So I noticed an acquaintance posted a note on facebook earlier this week about his Auburn football experience this past week. I'm not trying to come down on him at all (just in case anyone reading this knows who I'm referring to), I just had an epiphany after reading his note. It didn't really hit me until later on, but I started wondering why people don't experience God the way they experience football.
Some people might disagree that you don't 'experience' God, but I think it all depends on your definition of experience. Just so that we're all on the same page here, I am NOT saying that religion should be based on feelings and emotions. Belief in God and that Christ is our Saviour are simple logical facts that we must accept and understand if we are to experience anything in Him.
So here's the point: I think most people put more feeling and excitement into sports, or food, or hunting, or wherever their passion lies and have no idea how to experience God with the same kind of enthusiasm. Imagine what our worship would be like if we truly believed that Christ was there with us! Imagine the reverence that we would have while partaking of the Lord's Supper if we understood the magnitude of what it truly means!
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with enjoying sports. I love Alabama football and I know more about football than almost all women (and a good bit of men, too!) so this is not my way of bashing sports. I think sports are great because they encourage children to be active and find a healthy way of releasing some of life's frustrations. I just think we have some seriously misplaced priorities as a society. It's just really hard to imagine people getting as excited about worshipping God in the way they get excited about sports.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Job News
Well, I FINALLY found out about the DHR job that interviewed for a month ago. They chose someone else and I'm not as upset about it as I thought I would be. I guess I had told myself that I wouldn't get the job (to keep from getting my hopes up), so I was kind of prepared for the news. I don't feel too bad about it though, because I know the interview went really well, there were just so many people qualified for the job (they offered interviews to 49 people!). I know that God knows what is best for me and hopefully something closer will come up.
For right now, I'm loving my job at the fabrics and crafts store! We opened on Friday (I was on the cash register when we opened) and it was insane!!! We had a soft opening, which means no advertising, just word of mouth, and our grand opening is next week. Usually traffic is much higher at grand opening since they advertise about that. They said that our traffic at the soft opening was as high as a usual grand opening, which means grand opening is going to be CrAzY!!! I also found out that I got a promotion!!! The STL wanted me as Lead Cashier/Secondary Front-End Supervisor, which means I'm the Front-End Supervisor when the Primary Front-End Supervisor isn't there (which will pretty much be anytime I'm working)...I'm pretty excited about it because that means a RAISE!!! I should find out later this week how much the raise will be, so keep your fingers crossed that it will be a big, fat raise! The promotion also means that I will (probably) be full-time...so I can finally get health insurance!!! Alan gets it through his work, but we only signed up for it for him because it's outrageous for family coverage (why don't insurance offer couple's insurance?)...so that is REALLY good news since flu season and all the scares are coming up.
Speaking of flu season, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to continue my boycott on flu shots. The only times I have ever gotten the flu are the three times that I got the flu shot. They say that it's not as bad if you still get it if you had the shot, but all three times, I was MIA for a few days and still felt bad for about a week and a half later, so I'm probably going to continue my boycott...we'll see.
Well, I have to work from 3 until 10 tonight and I have lots of laundry to fold and I was planning on making a grocery trip before I go to work, so I better get off the computer and get things done!
For right now, I'm loving my job at the fabrics and crafts store! We opened on Friday (I was on the cash register when we opened) and it was insane!!! We had a soft opening, which means no advertising, just word of mouth, and our grand opening is next week. Usually traffic is much higher at grand opening since they advertise about that. They said that our traffic at the soft opening was as high as a usual grand opening, which means grand opening is going to be CrAzY!!! I also found out that I got a promotion!!! The STL wanted me as Lead Cashier/Secondary Front-End Supervisor, which means I'm the Front-End Supervisor when the Primary Front-End Supervisor isn't there (which will pretty much be anytime I'm working)...I'm pretty excited about it because that means a RAISE!!! I should find out later this week how much the raise will be, so keep your fingers crossed that it will be a big, fat raise! The promotion also means that I will (probably) be full-time...so I can finally get health insurance!!! Alan gets it through his work, but we only signed up for it for him because it's outrageous for family coverage (why don't insurance offer couple's insurance?)...so that is REALLY good news since flu season and all the scares are coming up.
