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Bio: I love God. I am a proud Amway IBO and Nutrilite Representative aspiring to be Young and Free.
Need vitamins? Protein sources? Healthy eating ideas? I'm your girl
(I also attend NU for Mechanical Engineering with a bio-mechanical minor)
I Say There's a Reason Things Happen
Anonymous asked: So you claim to have studied psychology, yet you don't understand how it works (thus your question for me about how I've overcome my anxiety) and you don't understand how helpful it can be? In what capacity have you studied psychology? Have you ever read any books about it? I just don't understand how you could have possibly studied psychology yet ended up so incredibly ignorant about it.
Believing in God doesn’t make it easier, it actually makes life harder. I accept people for how God made them and know everyone’s crosses are different. Yes, I have read books about it, and psychology has helped me improve my life so much because I understand people a whole lot better, including myself. I could go on for hours about everything I’ve learned, but I think it’d be a waste of my time. And no, I just don’t want to clog my blog.
Since I can’t really run at the moment, (sidelined with a back injury), I think I’ll take a walk to take pictures. I haven’t done that in a while, and there are a lot of places in the South End that I ran through that I would’ve loved to have a camera on me for. Enjoying my last day of freedom to the fullest!
Anonymous asked: [continued from previous message] You do realize that not everyone finds happiness in Christianity, don't you? There are thousands of ex-Christians out there. Stop ignoring them and learn to accept that Christianity isn't perfect, and that those who realize its imperfections end up deciding to leave the religion. (And yes, Christianity is a religion, since it fits the dictionary definition of the word "religion.")
Is their life any better without it?
… that the critics will always tell us to “be more Christian” while simultaneously mocking the core doctrines and morals of the Christianity.
That is real hypocrisy.
There’s a lot of talk about this issue on Tumblr today, so I thought I’d post Fr. Shane’s commentary on the issue:
What makes us Christians is Baptism. It’s the only way that we can draw a clear black/white line between who is or who isn’t Christian.
But things get…
hesmyraggedydoctor asked: Thanks!! It was actually in my mum's jewelry box & I took it... haven't seen her wear it, so I may just keep it :)
haha I wont tell!
Anonymous asked: Also, do you think that homosexuals should have to live their entire lives either pretending to be straight (which would cause them undue amounts of psychological harm) or else forcing themselves to be celibate, as though homosexuality were something that they needed to punish themselves for (this would also cause them psychological harm)? If so, then tell me, how do you figure your mindset on this issue is loving towards homosexuals at all?
The ultimate, truest love was Jesus being crucified. That’s how.
Anonymous asked: Tell me, have you ever actually studied the history and context of all of the supposed "anti-gay" Bible verses? Heck, have you ever even read those verses in the original Greek and Aramaic (before they were translated a million times), and do you know what the words "arsenokoitai" and "malakoi" mean? Or do you just take those verses at face value, even though that just gives you an incredibly shallow interpretation of them?
I base my knowledge on 2,000 years of other people studying theology.
No one is ever there for me, or wants me. Why does it always happen where they end up with somebody else? that’s right because I suck, so nobody wants to be there for me, when they could be with somebody smarter and prettier than me. It makes sense I guess. I just wanted somebody to want me, and to care enough to notice that I am upset and to do something about it.
If you constantly rely on other people for your self worth you will constantly be let down. Feeling lonely is one thing, that was Adam’s one ache before sin came into the world. But you can’t put your self worth into your circumstance, only in God who says you are worthy of everything.
(Source: usetheweaktoleadthestrong)
Wow, just wow … imagine doing this for a living! I love the way after all that design and engineering the final fix was an improvisation during testing. (towards the end) - you also gotta love the understated German team. I mean they BUILT A BIRD! Imagine if the Americans did that you’d hear the high fiving from Sydney! Anyway, deserves the (overused) tag of awesome - the bird flew live above a TED audience a while back but this is the making of - much more interesting! (via Festo Festo Corporate - SmartBird)
Peter would surely not have denied baptism to any one who asked for it. However, I’m quite confident he would have denied baptism to any one who said, “I would like to be baptized. By this I mean I would like to get a spray tan and become an expert at sodoku.” Why? Because the issue here isn’t…
I had dinner at Parish Cafe with a friend today.
I shouldn’t have eaten so much, I shouldn’t have spent so much, but whatever. We forgot our credit cards in the bill and the waiter ran and gave it back! We were a good three minutes on our way. Good seeds lead to good seeds, thank God!
I hurt my back pretty bad, so I haven’t run in almost a week. Tomorrow it will be a week. I feel gross :-( but I’ve been staying active! Seriously, I’ve walked and been more active outside of my usual running this past week than I have in a really long time.
Taking this last week of freedom in. Then losing my freedom to a full time job, temporarily. I can’t wait to be free from a boss.
My friend is so worried about her future and just doesn’t have a definiteness of purpose. Me on the other hand, I’m at peace with where my life is headed. I know what the last chapter reads, and five years from now I’ll be debt free, job free, and living a life of impact. Because I was made to be better than average, and it’s an insult to God every day I act average.
