joining the 21st century!
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chestnutcurlsBehold my beautiful new phone! It can receive calls! It can deliver calls! It can take voicemail and text messages! It can call friends around the country with no long-distance charge! Can you tell I'm excited? The phone is my birthday present from my parents, and they are going to pay the bill because they got a family deal. I have very, very nice parents. I think they know that one more bill will put me over the financial edge. :)
Have you ever stopped to ponder how much Starbucks is too much? This article certainly has. I never read business articles, but this one struck me as funny and relevant. And it reminded me that I haven't had a frappucino in a long time.
In the Princess Diaries books, Mia is always making these funny, random lists. One of them is "The Ten Women I Admire Most." I thought this was an interesting exercise, so I made my own list awhile back. It really gives you perspective about the qualities you value in other people.
The Ten Women I Admire Most (in no certain order)
1. Abigail. She was smart, shrewd, beautiful, and a faithful servant of God. She was obedient and made the best of a horrible marriage. She redeemed her husband Nabal’s stupid behavior to David, who was so impressed with her that he married her right after God struck Nabal dead. See I Samuel 17-- and for a great creative take on her life, Abigail by Lois Thompson.
2. Hannah. Hannah wanted a child more than anything in the world. The constant mockery from her husband’s other wife just made her feel worse about being barren. She prayed and vowed to God that if He gave her a son, she would give him up to be raised in the church. God then blessed her with Samuel, and she carried out her vow joyfully. Talk about amazing. See I Samuel 1-2.
3. Lady Eowyn, of Lord of the Rings. Eowyn is the real stuff. She fell in love with Aragorn, but he was already in love with Arwen. So she took her broken heart out on the battlefield and kicked some orc butt, despite the fact that everyone wanted her to stay home. She helped defeat the Nazgul and was almost killed in battle. In the end she found a good man who loved and appreciated her for who she was.
4. Gwen Stefani. Gwen is the voice of the modern woman. She doesn’t take any crap. She's not ashamed to sing about her marriage-and-baby dreams in a world of career women. She's got presence. She’s got style out the wazoo. When I dance around the apartment singing into a shampoo bottle, Gwen is the girl I’m pretending to be. Oops… did I just say that out loud?
5. Debra Wilkerson. My sister Debra is strong, brave, smart, loving, talented, and dedicated, and she can speak Spanish and sign language. She has a faith beyond her years. No matter what happens, she trusts God and keeps on going. She is a great leader. She loves people and takes care of them. She’s not afraid to be herself. I am so blessed to have her for a sister.
6. Casey Coleman. My friend Casey is one of the most amazing people I have ever known. She loves God “like nobody’s business” and really knows how to share the gospel. She is wise, loyal, kind, fun, and completely trustworthy. She loves people enough to not only listen to them, but also to ask the hard questions and be comforting when the answers are hard to bear.
7. Beth, of Little Women. A line from a great hymn sums up Beth to me—“Content to fill a little space if Thou be glorified.” She was the March sister with the gentle, quiet spirit of I Peter 3, and a strong faith that held up even in the face of death. I think my life and my lack of ambitions are like Beth’s, but I wish I shared her joy and unselfishness and contentment.
8. Corrie ten Boom. Corrie and her family harbored many Jews in their home during the Holocaust. When the Nazis discovered them, the ten Booms were sent to a concentration camp even though they were Christians. In the midst of horror, Corrie grew in faith and ministered to the other women. Her father and sister died in the camp, but Corrie survived and spent the next 40 years sharing the gospel around the world. I don’t think anyone would disagree that she was one of the most inspiring women of our time.
9. L.M. Montgomery. Maud, as she was called, had a very sad life, and I wouldn’t want to live the way she did. But despite being raised by people who didn’t love her, losing her best friend at an early age, and marrying a minister whom she didn’t love (who later became mentally disturbed), she achieved her literary dreams and gave the world some of the best books ever written. She was a fascinating woman.
10. Esther. Esther, a young Jewish girl, became the queen of Persia after being selected for the king’s harem. She didn’t want to leave her cousin, who had raised her, but she was calmly obedient to God’s work in her life. When the Jews were threatened with annihilation, Esther was the only person who could do something about it. So she risked her own life to appeal to the king, and her bravery, obedience, and wisdom saved her people. (Charles Swindoll describes Esther so much better than I can.)
