To know me you would have to know...

Had to write this for my bible class. Thought I would share. :)

To know me you would have to know…
That I am too complicated for 250 words, but I don’t think that is an unusual thing for women. I am always changing. While there are some characteristics that will forever be me, there are others that come and go. Learning, growing, and thinking… being static is not an option.
I consider myself a deep thinker. I long for the day when my redeemed soul will discover that at last she has pleased him whom she was created to please. I love the Lord with all my heart and believe that Jesus is the Christ the son of the living God. I am nowhere near perfect but am a perfectionist in many areas of my life. A complicated mess, yes, but I am El Shaddai’s beautiful complicated mess. I desire adventure and yearn to make a difference. Rock climbing is my sport. I am the oldest of three girls. My parents have been married 23 years. I am a double major in Middle School Math and Science Education and Art. Other than the essential next step plans, I try to avoid getting too set on an “order of operations” for my life. I want God’s will for my life and nothing less, it is hard to do that when attempting to tell God when marriage should be, along with where and what I “should” be doing.
My freshman year of college was one of the most challenging years of my young life. I had always assumed that in college, school itself would be hard but making friends would be easy. For me, it was the opposite. I felt out of place and different. When first looking back on that year I had a moment of heartbreak because it seemed at first glance like a complete waste. Even though I was extremely lonely and I would never want to go through it again, I would never want to undo it. I learned so much and grew closer and closer to Jesus. However, from there on out I decided that, for me, living life to the fullest would have a new meaning. There are people to meet, mountains to climb, and adventures to have with my Lord and Savior.

We, The Adulterous People

I love coffee. :)



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Siblings fight. (especially me and mine)
But we make up.
We come back to the fact that we love each other.

Christian brothers and sisters fight.
But we don't always make up.
In history we even go to war with each other.
We do it today in the church.

Real wisdom brings about peace.

I have often wondered, that persons who make a boast of professing the Christian religion, namely, love, joy, peace, temperance, and charity to all men, should quarrel with such rancorous animosity, and display daily towards one another such bitter hatred, that this, rather than the virtues they claim, is the readiest criterion of their faith.

~Benedict de Spinoza

Churches.
Denominations.
Cliches.
Social Clubs.
Politics.

What does it for you?
What causes the friction for you?
What do you get angry about?

James 4:1-12

Is it really others or is it us?

Selfishness.

Inspired by Ben Stuart's sermon "You Adulterous People"


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Photo By Christina White
"A conceptual image showing what is happening to the world, and the future generation of teenagers and kids in terms of electronics and media."












Taken by yours truly at a tea party

Lifehouse

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video.
It never gets old.

Picture this...: Do Something

Picture this...: Do Something: "He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30 http://www.innercityoutreach.net/ http://raphahouse.org/ http://www.ijm.org/ http..."

And the world spins madly on

PATIENCE. or for me lately... lack there of.
Patience with co-workers and customers.
Patience with sisters.
Patience with parents.
Patients with myself.
It's quite frustrating. :(

"As prisoners of the Lord, I urge you, then, to live a life worth of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." Ephesians 4:8



And the world spins madly on.

"Please don't go
Please don't leave me alone
A mirror is so much harder to hold
I could try and point the finger
But the glass points in my direction
Sure you've got your sharp edges
But my wounds are for my own reflection
You've got nothing I could ever hold against you
I've got fatal flaws to call my own
Please don't go
Please don't leave me alone
A mirror is so much harder to hold"

- A mirror is Harder to Hold by Jon Foreman



And the world spins madly on.

We all desire the same thing don't we? You all put on a good front... most of the time you have me fooled. But I know it's true. I'm not alone. We all want to be loved. We all want to matter. We all wish to be apart of something creative, beautiful, and noble. The wonderful truth it that we are. Don't get lost and forget. The darkness teems down over trying to blind. Snatch up the truth and shine it for all around to see.


And the world spins madly on.

life is a first grade boy throwing rocks and sticking his tongue out, daring me to punch him in the face.

Got this from a girl I follow on blogger. I love it. :)

pesky little thing, this life.

you think he likes you and then someone points out the "kick me" sign he taped to your back, or you get up from your desk to go to lunch and you find double-bubble gum stuck to your toosh.

and after crying (of course) you wonder if you have the girl-power to push him down on the playground in front of all of his friends.



...but you do not.


because secretly, deep down inside that little heart of yours, past the fear of cooties and rejection, you still have a huge crush on life.


so, even though life continues to poke and tease and push and pinch, you'll shrug your shoulders and flip your hair and keep your undisclosed, annoyed thoughts to yourself




because you know that life is just going through a phase and, in the days to come, life can only get better.


...and more attractive.

Words.

Work. Work. Work.
Bleh.
It's not just the "work". It's the minimum wage and not so nice or fair bosses.
Once books are bought and I buy stuff for my room since I won't have a roommate this year (on the bright side... that is quite exciting!) I don't think it will look like I worked this summer at all. Can someone say BUUUMMMEEERRR!?!?!?! haha

Other than work I've been trying to rock climb when I can. It's just soooo stinkin hot! But I do think I've improved some. :) Can't wait to climb with all my friends back at school. :)

Yesterday my friend Bethany and I were hanging out and she played this song in the car on the way to lunch. It was called Rocks and Water by Deb Talan. I absolutely love it.


Not perfect.
Dreaming.
Beginning.
In Christ Alone.
Volume.
Hear and See and Smell.
Acceptance.
Inspiring.
Tough.
Forgiveness.
Green.
Perspective.
Romantic.
Rain.
Raise your voice.
Katie.
Jesus.

I love how simple words and phrases can take the mind so many places. It doesn't take much does it? One word can mean so many. Add art and color to those words and it can be channeled, expanded, and detailed. Not only are word and meaning present... did you notice? Feelings. There is emotion in words too. Even when not spoken. And they can be completely different for each person, making the meaning of the word different for that person also. Amazing.