The holidays have come and gone. The last week has been a blur. We had a good Christmas. Since this was our first Christmas together as a married couple. We wanted to spend time together and with our family. So we decided to spend Christmas Eve with my family. So we went to my parents house and had a nice dinner and then unwrapped presents. Daniel got some nice shirts and pants. He also got new black dress shoes. He really needed some. His old one's had holes in them and he had to toss them. I got some clothes and we got a candy dish and a ornament. It was a nice time spent with my parents. Since I got married I haven't really spent a lot of time with my parents. I used to live at home with them and my mother got used to me being there. When went home and unwrapped our gifts to each other. Daniel got me Sex in the City movie and perfume. Daniel got me really great gifts. He surprised me and got me things I didn't think he'd remember to get me. I got him Wall-e, a Celtic music cd and a Poker game for the PlayStation 2. Next morning we went to his parents house where the whole family came to unwrap gifts. It was interesting since I'm an only child my family doesn't have any children in it. It was a blur of wrapping paper, loud toys and children laughing. Daniel's family overwhelmed me with their generously. We got gift cards. It brings a tear to my eye thinking about it. =)
I am so happy to be blessed with the family I have along with the family I married into.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
"I like your Christ but not your Christians... They are so unlike your Christ"- Gandhi
I will rarely do a religious blog. I will leave that up to better people, like my husband or Gary. They in my opinion know more than I ever will about the Bible. I stumble along with my child like understanding of the Bible, God and Jesus. I have the basic understanding about right and wrong. To me Jesus was a teacher of love. That is the truth that I hold in my heart. What would Jesus do means to me that He will not judge you or harm you and above all else He will love you. I read in a story today and it reminded me of times when I didn't attend a church. About all the things I thought and felt towards churches. Don't get me wrong I always loved God and Jesus but I didn't love the church. To me they always seemed to be a place of hate. They hate this, they hate that. I never felt that I wanted to go to a place that held so much hate. I wanted a place that focused on what they loved. I wanted a place where they taught you that they loved you, that they knew that one day that you would sin but they loved you anyway. That Jesus loved you anyway. I wanted a place where everyone was welcome no matter what. I hear stories about churches not dealing with others since they belonged to different type of churches. To me that boggles the mind. How can you believe in God and not come together?
I know that there are people that quote scripture from memory and read the Bible everyday. I can't or do those things. But I do give money to help people, I'm the first to lend an ear to a friend, I try not to judge people, or get angry, I'm kind and unselfish towards others(Dan's words) and I keep Jesus in my heart. And that is the truth that I hold in my heart.
I will rarely do a religious blog. I will leave that up to better people, like my husband or Gary. They in my opinion know more than I ever will about the Bible. I stumble along with my child like understanding of the Bible, God and Jesus. I have the basic understanding about right and wrong. To me Jesus was a teacher of love. That is the truth that I hold in my heart. What would Jesus do means to me that He will not judge you or harm you and above all else He will love you. I read in a story today and it reminded me of times when I didn't attend a church. About all the things I thought and felt towards churches. Don't get me wrong I always loved God and Jesus but I didn't love the church. To me they always seemed to be a place of hate. They hate this, they hate that. I never felt that I wanted to go to a place that held so much hate. I wanted a place that focused on what they loved. I wanted a place where they taught you that they loved you, that they knew that one day that you would sin but they loved you anyway. That Jesus loved you anyway. I wanted a place where everyone was welcome no matter what. I hear stories about churches not dealing with others since they belonged to different type of churches. To me that boggles the mind. How can you believe in God and not come together?
I know that there are people that quote scripture from memory and read the Bible everyday. I can't or do those things. But I do give money to help people, I'm the first to lend an ear to a friend, I try not to judge people, or get angry, I'm kind and unselfish towards others(Dan's words) and I keep Jesus in my heart. And that is the truth that I hold in my heart.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Splendid
This is one of the best songs I've heard in a really long time. I was watching The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian today.( Which is a great film BTW. Redbox it.) At the end they play 3 great songs this one being my favorite.
So my question is to you what is your favorite song from a movie?
So my question is to you what is your favorite song from a movie?
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wedding Gift Calculator
Like I said in an earlier post I like to post on the knot. One of the girls put this calculator up on the boards. It made me laugh, fall onto the floor and then laugh again....but not in a good way.
*I removed the calculator since it was driving people to my blog but not to read the blog*
*I removed the calculator since it was driving people to my blog but not to read the blog*
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