Guilt list

I have been so busy here for the last two weeks, haven't had time for almost anything except preparing for a Women's Retreat, cooking, eating and a few other essentials. Now I am packing for NJ. Be back in 12 days.

Here's something for you to do while I'm away.

I found it on Na Uh! Ya Huh!'s site.

Bold all those that you ever were guilty of doing. When you are done, add one thing that is true about yourself to the end, then post the list to your blog.

I’ve run away from home.
I listen to political music.
I collect comic books.
I shut others out when I’m sad.
I open up to others easily.
I am keeping a secret from the world
I watch the news.
I own over 5 rap CDs.
I own an ipod.
I own something from Hot Topic.
I love Disney movies.
I am a sucker for hair/eyes.
I don’t kill bugs. (I kill anything that crawls)
I have “x”s in my screen name.
I’ve slipped out a “lol” in a real conversation.
I love Spam.
I bake well.
I would wear pajamas to school/work.
I own something from Abercrombie.
I have a job.
I love Martha Stewart.
I am in love with someone. (of course I am)
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
I am self conscious. (at times)
I like to laugh.
I smoke a pack a day.
I loved Go Ask Alice.
I have cough drops when I’m not sick.
I can’t swallow pills.
I quit smoking.
I have many scars. (I was a tomboy)
I’ve been out of this country.
I believe in ghosts.
I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.
I am really ticklish.
I love chocolate.
I bite my nails.
I am comfortable with being me.
I play computer games/video games when I’m bored.
Gotten lost in the city.
Saw a shooting star.
I have had 2 serious surgical procedures.
I have kissed a stranger.
Hugged a stranger.
Been in a fist fight with the same sex.
Been arrested.
Laughed and had milk/soda come out of your nose.
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
Made out in an elevator.
Sworn at my parents.
Kicked a guy where it hurts.
Been skydiving.
Been bungee jumping.
Broken a bone.
Played spin the bottle.
Gotten stitches.
Bitten someone.
Been to Niagara Falls.
Gotten the chicken pox.
Crashed into a car.
Been to Asia.
Ridden in a taxi.
Shoplifted.
Been fired.
Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back.
Had a crush on a teacher/coach.
elebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Been to Europe.
Slept with a co-worker.
Been married.
Gotten divorced.
Saw someone dying.
Driven over 400 miles in one day.
Been to Canada.
Been on a plane.
Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Thrown up in a bar.
Eaten Sushi.
Been snowboarding.
Been skiing.
Been ice skating.
Met someone in person from the internet.
Been to a car show.
Gone to college.
Done hard drugs.
Taken painkillers.
Met a celebrity.
I like playing practical jokes.
Seen all nine seasons of the X-Files.
Once swore Disco would never die.
Seen a ghost.
Attended a professional sporting event.
Attended a live rock concert. (do the Beach Boys count?)
Stayed up all night.
Lied about my name.
Thrown something at a spouse
After a night out, have gone straight to work without going home.
I cut all the wires in my husband's car for spite.

A word about prayer

Prayer is not just what we say to God, it is responding thoughtfully to what He has already said and what He is constantly saying to us through His word For this reason, the Bible is an important part of our ongoing conversation with the Lord. As I read the Scriptures, I ask Him to reveal Himself to me and I find He works in my heart. His Word speaks to situations and circumstances in my life and my heart.

For example, I was reading in Mark 2:18-22, where Jesus was asked why John's disciples and the Pharisees fasted and he and his disciples didn't. Jesus' response was a question. "Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? He told them when the groom was taken away, then there would be fasting. He then went on to ask who would put new wine in old wineskins, knowing that the wineskin would burst and the wine be lost? (I'm paraphrasing here)

God used this discussion to show me two truths about my life -
1. He showed me that trying to fix something without His help is useless. He knows my tendency to want to fix almost everything by myself first, i.e., relationships, health, etc. This was a gentle reminder, and I love Him for his gentleness, that I need to bring everything to Him and trust Him to give me what I need.
2. God makes all things new. He doesn't want to do a partial work in me - that won't last. He wants to replace every part of my old nature and He does that from the inside out. The inside is where I can't make any changes, only God can replace the stony parts of my heart with new life.
He reminded me that the new is light, and the old is darkness. Then the questions came into my thoughts, Can forgiveness cling to anger? Can acceptance cling to criticism, judgment? In the area of relationships, I knew I needed to let God perform heart surgery on me, filling me with His grace in the hard areas of my "new" heart.

"Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word." Psalm 119:27
Amen!