I just wanted to point out how pathetic I am. Based on the advice I got from a friend and mentor of mine, I started to make a list of those traits I am looking for in a mate. I want to be careful not to make this criteria to put on a check list, but to give me a sense of the type of person I really want to spend the rest of my life with, and therefore the type of person I should consider dating.
The first item on my list is love. Ephesians 5:25 commands "Husbands, love your wives..." I want to date and marry someone who is truly attracted to me - crazy about me - more so than I am about him.
So why is it that I am still crushing on a guy who hasn't shown me the slightest interest?
Pathetic.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Pick a Little, Talk a Little (The Music Man)
I wish I was a nicer person. The kind who thinks of others before herself. Who is genuinely more concerned with listening to them than with answering reciprocally.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
The Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers)
As you all know, yesterday was Halloween. This was the daily verse I received from Zondervan:
One of my girls from Governor's School, Sarah, came into town for the weekend - to experience Halloween on Franklin and for me to show her around and to give her a taste of college life. Lauren and Danielle asked if we'd like to join them in going to the McKee's Corn Maze before we headed to Franklin Street for the festivities.
So we went to The Loop for dinner, in costume of course. Then we drove out to the maze. It wasn't until we'd already agreed to go that Lauren informed us that the maze was haunted. At first, I hesitated to go. I just don't do well with being scared. I don't like the thrill. I just want it to go away. But we decided it would be fun, so off we went.
It was freezing, but we paid our money, stood in line, and finally it was our turn. The maze starts with a tunnel - basically some tarps in tunnel form full of smoke and a strobe light. Lauren had already told us that all we had to do was walk straight ahead to get through it and it wasn't so bad. So that was the plan. But as the woman stepped aside to let us enter, somebody leapt out of the tunnel and scared us all half to death. At that point, I was ready to tell the girls, "Have fun without me!" But there were no refunds, so we had to press on. So we stepped into the tunnel, arm in arm, not able to see a thing for the smoke, and pressed on. Even as we started, I knew that the only way out was to get all the way through the maze - so I began my chorus "Keep walking." I said it over and over and over: "Keep walking. Keep walking. Just keep walking. Keep walking." We were such girls. We screamed at everything. The guys would jump out wearing nasty masks. We'd scream. If we backed off, they'd keep coming towards us. We would have to break the chain in order to get around them - they're press us towards the edge of the corn, but eventually we'd make it past. Sometimes they followed us for awhile, which was pretty creepy too. We tried to keep a watchful eye, hoping we could hear them walk through the corn, but every time they got a reaction. They're good at what they do. Finally, we started to laugh at ourselves, mostly at me as I kept on "Keep walking" and Lauren with her "You scream like a girl" type comments. Eventually, we made it out. Alive. Unharmed. Just a little jittery. But Lauren was right - we felt a great sense of accomplishment having made it all the way through.
Then today I came back and read this verse again, I realized what a great illustration that maze was of battle with the devil.
He's prowling - he's out there, and we know it. He's just waiting to take advantage of us where we least expect it.
We try to stay alert, but he is skilled at navigating our sinful nature. He knows just where to get us at our weaknesses.
He often succeeds in derailing us. Just like we had to step around the guys who stood in the path, we end up off course and have to step around some sin in order to get back on the right path - the straight and narrow, if you will.
And my mantra, "Just keep walking," reminded me of another verse.
Just keep walking.
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”I chuckled to myself thinking about the play on devils and prowling in light of the occasion.
-1 Peter 5:8-9
One of my girls from Governor's School, Sarah, came into town for the weekend - to experience Halloween on Franklin and for me to show her around and to give her a taste of college life. Lauren and Danielle asked if we'd like to join them in going to the McKee's Corn Maze before we headed to Franklin Street for the festivities.
So we went to The Loop for dinner, in costume of course. Then we drove out to the maze. It wasn't until we'd already agreed to go that Lauren informed us that the maze was haunted. At first, I hesitated to go. I just don't do well with being scared. I don't like the thrill. I just want it to go away. But we decided it would be fun, so off we went. It was freezing, but we paid our money, stood in line, and finally it was our turn. The maze starts with a tunnel - basically some tarps in tunnel form full of smoke and a strobe light. Lauren had already told us that all we had to do was walk straight ahead to get through it and it wasn't so bad. So that was the plan. But as the woman stepped aside to let us enter, somebody leapt out of the tunnel and scared us all half to death. At that point, I was ready to tell the girls, "Have fun without me!" But there were no refunds, so we had to press on. So we stepped into the tunnel, arm in arm, not able to see a thing for the smoke, and pressed on. Even as we started, I knew that the only way out was to get all the way through the maze - so I began my chorus "Keep walking." I said it over and over and over: "Keep walking. Keep walking. Just keep walking. Keep walking." We were such girls. We screamed at everything. The guys would jump out wearing nasty masks. We'd scream. If we backed off, they'd keep coming towards us. We would have to break the chain in order to get around them - they're press us towards the edge of the corn, but eventually we'd make it past. Sometimes they followed us for awhile, which was pretty creepy too. We tried to keep a watchful eye, hoping we could hear them walk through the corn, but every time they got a reaction. They're good at what they do. Finally, we started to laugh at ourselves, mostly at me as I kept on "Keep walking" and Lauren with her "You scream like a girl" type comments. Eventually, we made it out. Alive. Unharmed. Just a little jittery. But Lauren was right - we felt a great sense of accomplishment having made it all the way through.
Then today I came back and read this verse again, I realized what a great illustration that maze was of battle with the devil.
He's prowling - he's out there, and we know it. He's just waiting to take advantage of us where we least expect it.
We try to stay alert, but he is skilled at navigating our sinful nature. He knows just where to get us at our weaknesses.
He often succeeds in derailing us. Just like we had to step around the guys who stood in the path, we end up off course and have to step around some sin in order to get back on the right path - the straight and narrow, if you will.
And my mantra, "Just keep walking," reminded me of another verse.
"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."God calls us to just keep walking. Whenever sin becomes a deterrent, we SHOULD scream - scream with frustration at our own sinfulness. But then we should remember the cross. We should remember that at the end of it all, there is peace, and we will not only emerge unscathed, but we will be restored to a state of righteousness and eternal fellowship with God, Son and Holy Spirit.
-Philippians 3:14
Just keep walking.
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