What I Wear- "Wow! I finally got an outfit posted!"

I'm wearing: Pink Herbergers Cardigan, Thrifted Maurices Shirt, Thrifted Peasant Style Skirt.

Hello, stranger! I have to apologize for falling off the face of the earth (or so it must seem to you!). Since it's Winters, I've been staying at home because of school. So I guess it's mental, but I haven't been able to put together a decent outfit in quite some time! My outfits lately have consisted of either sweats and a tee shirt, or Sunday outfits-Sunday outfits require rushing out the door with no time for pictures. So am I promising to post an outfit every day for the next week? mskfdndgknd....*scrambling* Oh! Sorry! I had to pick myself up off the floor from laughing so hard. *Chuckles* Yeah, no promises like that in my future. However, I will try to post more often-but not every day. 

How was your Christmas? Mine was a bit unusual. Since Christmas was on a Sunday, we opened gifts  Christmas Eve. Uneventful, very little drama and lots of fun! It's been a tradition in our family to go to a movie on Christmas day (or around Christmas depending on when the movie comes out). This year we went to Tintin. It was fairly good, although the computer animation was amazing! There was several instances where I found myself thinking they were real people! 

Since New Years Eve is today (Saturday) we celebrated last night, instead of staying up late the night before church. Celebrating translates into: junk food-coming-out-our-ears-till-we-sit-around-on-the-couches-feeling-disgusting. Seriously? Why do I DO THAT! Anyway, we had a nutritious brunch today-whole wheat pancakes sweetened with honey (made by yours truly), fruit salad (patience made), breakfast potatoes and turkey with mushrooms (mom made). We're trying to eat healthier in small bursts-adding more fruits and vegetables to begin with. So this pretty much sums up what you've missed! : )

How was your Christmas?

What I Wear- Feminine Bomber Jacket & The Heart

The heart is an important part of us. So many times we let thoughts or feelings into our hearts, ultimately it can destroy us! The heart can decimate our character, it can control our actions if we let it.

The Bible says: 

• "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." Proverbs 4:23 
• "As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man." Proverbs 27:19
• "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he...." Proverbs 23:7

It's like a chain reaction in your mind. You let one thing in, a whole host of other things come with it. I've been learning about Theorms in my Geometry. Using deductive reasoning, you're assigned to complete the direct proof.

Theorm: If you let that thought of anger in your heart, you will kill someone.

If you let that thought of anger in your heart, then the anger will eat you up inside.

If you let the anger eat you up inside, then your going to let that anger out.

If you let that anger out, then you might lose your temper and not think.

If you lose your temper and don't think, then you will kill someone.

Far fetched? No! Murder starts with a tiny thought, a bit of anger. If someone gets angry, does that mean they're for sure going to kill someone? No. But if you let that feeling of anger stay, let it escalate in your mind, it can lead to murder. bitterness is the same way. At first it can start with you just being irritated with someone, till it finally turns into complete and utter bitterness. Many people will focus on physical purity, but not on emotional purity. Emotional purity is more important in my opinion! Adultery starts with a thought in your heart.  

So what's the answer? You just don't think anymore? No! Of course not! Guard your heart. Give every thought to God. I think almost every impure, evil thought we have is identified immediately. It's what we do with those thoughts, how we handle them that matters. As humans we let you hearts carry us away, till God is no longer in control, our hearts are. Try memorizing a Bible verse about the topic your struggling with. If it's anger, find a Bible verse about anger. Repeat the Bible verse in your mind, and ask the Lord to help you. He most certainly will!  

Now that I've "preached" at you *GRIN*. I'll share a little about my outfit. First of all, I loved this dress the moment I saw it. My mom did not however...but I convinced her to buy it. And I'm so glad I did! It reminds me of a 40's dress! Speaking of thoughts in your heart, this jacket has a little story behind it. I've been drooling over this jacket at Herbergers for a couple of months. However the $78 price tag was a damper. I could never pay that much for a leather jacket. However, the jacket went on sale last weekend for $32! Which was too much to ask my mom to pay, so I bought it with my own money. The story isn't over...I had a moral dilemma at the cash register. I picked up a scarf along with the jacket (I didn't buy it after all). Which was on sale for $14. Well... the lady rang the scarf in TWICE, and didn't ring the jacket in at all. Okay, two choices. I could be deceitful and pay $28 for a $32 jacket and a $14 scarf. Or I could tell the lady that she didn't ring the jacket in, and rang the $14 scarf in twice. Well, I chose to tell the lady. I know that I wouldn't have felt right about paying that for my jacket, so though it hurt, I did tell the lady. And she corrected it. So there's a prime example of your heart! I could have went with my heart, and cheated the store out of it's $18. But I didn't, I chose God's way instead. And I can tell you have no regrets!

I'm wearing:

Pink Flora 40's Style 80's thrifted dress ($4) Leather fur collar Bomber Jacket Herbergers ($32)
Ps: Forgive the messy bangs!

What I Wear- Casual Tuesday & Freedom

Today I feel grateful. Grateful that I can even write this blog post. Grateful that I can talk about God on my blog, and not be put into prison for it. Blessed to live in America! No, America isn't perfect. In fact we have some serious issues. But we have the freedom to have those issues! We have the freedom to tell people what we're thinking. No one can tell me not to dress in these clothes, and nobody can tell you to stop reading my blog! Not every country has these freedoms, these blessings.



I think with all the economic stuff going on, we've forgotten what a wonderful country we live in. We may not be happy when congress or the president does something that goes against what we wanted, but we have the freedom to step out and say "Hey! I don't like that!" But with that freedom, comes abuse and un-gratefulness. We forget all the men and women who have died so that we could have that freedom. Did they die in vain? No! They died so that I could talk about God. If those men hadn't fought in WWII, Germany could have taken over the world. If men hadn't died freeing us from the King of England, we wouldn't have the freedom to go or not go to whatever church we choose.

I know beyond a shadow of doubt that God was in all of that. And He's in America now. It may take some time to wake everyone up, but it's going to happen. God's not done with us. Will America be around for billions more years? I have no idea. What I do know is that God will never leave His people, regardless of how many times we've slapped Him in the face. He's still holding out His hand of mercy.

End of speech. : )



I'm wearing: Pink cardigan Herbegers (original price $58! My price-$8!) Purple Thrifted dress $3.99 Jeggings Kmart $3



PS: Feminine Friday-is this Friday! Be sure to link up!

QUESTION:

What freedom are you most thankful for? I'm most thankful for freedom of speech.