hello everyone,
i'm doing pretty good! i dyed my hair on saturday... and mrs. campbell let us leave class at 12:20 (instead of 1:10) ...so me and a friend went to mc donalds and had a really awesome conversation ...i love talking about deep things... being real. being in shallow relationships have no value. when someone asks me how i am, i want to be real, and answer them truthfully.

me and some people were praying and stuff last sunday... it was so great. we were all in the same place with God and so it was really encouraging to talk to them and pray with them... we as a group decided to get up 30 mins earlier each morning and spend time with God. and it is easier to do it when i have accountability and motivation! i read out of 1 Corinthians today...

"an unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lords work and thinking how to please Him. but a married man can't do that so well. He has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. his interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or had never been married can be more devoted to the Lord ion body and in spirit, while the married woman must be concerned about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband."
~1 Corinthians 7:32-34

ok so i'm not saying i won't get married or date ever. i WILL get married and probably will date in a few years- don't you worry... but looking at it in the dating sence... if i had a boyfriend, i would spend a lot of time with him and stuff... for me, (i don't know what it's like for you perfect people out there) i would get distracted and my heart would become divided. time would most likely be taken away from time spent with God. i agree that it's possible to grow closer to God through a dating relationship, and i'm not saying that dating is wrong, but for now, i think that God wants me to live my life with an undivided heart; focusing straight on Him. and that's hard enough already! but really, what can you get out of a dating relationship that you can't get in a friendship? well... you can practice making out? umm... better hygiene? if you have strong relationships with guys (or girls), you can still befefit and learn how to be a good wife (or husband)... just a thought...

so anyways... i'm doing pretty good, and i feel like i'm finally coming out of the rut i was in... praise the Lord! i'm really trying to love others like how God loves me.. (read marks blog apr. 30) he has given us everything, can't we give some of it out? why have we become so selfish, only thinking about our own needs? ...read all of Philippians, and 1 John.. they are short books.

"do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others..."
-Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)

"Watch the way you talk. let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift."
-Ephesians 4:29- (MSG)

~christine


::tunes::
"could i" -kim mcmechan, "it's time" -wildings, "i surrender all" (the hymn), "i am longing", "undivivded focus", "thankyou for the cross" -heather clark, "i could run away", "i will bow", "near to you", "i cannot hide my love", and any other song from waterdeep, "much" -ten shekel shirt, "on fire", "the beautiful letdown" -switchfoot