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Thought. A common thing people have, I know mine are sometimes... well you can fill in the blank. Now I know I haven't posted in a while and this will not do justice, but I just had an awesome thought and thought I would post a brief blog before I went to bed...

So I think we all have that place where we do our ''thinking'' whether it be the park, your job, your car, wherever. I have three. The first is my car. Shrek had many a moments where I pondered life. But nothing beats driving the backroads, the long way home from work, or just driving out in the middle of no where (watch out for animals) but just being alone. You and God. Nothing beats it. For me, I put in Jeremy Camp and I am good. I know random, but still. The words almost always help and I just clear my head. Another good one is Matthew West, but hey thats just me.

Second is on my back porch. This may seem really weird, and for any girls who use to watch the "torkelsons" (spell check) you may remember the girl talking to "the man in the moon" but for me just being outside under the stars ....''HUGE GOD!" helps me to understand what God's will really is. I guess it's something about being out in the creation that helps me connect with the Creator, but truly it helps.

Lastly, and way random is the shower. I know weird, but once again your alone. I remember once, the only time I saw this cousin cry, a few years ago I was at my cousin's house, and her mom and her had gotten into it and I believe so did her dad. But anways, she had just gotten out of the shower, but an hour later when this fight happened she got back in. I remember her brother saying "she does that when she gets upset." I'll never forget that, but I truly understand why. Your alone, it doesn't matter if your talking to yourself, singing, or bawling your face off. No one knows. But it can also be a time to connect with God if you cry out to Him in your despair.
(I know how weird this may sound)

I say all this to say that we all have our spots where we connect with God, but I was pondering one thought that I still think is awesome. You may not, heck you probablly won't... but this isn't your blog and I have links to the left where you can go for other's if you would like...>

but anyways, my thought is this: I heard some speaker guy or girl say once, and probablly more than one of them say this, "girls should do a character study through out the Bible, on the men who had a passion after God, who walked with Him, who knew Him, and loved Him. We as girls should take those characteristics and develop what we use to shape our expectations for guys."

As I was reading today, I noticed that all of my favorite books were written by one author. Paul. As Jordan and Caroline found out at Dnow, I have these passages that I LOVE! I can only quote them because they are all I read in the whole Big Book, (I know, I know I'm working on it) but it is always Galatians, Ephesians, Colosians, Phillipians, but most recently a inward desire to read Acts and Corinthians. I noticed tonight that they are all by Paul.

The funny thought I had though after reading some of Paul's powerful words ( and I know this is weird) but was that he was single. I know it's a no brainer, but it just stopped me in my thoughts. So many times us as girls, or at least the majority of my thoughts and the girls that i talk to constantly resort to dating, or relationships, or how lack of one. But 13 books aren't about that. Sure I know there are bits in there, but that's not what it's about. It's about The Gospel. Life is about the Gospel. Our ministry is about The Gospel. Not our Relationship status on Facebook.
This could be a whole other post for all girls out there (and probablly will be at a future point) but I am just amazed at how one man whose words I love have a characteristic just like me. I know it's small and even smaller to you readers, but for some reason, it's a thought that I just love.
The characteristics of this man, the character maybe these speakers were talking about wasn't about dating, marriage, and/or relationships. But about Christ. As should all believers. I believe when we wrap our minds around this truth a certain freedom comes about. "Our Chains are Gone...and in more than one way!''