Before I start I just want to tell you how mad I am at my cell phone.... I was talking to Beth when suddenly "Wham" it just shut off because it decided it didn't have enough battery power. stupid thing. but anyway.....
This one goes out to the one I love...... STACY!!! cuz she read's my blogs. And she called me the other day and told me that she reads them. That's cool. I dont know if I've told you about Stacy or not, she rocks my world like an old lady in a rocking chair. wait... that came out wrong. I mean she is like the rocking chair and I'm an old lady... wait... well, She rocks! She was my sweetmate my freshman year of college. she made me happy. then my sophomore year we were on the same hall, but she lived up a couple rooms and across the hall. she still made me happy. Then I became a loser and i dropped out of college, but I still talked to Stacy, and she still made me happy. Now she is really smart and is going to more college to get a better degree (i think it's called a masters) and she still makes me happy. Yah, I love Stacy. In one of those good, friendly godly ways.
Well, my husband is officially gone for the west coast tour. He left on Tuesday. He will not return until September 15th. that's like 11 weeks or something. I hate it, but he has to do what God wants him to do. In case you dont know my husband is a drummer for the band Believe (www.believeministry.com) .
Next week I get to go to the Zoo with my work, that's exciting cuz I've never been to a zoo before. I have 5 more weeks left of my job, after that I dont know what I will do. I was thinking about headed up to Indianapolis to visit with Beth, because she will have her baby girl by then and I'm sure she'll want some help. Who knows what I'll do, cuz I really need a job to pay the bills. My life is boring, but ohwell, it's my life! thanks for reading!
I'm so bad at this Blog thing
Ok, so it's been a long time since I "blogged" sorry! Well, my husband's band is officially on tour, and has been for a couple weeks now. He will be home June 7th, until sometime in July, then he is going to be on tour again for another 7 or 8 weeks. When he goes out that time he'll be touring the west coast so I prolly wont be able to see him at all that whole time! Man that will suck!!
Other than that life has been pretty good, I think that there is a disease going around called pregnantitis, because about half the women know are pregnant... Thursday I leave to go to the grand old state of North Carolina to see my husband and also to visit his family. That will be fun, cuz I haven't seen them in a while.
This summer I will be working at a taekwando summer day camp... Which surprisingly enough you don't have to know how to do Taekwando to help out. lol Actually the kids will be doing all sorts of fun things during the week like swimming, bowling, playing mini golf, going to the movies, touring cool places like M&M Mars, going rollerskating and all that jazz... They do a different thing each day of the week, so basically I'll get paid to lather kids with sun screen and watch movies and do fun stuff! Sounds great huh? :)
So yah, I have a boring life, but that's ok, you still love me right?!
Other than that life has been pretty good, I think that there is a disease going around called pregnantitis, because about half the women know are pregnant... Thursday I leave to go to the grand old state of North Carolina to see my husband and also to visit his family. That will be fun, cuz I haven't seen them in a while.
This summer I will be working at a taekwando summer day camp... Which surprisingly enough you don't have to know how to do Taekwando to help out. lol Actually the kids will be doing all sorts of fun things during the week like swimming, bowling, playing mini golf, going to the movies, touring cool places like M&M Mars, going rollerskating and all that jazz... They do a different thing each day of the week, so basically I'll get paid to lather kids with sun screen and watch movies and do fun stuff! Sounds great huh? :)
So yah, I have a boring life, but that's ok, you still love me right?!
This is my goddaughter, godson and their parents... sorry about the random picture of my sister and her adorable five children without any warning.
uhh... it's been a while
It's been a long time since I blogged. so I thought I would take advantage of my unemployment and write something in here. to catch you up to speed.... uhhh I have a new Goddaughter, if i figure out the picture thing i'll post a picture. My sis in law is getting married in the end of June- God finally gave her her soulmate. Beth is going crazy waiting for her slow internet to download something that only took me 1.5 minutes.... But she is still fun. My husband's band (www.believeministry.com) is going on tour leaving here April 18th and wont be back until June 4th... I will be alone for a month and a half. But to make that time interesting I am going to go visit Beth and her pregnant belly- which is a girl. Anyway, as you can tell my life is boring... so comment on something and make me feel special....
My puppy
Well, Day one without my puppy is over. We found her a good home with a little boy who wanted a black lab named Shadow. Now she has 400 acres to run around in and a little boy to play with. I hope she is doing good. It's kinda sad without her, even though she was a pain in the butt. it's weird coming home and not having her jump on me to greet me. She always made me feel loved! oh well, now i dont have to feel guilty when I am away from the house for long periods of time, it's kinda nice. Today I went hiking with my friend Jenny, tomorrow I am going back to the same place to take some pictures and hike on my own speed and time. When i develop the pictures I'll post some on here- if i can figure it out. I'm still jobless... it's getting kinda rough. Oh well, my pastor always said "You can't have money problems if you dont have money!" so that's what i'm holding on to!
God's thoughts on appearance.
