So occasionally I have little bullet point thoughts đ. They’re short and to the point and not really worthy of a full blog. But I still wanna get them out there. So I made a twitter account for this purpose.
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We exist to praise and glorify God, but other wise, this video is ON. POINT.
Not usually one to promote random stuff, but seriously, if you like to exercise and look cute, you NEED to check out Fabletics. And if you do, use my link provided below, and you’ll be inadvertently giving me $10 to spend on my own workout clothes. Thank you in advance! You’re so generous!
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Oh and did I mention the first full outfit is $25? No? Oh. Well now ya know.
Just a quick note, God is doing SO MUCH in my life through my church and the Young Professionals group, working on my heart attitudes. Especially on my opinion of myself. He’s using others to help me appreciate who He created me to be. Showing me what it looks like to let your inner beauty show, and how to like what I see in the mirror. I’m learning to love myself for the first time in so long I can’t even remember. And you can’t properly love others until you learn to truly love yourself, seeing yourself as God sees you: perfect and breathtakingly beautiful. Loving the journey He’s taking me on.
As I think back over the recent months, I am struck by the superficial nature of our attractions today. In many ways some adults reflect the same level of understanding about relationships as the kids I worked with. The girls are impressed by the boyâs athletic abilities or looks or car, the guys by her physical appearance, her hair or body and all of them seem to value a sarcastic or perverse âwitâ or rebellious attitude. As I was thinking back on this Proverbs 31:29-31 came to mind;
âMany daughters have done nobly, but you excel them all.â Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
This led to other passages;
Proverbs 11:16 A kind hearted woman gains honor, a ruthless man only wealth
Proverbs 31:31 Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gates
What struck me was how off kilter we are when evaluating others as men and women, friends and potential spouses and how these verses need to be applied from both the male and female perspectives.
Too often we see the surface appearance, the facade. What we should be looking at is the person on the inside. The beauty will fade, the body will change, gravity will take its toll and age will add lines of character where there was once smooth skin. What will be the same, indeed what will grow is who we are on the inside.
Ladies and gentlemen will you still be happy when you are left with an aging shell of the person you once âlovedâ and find yourself the focus of the sarcasm you found so amusing when it was aimed at others.
Guys, that girl you think is so hot, is she beautiful on the inside? That guy who is so cool, will his heart be warm and tender to you when your beauty fades and his six pack turns into a keg? If they were struck by debilitating disease or scarred by fire or accident would you still love them? I like this bit of advice given to a young man though I donât know its origin;
âMarry the most spiritually beautiful woman you can convince to have youâ
Good advice but I think it needs a second half, it should continue â Then spend the rest of your life running after Christ so you are able to lead and care for her as Christ loves and cares for us.
Guys spend your time examining the young ladies around you for their inner qualities, kindness, patience, gentleness, tenderness of spirit, a Christ centered heart. One day when you see a woman who possesses these you will be amazed. Youâll blink and when your eyes open youâll see her for the true beauty that she is, a pearl of great price for which you would give all that you have.
Ladies look to the inside, for a heart that seeks to follow Jesus, a forgiving spirit, a servantâs heart. That strength never fades, it grows.
Fall in love with the inner beauty, the kind and noble heart that follows after God and you will be blessed for life, not just satisfied for a season.
~My Dad đ
He wrote this as a post on his Facebook, and it hasn’t gotten nearly enough attention. I see plenty of “hot” guys, and I’m frequently asked why I don’t “go after” them. I’ve even been told “Y’know, if you really wanted a boyfriend it wouldn’t be that hard for you to get one, you’re just too picky.” Well you know what? A guy that is spiritually “hot” will last a lifetime. Being on fire for Christ truly is the sexiest quality a person can have. I’m willing to wait for that.
About a week ago, I brought an apple to work with me. I love apples, and this one was a HUGE, organic, fuji apple. One of my favorites. I was sitting in a park near my work when I took my first bite. I nearly threw up. Though it was bright and firm and gorgeous on the outside, the core had rotted, and the flesh was bitter and blackened. Any thoughts of the sweetness the exterior had implied were totally gone, and all I wanted to do was find something to get the horrible taste out of my mouth.
Why would I seek to marry and become one flesh with someone who’s rotten on the inside? Of the few men that I’ve actually been interested in, rarely was I struck with their looks when I first met them, but their gentleness, kindness, Â strength, and desire for God. Their looks grew more and more appealing the longer I knew them, the deeper my knowledge of their faith, until I could see nothing but who they are in their features. And it was beautiful.
And the guys that have caught my eye with their looks, most have shown to be hollow on the inside. Consumed with themselves and their wants….
