About a Bajillion Ways to Have Fun

   Remember this post where I said there were "about a bajillion ways I could have fun - without dating a single boy"?  Well, I figured I should probably prove that to you... so, here goes!  About a bajillion ways to have fun (not boyfriend required).

1. Bake cookies.
2. Bake cookies with a friend.
3. Give cookies away.
4. Go for a run.
5. Keep a journal.
6. Read your Bible every. single. day. of your life.
7. Sing loudly.
8. Write a letter.
9. Call a friend or family member you haven't talked to in a long time.
10. Read an article on Abort73.com.
11. Take a loooottt of selfies on someone else's iPod/phone.
12. Help me go to Peru. (Ask me how!)
13. Write something encouraging on your bathroom mirror.
14. Be confident in your no make-up, baggy sweatshirt self.
15. Go through your closet and give away or sell all the clothes you don't want anymore.
16. Have a photoshoot with a friend.
17. Watch VeggieTales.
18. Recycle.
19. Make a list of characteristics you want your future husband to have.
20. Play spoons.
21. Play solitaire.
22. Study for the ACT.
23. Learn how to weld.
24. Learn a new language.
25. Learn how to spell your name in sign language.
26. Find out where your ancestors are from.
27. Ask your parents to tell you stories about when they were kids.
28. Ask your parents how they met and fell in love.
29. Make a list of things you like about yourself.
30. Go to the park.
31. Visit a museum.
32. Visit a zoo.
33. Look through old pictures.
34. Go to a sporting event.
35. Cheer excessively for your school's team.
36. Give random compliments.
37. Volunteer at your local food bank.
38. Learn about the history of your town.
39. Play ninja.
40. Learn ballroom or swing or square dancing.
41. Get a partner to dance with.
42. Play catch.
43. Play "Duck, Duck, Goose."
44. Eat food.
45. Watch Kid History and Kid Snippets.
46. Learn a magic trick.
47. Perform a magic trick.
48. Go on a picnic.
49. Join a club.
50. Ride a horse.
51. Visit a nursing home with some friends.
52. Read a romance novel.
53. Watch chick flicks.
54. Fly a kite.
55. Go fishing.
56. Go to youth group.
57. Take a friend/multiple friends to youth group.
58. Organize a closet, drawer, or garage.
59. Paint something.
60. Redecorate you room.
61. Watch Les Miserables even if you already have because it is amazing.
62. Host a game night.
63. Learn a new game.
64. Teach someone a game.
65. Shoot a gun.
66. Shoot a bow.
67. Act out a Bible story with friends or siblings.
68. Play a musical instrument.
69. Learn a new word.
70. Use your expanded vocabulary in conversation.
71. Shoot some baskets.
72. Pick flowers.
73. Grow flowers.
74. Grow food.
75. House-sit.
76. Baby-sit.
77. Pet-sit.
78. Start a business.
79. Teach a kids' class at your church.
80. Go to the beach.
81. Write a story.
82. Dress up and have a party with your girls.
83. Give yourself a manicure.
84. Go on a mission trip.
85. Take a class.
86. Set a goal.
87. Cook supper for your family.
88. Write an encouraging note.
89. Read a book to your little sister or brother.
90. Sleep under the stars.
91. Memorize scripture.
92. Make your own bubbles to blow.
93. Write with chalk on your driveway or sidewalk.
94. Go camping.
95. Get some people together to pray outside an abortion center.
96. Go one day without shoes on April 16th.
97. Share your testimony.
98. Start a smash book.
99. Meet someone new.
100. Go to church camp.
101. Visit IHOP (the Jesus one) or stream the live feed from the prayer room.
102. Drink goat milk.
103. Spend time with your family.
104. Daydream.
105. Praise God.
106. Dress modestly.
107. Learn how to yodel.
108. Read Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot.
109. Go on a Daddy-Daughter date.

   So there.  You can have fun - with or without a boyfriend.  Know that you are loved by the King of kings, and He says you are beautiful.  And go ahead and pretend that 109 is close a bajillion.



 

 

 

 

 

Boys, Fun, and Other Topics of Interest

   "Get a boyfriend," they said.  "It'll be fun," they said.  Well, in the wise and wonderful words of Jamie Grace, "You know what else is fun?  A dog!"  Seriously, there are about a bajillion ways I could have fun - without dating a single boy.
   What if dating is not as much fun as everyone keeps telling me it is?  What if it means spending my days working to impress him, and not make him mad at me, and figure out what on Earth he really is feeling right now?  Or what if having a boyfriend is fun; it's the not having that's more the opposite.
   What if I just don't want a boyfriend right now?  Honestly, somewhere deep inside me, I desire love and relationship.  But what if a boyfriend can't fulfill that desire?  What if I don't want a boyfriend at all?
   I want someone who will love me for me, and no one else.  I want someone who is a man of God.  I want to be able to talk about everything, or sit in silences that aren't awkward.  I want someone who is willing wait for me. 
   What I really want... is true love.

