The title is a little off it's rocker ain't it? I think it's funny, and it's just one of them, "you had to have been there' kind of moments. This was said by my husband when I accused him of grazing his hand across my leg or something and he sat up and said in the cutest voice "Cows graze, Tommy didn't" I laughed so hard that I almost cried. And you know, I love those moments with my husband. It's all worth every little stupid argument we have when we are just able to sit there and play around and laugh at each other and have the best time. Love. It's something that is very hard to come by. Not everyone finds their true love, but I"m glad and blessed that I found mine.
This past weekend I was at mama's washing clothes and we were watching What not to Wear!!!!! Tell me, who does not LOVE that show?!! It's one of my favorite's. I love stacy and clinton, they are just so funny, and give good advice! I would love to go on that show! But see, with me it would be nearly impossible for them to make me buy $500 jackets or pants... I'd be hitting the cheaper stores, and looking for sales, and yes, I know it's their money, but still. I want the most for my money, and if I can't find it in New York, then it's just hopeless! Haha, I am in no way saying that I need to go on this show. Just to clear that up. I would willingly get rid of my wardrobe though to go on this show because as hard as it is for me to find jeans and pants that are long enough, I know that they'd be able to help me. And then I'd just get my hair done and makeup done as a bonus. But they'd have to do that on a different show because they CAN'T cut into my shopping time. I would have so much fun!!!
I am a terrible person though. Ha, I got one of my friends the season 5 in Gilmore Girls!!! Ok, who does not love Gilmore Girls either!?!? Crazy people out there! That show is so witty and sarcastic and I just love it. And she has said before that she would like to get into it, so I got her a set. She let me have it back because she's got too much to watch, all these other shows that she's into. So I watched Season 5 and am DYING to get season 6!!!
I didn't do my devotion this morning. Sorry, the next one that I think is really good, I'll put up here. I"m just not very into blogging today. Just thoguht I'd do an update though. Leave some love.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
My Devotion for This Morning
~The Devotion~
Look Again and Consecrate
"If God so clothes the grass of the field..., will He not much more clothe you...?" (Matthew 6:30).
A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple. Jesus asks us to consider that "if God so clothes the grass of the field..." how "much more" will He clothe you, if you keep your relationship right with Him? Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than Jesus Christ. We have allowed "the cares of this world" to enter in (Matthew 13:22), while forgetting the "much more" of our heavenly Father.
"Look at the birds of the air..." (6:26). Their function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over them. Jesus said that if you have the right relationship with Him and will obey His Spirit within you, then God will care for your "feathers" too.
"Consider the lilies of the field..." (6:28). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don't take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things. Did Jesus Christ lie to us? Are we experiencing the "much more" He promised? If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on our service to Him? Consecratetion is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?
This is out of the book called "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chamers.
~My Thoughts~
This devotion just hit me this morning. I don't know why, but wow. Look at all of the promises in there, in the scripture, it's all true. If God loves us "much more" than the grass and the birds and the lilies, which He does, then how can we doubt Him? He always takes care of the grass and the lilies and the birds, so why wouldn't He want to take care of us? We are his Children, and He is NOT one of those dead beat dads. He is not one of the ones that does not want anything to do with you or to come to your wedding or to your basketball games or is going to beat you or neglect you, He is ALWAYS there, and the great thing is... He is not there because He feels like He has to be. He is there because He WANTS to be. Wow! What a feeling of love and care and how blessed we are. He loves us so much that He will Always be with us, and always has been and He wants to be with us. He wants to watch us grow and fall in love, and he wants to be there when our hearts are broken, these are the most beautiful times by the way. The times where you feel there is nothing left for you to put your hope into. The times when you feel like the whole world has abandoned you, He is right there by your side just wanting us to cry on HIS shoulder and to let Him hold us and comfort us. He will never be too busy, He will never have something else better to do. He doesn't care how we look, if we have snotty faces or makeup running everywhere, He doesn't think we need the makeup we wear because it's hiding who we really are. I LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM. He is my daddy, not just my Saviour, which that He is and very much so, but I have come to realize that my earthly father is not the best image of God *hint of sarcasm*. My dad is just that, he is a dad. Nothing more. But God, heh, He is my daddy. I can crawl up in his lap or sit at the foot of his big chair and watch the clouds roll by. Sit there with him and talk about anything and everything and, guess what, He DOESN'T JUDGE. He knows we have had problems and that we fail, he knows this and he loves us all the same. What a relief!
That's my Daddy for you. I love Him.
Look Again and Consecrate
"If God so clothes the grass of the field..., will He not much more clothe you...?" (Matthew 6:30).
A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple. Jesus asks us to consider that "if God so clothes the grass of the field..." how "much more" will He clothe you, if you keep your relationship right with Him? Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than Jesus Christ. We have allowed "the cares of this world" to enter in (Matthew 13:22), while forgetting the "much more" of our heavenly Father.
"Look at the birds of the air..." (6:26). Their function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over them. Jesus said that if you have the right relationship with Him and will obey His Spirit within you, then God will care for your "feathers" too.
"Consider the lilies of the field..." (6:28). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don't take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things. Did Jesus Christ lie to us? Are we experiencing the "much more" He promised? If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on our service to Him? Consecratetion is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?
This is out of the book called "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chamers.
