"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ~e.e. Cummings

My Dad always had one thing to say to me..."just be yourself." There were years when that was tough because who I was acting like and who I wanted to be were two different people. So I had to work through the kinks.


My Mom always had one thing to say to me, too..."God go with you."
Between the two I finally figured out that I was made to be someone in particular. Now, I'm not saying I'm 100% happy with the quirks He's given me, but I can honestly say I am courageously growing up...to be myself as God goes with me.


Thanks, Mom & Dad ~ it's the best advice I've ever gotten.

~ Goal Setting ~

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? ~Fanny Brice

Monday, April 11, 2005

Strange things, these blogs

Y'know - I've just been sitting here browsing through some other blogs on this blogspot site and I'm rather amazed at the kinds of blogs there are! I don't suggest doing it for long because some of them are simply not worth looking at, but if you've got 5 or 10 minutes click up on the upper right hand corner where it says "next blog." It will take you to some random person's blog and you'll be amazed.

Now, I warn you - amazed isn't always a good thing! It seemed for a while that I struck upon a series of blogs that were downright heartwrenching in their ignorance of what life could be. There was one that was very clear he hated Christians and all they stand for. There was another one who made it clear that she only found pleasure in life in controlling other people and being controlled (now, mind you - I'm sharing what I saw, but that doesn't mean I stayed and got any deeper than the general understanding that this just isn't worth it...even as I prayed for someone in their lives to help them see the truth of what life was meant to be.) I guess the lowdown is that browsing blogs simply makes you very aware of how diverse our world is.

Okay, sometimes amazed IS a good thing, though! Like the young girl who is a senior in high school and is very clearly longing to live her life sold out for Jesus and wants her blog to reflect that. Or the group of guys from Minnesota(?) who have a similar goal through their group blog sharing what God's doing in their youth group. Diverse means there are plenty of us "Jesus Lovers" out there, too...and the exciting thing about that is that even though it sometimes seem there are more of "those other kind of people" out there, we have more power on our side!!

To be honest, as I was flipping through I was struck with a fear of whether or not I should do this. I mean, what if....? y'know? What if one of "them" browses my blog and decides to send me hate mail? What if....I don't know...what if!? Well, the truth of the matter is...who cares!! So, with my resolve reset to power on I will leave you to browse a couple of those random blogs and contemplate what kind of impact your life is having on this world. Dr. Phil says it all the time, but God said it first...if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem!

Go & Change!
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