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Saturday, 14 November 2009
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Random Fact you probably don't care to know about me
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note blog with 25 random facts, habits, goals, or things about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.
I got tagged by multiple people so I figured I could use a little fun. Here are 25 facts you probably don't care to know about me.
1. People misjudge me very often. Some think I'm liberal, others think I'm way too conservative, some think I'm shy, while others think I'm obnoxious. Wouldn't it be great if people would stop judging each other at all and just let people be who they are?
2. One of my talents that most people, at least on xanga, don't know about, is that I can sing. I sang in a group just recently that won first place in a competition and I've also sung solos in front of groups of people.
3. I hesitate to say this....but....no I won't.
4. I have a very cool and collected look most of the time, but if people could glimpse inside me, they would be very surprised.
5. I can waltz, how totally random is that?
6. I'm oddly feminist sometimes, as in I have trouble watching old movies where the guys call girls "dolls" as if they are nothing but a toy, or when a girl like Megan Fox comes along and degrades females to nothing but a sleazy, good for nothing, object for brainless guys to fall all over. Girls! You have far more going for you than good looks, be something!
7. I absolutely HATE my speaking voice. Singing-yes Talking-NOO! I've actually been asked if it was my real voice before, as if I just fake a voice all the time.
8. A lot of my post ideas come from the randomest places...don't believe me? THIS POST came from...wait for it...High School Musical 3. Yes random, but hey, it works for me.
9. I'm a Disney fan no matter what it is(well almost) Hannah Montanna, Jonas, Even Stevens, HSM, All the disney classics and pixar movies, etc. Awesome! hehe That'll probably get me in trouble.
10. I've read all the twilight books(except the fourth one. Stupid beyond comprehension) and saw the movie. The books were fun, but the movie was terrible. One of the worst movie adaption of books I've ever seen.
11. Most of my best friends are girls. The problem with this is that everyone assumes we're dating, when we hang out together. Don't get me wrong, I would love to have some guy friends to hang out with, but it seems like every guy I've ever run across is an idiot of one sort or another.
12. I hardly ever watch tv shows on tv, I just watch them when they're released on DVD. I'm a ratings guru's worst nightmare. Way to get my favorite shows canceled right? BTW I can't stand the fact that Pushing Daisies got canceled. Curse you television canceler people!!
13. I got yelled at by a construction worker yesterday.
14. I never understood the Jonas brothers hype until recently. *ducks in cover*
15. If I could live anywhere I'd live in England.
16. HABIT: I fix my hair a lot(or so they tell me)
17. Goal: I'd like to be famous. Not in a vein way, but so that I could reach the whole world with some of my thoughts and such. People that are world famous and have a voice, I'm very jealous of.
18. I don't really care about getting featured on the ish sites and I usually don't even read all the comments my ish featured posts get, but I can't stop myself from submitting them anyway. It's like an addiction for me. I guess I just want to see if it's good enough.
19. I've just recently come to the realization that the world views people as the skin, bones, and hair we see walking around each day, instead of the soul, mind, and spirit inside. That is what a person really is.
20. My life has more drama than a soap opera. It's embarrassing sometimes. They could literally make a tv show out of my life.
21. I don't usually cry during tv and movies, but recently a particular show has made me cry on several occasions. What's gotten into me? What show was it? I'll never tell.
22. I'm very suspicious of people. If as many things are going on inside of me, the joy, pain, confusion, stress, etc. Than even though people pretend to have it all together on the outside, I tend to think they really don't.
23. I love Live stuff. Concerts, plays, orchestras, I'm there. The only thing I would never go see is a ballet. No interest at ALL.
24. I'm actually not a very habit oriented person. I will go to the same destination three different ways on three different trips when I'm driving. I love being spontaneous and can't stand people who are locked into habits.
25. I have big dreams for my life, sometimes I think they're too big and I'll be disappointed, but I can't help myself. I'm a dreamer.
If you'd like to participate, consider yourself tagged.
