What I wore - Sunday AM

Here's what I wore to church Sunday...and I think my Pastor said it best,
"After 8 years, you finally became a Texan and wore cowboy boots."

Outfit detailsShirt - Ross
Skirt - Cato's
Belt - ??
Boots - Goodwill

Celebrity Cover-up: Elizabeth Banks - Hunger Games Premieres

I saw the Hunger Games opening night at midnight! I was uber exhausted the next day but it was soooo good that I couldn't complain! I read the books a while ago so I'd been anticipating the movies for quite some time. I have to say that I was pretty impressed. The book was obviously better but there wasn't the huge letdown like there is with some book-movies...a la Twilight.

While scanning Red Carpet looks for the movie premieres, I realized that I hadn't done a celebrity cover-up recently and Elizabeth Banks fit the bill! Here are three looks that she wore this month at premiers that I thought were gorgeous as well as pretty modest:

in Berlin

in Paris

in London: I read that this is a backless dress so we'll just say this is Mostly Modest lol

Which one is your favorite?
I can't choose between the Berlin and London one!

More like you, Jesus

There are times when I wish that the right thing to do was to treat people just how they’ve treated you. Everyone (or maybe this is just me) has wanted to get revenge on someone or run them through the mud for the time that they hurt you or ran you through the mud. I can even admit that sometimes, I’m struck by how amazing that must feel…even if only for a short while before the conviction were to set in…to know that you took action, that you told them off or got them back, that you said “in your face…your breath stinks and your momma dresses you funny”. And as lame as a comeback that is, it wouldn’t matter…because at least you had a comeback, right?

And then just as quickly as I think of that sweet sweet revenge, my thoughts jump to an image of my perfect savior hanging on a cross. He was crucified for sins that he didn’t even commit and the words out of his mouth were still, “Father, forgive them…”  I’m reminded of how he was beaten and abused, humiliated for all to see to pay the penalty for my sins. I’ve prayed many times for God to make me more like him…in my head, that’s code for “Lord, make me strong and powerful in your name. Help me change my little piece of the world and led many people to you.” and yet, what better example of Christ is there than to be silent when reviled against? How more can I be like my Jesus than when I pray forgiveness and blessings into a person’s life when they’ve spread lies and crucified me to others? And when I’m hanging on the proverbial tree, beaten and abused, humiliated for all to see, with a heart of LOVE for the people that put me there; then I have never been more like Jesus and then I have never been a more powerful witness for Christ.

So, Lord, instead of removing the circumstances and situations that I may find myself in and even put myself in, at times…instead of taking all the hurtful and ugly people out of my life…instead of me seeking revenge on said people on my own terms, help me to love them with a perfect and unfailing love. Let me use these times as ways to become more like you and less like me. When people rise up against me, let the words from my mouth be, “Father, forgive them just like you forgave me”. In Jesus name.

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Sunday Scripture Time - Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

Isaiah 1:18

This is one of my favorite scriptures (I feel like I'm always saying that...lol, which I guess isn't a bad thing). I'm no history buff or scripture scholar but I believe that Isaiah was written during a time when Israel was backsliden and wasn't serving Jehovah God. The beginning of the chapter describes just how rebellious they were and even compares them to Sodom and Gomorrah...cities that God destroyed with FIRE! And yet, God still extended his mercy. He said that he would reason with them! That just blows my mind that the God of the universe, the perfect, holy God of the universe allowed them the opportunity to repent and get things right with him. He said that he would take the RED, SCARLET, CRIMSON, ugly sins that they had committed and make them WHITE as SNOW and WOOL.

What's so amazing about this is that the offer is still good for us today! We all make mistakes and we all fall down, but the greatest thing is that God is standing there with open arms. Who are we that he is mindful of us, that he would love us enough to take our sins upon himself on the cross so that we could be saved? 

And that's the question, right? Who are we? Fallible, imperfect, stupid, forgetful, faithless human beings that God created. If he wanted to, he could have just squished us like Smurfs and started over with a new race of creatures..but he couldn't because he loved us too much. So he crafted a back-up plan that would give us a way of escape. He gives us chance after chance after chance. And for that, I will always serve him.