So I have been thinking about this all week and it just really got me wondering.
Earlier this week a coworker received roses from her husband of almost 10 years that had ballons saying "Just Because". Isnt that the sweetest thing?? I kept thinking that I would love to have a marriage where my husband would do romantic stuff just because and I would do the same for him.
Then I thought deeper and wondered about my relationship with God and I wondered how often I tell God how much I love him or appreciate him just because he is God. We all tell God how much we love him when he does a miracle in our lives or he grants our prayers but do we give him praise when life is going normal or nothing grand is happening to us? I know I am guilty of this but I am trying to improve. This past week has just really made me think about how much I should be praising God just because he is God. He is our greatest and most important relationship and we need to treat it like that. Just some food for thought! :)
Love Y'all! and remember smiles are contagious so go start an epidemic!
Lindsey
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
i dont understand
so i finally remembered what my blog name was and where it was so now i can restart this whole blogging thing. :)
i have decided i would write about something that has been in my mind for over a week. its about a conversation i had with my friend from work, Jodie, who i have been inviting to LifePoint and other things with my church friends. she hasn't accepted yet but im not giving up!
so anyways we were talking and she told me about this "Christian" girl that she yelled at in her class. i asked her why would you want to yell at her and her response surprised me (and explains why i put christian in quotations). Jodie told me that this girl was talking badly about people who smoke and drink because "God doesnt like those kinds of sinners', etc. How can you call yourself a representative of christ if you are telling people God hates them. Being a Christian is about loving people where they are and trying to lead them to a path of love and righteousness. How do u expect to win people to Christ if you are telling them they are hated. i just dont understand it!
Jodie then told me how this "Christian" girl continued to preach while everyone was getting upset with her and this girl told them, "idc, Jesus would be proud of me for telling yall these things." How can you tell people that Jesus would be happy about you telling people that he hates them?? This gives churches a bad rep too. Why would someone want to go to church after hearing this girl tell them that God hates them??
I love Jodie and i hope eventually she will accept my invite and come to LifePoint so i can show her not all Christian believe that God hates her. i want to show her that God loves her no matter what. That is what being a Christian is all about just loving people where they are and helping them find Jesus. Jodie told me she gets discouraged to be open minded to others beliefs quickly. Just think about it, one girl spreading the wrong message about God can cause some people never to find the true meaning of Jesus because they dont want to go to church and feel like the black sheep.
This is why i love my church. LifePoint is full of real people who arent perfect who just love on people and show them that God loves them no matter what. This is how you be the light of the world and spread the word of Jesus.
i hoped you liked my little blog post. this story has just been weighing on my mind and i just had to share it.
Love yall and remember smiles are contagious so go start an epidemic! :)
i have decided i would write about something that has been in my mind for over a week. its about a conversation i had with my friend from work, Jodie, who i have been inviting to LifePoint and other things with my church friends. she hasn't accepted yet but im not giving up!
so anyways we were talking and she told me about this "Christian" girl that she yelled at in her class. i asked her why would you want to yell at her and her response surprised me (and explains why i put christian in quotations). Jodie told me that this girl was talking badly about people who smoke and drink because "God doesnt like those kinds of sinners', etc. How can you call yourself a representative of christ if you are telling people God hates them. Being a Christian is about loving people where they are and trying to lead them to a path of love and righteousness. How do u expect to win people to Christ if you are telling them they are hated. i just dont understand it!
Jodie then told me how this "Christian" girl continued to preach while everyone was getting upset with her and this girl told them, "idc, Jesus would be proud of me for telling yall these things." How can you tell people that Jesus would be happy about you telling people that he hates them?? This gives churches a bad rep too. Why would someone want to go to church after hearing this girl tell them that God hates them??
I love Jodie and i hope eventually she will accept my invite and come to LifePoint so i can show her not all Christian believe that God hates her. i want to show her that God loves her no matter what. That is what being a Christian is all about just loving people where they are and helping them find Jesus. Jodie told me she gets discouraged to be open minded to others beliefs quickly. Just think about it, one girl spreading the wrong message about God can cause some people never to find the true meaning of Jesus because they dont want to go to church and feel like the black sheep.
This is why i love my church. LifePoint is full of real people who arent perfect who just love on people and show them that God loves them no matter what. This is how you be the light of the world and spread the word of Jesus.
i hoped you liked my little blog post. this story has just been weighing on my mind and i just had to share it.
