Feature or Flaw?

Lie: Your strength make up for your faults
Truth: The devils all ways looks for short cuts

I remember reading a blog once, written for christian teens, that's main point was not being comfortable in your weaknesses. That's not the way they worded it but I that was the basic topic. It came to mind today while I was talking to my sister and got me thinking...I know I know..shocker.

We were talking about all her past "suitors" and she was saying how hard it was with each one of them. She was saying how easy it would have been to just lower her standards and settle for less so to speak. The conversation was being held while we were working so was picked up and dropped a few times, and went on a ton of rabbit trails, as only girl conversations can. But now (all most midnight) the thing we talked about that sticking in my head the most is when she said "It's like the devil used my weakness to try and keep from the relationship God had planned for me." she was refuring to the fact that she was naive when it came to male attention/flattery and could be blinded with it. I could easily go off on this but the point is not her past situation.

As Christians we are taught to look for the best in everyone and so frequently hear things like "Yeah he's rude, but at least he's honest" Then we not only use it to excuse others we excuse ourselves. "maybe I don't have enough faith but at least I'm not wishywashy."

Ok lets say we're right about ourselves and we know what we're good and bad at. Well chances are Satan knows too! And what do we know about Satan? What are the chances he's going to attack our strong areas? Does that sound like him?

I would think that he would target the area where we have the most trouble. Our weaknesses. And how much easier do we make it for him when we throw up our hands and say "I'm really bad about holding grudges." or "I'm not exactly the most patient person." If a team really is only as strong as it's weakest player then your shortcomings aren't just cute quirks guys. I'm confident if I work on them and pray about them instead of laughing them off I can over come them. It's pretty exciting thinking about all my fault I could make my strengths.

"...Love is all that matters after all..."

Car Rides

Ok so I actually wrote this blog about a week ago but then something on my acount was messed up and I had to reset it blah blah blah. But it's all fixed now and I got my one post back so here it is.
                                                                                                                                                                                      


Well here I am. Haines City Florida, writing my first post for this blog. I think it's fitting with the whole traveling writer thing. This'll be a short one cause it's nearly 2 and I'm exsausted but I do wanta throw something up and lable it my first post, so here goes...






Lie: Road trips are borring
Truth: Creativity is neglected


So you know all those facebook statuses sent from a phone that say 'So and so has been in the car for 10 hrs!!! sooo bored :(' or maybe just 'txt me!' These are the people that tell you car rides are boring.


I've always kept pretty quiet on the subject because honestly up until this trip I've never been on a more then 4 hour car ride. I love car trips but have always had this doubt in the back of my head that maybe that was just because I'd never been on that long of one and I would change my mind after the first 5 or 6 hours.


But now I'm here and I'm happy to report that I officially like car rides...yes even long ones ;) O and in case you were wondering..watching a movie is not classified as exercising creativity.


"...Love is all that matters after all..."


-Lorain