Hey everyone! Nate got to come to church
yesterday, but I was really bummed since the whole sermon was about money. We
are doing this Upward By Faith campaign at our church and planning on
rebuilding and remodeling and stuff so our pastor just thought this would be a
good Sunday too talk about "stewardship". Grrrr, oh well. He still
enjoyed it. I realized something during the sermon though. I hate money. After
struggling with our finances for so long, Justin and I will forever be owing
somebody something and it drives me crazy! I realized something else during the
sermon though...ulimately, it all belongs to God. God gives EVERYTHING to us so
He deserves no less than EVERYTHING in return. I am learning ever so slowly to
"hold all things loosely that I may learn to release them back to
God" like Chuck Swindoll talked about in his book, "The Mystery of
God's Will". Good book! That's the only quote I remember from the whole
thing. Highlighted it. Underlined it. Put several little asteriks on either
side of it! Good book! :)
Last night Justin and I watched "13 Going On 30". GOOD MOVIE! It is a chick flick though, but I loved it! VERY TRUE! VERY TRUE! It made me want to be young again, well, not really. Not the part about snotty popular girls who are mean to the ugly unpopular girl like I was. More like remembering when all I had to worry about was what to wear that day or a test or homework or something, not BILLS! I also used to love the movie, "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" 'cause I always wanted to be the chick in the movie with the cool executive office job at some major corporation. Now I have that, sort of but not really, and it's not really all it's cracked up to be. When I was little I used to pretend I was a lawyer and had all my clients papers in this briefcase (really it was a backgammon game board) and I would dress up and walk around the house in heels just 'cause I liked the way they sounded on the hard floor. I would also always wear my mom's dangly clip-on earrings 'cause I liked the way they looked, the danglier the better. Now I wear simple earrings and quiet shoes and don't worry incredibly much about dressing up. My, how times change. When I was little, I couldn't wait to get where I am, and now that I'm there, I wish I could go back. You know how you're always told as a child, "I'll tell you when you're older"? Well, now I wish I wasn't so old to know all that stuff only grown-ups know. I'd rather keep it simple and sweet. Like the good 'ol days.
Last night Justin and I watched "13 Going On 30". GOOD MOVIE! It is a chick flick though, but I loved it! VERY TRUE! VERY TRUE! It made me want to be young again, well, not really. Not the part about snotty popular girls who are mean to the ugly unpopular girl like I was. More like remembering when all I had to worry about was what to wear that day or a test or homework or something, not BILLS! I also used to love the movie, "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" 'cause I always wanted to be the chick in the movie with the cool executive office job at some major corporation. Now I have that, sort of but not really, and it's not really all it's cracked up to be. When I was little I used to pretend I was a lawyer and had all my clients papers in this briefcase (really it was a backgammon game board) and I would dress up and walk around the house in heels just 'cause I liked the way they sounded on the hard floor. I would also always wear my mom's dangly clip-on earrings 'cause I liked the way they looked, the danglier the better. Now I wear simple earrings and quiet shoes and don't worry incredibly much about dressing up. My, how times change. When I was little, I couldn't wait to get where I am, and now that I'm there, I wish I could go back. You know how you're always told as a child, "I'll tell you when you're older"? Well, now I wish I wasn't so old to know all that stuff only grown-ups know. I'd rather keep it simple and sweet. Like the good 'ol days.
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