Sunday, August 8, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Job.
I chose the book of Job for my Bible surfing.
As stated before, my friend said it was a really good read.
We were on the bus, so I picked up my conformation Bible.
I tried to read it, but was like blah.
I'm glad I'm reading it now.
I actually didn't choose this because my friend suggested it.
One of the devotionals said choose a topic that you need help with.
Or that interests you.
Bitterness.
Anyway. I read what I needed to read tonight.
Job 11:13-20
"Yet if you devote your heart to Him
and stretch out your hands to Him,
if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
then you will lift up your face without shame;
you will stand firm and without fear.
You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.
Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.
You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
and escape will elude them;
their hope will become a dying gasp."
Such a peace that this brings.
It's really a beautiful part of the Bible.
Yes, I know, that there are more.
This is as close to perfect.
Actually. It is perfect.
This makes me feel a lot better about things.
As stated before, my friend said it was a really good read.
We were on the bus, so I picked up my conformation Bible.
I tried to read it, but was like blah.
I'm glad I'm reading it now.
I actually didn't choose this because my friend suggested it.
One of the devotionals said choose a topic that you need help with.
Or that interests you.
Bitterness.
Anyway. I read what I needed to read tonight.
Job 11:13-20
"Yet if you devote your heart to Him
and stretch out your hands to Him,
if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
then you will lift up your face without shame;
you will stand firm and without fear.
You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.
Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.
You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
and escape will elude them;
their hope will become a dying gasp."
Such a peace that this brings.
It's really a beautiful part of the Bible.
Yes, I know, that there are more.
This is as close to perfect.
Actually. It is perfect.
This makes me feel a lot better about things.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Day Nineteen - Attitude Adjustment
I typed the words 'Attitude Adjustment' and I thought of one person.
Not me. Someone who needs it real bad.
Blah to names.
If any of you know me really well, I hope you can notice something.
I like to look at the good.
I focus on the bad a lot, yes, but I always see the good.
Or I try.
I always think of that one Relient K song.
The Lining is Silver.
Another good song to buy or look up.
'Isn't it nice to know that the lining is silver? Isn't it nice to know that we're golden?'
I find it nice to know.
Lookadoo starts by telling about his friend who was in two unthinkable tragedies.
I read them.
Yeah, ouch.
They were harsh.
Both accidents, one including a motorcycle the other including a plane crash.
Lookadoo continues to mention about how this man is one of the most positive people he has ever met.
"Your attitude is determined by your focus. In any situation you can focus on the good or the bad. If you want to change your attitude, you have to change your focus." - Lookadoo page 91
"It's not what happens to you but what you do about it." - W. Mitchell
Bad day.
No, not that cheesy song.
Bad day, bad month, bad year, bad life.
Job.
Read Job 42:1-6
It talks all about how Job praises God.
Wasn't it just stated he had a really bad life?
Yerp.
Even through that, he understood God was in control.
"His attitude was bad because he was focusing on his bad situation and not on God." - Lookadoo page 92
True true.
I know I don't do that enough.
I try to focus the good, yes.
But I forget that the good comes from God.
So if I cut out the middle word, good, I can go straight to God.
I'll get the same results.
My one friend mentioned distractions.
I was completely for it. I totally agreed.
I love distractions for when it comes to bad things.
Anything to keep that dreaded topic off my mind.
I'm up for it.
This made me think a little different.
I know I just said that I focus on the good.
I realized that's just for short term problems.
Kind of.
Like, fights, bitterness, change.
I never really believed it for other things.
Bobby, youth group issues, and even addictions.
I tried for addictions. But I know that monster.
LIFE LINK!
Romans 8:28
'And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to chose who are called according to His purpose.'
I think. I really think that this is my favorite LIFE LINK!
I hear people say all the time 'It'll be okay in the end.'
Or 'He has a plan.'
Okay, phrases. I never knew the bible verse.
Practice time?
Lookadoo gave two situations and I had to find the good.
The first one, was easy, it was a tough situation, but easy to find the good.
He told me what he saw.
The second one, I was stuck.
