Wednesday, February 13, 2019
The Fruit of The Spirit- Peace
To be honest, I'm not quite sure how or what to start this... It's been a few years & I have come back & started to write on this subject a few times & have just gotten "Writer's Block" & consequently, never had an opportunity to finish this - so here we are: Peace.
It's pretty broad & so many connotations associated with it: calmness, serenity, no conflict, etc. I'm sure there's many more but wanted to establish a general base.
I don't think we can ever truly comprehend or understand peace, we have a general idea, but it's just a concept, as we've not experienced it, except 2 people.
If we read Genesis, God creates the world in 6 days and tells us it's perfect. "Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good." This is before sin became part of the earth, so there was nothing else to compare it to. Adam & Eve were equals, there was no carnivorism, death, disease, plague, seasons, change, weeds, even stubbing your toe on a rock - not possible.
They were in a relationship with God, it says that they literally walked with Him - "And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day...", an evening stroll with God. This was possible because we had not become corrupted by sin & were like God, in the sense where we were righteous & holy, without any fault - "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Don't misunderstand & take this as some kind of blasphemy, they were not equal to God in regards that Adam & Eve were exactly like God, but were perfect & possessed His qualities thoroughly, which is what God requires.
That was complete peace - being together & face-to-face with the Prince of Peace. Obviously, Adam & Eve chose differently & consequently we've suffered the consequences of that.
We now have sin, which is the exact opposite of peace & goodwill.
Honestly, peace eludes us. There is never going to be a time of 100% peace in this world until Christ returns - that's a fact. Complete peace isn't something for us to obtain, there is never going to be a morning where we get to wake up & have Nirvana, and how can one really know the blessings & peace that God offers in a world that caters to what looks & sounds good to us, but is the complete opposite of good for us?? We choose our desires & think we know better than God when it pertains to our lives, and wonder why the world is so full of conflict. We are our own worst enemies.
I'm a pretty uptight & high-strung person. I need schedules, order, plans, and routine. I constantly worry about any & everything, no matter how insignificant. It doesn't help me or change an outcome, but this is the way I have programmed myself.
My worry is a lack of trust in God.
Peace only comes from trust in God, which is not as easy as it sounds. Truthfully, even I don't fully understand or know how to really do this, I'm definitely in this process & it's difficult because it's not just something I can pray about. I have to change my attitude, the way I look at things, think and react - and it's hard to break habits & change an identity that is instilled in us. I need to pause enough & listen & try to commune w/ God through the ways we best can - Scripture, prayer, church, and worship is definitely time-consuming & requires effort, but it's the only truly fulfilling thing I have & can count on, that will never disappoint me, and that gives me peace.
Knowing that God doesn't change but is constant.
Knowing that God is bigger than everything.
Knowing that God only has the best for me.
Monday, February 17, 2014
The Fruit of The Spirit- Joy
Dickens' character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is one of the most popular icons in history. Scrooge not only dominates A Christmas Carol novel, but continues in pop culture, entertainment, science, historical figures, and the English language.
Commonly, people use the term "Scrooge" towards someone who is acting, or just is, odious.
See, in the book, Scrooge is portrayed as a miserable, morbid, and mean-spirited man. But why?
He was rich, accomplished, & educated. Were there anything he wanted, he could have. Certainly, he could buy his heart's desires. But what could someone, who has everything, have anything to be so tenaciously morose about?
While the author never comes out & simply says Scrooge's problem was that of having no joy, we see from what he does say about Scrooge & Scrooge's actions.
Scrooge had no joy or happiness.
Dickens tells us that Scrooge was not just unpleasant inwardly, but that even his outward appearance was influential by this.
"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice..."
While joy & happiness seemed void in Scrooge's life, I think he was happy being unhappy or joyless. He put his faith, hope, & trust in his wealth & fortune. His money held his belief & assurance.
I think Dickens saw this in people, and put it on paper.
The Bible mentions the word "joy", 165 times in the KJV. All of which start/come/originate from love(God).
Contrary to most people, joy & happiness are different. While both are great & a blessing, they are not the same.
Happiness is defined by Webster as fortune & good luck. I.E- Getting a good grade, winning a bet, making a good purchase, etc. Material things make for happiness, while joy, on the other hand, is comprised of the more meaningful things in our lives- friends & family, falling in love, fond memories, etc.
