Wednesday, July 30, 2008
God alone
"Many of us have never been brought to the place where we have needed God alone. The only way we sometimes come to feel the presence of God is when God himself pulls the rug out from under us and we begin to fall. Then we cry to Him, and possibly for the first time we feel Him."
~ R.T. Kendall, God Meant it for Good
I'll be chewing on that for a while!
We are heading out of town tonight and so I won't be posting for a bit. As if you really would be concerned! Ha Ha!
My sitemeter says I have an average of 19 lookers a day, but I'm sure that's just 8 of you checking twice a day or something! And I'm happy with that! I really don't want a load of readers... with more readers come unpleasant commenters as well, or so I've heard. Thanks to those of you who keep coming back to read my random ramblings.
Happy summer to ya!
~ christa jean
Monday, July 28, 2008
It's the end of the world as we know it...
That said...
I would have to agree with Beth Moore, when she says in her book "When Godly People Do Ungodly Things", that we are living in a time of escalating evil.
Just comparing the following verse to our world today proves our peril.
~ 1 Peter 5:8-9 ~
Friday, July 25, 2008
Silly Vanity!
I have an identity crisis. It begins deep down and trickles out all the way to the ends of my hair.
Literally.
I like to pretend that I am a tall and tan, blue-eyed brunette.
When really, I am average height, white and freckled, with gray eyes and grayish-brown hair.
In my attempts to cover up the unsightly gray, I flounder from one box of color to the next. I think I chose a more natural color this time, thankfully, because that last color was WAY too coppery. And fake looking.
And now, for the last 5 months, my contacts have decided to go AWOL on me! Every time I wear them, my eyes start bugging out and turn all red and itchy. So, instead of having blue eyes, I have red eyes. Maybe I'm allergic to my contacts. Who knows! All I know is that I'm vain and don't like wearing my glasses.
Oh vanity! What pride!
Is this the bane of all womanhood? To wish you were something different?
Probably.
We are not meant to live this way.
"The real test of being in the presence of God is that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object. It is better to forget about yourself altogether" (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity).
~christa cheston
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sappy Had.
Now that your thoroughly saddened with me, let's take a turn toward life.
Miracle of life. So beautiful. Inside me. Wonderment.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
An addendum
Two posts ago, I wrote that I was jealous, that I was left out, etc.... I deleted that from the post because it seemed to be sending a mixed message... I would just like to clarify that, while I am not always mature, I would not hopefully be so immature to be sending hidden messages in a post to someone that I was hurt by. My jealousy and left-outedness had nothing to do with friends or family... but something I feel I am good at and was overlooked for.
God is forever smoothing out my rough edges and being "overlooked" is a great thing ;-D... in the long run. It makes one ponder who God has really made them to be and that one's worth is not in doing, even doing something they may be gifted in.
It will take the whole of this life to smooth out my rough edges, I hope to always be submissive to His loving hand.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Not very pretty
Sunday, July 13, 2008
On this day...
Who would I be, without this sweet little person in my life?
She is such a dear child, winning the hearts of many with her affection, charm, and squeaky voice.
She loves to love.
Happy Birthday, Sweet Petite!
~christa jean
Friday, July 11, 2008
Am loving this quote...
~Audrey Hepburn~
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
What is yours?
I took a quiz on Facebook to determine my "Love Language" and got a result that was not what I thought it would be.
An example of one of the questions was:
"When you have a crush on someone, you...
- Help them with some chores
- Try to be near them
- Try to be around them all the time
- Figure out what they want for their birthday
- Tell them
I interpreted "crush" as when I love, appreciate, or have affection for someone and chose option 4 ~ Figure out what they want for their birthday.
That gives me the greatest thrill, to give a treasure that was desired. I have this weird ability to hear what a person wants and hide that information away to be used at the opportune time!
The quiz determined that my "Love Language" was "Receiving Gifts"
Now not having read the actual book on the "Five Love Languages", I'm slightly confused... I like getting gifts, but am not sure that that is the way I feel the most loved... but that is the most obvious way I show it... hmmm
Anyway, I was wondering if you know what your "language of love" is? Do share!
Here is the list:
- Words of Affirmation
- Quality Time
- Receiving Gifts
- Acts of Service
- Physical Touch
What is Yours?!
~christa jean
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Urge, Part 2
If you come over to see my bedroom in person, please just look the other way when you walk by my closet!
~christa jean