Of course that's the one he doesn't tell you what he thinks.
I found a couple, I think?
I'm not too sure.
Talk to me and I'll tell you the story.
To shorten, the first one had a pencil through her chest.
The second one was a grandmother sent to jail for killing someone brutally in the middle of the street until 'he lost virtually all the blood in his body'.
Humph.
Lookadoo talks about working to find a good focus.
That's hard.
Especially when fighting.
I know with me, I'm just drained.
I'll give it shot.
This book hasn't failed me yet.
Sigh.
Here I go.
"Dig until you find something good to focus on. Change your focus. Change your attitude."
Not me. Someone who needs it real bad.
Blah to names.
If any of you know me really well, I hope you can notice something.
I like to look at the good.
I focus on the bad a lot, yes, but I always see the good.
Or I try.
I always think of that one Relient K song.
The Lining is Silver.
Another good song to buy or look up.
'Isn't it nice to know that the lining is silver? Isn't it nice to know that we're golden?'
I find it nice to know.
Lookadoo starts by telling about his friend who was in two unthinkable tragedies.
I read them.
Yeah, ouch.
They were harsh.
Both accidents, one including a motorcycle the other including a plane crash.
Lookadoo continues to mention about how this man is one of the most positive people he has ever met.
"Your attitude is determined by your focus. In any situation you can focus on the good or the bad. If you want to change your attitude, you have to change your focus." - Lookadoo page 91
"It's not what happens to you but what you do about it." - W. Mitchell
Bad day.
No, not that cheesy song.
Bad day, bad month, bad year, bad life.
Job.
Read Job 42:1-6
It talks all about how Job praises God.
Wasn't it just stated he had a really bad life?
Yerp.
Even through that, he understood God was in control.
"His attitude was bad because he was focusing on his bad situation and not on God." - Lookadoo page 92
True true.
I know I don't do that enough.
I try to focus the good, yes.
But I forget that the good comes from God.
So if I cut out the middle word, good, I can go straight to God.
I'll get the same results.
My one friend mentioned distractions.
I was completely for it. I totally agreed.
I love distractions for when it comes to bad things.
Anything to keep that dreaded topic off my mind.
I'm up for it.
This made me think a little different.
I know I just said that I focus on the good.
I realized that's just for short term problems.
Kind of.
Like, fights, bitterness, change.
I never really believed it for other things.
Bobby, youth group issues, and even addictions.
I tried for addictions. But I know that monster.
LIFE LINK!
Romans 8:28
'And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to chose who are called according to His purpose.'
I think. I really think that this is my favorite LIFE LINK!
I hear people say all the time 'It'll be okay in the end.'
Or 'He has a plan.'
Okay, phrases. I never knew the bible verse.
Practice time?
Lookadoo gave two situations and I had to find the good.
The first one, was easy, it was a tough situation, but easy to find the good.
He told me what he saw.
The second one, I was stuck.
Of course that's the one he doesn't tell you what he thinks.
I found a couple, I think?
I'm not too sure.
Talk to me and I'll tell you the story.
To shorten, the first one had a pencil through her chest.
The second one was a grandmother sent to jail for killing someone brutally in the middle of the street until 'he lost virtually all the blood in his body'.
Humph.
Lookadoo talks about working to find a good focus.
That's hard.
Especially when fighting.
I know with me, I'm just drained.
I'll give it shot.
This book hasn't failed me yet.
Sigh.
Here I go.
"Dig until you find something good to focus on. Change your focus. Change your attitude."
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Day Eighteen - Character Quiz
Ohh, character.
The story in the beginning of this lesson, was super long but super cute.
It was adorable in every way, yet really sad.
It also was a real reality check, and how people aren't that honorable.
Pretty much, Lookadoo was eating at this place.
There was a little beggar boy, and he went up to a table.
The kids table, attached to the adult table, was empty.
He asked the adults for the one slice of pizza, they said sure.
Ran around the corner. Dropped it off to his family.
Came back, did the same with the soda.
Apparently he did this a couple more times.
He comes back, and the adults are gone.
