alright, so here's the deal
first of all, I re-did my journal again. 2005.a
do ya like it?
my main resolution - the one everything else pretty much falls under - is to be more like God. I want to turn all aspects of my life over to Him.
It may be pretty tricky, but I believe He can walk me through it :)
A lot of it was brought on by me re-reading "When God Writes Your Love Story" by Eric and Leslie Ludy. More on that later.
So then there's this whole romance thing. Getting asked to the dance and all that good stuff has sent me back to the book that made me re-think my thoughts on love, life and why. So I'm working on reading it again. and this time I'm reading with it some supplemental (actually, it is for a diff book...) things - about guys being "warrior poets." check those out at ericandleslie.com.
an interesting thing about those readings is that I found out and realized stuff I never knew before. Apparantly, guys like to do stuff for girls? Like hold open doors and pamper us? Because it's their naturally protective instincts kicking in. (so guys, if you feel this is wrong, just let me know...or you can let me know it's true, feedback is great right about now!) So my new advice to myself and other girls is...let them! You wanna feel like a princess, right? Well, let them treat you like one. Then again, you're gonna have to take care of them a little bit too...we're all God's servants and need to take care of each other.
But anyway - this is especially hard for me. As much as I despise those raging feminists, I've been one. Not to the extent that women are better than men, but I've been surrounded by guys for the majority of my life, having 2 brothers, mostly guy cousins, and guy friends in the neighborhood as I grew up, so I'd better be able to keep up with them. A couple months ago, when I had to have Mike open my juice bottle for me, it was the worst thing in the world! I'm a girl, but I can do stuff by myself! I can't stand it when girls get all pouty and pretend they can't! So sometimes, it may be tough to let a guy be my prince. I'm gonna try though.
Eric Ludy also talked about having higher expectations of guys. Maybe they don't act like princes because we don't expect that of them??? I decided it's a good idea. I'm gonna. Besides, so far, since about December 5, I've been treated like a princess and I durn well like it! So I'll try to keep up my expectations of the males around me.
So kiddos, check out the Ludy's writings. It's good times.
Other than that, I'm kinda nervous. I mean, i woke up and randomly started thinking about the jerk who crushed part of my heart (not a good way to start out the day.) I'm scared of something less than beautiful happening to me again - but how can you tell until it happens? I just have to let God show it to me, I guess. I just really am excited to see what God has planned to write my love story. Only thing is, sometimes, I just want it now!
I think I'll just leave you with my
RESOLUTIONS
-daily God time - with a journal (fill up that calendar again)
-discover how to be authentically feminine and help the guys be true princes
-make God's standard's a daily part of my life. learn them. love them. make them a habit that overrules the world's standards (including a cut-down on tv/movies - unless it's spending time with people as the true purpose)
-back to all A's. (heck yeah, that's what I want) - learn as best as I can in all my areas
-work this summer
-listen to God to lay out my love story, not me.
hum, we'lll see how long that lasts. Last year I couldn't even remember if I had made resolutions till I looked back in my journal a couple days ago. So I think I'll make this post "memorable"
Well, happy 2005 to everyone - I pray that this year brings good to everyone! (and that any bad just makes us stronger.)
do ya like it?
my main resolution - the one everything else pretty much falls under - is to be more like God. I want to turn all aspects of my life over to Him.
It may be pretty tricky, but I believe He can walk me through it :)
A lot of it was brought on by me re-reading "When God Writes Your Love Story" by Eric and Leslie Ludy. More on that later.
So then there's this whole romance thing. Getting asked to the dance and all that good stuff has sent me back to the book that made me re-think my thoughts on love, life and why. So I'm working on reading it again. and this time I'm reading with it some supplemental (actually, it is for a diff book...) things - about guys being "warrior poets." check those out at ericandleslie.com.
an interesting thing about those readings is that I found out and realized stuff I never knew before. Apparantly, guys like to do stuff for girls? Like hold open doors and pamper us? Because it's their naturally protective instincts kicking in. (so guys, if you feel this is wrong, just let me know...or you can let me know it's true, feedback is great right about now!) So my new advice to myself and other girls is...let them! You wanna feel like a princess, right? Well, let them treat you like one. Then again, you're gonna have to take care of them a little bit too...we're all God's servants and need to take care of each other.
But anyway - this is especially hard for me. As much as I despise those raging feminists, I've been one. Not to the extent that women are better than men, but I've been surrounded by guys for the majority of my life, having 2 brothers, mostly guy cousins, and guy friends in the neighborhood as I grew up, so I'd better be able to keep up with them. A couple months ago, when I had to have Mike open my juice bottle for me, it was the worst thing in the world! I'm a girl, but I can do stuff by myself! I can't stand it when girls get all pouty and pretend they can't! So sometimes, it may be tough to let a guy be my prince. I'm gonna try though.
Eric Ludy also talked about having higher expectations of guys. Maybe they don't act like princes because we don't expect that of them??? I decided it's a good idea. I'm gonna. Besides, so far, since about December 5, I've been treated like a princess and I durn well like it! So I'll try to keep up my expectations of the males around me.
So kiddos, check out the Ludy's writings. It's good times.
Other than that, I'm kinda nervous. I mean, i woke up and randomly started thinking about the jerk who crushed part of my heart (not a good way to start out the day.) I'm scared of something less than beautiful happening to me again - but how can you tell until it happens? I just have to let God show it to me, I guess. I just really am excited to see what God has planned to write my love story. Only thing is, sometimes, I just want it now!
I think I'll just leave you with my
RESOLUTIONS
-daily God time - with a journal (fill up that calendar again)
-discover how to be authentically feminine and help the guys be true princes
-make God's standard's a daily part of my life. learn them. love them. make them a habit that overrules the world's standards (including a cut-down on tv/movies - unless it's spending time with people as the true purpose)
-back to all A's. (heck yeah, that's what I want) - learn as best as I can in all my areas
-work this summer
-listen to God to lay out my love story, not me.
hum, we'lll see how long that lasts. Last year I couldn't even remember if I had made resolutions till I looked back in my journal a couple days ago. So I think I'll make this post "memorable"
Well, happy 2005 to everyone - I pray that this year brings good to everyone! (and that any bad just makes us stronger.)