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Sunday Scripture

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

This is the second and possibly the last week for this Carnival if there are no participants again. Which is perfectly fine. Some ideas don’t always pan out.

To participate, simply post a verse, a set of verses or even just a reference to a verse that means something to you now or maybe even in the past. Explain why it’s important or don’t. It’s up to you.

My scripture this week is 1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Last week was my verse about getting through all this youth group council drama and this week is the verse that was read Friday night at our meeting where I believe the drama finally, finally ended.

So how about you? Go now and post and then come back. Post your name and then a direct link to you blog entry. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave yours in the comments.

Not the red one

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Me: I need to go to CVS to get that sale on Revlon.

Lexi (overhearing my comment): I don’t want the red one I want the blue one.

Our Leather Recliner

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Let me tell you the story about our leather recliner. When I was in college, I had earned enough scholarship money that we had some left over. Scott and I married in between my junior and senior year so it was our money to do with what we wanted. Well, seeing that we both moved from home, we had very little furniture so we bought a $600 leather recliner with our money. I graduated college over seven years ago and we still have that same black leather recliner in our living room.

I’m sitting here looking at it now and it still doesn’t really match anything and it’s big and bulky but it’s comfortable. But what memories I have from it. I remember lying with Scott in it, snuggled as newlyweds. I remember being pregnant for the first time and sleeping in it because my heart burn and huge belly just wouldn’t let me do otherwise. I remember sitting in it nursing Emma with my blue boppy pillow with bees on it. I remember Scott holding Emma right in the crook of his arm and somehow always rocking her to sleep. I remember my two girls sitting side by side in it watching tv. I remember Emma sitting up and eating her lunch after school with a tv tray watching cartoons. And most recently, I remember Lexi sitting in Emma’s lap while she pretended to read story to her from a book.

The recliner is dirty and torn and has holes in spots that we’ve tried to patch and really we should replace it. Maybe one day we will but for now, we’re busy making memories.

Enjoying Family

October 27, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I was able to spend a few minutes before and after our meeting tonight with my family in town and I don’t know, I seem to be on a sentimental streak with my posts tonight but it just felt really good to be around family I love. Mom was cooking and we were laughing about something that happened last week. They were talking about seeing Mom’s house for the first time and we were planning out our day tomorrow. Probably one of very few we’ll have together even this year. And it just felt good. To be loved. To be liked. Just to enjoy my time and my company. I’m hoping the rest of the weekend is just as good.

Results of tonight’s meeting

October 26, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Can I just say that tonight was nothing short of miraculous? I mean, really. We had our youth council meeting tonight that I was literally crying over Wednesday because I was so nervous about it. Phone calls and emails and conversations were flying everywhere all week about it. But let me tell you, God was all over tonight and there was such a sweet spirit among us that I would have never guessed could happen.

Last night as I was praying about this, I just felt God calling us to be compassionate. I started looking up verses about compassion and I found this verse in Nehemiah 9:17 But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. and just felt it was what we needed….being gracious towards them, compassionate and slow to anger. And it happened tonight. All of our anger was gone. We were gracious and compassionate towards one another. We didn’t point fingers and slam each other for past wrongs. Yes, we did admit and talk about that things had gone wrong. We didn’t gloss over the fact we had issues. And I wouldn’t even say we started with a clean slate and forgot about the past. I think we built on the past. We realized where we had gotten and how but because we all looked to God to heal this, I think he changed our own hearts and not each other to see each other in a different light. I think we all just wanted to not put our differences aside but bring them to the front and deal with them.

I can honestly say I feel free walking out of that meeting. No sideward glances. No rolling eyes. No beating heart. No anger. No hurt. No distrust. Will it always be this way? Not if we work together long enough. But I really think we have realized if we get knocked down, we can get back up again. Just like Toby Mac talked about in that video I posted a few days ago. We’re going to disagree. Over and over and over again. But the true test of a friendship or team is can it make it past that? Somehow tonight we did.