All the food is just sitting there, no one watching.
So, the little boy looks around. Stares at the food.
Then goes back to the corner with his family.
Uhhh. I would've taken the food. I mean, no one was there to claim it.
It'd be in the trash anyway, right?
Lookadoo thought the same, so asked one of the waiters.
He replied with: "Sir, that boy is an honorable man. He is a beggar, he is not a thief."
Woah.
The story of Daniel with the lions. :]
Daniel 6:1-28
I've heard this before, in Veggietales.
It was really hard not to sing the 'Oh No - Whatcha Gonna Do?' song.
Even harder to picture a person praying by the window, not a cucumber.
I pushed past that all, almost.
The point of the two stories is to emphasize character.
It would've been easy for Daniel not to pray to anyone.
It would've been easy for the boy to take the food.
They could've done it and not gotten in trouble.
They both stuck to their morals.
"The little compromises that we think are 'no big deal' are HUGE deals. They are telling us to compromise our character." - Lookadoo page 87
LIFE LINK!
Daniel 6:16
'But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you."'
There was a character quiz!
I love those kind of things, for real.
The three results were either: Core Character, Comfortable Character or Cancelled Character.
My result was Comfortable Character. I agreed with it.
It was something like. You get what character is, and how important it is, and you know right from wrong. You just don't want to be right if it puts you in the middle of attention. It's easier to compromise than deal with consequences.
So true for me. I'm learning to stick up for things more and more, and sometimes it gets me in trouble. I'm learning to be okay with that. I think. I feel like I'm going to be tested on this soon, so we will have to see. If I do, I really hope I pass. I hate failing.
Don't compromise. Even if it's not wrong, it's not right. Don't ask 'is it right?' or 'is it wrong?' Ask, 'is it Holy?' I know that wasn't in this lesson, but it was in another, and I think it completely fits. That if you try to live your life by making choices that are Holy, your character will definitely improve.
I want more of those bracelets.
'God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.' - Mother Teresa.
ADORE that quote. Adore.
"Live with power, rage on and STEP OFF." - Lookadoo page 90
The story in the beginning of this lesson, was super long but super cute.
It was adorable in every way, yet really sad.
It also was a real reality check, and how people aren't that honorable.
Pretty much, Lookadoo was eating at this place.
There was a little beggar boy, and he went up to a table.
The kids table, attached to the adult table, was empty.
He asked the adults for the one slice of pizza, they said sure.
Ran around the corner. Dropped it off to his family.
Came back, did the same with the soda.
Apparently he did this a couple more times.
He comes back, and the adults are gone.
All the food is just sitting there, no one watching.
So, the little boy looks around. Stares at the food.
Then goes back to the corner with his family.
Uhhh. I would've taken the food. I mean, no one was there to claim it.
It'd be in the trash anyway, right?
Lookadoo thought the same, so asked one of the waiters.
He replied with: "Sir, that boy is an honorable man. He is a beggar, he is not a thief."
Woah.
The story of Daniel with the lions. :]
Daniel 6:1-28
I've heard this before, in Veggietales.
It was really hard not to sing the 'Oh No - Whatcha Gonna Do?' song.
Even harder to picture a person praying by the window, not a cucumber.
I pushed past that all, almost.
The point of the two stories is to emphasize character.
It would've been easy for Daniel not to pray to anyone.
It would've been easy for the boy to take the food.
They could've done it and not gotten in trouble.
They both stuck to their morals.
"The little compromises that we think are 'no big deal' are HUGE deals. They are telling us to compromise our character." - Lookadoo page 87
LIFE LINK!
Daniel 6:16
'But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you."'
There was a character quiz!
I love those kind of things, for real.
The three results were either: Core Character, Comfortable Character or Cancelled Character.
My result was Comfortable Character. I agreed with it.
It was something like. You get what character is, and how important it is, and you know right from wrong. You just don't want to be right if it puts you in the middle of attention. It's easier to compromise than deal with consequences.
