- Leading my girls in paintball...here we go.. love it... but im scared. :) Go
- Alright hon so you're retired im not. why dont u move over... im late. Go
- Almost about to go on air in beattyville Kentucky! yeeeeehaw haha Go
I am reading a good book right now called “A Man Worth Waiting For – How to avoid a bozo.” The moral of the book is that there are so many nice girls who want to do what’s right and have such high standards in what they want in a man… They wait for him and he “never” comes along…. therefore they settle. For a LOOOOSER!! My greatest and legitimate fear. As it should be. There are so many high quality girls out there with dreams and desires, GOOD dreams, desires and hopes… and I believe we allow those dreams, desires and hopes though they are good and God given, to overtake our love dedication and commitment to our first love – Jesus. Because when the test comes… and he doesn’t come right away.. we settle. We just cannot allow this to happen. I would recommend you stop by the Christian bookstore and pick up this book to encourage you along the way.
I have dreams, desires and hopes of course. I look forward to the day that I connect with that one. I think about it, though not as much now as I did when I was younger 
and I pray about it… But I was talking to my mom the other day and I told her,
“You know? The longer I stay single… the happier I am that I have waited. I am proud (in a good way) of the fact that I am almost 26 years old and single. I really, really am!”
I like to tell people how old I am. I challenged my Aunt Linda that I would beat her out in our “Who can stay single the longest” game. I am winning I am also winning against my brothers and sisters. I am happy in what God has taught me and I am excited about the future. To be honest I have heard girls cry or complain about being single and I understand the feelings…. the same girls have then got married and cried and complained about their husband or their children or their lack of free time… it just continues!
Quote from “A Man Worth Waiting For” : Men worth waiting for exhibit self-control in all they do. When a man does not demolish the pretentious lusts that would seduce him, he may someday sell out his life for mere minutes of pleasure.”
And I know men like this. We just can’t afford to lose faith. We have to be strong women. We cannot settle. You can’t afford to marry a loser. And I swear… some of us attract loser’s well. So how long are you willing to wait? For the right one? That is the test my dear single friends. Do you really believe good things come to those who wait? And if you are single for the rest of your life.. what a nightMARE! (I am kidding) It would be so much better to live a life of happy single hood than to settle for someone that isn’t worth a text, much less you. God help us wait for a man…. who is worth the wait. God bless you my girlfriends 
I have a feeling he will be well worth the wait… notice the key word. Wait.
Tonight in about half an hour Tim Tebow will play his last game as a Florida Gator. I have enjoyed watching this guy as the thing I notice about him first and foremost is that he loves Jesus Christ. What a needed thing today! How rare it is to see this.
I started a fan page that has grown pretty fast with over 400 girls called “Christian Girls <3 Tim Tebow" I started this page for the sole purpose that as young women I think we desperately need good guys who want to do right, love Jesus intentionally and are awesome all at the same time, that we can look too. There is so much of the opposite... it can get depressing at times. But as a Christian Girl being encouraged by his example and always wanting to encourage other Christian girls in the process I made the page.
Someone was joking around on facebook, or maybe they weren't.. but posted a statement and it made me think.... it made me think about things and write some things I thought I would share here...
Comment: “You are overly obsessed with Tim Tebow” My Reply: … you are right… I like guy’S who use their muscles to go do missionary work for poor people that don’t know the love of Jesus….I like guy’S who love Jesus Christ with all their heart, play hard for the Honor and Glory of Jesus Christ and are a living testimony in a dark world… get made fun of for being a virgin and not a drinker…. I like guy”S who make statements like “football is NOT what REALLY matters, Jesus Christ is what really matters and is what will last”…. Guy’S who have a clean testimony and don’t use filthy talk…. Guy’S who quote and use scripture verses at every game… Loves the lost people that he plays with and has a wonderful testimony with his closest teammates.. prays about the next step in his career constantly… loves his family… respects his parents…A guy that sings along with Brad Paisley on “I’m still a guy”… can cry as well over things he puts his heart into and get’s “unsportmanlike” conduct for doing the gator chomp….
