The Road Less Traveled

I strongly believe that what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right. That's why I'm such a big fan of this poem by Robert Frost.


"Road Less Traveled" by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth

Then took the other as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet, knowing how way leads onto way
I doubted if I should ever come back

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference


OH, and the photo above was taken at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.

Crazy Technological Facts

Now, I'm a big techie which translates into the fact that I'm a big nerd. I love technology and am so intrigued with everything about it. Here's a crazy video that I found on a site that you don't have to be as big a nerd as me to understand. These are some crazy facts and part of the reason that Media is so important.




Let me know your thoughts on it!

Day at the Park

Just a picinic with some of my friends. By the way, all images posted on this blog, are actually taken and edited by me. :)








"Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family."
-Proverbs 18:24

"The Greatest Enemy of Intimicy With God is Service for God."

So, I was reading "Leadership" Magazine from Bill Hybels which I absolutely love and I'm sure that some of you who read my blog, also get in the mail. I was reading the article in which it was comparing mega churches to Monasteries. As I was reading that quote, it struck a chord in me. The quote couldn't be any more true in my mind to be completely. Service for God does NOT equal intimicy with Him. I've been serving in a church since I was 12 almost non stop. And let me be completely honest with you, I have not been intimate with Him the whole time. In fact some of my dry seasons in my faith have definitely come into play into some of the years that I have been serving a lot.

I honestly think that is sometimes a big problem in the emerging and existing churches. We equate serving Him with spending time with Him when they are both very different. For example, I am a techie. I am a nerd, so I serve in Media. Now, I may hear the message ninety six different times during the weekend, but that does not mean that I have spent time with God. Yes, I spent time in His presence, yes I spent time with fellow believers, but no, I did not get intimate with Him. Sometimes we get so busy serving that we forget Who it is that we are serving. Now, I'm not saying to stop serving by ANY means, but in addition to serving, I think we all need to set apart some time in the morning or during the day to spend time with God.

Just look at the story of Mary and Martha in the Bible. Now, it's in Luke 10:38-42. The translation I'm going to put is from The Message because I love how simple and raw it puts it.

38-40"As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home. She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the Master, hanging on every word he said. But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them. "Master, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me? Tell her to lend me a hand."
41-42The Master said, "Martha, dear Martha, you're fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it—it's the main course, and won't be taken from her."


I think sometimes we truly forget how personal our God truly is. We tend to talk AT Him instead of TO Him. We tend to COMMAND Him to do something, rather than ASK Him to do something. We tend to make prayer an AFTERTHOUGHT, rather than making it a PRIORITY. We tend to serve out of HABIT, instead of serving out of LOVE. Do you see where this is going? We need to crack open our Bibles and spend time in His Word, ESPECIALLY if we are serving.

We need to be like Mary sometimes and just savor the presence of the Almighty God. Because the greatest enemy of intimacy with God, is truly sometimes serving Him if you're not careful. Like the REVEAL research that Bill Hybels did showed, it is possible to be growing in Christ, but not have Him as the center of your life. And THAT makes ALL the difference.

"If the Preacher Will Burn, Others Will Come to See the Fire"

Whenever we see others doing something with a bunch of passion what does that usually do? That causes curiosity. All of a sudden, we kind of stop to see what is going on exactly. Why is this person so on fire for whatever it is that they're on fire for.

Well, we shouldn't be any different for our fire for God. If we aren't stoked about God or about what He has done in our lives how can we expect anyone else to be? If we aren't just so on fire and passionate about what our Saviour did for us, how can we expect Non-Christians to ever be? If they pass by you or I, will they just continue walking by and live their life as though they had never passed us by? OR, will they pass us by and say, "What in the heck is going on in this person's life that they are so happy all the time. Why are they so passionate about God? I gotta check this out." I don't know about you, but I live my life trying to do the latter.
I have been to places before where people who I have known for a couple months have literally asked me, "Why are you so different than me. What do you know that I don't." I always reply, "It's not what I know. It's WHO I know. Let me tell you about them." People are always searching, always curious. Opportunities like this are an amazing way to witness or invite people to Church.

IN fact, let me share some experiences with you.

