spaghetti

ever heard of the book, men are like waffles-women are like spaghetti? well, you should read it. it's super funny, and kind of helps explain some things about the differences between men and women.

when i have a conversation, i normally start about 3-4 different topics, without finishing any of them, then just keep going. or not. it drives adam NUTS!! he will always be like..FINISH ONE STORY!! :) (in love of course!)

the point being, a woman's conversations all intertwine and go all over the place.

a man's conversation stays in one box at a time. get it? ok good.

that's what this post is. i just have a bunch of little thoughts that have nothing to do with anything.

so for the girls, you will be able to follow me.

for the guys...you may have to read this a few times to get it! ha!

i am reading through the New Testament in 90 days, which you would think would be so much easier than when i read through the whole Bible in 90 days. for some reason, i am always behind! ugh.

anyways, i just finished the book of Romans.

i love Romans.

what i realize though, is that i can not just read 5-6 chapters of Romans at a time and call it a day. i can barely get through 5-6 VERSES without feeling convicted, or challenged, or like i need to study this one more!! there's so much there!!

take chapter 8.

starting in verse 35...What shall separate us from the love of Christ? NOTHING! wow. not even my rotten, ungrateful, judgmental attitude? there are times when i feel like no one should love me. and even in those times, the most amazing. powerful. incredible GOD loves me! wow. i could just stop my reading for the day right there, and meditate on that all day long! that should change the way i act and feel!

what about chapter 13, in verse 13 where it tells us how to walk honestly...not in strife and envying. then it says in the next verse, "make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts"

um. ok. in the rcv (rachelle chase version) that says.

do not envy and start "needing" things that you really don't need...so STOP going to the mall, and looking at pottery barn catalogs. you're only going to give yourself more opportunity to envy that way!"

see what i mean??? that's only like 3 verses!! crazy. God's Word is a light, it shines itsself all over your sin! that's for sure!

another thought i've had lately is from the verse in proverbs that says "a fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult"

so. here's the way it goes.

someone says something that you find offensive. and maybe it really IS offensive.

i have 2 choices, and only 2 if i want please God.

choice 1. OVERLOOK IT! like i explained to riley, it's just like you are walking and you don't even realize you walked over this lego in the middle of the floor until someone pointed it out to you. just overlook it and move on.

choice 2. go to the person in private, and in love, and tell them that they offended you.

that's it. do you know what i usually choose?

choice 3. i know, i know...i said there were only 2 choices!! but here's what i do.

i act like it's the worst thing ever said. i get my feelings hurt. i might start to not only be offended by that ONE thing the person said, but start thinking of all the other little things they have said over the year! that is so WRONG!! oh, my God is so good to me to forgive me over and over when i continue to make wrong choices!

so those are a few of my spaghetti-like ramblings for tonight. oh i have so much more. don't you even worry.

but i don't want to totally scare my readers off for good!! :)