God bless him, as he so evidently has in the past and into the future and may Tebow inspire more and more men to be real men.. and love Jesus. He’s been an encouragement to me. This is also an interesting article. http://www.lifenews.com/nat5834.html
I love Fall. I love the smell of wood smoke and burning leaves. Love it. It reminds me of last fall when the Sisters and I went to Kentucky. One of our last trips there probably all single We had a great time in the mountains… it was fall and all the colors were perfect! We went out to a revival service way back in the hills out of Campton. We drove that night way out there through the colorful fall leaves… down winding roads… till we got to a little church, small little church that sat overlooking a valley. We went in and it was so warm in that little church. It was filled with people and we sang our hearts out and told testimonies of how good God is and how He saved us.
Not only was it a perfect night outside… with the fall colors… the smell of burning leaves.. but I felt the presence of the Lord was really working in that place among the most common, sweet people. God moved in my heart and I know he moved in my sisters hearts as well. That’s one of my greatest memories of last fall. Wish I could be there now… though I just got word we will be singing again on TV in Kentucky come May. Looking forward to visiting when all the leaves return too
It would be early, early in the morning when my alarm would go off. I was up north in a cabin full of girls. We were there to seek God. I would walk into the living room and wait as the girls gathered there. I would read a prayer and encourage the girls to seek God. That’s how our day would start and we would end it never having stopped seeking His face.
Here is one of the prayers that I would read from the book of Puritans Prayers. One of my favorite books.
Need of Jesus
“Lord Jesus, I am blind, be Thou my Light.
Ignorant, be Thou my wisdom, self-willed, be thou my mind.
Open my ear to grasp quickly thy Spirit’s voice, and delightfully run after His beckoning hand.
Melt my conscience that not hardness remain,
make it alive to evils slightest touch.
When satan approaches may I flee to thy wounds, and there cease to tremble at all alarms.
Be my good Shepherd to lead me into the green pastures of Thy Word,
and cause me to lie down beside the rivers of it’s comforts.
Fill me with peace, that no disquieting worldly gales may ruffle the calm surface of my soul.
Thy cross was upraised to my my refuge,
Thy blood streamed forth to wash me clean,
Th death occurred to give me a surety,
Thy name is my property to save me,
By Thee all heaven is poured into my heart, but it is too narrow to comprehend thy love.
I was a stranger, an outcast, a slave, a rebel, but the cross has brought me near, has softened my heart, has made me my Father’s child, has admitted me to thy family, has made me joint heir with thyself.
Oh that I may love Thee as Thou lovest me. That I may walk worthy of Thee, my Lord, that I may reflect the image of heaven’s first born.
May I always see thy beauty with the clear eye of faith,
and feel the power of thy Spirit in my heart, for unless he move mightily in me no inward fire will be kindled.”
I am tired. I am sick and tired of real Christian people having to be quiet on “Gay Marriage” pains me to even write that. Abortion, we can’t say it’s murder. I am tired of trying to make people feel good and not say anything to offend and try to be politically correct. I guess that’s why I do like Ann Coulter. She speaks her heart and she doesn’t care. That’s great. I guess I like her cause that’s not my personality. But sometimes I reach a limit. I love these ladies and in certain ways I want to be more like that.
“The View” meaning they have One View and they try to cram it down your throat. I can’t stand that show. All they do is have their ONE VIEW. No thanks, I have my own view, believe it or not. I do like Elizabeth Hasselbeck. She is the most beautiful and the most stylish. And of course they all act like she doesn’t have a brain because she actually speaks out for abortion and Christian issues. I believe she is Catholic. I appriciate her standing up for abortion and “hot topics” as the women of “their” View talk over her… are rude and make fun of her.
