No More Meme

K, I thought I'd be cool and start my own meme (Sunday Selection) where people could post their favorite quote or scripture passage...b/c I just loovee quotes. I don't know why, but they're cool.
Anyhoo, I'm not doing a very good job of keeping up with it (and I guess not too many people think quotes are as cool as I do haha) so I'm not going have Sunday Selection anymore. I'll probably still post quotes or scripture on Sunday...but no more Sunday Selection.

I posted this scripture on my FB status today. I was a little scared to, but I read it this morning and it struck me hard, considering the current situation in the US today. It's a tough verse to swallow, but it is the Word of God--which is truth--and I shouldn't be ashamed of it. Here's what I posted:

Proverbs 29:2

"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."

Ouch. Sounds harsh. But I agree.

Sunday Selection

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"There are Christians who think they can live a Christian life without ever reading their Bibles, but it is impossible. Our memories do not retain and maintain what we need to know. We are built in such a way that we need refreshment and reminder--again and again."

Ray Stedman,
Secrets of the Spirit

I chose this quote because lately I've been struggling to want to read my Bible.
Why I should ever not want to read my Bible is a mystery to me.
It's the best Book EVER.
Other things easily crowd out my time with God when, really, He should get the first part of my day!
I know things seem to run more smoothly when I start the day off in God's Word!

Sunday Selection

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My selection today is found in Proverbs 31:12.
"She will do him (her husband) good and not evil all the days of her life"

As I mentioned in my anniversary post, I began praying for my future husband as a teenager. As I got older, I became very passionate about purity and waiting on God's perfect timing for my mate. My freshman year in college, I roomed across the hall from a girl that was constantly in the Word. She had so much knowledge and loved the Lord incredibly. One night we were talking about our future and how to prepare for the day we would become wives. She went over Proverbs 31:12, which I'd read a million times before, except this time she made a point I'd never thought about. It was a "Duh!" moment for me.

She said, "Notice how the verse says ALL the days of her life. It doesn't say 'All the days of her married life'--just life. She made the connection that, even as single women, we could obey this verse on a deeper level than just thinking, "Okay, I'm a married woman now, so I need to do good to my husband for the rest of my life." She said that we could do good to our husbands as single women. *Even though neither of us knew who our husbands would be at the time* How could we do that!? And how, for you ladies that are still single, can you follow this verse now?

Here are a few ways:

1. Pray for him regularly. Pray that God would protect him and his family and that he would guard his heart and be patient for you. Pray that he'd be a great man of God that would lead your family in the ways of the Lord.

2. Be patient!! =) Don't just give your heart away to any guy that looks your way. Ask God to give you the strength (and humility) to wait on HIS timing rather than jumping prematurely in a relationship just for the sake of being in one. It can be lonely during the waiting process. But lean on God--He'll see you through and you'll be so glad you stuck it out.

3. Keep your heart and mind pure. "Chick Flicks" can be somewhat dangerous! Don't get sucked into a fantasy world regarding relationships. Instead, ask God to give you the proper expectations and to help you keep your mind on Him, instead of allowing it to wander...

4. Prepare. Learn as many skills as possible...or fine tune them. Whether it be cooking, sewing, cleaning, whatever--get used to taking care of a man/home!

5. Save! Save your money! I regret that I pretty much wasted all the money I made before I got married. I should've been setting some aside for our future!

6. See #1!! I can't stress how important it is to pray for your future spouse! That person is worth it!! You are worth it!


Those may be "givens", but I just thought I'd share them. Sorry this selection turned out to be so long! I realize most of the people on here, that I know of anyway, are already married. But I just felt led to post about this. I have a heart for young girls, or any single gal, and their preparation and purity before marriage.

Thanks for allowing me to share my thoughts!

Sunday Selection

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Conviction is worthless
unless it is converted into conduct.

- Thomas Carlyle


I chose this quote b/c lately I've been going through the routine on Sundays. I'll listen intently to our pastor, feel convicted and really gain something from the lesson, and be ready to go out and spread the Word to everyone I meet. Then, I step out the door and automatically think about lunch or if I'll get a nap that day or not. Nothing has really changed.

I need that conviction to turn into conduct!

Lord, change me.

Sunday Selection and a Birthday Wish

Today is my wonderful husband's 28th birthday!
I love you sweetie!! You are a wonderful husband a father ~ I hope you enjoy your day!

Here are some pictures of the birthday boy through the years...

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I was reading in my One-Year Bible the other day, and this scripture totally jumped out at me. I know I've read it before, but I guess I hadn't paid attention to it until now. The Lord really spoke to me and made me realize that sometimes I compare myself to others and elevate myself. I, for some strange reason, think I'm better than others at times. Why? I don't know--it's quite ridiculous. I hate pride, and it's something I struggle with from time to time. God hates pride, too, and doesn't ever want us to think of ourselves as better than anyone!

My selection for today is from Romans 15:7

"Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory."

If Christ can accept me, with all of my many failures and weaknesses, I should ALWAYS be able to accept others!! God will be glorified when we can accept those around us and realize that Jesus loves them just as much as He loves us.

...and isn't that our goal as Christians--to live a life that brings glory to Christ?

Sunday Selection

Normally, Sunday Selection is meant to be a one-quote or scripture-post, but in honor of our Nation's birthday (and b/c of the way things are going in this country right now), I couldn't help but blog more than one selection today!

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"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
- Theodore Roosevelt - (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever." - Thomas Jefferson, 1871

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here."
- Patrick Henry, Patriot 1776

This last selection is just a neat piece of information I found on a website. If you click on the word "source" at the bottom, it will take you to that website.

The three branches of the U.S. Government:
Judicial, Legislative, Executive
• At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Perfect Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22;

“For the LORD is our judge,
the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king;
He will save us.”
Source

Now, more than ever, I'm trying hard to pray for our nation. I LOVE AMERICA--I'm just saddened by the way things are going right now. We Christians really need to pattern our lives after 2 Chronicles 7:14.

America needs healing.

Sunday Selection

I love quotes. I think they can be incredibly powerful. And obviously ALL Scripture is God-breathed and has transforming power.

So, each Sunday I'm going to start posting a favorite quotation or scripture. The quotes will focus on Christianity/life. They are meant to edify and challenge; not only myself but any reader as well!

If you'd like to be a part of Sunday Selection, please read the following guidelines of participation:

1. Share a favorite quote or scripture. (It doesn't have to be a certain length, just whatever it is that speaks to you!)
2. If you want to, share why you chose the selection/how it spoke to you.
3. Always include the source of the quote or scripture.
4. Publish your Sunday Selection post on your blog.
5. Please offer a link back to the main page of my blog; that way, others can join in too!
6. If you'd like, grab the button from my sidebar--it'll also link back to my blog.
7. Copy the "permalink" from your Sunday Selection post and add it to Mr. Linky.

Thanks! I hope you'll join in!


My selection today is a quote by A.W. Tozer. Anytime I read something of his, I usually feel convicted. He doesn't sugar coat anything--he speaks the truth!

“No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.”

Too often, I think more about how I can be happy in this life rather than what I can do to be more holy. I believe if we are seeking a holy life, we're going to be happy--or better yet--joyful! I've got to remember that this life is not about me!