Something to Keep In Mind

Romans 12:12 (NLT)
Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful.

I am definitely glad that God has everything planned out for me, because I certainly could not do it on my own. The second part of the verse is important too, because those are two of my big weaknesses: patience and prayer. I tend to only pray when I am extremely stressed or when I feel the need to ask for some some sort of "favor." But this verse says always be prayerful - not "after you have tried to solve your problem on your own and failed, then pray for help." We have to remember that God should be our first resort, not our last.

A Great Promise

Romans 8:38 (NLT)
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.

:D

My Future Home/Back Again

I kinda want to live in one of these someday:

See all the pictures here.

I realized I have pretty muched ignored my blog for the past few months. Good thing no one reads it anyway! haha

Amazing Music Video

I feel like music videos these days are all the same - set in a club, people dancing, the singer singing in various locations and outfits. This is one of the most imaginative music videos I have seen, well, ever. I think it may be one of my favorites of all time. I had never even heard of this song or this artist, but as soon as I saw this, I loved it.

Futuristic...Or Not

While reading my LAS (Liberal Arts and Sciences) text book, I learned that the Inupiaq language, a dialect of the Alaskan Inuits, has no future tense. This idea struck me as crazy at first. I didn’t know it was possible to not have a future tense. I didn’t know a language existed where it was impossible to talk about what you are doing tomorrow, or even a minute from now. The more I think about it, the less I can fathom the concept. We live in a culture where everything is centered around the future. From a very young age, we are prompted to think about what we want to be when we grow up. As we grow older, the decisions we make often center around how they will affect us in the future: What kind of classes do I have to take to get into my college of choice? What college will give me the best education, and therefore the best success in my future life? Now, I am sure the Inuits think about the future, but to have no way to express it in words, that is such a crazy thought. At the same time however, how wonderful to think about. These people care so little about the future, about what will happen later, that they do not even have need for words to express such ideas. When I think about it, it might be nice to live so in the moment that I don’t need to talk about what will happen tomorrow, or in a year, or in five years. What a different life these people must live.

This tidbit of information was in what they call “Cultural Connections” - little side stories about interactions between people of different cultures. The Inuit man tells his visitor “Too much think...That’s what makes you nervous.” How true. I know I personally spend way too much time thinking, and it certainly does make me nervous. Just as it says in Matthew 6:34: “So don’t worry about tomorrow,for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” That is definitely something I need to remember more often.

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Planet Beautiful Brickfish

Planet Beautiful Brickfish

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The Top 100 Brands of 2008

Guess what made the top 10:


That's right, rolling in at number nine is High School Musical in all it's tweener-ific glory.
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One of my biggest fears in life is settling. Picture courtesy of twentythree.

Crazy...

So I was scrolling through my new favorite blog when I found this picture:


I'm not sure I really believe in "signs" or whatever, but I thought it was really weird that this came up considering what I am going through in my life right now. It kinda freaked me out.

Taking Risks

I was reading a quote on this site that was saying something about taking risks, and I came to this conclusion. If the only way to achieve something is by taking a risk, then by choosing not to take a risk, you are essentially risking the fact that you may not get anywhere in life. So really, whether you try to or not, life involves risk taking. So really, why not take a purposeful risk and see were it gets you? Well, as we all know, that is much easier said than done.