Everyone could sense the tension was gone and we had a great time. We talked about the youth and laughed about who was dating who and shared who was struggling and then all of the sudden, we had something in common. The youth. That’s what we’re there for. To lead young people towards Christ and help them live that out. We all have a part and we need everyone.

I was dreading tonight but I know God worked a miracle in our hearts tonight. We do have a rocky past and that will never, ever change now but I can say for right now, we are united.

My PayPerPost.com Update

October 26, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Alright, it’s been a little over 2 weeks since I joined PayPerPost.com after being turned onto it by Allison. Thank you once again Allison!! This has been THE quickest money maker I’ve ever seen outside of actually leaving my house and getting a job. From PayPerPost.com alone, I have made $268.64 since my first post only two weeks ago.

Seriously.

Most days I try to post my max of 3 posts and it can be cumbersome to weed through on my site if you don’t like reading paid posts but really, I’ve enjoyed trying to insert a little story or fact about myself in each and every post. I was a little naive when I first started that I would only blog about products that I would "normally" post about. And I know I haven’t. But. I do feel like in 98% of the posts I’ve done, I’ve been able to find something about me to talk about. Sometimes I’ve even blogged about things I wouldn’t normally think to blog about and no one would ever know about me had it not been for the paid posts. So to me, that’s a plus. And people, I’ve made $258.64 in two weeks!!

If you join and get paid to blog, a few things I’ve learned from PayPerPost.com are:

It can take awhile for your blog to be added. I think it took me at least 3 weeks.
Be careful about the links. Do it JUST LIKE they request and don’t try to be adventurous and post extra links unless it specifically asks for that.
Don’t do paid posts right after one another.
Be diligent about checking the site for open posts. Don’t settle for low paying posts early in the day, keep checking for the higher ones and then if nothing comes up, do a few lower paying ones at night up to the max.
Be sure your Page Rank and Alexa ratings are correct on their site. Email them if it’s not. It greatly affects your open opps.
It has taken awhile for my posts to be approved. Since I’ve only been on for two weeks, I still haven’t seen the process through but from what I hear, it will be around 30 days before I see the payment.

I really can’t recommend them enough. Happy blogging!

Friday’s Feast #166

October 26, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Here’s today’s Friday’s Feast

Appetizer
Name a great website you would recommend to others.

Anyone want to guess what I have to say? moneysavingmom.com!

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how often do you dream at night?

9. I dream vividly almost every night.

Salad
Did you have a pet as a child? If so, what kind and what was its name?

Yes, but I know I don’t recall them all. We had a cat named Cinderella we called Cindy. A german shepherd named Bruno. A golden retriever named Tiffany. A bird I don’t think we ever named as we gave it away because it was too annoying.

Main Course
If you had the chance to star in a commercial, what would you choose to advertise?

Oh boy, not sure on this one. In one way, if I was in a commercial, I’d like to be the hot girl, you know in a beer commercial or something. But really, I don’t endorse beer, so I’m thinking that’s no good.

I think the Apple commercials are hilarious and I wouldn’t mind being associated with a commercial that’s funny and respected like that. But I’ve never owned anything by Apple except for my iPod so that goes out the window.

But it seems I’m leaning towards answering the wrong question. I guess if I’m going to personally advertise anything, I would want it to be something positive. Maybe for a church, or Billy Graham type event or Operation Christmas Child. Something like that.

Dessert
What is your favorite kind of hard candy?

I don’t like hard candy much at all but I do like the Butterscotch thingies shaped like mints.

TGIF

October 26, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Really, I’m so glad it’s Friday and we have a busy weekend ahead of us. Scott gets home from training early this afternoon. My aunt, uncle, two cousins and grandmother are coming into town tonight. We have our meeting with the youth council tonight (please pray, I’m so nervous about it). Tomorrow we are spending all day with my family. I think we’re going to some festival in the morning assuming it’s not pouring down rain and we also have our church’s Fall Festival tomorrow night. I suspect we’ll be shopping and eating out and actually I can’t wait.