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Thursday, 04 December 2008

Tuesday, 02 December 2008

  • Get Involved!

    images Day two of my organizing christmas for S.V.Christian Ministry.

    WHAT DID I GET MY SELF INTO?

    Have you ever been thrown into something bigger than you thought it would be?

    That is me.

    I am truly enjoying this challenge.

    But...

    WOW!

    I have been sick, have finals, papers, and a job....

    But interestingly enough, i find that in the midst of my crazy schedule..i am MOST happy doing this.

    I have really been shown how much, even as a "poor" college student, i really have...

    I encourage everyone to get involved during this busy holiday with a local mission...i have done this before but nothing like a good reminder.

    Short blog for now on this topic..but more to come on my experience...

Monday, 01 December 2008

  • Are we giving our worst to those in need?

     

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    For my leadership class I took on the project of organizing and distribution Christmas gifts for my local Christian ministry.

    Today was my first day...

    For five hours, I dug through three rooms of bags and boxes people had donated.

    It saddened me as I began to pull out the dusty, dirty, and torn up toys.

      Somehow people thought they were doing a commendable thing and that these items would be ok for another child’s Christmas gift.

    It seemed to me as though it was people throwing out all the junk there children had chewed up and spit out over the years.

     I wondered if at times we tend to give away our worst to the needy, whatever is left over, whatever we don’t wont.

    Some happiness did come upon me throughout the day.

    These moments would come when I would come across a purchased gift, one with tags still on it.

    I was excited for the mom or dad that could wrap this gift up and proudly give it to their child.

    Some people are saying how bad our economy is getting; let us think about how much worse it is getting for those who already have nothing.

    I really have so much to be grateful for.

    I encourage all to purchase a brand new gift this Christmas and donate it to your local mission.

     

Thursday, 27 November 2008

  • Love is a Choice

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    Love Is a Choice
    by Rick Warren


    … That you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 30:20 (NIV)


    *** *** *** ***
    Love is a choice and a commitment. You choose to love or you choose not to love.
    Today we’ve bought into this myth that love is uncontrollable, that it’s something that just happens to us; it’s not something we control. In fact, even the language we use implies the uncontrollability of love. We say, “I fell in love,” as if love is some kind of a ditch. It’s like I’m walking along one day and bam! – I fell in love. I couldn’t help myself.
    But I have to tell you the truth – that’s not love. Love doesn’t just happen to you. Love is a choice and it represents a commitment.
    There’s no doubt about it, attraction is uncontrollable and arousal is uncontrollable. But attraction and arousal are not love. They can lead to love, but they are not love. Love is a choice.
    You must choose to love God; he won’t force you to love him (Deuteronomy 30:20). You can thumb your nose at God and go a totally different way. You can destroy your life if you choose to do that. God still won’t force you to love him. Because he knows love can’t be forced.
    And this same principle is true about your relationships: you can choose to love others, but God won’t force you to love anyone.
    © 2008 Purpose Driven Life. All rights reserved

Sunday, 23 November 2008

  • Beastiality

    When I first started this blog I stated that I was going to be transparent in my blogging. I am afraid I haven’t been fully transparent because I also was starting this blog for a class assignment. So most blogs I have posted on here are a sad attempt to meet some class requirement. Well, tonight I sit at my computer needing to really post, talk, and receive feedback and advice on a true life eating at my insides issue.

    So here it goes, plain and simple

    I was working on some homework on my boyfriend’s computer tonight, when I noticed some weird titles of clips downloaded on his computer. Being curious, I opened them and in shock found at least five clips of beastiality.

    I want to approach this issue with him in love. I do not want to embarrass him.

    I am not sure of the way to go about this.

    I don’t want him thinking I was snooping.

    And people who look at that kind of stuff is their usually some psychological reasoning for it?

    My boyfriend has been in the army 5 years, two tours in Iraq. Just gotten out and going back to school, I know the things he has gone through can cause some major psychological problems, but he has seemed ok. This kind of issue seems that it may stem from something else though…

    We have only been dating 6 months.

    I am just shocked….i just don’t know what to do

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