Not to say all attractive people are selfish, but that looks should be a secondary qualification when evaluating if they’re someone you want to pursue a relationship with. I have indeed met a good number of extremely attractive men who were also awesome, Godly men. But sadly for my sake they’ve so far all been married. ^_^
Anyway… that’s my little mini rant of the evening. It’s 12am and I’m dead tired and very sore, so I’ll be off now. TTFN! đ
~TQG
Two videos I watched today that impacted me a lot.
My family and I watched an awesome service today, and it was really fantastic.
Tell you what, it’s messages like this that make me excited to go to work. đ
So I’ve been back from Oklahoma for a few days now, been back to work, back in my own bed, back to the daily grind. (Does no one else think of coffee when you hear that phrase? It makes me want coffee…)
My second day back was kinda crazy, my mom came into my room and woke me up with the words “Moriah, I need your help, there’s blood all over the kitchen floor.” As it turned out, my rambunctious and prey driven dog Camo, an Akita/Labrador cross, took off so hard that he ripped open his claw horizontally, all the way into the toe. Looked like a crime scene. I took him to the vet who sedated him, cut off the dangling portion of claw, cleaned it with a saline wash and squirted superglue into the open part of the claw to prevent bleeding. After a day of being high on drugs, he was still whimpering from pain and his toe very swollen, so the vet gave him three pills to take daily, a pain reliever, an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic. Now he seems much more comfortable and much happier, though still limping some. Silly pup.
My trip was great! Getting to travel alone was very confidence boosting. Nice to know that IÂ can as a matter of fact, make it on my own. Be independent. The wedding was great, I met lots of interesting, fun people, and I had a lot of spontaneous fun, both solo and with my cousins friends. I swam in a saltwater pool every day at the hotel, went to a free concert downtown with a group of people, walked to little cafe’s and diners alone downtown several times, and experienced the fear/rush of having to find my departure gate in the Atlanta airport. Which ended up being a long walk, train ride, and two escalators away from my arrival gate. It was such a liberating time. I actually felt like an adult, not in the “back to work to earn money because I’m an adult” way that I normally do, but in the “I can make decisions for myself and find my own way without help because I’m an adult” way. Normally, because I live with my parents, if I get invited to something or want to go somewhere, I have to ask them first and can’t really be “spontaneous”. But while I was there, no one was really “responsible” for me, my grandparents sort of were, but not to the same degree as my parents would be. So when I was invited somewhere or decided I wanted to walk to a cafe and get lunch, I just went. Maybe told them I was leaving before I went, but didn’t “ask permission” to go. It was awesome. It made me wish I could afford a small apartment of my own nearby, so I could have that sort of freedom at home. But, sadly, a part time Pet Care Associate at Petsmart does not make enough to pay rent or water or electric bills. Unless you want to go without food. Then it might be possible!
The month after next I’ll be turning 21. If you follow my blog and read it much I’m sure you’ll correctly assume that they’ll be no “partying” or getting drunk for my 21st, but there WILL be alcohol. Not much, just some. There’s an apple ale that I’ve wanted to try for a long time, so I’m thinking of buying just one bottle (beer bottle sized bottle) of it to try. It’ll probably be nasty, but that’s okay. If I’ve never made it clear before, I don’t have an issue with drinking, I have an issue with getting drunk. So, if you can’t have just one glass of wine or just one beer, don’t drink. If that’s not a temptation for you, by all means, enjoy your one glass. Some people are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol and probably should not drink, so if that’s you, don’t. Some people have alcoholism in their family history and thus wish to avoid it altogether, and I highly respect and honor that decision, and if it bothers them to have others drink around them, I would definitely never drink while with them. If I married a man who felt that way, it would be my pleasure to honor him by never drinking again. But, as that is not the case for my birthday, I’m going to have my one small drink. Funny enough, I love margaritas, but only when there isn’t any tequila in them. I like just the crushed ice and the fruit flavored mix, so it’s like a slushy. Tequila is so sharp, it ruins it completely. Which amused my father when he made me an alcohol-free margarita a while back. ^_^ I think they call that a “virgin” margarita, but I have an issue with using the word virgin to describe anything other than what the bible uses it for. Just a personal preference, I like to keep certain important words holy.
