Monday, October 3, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
I'm not afraid
Psalm 118:6
The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalm 27:3
Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.
Interesting thought - as Christians we should be able to say: "I don't care if the whole army sets out to get me, I don't care if the whole world rages war against me, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. God is with me! What can some humans do to me? The creator of the universe is backing me up."
I'm not sure I would be able to say that if the whole army started charging at me... I would love to have that kind of faith.
MMM <3
The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalm 27:3
Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.
Interesting thought - as Christians we should be able to say: "I don't care if the whole army sets out to get me, I don't care if the whole world rages war against me, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. God is with me! What can some humans do to me? The creator of the universe is backing me up."
I'm not sure I would be able to say that if the whole army started charging at me... I would love to have that kind of faith.
MMM <3
Who are you?
Who are you?
The man who lost his job and feels like the whole world is falling down?
The woman who doesn't know what to do with her family and feels like no one cares?
The child who doesn't know how to witness to a lost friend?
The person who said no to God and doesn't know how to come back and say yes?
The woman who lost her child and feels like God has turned away?
The kid who wants to be loved?
The kid who wants to fit in?
The person who has a broken heart that you think will never be mended?
The person who thinks the whole world has betrayed them?
Who are you? Be honest with yourself...
Let me tell you something.
No matter who you are
No matter what you've done
No matter how hurt or how sad or how angry you've been
No matter how many friends you have
No matter how big your house is or if you have a house at all
No matter what job you have, Congressman or Garbage Man
No matter what makes you smile and what makes you cry
No matter what color hair you have, how tall you are, what color eyes you have, if you are outgoing, quiet, easily angered, overflowing with love and grace, no matter who your parents are and what life you live
No matter who you are
You are loved.
Please read that last sentence aloud.
You are loved so much.
You are beautiful
Wonderful
Worth it
Awesome
Loved.
You are worth dying for.
The man who lost his job and feels like the whole world is falling down?
The woman who doesn't know what to do with her family and feels like no one cares?
The child who doesn't know how to witness to a lost friend?
The person who said no to God and doesn't know how to come back and say yes?
The woman who lost her child and feels like God has turned away?
The kid who wants to be loved?
The kid who wants to fit in?
The person who has a broken heart that you think will never be mended?
The person who thinks the whole world has betrayed them?
Who are you? Be honest with yourself...
Let me tell you something.
No matter who you are
No matter what you've done
No matter how hurt or how sad or how angry you've been
No matter how many friends you have
No matter how big your house is or if you have a house at all
No matter what job you have, Congressman or Garbage Man
No matter what makes you smile and what makes you cry
No matter what color hair you have, how tall you are, what color eyes you have, if you are outgoing, quiet, easily angered, overflowing with love and grace, no matter who your parents are and what life you live
No matter who you are
You are loved.
Please read that last sentence aloud.
You are loved so much.
You are beautiful
Wonderful
Worth it
Awesome
Loved.
You are worth dying for.
An interview with God
I dreamt I had an interview with God. "Come in," God said. "So, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
God smiled and said: "My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"
"What surprises you most about mankind?"
God answered:
- "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again.
- That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health.
- That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future.
- That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived…"
God’s hands took mine and we were silent for a while and then I asked…"As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?"
God replied with a smile:
- "To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.
- To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.
- To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. All will be judged individually on their own merits, not as a group on a comparison basis!
- To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
- To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.
- To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
- To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings.
- To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.
- To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally differently.
- To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them…and likes them anyway.
- To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves."
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for his time and for all that He has done for me and my family, and He replied, "Anytime. I’m here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is ask for me, and I’ll answer."
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
People will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
~ Source Unknown ~
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Even more Q & A's!
Questions and Answers with Molly (Molly wrote both the questions and the answers)
Topic: throwing knives in the air
Q. That is a ridiculous topic. Will you please reconsider?
A. No. That is a perfectly acceptable topic.
Q. Fine. What do you have to say about it?
A. About what?
Q. Throwing knives in the air… your odd topic…
A. Oh. I don’t think it is a good idea.
Q. Don’t you think most people in the world would agree with you on that?
A. Not Anti-Knife-On-Ground people
Q. Who are they?
A. They call themselves the AKOG people. They are completely against having knives in safe places, like in drawers, on counters, and on the ground.
Q. Do you really think it’s safe to have knives on the ground?
A. It’s better than having them in the air…
Q. But it’s still not safe. What if someone stepped on one?
A. Let’s hope they had shoes on.
Q. What?! What if they don’t! That could be a very dangerous situation!
A. Why?
Q. MOLLY! Someone could step on the knife!
A. Oh. Yeah, I know. But we are now off topic.
Q. Topic?!?!? Who cares about the topic?! We are talking about leaving knives lying around on the ground, which is not at all a good idea!