God doesn't care what you look like. It doesn't matter if you've dyed your hair 20 different colors or if you've never even cut your hair. God doesn't care if you wear black baggy clothes with chains or long skirts and ties. When we get to Heaven it's not going to matter if you have piercings and tattoos, or if you've never even pierced your ears. Because even if you've never worn makeup or cut your hair, even if your skirts always touch your ankles and you've never missed a church service- That is not what matters to God. He's going to take one look at you and say "you have Jesus" or "you don't have Jesus". It wont matter at all to God if your hair is black and you wear dark eye makeup, He wont care if you have body piercings and tattoos, and He wont care if all your clothes are black. As he shocks some by letting the dark haired pierced and tattooed person into Heaven, He is going to shock some by turning to the girl with long blonde hair, no makeup or piercings and saying "Depart from my you doer of iniquities, I knew you not." It's not about our appearance, it's about our heart. So to the gothic and punks- do you know Jesus? and to those of you who go to church every Sunday wearing shirt and tie with your hair not touching your collar- Do you know Jesus? I don't mean know of Him, I mean KNOW Him. Where is your heart? Are you wearing all black to impress someone? STOP!!! Are you growing out your hair so your preacher will accept you or to prove you're a good Christian? STOP!!! First put your heart in order and live a life of worship, they your true attire will be right before the Lord.
Ephesians 4:19 and 5:3-4
Every day at lunch I like to sit in my car and read my Bible, it helps me get through the day. The other day I was reading Ephesians 4 and 5, and I discovered just how many important things that Scripture teaches us. I started to write down all the things we could learn if we read them and I was especially struck hard with verses 4:19 and 5:3-4. So I want to share that with you. Some of you may think I am being extreme. I know even my own siblings would not totally agree with me on this, but if you read the verses- even in context, you can't deny what I am about to write.
Ephesians 4:17-19 says "So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in the understanding and separated from the life of God because of ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. "
Verse 19 is in bold. Everyone can read that and understand it means don't live like the world lives, because they are bad people. I want you to listen to what God showed me:
Some of us have lost all sensitivity to the sins of the world. We watch and hear what they hear. We willingly allow ourselves to be subject to sins. When we do this we ourselves are sinning, we become desensitized to cursing, sex, violence, and fear. I speak for myself, not condemning anyone. I have been convicted personally in the movies that I watch. How many of us watch movies or TV shows with sex, violence, language, sexual content, and coarse joking? We all do. How many of us after watching a movie actually remember the sex scenes, or the swear words? How many of us can count the number of times they used Lords name in vain? Not too many of us. This my friends, is being desensitized. We do not notice the sins, we ignore the very things God tells us not to ignore. As a matter of fact, God tells us to FLEA from these things. Instead, we go to a theater, watch it all, then when it comes out on video we buy it and bring it into our homes!!! What did God say the Gentiles did after they became desensitized? Oh yah, indulge in impurity with lust for more.... God does not want us to be comfortable watching or hearing this junk!!!
Now on to Chapter 5 verses 3-4:
"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving."
These two verses are parallel to the verses from chapter 4, it kind of breaks down what it is that we are tolerating. The things described in Ephesians 5:3-4 are exactly what the world today finds entertaining. Try finding a TV show or movie that doesn't have atleast ONE of those characteristics in it.... Can you think of one? Maybe Veggie Tales? or possibly some other Children's show. God very obviously tells us to stay away from that stuff, before we lose all sensitivity, and indulge in the sin.
Ephesians 4:17-19 says "So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in the understanding and separated from the life of God because of ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. "
Verse 19 is in bold. Everyone can read that and understand it means don't live like the world lives, because they are bad people. I want you to listen to what God showed me:
Some of us have lost all sensitivity to the sins of the world. We watch and hear what they hear. We willingly allow ourselves to be subject to sins. When we do this we ourselves are sinning, we become desensitized to cursing, sex, violence, and fear. I speak for myself, not condemning anyone. I have been convicted personally in the movies that I watch. How many of us watch movies or TV shows with sex, violence, language, sexual content, and coarse joking? We all do. How many of us after watching a movie actually remember the sex scenes, or the swear words? How many of us can count the number of times they used Lords name in vain? Not too many of us. This my friends, is being desensitized. We do not notice the sins, we ignore the very things God tells us not to ignore. As a matter of fact, God tells us to FLEA from these things. Instead, we go to a theater, watch it all, then when it comes out on video we buy it and bring it into our homes!!! What did God say the Gentiles did after they became desensitized? Oh yah, indulge in impurity with lust for more.... God does not want us to be comfortable watching or hearing this junk!!!
Now on to Chapter 5 verses 3-4:
"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving."
