I have been trying to save a post for a while now but have been having a difficult time with it.
Evidently I have done something to anger my vox site...probably just ignoring it was the problem :-)
Today I all of the sudden really wanted to start writing again. When I was in Running Start I wrote more often than I spoke. I invested all my time and energy every quarter into 12 weeks of research and 30-40 pages of a written, organized and creative "discussion", proving my point. That was my life, and I loved it. Today I all of the sudden had the urge to get back in school, take some writing classes, and be immersed again! I miss it. Although, I don't feel like writing about the things I was forced to write about in school...I'm on to other topics and desires.
For example...how cool would it be to start a blog for teens (specifically girls), and just talk about life, confront it's issues...and then speak Life into their situations. I'm not talking about a wimpy blog, that's hosted by a common site like vox, or that is inconsistent with updates, or treated as an "extra curricular" so-to-speak, that a few youth girls from your local church check out occasionally. I'm talking like a nationally-known source for teenage girls, that is an actual website...something that is real, legitimate, and is simply a blog that provides TRUTH. (Who knows, maybe something like this already exists?)
Because let's face it...girls these days have to face a lot more than any other generation, but they don't know the difference. And how will they know the difference if no one shows them truth?
They watch shows like The Hills, Laguna Beach and The O.C. and think that's how "normal" 16-18 year old young women think, act, look, dress, and live. How are girls supposed to grow into women if these shows and the magazines on the shelves are the ideal they're faced with everyday? If these sorts of resources are their constant influence, how will they know and understand God's purposes for women, what it means to be a woman of God and how important we are to God's plans for generations to come? Whether we realize it, or the influence happens subconsciously, girls (and a lot of women, for that matter) are affected everyday by the world and culture. And this influence produces a generation that is backsliding from the purposes and intentions of God.
And furthermore, if girls don't read their Bible, it makes matters even worse. The Word of God moves the scales away from our eyes, so we can see the truth. How cool would it be to bring presentation of the Word, so girls can have head and HEART knowledge of the difference between women of the world and women of God.
Now I'm just rambling...but seriously....how cool would it be?
I need to start post new things up here, ideas, videos, prayers needs, or just random stuff that comes my way.
This isn't about bashing the President, more about looking at the reality of the situation here. I don't know Obama, and I'm pretty sure there are only a handful of people in this entire world that seems to either despise him or worship him that actually do. I'm sure that Obama is just a man. I'm also sure that as Presidents go, He's a terribly young man. His career thus far has been short, with little to actually bookmark as noteworthy. He became president, that's true. Why did he get to be President? Maybe because he was marketed as progressive, heck he certainly looked progressive. He's black after all, we haven't had a black president so it must be new, it must be change, it must be progressive and it MUST be better than what we had. In all truth, Obama seems to be more like just another politician. He has his agenda, largely democratic. His agenda alienates and divides just like every other president for the last several decades (I've only been alive for two, but it seems that's the way it's been ever since I've been around).
Anyway, Obama is awarded the Nobel peace prize for.... I don't know, has He done anything noteworthy? America hasn't burst into flames, I guess that's a plus. That wasn't happening before either. It seems that much has changed and I doubt anything will to be honest. Change is hard, change is work and work doesn't seem to be what our government is about these days. They want to coddle everyone. To be honest though, the Muslim world still seems largely against us, at least the vocal, radical militant side of the muslim world. We're still at war in two countries, the economy is improving like it was going to do anyway, I'm not convinced that it's been fixed. Just bandaged to slow the hemorrhaging. Iran and North Korea still want nukes, Venezuela is still trying everything they can to piss us off. Our National debt and our spending is completely out of control, Social security and medicare will bankrupt us within the next 10 years. And the world as a whole really hasn't changed positions on how they feel about America.
Mother Teresa was a true humanitarian with a lifelong career in the field. Obama just seems to be popular.
He's our president, I support him, I don't think he's going to turn us into a socialist nation, at least not over night and I don't believe he's the antichrist. Too many people hate him for that to be true.
I just hope that he looses his agenda and starts to truly act in the best interest of the Country whether or not it is popular.
As we entered the small town, I could tell my life was going to change. The roads were constructed out of dirt, the houses patched together with old mattresses. I was quiet, my eyes absorbing everything they could. We would begin to set up camp and become acquainted with the youth groups that we would team with during upcoming week. We were there to spend time with the children, teaching them about God's love. They taught us about humility, hope, and joy.
When I walked the streets of the town, everywhere I looked there was beauty. There was a simplicity and rawness that the town had. The children would pour out of their houses, sprinting to us with wild smiles across their faces. With their arms stretched to the sky, they would chant at us to lift them to the sky and twirl them around. They danced and raced around the park filled with happiness. Everyday I couldn't wait to spend time with them. They showed me how to love. The children became our family. I can’t put into words how much I care about them.While walking to watch the sunrise early one morning, I started to realize why God had me there. Everywhere I looked there was this unexplainable quietness. I wasn't just there to have some spiritual high with Him. He had me there to show me how big He is. How much He loves His people. He died so that I could be free, so that these children could be free. He desires us to live free from the lies in our own minds. Lies are whispered to us by our situations. Our media screams despair and hopelessness at us. Its screamed to us so much that we begin believing it subconsciously. He wanted to take me out of the media bubble; I know as my life, and just have me to Himself, surrounded by His beauty. He wanted to show me how blessed I am. How He takes care of these people who have nothing. How he desires so many incredible things for their lives, and they don’t need even half the things that I cry about having.
I always freak out when life doesn't go as planned. I stress when I don't feel in control of my situations. The families in this town have literally nothing, but they showed me more life than I had ever seen.
Many of the children will never have the opportunities that we are so blessed to have here in America. They may never play on a sports team or ever experience a movie theater. They may never own a washing machine; they may never live without fear or anxiety. But I know that God has such a plan and purpose for them. I can’t wait to see them next year. I want to race to them and twirl them around.
I hope that I showed them how valuable they are and how much God loves them. They are priceless.
This is a video John Mayer made from footage he took in Japan during 2008. Its so artistic. This is my favorite video right now.
Did you know that God loves you for who you are right now? You dont have to do anything to earn His Love. He is Love. He loves you because He Loves you.
I heard this audio track on a friends CD. Im not even sure where or who recorded it, all I know is that God completely spoke directly to my heart through this track.
your loved.
