let me just say…

okay, so first of all, last night i went to see Shane Claiborne and his Jesus for President tour with Tracy, PD, Ragan, Chelsea, Graham, and Abby.  It was different than I thought it would be, but I am pretty sure that is a good thing.  I do feel like I need to apologize to Shane and his crew though because in between them saying really interesting things (that is not sarcasm…really, it was very interesting) they would break into these songs and I would lose it.  I mean like uncontrollable giggle fits, you know what I am talking about.  The kind that happen in the most inappropriate situations and there is nothing you can do but try to think sad thoughts.  Shane made some great points and while I may not agree with everything he says, he is definitely living a life of reckless abandon and I heart that.  After Shane we stopped at McDonalds and I am pretty sure that everyone else in that place (yep, there were other people, and I mean other groups of people in McDonalds at 10pm) thinks we are nuts!  I swear, I have not laughed that much in a very long time.  Go here to check out some footage from our crazy night!

Then, tonite we all went to see the African Childrens Choir and I am pretty sure that given the chance, Tracy and I would have kidnapped one of them!!!  All I have to say is that I am not real sure I have any right to complain about anything ever again.  I mean these kids have nothing, many of them no parents and no real home, and yet they have hope and faith that I only pray I can one day have.  AMAZING!

So, let me just say that I sure hope that others in this world have the kind of friends that I do because I am pretty sure that mine ROCK!!!!

And for all those following the flossing…its become a regular thing and I have to admit (Tracy-you are not allowed to say I told you so) it makes your mouth feel better!!!

empty…

i have not forgotten about this blog, its just that i dont really have anything to say.  i have a lot going on in my life right now, and one would think that would provide lots to say on this here blog, but everytime i go to write i come up empty.  maybe when my life gets less involved and i find a job i will have something to say….until then….

update to flossing

just an fyi for all those who read and subsequently got on my case about flossing…i totally flossed tonite and so did my roommate Courtney…so HA!!

hilarious!

okay, so this is what i did last night…

in the silence

so, i am housesitting this weekend which means its me and the three dogs…alone….all the time.  and two of the dogs are outside dogs, so really its me and the little dog alone…all the time.  now, most would think i would use all this time to read the francis chan book i really should finish or get quiet with God and try to hear what He is telling me, but instead i have the tv on and am perusing the internet looking for updated blogs, facebook pages, and twitter.  yup, i have a problem.  i HATE to be alone.  the thing is, when i was in Mississippi i was alone a lot, but i had school work to do pretty much all the time so it felt like i had purpose in being alone.  now, being alone just makes me crazy.  last week we watched a nooma video about taking the noise out of your life and letting God speak in the silence…well, i guess that means i would have to turn off the tv, cell phone, computer and music and just let myself get okay with being alone.  this probably wont happen today…

who thinks of these things?

okay, so i was talking to a friend today about going to see fireworks on the 4th after a cookout and i started to think.  i mean who in the world ever thought about sending colored fire into the air in a particular shape?  and then i started to think about all the other things we have in this great world that someone thought we were missing.  its a good thing those kinds of very intelligent people live in this world because if it were made up of people like me, we would all still be sitting in the dark eating raw food…

do you floss?

i am not a flosser.  i know, i know…healthier teeth and gums and fewer cavities.  still, i dont floss.  ever.  my friend chelsea doesnt floss either and she has braces!!!  so yesterday chelsea, shea and I started to talk about flossing, mostly due to the fact that shea, a frequent flosser, looked aghast at the fact that neither chelsea nor I floss.  having talked about flossing and the people we know who do and who dont, we have come to the following conclusions:

1.  flossers are detail oriented people who tend to like things just so and tend to be very neat.

2. non-flossers are big picture people who tend to forget about the details and can be messy.

so where do you fall?

joy

let me first say that i bought this sugar scrub this afternoon at bath and body works and while it really does make your skin feel soft the scent is sort of mannish.  its spearmint eucalyptus, and it said relaxing on the container so i bought it, but now i am sitting here smelling my soft skin thinking i smell like a boy…hmmmm not so sure about this.

so tonite i went to the small group that i have been invited to and had a really great time.  i really feel like God has placed passionate people in this group who want to see change and are on fire to share this joy with others.  i know i have blogged about this before, but it really is on my heart big time so i think i will blog about it again.

 look, i get that we all have times when we are not joyful about life and if we were totally honest, we all have times when life just sucks.  i get it…i have been there, and i know i am young and so i have not been there as much as some, but i have been there.  i also know that even in those times i have so much more than many others in the world.  i have an eternity in heaven with the creator of the universe and i can rest knowing that no matter what, He is always the same.  i mean really people, lets get excited about God and about the fact that He has chosen us to be a character in His play.  if we lived out of the joy that comes from knowing the love of Jesus i think we would find people would see the gospel in our lives.  if we loved out of the love we receive from God, people would be dying to know who He is.  the problem is not that we dont know how to talk to people or how to have “intentional” relationships, its that we have to have them at all.  just let the joy fill you and then you cannot help but live it out.  Jesus was a radical guy who was full of passion and love and thats why people followed him.  He was a good leader who was able cast vision that people knew in their core to be truth.  we need to continue to cast that vision knowing deep inside of us that it is truth and that this ministry work we do is vitally important.  this is a big deal!!!

Jurassic Park

okay, so yesterday (saturday), i had about 6 loads of laundry to do, in part because i hate doing it and always wait until i have not clothes left, and also because it was the day i needed to do towels and sheets and comforters.  Anyway, there i was stuck at home while my unmentionables were getting clean wondering what to do with my time when i happened to see that Jurasasic Park was playing on the tv…so i watched it.  its one of those movies where you constantly shout at the tv to give the stupid people directions.  i mean really, who goes UPSTAIRS when scary large dinosaurs with big teeth are chasing you?!!?! 

 okay so fast forward a day and its tonite and i am once again perusing the tv and find that Jurassic Park 3 is on….and of course i watch.  well, now having seen all three Jurassic Parks and having discussed it over with my roommate, i have come to the following conclusions (if you LOVE the Jurassic Park movies, you may want to stop here):

 1. Jurassic Park 1 was groundbreaking in terms of filmography and special effects…a good movie all around.

 2. Jurassic Park 2 was a sad attempt at trying to surpass the success of Jurassic Park 1.

 3. Jurassic Park 3 was an even sadder attempt at trying to undo what Jurassic Park 2 did and redo what Jurassic Park 1 did.

 4.  All three movies are really the same – people land on dinosaur island, dinosaurs get mad, dinosaurs chase people, dinosaurs eat some people, other people are smarter than dinosaurs and make it to a helicopter, people leave dinosaurs on isolated island to let nature do its thing.

 5.  All three movies have the same music.

 okay, so just wanted to blog about this, not sure why….i am going to bed now since i am taking a friend to my dentist friend tracy for her first cleaning in 7 years at 8 am.  i am not kidding, i should be hospitality director at tracy’s office, too bad that job does not exist….

Jesus Greater Than

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