Thursday, 12 November 2009
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Everything Comes Down To Love
There are two extremes in christianity. One is the side that says that all of christianity is about love, and the other side, although claiming to love people, hates anyone who doesn't bend to their every standard and rule. I'd like to think of myself as somewhere in the middle, but if I were to lean to one side, which I do, it is the side that is all about love.
What people seem to be missing is the trinity, the three in one, God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. Each have a different role to play, yet each one is part of the big picture that many seem to be missing. Christianity involves love, death, life, eternity, war, peace, prosperity, poverty, judgment, forgivness and many other things, but the human part of the whole picture is confined to one fraction of the universal picture.
God is the judge of all things, he makes it clear that vengeance is His and promises to repay those who deserve repercussions. Jesus is the example for the humans. He was the one aspect of God that became a human and was tempted in all the ways a human is tempted. He is the aspect of the trinity that applies directly to us and He is the one we should be mirroring our lives after. God can bring wars upon countries and judge those who have done wrong, because he is just in every way, but as humans, that is not our job. Jesus, as the human example of God, showed only love and compassion while He was here on the earth. Even in the few instances where Jesus rebuked people, it was never in a malicious or antagonistic way, he had a true love for people, no matter what they had done or were doing.
In a world that is getting colder and more cruel every day, as we watch people kill each other in senseless violence, children starving for food, while rich men do nothing, and countries rise up against each other, what truly shines brightest is love. Many people think harsh brutality, and snide remarks will get people to come to church, but what really shines as a beacon through the darkness is the one thing that the world lacks the most of. Love is the one thing that is different, and therefore stands out as something to take notice of, in this dark place we live.
So if I were to be asked if christianity was all about love, I would say no it is not, but the human aspect of it is. God can judge people according to His plan, but the human race was never given the right to judge each other. We were only commanded two things. Love the Lord thy God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself.
Monday, 09 November 2009
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Peace at the Expense of Truth
I stumbled across this verse and thought it fit me pretty well. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it so please give me your thoughts. Christians, Atheists, and anyone in between are welcome.
Psalm 120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
What do you think?
Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Pink Squirrels
If you're looking for a point to this post there isn't one. Have a great day Alex.
P.S. Check my latest pulse for an explanation
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
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Going To Hell
People have many different beliefs about Hell. Some disregard its existence, some believe God would never send people there, and others believe that anyone who doesn't repent and follow Jesus is on their way there already. What's interesting to me is that the people who believe in Hell, and believe that people are actually going there, love to point out who's going to Hell, while sitting back and doing nothing about it.
There are certain people that most christians have already affirmed in their minds are going to Hell or are in Hell as we speak, but I beg to differ. I would venture to say that, although I am positive that Hell exists and that people really do go there if they reject God, there is NO ONE who knows who is or has gone to Hell, with the exception of a few people who are mentioned in the Bible as definitely in Hell. If we were honest, I don't want to be misunderstood with this statement, but no one actually knows how salvation works. Yes we know what the Bible tells us, that a person must believe in God, repent of their sins, and ask Him to save them and that everyone can KNOW wether they are saved or not on a personal level, but in all honesty, when it comes to the small details and matters of the heart, regarding who is saved and who isn't, only God and the individual knows and it is only up to God anyway.
Since it is God's decision and He's the only one who truly knows who is saved and who is on their way to Hell, than I believe it is time for us to stop pointing fingers at each other. I wouldn't even say that Adolf Hitler is definitely in Hell today. Who knows what happened to him as a child or what was going through his mind as he contemplated his own suicide? Did you know that Yasser Arafat, on his death bed, asked for one of his former right hand men who had later converted to christianity, to come in alone, and tell him how to get saved according to christianity?* Why do we insist on limiting God's abilities to save people of any walk of life?
Who knows what kind of a reach God has and who are we to judge who is saved and who is going to Hell? All God called us to do is tell people about Him and love people as He loved us first. I believe more people are brought to Jesus through love than Hell fire and brimstone scare tactics. You can't scare people to Heaven but you can love them to Jesus.
*Details are taken from this book LINK



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