So true for me. I'm learning to stick up for things more and more, and sometimes it gets me in trouble. I'm learning to be okay with that. I think. I feel like I'm going to be tested on this soon, so we will have to see. If I do, I really hope I pass. I hate failing.
Don't compromise. Even if it's not wrong, it's not right. Don't ask 'is it right?' or 'is it wrong?' Ask, 'is it Holy?' I know that wasn't in this lesson, but it was in another, and I think it completely fits. That if you try to live your life by making choices that are Holy, your character will definitely improve.
I want more of those bracelets.
'God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.' - Mother Teresa.
ADORE that quote. Adore.
"Live with power, rage on and STEP OFF." - Lookadoo page 90
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Day Seventeen - Sex Symbol
Oh hay, there is that word again.
Another symbol.
Lookadoo talks about a radio talk show person named Dr. Joy Browne. One, I want to listen to it. Two, I REALLY want that last name. Just sayin'.
She used to do a questionnaire thing in San Francisco, that you could answer only yes or no, or pro or con.
The question was "If you know then what you know now, would you have waited longer to have sex?"
"Fully 93 percent of both men and women resoundingly responded yes, they would wait... A sobering thought, yes." - Lookadoo page 81
LIFE LINK!
Ephesians 5:3
'But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of green, because these are improper for God's holy people.'
Usually, when Justin puts a LIFE LINK! in his book twice. It's serious business.
Another symbol? Blah, I love them, I just feel guilty as heck as not finding my other one. I guess I should really get on that, eh? I really needed it during the mission trip. With all this fighting out of that, I need it even more. So, a symbol for my commitment to try to be as pure as I can be. Ehh. I don't really like the sound of that. I committed to this book, well, God's works behind it.
Now. What to use...
I like Lookadoo's cross ring, I just need to find something like that.
Maybe? I'm not too sure.
He made a good point.
To make the commitment with God, not your boyfriend or girlfriend.
I understand why. Just a good point to refresh in your little noggin.
I'll get back to this blog when I found a good symbol.
"Commit. Make it real. Live the extreme Word of God." - Lookadoo page 85
Another symbol.
Lookadoo talks about a radio talk show person named Dr. Joy Browne. One, I want to listen to it. Two, I REALLY want that last name. Just sayin'.
She used to do a questionnaire thing in San Francisco, that you could answer only yes or no, or pro or con.
The question was "If you know then what you know now, would you have waited longer to have sex?"
"Fully 93 percent of both men and women resoundingly responded yes, they would wait... A sobering thought, yes." - Lookadoo page 81
LIFE LINK!
Ephesians 5:3
'But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of green, because these are improper for God's holy people.'
Usually, when Justin puts a LIFE LINK! in his book twice. It's serious business.
Another symbol? Blah, I love them, I just feel guilty as heck as not finding my other one. I guess I should really get on that, eh? I really needed it during the mission trip. With all this fighting out of that, I need it even more. So, a symbol for my commitment to try to be as pure as I can be. Ehh. I don't really like the sound of that. I committed to this book, well, God's works behind it.
Now. What to use...
I like Lookadoo's cross ring, I just need to find something like that.
Maybe? I'm not too sure.
He made a good point.
To make the commitment with God, not your boyfriend or girlfriend.
I understand why. Just a good point to refresh in your little noggin.
I'll get back to this blog when I found a good symbol.
"Commit. Make it real. Live the extreme Word of God." - Lookadoo page 85
Relentless.
Our faith is small but it is strong.
Enough to carry on.
Though we are poor, we shall not want.
Rebels we become, in tracks where young lions run.
Red beneath the raging sun, like wildfires we burn.
Heroes we become, where saints and sinners are one.
Red beneath the raging sun, like songs of earth we yearn, we yearn.
Like kings and men, we learn, we learn.
Like wildfires we burn relentlessly.
Enough to carry on.
Though we are poor, we shall not want.
Rebels we become, in tracks where young lions run.
Red beneath the raging sun, like wildfires we burn.
Heroes we become, where saints and sinners are one.
Red beneath the raging sun, like songs of earth we yearn, we yearn.
