please watch one at a time. Feel free to replay...Im pretty sure I have these memorized!
Supposively, this last video is me to a tee. I am slightly(aka more than slightly) undecisive in all situations! But whatevs! Enjoy!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
the good ole coosa valley fair
The biggest thing to come to Rome, GA every year...the Coosa Valley Fair! What a redneck place but oh so fun! So what did I do? Took my team there!!
Here is why I love it so much:
What a GREAT mullet. And yes I walked around him and pretended like I was texting...but def took some shots. My team now says I am suuuch a creeper. Ha! Not to mention: the game he was playing...after he left I got on it and won! A huge Orange monkey, but gave it to one of my girls who had tried like 10 times to win!
Also, I paid three dollars for a man to guess my age..he had to come within two years of it. His guess: 17...I am a college coach and he guessed 17!!! Haha, maybe I should feel good that I look young, but then again maybe I should feel not good because I look like Im a highschooler!!!
Here is why I love it so much:
What a GREAT mullet. And yes I walked around him and pretended like I was texting...but def took some shots. My team now says I am suuuch a creeper. Ha! Not to mention: the game he was playing...after he left I got on it and won! A huge Orange monkey, but gave it to one of my girls who had tried like 10 times to win!
Also, I paid three dollars for a man to guess my age..he had to come within two years of it. His guess: 17...I am a college coach and he guessed 17!!! Haha, maybe I should feel good that I look young, but then again maybe I should feel not good because I look like Im a highschooler!!!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
security
I just joined a small group of 15 girls who are around the same age as me. Small group? How about big group. 15 is by no means small. Im really enjoying it though. We meet once a week (I come 30 minutes late because of practice) and right now we are walking through Psalm 139. Last night we talked about Psalm 139:5,6 and about security. Well this just in, I am not a very secure person and I am realizing it more and more..how insecure I am.
"You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it." Psalm 139:5,6
Most of our security comes from the feeling of being out of control. For me it is failure. I feel like I fail alot when it comes to my new job, always making mistakes and just having a tough time being perfect (this is probably where the problem lies bc it would be impossible to be perfect). But the phrase "hem" us in actually in The Spirit of Reformation Bible is restated as "the Lord sets limits to the psalmist's actions." God puts some controls in our life. And the end of verse 5 says "laid His hand upon me" which can be translated into "restrain and guide us in life." God puts restraints on us as a parent would restrain a child..boundaries in this case are set out of love and safety. This helps me feel more secure in the Lord.
When we are able to feel secure in the Lord, we are free to live without fear. Examples in my life: fear of failure, fear of people, fear of lifelong singleness. But when I am finding my security in the Lord I am able to see that:
My fear of failure: I am going to fail! I am sinful by nature and can never be perfect. I am so flawed and so yes...Im going to fail...fail others, fail myself. Coolest thing about this: It allows me to rest on Christ because He will NEVER fail me...because He is not like me. "God is not a man that he should lie, nor a son of man that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19
My fear of people: By fearing people I am putting them before the Lord. We are called to please God and not people. By fearing people, I am worshipping them, I am in bondage to that. But Christ sets me free from this and he wants my WHOLE heart. In everything we are "not to please man but God who tests our hearts." 1 Thessalonians 2:4
My fear of Singleness: Who cares!! I am secure in the Lord and that is ALL I need. He is MORE than enough for me and the only thing that can truly fulfill me and allow me to be secure! I am seeing more and more that God really is the only constant thing in my season of transitions aka my life. Even our time on earth is just a season but God is beginning and end. He is forever. No one else can be that for me! I can be secure in Christ and completely trust His will for my life.
Now. Let's be real. I can say all these things but not feel it. My heart needs to catch up with my knowledge of what is true. I am praying that the Lord would change my heart daily to truly believe these things. And with that I am focusing on seeking "the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God" and setting "my mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." For I died, "and my life is hidden with Christ in God." (Colossians 3:1-3) Now THAT is SECURITY.
"You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it." Psalm 139:5,6
Most of our security comes from the feeling of being out of control. For me it is failure. I feel like I fail alot when it comes to my new job, always making mistakes and just having a tough time being perfect (this is probably where the problem lies bc it would be impossible to be perfect). But the phrase "hem" us in actually in The Spirit of Reformation Bible is restated as "the Lord sets limits to the psalmist's actions." God puts some controls in our life. And the end of verse 5 says "laid His hand upon me" which can be translated into "restrain and guide us in life." God puts restraints on us as a parent would restrain a child..boundaries in this case are set out of love and safety. This helps me feel more secure in the Lord.
When we are able to feel secure in the Lord, we are free to live without fear. Examples in my life: fear of failure, fear of people, fear of lifelong singleness. But when I am finding my security in the Lord I am able to see that:
My fear of failure: I am going to fail! I am sinful by nature and can never be perfect. I am so flawed and so yes...Im going to fail...fail others, fail myself. Coolest thing about this: It allows me to rest on Christ because He will NEVER fail me...because He is not like me. "God is not a man that he should lie, nor a son of man that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19
My fear of people: By fearing people I am putting them before the Lord. We are called to please God and not people. By fearing people, I am worshipping them, I am in bondage to that. But Christ sets me free from this and he wants my WHOLE heart. In everything we are "not to please man but God who tests our hearts." 1 Thessalonians 2:4
My fear of Singleness: Who cares!! I am secure in the Lord and that is ALL I need. He is MORE than enough for me and the only thing that can truly fulfill me and allow me to be secure! I am seeing more and more that God really is the only constant thing in my season of transitions aka my life. Even our time on earth is just a season but God is beginning and end. He is forever. No one else can be that for me! I can be secure in Christ and completely trust His will for my life.
Now. Let's be real. I can say all these things but not feel it. My heart needs to catch up with my knowledge of what is true. I am praying that the Lord would change my heart daily to truly believe these things. And with that I am focusing on seeking "the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God" and setting "my mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." For I died, "and my life is hidden with Christ in God." (Colossians 3:1-3) Now THAT is SECURITY.
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