"2:20pm Saturday, Oct 21
This board is for the purpose of telling about all the great things Jesus has done in you, for you, and in the lives and world of those around you. It can be anything from simple blessings to awesome miracles. Jesus said if we are ashamed of Him on earth, He will be ashamed of us before His Father in Heaven. Let's not be ashamed, tell what God has done. I really believe God wants to transform this world and I think this is a good, simple way to help do that and to encourage others in their walks with God. So let's see this board grow, not for my glory but FOR GOD'S GLORY!PS- I tagged as many people as I could to get it started, but anyone can post and comment here, feel free"
My response:
Where to begin... everyday is a gift from God, every step, every breath. God has blessed my life more than i could have ever imagined. Through the good and through the bad, always comes Gods goodness and grace. Seeing that i am hopelessly flawed, i need Gods love and grace more than i can say. He is so amazing, i can't express in words the love and appreciation I have for Him. He smiles at me through a sunset, he warms my heart with the thoughtfulness of a friend, He brings laughter in the breeze. There is wonder and mystery in the unknown. I am never alone, never unloved, never forgotten when I am with my Savior. He is the only one who can answer my prayers, who knows my inner thoughts, who knows my struggles, my desires, my dreams and He is the only one who can make something of my failures (and I have a lot).
I see Him in nature, in a laugh, in a hug. I see Him when we are living in community, serving and encouraging one another. I see Him in everyone I come in contact with everyday. God is evident in the lives of non-believers and believers alike. He created each of us in His image. We can all see the evidences if we want to, if we allow ourselves to see Him in daily living, the extraordinary in the ordinary.
I can not describe one event or situation, bc God is alive, active and evident in every area of my life… challenging me to face my fears, encouraging to go above an beyond what I can do alone, pushing me to go deeper in truth, loving me in the way only He can. I love Him bc he first loved me.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Hat day!
this wk is customer service wk at work. we have different things going on everyday. today was CRaZy hat day. i totally forgot, so much had gone this wkend my head was not thinking ahean only in the moment by moment occurances.
So, once i got to work and realized it was hat day i looked around at what i had at my desk (which really is not much. and made made one.
*imagine this*
i started out by putting a paper plate on my head held on by my headset. then i folded part up in front, just for kicks. well some of my coworkers got a kick out of it. and 2 of the ladies told me it was so original...(a paper plate on my head?). so i took it a step further and decorated the hat. i had tea bags in my desk so I very artisticlly tapped some tea bags and spenda to the 'hat'. a coworker gave me some paper clips to scure it to my head. i thought i was done. another co worker suggested i tape a cup up there to finish it off, so i found a styrfoam cup and again artistcally taped it up on the plate.
the finished product go many satres and many compliments. and i wore it all day. it was fun. I love being creative like that. i ended up giving the hat to one of the ladies who thought it was the cutest thing. she was so tickled to be able to keep it.
its little things like that (hat day/makeing a hat out of tea bas and paper products) that makes life so amazing. it is the little things in life that make life so worth while.
*smile*
i love taking what i have (which is usually not much) and making something people can enjoy.
So, once i got to work and realized it was hat day i looked around at what i had at my desk (which really is not much. and made made one.
*imagine this*
i started out by putting a paper plate on my head held on by my headset. then i folded part up in front, just for kicks. well some of my coworkers got a kick out of it. and 2 of the ladies told me it was so original...(a paper plate on my head?). so i took it a step further and decorated the hat. i had tea bags in my desk so I very artisticlly tapped some tea bags and spenda to the 'hat'. a coworker gave me some paper clips to scure it to my head. i thought i was done. another co worker suggested i tape a cup up there to finish it off, so i found a styrfoam cup and again artistcally taped it up on the plate.
the finished product go many satres and many compliments. and i wore it all day. it was fun. I love being creative like that. i ended up giving the hat to one of the ladies who thought it was the cutest thing. she was so tickled to be able to keep it.
its little things like that (hat day/makeing a hat out of tea bas and paper products) that makes life so amazing. it is the little things in life that make life so worth while.
*smile*
i love taking what i have (which is usually not much) and making something people can enjoy.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Thoughts of you ~ BG
Thoughts of You and how You changed me
Fill my mind
Without You where would I be
So even though I've tried to express my thanks
It never comes out how I hoped
I want to say so much more so with these simple words
I'll try
I love You
My heart is Yours, only Yours
I long to give You all of me
My everything, my everything
God I never could repay You
You gave everything
Without You where would I be
You still loved me even when I
Pushed You away
You stood there and waited
Till the day I'd return
Fill my mind
Without You where would I be
So even though I've tried to express my thanks
It never comes out how I hoped
I want to say so much more so with these simple words
I'll try
I love You
My heart is Yours, only Yours
I long to give You all of me
My everything, my everything
God I never could repay You
You gave everything
Without You where would I be
You still loved me even when I
Pushed You away
You stood there and waited
Till the day I'd return
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Career Personality Test - What Type of Person Are You At Work?