Speaking of flu season, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to continue my boycott on flu shots. The only times I have ever gotten the flu are the three times that I got the flu shot. They say that it's not as bad if you still get it if you had the shot, but all three times, I was MIA for a few days and still felt bad for about a week and a half later, so I'm probably going to continue my boycott...we'll see.
Well, I have to work from 3 until 10 tonight and I have lots of laundry to fold and I was planning on making a grocery trip before I go to work, so I better get off the computer and get things done!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Missing Alan :)
Okay, so I have the most wonderful husband in the world and I know it! I hate days like today and, unfortunately, there are probably going to be a lot like this over the next few months. He works 7 am-3 pm and I work 12 pm-7 pm. I hate being away from him all day and I know that I'll be so tired by the time that I get home that I won't feel like doing anything. My feet have been killing me every day when I get off work. Yesterday was especially rough because I ran the cash register all day long and had to stand in the same place. I also hate that we can't have water (to drink) on the sales floor. That means if you get swamped at the register for 4 hours, you don't have anything to drink either. Ideally, if you are working an eight hour shift, you get a 15 minute paid break after 2 hours, a 30 minute unpaid break (lunch) after 4 hours, and another 15 minute paid break after 6 hours...yeah, that's not gonna happen. We were swamped yesterday and they had called people in...we had every register open and had every location at cutting counter covered. I can't begin to imagine how it's going to be during grand opening in 2 weeks and especially how it will be during the holidays!
At least I have Alan though :) Coming home and seeing him is the highlight of my day. He's even sweet enough to rub my feet at night, which really makes them feel a lot better. He's so wonderful to me. Last week, when I was sick, he left work to take me home and make sure I was okay and then on Thursday (which was his off day), he spent the whole day taking care of me and making sure that I didn't overdo myself. I can't believe that God blessed me with such a wonderful man to spend my life with. A few weeks ago, we weren't talking at work about our names. I mentioned that I had changed my middle name to my maiden name after Alan and I got married. Someone asked me what my name would be if we got divorced and I said "we aren't going to get divorced." She said "yeah, but what if he leaves you or you just don't want to be married anymore?" I told her that we said "until death do us part" and that we meant it...that wasn't just a promise to each other, but a promise that we made to God. She said that she wished she could find someone that she was that in love with. I guess that's part of the problem with society today is that people think love is always supposed to be easy and that, if you aren't "in love" with someone, there's nothing left. Our society has fallen into the illusion that nothing bad ever happens to you if you're in love and that relationships are always perfect when you are in love...no one ever has bad breath, no one ever has stinky feet (or farts, lol), and you get roses everyday. Well, that's not reality.
Reality is knowing that my breath is horrible in the morning (yes, I admit it). It's understanding that roses aren't something we can afford. It's acknowledging that neither of us are perfect, but that we are both willing to try. It's knowing that I'm definitely not the easiest person to get along with, but that he loves me so much and understands me better than anyone else and that he is willing to take the time to make me feel better.
I guess I'm just writing this as a way to express my feelings about my marriage. I have a wonderful husband who loves me for who I am and who wants to help me reach my ultimate goal of Heaven. I could not ask for more :)
At least I have Alan though :) Coming home and seeing him is the highlight of my day. He's even sweet enough to rub my feet at night, which really makes them feel a lot better. He's so wonderful to me. Last week, when I was sick, he left work to take me home and make sure I was okay and then on Thursday (which was his off day), he spent the whole day taking care of me and making sure that I didn't overdo myself. I can't believe that God blessed me with such a wonderful man to spend my life with. A few weeks ago, we weren't talking at work about our names. I mentioned that I had changed my middle name to my maiden name after Alan and I got married. Someone asked me what my name would be if we got divorced and I said "we aren't going to get divorced." She said "yeah, but what if he leaves you or you just don't want to be married anymore?" I told her that we said "until death do us part" and that we meant it...that wasn't just a promise to each other, but a promise that we made to God. She said that she wished she could find someone that she was that in love with. I guess that's part of the problem with society today is that people think love is always supposed to be easy and that, if you aren't "in love" with someone, there's nothing left. Our society has fallen into the illusion that nothing bad ever happens to you if you're in love and that relationships are always perfect when you are in love...no one ever has bad breath, no one ever has stinky feet (or farts, lol), and you get roses everyday. Well, that's not reality.
