Tagged by Andy

So, I got tagged by my friend Andy and I supposed to write 6 random things about myself and then tag 6 more people to do the same... here it goes:

1. I have serious issues with injustice! When a movie is centered around some sort of unjust situation concerning the main character I sort of have this uncontrollable rage that wells up in me, usually resulting in tears or telling my husband I want to turn the movie off. Examples of such movies include but are not limited to: The Terminal, Meet the Parents, Enemy of the State and Anger Management.

2. When I have down time or I'm sick in bed all I want to do is read US Magazine or read books by a Christian Chic-lit author, Kristin Billerbeck . I thought I had more substance than that.

3. I have watched all 10 seasons of Stargate and all 3 movies. I love them all and can tell you in detail what happened during all of them. However, I stand firmly by the fact that I do not like Sci-fi - go figure. (I also have NEVER seen an episode of Stargate Atlantis)

4. I really, really love Church History. Seriously, if I got the chance to write a church history text book I would be a happy woman! Just think of the amount of time I would have to spend in order to study for such a task - it's sounds wonderful!

5. I miss film. Don't get me wrong, my digital camera is wonderful, but I just miss film. Mostly because I miss the need for people to actually have photography skills and talent to take a good picture instead of needing Photoshop skills to make their average picture worth looking at.

6. More and more everyday I'm becoming okay with the thought of "turning into my mom". Most people say the the phrase "I'm turing into my mother" in a negative way, but I'm actually starting to respect the things I used to think made her "uncool" when I was younger.

So, that's about as random as I get, at least it's what I can think up as of right now.

Now to tag 6 people to keep this going... How about: Danielle, Erica, Shayne, Allison, Hillary and Becky.

Miracles

So I was reading a friends blog this morning and she was talking about miracles - and one in particular, the miracle of children. And I suddenly felt so selfish...

You see, this friend of mine she has one son and she has been trying for a second child for some time now, but still nothing. And she wrote - "I didn't realize that I already had gotten one miracle. And that that may be it for my reproductive system in this life." it hit me... this could be it for me too! I mean not in a dooms day kind of way and I'm not trying to be pessimistic but it actually was just kind of a wake up call from the Lord to my heart. It was as if he was saying, "Sarah! Wake up! You are a walking, breathing miracle right now! You are giving life - 24 hours a day - you and me, girl, we're making a miracle!" GOD IS WORKING A MIRACLE IN ME, in my actual body and I spend my days thinking about when I will be able to fit back in my old clothes and how I hate the fact that I'm getting a double chin - yikes! Not okay!

So, I'm changing my perspective, I have to. What baby, what creation from heaven, deserves to come into the world, into a house and family who already sees them as the cause of weight gain and the cause of this and that.... NO! This little man or woman is a miracle and it is welcome to move and stretch and hic-up it's way along because the Lord has seen fit to entrust this little miracle to Adam and I and we can do nothing but praise him for the work that he is doing!

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you." - Psalm 139: 13-18

Hot Chicks?

This last weekend I was lucky enough not to attend anything called "Hot Chicks" - that was just the nick-name we gave it! The conference I attended was actually called "God Chicks" and it far exceeded my expectations of going to the "Hannah Montana Women's Conference" that I thought I was going to.

At first I was worried when I walked in and saw the lights and then watched a song from High School Musical 2 be preformed (as can be seen below)

Knowing my attitude at that point and I knowing I could have just sat there and judged the whole thing instead of listening, I told the Lord - "If you want me to learn something this weekend, I'm open..." But I was still thinking "How can the Lord teach me something through all this fluff?!" Ha ha ha - boy was I wrong! I think I just couldn't see the amazingness of it because I had been involved in so much boring and un - carnational ministry that this fun and truly in-carnational ministry seemed wrong to me. I realized I had an impression of women's ministry as having to be very serious to have any good, Godly and intellectually challenging content at all! And Praise the Lord he showed me otherwise! I ended up having a really, really fun time AND learning and soaking in some amazing teaching and wisdom! I even bought a book written by one of the speakers, Lisa Bevere, and I am super excited to get started on it:

So, what did I learn this weekend? Two things - The importance of generational ministry and the importance of unity in the Church. Which is interesting, because they are so closely related - interesting how God does that - huh?! These points were both spoken about as well as lived out through the time I spent with the girls from church. We had a really great afternoon of lunch and window shopping and free coffee and great conversation! It's one thing to hear a woman talk about unity from the stage but then to go see the need for it played out through the lives of women you know, but don't really "know" due to a lack of unity!

And here's the part that will make my mother cry at just the thought of what I'm about to write - I have always said that I would never get a tattoo because I have never found anything that I would want written on me forever! But then this weekend I did! I DID NOT GET A TATTOO, but I did just officially find something that I would be fine with having on my until the day I die. It's a portion of Isaiah 6:8 as pictured below:

So, while I would not get a tattoo that looks just like that one there (it's too big) I really would consider getting it but written in it's original Hebrew (which just so happens to be 5 letters and could totally be covered by a chunky bracelet or a watch, when necessary).

Here's my thought behind getting it - I have always loved that story and always felt really personally connected to it for some reason. Then when I was thinking about the permanence of it I was actually rather convicted with the thought that if there was ever a point I wanted it removed, it would be a bigger problem then just having ink on my skin, it would represent a change in my willingness to serve the Lord and be used by him for his work - that being a point I would never want to get to.

No final decision has been made on the getting or not getting of said tattoo and I would for sure wait until after the baby was born - but all this is just to say, I have finally found something that has the meaning and depth that could be attached to me for the rest of my life - so we shall see if it happens...

Travel Lust...

It's funny how it can set in in only a matter of minutes... take the time to watch all three, they are actually really inspiring (or at least they were to me)!

That's what you get for praying...

I didn't think that there would be more than one Goliath, and to be honest the only prayer I can pray right now is,
"Are you serious God?! Can't I just have a day off from all this?!"

Funny thing is I went back to read my journal from last week and I asked God to show me why my spirit was so enraged over a certain area of my life - I had to laugh... He's answering my prayer with this "second Goliath".