I submit to you this intriguing little piece. Many conversations with the girls in my home group center around the desire to find a man of God with which to share our lives. I like this girl's take on the issue.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
love love love
I love love love the people in my life.
God has blessed me with awesome people in my life. I mean, really blessed me. I work with this group of amazing women who want to serve God and reach out with love to women who need His love. I have this great home group full of people who really want to grow and be in community. I've joined this awesome church that supports its leaders, challenges each of us to examine our own lives, and to seek God wholeheartedly. I have some really awesome family members who love me.
Thank You, Father God, for blessing me with amazing people. May I in return seek to be a blessing to others.
God has blessed me with awesome people in my life. I mean, really blessed me. I work with this group of amazing women who want to serve God and reach out with love to women who need His love. I have this great home group full of people who really want to grow and be in community. I've joined this awesome church that supports its leaders, challenges each of us to examine our own lives, and to seek God wholeheartedly. I have some really awesome family members who love me.
Thank You, Father God, for blessing me with amazing people. May I in return seek to be a blessing to others.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
on being a girl
Being a girl can be hard.
You get a lot of mixed messages. You get a lot of messages period. Like who you should be. What really makes a woman a woman.
To whom do I choose to listen? What dials do I turn up to drown out the others? Which messages can I reconcile together?
Be thin. Be beautiful. Be sexy. Grab his attention. Show a little more skin. Dress modestly. Act your age. Have fun. Be flirty. Take control. Let the guy lead. Lead him on. Exude confidence. Wrap him around your little finger. Leave him begging for more.Wait on God's timing. Grab the bull by it's horns. Pray about it.
25 years old.
Single.
Young professional.
Striving for purity.
Desiring a godly man in my life.
Excited for a family one day soon,
and yet totally enjoying this season of life, too.
Wanting God to use me wherever I am.
Wanting to be and become the woman He wants me to be.
But wanting to be attractive, sexy, confident, and successful the whole way through.
You get a lot of mixed messages. You get a lot of messages period. Like who you should be. What really makes a woman a woman.
To whom do I choose to listen? What dials do I turn up to drown out the others? Which messages can I reconcile together?
Be thin. Be beautiful. Be sexy. Grab his attention. Show a little more skin. Dress modestly. Act your age. Have fun. Be flirty. Take control. Let the guy lead. Lead him on. Exude confidence. Wrap him around your little finger. Leave him begging for more.Wait on God's timing. Grab the bull by it's horns. Pray about it.
25 years old.
Single.
Young professional.
Striving for purity.
Desiring a godly man in my life.
Excited for a family one day soon,
and yet totally enjoying this season of life, too.
Wanting God to use me wherever I am.
Wanting to be and become the woman He wants me to be.
But wanting to be attractive, sexy, confident, and successful the whole way through.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Resonating with White
"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
E.B. White made this remark. E.B. White, Pulitzer Prizer winner and author of such children's classics as Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little. Interesting.
I've loved this quote from the first time I heard it from a friend in college. It so captures the pull, the tension I feel so often in my life.
E.B. White made this remark. E.B. White, Pulitzer Prizer winner and author of such children's classics as Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little. Interesting.
I've loved this quote from the first time I heard it from a friend in college. It so captures the pull, the tension I feel so often in my life.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
kindred spirits
It's so beautiful to connect with a kindred spirit. This week has been especially beautiful in this way. Because I met Carrie.
Carrie and I initially met via email. We were both looking for a roommate. I've been in Baltimore this week for Care Net's National Pregnancy Center Conference. Carrie and I were both looking to split the cost of a hotel room by finding a roommate. And boy, am I so glad we found each other!
Carrie and I understand each other. We're both passionate people. Both searching for the truth. Both wanting to reach out with love and hope to women who find themselves in unplanned pregnancies. Wanting to strive for organizational excellence in our nonprofits. Desiring God's best for our lives and the lives of those around us. Both wanting to love our God and the people around us with not just our hearts, but our minds and souls, our bodies and our whole complete selves. Both praying for continued healing in our lives, and trusting our Father to continue using us as we humbly continue to follow.
The best thing here at Conference is definitely the people. People who understand the ministry. Who are living the ministry. So beautiful.
Thank You, God, for kindred spirits.
Carrie and I initially met via email. We were both looking for a roommate. I've been in Baltimore this week for Care Net's National Pregnancy Center Conference. Carrie and I were both looking to split the cost of a hotel room by finding a roommate. And boy, am I so glad we found each other!
Carrie and I understand each other. We're both passionate people. Both searching for the truth. Both wanting to reach out with love and hope to women who find themselves in unplanned pregnancies. Wanting to strive for organizational excellence in our nonprofits. Desiring God's best for our lives and the lives of those around us. Both wanting to love our God and the people around us with not just our hearts, but our minds and souls, our bodies and our whole complete selves. Both praying for continued healing in our lives, and trusting our Father to continue using us as we humbly continue to follow.
The best thing here at Conference is definitely the people. People who understand the ministry. Who are living the ministry. So beautiful.
Thank You, God, for kindred spirits.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
on insecurities
So I'm visiting this new (to me) church in the Quad Cities. The minister is midway through a message series on emotions that can cripple. Last night's focus was on insecurity. How very appropriate. As I enter this new season of life and ministry, I am faced with new situations. New people, new places, the unknown. And the unknown inevitably brings with it some level of anxiety because you're not sure what to expect. A wave of initial insecurity. Having to remember who you are, whose you are.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
advocate
I want to be an advocate for strong, faithful, passionate marriage relationships.
Relationships are crumbling all around me. Promises broken. Hearts broken. Hopes shattered. Dreams torn in half. It hurts so much to watch. To be near it all. And I ponder how that if it causes me so much pain, how much greater that pain must be for those involved.
How can I work to affirm the marriage relationships in my life? My family. My friends. My neighbors. I've several times been told I possess the gift of encouragement and exhortation. So now I seek to leverage that gift to work as an affirmer, an advocate, a cheerleader, a support.
Relationships are crumbling all around me. Promises broken. Hearts broken. Hopes shattered. Dreams torn in half. It hurts so much to watch. To be near it all. And I ponder how that if it causes me so much pain, how much greater that pain must be for those involved.
How can I work to affirm the marriage relationships in my life? My family. My friends. My neighbors. I've several times been told I possess the gift of encouragement and exhortation. So now I seek to leverage that gift to work as an affirmer, an advocate, a cheerleader, a support.
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