Reality is knowing that my breath is horrible in the morning (yes, I admit it). It's understanding that roses aren't something we can afford. It's acknowledging that neither of us are perfect, but that we are both willing to try. It's knowing that I'm definitely not the easiest person to get along with, but that he loves me so much and understands me better than anyone else and that he is willing to take the time to make me feel better.
I guess I'm just writing this as a way to express my feelings about my marriage. I have a wonderful husband who loves me for who I am and who wants to help me reach my ultimate goal of Heaven. I could not ask for more :)
Monday, September 7, 2009
The Eternal Weight of Glory
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
16So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Our preacher, Jason, taught on this yesterday. I really loved the way he talked about it. It made me realize things I had never seen before. This affliction that we are under now may seem unbearably heavy right now, but it is nothing when compared to how glorious our eternal reward shall be...so much so that our eternal weight of glory is unworthy of comparison to this life! I'm going to try and keep this in perspective anytime things here 'below the sun' seem bad.
16So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Our preacher, Jason, taught on this yesterday. I really loved the way he talked about it. It made me realize things I had never seen before. This affliction that we are under now may seem unbearably heavy right now, but it is nothing when compared to how glorious our eternal reward shall be...so much so that our eternal weight of glory is unworthy of comparison to this life! I'm going to try and keep this in perspective anytime things here 'below the sun' seem bad.
What's up with me?
Okay...so that could be a totally loaded question that no one could ever answer...lol. However, last week was pretty "eventful" for me so I feel like expressing my frustrations with my body.
So two weeks ago, I started having a little bit of some allergies...took some nyquil and dayquil for a couple of days...sinus problems gone...or so I thought. Last week, I was trained how to do 'cut counter' at work on Monday. I get to work on Tuesday and find out I'm training everyone else on how to do 'cut counter.' WHAT?!? I just learned how to do this yesterday! Are you kidding?!? Okay, so I seize the opportunity and train everyone who is in the store on Tuesday. All goes well. I get done training everyone and go to fabrics to learn how to drape the fabrics (totally awesome technique, btw, that makes the fabrics look great!). I'm in fabrics for less than five minutes and I start sneezing like crazy! My eyes start watering and I can hardly breathe out my nose! I get home and it continues to worsen. I figure it's just my allergies acting up again and just push through it. Don't really think anything about it at the time, but I wasn't really hungry for dinner so I just munched on a few fries, chips, and have an applesauce. Wake up on Wednesday and feel TERRIBLE, but decide to suck it up and go into work. Realize I'm running incredibly late and don't have time to eat breakfast at home. Thinking I have a pack of crackers in my work bag, I grab my stuff and run out the door. As I'm waiting at the light to turn onto the highway, I realize I don't have crackers after all. Oh well, I'll just grab some food out of the glovebox (I'm in Alan's car and he USED to have a stash of food in the glovebox...USED to being very key here--I emptied it months ago when we realized all of the food in the glovebox was VERY, VERY stale). No biggie, I'll just grab something on our 10:00 break and I'll be fine. I get to work and continue training on 'cut counter' for anyone who wasn't at work on Tuesday. I'm in my first session of training and I start feeling really hot and sweaty. I'm nearly finished with the first group and I think "If I can just make it through this group, I'll tell Sherry I need to take a break." I start feeling light-headed, so I head to the bathroom (one of the few places the a/c actually works) and cool off for a minute. Thinking I'm better, I head back to the cut counter to finish up the group's training session. I start getting even more light-headed, so I call Sherry over. When she finally arrives, I tell her I'm not feeling well and I don't think I can finish this session. As I'm talking to her, things start getting spinny and weird looking. I tell her I'm going to go sit in the breakroom for a few minutes and start walking towards the clock-out computer to clock-out...next thing I know, Sherry is under one of my arms and Julie's under the other and they are dragging me to the breakroom (the only place in the store with chairs). Someone grabs a bran muffin with pb and someone else fixes me a crystal light. I'm shaking like crazy and scared to death. My nerves finally get calmed and I start to feel a little better.
