As we approach summer, plants are nestled into the dark soil, seeds are pushed deep below the surface and pesky weeds are plucked & tossed. Similar to this process, we were placed by God's design into the sphere {garden} of influence we now occupy. As followers of Christ we want to flourish and we want to grow. Unfortunately there are times when along with the good seeds there are some seeds of dissatisfaction that get dropped. We begin to see that the tomatoes have a trellis to climb or that the strawberries can fan out over the ground and here we {I} am just a carrot who gets to pop my little green sprout up just in time to be plucked from the earth. Often these seeds of dissatisfaction can almost look like good things. The fact that I am unmarried when I desire to be married. To be joined to another person so that life can be lived together, challenge each other, spur each other on. The fact that I do not have children a...
View of women Today’s blog may be a little heavier than yesterdays…not really too hard to accomplish! Throughout the past five years I have been amazed as the view of women has changed and how it has been shaped mostly by media and popular opinion. Both inside and outside of the church. The first question I hear is, “why does it matter? Aren’t we supposed to be evolving with the culture?” While these questions may sound innocent enough…the damage they can do to is enormous! This link is the True Woman Manifesto published by Revive Our Hearts Ministry. The one phrase that speaks to me is … "As a christian women, we desire to honor God by living counter-cultural lives that reflect the beauty of Christ and His gospel to our world." The aspect of this statement I like and dislike is “living countercultural lives”. I agree wholeheartedly with it, but there are days when I just don’t feel like swimming upstream anym...
Last week I decided to have my three oldest nieces (sorry Presley) over for a sleepover in my new apartment. They thought the couch/bed thing was amazing however my choice of "The Little's" for a cartoon movie was NOT a hit (even I thought it was creepier than I remembered). One of the joys of being an aunt is letting them stay up late, giving them pop for breakfast and letting them "run the show". If only they would let Aunt Sarah sleep in! Watching Movies! Breakfast of champions before hitting the beach! Who doesn't like a good ole' Town Club soda! Bacon-pancakes...a hit!
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