Krista, your career personality type is ENTP
That means that based on the standard measure of personality traits, brainstorming and creating new concepts is one of your strengths. You are an out-of-the-box thinker and come up with great ideas. You are one of those people who absorb seemingly disparate pieces of information and turn them into one brilliant and coherent thought or solution. In other words, you see connections between ideas where others cannot. Your inquisitive nature has helped you create some big, trendsetting ideas With your excellent communication skills, you seek to make connections with other people and enrich their lives with your innovative thinking. On top of it, you are a wonderful negotiator and can close deals with best of them.The reason employers and recruiters might be on the lookout for you is that only about 4-6% of the U.S. population shares the unique characteristics of your personality type. Research shows that businesses succeed when employers create a good balance of personality types in the office. And since only 4-6% of the U.S. population shares your type, that means employers are looking for you.
That means that based on the standard measure of personality traits, brainstorming and creating new concepts is one of your strengths. You are an out-of-the-box thinker and come up with great ideas. You are one of those people who absorb seemingly disparate pieces of information and turn them into one brilliant and coherent thought or solution. In other words, you see connections between ideas where others cannot. Your inquisitive nature has helped you create some big, trendsetting ideas With your excellent communication skills, you seek to make connections with other people and enrich their lives with your innovative thinking. On top of it, you are a wonderful negotiator and can close deals with best of them.The reason employers and recruiters might be on the lookout for you is that only about 4-6% of the U.S. population shares the unique characteristics of your personality type. Research shows that businesses succeed when employers create a good balance of personality types in the office. And since only 4-6% of the U.S. population shares your type, that means employers are looking for you.
The Brain Test - What Your Brain Says About How You Think and Learn
"Krista, you are Balanced-brained
That means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain, depending upon a given situation.
When you need to explain a complicated process to someone, or plan a detailed vacation, the left hemisphere of your brain, which is responsible for your ability to solve problems logically, might kick in. But if you were critiquing an art opening or coming up with an original way to file papers, the right side of your brain, which is responsible for noticing subtle details in things, might take over.
While many people have clearly dominant left- or right-brained tendencies, you are able to draw on skills from both hemispheres of your brain. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.
The down side to being balanced-brained is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways."
Thats me alright indecisive.
That means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain, depending upon a given situation.
When you need to explain a complicated process to someone, or plan a detailed vacation, the left hemisphere of your brain, which is responsible for your ability to solve problems logically, might kick in. But if you were critiquing an art opening or coming up with an original way to file papers, the right side of your brain, which is responsible for noticing subtle details in things, might take over.
While many people have clearly dominant left- or right-brained tendencies, you are able to draw on skills from both hemispheres of your brain. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.
The down side to being balanced-brained is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways."
Thats me alright indecisive.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Singles conference... eh
so I went to a singles conference last night. I had to make myself go. some of my friends were going and one of the convinced me it would be a good expereince. There were a lot of older people there, 50 +. I thought it was going to be mostly younger people.
I guess it was ok. it opened my mind a little to dating. Not dating to find a 'mr.right', but dating just to get out and meet new people and have fun, see how God works in other peoples lives, Build community.
there were 3 speakers...
Hiding from love: Dr. John Townsend
what i got out of his talk was this...
don't be afraid to meet new people and get to know them on a personal level. most single people are so busy serving, helping, etc. that their own needs are not met and they end up having shallow relationships bc they do not make time to cultivate deep, loving, honest and trusting relationships.
Do not become a commitment phobe. if you feel like you need to back, go ahead, but don't back away. face your fears of commitment and make lasting friendships. you will get hurt, but if you can work through that the friendships will grow.
'This generation moved fig leaf from genitle to face... PUT IT BACK!'
stop thinking so much about sex and concentrate on the relational aspect. talk, hang out, bring people together.
Face the fact your not perfect, you don't have to be to be in a relationship. (good thing bc no one is, so there would be no relationships). dont detach yourself from being able to recieve love, compliments, interst, ect. You can't resuce people from thier pain. Do not try to fix everyone elses problems. If you take the pain out of their lives, if you make it so they never have to face any hardships, they will never grow spiritualy.... forgiveness from God is moveing away from these.
When you break from these (perfectionism, detachment and resucing), the shackels start coming off and you will be happier, attract happier people and lead a better spiritual life.
plant health relationship, reap from those healthy relationships.
