In my last post I blogged about our music. How it defines us. How it's part of us. How we are what we listen to.
After I published it I realized that I had left out a lot of what I wanted to say. So here goes part 2! Bear with me because it may be a little hard to write out what I'm trying to say. :)
Okay, if your reading this then you should have already written out your top ten artists/bands. If you haven't done that yet go back to my last post, "Soundtrack of My Life." Read it and do what I tell you! JK But it will help you if you do.
Our music is a part of us. The message that our fav bands and artists are portraying, in a way we are portraying that same message. What characterizes them, characterizes us. I'm not trying to say that we are totally brain-washed by them and we are there little clones! No. But our Spirit is digesting it...picking it apart and finding what they are trying to say...and then spitting it back out of our mouths, habits, and actions. Subtly. yet. consciously.
Top Ten:
1. Coldplay
2. Justin Bieber
3. Big Time Rush
4. Tenth Avenue North
5. Taylor Swift
6. Adele
7. Lady Antebellum
8. John Mayer
9. Hot Chelle Rae
10. Hawk Nelson
All of my top ten artists/bands are trying to send a message. All of them are different. And whether I know it or not, or whether I want to accept it or not, I am, in some way, sending there messages too.
It's so important to know what they are trying so say. It helps you evaluate yourself and them.
So, sort of as a conclusion to music for a time, I want you to do something for me. I want you to make an evaluation. Of yourself. Your artists and bands. Your songs. You.
Learn about your favourites and in some way, you'll also be learning about yourself.
Journal 6:
Still journaling I hope?
I hope so! :)
This weeks topic is a little more serious. No more of this funny business. :)
This weeks topic is:
The first time you experienced God?
How was it?
What did He tell you?
Since this one is a little more personal, try to write a little more about it. Open up your heart and really remember. But as always, be true to yourself.
Personally Yours:
Okay, so I don't know if you have noticed. But I kind of blog in sections. This new section is called Personally Yours. I have kind of veered a little bit away from talking about Jesus and the Bible. But I'm coming back! Don't worry, I'm not going to go all preachy on you. :) Just give you what's on my heart and what I feel like God is telling me to share with you guys.
2 Corinthians 5: 14-15
"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."
Jesus died for us. He is the great doctor who wants to heal us totally. God's forgiveness is the only thing that can cure sin. Because Christ died for us, our sinful lives have died as well. We have been born anew to live a better life. With Him.
Romans 8: 1-17
1 "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.[c] And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[d] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[e] his Spirit who lives in you.
12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to son ship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory."
There is nothing mysterious about how God works to change us. Once we are forgiven, we are friends of God. He uses that friendship to remake us. The Holy Spirit lives in us, the Bible teaches us, and empowers us beyond what we could ever think or imagine.
God loves us too much to leave us twisting in pain, our sin and selfishness untreated.
I hope that ministered to somebody today. I love you. God loves you. Remember that.
Personally Yours,
MM
26 March 2012
Soundtrack of My Life
Music. It defines us. What we listen to, what we sing, it's a part of us. That's why it's so important to be careful about what you listen to.
My ipod. It's full of my music. If you were to look through my artists you would be able to discern a lot about my character. For example, you would find Justin Bieber on my ipod. I know, I know! Justin Bieber! I love him! I would totes marry him any day. But I'm not one of those obsessed beliebers. Just a crazed fan who makes fun of those girls who cry when they see him but would totally cry if I saw him too. :P
Anyways, that would tell you something about me wouldn't it? ;)
I'm going to give you a list of my top ten favorite artists/bands. I just want you to read through them and try to figure out at least three things about me and/or my character. Easy enough.
Top Ten:
1. Coldplay
2. Justin Bieber
3. Big Time Rush
4. Tenth Avenue North
5. Taylor Swift
6. Adele
7. Lady Antebellum
8. John Mayer
9. Hot Chelle Rae
10. Hawk Nelson
.................................... (At this time you are supposed to be thinking! LOL )
Okay! Easy enough right? I think so.
Now I want you to do something. I want you to come up with your top ten list of artists/bands. (It took me approximately three minutes to do this. Easy peasy!! :)
After you get your top ten together, read through them. Study your favorites. Learn. about. yourself.
I feel like sometimes we know who we are, but we don't KNOW. I want you to really feel your own vibes. Look at yourself, but not as yourself. Take a third person party. Try to look at yourself from someone else's perspective. You'll learn a lot about yourself.
