Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)
The Fellowship of the Believers
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
1) These verses of the Bible have been on my mind a lot lately.
2) I feel that these verses can sum up exactly how christianity should look today.
3) Sometime I feel that we decide to overlook "selling our goods and possessions" and "giving to those who have need."
4) Sometimes I think this is left out of christianity altogether or is only a minimal focus when it should be a huge part of our lives.
5) Sometime that makes me sad.
6) The best part is, that in thinking about everything in this list, I want to change that.
7) Another good thing is I know that there others out there that want to chang that, too.
8) I love that God wants us to take care of those who have need.
9) I love even more that God wants us to accomplish that by selling our own goods and possessions.
10) That way.... there really isn't any excuse. Beautiful!
Dancing through life together...
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
My Top 10 (a continued list)
I started a list the other day of my Top 10 favorite things (right now). I had to do the whole "to be continued" thing because I can't shut my fingers, I mean stop my mouth, I mean stop my fingers.
Huh?
Here are the final five:
6) Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - this is a photoshop program that I think is much easier to use than regular photoshop. It has sweet options like creative presets. You can even "copy" the effects you put on one picture and "paste" them on another. That's just crazy talk! It makes it really easy for any regular Joe (or Joanne) to make any picture look professional. This software is great for anyone interested in dabbling with photography for fun OR because, you know, it's just not enough to make cakes, and songwrite, and paint, and take 18 hours worth of classes, and breath... photography must be in your repertoire. I certainly don't know anyone like that though.
7) McDonald's smoothies - whoever came up with this is a genuis. If you like smoothies at all you need to get one from McDonald's because 1. they are cheap... and 2. they taste great. It's just that simple. Also you should watch that machine they use to make them. It's not just a blender as I assumed. It's a magical machine where all they do is push one button and it mixes all the ingredients and ice for the perfect amount to fit your cup perfectly. But don't stop watching there. The next thing to happen is that the same machine that just made your smoothie will clean the blender by spraying it down. Viola! Ready for the next smoothie order please! I was amazed... but I'm also easily amused. So, I'll let you be the judge (not of me, of the smoothie machine).
8) Grandma's Attic - not my grandma though. This is the name of a local thrift store here in BG that has furniture, house decor, paintings, kitchen supplies, trinkets, books, bedding, toys, and lots of electronics to dig through. I'm a little obsessed with that place. Always good finds. Always a million things to look at. Always a hundred things to want to buy. Nothing in there is super fancy and the whole place has a very down-to-Earth vibe that makes you feel like you are really in your Grandma's Attic. Ironic? No. Don't go in there expecting fancy but I wouldn't have it any other way!
9) Power Teaching - This sounds like a nerdy teacher thing to be into BUT it is! I'm not ashamed because it is also super cool. It's also called whole brain teaching for those of you who may be familiar with that name. It is energetic teaching that uses multiple learning intelligences and connects the body and the brain while learning. I love it and hope to use it in the future! Here's a video clip of an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygIwC3PSvk
10) My Canon Zoom Lens - Okay so this also has to do with photography but I finally invested in a zoom lens. I'm obsessed with with taking photos of small things like insects and flowers and really getting right in their little buggy and petal faces. For that, my friends, I need my zoom lens. With that lens I took these pictures:
Look at all that dragonfly-ish detail... you can even see algae on that turtles back! I love it! I'll let the pictures do the talking (about my love for my zoom lens) from here on out.
Love,
Huh?
Here are the final five:
6) Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - this is a photoshop program that I think is much easier to use than regular photoshop. It has sweet options like creative presets. You can even "copy" the effects you put on one picture and "paste" them on another. That's just crazy talk! It makes it really easy for any regular Joe (or Joanne) to make any picture look professional. This software is great for anyone interested in dabbling with photography for fun OR because, you know, it's just not enough to make cakes, and songwrite, and paint, and take 18 hours worth of classes, and breath... photography must be in your repertoire. I certainly don't know anyone like that though.
7) McDonald's smoothies - whoever came up with this is a genuis. If you like smoothies at all you need to get one from McDonald's because 1. they are cheap... and 2. they taste great. It's just that simple. Also you should watch that machine they use to make them. It's not just a blender as I assumed. It's a magical machine where all they do is push one button and it mixes all the ingredients and ice for the perfect amount to fit your cup perfectly. But don't stop watching there. The next thing to happen is that the same machine that just made your smoothie will clean the blender by spraying it down. Viola! Ready for the next smoothie order please! I was amazed... but I'm also easily amused. So, I'll let you be the judge (not of me, of the smoothie machine).
8) Grandma's Attic - not my grandma though. This is the name of a local thrift store here in BG that has furniture, house decor, paintings, kitchen supplies, trinkets, books, bedding, toys, and lots of electronics to dig through. I'm a little obsessed with that place. Always good finds. Always a million things to look at. Always a hundred things to want to buy. Nothing in there is super fancy and the whole place has a very down-to-Earth vibe that makes you feel like you are really in your Grandma's Attic. Ironic? No. Don't go in there expecting fancy but I wouldn't have it any other way!
9) Power Teaching - This sounds like a nerdy teacher thing to be into BUT it is! I'm not ashamed because it is also super cool. It's also called whole brain teaching for those of you who may be familiar with that name. It is energetic teaching that uses multiple learning intelligences and connects the body and the brain while learning. I love it and hope to use it in the future! Here's a video clip of an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygIwC3PSvk
10) My Canon Zoom Lens - Okay so this also has to do with photography but I finally invested in a zoom lens. I'm obsessed with with taking photos of small things like insects and flowers and really getting right in their little buggy and petal faces. For that, my friends, I need my zoom lens. With that lens I took these pictures:
Look at all that dragonfly-ish detail... you can even see algae on that turtles back! I love it! I'll let the pictures do the talking (about my love for my zoom lens) from here on out.
Love,
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