December 13, 2012
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List of things I’ve done with my life
- graduated from kindergarten without killing anyone
- didn’t get a spanking in 4th grade- memorized 2nd Timothy in 6th grade- got the lead in the musical my first week at my new school in 10th grade- high school tours to Alaska, Scotland, and Italy.- high school voice lessons, solo contests, a few of which I won.-wrote a 3 part girls’ piece. Learned to sew. Made a banner. Made some art.- learned how to act.- scholarship to OCU- didn’t drink or do anything bad in a worldly college- scholarship to DBU- kept my virtue. For a very, very long time.- solos and stuff.- read some really good books.- passed Spanish in college.- sang in Carnegie Hall- college tour to England. Sang at Westminster Abbey, York Minster, St. Giles.- survived my grandparents’ deaths- survived church and the abuses therein.- survived winds of doctrine- survived my parents’ divorce.- kept a tree from being cut down- graduated from college- lost weight- survived a legit stalker- moved to England by myself- lost 35 lbs- musicals. musicals. musicals.- survived being abandoned by my close friends- survived numerous breakups. ugh.- decided to stick up for myself.- painted lots of rooms.- made lots of costumes- taught lots of voice lessons- learned to dance. became a choreographer- became a singer- doing a national tour- loved Jesus and stood up for him no matter whatI feel better now. Thanks, @Composing_Life
Comments (27)
But did you marry…
I didn’t realize your parents divorced. I am sorry you ever went through that.
@RulerofMasons - No I didn’t.
@TheTheologiansCafe - Thanks. They divorced when I was in college.
That’s a lot of living. I haven’t been following very long … is there a singing soundbit of you anywhere?
This is cool! I might do this myself, if you don’t mind me copying your idea.
@loner_writer - https://www.youtube.com/thespia
You sound great!
Yes, but have you supped with Jesus? ~ Psalm 16:11. That’s the summum bonum ~ John 17:3; Song of Solomon 6:3.
@AngelAsh_86 - hey you look like the girl from the wonder years. Hip hip hurray!
Wow! What an insanely impressive singing career, and it’s not over yet! That’s really something to be proud of – I’m impressed
love that list!! especially the last item.
@naphtali_deer - Is that supposed to make me feel inadequate?
@zoedark - Thank you
I take zero credit.
@loner_writer - Thank you kindly.
@BandoHobbit - Thanks. <3
i knew it! your history listed above is more than most people accomplish in a lifetime. so when you say (off the top of your head) that you haven’t accomplished anything yet, then i take it that there is something—some dream—that you haven’t done. there is something BIG in front of you. not meeting mr. right, that will come in time. i mean, what is the big goal that you dream of? starting your own acting company? writing and producing a broadway play? how about something even greater than that? like ministry! then again, perhaps you are already living the dream and don’t know it. my gf told me last night that i am already living my dream. i was shocked to hear that but it is true. sometimes we don’t see the forest because of all the trees. i will say that i believe in you based solely on the fact that you have known about god from an early age and you are still here loving him, decades later.
Virtue is a matter of the heart not the body!
You will marry when the time is right! Have no doubt!
@Donkey_Guy_10 - It was my polite and classical way of keeping my virginity.
Wow! You go girl! :)
That is some admirable stuff there, young lady! This list is also a testimony that with Jesus, you can do anything!
@NightCometh - I’ll answer; no, it isn’t, and yes, you have.
Psa 116:13, 1 Cor 10:16
Mat. 23:24, Luke 9:40
Oy. Doctrinal winds; don’t get me started;
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/351224-one-of-the-marks-of-a-certain-type-of-bad
& from Screwtape Proposes A Toast:
Different types of Pharisee have been harvested, trodden, and fermented together
to produce its subtle flavour. Types that were most antagonistic to one another
on Earth. Some were all rules and relics and rosaries; others were all drab
clothes, long faces, and petty traditional abstinences from wine or cards or the
theatre. Both had in common their self-righteousness and an almost infinite
distance between their actual outlook and anything the Enemy really is or
commands. The wickedness of other religions was the really live doctrine in the
religion of each; slander was its gospel and denigration its litany. How they
hated each other up where the sun shone! How much more they hate each other now
that they are forever conjoined but not reconciled. Their astonishment, their
resentment, at the combination, the festering of their eternally impenitent
spite, passing into our spiritual digestion, will work like fire.
Jeepers. I’m just happy that I can get out of bed in the morning…
@NightCometh - I asked the question because it’s far too easy for any of us miss the one thing necessary (Luke 10:38-42), and I don’t want you to miss that, i.e.- to miss Christ, to miss out on knowing and exploring the breadth, length, depth, and height of the love He has for you today, love that excels all other loves – and the joy and peace that comes from knowing Him.
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee…” ~ Augustine
This is an impressive list.
If you take Holy Communion seriously, and if you participate in Holy Communion, then I don’t think naphtali deer has to worry about you missing out.
I’ve been married for six months now, which means I think I know a lot more than I actually know. So here goes the unsolicited advice:
You are the perfect image of the Creator. At the beginning of all time, God looked at all his creation- including you, Amy, and said “This is very good.” The unconditional, overwhelming love that you rightly desire from a man is the love that Christ has for you.
The hard lesson of being single is learning to be content with the love of God that surpasses all other love. And learning to see yourself as God sees you- aware of your every failing and every fault, not blinded to a single blemish, and yet he looks on you with total awe and joy and how very very good you are.
If you can receive the love of God (who loves and pursues you even when you’re fat- do you respect him?), then you can learn to receive the love of a Godly man… and to discern quickly between real, Godly love and any kind of impostor. If you can receive- and be content- with the love that Christ has for his Church- then you can prepare to receive the love of a man who strives to love you even as Christ does the Church.
Your profession requires you to maintain a certain body shape and size. Of course if your future husband honors your professional talents, he will honor your need to be careful about weight, and will be supportive. Not for any selfish reason, but because he honors you and your art.
(OK, it’s only six months, but the longer I’m married the less it makes any sense to me why skinniness is supposed to be sexually appealing. The things that make for good sex have nothing at all to do with the size of the belly, bust or butt…)
Of course, there’s some chance that after you get married, your husband might do something to you that makes your belly get way out of whack, and those dresses won’t fit at ALL. Being pregnant is a LOT more physically disruptive than being fat is.
Here’s the other thing, though, about learning to be content with the love of God:
You still might not get married. And it’ll be OK.
Not easy. But OK.
Finally: far better to spend your life unmarried than to be married to the wrong person. I know far too many women- seemingly sensible, intelligent, wise- who agree to marry men who are not good for them at all. Because they get so distressed about the idea about being unmarried, and because they get so excited that a guy acts like he cares for them.
You can tell I haven’t been married very long because I’m still trying to solve people’s problems by giving advice. Forgive me. Feel free to ignore everything I’ve said. You are a beautiful woman and a fantastic person, and you are in my prayers. Keep us in yours.
2 timothy!!?! you go girl!