Looking at this, we see that happiness is based & dependent on circumstance, while joy is existent in spite of whatever is going down.
However, as humans, we blur the lines of joy & happiness.
The relationships & people & other things that bring us joy, often take the place of God & GIVE us joy. In other words, we don't know how to be joyous without them, forgetting all about God.
This is called the Priority Pitfall.
We are blessed with possessions, relationships, success, & more, that we find joy & happiness from those things(again, not wrong), but when we find ourselves without those things that gave us joy & happiness, we might lose all joy & happiness. God didn't intend it to be this way, but as humans we screwed up His groove. God had designed it that we find our joy from Him, that we don't NEED the other things He blesses us with, to get joy. That even if we lose those things, we find comfort & joy that we still have Him.
People prefer proof rather than faith. The known to the unknown. The tangible. Happiness to joy.
People tend to put their assurance into things that are in the now, tangible, visible, etc. I'm not saying it's not bad to have pleasure & happiness from these, don't get me wrong. People, myself included, just oftentimes get our priorities jumbled.
The things God places in our lives only become the Enemy's tool, when we take the things He blesses us with as means of giving us joy & happiness, when they become our sole generator for joy, taking the place of God.
When our joy is taken away by the Enemy, the Scrooge effect comes in & callouses us & makes us hardhearted. Then God has to break that, by sending a wake-up call.
(pun intended)
This simple equation is the secret to true joy & happiness.
God is Joy.
Joy=God.
God=Joy.
So as we remember this concept, we can look at Mr. Scrooge & see what happens when we apply it-
"Many laughed to see this alteration in him, but he let them laugh & little heeded them, for he knew no good thing in this world ever happened, at which some did not have their fill of laughter. His own heart laughed & that was quite enough for him..."
Commonly, people use the term "Scrooge" towards someone who is acting, or just is, odious.
See, in the book, Scrooge is portrayed as a miserable, morbid, and mean-spirited man. But why?
He was rich, accomplished, & educated. Were there anything he wanted, he could have. Certainly, he could buy his heart's desires. But what could someone, who has everything, have anything to be so tenaciously morose about?
While the author never comes out & simply says Scrooge's problem was that of having no joy, we see from what he does say about Scrooge & Scrooge's actions.
Scrooge had no joy or happiness.
Dickens tells us that Scrooge was not just unpleasant inwardly, but that even his outward appearance was influential by this.
"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice..."
While joy & happiness seemed void in Scrooge's life, I think he was happy being unhappy or joyless. He put his faith, hope, & trust in his wealth & fortune. His money held his belief & assurance.
I think Dickens saw this in people, and put it on paper.
Contrary to most people, joy & happiness are different. While both are great & a blessing, they are not the same.
Happiness is defined by Webster as fortune & good luck. I.E- Getting a good grade, winning a bet, making a good purchase, etc. Material things make for happiness, while joy, on the other hand, is comprised of the more meaningful things in our lives- friends & family, falling in love, fond memories, etc.
Looking at this, we see that happiness is based & dependent on circumstance, while joy is existent in spite of whatever is going down.
However, as humans, we blur the lines of joy & happiness.
The relationships & people & other things that bring us joy, often take the place of God & GIVE us joy. In other words, we don't know how to be joyous without them, forgetting all about God.
This is called the Priority Pitfall.
We are blessed with possessions, relationships, success, & more, that we find joy & happiness from those things(again, not wrong), but when we find ourselves without those things that gave us joy & happiness, we might lose all joy & happiness. God didn't intend it to be this way, but as humans we screwed up His groove. God had designed it that we find our joy from Him, that we don't NEED the other things He blesses us with, to get joy. That even if we lose those things, we find comfort & joy that we still have Him.
People prefer proof rather than faith. The known to the unknown. The tangible. Happiness to joy.
People tend to put their assurance into things that are in the now, tangible, visible, etc. I'm not saying it's not bad to have pleasure & happiness from these, don't get me wrong. People, myself included, just oftentimes get our priorities jumbled.
The things God places in our lives only become the Enemy's tool, when we take the things He blesses us with as means of giving us joy & happiness, when they become our sole generator for joy, taking the place of God.
