Thursday, June 10, 2010
love
you: I love those shoes.
me: Really? The same way I love everything else?
What’s up with the word “love”?
It doesn’t have much meaning when we use it so loosely.
Maybe we don’t really get it.
Maybe we don’t understand what real love is.
What it involves to really love somebody.
What it means to give yourself to someone else.
We mistake things like friendship,
commitment,
or lust for love,
but God wired us a certain way to experience all that love was really meant to be. Not to hold us back or to make us miss out on the best that life has to offer.
God created love, and wants us to feel it all in the way it’s meant to be felt.
me: Really? The same way I love everything else?
What’s up with the word “love”?
It doesn’t have much meaning when we use it so loosely.
Maybe we don’t really get it.
Maybe we don’t understand what real love is.
What it involves to really love somebody.
What it means to give yourself to someone else.
We mistake things like friendship,
commitment,
or lust for love,
but God wired us a certain way to experience all that love was really meant to be. Not to hold us back or to make us miss out on the best that life has to offer.
God created love, and wants us to feel it all in the way it’s meant to be felt.
Open.

Many of us have experienced situations where we've prayed and it felt like God wasn't listening. And yet other times we've prayed or known someone that prayed and the situation changed. Does God answer prayer? Sometimes, but not all the time? Or does God always answer prayer it's just that sometimes God says no? some of us are angry with God for not answering the prayers we've prayed for years. Why did he answer their prayer but not ours? What if there's more to prayer than just God listening and answering? Maybe if we understood how Jesus prayed, our concepts and expectations of prayer would change.
Whirlwind.
A lot of us have gone through times in our lives that are difficult. Some have been small and hard to understand and some have been big and overwhelming. During these times we want answers, don't we? We want to know why. Why do we have to suffer? Why do bad things happen to good people? We just want someone to make sense of it all. But we don't always get the answers, do we? Sometimes we are left wondering. And those can be some of the most difficult times. Maybe there are times we need to be released from having to have all the answers. And maybe it's when we're released that we are able see there may be more going on here than we realize.
I am
myself, selfish, friendly, insecure, loving, artistic, open minded, blunt, poor, un-loved, missing, wanting, greedy, a cutter, amazing, un-healthy, tired, outgoing, american, young, helpful, helpless, sad, unclean, scared, proud, confused, materialistic, short, joyful, mature, peaceful, ugly, beautiful, depressed, emotional, a pirate, a lover, a sister, a nerd, unwanted, a liar, clingy, a cheater, loyal, sick, godly, helpful, rude, lost, found, desperate, envious, anoying, loud, changing, shy, silly, a monster, playful, a creator, wishful, nothing, romantic, open, giving, a writer, animated, bubbly, hopeful, a daughter, heartless, hungry, colorful, a woman, kissable, pale, insomniac, ghostly, winner, day dreamer, a joker, oklahoman, friendly, thank full, a friend, a listener, understanding, impatient, doubt full, optimistic, pessimistic, a saviour, compulsive, crazy, lauren briley.
We all compare ourselves to others. We spend our lives wondering what others think and say about us. Some of us even wish we were someone else. We question why we are the way we are and not the way we wish we could be. Some of us have let the expectations of others dictate who we've become. We act a certain way to be accepted but know that we're being untrue. But why are we so concerned with what other people think, say, or look like? What does it say about us if we are unable to accept who we are? Maybe if we really knew our true selves, we wouldn't give so much attention to other peoples' lives and live more in tune with the life God wants for us.
(inspired by rob bell-nooma.com; name 018#)
We all compare ourselves to others. We spend our lives wondering what others think and say about us. Some of us even wish we were someone else. We question why we are the way we are and not the way we wish we could be. Some of us have let the expectations of others dictate who we've become. We act a certain way to be accepted but know that we're being untrue. But why are we so concerned with what other people think, say, or look like? What does it say about us if we are unable to accept who we are? Maybe if we really knew our true selves, we wouldn't give so much attention to other peoples' lives and live more in tune with the life God wants for us.
(inspired by rob bell-nooma.com; name 018#)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
my bestfriend.
:) So i met a guy. and his wonderful name is Josh. He's one of the sweetest guys i've talked to. and he's adorable! I talk to this guy from 10:00 at night to like 3:00 in the morning. and i dont think we ever stop talking. Hes absoutly amazing a playing the guitar. and i think he's going to go very far. (; Hes halarious. i love him!
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Hello lost world. This is me and my sister/besfriend Emily.
And we are Found. I am in Foyil this weekend(June 5th 2010)
and i have no service on my cell phone. I don't know how Emily survives.
That picture up there ^^ is Emily and I at 1:00 in the morning.
We were delusional.& speaking in a British, Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese accent.
We wanted to be butterfly's but then we realized that they make alot of babies. So then we wanted to be pigeons but then we realized they are rather disgusting. and I'm going to be a vampire at the age of 20. So I'll be that age forever. I think it sounds like a absolutely great plan. (:
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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