Love yall and remember smiles are contagious so go start an epidemic! :)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
one hit wonder
so i started this blog a couple days ago and it occured to me that maybe my first post would be the only great thing i had to post about! what if i am a one hit wonder blogger?? i wish i could just drive around and listen to music because that is when i get my little epiphanies. unfortunately gas prices are astronomical and i cant afford to drive aimlessly around town just to think.
im still trying to figure out this whole blogging thing also. i dont know if im supposed to have a certain theme that i have to talk about. maybe i should have named my blog randomness! lol but i like the title Smiles are Contagious because its so true. if you smile at one person than they smile at another person, and than they smile at another person and so on and pretty soon that first smile is the reason for maybe 100 other smiles. isnt that amazing?
well this is my uninteresting post for this blog that im posting just to post. hopefully ill have an epiphany soon that i like enough to post about. i just have so much randomness floating around in my head right now. goodnight and remember to smile because you never know whose life you will change today. : )
im still trying to figure out this whole blogging thing also. i dont know if im supposed to have a certain theme that i have to talk about. maybe i should have named my blog randomness! lol but i like the title Smiles are Contagious because its so true. if you smile at one person than they smile at another person, and than they smile at another person and so on and pretty soon that first smile is the reason for maybe 100 other smiles. isnt that amazing?
well this is my uninteresting post for this blog that im posting just to post. hopefully ill have an epiphany soon that i like enough to post about. i just have so much randomness floating around in my head right now. goodnight and remember to smile because you never know whose life you will change today. : )
Monday, March 28, 2011
Smile!
yay i started a blog! i decided my first post would be what i just posted in my Notes on Facebook.
so i think alot when im driving and today while i was driving i was thinking something that i just had to share. so today at work i remembered that tomorrow is my one year at CVS and when i mentioned this to the lead tech she said "oh that means i get to give you your year review!" i know i shouldnt worry since everytime i work with Tabitha (the lead tech) she always mentions how i make her smile (plus she told me i had nothing to worry about lol). im also called Sunshine by Jodie (who is the spice of CVS lol) bc i guess i brighten her day whenever i work with her.
now thinking about this later on i realize it makes me happy knowing i make someone smile by just being the happy loving person that i try to be. it made me wonder how many other people, that know me (or dont know me), smile because of me. i actually wonder this a lot because i strive to make as many people smile as i can because just one smile can brighten a persons life. as Christians we strive to spread God's love to everyone and im trying to do that one smile at a time. you never know when a smile at a stranger could stop them from doing something that could harm them or someone else.
have you heard of To Write Love on Your Arm Day? its when people write love on their arms to show people who are going through depression, suicidal thoughts, or anything like that that they are loved. i love this day but i think having a smile on your face for everyone everyday would also show those people that they are loved.
tomorrow (techinically today) also happens to be Friend day at LifePoint Church where we show our love to our friends and strangers by inviting them to a place where they can learn that no matter what has happened in their past, there is a God who loves them for who they are. a god who is smiling at everybody and hoping that they will eventually see how much love is coming from that smile towards them. im trying to help some people see God's love by being a smiling loving person to everyone.
(does this make sense to people? or am i just crazy weird? lol) so how often do u smile at strangers? how often do u try and show God's love through your actions? i hope this makes you think or makes you smile. :) i'm cool with either! lol
well i should probably get to sleep. Goodnight and remember SMILE GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!
so i think alot when im driving and today while i was driving i was thinking something that i just had to share. so today at work i remembered that tomorrow is my one year at CVS and when i mentioned this to the lead tech she said "oh that means i get to give you your year review!" i know i shouldnt worry since everytime i work with Tabitha (the lead tech) she always mentions how i make her smile (plus she told me i had nothing to worry about lol). im also called Sunshine by Jodie (who is the spice of CVS lol) bc i guess i brighten her day whenever i work with her.
now thinking about this later on i realize it makes me happy knowing i make someone smile by just being the happy loving person that i try to be. it made me wonder how many other people, that know me (or dont know me), smile because of me. i actually wonder this a lot because i strive to make as many people smile as i can because just one smile can brighten a persons life. as Christians we strive to spread God's love to everyone and im trying to do that one smile at a time. you never know when a smile at a stranger could stop them from doing something that could harm them or someone else.
have you heard of To Write Love on Your Arm Day? its when people write love on their arms to show people who are going through depression, suicidal thoughts, or anything like that that they are loved. i love this day but i think having a smile on your face for everyone everyday would also show those people that they are loved.
tomorrow (techinically today) also happens to be Friend day at LifePoint Church where we show our love to our friends and strangers by inviting them to a place where they can learn that no matter what has happened in their past, there is a God who loves them for who they are. a god who is smiling at everybody and hoping that they will eventually see how much love is coming from that smile towards them. im trying to help some people see God's love by being a smiling loving person to everyone.
(does this make sense to people? or am i just crazy weird? lol) so how often do u smile at strangers? how often do u try and show God's love through your actions? i hope this makes you think or makes you smile. :) i'm cool with either! lol
well i should probably get to sleep. Goodnight and remember SMILE GOD LOVES YOU!!!!!
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