When our joy is taken away by the Enemy, the Scrooge effect comes in & callouses us & makes us hardhearted. Then God has to break that, by sending a wake-up call.
(pun intended)
This simple equation is the secret to true joy & happiness.
God is Joy.
Joy=God.
God=Joy.
So as we remember this concept, we can look at Mr. Scrooge & see what happens when we apply it-
"Many laughed to see this alteration in him, but he let them laugh & little heeded them, for he knew no good thing in this world ever happened, at which some did not have their fill of laughter. His own heart laughed & that was quite enough for him..."
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The Fruit of The Spirit- Love
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
- Galatians 5:16-17
Paul is writing to the Galatian church. They're a newish church & they're still struggling with the concept of walking in the Spirit. He tells them that everything they need to walk in the Spirit is the total & complete opposite of what they are accustomed to, as human beings. Where they would hit that person back for hitting them, Paul emphasizes on doing the opposite. This would be a FRUIT of the Spirit. A fruit is simply a payoff or benefit from one's work.
Look at verse 22. What do you see, besides the obvious, well-known list of fruits of the Spirits?
If you look in the beginning of the sequence (yeah, its a sequence), it starts off with love. Why?
1. Love=God. God=Love. God is Love.
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. And we have know & believed the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
- 1 John 4:8 &16
The Scriptures clearly say God is love. Love is God.
Simply put- If you don't have God, you don't have love. You may think you do, and you might, just not the REAL or authentic stuff. It's just worldly or "man's" love. It's generic. Fraudulent. Leaves ya with this weird throbbing that comes when your heart gets broken, I don't know...
Anyway- not the point, but it is.
You have to have a full blown relationship with God to truly & fully understand the huge concept of love. Not the superficial kind, the real kind.
If you don't have this 1-on-1 relationship with God, stop reading. The rest will be a pile of uslessness. You won't have understood it & I will have wasted your time.
However, if you don't- I ardently encourage you to pursue one.
I promise you, I swear to you, it is without a single doubt, the absolute very best decision you can/ever will make.
2. Without Love, it's Impossible for the Other Fruits to Exist.
So the entire line-up of The Fruit of The Spirit follows love(God). Without love(God), the others are all immaterial. {Ok, to simplify things, whenever you see love ANYWHERE, in this, think God, ok?}
Without love, there is no joy, because there's nothing that gives you joy.
Without love, there is no peace, because there's nothing that gives you peace.
Without love, there's no long-suffering(patience), because to be patient, is to love.
Without love, there's no kindness, because to be kind, is to love.
Without love, there's no goodness, because goodness' motivator is love.
Without love, there's no faithfulness, because faithfulness' motivator is love.
Without love, there's no gentleness, because there's no reason to be gentle.
Without love, there's no self-control, because there's no reason to have self-control.
Every single quality REQUIRES love. (Remember- Love=God. God=Love)
3. Love is Self-less.
Look at the list of The Fruit of the Spirit. Besides love, only 2 of 8 of the listed Fruits are giving DIRECTLY to you. That's only 1/4! Joy & Peace are the only 2 that are giving a gift, in a sense, to you. The rest are all things that you use for the betterment/exhortation/encouragement of your brothers & sisters in Christ & everyone around you. So obviously, if there's no Fruits without love, and only 2 of the Fruits are about/for you, then obviously love is selfless.
It's not about you, but rather what you can do for others.
This idea does work. Think of it like this-
Sam has Sally's back, Sally has Sue's back, Sue has Spencer's back, and Spencer has Sam's back.
A complete circle.
So if you have someone else's back, and everyone abides by this code, like Christians are called to do- Then you don't have to worry about yourself. You shouldn't anyway, God has you all taken care of. This is just one of His methods.
