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Sometimes the weeks are just busy. Sometimes they're insane. Crazy is a happy middle-point between the two. Means you're busy, and a lot of goofy stuff happens, and sometimes that goofy stuff makes things easier in ways you couldn't have predicted.
Sometimes, obviously, the opposite happens, but boy, it's funny later on.
Moms rock. In the staff housing, there are a lot of girls who are right around college age, and one mom. We stay up sometimes and talk about, y'know, girl-stuff. And most of it stays in the cabin. But she made a point the other night that more girls need to hear.
There isn't a guarantee.
Regrettably, there is no way to be sure that your marriage will last. You can give it a lot of strength, you can try to devote everything to God, you can pray about, for, and with your husband - but you can't predict what's going to happen.
One of the moms I know married rather young, and she was raised believing that if she just married a Christian husband, everything would work out fine. She met a smart guy who was earnestly interested in God, had recently graduated from college, and had just landed a job at a very prestigious company. She hadn't realized then that despite how much he cared about her, he didn't really understand relationships. They're still together, but there were some very, very rough storms in that relationship.
Camp-mom was one of the girls who followed the recipe, and her marriage ended a few years ago. There's this idea that we get sold on as Christian girls - protect your purity, and he'll desire you enough that he'll never leave. Pray for him, serve God, date only parent-approved men, both of you keep an accountability partner, and seek an older couple as mentors. And I do think that will significantly help, but the implied phrase is that if you do all of that, God will bless your marriage, so that no matter what other trials you go through in life, the two of you will be strong and love each other, and always have a safe haven in each other.
There's one guarantee. God never tells us that the man we love will never leave us, or that we will always feel the way we do now. He tells us HE will never leave us. I don't know if guys do this, but as girls, we tend to need someone to depend on. Your best friend, your dad, your boyfriend, your sister, there's gotta be someone there for you.
He calls us to honor our commitment, even if we don't feel like it. I had a dream once where I was talking to my betrothed about the wedding vows we were writing. Of course, it's dark and rainy and I can't really see him (don't ask me WHY we'd be writing our wedding vows outside in a thunderstorm - I seem to recall that the house was locked, so we couldn't go inside), but I looked at him very seriously at one point and asked him something along the lines of, "Do you realize that you're saying, even if you don't love me, you'll still stay with me?" And he responded something charming along the lines of, "I'll always love you, that's why I'm marrying you," but that wasn't what I was asking.
I do pray a lot about my future guy. It always seems to start off with, "God, I don't know who he is or where he is..." and it sometimes seems a little arrogant of me to assume that God's plans involve me getting married, but the phrase is, "Pray Boldly," so that's what I'm doing.
So, I don't know who you are or where you are, and this probably isn't what you want to hear, but I promise you now, even if years after we're married, I don't feel as "in love" with you as before, I will never leave you. Every mindsayer and blogger in the world can hold me to that. We'll find a way to work it out, or maybe we'll realize something different about each other, or maybe we'll just both change. But whatever happens, on our wedding day, I make a commitment before you and before God that I will be with you until death parts us. That commitment is not negotiable.
I fed my mother dinner at the nursing home. It's weird to be the one to feed her now. It is karma. She used to do the same for me when I was little. We watched "Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" and were amused by the lil' Loch Ness Monster's antics. The movie was great and renewed my interest in mythic beasts again (I was obsessed with the Loch Ness Monster when I was 9/10 years old). Tomorrow is a brother and sister day; me and Mark are going shopping in Appleton or, as I like to call it "hunting for treasure!" We each are going to find our Mom something weird or unique (hence the "treasure" part). Of course we're also hunting for gifts for each other.
It's good to get in touch with family every now and then. Never know how long we have with each other.
I'm trying to convince my brother to watch Flight of the Conchords tonight. Nothing like great novelty folk music to keep the spirits happy. The Lord of the Rings and David Bowie parodies are to die for! *sigh* I love Bret and Jemaine. They rock my world. I'm also convinced they'll rock yours, too.
Yep, mothers out there, happy day! Treat yourselves to the movie and tv series I talked about above. Nothing like a great fantasy to keep your reality in check, once the little ones are asleep, that is...
A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'
The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.' God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.'
Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.'
'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.'
'Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.'
'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you'
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'
God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'
*courtesy of foreverjustice *
Well, Thursday I got laid off again...You could say that. actually lost my Nanny position is a better way of putting it. I had the job for a month! One month!!!! Sigh, thought we'd be able to catch up on all the bills this month with me working but now not to be.. They hired someone like an Au-Pair, a live in. They shouldn't have had a child if you ask me(and no-one did). Found out they get someone to come on weekends too to be with the little charge. I dont want to put his name here as he is 5. I was just getting used to him and breaking him of some stuff! No warning just pow, we dont need you anymore... I said I understood, but liar, I dont. said its all for the boy... huh, he needs his parents not MONEY!!! My kids did just fine without money and things, they had me there while they were growing up, the best thing a child can have!!! Sure it wasn't easy, but we did it! it can be done. yeah, I know, I'm down on working Moms, but seriously, it can be done while they are young, the most forming years, the ones that we all cherish...Being with our children. That's why GOD made mothers, not to work, but to raise her children! I came up with an acroymn years ago with my name:
T-Training her children to
R-Respect
A-And
C-Call upon the Lord
E-Enduring all until
E-Eternity
Cute, huh? I like it.it meant a lot to me. I even homeschooled my two for 5 yrs! Wonderful!! I got to enjoy them for even longer. Some people just dont know what they are missing. GOD comes first, then your FAMILY, then everything else. If you follow this you'll be fine. Just remember, God didnt promise that everything would be peachy keen though, as Christians, we have many problems, but the only difference is, we have someone to lean on and to help us through...GOD... My Bible verse that I claimed years ago is:
PHILIPPIANS 4:11
......FOR I HAVE LEARNED IN WHATSOEVER STATE I AM, THEREWITH TO BE CONTENT..(KJV)
I forget this sometimes and start to worry, but I finally do remember it and worry is a sin. Like now, No job and doesnt look like one on the immediate horizon either...I'm praying... I do still have my Bookkeeping/Payroll for the one company that I do. So I am bringing in something, just not enough. Need a part time something,20-25 hours a week. Be nice to do something that I like. I miss the coffee shop. I know I had planned to quit in Dec. but I doubt I'd have followed through on it.I liked it too much and had good friends and good money too, even though I was only making 5.85 an hour+tips. I wish I could find something like that again and make my own hours up for it like we did there. I have been everywhere putting in applications... No one is hiring and if they are you need a degree in something or another. Even the office work that is in paper needing help, you have to have a degree, what about experience? I have run my own bookkeeping/payroll company for 4+ years now... Dosen't matter, gotta have degree... i don't really want to go back out in the public, but i guess I may have to. Then you get yucky hours. i'm supposed to be winding down, getting ready to retire in 15 years. yes, I'll be 45 this year.... well, I'll keep looking and if anybody knows of a small company needing book keeping or payrolls done let me know. I charge $15 an hour for bookkeeping and if you have 5 or less employees I charge $45 a month for payroll.Wish I could build that up again. I lost several businesses last year due to the economy. they took it in house. Still, I am pretty cheap in my prices compared to others. I use Quickbooks on line or Quicken to do books. they are the best and easiest to use. Payroll is easy too with what I use. Well, happy job hunting to me....
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