hey to my readers. i have been missing, i know. you may have missed me and if you didn't, i don't blame you. lets see: short recap of the past couple days. i already told you about my nephews birthday party this past saturday. on sunday we went to church which was awesome. our pastor finished up the book of jonah where he explained the love of God. what it is and how we should see it. its not what a majority of people want it to be. most people want it to be all full of rainbows and flowers, when in reality - God's love can be gentle and it can also bring trials that will prove to refine and purify us. that's something that i've been trying to stress to people a lot. God is not you're teddy bear, He is not cuddly and cute. He is GOD. He deserves our respect, He deserves our gratitude and He deserves to be honored and glorified as such. when we think of God as just someone who holds your hand all the time rather than one who is just and demands holiness, we demean him. at least thats how i feel. i'm not saying that He isn't our comfort and our ever present help in times of need. He definitely is all those things, but to limit that and to naively think that He would NEVER bring about trials in our life, then you missed out the entire point of the story of jonah. he didn't just end up in a big fish. he ran from God, God pursued him. jonah repented. God told jonah what to do (the same thing he was asked to do from the beginning.) jonah then got angry and ran again. God pursued him. gave him trials. its a perfect example of us. we need to repent everyday, for our running and lack of trust in God. we have standards that we hold others too, when in reality we should hold them to God's standard, which is the Gospel is meant for the most wretched and heinous of sinners. we are all the most putrid sinners out there. don't kid yourself into thinking you're not.
wow, sorry - went on a tangent! i just get tired of hearing people talk about God as if He's their buddy, belittling the work that was done on the cross for those who He's called to be His children. *bah* okay. sorry. next topic. after church we came home and relaxed for a bit and then went to a play at mica. bud knows a guy there from YouTube. the play was "a midsummer nights dream". super fun!! glad we went and it was nice meeting buds friend. if i had his facebook i'd post it, if i had his YouTube page, i'd post that too. i'm sure bud will on my comments. ;-P that is if he reads this update. anyway - mica is located in baltimore. we drove through a pretty ghetto area and although i was a little apprehensive as i hate getting lost, we did well - regardless of the poor rainy weather! we didn't get lost and we got home around 11:30! not too bad considering the play was over at 10 and we left mica at 10:30 and stopped for food! awesome. we got burger king - bleh. i am beginning to not like fast food and i think thats a good thing. but thats another thought.
i've lost 25 pounds since leaving california. this is a GREAT thing! i still have a good 75 pounds to go, but 25 pounds is a good start!! now i'm beginning to level off and hit a plateau. granted i've been sick, on antibiotics and have had no energy to do anything, so even my activity at work has slumped. i've been doing as little as possible (while still entertaining and taking care of the babies) so i wouldn't get too tired or feel worse. now that i'm starting to feel better, i'm hoping that i can get a little more active and once the rain stops, hopefully i can start walking home from work. my original thought was to walk too and from work, but after making the walk once, i don't feel as comfortable making the walk in the morning. people are a little more groggy and drive a little more crazy as they make their morning commute in the morning and since the road is a little precarious (quite a few blind spots), i'd rather walk it in the afternoon. which is still 1.5 miles a day! so if i cut back on my eating a little bit more (i really don't like take out food anymore! we had arby's for dinner because neither of us wanted to cook, and i realized i didn't like it. neither of us wanting to cook is the problem. if we had our own kitchen downstairs, i'd have less issues with cooking, as i really LOVE to cook, but i hate having to go upstairs to cook and then back down. by then the food is cold and doesn't taste as good as it should. so although I LOVE our apartment, there are some drawbacks, but i can't complain when we pay so little in relation to what others pay. anyway - i need to put my lifestyle change in more of a full steam ahead!
well, lost is on in 15 minutes and i still have another blog to write in. its very important that i do that as i have so much to stay to my little ones. talk to you soon. grace&peace. agape.
wow, sorry - went on a tangent! i just get tired of hearing people talk about God as if He's their buddy, belittling the work that was done on the cross for those who He's called to be His children. *bah* okay. sorry. next topic. after church we came home and relaxed for a bit and then went to a play at mica. bud knows a guy there from YouTube. the play was "a midsummer nights dream". super fun!! glad we went and it was nice meeting buds friend. if i had his facebook i'd post it, if i had his YouTube page, i'd post that too. i'm sure bud will on my comments. ;-P that is if he reads this update. anyway - mica is located in baltimore. we drove through a pretty ghetto area and although i was a little apprehensive as i hate getting lost, we did well - regardless of the poor rainy weather! we didn't get lost and we got home around 11:30! not too bad considering the play was over at 10 and we left mica at 10:30 and stopped for food! awesome. we got burger king - bleh. i am beginning to not like fast food and i think thats a good thing. but thats another thought.
i've lost 25 pounds since leaving california. this is a GREAT thing! i still have a good 75 pounds to go, but 25 pounds is a good start!! now i'm beginning to level off and hit a plateau. granted i've been sick, on antibiotics and have had no energy to do anything, so even my activity at work has slumped. i've been doing as little as possible (while still entertaining and taking care of the babies) so i wouldn't get too tired or feel worse. now that i'm starting to feel better, i'm hoping that i can get a little more active and once the rain stops, hopefully i can start walking home from work. my original thought was to walk too and from work, but after making the walk once, i don't feel as comfortable making the walk in the morning. people are a little more groggy and drive a little more crazy as they make their morning commute in the morning and since the road is a little precarious (quite a few blind spots), i'd rather walk it in the afternoon. which is still 1.5 miles a day! so if i cut back on my eating a little bit more (i really don't like take out food anymore! we had arby's for dinner because neither of us wanted to cook, and i realized i didn't like it. neither of us wanting to cook is the problem. if we had our own kitchen downstairs, i'd have less issues with cooking, as i really LOVE to cook, but i hate having to go upstairs to cook and then back down. by then the food is cold and doesn't taste as good as it should. so although I LOVE our apartment, there are some drawbacks, but i can't complain when we pay so little in relation to what others pay. anyway - i need to put my lifestyle change in more of a full steam ahead!
well, lost is on in 15 minutes and i still have another blog to write in. its very important that i do that as i have so much to stay to my little ones. talk to you soon. grace&peace. agape.
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it was fun! and i love you. good sermon summary, baaaaaby!