4. After Love, Each Fruit Leads into Each Other.
I'll show ya-
When you have love(God, remember?) you automatically are joyful/happy because you're filled & feel all warm & fuzzy. So, you have something to be joyful about, and with this joy & "cloud-9" feeling, you have a sense of peace. This comes because you're not hollow & empty, but full AND happy, to boot. Now that you're feeling blessed & refreshed, it's time to share what you have & offer the opportunity to others-
But, since the world is the world, they're not the most cooperative bunch, so a degree of patience is most definitely required. With this patience, you continue to be kind & good to those about you. But this not only requires patience, but also faithfulness- persistence & a will to continue what you have set out to do. You continue to be the example you're called to be, and with this new ingredient (faithfulness) added to the mix of patience, a gentleness becomes a part of your MO. But there is only so much a person can take, how you deal with it is up to you. That's where this neat, little fan-dangled thing called self control comes in. It gives you the strength to repeat the WHOLE cycle all over again- which is every day.
All of this originates/begins with/comes from love.
So Love-
1. Love=God. God=Love. God is Love.
Without Him, no love.
2. Without Love, it's Impossible for the Other Fruits to Exist.
Without love, no other fruits. No God/love, no love/God, no Fruits.
3. Love is Self-less.
It's not about you, but rather what you can do for others.
Think of the circle.
4. After Love, Each Fruit Leads into Each Other.
Love is the base for it all. God is the base for it all.
Love=God. God=Love. God is Love.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
- Galatians 5:16-17
Paul is writing to the Galatian church. They're a newish church & they're still struggling with the concept of walking in the Spirit. He tells them that everything they need to walk in the Spirit is the total & complete opposite of what they are accustomed to, as human beings. Where they would hit that person back for hitting them, Paul emphasizes on doing the opposite. This would be a FRUIT of the Spirit. A fruit is simply a payoff or benefit from one's work.
Look at verse 22. What do you see, besides the obvious, well-known list of fruits of the Spirits?
If you look in the beginning of the sequence (yeah, its a sequence), it starts off with love. Why?
1. Love=God. God=Love. God is Love.
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. And we have know & believed the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
- 1 John 4:8 &16
The Scriptures clearly say God is love. Love is God.
Simply put- If you don't have God, you don't have love. You may think you do, and you might, just not the REAL or authentic stuff. It's just worldly or "man's" love. It's generic. Fraudulent. Leaves ya with this weird throbbing that comes when your heart gets broken, I don't know...
Anyway- not the point, but it is.
You have to have a full blown relationship with God to truly & fully understand the huge concept of love. Not the superficial kind, the real kind.
If you don't have this 1-on-1 relationship with God, stop reading. The rest will be a pile of uslessness. You won't have understood it & I will have wasted your time.
However, if you don't- I ardently encourage you to pursue one.
I promise you, I swear to you, it is without a single doubt, the absolute very best decision you can/ever will make.
2. Without Love, it's Impossible for the Other Fruits to Exist.
So the entire line-up of The Fruit of The Spirit follows love(God). Without love(God), the others are all immaterial. {Ok, to simplify things, whenever you see love ANYWHERE, in this, think God, ok?}
Without love, there is no joy, because there's nothing that gives you joy.
Without love, there is no peace, because there's nothing that gives you peace.
Without love, there's no long-suffering(patience), because to be patient, is to love.
Without love, there's no kindness, because to be kind, is to love.
Without love, there's no goodness, because goodness' motivator is love.
Without love, there's no faithfulness, because faithfulness' motivator is love.
Without love, there's no gentleness, because there's no reason to be gentle.
Without love, there's no self-control, because there's no reason to have self-control.
Every single quality REQUIRES love. (Remember- Love=God. God=Love)
3. Love is Self-less.
Look at the list of The Fruit of the Spirit. Besides love, only 2 of 8 of the listed Fruits are giving DIRECTLY to you. That's only 1/4! Joy & Peace are the only 2 that are giving a gift, in a sense, to you. The rest are all things that you use for the betterment/exhortation/encouragement of your brothers & sisters in Christ & everyone around you. So obviously, if there's no Fruits without love, and only 2 of the Fruits are about/for you, then obviously love is selfless.
It's not about you, but rather what you can do for others.
This idea does work. Think of it like this-
Sam has Sally's back, Sally has Sue's back, Sue has Spencer's back, and Spencer has Sam's back.
A complete circle.
So if you have someone else's back, and everyone abides by this code, like Christians are called to do- Then you don't have to worry about yourself. You shouldn't anyway, God has you all taken care of. This is just one of His methods.