If you listen to the black lady she talks about having an abortion at 17 and having to live with the guilt of it for all her life…. listen here…
No I won’t “join hands and come together for a common goal” like our President would tell us. (I am tired of hearing that.) There are walls. And there should be. My thoughts for today Christians need to stand up. Sure, look a little weird. In the end we won’t be. And if you don’t believe in anything… then maybe you should stop calling yourself Christian.
I have always liked “Revive Our Hearts” radio program. Looks like a good message today for young women. Something we need to SO MUCH to hear in this day. Look it up. Read. Do.
www.reviveouthearts.com
Ah! It’s been so long since I was able to journal here! I have been wanting to but life has made a crazy turn on me here and I have been busy!!
First I must write about the BEAUTIFUL day we are having here in Michigan. I was able to sleep in and when I woke the sun was shining through the crack in my curtains. I told Hope ( my roommate) this is going to be a beautiful day. Then pinched her nose. She loves it when I do that. She sleeps on the bottom part of our white day bed.
I tell you what gives me the best feeling in the world. Is having my room somewhat organized and clean. Especially when I am going all the time I usually drop and run. Everything ending up in piles. Not a good feeling at all. Today I have time off… so I said no to other things (which I would have loved to do ) and stayed home to take some “Holly” time. I am the only one in the house! I rare thing. Anyway, I have taken the morning to spend cleaning out my closet of clothes and winter boots and shoes and now I have so much room in there!!! Goodbye winter clothes. You would be surprised at how much space winter stuff takes up. I opened my windows and let the springtime air in. At first it was cold, but as the morning wore into afternoon it is a wonderful temp of approximately – perfect. ( I don’t know what the degree is) Probably 72.
I feel I have accomplished so much and therefore worthy of writing about. I need to run to the goodwill with clothes I haven’t worn in…. at least 2 years or more. But at least they are in a bag! I got to thinking while cleaning. I want to plant Lavender right outside my bedroom window. I have a room facing the street and one window faces the side of the house, so I am at the corner, and it would be perfect to add it right there at the corner. I love my little room because it gets the sunshine. The reason I chose it. Even though it is smaller then the other option…. less sunlight. I think it would be positively lovely to have a lavender bed. Last year I tried growing it and lets just say my manicured thumb is far from green. They grew fast and died fast. Yeah….
(Break in here ran to the dollar store)
Ok, I am back. I had to run to the dollar store for some laundry soap now that my clothes AND sheets are in the washing machine washing and spinning away I feel much, much better! ah…. I also put the kettle on to brew some good ole southern style sweet tea.
So anyway back to what I was saying … I love the idea of lavender growing outside my window. I just think that would be the neatest thing. Then when the breeze blows you would have the lovely scent of lavender filling up your room. Right now I have lit one of my favorite summer scented candles, and I do have favorite summer and winter scents. I love “clean cotton” from Yankee. I have had that one almost every spring. I put it out and it just reminds me of clothing hanging out on the line. I remember when I was young, mom would hang clothes out on the line to dry. I would go up and smell them…. they would get stiff and attract huge beetle type bugs. And while we were playing, we loved playing outside we lived way out in the country in big farm houses. But while we playing outside if big storm clouds ever came up on the horizon we knew we better tell mom and start grabbing the laundry baskets to take the clothes in before a big rain. The good ole days…
Right now I am sitting out on our little porch. I love porches. I am typing in the shade now.. I was sitting in the sun and it started really heating up! Praise the Lord!!!
Have you ever thought that the best things in life come free? I sure did today. I am just having a WONDERFUL day today. I feel like my heart is bursting forth with thanksgiving to Jesus. I like to think it’s not just because the sun is shining in my part of the world but it might be! I was made for the Sun! I like to think of my relationship with Jesus that way as well.