Our music speaks volumes about us. It defines. It. is. us.
Be yourself.
Have fun.
Listen. Study. Learn. Live.
Peace out homies!
MM
My ipod. It's full of my music. If you were to look through my artists you would be able to discern a lot about my character. For example, you would find Justin Bieber on my ipod. I know, I know! Justin Bieber! I love him! I would totes marry him any day. But I'm not one of those obsessed beliebers. Just a crazed fan who makes fun of those girls who cry when they see him but would totally cry if I saw him too. :P
Anyways, that would tell you something about me wouldn't it? ;)
I'm going to give you a list of my top ten favorite artists/bands. I just want you to read through them and try to figure out at least three things about me and/or my character. Easy enough.
Top Ten:
1. Coldplay
2. Justin Bieber
3. Big Time Rush
4. Tenth Avenue North
5. Taylor Swift
6. Adele
7. Lady Antebellum
8. John Mayer
9. Hot Chelle Rae
10. Hawk Nelson
.................................... (At this time you are supposed to be thinking! LOL )
Okay! Easy enough right? I think so.
Now I want you to do something. I want you to come up with your top ten list of artists/bands. (It took me approximately three minutes to do this. Easy peasy!! :)
After you get your top ten together, read through them. Study your favorites. Learn. about. yourself.
I feel like sometimes we know who we are, but we don't KNOW. I want you to really feel your own vibes. Look at yourself, but not as yourself. Take a third person party. Try to look at yourself from someone else's perspective. You'll learn a lot about yourself.
Our music speaks volumes about us. It defines. It. is. us.
Be yourself.
Have fun.
Listen. Study. Learn. Live.
Peace out homies!
MM
21 March 2012
Journal 5...Here's the Jist...and Dallas
Here's the Jist:
In my last post I started doing a new thing called 'here's the jist'. This is my section where I give guys, and sometimes girls, my advice on the opposite gender. In terms of being friends, and maybe something more. So here's two more.
#1 Friends
Girls like having guy friends. And I'm sure that guys like having girls as friends too. For girls, we love having tons of friends; and sometimes it almost seems like it's a competition between girls of who has the most. Mainly it's over guys. And normally guys take it the wrong way.
Tip #1 Multiple Friends
A lot of times girls play favorites, and a lot of times guys take it the wrong way. If a girl is talking about you a lot with her girl friends, or if she is texting you a lot more than usual, she might be interested in you. But she might just be trying to send a message to someone. More than likely, she feels threatened on losing that friendship to another girl and is trying to be buddy-buddy with you. Be careful.
#2 We are Right
As girls, we always like to be right. (guys too) If a guy friend contradicts what we are saying, we get really frustrated at them. Not cool!
Tip #2 Be a Support System
Even if you don't agree with what the other person is saying, be nice about it. Especially if your in a relationship. So many relationships go south because of disagreements. Sometimes it's okay to agree to disagree. Being on opposite ends of the spectrum can be good sometimes. Just not all the time.
2 Little Peopods:
This past weekend me and my family went to Dallas for a mini vacation. (That's why I'm a few days late on the post!) We had such an amazing time! We went with my aunt and her two kids, a two year old and a one year old. They were soooo much fun! They are adorbs, and really smart. Like, super smart. The two year old really made me pause for a second. He is so full of life, personality, and a positive attitude. He's one of those people that you hand a rock, and all of a sudden he's in the middle of a huge battle throwing rock bombs at the enemy. He can find something extraordinary in everything!
While we were there it started to storm. And not your regular storm. I'm talking cats.and.dogs.storm.
We had to delay our leaving time by a whole day because it was so bad.
Anyways, I was watching my little cousin while it was raining and we were underneath an arch. It was raining on us and we were standing in puddles. He says, "It's raining on my head! Cool! Lets jump in the puddles, it's like the ocean!"
Wow...I mean, here was a two year old, he doesn't like changes that are abrupt, he wasn't with his mom, it was cold and wet, kind of scary with thunder and lightening, and he was laughing!
It made me realize that we can always find the rainbow, even in the pouring rain.
I mean, if your always looking for something good, then that's what your gonna find.
So I want to challenge you to do something, be positive.
Today my mom told me that you attitude determines your altitude. Which means that your attitude determines where your going to go in life. So.be.positive.
That's my two sense.