4. After Love, Each Fruit Leads into Each Other.
I'll show ya-
When you have love(God, remember?) you automatically are joyful/happy because you're filled & feel all warm & fuzzy. So, you have something to be joyful about, and with this joy & "cloud-9" feeling, you have a sense of peace. This comes because you're not hollow & empty, but full AND happy, to boot. Now that you're feeling blessed & refreshed, it's time to share what you have & offer the opportunity to others-
But, since the world is the world, they're not the most cooperative bunch, so a degree of patience is most definitely required. With this patience, you continue to be kind & good to those about you. But this not only requires patience, but also faithfulness- persistence & a will to continue what you have set out to do. You continue to be the example you're called to be, and with this new ingredient (faithfulness) added to the mix of patience, a gentleness becomes a part of your MO. But there is only so much a person can take, how you deal with it is up to you. That's where this neat, little fan-dangled thing called self control comes in. It gives you the strength to repeat the WHOLE cycle all over again- which is every day.
All of this originates/begins with/comes from love.
So Love-
1. Love=God. God=Love. God is Love.
Without Him, no love.
2. Without Love, it's Impossible for the Other Fruits to Exist.
Without love, no other fruits. No God/love, no love/God, no Fruits.
3. Love is Self-less.
It's not about you, but rather what you can do for others.
Think of the circle.
4. After Love, Each Fruit Leads into Each Other.
Love is the base for it all. God is the base for it all.
Love=God. God=Love. God is Love.
The Kick-off (Pun Intended)
Dear Bloglings,
With this season of football(which I don't care about) kicking off, it only seems fit to kickoff that series I told ya about.
I was talking to a friend the other day, and he said I should oughta finish what I said I would set out to do. So this is me doing it.
Please Standby.
Happy Blogging!
With this season of football(which I don't care about) kicking off, it only seems fit to kickoff that series I told ya about.
I was talking to a friend the other day, and he said I should oughta finish what I said I would set out to do. So this is me doing it.
Please Standby.
Happy Blogging!
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Update For All Ye Bloglings
Hello to all!
So my last post I Sid I'm gonna start a mini-series on da Fruit of da Spirit. While, I still hope & plan on doing so, I want to actually write it all out and such before posting. So that's gonna/might be a while. In the meantime, I'll try and post some other assorted stuffs, k?
That's all I had for the moment.
Happy blogging!
So my last post I Sid I'm gonna start a mini-series on da Fruit of da Spirit. While, I still hope & plan on doing so, I want to actually write it all out and such before posting. So that's gonna/might be a while. In the meantime, I'll try and post some other assorted stuffs, k?
That's all I had for the moment.
Happy blogging!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
And I'm Back...
Hey Hey,
Long time, no posting. It's been a while.... I deleted the blog/shut it off for reasons of brattiness & irritability. But now that I'm back & posting to all however-many-of-you-there-are, Imma catch you up to speed on a few things that happened in my leave of absence.
1) CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
'twas truely amazing & wonderful this year. Don't get me wrong, it is every year, but this year was the bestest ever(until next year, I hope!)!!! The gifts weren't the biggest highlight for me(although I did get EPICTACULARISMSOMENESS.5 ones), I loved em, but the biggest things were everyone who came over & the new & old Christmas traditions- Le swears up & down for weeks beforehand that shes gonna wake us up at 4 for presents but since shes turned 14, she's discovered the wonderfulness of sleeping in & didn't start making racket & flipping on lights till 5:45/6. My Grampa came over for breaky(tradition since forever); he leaves; we have a pocket of time to pick up the bows, tags, boxes, bags, etc & get ready for the gang that storms over for dinner; the gang arrives at different times & we indulge in the junk like chips & salsa, cheese balls, dips, crackers, etc while a select few scramble around the kitchen clanking pots & pans(yeah it's more of a get together & cook together, then everyone eats, thing); we all start eating & a few of us head off and being loud & quoting movies(with the accents, sound effects & all) and laughing till we're choking and spraying each other(yes, there were adults[well, I still wonder about that...] that were involved in that); and then we play games on the Wii & just play games; then we eat s'more; then we move onto dessert; then we keep talking; then plan for tomorrow's after Christmas' Sale, get tired & partied out(boring old folk, I know) & start to head out. Then I clean the mess!!! Dishes, leftovers, take down tables, trash, etc. It was fun all the way around & ended all too soon.
