OKAY! I think I am just gonna update my blog once a month. fashionably lazy. okay, just kidding. but I really have been lazy and turned my back on updating my blog. it has been in the most back of my mind. I just got so much going-like 19-page research proposal? heck yeah. but anyway, I got some things to say. but to make the list of the posts of my blog look better, I am going to break it into several and write them! and on this post, I am going to write a few quotes that touched my HEART.
Okay, so I was at midnight oil yesterday morning because my awesome social club DGR meets for a morning devo at midnight oil on every Tuesday! Haha! so i went yesterday, and this awesome devo director (Meghan Connors) shared a scripture with us that I've never read or maybe I've read but didn't get the significance of it. and when she explained how much of an impact that scripture has had on her, it just woke me up. OMGosh. Okay so the scripture is found in PSALM 17:8 - "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings" ... Do you get it? So the explanation Meghan gave was that the apple of your eye is the reflection of your pupils on God's eyes and the reflection of God's pupils on your eyes. which means that God is that close to you, watching you super close. He is in the most intimate distance anyone ever could grasp. Think about it. Dudes, PICTURE it. God's right there in front of you. and you see your pupils in God's eyes. and your eyes have God's pupils!!!!!-not literally, but in terms of reflection. That just makes me feel so secured, safe, protected, and also way more self-aware! You know, we do things we know we should not do because we often forget that God is right there watching us. but when we know that God is so close to us that he sees the apple of his eye in our eyes and we see the apple of our eyes in His eyes, we become more aware of what we think and do. What a sweet, powerful warning! and He hides us in the shadow of His wings? How comforting is that? I mean, the world is corrupted and dirty because of satan trying to make us turn our back against God. but He is there watching us constantly and protecting us in the SHADOW OF HIS WINGS. That is the most awesome, powerful, magificent, securing place ever. ever. and ever. ...... and ever. Haha!
Okay, and the next two are both quoted by this cop in Searcy named David Drennan. First one is this: "I don't want to be known as something I've done on earth. I want to be known as something I've done for God." How humbling is that. We often think about how we will be remember after we physically disappear in this earthly world. and we hope to leave legacy for the most intelligent, rich, pretty, capable of our job. but the thing is, that's not the point. the point in here is what God wants us to do. the ultimate goal of our earthly existence. that should be what we are known for after we go meet Jesus in heaven. that just humbles me so much.
and the second one: "The person no one would stop for is the one you should stop for." that statement just made me so guilty of all the judgments and prejudice I had on other people that are not like me. people who like things I don't. people who behave in a way that I can't quite understand. people who dress the way I would not dress. people who talk the way I would not talk. why did I say they were freaks, creepers, losers, odd balls, and weirdos? I mean, I am not that mean outside. but I secretly, internally weirded them out(?) and drew a line between them and me. and that is not what I should do. I should be the one calling for equality between each individuals with different likes, dislikes, interests, passions, and preferences! but anyway, that was a good inspirational quote to make me realize how much we all need to be reaching out. We don't have hands just to grab chicken biscuits. We don't have mouths just to put the chicken biscuits in, chew, and swallow. We don't have eyes to pick out which chicken biscuit is more delicious. We don't have minds just do desire for some chicken biscuits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have hands to be the helping hands for the outsiders. We have mouths to spread the good news to the outsiders. We have eyes to seek out for the outsiders. and We have minds to have compassion for the outsiders. Yay for the purposes of all parts of our bodies, minds, souls, and lives!
and there was another quote I absolutely ADORED with all my heart. and it is not by Haley Rogers. but it is handed to me by Haley Rogers. and the quote is at home. so I will just update my blog once more! yayyyyyyyy!
Okay, Peace Out.
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