Journal # 5
So how did you like the most embarrassing moment journal? I bet it was interesting. I would love to hear some of your stories!
This week's topic is:
Your three favorite things, and your three least favorite things. And why?
(This one should be fun, although I have to say, the most embarrassing one is my personal favorite. :)
Here's mine:
Three Favorite:
1. Makeup (Could not live without it)
2. Being with my Friends (best thing in the world!)
3. Listening to my Music (Soundtrack of my life: Coldplay!)
Three least Favorite:
1. Spiders (they make me black-out! LOL)
2. Slow drivers (when you get stuck behind the guy who thinks going 25 is fast!)
3. Cats (I'm allergic and they just make me feel icky!)
Hope that gives you some inspiration! Have a great week!
:)
All my love,
Miriam :P
In my last post I started doing a new thing called 'here's the jist'. This is my section where I give guys, and sometimes girls, my advice on the opposite gender. In terms of being friends, and maybe something more. So here's two more.
#1 Friends
Girls like having guy friends. And I'm sure that guys like having girls as friends too. For girls, we love having tons of friends; and sometimes it almost seems like it's a competition between girls of who has the most. Mainly it's over guys. And normally guys take it the wrong way.
Tip #1 Multiple Friends
A lot of times girls play favorites, and a lot of times guys take it the wrong way. If a girl is talking about you a lot with her girl friends, or if she is texting you a lot more than usual, she might be interested in you. But she might just be trying to send a message to someone. More than likely, she feels threatened on losing that friendship to another girl and is trying to be buddy-buddy with you. Be careful.
#2 We are Right
As girls, we always like to be right. (guys too) If a guy friend contradicts what we are saying, we get really frustrated at them. Not cool!
Tip #2 Be a Support System
Even if you don't agree with what the other person is saying, be nice about it. Especially if your in a relationship. So many relationships go south because of disagreements. Sometimes it's okay to agree to disagree. Being on opposite ends of the spectrum can be good sometimes. Just not all the time.
2 Little Peopods:
This past weekend me and my family went to Dallas for a mini vacation. (That's why I'm a few days late on the post!) We had such an amazing time! We went with my aunt and her two kids, a two year old and a one year old. They were soooo much fun! They are adorbs, and really smart. Like, super smart. The two year old really made me pause for a second. He is so full of life, personality, and a positive attitude. He's one of those people that you hand a rock, and all of a sudden he's in the middle of a huge battle throwing rock bombs at the enemy. He can find something extraordinary in everything!
While we were there it started to storm. And not your regular storm. I'm talking cats.and.dogs.storm.
We had to delay our leaving time by a whole day because it was so bad.
Anyways, I was watching my little cousin while it was raining and we were underneath an arch. It was raining on us and we were standing in puddles. He says, "It's raining on my head! Cool! Lets jump in the puddles, it's like the ocean!"
Wow...I mean, here was a two year old, he doesn't like changes that are abrupt, he wasn't with his mom, it was cold and wet, kind of scary with thunder and lightening, and he was laughing!
It made me realize that we can always find the rainbow, even in the pouring rain.
I mean, if your always looking for something good, then that's what your gonna find.
So I want to challenge you to do something, be positive.
Today my mom told me that you attitude determines your altitude. Which means that your attitude determines where your going to go in life. So.be.positive.
That's my two sense.
Journal # 5
So how did you like the most embarrassing moment journal? I bet it was interesting. I would love to hear some of your stories!
This week's topic is:
Your three favorite things, and your three least favorite things. And why?
(This one should be fun, although I have to say, the most embarrassing one is my personal favorite. :)
Here's mine:
Three Favorite:
1. Makeup (Could not live without it)
2. Being with my Friends (best thing in the world!)
3. Listening to my Music (Soundtrack of my life: Coldplay!)
Three least Favorite:
1. Spiders (they make me black-out! LOL)
2. Slow drivers (when you get stuck behind the guy who thinks going 25 is fast!)
3. Cats (I'm allergic and they just make me feel icky!)
Hope that gives you some inspiration! Have a great week!
:)
All my love,
Miriam :P
12 March 2012
Here's the Jist...and Journal 4
Today I thought that I would give all the guys a little bit of advice about girls.
I know that every guy I know always says, "girls are so complicated". But really, we're not that hard to comprehend. So right now I'm going to give you just a few little tips that may help you in understanding women.