Like kings and men, we learn, we learn.
Like wildfires we burn relentlessly.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Day Sixteen - Food for Sex or Sex-Free?
Sex. Sex. Sex.
That freaks a lot of people out.
I don't understand fully.
Tons of people do it.
Don't get me wrong, I completely think that it is for after marriage.
People just need to open their eyes a little bit.
Let's go out to eat. Cool, thanks. You can pay.
How about our favorite place. Awesome.
Perfect everything? Sounds like a deal.
Best thing off the menu. Ordered!
Can we have the bill? We didn't eat yet.
Now lets leave. Wait, what?
Yes, leave.
How many of us could actually do that?
Pretending EDs don't exists and that everybody loves food.
I wouldn't. I didn't pay just to have the perfect meal in front of me, in the perfect moment.
Song Of Songs 2:7 and 3:5 and 8:4
All three verses, ready. Go.
So, I was asked what that meant.
I don't know what this talk about gazelle is, or the field. I honestly didn't even get the second part until Lookadoo said '"Don't tease me!" Don't take me to my favorite restaurant, set food in front of me, and then not let me eat it.'
It's coming together now for me. At least a little bit. Well, it is. Just. The connection. I'm not really sure.
This same scenario applies to sex. Or anything of that sort.
Why get the perfect scenery, the smells, the touch, but no. You can't have it.
Now, I know I said that I wouldn't just leave that plate sitting there.
Could I really leave the sex, and the touchy feely at where I was and leave?
Most likely, yes to the sex. I know to wait. If I did walk away, it'd be hard.
No, I'm not some person who does this all the time, with anyone. Boyfriend.
LIFE LINK!
Ephesians 5:3
'But among you there must not be even a sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.'
Commit. More of that word. Sigh. Actually, I'm not bothered by committing now. It's just, I seem to be seeing this word a lot lately.
Anyway, commit to try and not get yourselves in those situations, and if you do, to get out. I committed. I know it's really hard to walk away, but I feel like I can do it. I'm sure you can too. Commit to living this full on.
"Take control of your life and start living all the Bible, not just the easy parts." - Lookadoo page 80
That freaks a lot of people out.
I don't understand fully.
Tons of people do it.
Don't get me wrong, I completely think that it is for after marriage.
People just need to open their eyes a little bit.
Let's go out to eat. Cool, thanks. You can pay.
How about our favorite place. Awesome.
Perfect everything? Sounds like a deal.
Best thing off the menu. Ordered!
Can we have the bill? We didn't eat yet.
Now lets leave. Wait, what?
Yes, leave.
How many of us could actually do that?
Pretending EDs don't exists and that everybody loves food.
I wouldn't. I didn't pay just to have the perfect meal in front of me, in the perfect moment.
Song Of Songs 2:7 and 3:5 and 8:4
All three verses, ready. Go.
So, I was asked what that meant.
I don't know what this talk about gazelle is, or the field. I honestly didn't even get the second part until Lookadoo said '"Don't tease me!" Don't take me to my favorite restaurant, set food in front of me, and then not let me eat it.'
It's coming together now for me. At least a little bit. Well, it is. Just. The connection. I'm not really sure.
This same scenario applies to sex. Or anything of that sort.
Why get the perfect scenery, the smells, the touch, but no. You can't have it.
Now, I know I said that I wouldn't just leave that plate sitting there.
Could I really leave the sex, and the touchy feely at where I was and leave?
Most likely, yes to the sex. I know to wait. If I did walk away, it'd be hard.
No, I'm not some person who does this all the time, with anyone. Boyfriend.
LIFE LINK!
Ephesians 5:3
'But among you there must not be even a sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.'
Commit. More of that word. Sigh. Actually, I'm not bothered by committing now. It's just, I seem to be seeing this word a lot lately.
Anyway, commit to try and not get yourselves in those situations, and if you do, to get out. I committed. I know it's really hard to walk away, but I feel like I can do it. I'm sure you can too. Commit to living this full on.
"Take control of your life and start living all the Bible, not just the easy parts." - Lookadoo page 80
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