~My Thoughts~
This devotion just hit me this morning. I don't know why, but wow. Look at all of the promises in there, in the scripture, it's all true. If God loves us "much more" than the grass and the birds and the lilies, which He does, then how can we doubt Him? He always takes care of the grass and the lilies and the birds, so why wouldn't He want to take care of us? We are his Children, and He is NOT one of those dead beat dads. He is not one of the ones that does not want anything to do with you or to come to your wedding or to your basketball games or is going to beat you or neglect you, He is ALWAYS there, and the great thing is... He is not there because He feels like He has to be. He is there because He WANTS to be. Wow! What a feeling of love and care and how blessed we are. He loves us so much that He will Always be with us, and always has been and He wants to be with us. He wants to watch us grow and fall in love, and he wants to be there when our hearts are broken, these are the most beautiful times by the way. The times where you feel there is nothing left for you to put your hope into. The times when you feel like the whole world has abandoned you, He is right there by your side just wanting us to cry on HIS shoulder and to let Him hold us and comfort us. He will never be too busy, He will never have something else better to do. He doesn't care how we look, if we have snotty faces or makeup running everywhere, He doesn't think we need the makeup we wear because it's hiding who we really are. I LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM. He is my daddy, not just my Saviour, which that He is and very much so, but I have come to realize that my earthly father is not the best image of God *hint of sarcasm*. My dad is just that, he is a dad. Nothing more. But God, heh, He is my daddy. I can crawl up in his lap or sit at the foot of his big chair and watch the clouds roll by. Sit there with him and talk about anything and everything and, guess what, He DOESN'T JUDGE. He knows we have had problems and that we fail, he knows this and he loves us all the same. What a relief!
That's my Daddy for you. I love Him.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Helping Others
I have found out that it is really rewarding helping others. To put others before yourself is something that I always had a hard time doing, but tried my hardest to do. When you do volunteer work or sponsor a Child from World Vision, there is just this feeling inside of you that gets all warm and fuzzy and it just makes you feel like you can actually make a difference in this world of ours. With all the bad things going on, why not try to make a few good memories by helping others. I am on this team at my church called Catalyst. We want to do for others, not have them do for us. Like next weekend we are having a "Generations" Lunch. It is for the Adult 4 and 5 classes in our church. The senior citizens basically. When we just mentioned the thought of it, they just got so excited that the younger people wanted to do something for them. And on the invitations, we said that we wanted to HONOR them. That it would be our HONOR. How neat is that? To honor them for what they have done and been thru. I can't wait to talk to these adults next saturday and find out more about their lives. We also did an Interview video with them and asked them questions like "how did you meet your husband/wife" or "where was your first kiss or date." Basically we are just trying to bring back that sense of being young and love in their lives. It's exciting seeing them get excited.
Just try it for a weekend or for a day even, try to put everyone else before yourself. Try to help someone across the street or help someone put groceries in their car before you put yours up. Let someone get in front of you if you have a ton of things in your buggy and they only have a few. It's hard to do and a lot of times it doesn't even cross our mind, and I think that is how sad it is. That we have come to that. We don't even think about it anymore. Good deeds used to be a way of showing respect, or kindness, now the words good and deeds aren't even in our vocabulary! Just try it with me, ok?
That's all for now,
Mrs. Solomon
Just try it for a weekend or for a day even, try to put everyone else before yourself. Try to help someone across the street or help someone put groceries in their car before you put yours up. Let someone get in front of you if you have a ton of things in your buggy and they only have a few. It's hard to do and a lot of times it doesn't even cross our mind, and I think that is how sad it is. That we have come to that. We don't even think about it anymore. Good deeds used to be a way of showing respect, or kindness, now the words good and deeds aren't even in our vocabulary! Just try it with me, ok?
That's all for now,
Mrs. Solomon
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Troop Surge?
what do you think?
I want to know what ya'll think about the troop surge?
Do you think it will do any good? Will it make things worse?
What does this mean for our militarymen?
Any military wives out there? Let me know! I'm one too.
I want to know what ya'll think about the troop surge?
Do you think it will do any good? Will it make things worse?
What does this mean for our militarymen?
Any military wives out there? Let me know! I'm one too.
Welcome!
Hey hey, this is a new blog site for me.
I know I copy-catted my friend but it was a good idea. I am going to try this out and see how I like it and if I'll even remember to come check it, but I hope that I will. I would like this site to be sort of a get-away spot. We can talk about anything and everything from movies and music to life's daily problems to just a simple chat. I hope that this will turn out to be a good thing. I need a little extra daily dose of getting my thoughts down. I am really bad at keeping a journal and, well, I like to blog. I am good at typing and it doesn't make my hands hurt like writing for an hour does. I hope that this will be helpfull to everyone else as much as it will and might be for me. Maybe some readers might be going thru some of the things that I'm going thru and I can only hope that someone will learn from my mistakes and my problems if I don't. So expect lots of screwups! Not really, that was a joke. Anyway, if this turns into a total flop, then this could be one of the very few posts I put on here. But lets have higher hopes. No flops! So help me, work with me, lets get some conversations going!
I know I copy-catted my friend but it was a good idea. I am going to try this out and see how I like it and if I'll even remember to come check it, but I hope that I will. I would like this site to be sort of a get-away spot. We can talk about anything and everything from movies and music to life's daily problems to just a simple chat. I hope that this will turn out to be a good thing. I need a little extra daily dose of getting my thoughts down. I am really bad at keeping a journal and, well, I like to blog. I am good at typing and it doesn't make my hands hurt like writing for an hour does. I hope that this will be helpfull to everyone else as much as it will and might be for me. Maybe some readers might be going thru some of the things that I'm going thru and I can only hope that someone will learn from my mistakes and my problems if I don't. So expect lots of screwups! Not really, that was a joke. Anyway, if this turns into a total flop, then this could be one of the very few posts I put on here. But lets have higher hopes. No flops! So help me, work with me, lets get some conversations going!
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