Shape Up

Here I sit, dripping with sweat. My breathing is coming back to me, which is good. Yes. I just got done working out. It turns out Ive spent the last year slowly becoming a lazy person. Not too impressed with myself. Im not totally lazy, but compared to the walking obsessed freak that I used to be, Im a lazy bum. Videos bore me. I hate them. The stupid people all dressed the same, smiling for an hour straight of shear torture. Like really, put some real people in the videos like me, who are near dead by the end. I tell ya, I remember doing the walk away the pounds express everyday for a while, all I could think of the whole time was how angry I was. It was the same thing over and over and over and over. Well you get the point. I wanted to punch the Leslie Sansone or whatever her name was. Seriously, it made me angry, all those feelings are coming back to me now. But anyway. The point to that rant was that I actually found a way to workout that I enjoy(aside for going for walks, because I do love that). Anyway, I call it worship workout. Its awesome. I just put in my worship music and dance. For a half hour straight. I try to infiltrate some of the things Ive learned from videos, but mostly, I just worship while moving my body. Its awesome. I love it. And it is tiring. Im not kidding when I say that I am dripping with sweat. Not only is it great for my body, but it is good for my realationship with Jesus. I have a chance to sing to God, and dance with all my heart, look like a complete fool, and not care even a little bit.
So here I am half dead. In no time though, Ill be in tip top shape. But for now,I am dreading the morning, cause my legs are going to be killing me!!!

clothes

I have a pet peave. I hate it that some people think it is so darn important to get dressed up for church. Seriously, God is not that impressed by our finest clothing. First of all, Church is the people, God does not live the building, so thearetically, if we are wearing our best for God, and God actually has made his dwelling inside of us, perhaps we should get dressed up every day. Our bodies are the temple, not the big building with all of the pews.
Also, Ive heard it said that it is all about giving our best to God, including our clothing. But since when does God use mans styles and trends to determine what is best. Can anyone honestly say that wearing a fine suit and tie impresses God. As if God sits up in Heaven talking to angels about the nice Armani suit that Jack John wore to church on Sunday. Truth I is, God can see right through the suit, right through the flesh straight to the heart. I havnt read anywhere yet that God wants us dressed up when we meet together. I have read a few things in the Bible about the way we dress. More so about women dressing decently with propriety and such.
So here is the thing. If you like getting dressed up, go for it, but dont think for a secomd that you are impressing God. God wants your heart, your soul, and your life. Not your expensive clothes. And if you do want to please God with your clothes, ladies, stop showing off your bodies.

i hope this works.Ive never posted a pic before. Thanks for the help Ben

woooohoooo, I finally know how to post a picture!!! Thank you Ben, I am so excited. Not that I know how to put pictures on the computer from my camera.

There's a Price to Pay to be Beautiful

I remember when I was little(though I use the word loosely as I always a bit on the chubby side), my mom used to brush my hair for me. I absolutely hated it. Apperently I was born pre-tear free shampoo and conditioner. It hurt like a bugger. I would cry everytime. My hair would be so knotted that it could not just be brushed through without the brush getting stuck and mymom having to yank, taking chunks of hair out of my head with the brush.It was terribly painful. Thank goodness for conditioner, the day I discovered conditioner my life was forever changed. Anyway, the point is, I remember when I was crying, my mom would say to me, "theres a price to pay to be beautiful". And how right she was. Girls everywhere are paying hugely, trying to be beautiful. To have the perfect body. We are paying financially. Plastic surgery, laser surgery, make-up, clothes....and the list goes on. We are paying with time. Hours spent in front of the mirror, wasted time, applying make-up, drying hair, straighting hair, curling hair, plucking hair, waxing hair, dying hair. and a lot of us are paying with out health. Thousands if girls are literaly dying to be thin. Without concern for the risks to health, counting calories, limiting fat, over excersizing, and puking up their food. All to be beautiful. All to achieve that perfect body. I am not a stranger to the obsession with body weight.I am not a stranger to the price of beauty. I realized one day that I have spent so much time trying to fix the outside of me, that I was neglecting the inside, the place that matters. Luckily for me, I met a guy who seems to be blind, who thinks Im beautiful, God forbid he ever get glasses(lol). Heres the thing about beauty. The truth is there is a price to pay to be beautiful, but the price has already been paid. True beauty that counts comes not from the perfect body, but the soul that has been made perfect through the sacrifice that Jesus made on that cross. See, beauty comes from being made pure inside, and the price has already been paid.

A new season of life has begun. And it is hard to believe. Danielle is starting grade one. Alexa and Hannah are starting kindergarten. It begins, the drama, the learning, the tears, the bullies, making friends, fighting with friends, making new friends. It is hard to watch. These girls are all so precious. It scares me. I just want to shelter them,protect them, and keep them from harms way. I want them to know that they are beautiful, no matter what happens. I want them to know just how special they are. Kids can be cruel, and that can leave scars. I want them to fall in with the right crowd, I want them to spend more time being themsleves than trying to be cool. I want them to find Jesus. I hope and pray that God will carry them in his arms through the maze they are now entering, and I hope they can come through the other side in love with Jesus.
Its a new season of life for three very special little girls, and twelve years from now, Dan will be all grown up, and Han and Alexa will be close behind, ready to leave home and create a life for themselves. And as for me, I will be really, really old!!!!!

First bank machines to withdraw money, then pay all your bills without ever making contact with another human, than shop online, get a credit and you'll never have to go to a store. And if you do find yourself out shopping, go to Wal Mart and use the cash where there is no cashier. Just swipe your won card and off you go. And if you want to rent a movie, head to Niko video, do it all yourself. What a strange world we live in. Techonology is so rapidly changing. Get a computer or a digi cam, or an ipod, and it will be outdated in a month. I'll be honest, Im afraid of technology. Too many people sit at home, staring at computer screen, building a relationship with all of their compu-friends, while all the while neglecting their real friends. Too many people sitting at home playing their crazy role playing games,meanwhile forgetting to get out and live their real lives. Kids getting fatter and more anti-social because they dont go outside and play with their friends, they stay in and play video games, or watch satelite tv. I know technology is all great. The TVs get bigger and bigger while the cell phones get smaller and smaller. You cant go anywhere anymore without hearing cell phones ringing, no one ever knows if its them ringing or somebody else.
I guess this is my technolgy rant. The more sophosticated our technology becomes for the better, there is always the down side. As we are able to make better and better computers and cell phones, and cameras, think about how much more sophisticated the worlds weapons must be becoming. We have wonderful thingslike Google earth, where satelites take precise pics of almost every place on earth, and yet we cant find a way to feed the hungry people all over the world. Im just wondering how advanced our society really is.