Anyways, all of this happens and people start asking me if I'm pregnant...seriously, the count is at 9 or 10 now! Well, the answer is probably not. I had my period about 2 1/2 weeks ago and I'm bleeding now. I think I might have been pregnant, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not right now. We've also discovered that I'm probably allergic to something in some of the fabrics that we carry in the store.
So what exactly caused me to pass out? Was it not eating breakfast? My naturally low blood pressure? A racing pulse from being on dayquil? The ridiculous heat in the store?
I don't think it was any one particular thing on this list...maybe a combination of all of it?
I am feeling much better now and have not skipped any meals since the incident...not that I really ever skip meals (obviously, lol).
So two weeks ago, I started having a little bit of some allergies...took some nyquil and dayquil for a couple of days...sinus problems gone...or so I thought. Last week, I was trained how to do 'cut counter' at work on Monday. I get to work on Tuesday and find out I'm training everyone else on how to do 'cut counter.' WHAT?!? I just learned how to do this yesterday! Are you kidding?!? Okay, so I seize the opportunity and train everyone who is in the store on Tuesday. All goes well. I get done training everyone and go to fabrics to learn how to drape the fabrics (totally awesome technique, btw, that makes the fabrics look great!). I'm in fabrics for less than five minutes and I start sneezing like crazy! My eyes start watering and I can hardly breathe out my nose! I get home and it continues to worsen. I figure it's just my allergies acting up again and just push through it. Don't really think anything about it at the time, but I wasn't really hungry for dinner so I just munched on a few fries, chips, and have an applesauce. Wake up on Wednesday and feel TERRIBLE, but decide to suck it up and go into work. Realize I'm running incredibly late and don't have time to eat breakfast at home. Thinking I have a pack of crackers in my work bag, I grab my stuff and run out the door. As I'm waiting at the light to turn onto the highway, I realize I don't have crackers after all. Oh well, I'll just grab some food out of the glovebox (I'm in Alan's car and he USED to have a stash of food in the glovebox...USED to being very key here--I emptied it months ago when we realized all of the food in the glovebox was VERY, VERY stale). No biggie, I'll just grab something on our 10:00 break and I'll be fine. I get to work and continue training on 'cut counter' for anyone who wasn't at work on Tuesday. I'm in my first session of training and I start feeling really hot and sweaty. I'm nearly finished with the first group and I think "If I can just make it through this group, I'll tell Sherry I need to take a break." I start feeling light-headed, so I head to the bathroom (one of the few places the a/c actually works) and cool off for a minute. Thinking I'm better, I head back to the cut counter to finish up the group's training session. I start getting even more light-headed, so I call Sherry over. When she finally arrives, I tell her I'm not feeling well and I don't think I can finish this session. As I'm talking to her, things start getting spinny and weird looking. I tell her I'm going to go sit in the breakroom for a few minutes and start walking towards the clock-out computer to clock-out...next thing I know, Sherry is under one of my arms and Julie's under the other and they are dragging me to the breakroom (the only place in the store with chairs). Someone grabs a bran muffin with pb and someone else fixes me a crystal light. I'm shaking like crazy and scared to death. My nerves finally get calmed and I start to feel a little better.
Anyways, all of this happens and people start asking me if I'm pregnant...seriously, the count is at 9 or 10 now! Well, the answer is probably not. I had my period about 2 1/2 weeks ago and I'm bleeding now. I think I might have been pregnant, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not right now. We've also discovered that I'm probably allergic to something in some of the fabrics that we carry in the store.
So what exactly caused me to pass out? Was it not eating breakfast? My naturally low blood pressure? A racing pulse from being on dayquil? The ridiculous heat in the store?
I don't think it was any one particular thing on this list...maybe a combination of all of it?
I am feeling much better now and have not skipped any meals since the incident...not that I really ever skip meals (obviously, lol).
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Life is Crazy!
Well, the past few weeks have been pretty crazy for us! Alan's last day at Crown was on our anniversary and he started training for his new job that Thursday. He got a call this past Thursday (20th) and he started work yesterday! He likes his new job except that he will have to miss worship on some Sunday mornings. He works 7 AM to 3 PM and tomorrow he has to work. It's going to be pretty weird for me without him with me in the morning. We are just both very thankful that God has provided stable jobs for both of us. I started work last week and I love it! I got to put away scrapbook paper on Tuesday and I worked on jewelry on Thursday! It is so much fun, but it's very tiring. I haven't worked in so long, so an 8-5 day is pretty killer...put 4 of those in a row and that makes for a very tired Kelley!