Preparing

   I wait for my future husband.  Yes, I wait, but this is not idle expectation.  This is more than sitting alone daydreaming.  This is more than anticipation.
   This is saving myself for him.  This is preservation.  Paying attention, actively guarding, patiently protecting.  This is handing over to God all the keys that open me up.  He's good at safe-keeping.  This is careful conservation.  Heart, mind, body, and soul.
   This is learning.  To feed him, to clothe him, to take care of his children.  To love him as best as I can.  Learning womanhood - the virtuous kind.  Learning to love God more than I could ever love anyone. 
   This is preparation.

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Just the Way You Are

   I can envision God on the day He created you.  I see Him obsessing over every detail, loving every second.  He makes your nails and your hair and your toes.  And when He gets to your eyes, I imagine the Lord of creation going all Bruno Mars on you, because they outshine the stars in the sky.
   He creates your lips and your smile and perfects your laugh. He gives your hair just the right color and makes it fall just right (without you tryin').  Your fingers, ears, legs and lashes are samples of His best handiwork.  He makes your heart to love and to live and to beat for Him.  He gives you feelings and opinions.  He creates every single part of you in His own image, and when He is done He stands back to watch - and to say that you are good.
   He catches sight of your first smile, and stops and stares for a while.  You are His favorite of all His creations.  Every time He sees your face there is nothing He would change.  He wishes you could see yourself through His eyes, because then you would see your beauty.  You would realize that you're amazing, just the way you are.  You would understand that the God of the universe loves you.

 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

-Psalm 139:13-14

this song :)

I Think I'm In Love

   So, there's this guy...this person...someone.  He's protective and caring.  He thinks I'm beautiful - worth dying for.  I've hurt him, but he forgives me and says I'm perfect the way I am.  The time we spend together makes up the highlight reel of my life.  He's always there when I need him.  He never forces me to to anything.  He tells me he loves me.  He has chosen me, pursued me, rescued me, and wooed me.  I think I'm in love...
   With the Creator.  With the Lord of the universe.  With the Lion and the Lamb.  With the King of kings.  With the Savior.  With the ultimate Lover.  With the Bridegroom of Heaven.
   I was made for Him.  There is no one else.  I will spend my life to know Him and please Him.  This is infatution and beyond.  I am completely, totally, head-over-heels, hoplessly in love with God.

You and Jasmine

   So how many of you really got that lesson?  You know, when our FACS teacher read the story about Jasmine.  Remember tearing of pieces of our paper hearts every time she lost a piece of herself?
   I remember laughing and talking.  Saying she was stupid and should of learned her lesson.  Joking about taping her legs together.  But girls, as you tore that paper heart to shreds, did you stop to think that you might be doing the very same thing to yourself?
   You don't have to have sex to loose part of yourself.  Remember that kiss, the hug by your locker, or holding hands on the way to class?  Each time, you gave him a piece of yourself.  Maybe just the tiniest sliver, but your heart just became that much smaller.
   Ever wonder why it hurts so much to break up?  You gave him yourself, by bits and pieces, thinking that this was love and you'd be together forever.  Now you're left with less of himself and more of his baggage.
   Have you ever considered the man you will marry?  You want his whole heart, his whole self, not a battered and bruise piece of it.  What will you have left for him?
   So don't be so quick to judge Jasmine, the girl with the shredded heart.  You may have more in common with her than you thought.

Desire...Fulfilled

   That want, that need, that desire in every girl's heart.  To know that someone cares.  To be called beautiful. To hold and be held.  To be chosen.  To be loved.
   We look for it everywhere.  It drives what we say, how we dress, the way we act.  We look to our dads to fill this need, and they fail.  We try to get other boys to fulfill our desire, only to have our hearts broken over again.  Deep down there is a hole in our hearts and we try everything to fill it, falling short every time.
   But there is One who can fix the problem.  One who desires you.  Who will hold you, treasure you, love you.  He fills the void.  He is the only One who will never leave, never fail, never disappoint you.  He is the ultimate Father, the perfect Guy.  He knows who you really are, what you really need.  He says you're beautiful despite it all.  He loves you.

   Turn to God.