The muzak: Sleep All Day - Jason Mraz
October 22, 2005
seedless watermelon ohhhhthank you God, this busy school week is finally over! and i managed to turn in my first research paper rough draft yesterday, even though i know i didn't do my best for it. i really need to work harder to cross over that line of mediocrity into actually striving for excellence (esp in school. i really suck at school sometimes). i'm living for God, and he's the king of endless worth. his worth knows no end. why would i not want to do my best in everything for him? its just really hard : (
anyways, heart to heart was really really goooooooood. i mean, some people may be like "pfft. heart to heart. such cheesy crap." but nooo, it was great. the topics were life after high school, beauty, and being God's girl. the last two sessions really hit home for me. i'm just gonna be honest here, i need to begin my day by reading the bible before i waste time in front of my mirror! i loved mrs. fleishmann's analogy. she was talking about how she doesn't really like to do laundry. so, sometimes, her husband would run out of undershirts to wear and he'd grab an undershirt he wore 2 days ago and put it on saying it'd be fine if he wore a clean polo shirt over it. later during that day, she'd walk by him and he'd be STINKING SO BAD. its the same thing with inner beauty. no matter how gorgeous you might look on the outside, if you're really rotten on the inside, its gonna show. it reminded me of a verse in proverbs 31.
beauty is fleeting and charm is deceptive, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
lots of girls wanna be attractive to guys, but i believe that when a girl begins to have that fear-of-God, she would attract a guy who has that same fear-of-God too.
and i didn't know mrs. fleishmann was miss alaska! it was cool though, how she was able to share Christ with the other girls in the pageant. none of them were christians. so maria thinks i should be miss singapore now. HA HA HA. we shall see about that. i don't wanna be walking around the stage in a bikini.
the last session- God's girl, was the best i think. it covered almost everything about being this age. the insecurites, the longing for significance, the pressures, the different traps. mrs. findley shared her testimony, which was really good cuz she was being really transparent about her life, helping us understand how God with his goodness helped her through the really hard times she faced when she was around our age. i mean, i thought i was the only one facing the problems i'm facing now, but yay i'm not the only one!
youth group last night was sooooooo much fun too :D i reached nick's house and could already smell his wonderful cooking. we had nick's yummy home-made burgers, which were huuuuge (he even baked the bread bit himself. amazing.), and cheese fries! so so so goood. i couldn't stop eating even though my stomach was running out of space. we ch1ll3d for awhile... and then we talked about evangelism. really good stuff cuz nick became a christian only a few years ago, and he shared about how his own friends evangelised to him. so it was good hearing it from a real aspect. so yeah, i learned that its important to build relationships while evangelising. it has a greater impact on that person's life cuz it shows how much you care for that person.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.
after that we had dessert, which nick made as well. oreo cheesecake with chocolate whip cream! so goooood. i hope i gained some weight from eating that much last night.
anyways, moving on to shallower stuff. maria, ruth, nathan, stephen, pete and i watched FLIGHT PLAN yesterday. it was hilarious. nothing like a thriller, but it was worth it. i never thought i'd see jodie foster in a movie again ever since panic room 5 years ago. everyone should watch it.
i'm just waiting for the day where a movie poster would say "thriller" and really be a thriller.
have an awesome weekend!
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