Tonight I received a pretty little picture message of a pretty little [big] ring on the pretty little finger of my big sis! After I managed to stop squealing like a girl (embarrassingly) and after I got over my sadness that she is in Colorado Springs & we can't happy dance together… I somehow balanced myself at being just ecstatic for her! She is, after all, my fellow pageant queen & player of barbies.. safe to say we've consecutively dreamed of this day for years! Michael did great right!? He picked it out all on his own, kudos for that.
Subsequently, I started thinking about marriage & engagements & all that jazz. My oldest brother is married with a gorgeous wife and two beautiful children… my sister is now engaged to a handsome soldier (& they have two beautiful canine children)… and then there's me. :) So far we've gone in order, but I think it's likely my 11 year old brother will see the alter before I.
Can it be okay that I'm okay with that?
Today my plans concerning marriage are that I have no plans. I am honestly striving to Proverbs 16:3 that entirely. All that's to say-- the "American Dream" is wonder for some, but it is simply not my dream. I look forward to finding out what exactly my "dream" is.. stay tuned..?
Until then…
let's all don our leotards, turn up Beyonce & bust out the single ladies dance.
whaa uh oh!!!
taking on the beast that is blogging has been on my mind a lot… pretty much every time I journal. Partially because my hand gets tired of writing, and partially because this year I've been trying to focus on using technology to good ends. So there you have it. Only 2 sentences in and I've established a goal. Thanks for reading! au reviore!
just kidding. i suppose i will write a tad more. :) perhaps I will begin with explain my title "memoirs of mercy" …. earlier this year my church did a "New Thru 30" where, as a church, we read the entire new testament in 30 days (wowza, right.. it was a lot of reading. good reading tho) anyway- a phrase stuck out to me that I know I have read plenty of times, yet it did not really resonate with me until now (then).
Hosea 6:6 "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice…"
another translation says: "For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
this theme can be also found in Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Mark 12:33, 1 Samuel 15:22, Proverbs 21:3, and a fav, Micah 6:8 (props to the cross reference tool on biblios.com)
so- what is this charge to action? to me it says- put your pride in the backseat. Yes, live righteously, strive to be obedient to the decrees & commands of God. But more than all that-- he wants us to know HIM.. and if we got to know Him, know His heart and His character… we would be full of LOVE & MERCY. because we have been shown mercy. and we have been loved. undeservedly.
I will conclude my first blog (still getting used to the word… blog…my blog..) IN conclusion:
"What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance..... What higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?"
-J.I. Packer
Tonight I received a pretty little picture message of a pretty little [big] ring on the pretty little finger of my big sis! After I managed to stop squealing like a girl (embarrassingly) and after I got over my sadness that she is in Colorado Springs & we can't happy dance together… I somehow balanced myself at being just ecstatic for her! She is, after all, my fellow pageant queen & player of barbies.. safe to say we've consecutively dreamed of this day for years! Michael did great right!? He picked it out all on his own, kudos for that.