These two verses are parallel to the verses from chapter 4, it kind of breaks down what it is that we are tolerating. The things described in Ephesians 5:3-4 are exactly what the world today finds entertaining. Try finding a TV show or movie that doesn't have atleast ONE of those characteristics in it.... Can you think of one? Maybe Veggie Tales? or possibly some other Children's show. God very obviously tells us to stay away from that stuff, before we lose all sensitivity, and indulge in the sin.
the smell outside
I should have added this to the last blog, but I just ran outside to get something out of my car, and decided to come tell you all about the smell outside. It's quite interesting, you see, about two or three miles away is M&M Mars factory. When the wind is blowing just right you can smell when they are making the Twix bars. So you walk outside, and it just smells like one big twix. mmmmmm, chocolate. Those are the good days. On the bad days (I've discovered them to be Sunday afternoons) you can smell the paper plant that's about 20 minutes away. That does not smell so good. Kind of like rotten sewage. it's nasty. needless to say, I like Twix a lot better.
random posting
Someone yelled at me because I havent posted on my blog in a long time. So I thought that since my husband is gone and I am home alone bored out of my mind, I would change that. I quit my job yesterday, yup, today was my last day at Eaton hydraulics. I did it totally out of faith that God would provide me with another job, since I am the one who pays the bills. That is not a comment to be rude to my husband, he is doing God's work, and unfortuantly employers dont like to work with schedules. However, much to our surprise, today an architec called him and told him he was hired!!! God just answers prayers in mysterious ways! My hair isnt black anymore. nope, I decided I didnt like dying it all the time, so I tried to strip the black hair dye out. well, one hair stripper didnt work, so I bought a second one. I still have black spots, but now my hair is all these random shades of orange and red- mixed with strawberry blonde- with the occasional black spots. I need to have my hair a normal color by september. you see, one of my best friends is getting married in september, and another best friend is getting married in October- and I'm in both weddings. busy fall!
I think I broke my finger last Friday. my puppy and I were wrestling and she stepped on it. it bent funny at the knuckle and went "POP" then swelled up and turned funny colors. and it hurts. It is starting to feel better, it only hurts sometimes. Anyway, I guess that's enough boring blabbling. Oh, the lead singer of my husband's band quit, so if you know any good Christians that want to be a lead singer in a heavy Christian rock band- go to www.believeministry.com and email the band. thanks!
I think I broke my finger last Friday. my puppy and I were wrestling and she stepped on it. it bent funny at the knuckle and went "POP" then swelled up and turned funny colors. and it hurts. It is starting to feel better, it only hurts sometimes. Anyway, I guess that's enough boring blabbling. Oh, the lead singer of my husband's band quit, so if you know any good Christians that want to be a lead singer in a heavy Christian rock band- go to www.believeministry.com and email the band. thanks!
My random question
I was filling out my profile and I got to the last question- the random question. I really liked it so I took a bunch of time to answer it. Then it kept telling me it was too long, so I deleted some, but it was still too long, So I deleted more. Still too long. Finally I just decided I would post it on here for all to read... So here it is.
"For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note: "
Dear Aunti,
Thank you so, much for the rooster shaped Syrup dispenser. I love it. I would leave it on the counter at all times, however, Eugene is deathy afraid of roosters and Syrup. Every time he sees it a rooster he runs around screaming "they're gonna get me, they're trying to eat me! look at them moving their heads! SAVE ME!" I just can't get him to realize it's not real. I tried to explain to him that it held maple syrup, but when I said syrup he went in the corner and started to rock, saying something about pouring syrup down his pants. His psychologist says it must be a repressed childhood memory. I really love the gift, but due to the circumstances I am forced to keep it hidden deep in the closet. I hope you understand.
your favorite niece,
Jessica
"For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note: "
Dear Aunti,
Thank you so, much for the rooster shaped Syrup dispenser. I love it. I would leave it on the counter at all times, however, Eugene is deathy afraid of roosters and Syrup. Every time he sees it a rooster he runs around screaming "they're gonna get me, they're trying to eat me! look at them moving their heads! SAVE ME!" I just can't get him to realize it's not real. I tried to explain to him that it held maple syrup, but when I said syrup he went in the corner and started to rock, saying something about pouring syrup down his pants. His psychologist says it must be a repressed childhood memory. I really love the gift, but due to the circumstances I am forced to keep it hidden deep in the closet. I hope you understand.
your favorite niece,
Jessica
What Blog means
I found this on the help webpage.. but I still think Blog is a stupid word for it.
"Blog" is short for Web log, which can be anything from a news site to an online journal. Blogs allow you to instantly publish your thoughts and ideas from anywhere.
People all over the world have blogs. It's a fun and easy way to keep in touch with your friends, post links to interesting webpages, or just record your thoughts.
"Blog" is short for Web log, which can be anything from a news site to an online journal. Blogs allow you to instantly publish your thoughts and ideas from anywhere.
People all over the world have blogs. It's a fun and easy way to keep in touch with your friends, post links to interesting webpages, or just record your thoughts.
My first Blog posting
Today is Saturday. This is the first time i have ever written in my blog (someone PLEASE tell my why it's called a blog and what that has to do with me!) I started this blog because Beth has a blog, and everyone should be like my bethibaby. who ironically is having a baby, so that will be bethibaby's baby. YAY! go Beth! Oh wait, this is supposed to be about me. well, this is just a test anyway, to see what happens when I write here.