I had to limit myself to only two fictional characters, because otherwise I would have taken up the whole list with them. :)
Have you ever stopped to ponder how much Starbucks is too much? This article certainly has. I never read business articles, but this one struck me as funny and relevant. And it reminded me that I haven't had a frappucino in a long time.
In the Princess Diaries books, Mia is always making these funny, random lists. One of them is "The Ten Women I Admire Most." I thought this was an interesting exercise, so I made my own list awhile back. It really gives you perspective about the qualities you value in other people.
The Ten Women I Admire Most (in no certain order)
1. Abigail. She was smart, shrewd, beautiful, and a faithful servant of God. She was obedient and made the best of a horrible marriage. She redeemed her husband Nabal’s stupid behavior to David, who was so impressed with her that he married her right after God struck Nabal dead. See I Samuel 17-- and for a great creative take on her life, Abigail by Lois Thompson.
2. Hannah. Hannah wanted a child more than anything in the world. The constant mockery from her husband’s other wife just made her feel worse about being barren. She prayed and vowed to God that if He gave her a son, she would give him up to be raised in the church. God then blessed her with Samuel, and she carried out her vow joyfully. Talk about amazing. See I Samuel 1-2.
3. Lady Eowyn, of Lord of the Rings. Eowyn is the real stuff. She fell in love with Aragorn, but he was already in love with Arwen. So she took her broken heart out on the battlefield and kicked some orc butt, despite the fact that everyone wanted her to stay home. She helped defeat the Nazgul and was almost killed in battle. In the end she found a good man who loved and appreciated her for who she was.
4. Gwen Stefani. Gwen is the voice of the modern woman. She doesn’t take any crap. She's not ashamed to sing about her marriage-and-baby dreams in a world of career women. She's got presence. She’s got style out the wazoo. When I dance around the apartment singing into a shampoo bottle, Gwen is the girl I’m pretending to be. Oops… did I just say that out loud?
5. Debra Wilkerson. My sister Debra is strong, brave, smart, loving, talented, and dedicated, and she can speak Spanish and sign language. She has a faith beyond her years. No matter what happens, she trusts God and keeps on going. She is a great leader. She loves people and takes care of them. She’s not afraid to be herself. I am so blessed to have her for a sister.
6. Casey Coleman. My friend Casey is one of the most amazing people I have ever known. She loves God “like nobody’s business” and really knows how to share the gospel. She is wise, loyal, kind, fun, and completely trustworthy. She loves people enough to not only listen to them, but also to ask the hard questions and be comforting when the answers are hard to bear.
7. Beth, of Little Women. A line from a great hymn sums up Beth to me—“Content to fill a little space if Thou be glorified.” She was the March sister with the gentle, quiet spirit of I Peter 3, and a strong faith that held up even in the face of death. I think my life and my lack of ambitions are like Beth’s, but I wish I shared her joy and unselfishness and contentment.
8. Corrie ten Boom. Corrie and her family harbored many Jews in their home during the Holocaust. When the Nazis discovered them, the ten Booms were sent to a concentration camp even though they were Christians. In the midst of horror, Corrie grew in faith and ministered to the other women. Her father and sister died in the camp, but Corrie survived and spent the next 40 years sharing the gospel around the world. I don’t think anyone would disagree that she was one of the most inspiring women of our time.
9. L.M. Montgomery. Maud, as she was called, had a very sad life, and I wouldn’t want to live the way she did. But despite being raised by people who didn’t love her, losing her best friend at an early age, and marrying a minister whom she didn’t love (who later became mentally disturbed), she achieved her literary dreams and gave the world some of the best books ever written. She was a fascinating woman.
10. Esther. Esther, a young Jewish girl, became the queen of Persia after being selected for the king’s harem. She didn’t want to leave her cousin, who had raised her, but she was calmly obedient to God’s work in her life. When the Jews were threatened with annihilation, Esther was the only person who could do something about it. So she risked her own life to appeal to the king, and her bravery, obedience, and wisdom saved her people. (Charles Swindoll describes Esther so much better than I can.)
I had to limit myself to only two fictional characters, because otherwise I would have taken up the whole list with them. :)