Probably one of the crazier experiences I've had with this is a visit to Starbucks about three months or so ago. It was around 10am so there weren't that many people there. I had just finished ordering my drink and had a big smile on my face just because I'm always a cheery person. There was only one other person in the store and it was the lady behind me who was ordering her drink (A Caramel Macchiatto if I remember correctly). I was just standing there and the lady (about 31) turns to me and says, "You are different. I can tell there is just something different about you. I can't put my finger on it, but there's just something." I grabbed my drink, pulled her to the side, and told her the reason I must've been different is because of Christ. I pulled out a card, gave it to her and she said she would check it out. Well, about a week ago, I see her again and I was like ooooooh, snap. She tells me, "Hey, I went to this church you told me about. Guess what? I'm different too now." I haven't seen her again, I haven't ever gotten her name, but you know what she saw the fire in me.. and was curious.

This next one happened in a hair salon about two or so years ago. I was sitting there getting my hair done and I saw this lady there. I started talking to her and invited her to the church that I was going to at that time. She seemed really interested and extremely curious probably because when I talk about God, I tend to get rather excited. She told me she'd go check it out and I didn't see her for a while. Well, I saw her about five months later and she told me, "I didn't check out the church you gave me the card for, but I felt like I needed to get my life back on track and went to this church called Flamingo Road Church. I love it there, everyone and everything is so amazing. Thank you so much for inviting me." I see her all the time now at Starbucks or back in that hair place, and everytime she thanks me for inviting her to go to church. I'd mention her name but she is pretty darn involved in FRC and some of you reading my blog might even know her. She shows me everytime, the card that I gave her to go to church because she has it in her wallet. Not only that but everytime I see her, she's picking up some different family member to go to church.

Just remember what Wesley L. Duewel said in "Ablaze for God." If the preacher will burn, others will come to see the fire.

I am a firm believer in that.

I am a Heroine and I am a Dreamer

Wow, Pastor Troy preached an AWESOME message tonight. I mean, I've heard him preach a bunch of sermons before, but I would definitely say that this was one of his best. He was laying it all down on the floor and I definitely feel that God is gonna bless FRC. I definitely feel that there are some BIG things coming to FRC, and I can't wait till it happens.

I'm gonna do what Troy said and go into my closet and get my cape. I'm not gonna listen to what the world tells me, or what they might call me. I am a heroine... that is who I am. Not because of who I am though, but because of the I AM who created me with a purpose not just for 2009, but for all of my life. I'm not on this earth by accident, I was put here for a purpose. For His purpose. For me to reach my God potential. What a journey it's gonna be and I can't wait to share it with some very special people.

I have a dream, I am a dreamer. I might be called crazy, but God was crazy enough about me and YOU to send His son to die for us. I will not be afraid to dream, I refuse to be.

Word of God Speak, Would You Pour Down Like Rain?

So, all of MercyMe's songs are amazing. However, the one that has really been on my mind these last few days has been "Word of God Speak". I mean, when you dissect the song, it is just so stinkin' powerful! I have been a Christian for a while, and I've definitely had my dry seasons in my faith. However, since I came back from the CFDT missions trip, I am at a high. A high in my faith that I haven't been at in easily a couple years. I find myself saying a lot of the same things that are being said in this song.

If you know me, then you know that I like to talk. Not much leaves me speechless. But being in the presence of God, definitely does. Like the song says, " I'm finding myself at a loss for words, and the funny thing is it's okay." I'm totally ok with being speechless in the presence of God. He has said it all, how could I ever possibly say anything in His presence besides just coming before Him in awestruck wonder? How could I possibly do anything else but just sing, "Holy, Holy, HOLY, is the Lord God Almighty"?

The closer I've gotten to God these last few weeks, I've realized that my heart has been singing, "Word of God speak, and pour down like rain." Why? Because I don't want to speak. I need to shut my mouth and let the Lord speak to me. I want His Word to speak to me. To guide me. To instruct me. To impact me. To move me. To leave me speechless. Beyond all the music I listen to, beyond all the noise that is in my life, all I want to do is hear Him. I want to hear His Word speak. I want to dive into His Word like I've never done.

So here I stand before God just singing, "Word of God speak, won't you pour down like rain? Please let me stay and rest in Your holiness."

Howdy, Howdy Everyone.

Well, it's a new season in my life, so it's time for a new method of social networking! I decided to get a blog. Now, I can't promise I'll be blogging everyday, but I've made it a point to at least try and blog a few times a week. After all it seems like the cool thing to do at FRC is have a blog, so hopefully I'm cool now. ;)