I'm having my first PC party on Thursday and I am so excited about it! I really hope that I get some bookings off of it.
I know it's goofy to talk about the weather, but it's 66 outside! It feels incredible! I love early fall and the weather changing! I can't wait for the leaves to start changing. Our 'backyard' is basically a forest, so it will hopefully be beautiful in a few weeks!
This summer has been very strange for us. We haven't been on vacation since the marriage retreat and I really miss the mountains. I'm hoping we can get caught up on our bills and start saving and maybe go to the beach again this winter. I'm trying to talk Alan into boycotting Christmas, but not sure if we'll go through with it. I told him that with the money we would save on buying people presents, we could pay for our trip! LOL! Anyways, we have to get enough money just to pay our bills, so for now, that's just a dream.
I'm so proud of myself...I've finally completely caught up on my Bible reading! I was almost a month behind, so it took a little while, but I did it! I'm going to try to start reading some Bible study books that I have. I still haven't read the books that the J'ville elders gave me as a graduation present (they are Cindy Colley books so I'm really excited to read them!). I'm going to start doing some studying on my lunch break at work since we get an hour and it only takes me about 20 minutes to eat. I really enjoy getting to know some of the people that I work with, but there are some that really eat at my nerves...almost like nails on a chalkboard! I just have a problem with people who have no work ethic. Anyways, maybe some people will see me studying and we can strike up a conversation!
Well, I'm getting pretty tired and I need to get a few things done before I go to bed. Nighty night!
I'm having my first PC party on Thursday and I am so excited about it! I really hope that I get some bookings off of it.
I know it's goofy to talk about the weather, but it's 66 outside! It feels incredible! I love early fall and the weather changing! I can't wait for the leaves to start changing. Our 'backyard' is basically a forest, so it will hopefully be beautiful in a few weeks!
This summer has been very strange for us. We haven't been on vacation since the marriage retreat and I really miss the mountains. I'm hoping we can get caught up on our bills and start saving and maybe go to the beach again this winter. I'm trying to talk Alan into boycotting Christmas, but not sure if we'll go through with it. I told him that with the money we would save on buying people presents, we could pay for our trip! LOL! Anyways, we have to get enough money just to pay our bills, so for now, that's just a dream.
I'm so proud of myself...I've finally completely caught up on my Bible reading! I was almost a month behind, so it took a little while, but I did it! I'm going to try to start reading some Bible study books that I have. I still haven't read the books that the J'ville elders gave me as a graduation present (they are Cindy Colley books so I'm really excited to read them!). I'm going to start doing some studying on my lunch break at work since we get an hour and it only takes me about 20 minutes to eat. I really enjoy getting to know some of the people that I work with, but there are some that really eat at my nerves...almost like nails on a chalkboard! I just have a problem with people who have no work ethic. Anyways, maybe some people will see me studying and we can strike up a conversation!
Well, I'm getting pretty tired and I need to get a few things done before I go to bed. Nighty night!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Movie Quotes and such...
I feel like thinking a lot right now. It seems like there is so much going on in our lives! I have a job that I have orientation for on Wednesday, I have an interview on Thursday, and then another interview on next Wednesday! Also, a special someone in my heart :) found out that he will be doing a training course and has a conditional offer of employment (he gets the job as long as he passes drug test, training course, and gets certified to carry a handgun)! I really can't believe how things are changing.
A favorite quote of mine from a little movie called You've Got Mail is this: "People are always telling you that change is a good thing, but what they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen just happened." I love that quote! I've seen that movie so many times that I seriously could probably quote it. Sadly, I don't have it on DVD...I have it on VHS! I actually like that better because sometimes I'll watch 15 minutes when I'm eating lunch or something and I can always start it right back where I was!
Anyways...I don't hate change. I don't love change either. Some change is good, some is bad, some good turns out to be bad, and some bad turns out to be good. I guess that's just how life is. At least we know that all things (i.e. changes) work together for good for those that love the Lord (Romans 8:28)!
