Happy Holidays!
"You NEVER stop making first impressions."
Ok So now you are wandering what brought me to this, well I was just thinking about it and not that what people think matters to me, but you want to show your Joy in Christ in everything you do right. (hopefully) So when each new day comes you want to be able to put on a fresh (not grumpy) face and show it all over again like the day before that. Is it just me or is that so hard to do sometimes. Like somedays you wake up in a bad mood, or as the day progresses and things aren't going your way and you just don't feel like being cheery. Well thats when we have to "deny ourselves daily". It can be so hard sometimes, but we just gotta do it. I'm so bad at this, when I'm in a bad mood (just ask Brice) I just want to have my moody day and be pouty and nonsocial, but I need to learn not to do that, I need to be able to put my emotions aside and greet everyone with the Joy that Jesus would. Now I'm not saying to bottle up your feelings about things that are bothering you, I think we all need to get those things out sometime or another, but I am saying to find an appropriate way of doing it. Pray about it is one thing, "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." write it in a journal (maybe not an online one, thats a little to public) just try not to gossip about it, or make it other people's problems.
SO next thing I wanted to just get out was my disgust for Hollywoods way of making things seem ok that aren't. Just So I can spare you, please try not to go see "spanglish". If you want to see it and don't want it ruined stop reading here. So I went to see this movie with my parents today, not only did it not pass Brice and I's three strike rule, but it totally made it seem like adultery was ok. SO this woman has an affair on her husband she tells her husband and that makes it ok for him to mess around with the maid/nanny. Now your thinking how could anyone make it seem like this is ok, well they brought it across like it was the husbands only option, and the nanny just happened to be stressed about the same things as he was at the same time. So this makes them appear to be perfect for each other. One setback--- he has a wife. Wow I can't believe how raged I get at these things. I think I get so angry because I don't think I can do anything about it. I should've walked out, but I don't think my parents would understand why. That is no excuse for my not walking out I know. I just wish that movies that like wouldn't exist. I get so frustrated that people come out of those movies thinking "wow what a great movie". I don't think when Jesus said to be in the world and not of it, that he meant to go to movies like that (sorry that I did) or go to clubs or parties or anywhere that ungodly things happened. That makes you of it. not just in it. I think we should be able to minister to those who are of it, by just being in it. Like by our lifestyles, also we could make our lifestyles about serving them. We need to be able to find a commonground like A coffee house or the mall, just to meet those who are lost, so that we can become friends with them and hopefully minister to them. That doesn't mean going to clubs with them or anything like that.
WOw I just unloaded alot of emotions on alot of different subjects I'll stop with that for now I think I just needed to get it off my chest.
On a lighter note, I'm so glad to be home. It is so great to see my friends and hang out with my family. I just love Tyler, but I have to admit I miss Lubbock. Anyways I'm going to either work out or go to bed, I haven't decided yet. Much Love,
In Christ!!
Ok So now you are wandering what brought me to this, well I was just thinking about it and not that what people think matters to me, but you want to show your Joy in Christ in everything you do right. (hopefully) So when each new day comes you want to be able to put on a fresh (not grumpy) face and show it all over again like the day before that. Is it just me or is that so hard to do sometimes. Like somedays you wake up in a bad mood, or as the day progresses and things aren't going your way and you just don't feel like being cheery. Well thats when we have to "deny ourselves daily". It can be so hard sometimes, but we just gotta do it. I'm so bad at this, when I'm in a bad mood (just ask Brice) I just want to have my moody day and be pouty and nonsocial, but I need to learn not to do that, I need to be able to put my emotions aside and greet everyone with the Joy that Jesus would. Now I'm not saying to bottle up your feelings about things that are bothering you, I think we all need to get those things out sometime or another, but I am saying to find an appropriate way of doing it. Pray about it is one thing, "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." write it in a journal (maybe not an online one, thats a little to public) just try not to gossip about it, or make it other people's problems.
SO next thing I wanted to just get out was my disgust for Hollywoods way of making things seem ok that aren't. Just So I can spare you, please try not to go see "spanglish". If you want to see it and don't want it ruined stop reading here. So I went to see this movie with my parents today, not only did it not pass Brice and I's three strike rule, but it totally made it seem like adultery was ok. SO this woman has an affair on her husband she tells her husband and that makes it ok for him to mess around with the maid/nanny. Now your thinking how could anyone make it seem like this is ok, well they brought it across like it was the husbands only option, and the nanny just happened to be stressed about the same things as he was at the same time. So this makes them appear to be perfect for each other. One setback--- he has a wife. Wow I can't believe how raged I get at these things. I think I get so angry because I don't think I can do anything about it. I should've walked out, but I don't think my parents would understand why. That is no excuse for my not walking out I know. I just wish that movies that like wouldn't exist. I get so frustrated that people come out of those movies thinking "wow what a great movie". I don't think when Jesus said to be in the world and not of it, that he meant to go to movies like that (sorry that I did) or go to clubs or parties or anywhere that ungodly things happened. That makes you of it. not just in it. I think we should be able to minister to those who are of it, by just being in it. Like by our lifestyles, also we could make our lifestyles about serving them. We need to be able to find a commonground like A coffee house or the mall, just to meet those who are lost, so that we can become friends with them and hopefully minister to them. That doesn't mean going to clubs with them or anything like that.
WOw I just unloaded alot of emotions on alot of different subjects I'll stop with that for now I think I just needed to get it off my chest.
On a lighter note, I'm so glad to be home. It is so great to see my friends and hang out with my family. I just love Tyler, but I have to admit I miss Lubbock. Anyways I'm going to either work out or go to bed, I haven't decided yet. Much Love,
In Christ!!