20 years past, 20 more to go....

today is my 20th birthday.

its very exciting. i am no longer then teenager of the house anymore.
Life is good. As i look back on the past 19 years of my life, Its strange to see what I have done and how far I have came from when I frist started being a teen at 13.... I remember being this dork or a kid, and now i have grown up, its kinda cool God has done some amazing wonders in my life, Thanks God for giving me another year...

Think about the good stuff

My absolute favorite scripture in the Bible is Philipians 4:6-8

"Do not worry about anything but pray about everything. Ask God for what you need and give Him thanks for what he has done. Finally brethren...if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things."

Why do we waste so much time worrying when we are repeatedly instructed to think about the excellent and praiseworthy things in our lives. We are also told to rejoice continually, give thanks always, and pray without ceasing. If I was constantly rejoicing and giving thanks, I would have to be thinking about the things worth giving thanks and rejoicing about. I'm certainly not doing any thanksgiving or rejoicing about the current gas prices, so maybe I shouldn't think so much about it.

Its not cool to be all about hyp

Or critical. I have been thinking lately about what parts of our lives are fake and what parts are genuine. I don't want to dwell on the fakeness because I would rather concentrate on things that are real. I realize that being 100% genuine might be kind of scarey, but being fake is just downright silly. Who are we really kidding besides ourselves. I'm sorry but if we are faking it until we make it, we may actually run out of time. So let's be real all of the time and see what that looks and feels like. If we are naturally sweet then we should have no problems. If we are mean and nasty then lets be that when we leave home too until we get so sick of who we have become, we decide to be who we were created to be. I don't think anyone was born mean and nasty. I think I might have been born moody, but I'm working on that. I don't want to be or pretend to be something that I'm not anymore. I want to be the same inside and out. Not just a candy coating type person. I personally do not like tootsie roll centers. I want to be solid through and through everywhere I go and to everyone I come in contact with. I don't think it's optional.