25 Days...

25 days until Christmas. Chaotic shopping has ensued. Me, on the other hand, I'm relaxing at the comfort of my computer. Getting a lot of my shopping done online. It's pretty smart considering I didn't wanna get trampled to death by vicious shoppers that sit outside at 2 in the morning THANKSGIVING DAY! they were there a whole day before those doors opened just to get the best deals. I applaud you, but seriously?!

Anyway, tonight is the LAST Young Life of 2008...not including camp, which is this weekend. I'm so excited to bond with my high school girls. These girls have taught me so much about myself. I'm a role model to these girls, and it really motivates me to live my life on the straight and narrow. I don't want to be the person who has to make an excuse for everything in her life, and have to say "Don't do what I did."

I have some big plans for the new year already. I turn 21 in 2009, isn't that exciting? and I'm going to be pursuing my music a lot more this coming year, along with my youtube account. Hopefully i'll be moved out by the summer, and be living on my own. That means, I'll have to be saving money. that's a really hard thing for me to do...lol

Let me leave you with this: Enjoy your time with your friends and family this season, and remember that Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

A Realization...

Today was thanksgiving, and looking around the table, I realized that other than my great niece, I was the only one unmarried...and it's been on my mind all day. I've come to this conclusion:

1 Corinthians 7:32-35 “I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how can he please his wife—and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. but a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how can she please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.”

One of the most loving and helpful things a [future] wife can do for her [future] husband and [future] marriage is to pray.

Dear Lord,
Please show my future husband, whoever he may be, that he is very valuable not only to you, but to me, his future wife. Display Your wonderful love to him, as he goes through his day. Remind him that you hold him up, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Create in my future husband a desire to do his best for You during every minute of every day. Let him keep his purity safe and whole. Motivate him to turn to you for freedom from infatuation and lust. Please do the same for me as well. I want to be wholly pure for my future husband. Please keep him safe and healthy as he goes through his life.

In your Son's precious name,
Amen

I may not know who my future husband is at the moment, but I know he's out there somewhere. The really cool thing is...I may already know him, or know of him, but God just doesn't think it's the right time in my life to reveal that to me. I'm learning to become patient with things in my life a little better. I'm learning to control my want for instant gratification.

I figured out the answer to the question people constantly ask me, “Why hasn't a girl like you ever had a boyfriend?”

Well, the answer is simple. God doesn't think I'm ready. It's easy as that.

I don't need to focus on getting a guy to notice me because when it happens, it will be on His terms, not mine. I should be content with being a guy's friend, and if it transforms into a romantic relationship, so be it. I've realized I can wait. I've waited for 20 years. I know I haven't been that patient, but “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” [Philippians 4:13]