Model for a Day

I was a model...for one day.

Elizabeth Sarinana took my picture a few weeks ago, and this is what came of it (at least just a few out of the hundreds of shots:

The whole time (while taking the pictures) I kept thinking I'd be able to tell my kids, "This is what your mother looked like when she was 25!".

Being a model is hard work! We shot for about 8 hours and I was sore for a few days after...

but really, I can't complain, because Elizabeth is so talented! I'm glad I did it!

Good Ideas are Meant to Be Stolen

My friend Allison posted (a while back) about things that make you look like an idiot at a concert. While at the Hillsong United concert last night, I formed my own list:

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT AT A CHRISTIAN CONCERT

Disclaimer: What I am about to type is in no way judging the other Christians who were at the concert I attended last night, these are just simple observations that drove me a little nuts. So, please don't be offended if you fit into any of these categories.

1. Yelling "We love Jesus yes we do, we love Jesus, how about you?" across the theater over and over again. Then pointing and laughing when your side "wins" the yelling match.

2. Shouting "Jesus" when everything else is quiet and the band is trying to have a "moment" of reflection. Way to draw attention to yourself instead of Jesus!

3. Clapping and cheering when the guy in #2 shouts. Really?

4. Clapping and cheering to the beat of a song that turned out to be downtempo and not uptempo, then realizing "oops, maybe I should have waited to hear where the intro was actually going".

5. Yelling and screaming every time a song had some sort of pause...even if it was a downtempo song, again...really?

Please don't be an idiot at a Christian concert.

Apparently, Physics is Romantic

I really hate science, I don't get it and it takes me forever to understand elements, forces, pulls...boo!

The other day while listening to my iPod I realized that two of my favorite artists have made a physical force a part of their lyrics...and surprisingly enough, I love it!

John Mayer-Gravity
Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh I'll never know what makes this man
With all the love that his heart can stand
Dream of ways to throw it all away

Oh Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh twice as much ain't twice as good
And can't sustain like a one half could
It's wanting more
That's gonna send me to my knees

Sara Bareilles-Gravity
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.

You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your reign.

Set me free, leave me be.
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

What do you say?

What do you say to some who has hurt you and said really terrible things about you? Who has talked about you behind your back (while all the while you knew this and chose to ignore it)? Who has acted as if you didn't even exist and given you dirty looks?

I know what I chose to say...nothing. I just kept my mouth shut and never told anyone anything, just chose to let God soften their heart.

What do you say when they send you an email apologizing? And they live a few minutes away from you...

Am I asking for too much when I think a phone call or face to face conversation would have probably been more appropriate?

Don't get me wrong, I am really thankful that they have come to understand that what they did was wrong and I realize that it probably took a lot for them to actually type and send that message...but really?

What do you say? How do you respond to that?

I probably feel this way because I know that we will probably never be friends...real friends. We will probably be polite acquaintances. Nothing more, nothing less.

Is this resolution?

Maybe it is.

Maybe saying nothing, but forgiving quietly in my heart is enough.

But, what would you say?

Mucho, Mucho!

Lots of things are changing...fast, fast, fast...but I like it because there is no other place I'd rather be, than in the center of God's will.

The only way that I can describe this season of my life is with the word PEACE.

Really...peace. What an amazing gift God gives us!

More details soon!