Saw this on another blog that encouraged readers to repost and put in their own answers. So just to brighten the day, here is a little fun Q&A time: What is your favorite indulgence? Ice Cream and a Rom. Com. What is your favorite cocktail? Virgin Strawberry Daquiri The clothing item you can’t live without? This has been discussed with friends and we concluded though it may not always be our favorite, you can't live without undergarments... Your favorite current workout song? On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons What is your favorite way to sweat? Zuuuumba and Ice Skating! Your favorite new band? All Sons & Daughters Your favorite color? Mint Where did you grow up? New York What is your favorite TV show? Ugly Betty Any embarrassing accidents? plenty I'm sure What was your first job? Page at the library What was the name of your first pet? Baby Whiskers... the hamster What’s the one thing you refuse to share? My pillow ...
From October 2013: "I thought of what a good, personal, and loving God I serve - and this evening I feel like a misunderstood anguished child." Have you ever had a day like this? This is almost my every day. My sweet husband teased me once calling me "a woman in conflict." I was defensive at the time and still don't want to own that as my identity. As a daughter in Christ, I shouldn't! Nevertheless, as a very real human on this earth, I am truly, always in conflict. Paul states in Romans 7:15, "For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." (ESV) Our days are filled with joys and toils. It is easy to go from one moment rejoicing and the next mourning. We are fickle humans and while we rejoice in what is good, we carry out what is evil. Let this rest on your hearts tonight. While you may find yourself at the end of the day kicking and screaming at the Lord like an...
Yesterday we watched this movie in my class. Here is the trailer for those interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMhBbl7NDk I've seen it before in undergrad as well. In the 1970's Geraldo Rivera did a film expose on the treatment of over 5000 individuals with mental and physical disabilities who were institutionalized in this "school" on Staten Island. I was once again brought to tears. Tears that wondered how anyone could treat human beings so inhumanely and tears that asked how God could have allowed such suffering. I know He felt the pain thousands of times more than me because He knew and created each one of those individuals. Some He would welcome home and some will have died never believing in Christ as their Savior. I have no answer to this question, I just was pondering it and needed to put it out there for the world. Especially today being September 11th, I think a lot of people are asking that question - believers and unbelievers alik...
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