone else, He didn't need to think of me before I was born, create me from the inside out, he could have just made a replica, and saved himself some time, effort and energy.
You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day.
How awesome is God?! How incredible to think that he actually thought before he created us! He didn't stop at creation, but then he made a way for us to live, he gave us tools and direction for the daily stuff (His word and his Holy Spirit) and he became the ultimate sacrifice so we could actually live whole, and not be consumed by our sin! And He promises us that He'll finish what he started! It's so much, it's all for us, and it's all for love!
I have to remind myself of this daily! God doesn't want our lives to be depressing comparisons and self-centered quests to find what we are looking for (because we still haven't found what we're looking for). He wants us to accept what He's doing with our lives. It's not like he just walked away after he created us, leaving it to us to figure out how to become awesome. No. He want to complete our lives, to the end, and He has the plan to do it. It's not just life, getting from one day to the next, it's purpose with incredible opportunities and a God who is not going to leave us undone if we stick with Him.
I am so excited for the next that God has for me. I am so eager for the promises that He's given me. I'm ready to flourish.
*Philippians 1:5-6, 9-11 and Psalm 139:14-16, The Message
Friday, October 10, 2008
ill-mannered christians.
Hmm, all these blogs are funny. I guess I just ignore all the nonsense and don't actually get annoyed by the cheesiness/scariness of My Space, Facebook applications that get in my way, or all of these other blogrings. I simply ignore them.
But seriously, today I discovered Hoodstars. It is an online community for you and other hoodstars. Sweet! I've been waiting my whole life!! But really, isn't the point that everyone wants to and NEEDS to belong somewhere? I think so.
I don't really know where I belong at the moment, that is why I deleted my old blog on blogspot and started this new one. You are reading my first post. It's like a redo, a new start. We'll see what happens :) I've also been posting on xanga. Hmm...i'm all over the place, what does that say about me? It says a lot.
Truly though, the "christian" blogrings do make me nervous, because I've seen too many stupid christians. People don't need us getting in the way of finding God, so please by all means, don't be a stupid christian for all the world to see. If your words are speaking this loudly, I really don't want to see your actions.
Oh and by all means, Momaroo scares me too. I don't want to know all the horrors of pregnancy! Not yet anyway, when I'm ready I'll start by watching TLC.
So, I won't be reading any of these, I'll just stick to the stuff that interests me. Be careful, there's not a lot of accountability online. More on this later.
But seriously, today I discovered Hoodstars. It is an online community for you and other hoodstars. Sweet! I've been waiting my whole life!! But really, isn't the point that everyone wants to and NEEDS to belong somewhere? I think so.
I don't really know where I belong at the moment, that is why I deleted my old blog on blogspot and started this new one. You are reading my first post. It's like a redo, a new start. We'll see what happens :) I've also been posting on xanga. Hmm...i'm all over the place, what does that say about me? It says a lot.
Truly though, the "christian" blogrings do make me nervous, because I've seen too many stupid christians. People don't need us getting in the way of finding God, so please by all means, don't be a stupid christian for all the world to see. If your words are speaking this loudly, I really don't want to see your actions.
Oh and by all means, Momaroo scares me too. I don't want to know all the horrors of pregnancy! Not yet anyway, when I'm ready I'll start by watching TLC.
So, I won't be reading any of these, I'll just stick to the stuff that interests me. Be careful, there's not a lot of accountability online. More on this later.
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