How to get a date worth keeping: Dr. Henry Cloud
I have issues when it come to talking to guys, especially new guys. Guys have ALWAYS intimidated me. They literally scare me 1/2 to death. I am gettign better, but i still do not know how to interact with new guys. I know this and i think this is one reason i do not date, bc i give off that vibe of uninterested, when it is really fear.
henry set up this system:
make a log of all the men you've met over the past 6 months
from here on out log men that are:
-new
-you have enough interation for them to be interested
-they have a way to follow though (phone#, email, etc)
(MUST have all 3)
Need 5 new guy names every friday, not of guys to date, just of guys that you meet that meet these requirements.
Goal: NOT marriage, goal is to grow spiritually and relationally
Point: We have to be proactive and interactive. we do not wait around our house for a job to come to us(we make a resume and go find one), we don't wait for food to come to us(we go shooping), etc.
same with dating. God plays a part and so do we. We can not become inactive in our search. We have to exercise our ability ot heal and to be relational.
dating does not always lead to marriage, does not have to. Date to make friends, to meet people.
Dating is not a special category... work on your character by meeting new people, it will help to empower you, help you grow spiritually and help you meet people you would not normally meet.
God promised the 'Promise Land', but the had to go get it. be interative w/ God and other people.
Healing is a Choice: Stephen Arterburn
I did not get as much out of this talk. This guy seemed very opinionated and judgmental which turned me off right away, i tried to get as much out of it as possible though.
Sum up dating: deal OR no deal
We wait around for God to do what God waits for us to do.
1) get a hair cut
2) move to russia
3) learn to dance
Bonus: eat chocolate
Do you want to be healed? do you want to overcome the fears and stubborness? it is a choice.
I am A stubborn resistant.
Sometimes we have to go throught stripping away the pain of the comfortable living to beable to grow. Just bc you are comfortable with something, does NOT mean it is healthy for you.
Connect in healthy ways.
Jesus had 12 guys as a support group. contect with people maybe a small group in your church where you can support eachother. at the worst part of our lives is where we need the most connection/support.
most people want you to 'be happy' > happy plastic people
fears start to surface: he will look at other women, i am not pretty enough for him.
he can not love me completely. he will smother me. etc.
We need to feel the depths of our emotion. Cut yourself off from things that cut you off from feeling emotional pain
We must feel to grow, so we can move through and learn fromt he pain.
God has equipped us to endure and overcome pain
risk of protecting from pain VS pain of momentary rejection
TAKE RISKS!
there is not safety no guarentee of happieness. Gods way out... hope.
If your willing to suffer for Christ, your ready to stop sinning (1 peter 4:1)
Additude of Jesus = willingness to suffer pain
In conclusion:
So thats a sum of what i learned... some are my thoughts, some theirs.... all from or inspired by last nights conference. After all that, a lot i am still chewing on, i am trying to say i am ok with dating. As along as dating means meeting new people for the sake of improving your character and growing from each relationship. Again what you do with it is a choice.
I am willing and a bit excited about getting out into the dating world. I am always up for challenging myself. Bring it on! Although i still have doubts that anyone would want to date me.
now to be proactive... who will be my first victim? ;o)
note to reader: i originally stated i would revise, i changed my mind. i will just comment in future entried. this one is long enough as it is. thanks!
I guess it was ok. it opened my mind a little to dating. Not dating to find a 'mr.right', but dating just to get out and meet new people and have fun, see how God works in other peoples lives, Build community.
there were 3 speakers...
Hiding from love: Dr. John Townsend
what i got out of his talk was this...
don't be afraid to meet new people and get to know them on a personal level. most single people are so busy serving, helping, etc. that their own needs are not met and they end up having shallow relationships bc they do not make time to cultivate deep, loving, honest and trusting relationships.
Do not become a commitment phobe. if you feel like you need to back, go ahead, but don't back away. face your fears of commitment and make lasting friendships. you will get hurt, but if you can work through that the friendships will grow.
'This generation moved fig leaf from genitle to face... PUT IT BACK!'
stop thinking so much about sex and concentrate on the relational aspect. talk, hang out, bring people together.
Face the fact your not perfect, you don't have to be to be in a relationship. (good thing bc no one is, so there would be no relationships). dont detach yourself from being able to recieve love, compliments, interst, ect. You can't resuce people from thier pain. Do not try to fix everyone elses problems. If you take the pain out of their lives, if you make it so they never have to face any hardships, they will never grow spiritualy.... forgiveness from God is moveing away from these.
When you break from these (perfectionism, detachment and resucing), the shackels start coming off and you will be happier, attract happier people and lead a better spiritual life.
plant health relationship, reap from those healthy relationships.