Today as I was cleaning… .I was humming to myself some of my favorite songs. One of them was “Coat of many colors” reminds me of my Mother Love you mom!! Anyway, there is a part in the song that says “One is only poor only if he choose to be…” while she sings about growing up in the smoky mountains not having any clothes yet having a loving family…. that really hit me. So many times I want nicer things. I want to be able to go to school and not have loans to pay back for it. I want a reliable car. I want to be able to go on trips and not have to work part time after school full time….. I think of myself not as poor but maybe a little close to not having a whole lot of extra! Hahah….. as I thought about this today I was hit with the lesson… that the best things in life, they come free. I am only poor or ( in my case, don’t have extra) if I choose to not have extra. Clothes lines on summer days, the sound of the washing machine workin away, sweet tea, sittin in the front porch, taking a walk, listening to the birds, planting springtime flowers, walking in a wide open field, the wind in my curtains, the smell of grass being cut, the smile on my Nephew’s face, sunshine…. they all come free. I just get to enjoy them. Maybe I do shop at the dollar store, I actually really love the dollar store, you can find some cute clothes there… and live from paycheck to paycheck but I am only poor when I choose to be. And I say God has blessed me a whole lot.
I hope that you have a great day today enjoying the sunshine… or wherever you are. I know I am. I think I here my tea kettle singing…. time to fix the sweet tea then head off to work.
I have the privilege of knowing a dear sweet family that lives here in Hinsdale, Illinois. I met them about a year ago. When I worked in the nail salon in Hinsdale. I believe that God brought this family along just when I needed them.
Today after I went to the morning church service I took a flight out of Detroit to Chicago. I was picked up in a limo. Very much treated like a queen Munched on mints and water in the backseat while I talked to the driver and I love asking them what famous people they have driven around. He told me he drove Clint Eastwood and Opra Winfrey to name a couple.
He dropped me off at the curb of the beautiful home I get to stay in. I have a beautiful loft type room on the third floor. There is rounded area on the top part of the house to the right… that’s where I stay. Pretty nice. Tonight we went to La Grange for some authentic Mexican. Maybe I will take Shiloh, AKA “Shi”, the family golden retriever on a walk to Starbucks (that’s about two blocks from here)…tomorrow.
That’s what’s up with me tonight! It’s good to visit Hinsdale again. I have missed it. Such a beautiful town… maybe I will stop in Shine Nail Spa again too.
I enjoyed hearing from everyone about my latest note on my becoming a Flight Attendant! Thank you for caring enough to ask and be interested. So, I thought I would let you all know what is up. Well, God has different plans, but I LOVE His plans. I heard from Delta that they won’t be hiring for at least another year. I realized that now would be a good time to do what I have wanted to do for 6 years now! I will be going to school to become a Cosmetologist. I am really looking forward to it and happy that God has opened the doors for me…. so far!
I have plans to use this in many different ways to be a witness and missionary wherever I can be. I believe that beauty is something that God Himself created and it is a good thing.
Who knows! Maybe next year the Flight Attendant opportunity will open and I will jump on that plane! You never know! Blessings my Friends.
I usually don’t watch football. Not this girl’s thing…I will say watching a game live is pretty cool. But last night as I was passing through the living room the Florida game was goin on. They were talking about this Tim Tebow guy. They were talking about his “Christain faith” and his belief in God. I stopped and listened. They talked about his character and they talked about the missions trips he has taken and the leper colonies he has lived in. I was drawn to listen and then to watch him play. After the game I watched him give a speech and then the most beautiful words “I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”. It almost brought tears to my eyes. I was so happy to see a young guy give his heart and life to Jesus Christ in this way. To give glory to Him and to praise Jesus openly. Wow! That’s what should make our heart beat faster
Girls, this is what we are looking for ( I can talk like this because he is about 4 years younger than myself! …. yeah. ) I hope that as a young woman you are committed, sold out, DEvoted to waiting for a man (not specifically Tim Tebow, there is only one Tim Tebow…) who is on fire! Sold out! Living for Jesus Christ. Not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ask God to guard you from anything else.
Here is a video I found I thought I would share. Pretty interesting. Check it out.
Awesome or what! …He likes country music too. Not the most important thing but… shows he has good taste. I think he might be my favorite for reasons that should be obvious.