Another quote I like is from the movie Tin Cup: "Either you define the moment or the moment defines you." I'm trying to define the current moment myself. I don't want to let life's circumstances define me, although I know they have and will continue to shape who I am. There are so many things that have happened in my life that have affected the person that I am. I have five brothers, me being the next to youngest, which means a lot of my childhood was defined as being "Little Turner Girl." I guess that's part of why I love being away from home and where I grew up...I'm not bound to that little shell that I always had. Even though I went to college, I didn't go far from home and most of the people in the church had known me growing up, so everyone at college and church already had their opinions formed about me. I guess that's why Ashley and Erika and I all got along so well, because we all got to be "who we were" and not just what we had always been.
Next quote: "Every man dies, but not every man really lives" from Braveheart. I hope that, when I die, people will be able to say that I really lived.
"Nothing has turned out as we expected. It never does. Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is" from Gone With the Wind. I never expected to meet a man who I would fall so madly in love with. I never truly believed that "happily ever afters" actually existed. Not to say that our life is perfect...like the quote says, nothing has really turned out as we expected, but we are thankful for what we've got.
"Beginnings are scary and endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most" from Hope Floats. This quote is unusually sad, but exceptionally true. Love it!
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts" from Naked Gun 2 1/2. This one just makes me laugh REALLY hard!
"As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe. It's not that we don't want to, but too much has happened that we just can't" from Now and Then. I haven't actually seen this movie, but I really liked this quote.
"I guess sometime there just aren't enough rocks" from Forrest Gump. I love/hate this part of that movie. It's so sad, but it's such a defining moment for Jenny...she finally faces something that affected so much of her childhood.
I've been thinking so much lately about different things and about how life is changing. I love some of the changes, but hate some of the others. I am just so thankful that God is watching out for me and that He is the one calling the shots. I know that I am in good hands.
A favorite quote of mine from a little movie called You've Got Mail is this: "People are always telling you that change is a good thing, but what they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen just happened." I love that quote! I've seen that movie so many times that I seriously could probably quote it. Sadly, I don't have it on DVD...I have it on VHS! I actually like that better because sometimes I'll watch 15 minutes when I'm eating lunch or something and I can always start it right back where I was!
Anyways...I don't hate change. I don't love change either. Some change is good, some is bad, some good turns out to be bad, and some bad turns out to be good. I guess that's just how life is. At least we know that all things (i.e. changes) work together for good for those that love the Lord (Romans 8:28)!
Another quote I like is from the movie Tin Cup: "Either you define the moment or the moment defines you." I'm trying to define the current moment myself. I don't want to let life's circumstances define me, although I know they have and will continue to shape who I am. There are so many things that have happened in my life that have affected the person that I am. I have five brothers, me being the next to youngest, which means a lot of my childhood was defined as being "Little Turner Girl." I guess that's part of why I love being away from home and where I grew up...I'm not bound to that little shell that I always had. Even though I went to college, I didn't go far from home and most of the people in the church had known me growing up, so everyone at college and church already had their opinions formed about me. I guess that's why Ashley and Erika and I all got along so well, because we all got to be "who we were" and not just what we had always been.
Next quote: "Every man dies, but not every man really lives" from Braveheart. I hope that, when I die, people will be able to say that I really lived.
"Nothing has turned out as we expected. It never does. Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is" from Gone With the Wind. I never expected to meet a man who I would fall so madly in love with. I never truly believed that "happily ever afters" actually existed. Not to say that our life is perfect...like the quote says, nothing has really turned out as we expected, but we are thankful for what we've got.
"Beginnings are scary and endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most" from Hope Floats. This quote is unusually sad, but exceptionally true. Love it!
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts" from Naked Gun 2 1/2. This one just makes me laugh REALLY hard!
"As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe. It's not that we don't want to, but too much has happened that we just can't" from Now and Then. I haven't actually seen this movie, but I really liked this quote.
"I guess sometime there just aren't enough rocks" from Forrest Gump. I love/hate this part of that movie. It's so sad, but it's such a defining moment for Jenny...she finally faces something that affected so much of her childhood.
I've been thinking so much lately about different things and about how life is changing. I love some of the changes, but hate some of the others. I am just so thankful that God is watching out for me and that He is the one calling the shots. I know that I am in good hands.
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