I must start out by giving my baby sister a shout out on her birthday!! She is 22 and is growing up so fast. MollyAnne is my best friend, my confident, and so sweet that she could probably never hurt a fly. Her advice is always un-dramatic and her sense of humor is dry and natural. Being with her is a breath of fresh air from the highly over dramatized life that I live.
Molly Anne is so creative and I would like to give her credit for the creativity that I incorporate in my work/life. I am constantly asking Molly Anne how to do creative things - she has the right answer for everything. Where I always have an answer... Molly Anne always has the RIGHT answer! Love it!
During my guitar lessons the other night I learned 5 chords: C, G, D, A, and Em. I have since taught myself Bm (which I'm soooo bad at) and G7. I learned Bm for a song I would to play (lead me to the cross) and G7 so I could learn Happy birthday. Well, I learned it and was able to play Happy birthday for her last night!!!! Yay!! I hate being so far away, but at least FaceTime allows us to be "closer" and not feel as far away.
I tried to post my guitar video so you could see me play... Anybody have any suggestions on how to do that?? If so, let me know in a comment!! Thanks!
I tried to post my guitar video so you could see me play... Anybody have any suggestions on how to do that?? If so, let me know in a comment!! Thanks!
Wanted to share a passage with you that I read the other day.....
Abbie poses the question: if loneliness and aloneness are true emotions - don't the represent even more of a whole person then when a person is lacking those?
"If we desire comfort and ease and the romantic high of an illusion, we should avoid being truly alone at all costs. But if we desire the truth of our selves and the honest state of our soul, we must wholly embrace who we are and we we are not, we must seek solitude and wait for holy union."
I love that!!! So much truth in what she writes. I must begin to EMBRACE exactly where I am and WAIT for the Holy union. Not any union, holy union - God-ordained, not Abby-endorsed! I love words and the meaning of words so I did some research on EMBRACE - what does that mean and HOW do I embrace something, especially wholly embrace. This is what I found:
verb (used with object) [em·braced, em·brac·ing.]
1. to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.
2. to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.
3. to avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity.
It's that second definition that stands out to me. To receive gladly or eagerly. I cannot tell you the last time, if ever I thought I would receive eagerly my singleness, my distance from home, or my work schedule. However, if I want to truly be okay with myself and my life and to live that life to the fullest - I must completely receive my circumstances gladly.
My life with Baylor:
In other news, Happy Epiphany (12 days after Christmas when the wise men found baby Jesus)!! My decorations are officially down! Woo hoo! Parents out there, I don't know how you do it with kids!!
I tried to post my guitar video so you could see me play... Anybody have any suggestions on how to do that?? If so, let me know in a comment!! Thanks guys!!
Every so often I'll google "Celibate Sex" and tonight have stumbled upon your blog. Encouraged by your words here, Abby (lovely name) and certainly that you connected with any of my words. Bless you, dear sister. Look forward to seeing what the Lord does with your embrace. Peace, (the other) Abbie
ReplyDeleteFor your video- you'll need to upload it somewhere (Youtube, Vimeo, some other channel) and embed it here. I know my BlogPress app has a way to upload videos from my phone too, but I've never done that.
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