2) The New Year!!
That's a duh, but it DID happen. I celebrated the coming of the new year/closed out 2012 at a fun party at some awesome girls' house. Played sardines in their huge & dark yard, watched The Lorax & laughed all the way into next year, ate food, etc etc. 'twas awesome. Shoulda been there, srsly, you don't know what you missed....
3) Acquired my Driver's License.
Yes I did. Interesting story too...if ya wanna hear this, keep reading. If not, skip down to #4.
So I did the usual permit process-hold it for at least 6mths, and it was about to expire cuz it had been a year. So I figured time for the license. So I go in to the wonderful & ever-friendly DMV for the Behind the wheel test, and get the "office jerk & notorious-for-flunking-cuz-he-can-guy" and I was "unsatisfactorily". So I had to wait 2 weeks to go back & all that razz, and when I went back, I got a different dude(who was nice & totally cool) & did absolutely nothing different in the way I drive & such, and passed with only 3, and I quote, "minor" errors. Go figure...
So that my Driver's License & DMV Adventure!
4) The Finishment of My High School Career
Yes, I complete 1 chapter of my life & look forward with anticipation & eagerness towards the next. While I don't know, for sure & with absolute certainty, what I want to do career wise, I'm praying for guidance & entrusting that with The Lord. In other words, no I will not be at home for the next 10 years "waiting for The Lord to reveal what I should do" watching TV & living in the basement, if you know what I mean. It's my hope to go start college & get my Gen Ed & prerequisites started while I figure out what to major in.
5) My family has decided to build a pool.
Well, I grew up with a pool. Like, I learned how to swim before walking. Not kidding.
So when I moved, it was really difficult to not have this big watery hole to chill in. Swimming was srsly my life. So we're getting a pool built. The contractor dude said that if everything goes well, it will be complete in 3 weeks!! And I believe they're laying the steel rebar(that's the stuff that holds the form & concrete/cement/plaster) on mday!! So that means right now, there's this HUGE hole, that's the shape of the pool-to-be totally dominating our backyard. So I'm excited about that. POOL PARTIES, PEOPLE!!!!! w00t w00t!!!
6) I have developed this thorough adoration for a baby named Brody. You all have probably heard Le or I talking nonstop about his chunky, little legs, or his overall perfect cuteness that is unexplainable, but simply- Brody. Well, he's been crawling(so so SO cute) for a bit, and he's gonna start walking really soon, and he's sprouted his bottom 2 teeth, so when he smiles.........oh..........it's absolutely heart melting. So I've just become wrapped around this little boy's perfect, tiny, dimpled fingers. And for those of you who have had conversations with me about kids, you know I don't want any, and I still don't, but I've just become attached to this little guy and he's weaseled his way to my heart...
7) I'm relaunching this blog!
So with the relaunch of this thing, I'm kicking off with a mini-series of The Fruit of The Spirit.
I'm not sure exactly how/what to write about them, but I'm praying that the Holy Spirit will tell me what to type out & tell ya all.
While I'm not sure how often I'll be posting & such, just know I will be around & I'm back.
So thanks guys, for reading & being the bestest audience ever.
Thank you,
So with all that, happy blogging!
Glad to be back.
Don't Forget To Shine!!!!
maZy
Long time, no posting. It's been a while.... I deleted the blog/shut it off for reasons of brattiness & irritability. But now that I'm back & posting to all however-many-of-you-there-are, Imma catch you up to speed on a few things that happened in my leave of absence.
1) CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
'twas truely amazing & wonderful this year. Don't get me wrong, it is every year, but this year was the bestest ever(until next year, I hope!)!!! The gifts weren't the biggest highlight for me(although I did get EPICTACULARISMSOMENESS.5 ones), I loved em, but the biggest things were everyone who came over & the new & old Christmas traditions- Le swears up & down for weeks beforehand that shes gonna wake us up at 4 for presents but since shes turned 14, she's discovered the wonderfulness of sleeping in & didn't start making racket & flipping on lights till 5:45/6. My Grampa came over for breaky(tradition since forever); he leaves; we have a pocket of time to pick up the bows, tags, boxes, bags, etc & get ready for the gang that storms over for dinner; the gang arrives at different times & we indulge in the junk like chips & salsa, cheese balls, dips, crackers, etc while a select few scramble around the kitchen clanking pots & pans(yeah it's more of a get together & cook together, then everyone eats, thing); we all start eating & a few of us head off and being loud & quoting movies(with the accents, sound effects & all) and laughing till we're choking and spraying each other(yes, there were adults[well, I still wonder about that...] that were involved in that); and then we play games on the Wii & just play games; then we eat s'more; then we move onto dessert; then we keep talking; then plan for tomorrow's after Christmas' Sale, get tired & partied out(boring old folk, I know) & start to head out. Then I clean the mess!!! Dishes, leftovers, take down tables, trash, etc. It was fun all the way around & ended all too soon.
2) The New Year!!
That's a duh, but it DID happen. I celebrated the coming of the new year/closed out 2012 at a fun party at some awesome girls' house. Played sardines in their huge & dark yard, watched The Lorax & laughed all the way into next year, ate food, etc etc. 'twas awesome. Shoulda been there, srsly, you don't know what you missed....
3) Acquired my Driver's License.
Yes I did. Interesting story too...if ya wanna hear this, keep reading. If not, skip down to #4.
So I did the usual permit process-hold it for at least 6mths, and it was about to expire cuz it had been a year. So I figured time for the license. So I go in to the wonderful & ever-friendly DMV for the Behind the wheel test, and get the "office jerk & notorious-for-flunking-cuz-he-can-guy" and I was "unsatisfactorily". So I had to wait 2 weeks to go back & all that razz, and when I went back, I got a different dude(who was nice & totally cool) & did absolutely nothing different in the way I drive & such, and passed with only 3, and I quote, "minor" errors. Go figure...
So that my Driver's License & DMV Adventure!
4) The Finishment of My High School Career
Yes, I complete 1 chapter of my life & look forward with anticipation & eagerness towards the next. While I don't know, for sure & with absolute certainty, what I want to do career wise, I'm praying for guidance & entrusting that with The Lord. In other words, no I will not be at home for the next 10 years "waiting for The Lord to reveal what I should do" watching TV & living in the basement, if you know what I mean. It's my hope to go start college & get my Gen Ed & prerequisites started while I figure out what to major in.
5) My family has decided to build a pool.
Well, I grew up with a pool. Like, I learned how to swim before walking. Not kidding.
So when I moved, it was really difficult to not have this big watery hole to chill in. Swimming was srsly my life. So we're getting a pool built. The contractor dude said that if everything goes well, it will be complete in 3 weeks!! And I believe they're laying the steel rebar(that's the stuff that holds the form & concrete/cement/plaster) on mday!! So that means right now, there's this HUGE hole, that's the shape of the pool-to-be totally dominating our backyard. So I'm excited about that. POOL PARTIES, PEOPLE!!!!! w00t w00t!!!
6) I have developed this thorough adoration for a baby named Brody. You all have probably heard Le or I talking nonstop about his chunky, little legs, or his overall perfect cuteness that is unexplainable, but simply- Brody. Well, he's been crawling(so so SO cute) for a bit, and he's gonna start walking really soon, and he's sprouted his bottom 2 teeth, so when he smiles.........oh..........it's absolutely heart melting. So I've just become wrapped around this little boy's perfect, tiny, dimpled fingers. And for those of you who have had conversations with me about kids, you know I don't want any, and I still don't, but I've just become attached to this little guy and he's weaseled his way to my heart...
7) I'm relaunching this blog!
So with the relaunch of this thing, I'm kicking off with a mini-series of The Fruit of The Spirit.
I'm not sure exactly how/what to write about them, but I'm praying that the Holy Spirit will tell me what to type out & tell ya all.
While I'm not sure how often I'll be posting & such, just know I will be around & I'm back.
So thanks guys, for reading & being the bestest audience ever.
Thank you,
So with all that, happy blogging!
Glad to be back.
Don't Forget To Shine!!!!
maZy
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
My Family
I have a wonderful family. A weird family, but a wonderful one, none the less. I mean, without the weird, what would I have?? Its like trying to picture Santa Claus without his red hat, red suit, sleigh, etc. Pretty weird right?? But even more so, hard to picture.