Here's the jist:
#1: Girls are really insecure.
Not all girls, but almost all the girls I know are insecure about one thing or another about themselves.
For me, I'm terrified about what people think of me. I'm so scared that what I say, what I wear, what I think, is being judged by everyone. I'm afraid to just be me.
Tip #1: Complement.
Don't go over the top, just one or two comments every time you see her. Complement her hair, say she smells good, just say something nice to make her feel good. It's almost like an ice breaker.
#2: We just want to be loved.
So many girls get into so much trouble at such a young age. Whether it's with our boyfriends, or just our friends. All that we want is to feel loved. To be accepted for who we are.
Tip #2: Just be there.
I know it's really hard for a guy to 'just be friends.' But a lot of times, that's all she wants. A good guy friend is, a lot of the time, so much better than a boyfriend. Girls want to know that they are loved and accepted. By just being there, loving her silently.
So I hoped that helped you! This isn't just for the guys. Girls, and guys, if you have anything else that you would like to contribute, please email me, or post it in a comment. I would love to hear your take.
I only gave you two topics, but occasionally I will do more of "Here's the Jist." Look for it!
Journal 4:
Okay, how was journal 3?
You are and your best friend. My friends that are taking the Habitudes class that I mentioned earlier are loving this assignment! Their journals....faboo!! Totally unique and themselves. I wish that I would have taken pics of them for you...bummer. Well, I promise that after spring break I'll take some pictures of the inside and outside for you to see their creative juices at full. For now, your just going to have to trust me. :)
Ready for Journal 4? This one is going to be hilarious!!
Topic: Your most embarrassing moment.
FUN! Now don't be afraid to write down the deepest, darkest, most embarrassing moment you've ever had. We won't laugh, we'll just, okay, we might laugh. But don't worry, we're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you. JK JK JK That's something my mom says to me.
If we do laugh at you it will just be because we love you.
I'm going to tell you my most embarrassing moment before hand.
So yearly there's this really big youth conference called Acquire the Fire. Anyone heard of it before? Well, I went about three ago, in my freshman year of high school. Then I was kind of an outcast. Not totally, but pretty much. :(
Anyways, our church was the host church, Victory Christian Center. Woohoo!!! So my group got front row seats on the floor in the middle section. I was seated in the middle of the second row. Worship had just started and my friends were just climbing over the seats of the row in front of them to go down front. Well, I'm not the best at hand eye coordination. I'm kind of clumsy. LOL
I go to climb over, and all of the metal chairs are connected, so they won't just individually slide forward. As I'm climbing over my foot gets caught in the chair and it folds. But it doesn't fall over, it just stays there and I fall on my face with my leg in the air. At this time, the guy I was crushing on was behind me...and I could hear him laughing. Sigh. And the whole auditorium was still sitting down. Epic fail on my part. Then as I go to stand up, my leg gets caught on the wires on the ground and I fall on my face...again. So that was a really bad day for me!
Well, I hope I made you laugh!
Remember, don't be ashamed!!!!!
And leave me comments, I am dieing to hear from you!
XOXOXOXO
I know that every guy I know always says, "girls are so complicated". But really, we're not that hard to comprehend. So right now I'm going to give you just a few little tips that may help you in understanding women.
Here's the jist:
#1: Girls are really insecure.
Not all girls, but almost all the girls I know are insecure about one thing or another about themselves.
For me, I'm terrified about what people think of me. I'm so scared that what I say, what I wear, what I think, is being judged by everyone. I'm afraid to just be me.
Tip #1: Complement.
Don't go over the top, just one or two comments every time you see her. Complement her hair, say she smells good, just say something nice to make her feel good. It's almost like an ice breaker.
#2: We just want to be loved.
So many girls get into so much trouble at such a young age. Whether it's with our boyfriends, or just our friends. All that we want is to feel loved. To be accepted for who we are.
Tip #2: Just be there.
I know it's really hard for a guy to 'just be friends.' But a lot of times, that's all she wants. A good guy friend is, a lot of the time, so much better than a boyfriend. Girls want to know that they are loved and accepted. By just being there, loving her silently.
So I hoped that helped you! This isn't just for the guys. Girls, and guys, if you have anything else that you would like to contribute, please email me, or post it in a comment. I would love to hear your take.
I only gave you two topics, but occasionally I will do more of "Here's the Jist." Look for it!