A. I never said it was. And why are we talking about this anyway? Are you planning on leaving knives in the ground in your room? I’m not going near your room any time soon!
Q. Back to topic.
A. Thank you. What was the topic again?
Q. Throwing knives in the air.
A. What?!?!? That’s a terrible idea! Someone could easily get injured!
Q. *sigh* my point exactly. Who was the one who said to change the topic? Huh? Wasn't it me???...
A. Me.
Q. No, me.
A. We are one in the same person.
More questions and answers with Molly
Questions and Answers with Molly (Molly wrote both the questions and the answers)
Topic: Hanging disco balls from the ceiling
Q. What inspired this (odd) topic?
A. I am with Max at the orthodontist
Q. And that inspired it because…
A. They have a disco ball hung from the ceiling, along with a blow up guitar, fake records, and gold stars.
Q. What do you think about the safety aspect about hanging disco balls from the ceiling?
A. Not safe at all. Someone could accidentally throw a knife in the air, cut the string, and the disco ball could fall on someone’s head.
Q. Wouldn’t the flying knife be much more dangerous?
A. Yes, but no need to add another danger into the picture, right?
Q. Sure… I’m still stuck on the flying knife aspect of the picture.
A. Don’t worry about it. People don’t generally accidentally throw knives in the air.
Q. Then why is the disco ball dangerous?
A. What if a very very very tall person came in, hit their head on it, and it shattered, cutting their head?
Q. You’d have to be about 7 or 8 feet to run into it. If you were that tall, don’t you think you’d be used to dodging hanging objects?
A. What if you were blind?
Q. When you find someone who is 7 or 8 feet tall, blind, and in this very Orthodontist office, can you let me know?
A. Sure! Why? You doubt I will? Do you really doubt me??!!??!!
Q. Yes.
A. That is not a question.
Questions and Answers with Molly
Questions and Answers with Molly (Molly wrote both the questions and the answers)
TOPIC: the current weather
Q. Do you have a problem with the current weather?
A. As a matter of fact, I do. It is too cold to be August. I must have slept for a couple of months and not realized it.
Q. Have you taken appropriate measures to deal with this extreme weather?
A. I have. I am wearing boots and a hoodie
Q. BOOTS?!?!?!
A. Yes. Only because I was outside this morning and I made the mistake of putting on wet flipflops that had been outside overnight. My feet felt like they were in trays of ice. Feeling bad for my feet, I decided it must be time to don the boots
Q. And the hoodie?
A. I didn’t want to freeze! Last night I was outside for about 5 minutes or less and my teeth were chattering like crazy! The hoodie is to protect me from potential frostbite.
Q. Frostbite? Molly, you have not only got out your coat and hoodie, but you’ve gotten out your winter vocabulary!
A. I know. The weather is not helping my brain register that it is still August. My brain has taken matters completely into its own (nonexistent) hands and accessed the winter vocabulary. I have been trying to convince it that it is still August, but it won’t believe me
Q. Neither will I. Molly, it is September.
A. Oooops.
Q. Do you have anything else to say about this terrible change in Barometric Pressure?
A. What?
Q. The weather.
A. Oh. Only that I don’t like it and I think people need to start calling the Weather Channel and complaining.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Note to everyone...
And if any of you make blogs, I'll be sure to read them! I love reading blogs! Please do, and send me a link via email or post it in a comment!
Molly
Molly
YAY! 100 posts!
Oooops... I almost typed 3 zeros in the title :)
Well anyway, I've finally reached 100 posts! Wow! And all you readers out there are what keep me motivated! I have 122 comments and 568 pageviews! Every 4.6 times (on average) someone looks at my blog they comment! Wow! I started this blog on May 21, 2011. That's just 115 days! Let's see, that's an average of 1.06 comments per day, about .86 posts per day (though usually I do a lot each day and not every day), and 4.94 pageviews per day!!!!!
Thank you all, you're all awesome!
Miss Molly
Well anyway, I've finally reached 100 posts! Wow! And all you readers out there are what keep me motivated! I have 122 comments and 568 pageviews! Every 4.6 times (on average) someone looks at my blog they comment! Wow! I started this blog on May 21, 2011. That's just 115 days! Let's see, that's an average of 1.06 comments per day, about .86 posts per day (though usually I do a lot each day and not every day), and 4.94 pageviews per day!!!!!
Thank you all, you're all awesome!
Miss Molly
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