I'm a big kid now

Or not.....

What is the most obvious thing to do when one is 23 years old and sick of studying anatomy?  Build an awesome fort, of course! Yup. Best idea, ever.

[This was our second fort of the day. Our first was more conducive for keeping out monsters, a.k.a. Gabbie, but this one worked much better for watching movies]

Amazing Grace

Over the past few months, I have been slowly (emphasis on sloooowly) reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan. It's a phenomenal book that echoes so many of the cries and struggles within my heart. Today's reading was no different....

It is tempting to believe that the people [in the Bible] were superhuman, or supersaints, and that you and I could never do the kinds of things they did. But did you know that Abraham was afraid for his safety, so he lied about his wife, Sarah, and said that she was his sister...twice? Consider Jacob, who stole his brother Esau's birthright, tricked his father into blessing him, and then fled in fear of Esau. Or did you know that Moses was a murderer...? Also...we see Rahab, who was a Gentile and a woman, not to mention a prostitute! Then there's Samson who had so many problems I don't even know where to begin. And of course, David, a "man after God's own heart" who was an adulterer and a murder, whose children were evil and out of control.   

-Francis Chan

Too often throughout my walk with God, I have allowed my sins to come between us, believing the lies of the Devil that I am worthless to God. But who am I to think my sins are bigger than God's grace? God loved David the most and he was a murderer and an adulterer! How encouraging it is to know that one doesn't have to be a supersaint to be a good disciple. All He wants is our love and reverent submission and He will save us from death. Praise God!

Call me old fashioned

I've made a lot of jokes in the past year about my rapid transformation into being an old woman. Maybe it's because I spent a lot of time with elderly people, but I'd like to think I've actually started to figure things out. Like the fact that I really, really like a gentleman, for example. Someone who respects a woman's dignity and calls her "beautiful" instead of "hot." Someone who opens doors and walks on the road-side of the sidewalk. Someone like Mr. Darcy, for example.

Oh, Mr. Darcy....

Sadly, now that I'm a grown-up, this poster no longer
hangs on my wall....but it's still my favorite :)

And I can't help but love this quote from Easy A....even if the movie itself was highly questionable:

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason.  

 

Unfortunately, a gentleman in today's society is pretty hard to come by, but I know now that they're definitely worth waiting for :)