How to get a date worth keeping: Dr. Henry Cloud
I have issues when it come to talking to guys, especially new guys. Guys have ALWAYS intimidated me. They literally scare me 1/2 to death. I am gettign better, but i still do not know how to interact with new guys. I know this and i think this is one reason i do not date, bc i give off that vibe of uninterested, when it is really fear.
henry set up this system:
make a log of all the men you've met over the past 6 months
from here on out log men that are:
-new
-you have enough interation for them to be interested
-they have a way to follow though (phone#, email, etc)
(MUST have all 3)
Need 5 new guy names every friday, not of guys to date, just of guys that you meet that meet these requirements.
Goal: NOT marriage, goal is to grow spiritually and relationally
Point: We have to be proactive and interactive. we do not wait around our house for a job to come to us(we make a resume and go find one), we don't wait for food to come to us(we go shooping), etc.
same with dating. God plays a part and so do we. We can not become inactive in our search. We have to exercise our ability ot heal and to be relational.
dating does not always lead to marriage, does not have to. Date to make friends, to meet people.
Dating is not a special category... work on your character by meeting new people, it will help to empower you, help you grow spiritually and help you meet people you would not normally meet.
God promised the 'Promise Land', but the had to go get it. be interative w/ God and other people.
Healing is a Choice: Stephen Arterburn
I did not get as much out of this talk. This guy seemed very opinionated and judgmental which turned me off right away, i tried to get as much out of it as possible though.
Sum up dating: deal OR no deal
We wait around for God to do what God waits for us to do.
1) get a hair cut
2) move to russia
3) learn to dance
Bonus: eat chocolate
Do you want to be healed? do you want to overcome the fears and stubborness? it is a choice.
I am A stubborn resistant.
Sometimes we have to go throught stripping away the pain of the comfortable living to beable to grow. Just bc you are comfortable with something, does NOT mean it is healthy for you.
Connect in healthy ways.
Jesus had 12 guys as a support group. contect with people maybe a small group in your church where you can support eachother. at the worst part of our lives is where we need the most connection/support.
most people want you to 'be happy' > happy plastic people
fears start to surface: he will look at other women, i am not pretty enough for him.
he can not love me completely. he will smother me. etc.
We need to feel the depths of our emotion. Cut yourself off from things that cut you off from feeling emotional pain
We must feel to grow, so we can move through and learn fromt he pain.
God has equipped us to endure and overcome pain
risk of protecting from pain VS pain of momentary rejection
TAKE RISKS!
there is not safety no guarentee of happieness. Gods way out... hope.
If your willing to suffer for Christ, your ready to stop sinning (1 peter 4:1)
Additude of Jesus = willingness to suffer pain
In conclusion:
So thats a sum of what i learned... some are my thoughts, some theirs.... all from or inspired by last nights conference. After all that, a lot i am still chewing on, i am trying to say i am ok with dating. As along as dating means meeting new people for the sake of improving your character and growing from each relationship. Again what you do with it is a choice.
I am willing and a bit excited about getting out into the dating world. I am always up for challenging myself. Bring it on! Although i still have doubts that anyone would want to date me.
now to be proactive... who will be my first victim? ;o)
note to reader: i originally stated i would revise, i changed my mind. i will just comment in future entried. this one is long enough as it is. thanks!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
White Light
i was talking with this guy about life. he started talking about God and how he saw God in me. He told me the reason he knows God is real is because of the white light yousee when you close your eyes. He said when you close your eyes you see white. God is a spirit and a pure spirit. the white you see is His spirit, pure and white. we have spirits too... He went on to talk about how we are spiritual beings as well as physical beings and how we can connect with God on a spiritual level and a physical level.
I can not tell you if that white light is God, but it was interesting to hear someone elses views and insight about their faith and beliefs. I do not believe any one person knows everything about God... i think we learn from eachother bits and pieces. God made each of us in His image and so each of us holds a different view and truth that answers the question... Who is God?
Who is God to you? What do you think of when you think of God? Who is Jesus Christ to you?
I can not tell you if that white light is God, but it was interesting to hear someone elses views and insight about their faith and beliefs. I do not believe any one person knows everything about God... i think we learn from eachother bits and pieces. God made each of us in His image and so each of us holds a different view and truth that answers the question... Who is God?
Who is God to you? What do you think of when you think of God? Who is Jesus Christ to you?
Monday, October 09, 2006
So Happy I could BUST!
i feel SO loved, but its a different kind of love than i am used to receiving. it is not faultering, it is not favoring, it is not human. it is a love that is just because. no reason, just because. I can feel it all around me... a presence, a spirit... love. I feel a love that is the truest, purest, most beautiful expresion ever displayed.
When you feel this kind of acceptance, this kind of grace and companionship, it is such an intense feeling, suach an immense blessing that one can not keep ones self from exploding with joy. the closeness and love i feel can not be described in words.
Its a God thing.
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