Forevers

Today Jordan and I head into Baltimore to celebrate Jared and Lissa's union as husband and wife. I haven't known either of them for very long, but that doesn't matter all that much to me. The simple fact that two people want to pledge their lives in love to each other, and commit their whole hearts to loving one another everyday, all day, is INCREDIBLE. Given we're all human, that's not an easy task, and I think we all know that, but they still want to take that walk together. It's going to be a beautiful occasion and I can't wait....it also excites me even more for DJ & Julia, Mary Va & Galil, and Jessica & Mark!!!

Last weekend I got to play a round of golf at Birdwood with Jared and his dad, Scott. There were three of us so we picked-up an extra to play along with us. Long story short, Wade mentioned marriage as simply a 'fine institution.' Whereas that isn't necessarily inaccurate, it might be the largest understatement since trying to describe God in a sentence, much less a book ("Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?"- Chan). I didn't get married because I just thought it was the next step according to every other Jo on the street. My marriage is much more than "a well-established and structured pattern of behavior or of relationships that is accepted as a fundamental part of a culture," but a promise, a love (sometimes labor of love), a joy, and a hope. I love going to weddings with Jordan, MY bride.


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Now playing: Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
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A Tattoo?

Tattoos are a fairly controversial topic. There are references to tattoos in the Bible (Lev. 19:28) and just about everyone has their opinion on what it actually means. I, personally, believe that God judges the heart above anything else. He cares more about the motivations that drive your daily decisions than the actual results of the path chosen. I got my first tattoo about a year and a half ago and I haven't regretted it. A lot of thought (and prayer) went into what to get and where to get it. In fact, the whole process challenged me to consider more than just moral law, but also various theologies of salvation.

Either way, there are definitely some wackos out there that take things waaaaaay too far. These tattoos that I randomly stumbled upon on-line are kind of cool though. I've always liked blacklights (yes, I was the kid in high school who had a blacklight in his room along with reactive posters- just because I thought they were 'cool'), so naturally I thought this new ink was pretty sweet too. You can only slightly see them (due to the scars) under the sun and white light, but they fluoresce under blacklights! Perhaps this is the perfect option for people looking for a quick thrill or a drunken mistake....



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Now playing: Regina Spektor - Wallet
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HP6

WOW,
I'm a zombie sitting here, but soo enthused. Jordan and I went to the sixth Harry Potter movie last night and it was AWESOME! It's been almost all I can think about for the past 12 hours. I didn't get enough sleep to dream so I woke just like I went to bed, with the Half-blood Prince on my mind. We got there at 9pm for the midnight showing and our group was FIFTH in line where we played lovable games like Trivial Pursuit, BuzzWord, and Mad Gabs. We even had a live performance of several Harry and the Potters' songs (to which Julie couldn't help but sing her little heart out). The enthusiasm made the movie experience tangible and although Yates wasn't as loyal to the book as I'd have liked, they did a great job making this fairly dark book into a PG movie. It was a pretty funny movie actually. If you haven't seen it yet, go TONIGHT- you won't regret it. If you haven't read the book, read all night and go see it tomorrow... If me telling you to go see it doesn't get you out of your seat, watch this trailer and you will kick yourself out of your seat to go see it!




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Now playing: Newsboys - In the Hands of God
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Of the DEVIL

Need more proof cats are from the Great Deceiver and absolutely no good exists in them? Read here. I haven't actually read the details of the study, so I read this news article with a grain of salt. Evolution is supposed to take millions of years, right? That's not to mention the havoc that human domestication and breeding would've caused in a natural process like 'evolution.' That being said, I can't help but agree with their overall conclusion. Since getting my first dog, I've said cats are evil. You never know what they're thinking or what they're going to do next. Half the time you don't even know where they are. Now there is 'proof' they are down-right manipulative, always giving you sass to twist your arm to their beck and call. And please, the fifty human participants must have been older ladies kidnapped outside the SPCA, like the CCL. If I had been involved, I might have identified the 'special purr' as I cry for help, and then politely put it out of its misery- how's THAT for natural selection!? :)


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Now playing: Secondhand Serenade - Pretend
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Hmmm

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us... Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God. For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like."

"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."


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Now playing: Fellowship Church - New Creation
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