I think that’s one of the ways our culture has degraded itself, using meaningful words flippantly so many times that they no longer have weight when used. Much like the word “awesome”, which should mean “inspires awe”, but we use it to describe everything. I’m guilty of this too, but after trying for like a month to stop using it, I never managed to prevent it from slipping out. So I gave up. đ I don’t think God minds, or at least he hasn’t seen fit to press upon me the need to change that verbal habit. And he does with other things regularly. Such as “suck”, as in “that sucks” which I feel very convicted about not using, “screwed up”, “pissed off” or using “god” as an expression of anything other than speaking about God himself. Though the first three of those are not “bad words” per se, I feel that the use of them is tacky, degrading, and does not conform to any of the biblical standards of what our speech should be as holy children of God. And the bible makes it extremely clear that God’s name is holy and not to be misused, so it’s important to me to honor that.
For those of my non-Christian followers who look at Christianity as a list of do’s and don’ts, I hope you realize that I don’t put these parameters on myself because I think God won’t love me if I don’t or because I think it’s what I have to do, I do it because God died for me so I can have eternal life, and I want to honor him in anyway I possibly can. I do it because I want to. Because by doing it, I set a better example of the purity of Christ, so others will be less distracted by me and more attracted to Him. My personality, my appearance, are works of art that he created, drawing some attention to myself in the right way is fine, but distracting people with crass speech or unkind words is not. Or immodest clothing, actually. Immodest clothes distract the minds of both men and women and takes their thoughts off of what is pure and right and tempts them into either lustful thoughts or criticizing thoughts, whereas attractive, modest clothing causes appreciation of the excellent design and beauty God created. Which I think it pretty awesome.
Anyway, I’m kind of wasting my day off by sitting on the couch in gym cloths. I will actually go to the gym…. Eventually…
Despite my title sounding like I’m making fun of myself for being awkward around someone attractive, I’m actually just excited about a razor I just bought.
I’m going to my cousin’s wedding in a week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Three of the four days I’m spending there I will be wearing a knee length or slightly longer dress, and I’ll probably wear shorts the rest of the time, so I decided to buy myself a new, travel sized razor to help me maintain the smoothness while I’m travelin’.
I have SUPER light, sensitive skin. My Dad refers to it as “creamy” skin. Kinda like whole milk I guess. With freckles. But, anyway, usually when I shave I get really bad razor bumps which sometimes escalate and become irritated, itchy sores on my legs. Sound icky? Yeaahh. So I went to Target after work a few days ago to try and find a solution for this, and allow for smooth, soft, unmarred skin.
Here is the list of the items I purchased.
Gillette Venus “Snap” Razor
Gillette Venus “Embrace” Sensitive
Gillette Venus “Olay” Satin Care (The photo is of the regular, but I purchased the Sensitive Skin one)
Pretty sure I just had the best shave of my life. The tiny handle takes getting used to, but it allowed me to easily get areas around my knee and ankle that I usually miss and/or nick and cut. This time no razor bumps, no cuts.
I’ve used other Gillette razor heads, even others with five blades, but this Embrace Sensitive one really did make a difference. Usually the moment I finish shaving my legs already have angry looking bumps and several burning cuts, but not this time!
The shaving cream has done the best job so far of keeping my legs from drying out. I can’t do the stronger smelling ones, but this one is very light and goes on smoothly. It is blue, which is odd since the bottle was gold. It kinda startled me when I put some in my hand. BLUUUUEEEE. Like, smashed up smurf blue. Now, I still have to use lotion right afterward, but that’s something you should always do, you just ran a razor blade along the surface of your skin, give it some moisture for heavens sake.
Gillette’s produces are a bit pricy, but they are quality and last a long time. I replace heads about every two weeks. (Bear in mind that I usually shave my legs once a week, armpits every day. It’s not that they get dull, but that they get skin cells between the blades, which keeps them from gliding properly. I think if I had a better way to clean it, it would last longer.)
Bonus Tip:
I’ve learned that you must always use warm water to shave. Never hot, never cold. Cold water gives you goose bumps, shaving over those gives you EXTREME razor bumps, plus you often cut off some of the bumps (ouch!) and though you do get a very close shave, you will end up with ingrown hair. Hot water dries your skin out even more, and you may end up scratching until you cause nail marks. Warm water and good, all natural moisturizer for dry skin!
Anyway, I enjoyed these products a lot and thought I would share. đ Have a smooth Mother’s Day! Haha
~TQG
So, one of my managers at Petsmart has a little side business thing, she is a consultant for Jamberry Nail Wraps, which I’ve tried and really like! Feel free to check her out on Facebook Here and visit her website Here. If you decide to order, and it asks you “Is Sarah *insert weird last name* your consultant?” Click yes. She gets commission that way, and I like her, she deserves commission. She is a cool lady. đ
Take the time to watch this, you will not regret it.
That Quiet Girl You Sort-of Know 