Along with this wonderful family, I have a very big family. Seriously. I have a huge family. On family shindigs, we have to reserve a big party reservation & pay that stupid automatically-added-18%-gratuity-thing... But anywayZ, this is just my "technically-not-immediate-but-they-are-family". It's chaos, but after its all done & over with, we spew our guts out laughing.
Most people define family as those who are related by blood or marriage, and while that's the traditional & dictionary definition of family, I disagree. I say that a family are those who would be there in the drop of a hat, bail you out of the crud you put yourself in, help you through the trouble you inevitably find, & beat the crud out of you & beat sense into you at the same time when you need it. It's really infinite & endless the things & lengths your family will go through for you, because they have no option- they just simply love you; and because of that love, that's all the reason they need.
That's a family.
My family is confuZZling. I have 5 siblings, and of them only 1 is "fully biologically" my sibling. I don't see that though. I don't see any of it. I don't see the last names, the different DNAness & such- I just see that we all absolutely love each other, despite our squabbles & the crap we give to each other, and I just see the fact that we'd go to the end of the earth for each other. I love them.
They're no other way to say it- I love them.
I only see that they're my brother & sisters.
My sisters are the coolest, most amaZing & wonderful sisters ever. My brother is the weirdest, but chillest brother ever.
I've gotten into many a debate/more of an argument on my side, in this area. People have told me that "she's not my sister for reals" & I have gotten into the "yeah-huh-nuh-uh" argument.
Because I know that I'd go to the end of the earth for them, and they would do the same for me. That's what a real family is.
And when someone tells me that my sibling is not my sibling, I really have to think- "Then I'm not really God's child, because I'm not a Jew."
I mean, what's the difference??
Try that on for size.
So that's my opinion of family. They keep you in line & on your toes, drive you nuts & make you want to strangle them half the time, call you names, harass you but you can't file a restraining order cuz you need to borrow their shirt, keep your secrets, laugh at your screw ups, go through the impossible to help you out of a rut, can call them at 3 am, and so so much more & most of all- infinitely, wholly, & completely love you.
Along with this wonderful family, I have a very big family. Seriously. I have a huge family. On family shindigs, we have to reserve a big party reservation & pay that stupid automatically-added-18%-gratuity-thing... But anywayZ, this is just my "technically-not-immediate-but-they-are-family". It's chaos, but after its all done & over with, we spew our guts out laughing.
Most people define family as those who are related by blood or marriage, and while that's the traditional & dictionary definition of family, I disagree. I say that a family are those who would be there in the drop of a hat, bail you out of the crud you put yourself in, help you through the trouble you inevitably find, & beat the crud out of you & beat sense into you at the same time when you need it. It's really infinite & endless the things & lengths your family will go through for you, because they have no option- they just simply love you; and because of that love, that's all the reason they need.
That's a family.
My family is confuZZling. I have 5 siblings, and of them only 1 is "fully biologically" my sibling. I don't see that though. I don't see any of it. I don't see the last names, the different DNAness & such- I just see that we all absolutely love each other, despite our squabbles & the crap we give to each other, and I just see the fact that we'd go to the end of the earth for each other. I love them.
They're no other way to say it- I love them.
I only see that they're my brother & sisters.
My sisters are the coolest, most amaZing & wonderful sisters ever. My brother is the weirdest, but chillest brother ever.
I've gotten into many a debate/more of an argument on my side, in this area. People have told me that "she's not my sister for reals" & I have gotten into the "yeah-huh-nuh-uh" argument.
Because I know that I'd go to the end of the earth for them, and they would do the same for me. That's what a real family is.
And when someone tells me that my sibling is not my sibling, I really have to think- "Then I'm not really God's child, because I'm not a Jew."
I mean, what's the difference??
Try that on for size.
So that's my opinion of family. They keep you in line & on your toes, drive you nuts & make you want to strangle them half the time, call you names, harass you but you can't file a restraining order cuz you need to borrow their shirt, keep your secrets, laugh at your screw ups, go through the impossible to help you out of a rut, can call them at 3 am, and so so much more & most of all- infinitely, wholly, & completely love you.
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