Journal 4:
Okay, how was journal 3?
You are and your best friend. My friends that are taking the Habitudes class that I mentioned earlier are loving this assignment! Their journals....faboo!! Totally unique and themselves. I wish that I would have taken pics of them for you...bummer. Well, I promise that after spring break I'll take some pictures of the inside and outside for you to see their creative juices at full. For now, your just going to have to trust me. :)
Ready for Journal 4? This one is going to be hilarious!!
Topic: Your most embarrassing moment.
FUN! Now don't be afraid to write down the deepest, darkest, most embarrassing moment you've ever had. We won't laugh, we'll just, okay, we might laugh. But don't worry, we're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you. JK JK JK That's something my mom says to me.
If we do laugh at you it will just be because we love you.
I'm going to tell you my most embarrassing moment before hand.
So yearly there's this really big youth conference called Acquire the Fire. Anyone heard of it before? Well, I went about three ago, in my freshman year of high school. Then I was kind of an outcast. Not totally, but pretty much. :(
Anyways, our church was the host church, Victory Christian Center. Woohoo!!! So my group got front row seats on the floor in the middle section. I was seated in the middle of the second row. Worship had just started and my friends were just climbing over the seats of the row in front of them to go down front. Well, I'm not the best at hand eye coordination. I'm kind of clumsy. LOL
I go to climb over, and all of the metal chairs are connected, so they won't just individually slide forward. As I'm climbing over my foot gets caught in the chair and it folds. But it doesn't fall over, it just stays there and I fall on my face with my leg in the air. At this time, the guy I was crushing on was behind me...and I could hear him laughing. Sigh. And the whole auditorium was still sitting down. Epic fail on my part. Then as I go to stand up, my leg gets caught on the wires on the ground and I fall on my face...again. So that was a really bad day for me!
Well, I hope I made you laugh!
Remember, don't be ashamed!!!!!
And leave me comments, I am dieing to hear from you!
XOXOXOXO
05 March 2012
Journal 3...and more
Hey fellow bloggers! I am so sorry that this is so late in coming to you. I went to California, had a boat load of school to do, and got sick. :( but I promise to make it up to with an extra special blog post today. :)
While we were in California we went to visit my 96 year old great grandpa. I know! He is old, but still super active for his age. We had a great time with him. It was really relaxing and California is gorgeous at this time of the year.
I realised something...something totally epic. Things only stay new for a little while. Like when you buy a new car, it only has that new car feeling for a little while. But once it's gone, something new happens. Memories are made, new smells appear, and familiar faces.
Once you've had something for a while it becomes more special then something you jut bought. Old things stay old forever! It's like my grandpa, he isn't new or even extraordinary. But he IS. He's old, and rustic, and adorable, and super smart! Just like I like them. :) just thought I would share that with y'all.
Okay, journal number three! Sorry that it's two weeks late. But hopefully that made you really ponder other two topics. ;)
Topic: Your best friend. Who is your best friend? How are you so alike? Different? What made you two so close?
Have fun with this one! Personally, this is one of my favourite topics. Make sure to totally make it you! I wouldn't want it any other way.
Also! Make sure to post your comments and leave me excerpts of your journals.
I promise to blog more often, I'm not so busy now. Have an amazing next few days!
Love yall!
<3
Miriam
While we were in California we went to visit my 96 year old great grandpa. I know! He is old, but still super active for his age. We had a great time with him. It was really relaxing and California is gorgeous at this time of the year.
I realised something...something totally epic. Things only stay new for a little while. Like when you buy a new car, it only has that new car feeling for a little while. But once it's gone, something new happens. Memories are made, new smells appear, and familiar faces.
Once you've had something for a while it becomes more special then something you jut bought. Old things stay old forever! It's like my grandpa, he isn't new or even extraordinary. But he IS. He's old, and rustic, and adorable, and super smart! Just like I like them. :) just thought I would share that with y'all.
Okay, journal number three! Sorry that it's two weeks late. But hopefully that made you really ponder other two topics. ;)
Topic: Your best friend. Who is your best friend? How are you so alike? Different? What made you two so close?
Have fun with this one! Personally, this is one of my favourite topics. Make sure to totally make it you! I wouldn't want it any other way.
Also! Make sure to post your comments and leave me excerpts of your journals.
I promise to blog more often, I'm not so busy now. Have an amazing next few days!
Love yall!
<3
Miriam
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