Making Do

It's been a long time since I've written on this thing....but here is a little update on my life.

I am currently employed by my best friend's aunt and uncle. She recently had ACL surgery and basically needed help around the house. So I run errands for her, water plants, take kids to practices. Basically anything she would be doing if she weren't on crutches. Very fun to spend time with such a spiritually grounded woman and pretty lucrative pay!!

Going to Sea Island with a family as their nanny for about 7 days at the end of May....super sweet deal: awesome pay, all expense paid, and the beach :)

Applied for a part time job at Ann Taylor Loft...we'll see

Also applied for a job at a Christian school for the Director of Communications. I know several kids that go to the school, so having their parents as references pull some serious weight.

One last bit of news: I got a random e-mail from the YMCA of Atlanta asking if I was interested in a summer internship with their communications department. Heck yes I am!!! This was totally the Lord, because I submitted my applications to them about 4 months ago, they hired someone else, and are now hiring a second person and remembered my resume. :)

ALSO.....took our engagement pictures the other day and they were so fun! To view all of them go to http://www.shelliallenphotography.com/ click on Clients, and the password is "forever" .

She is awesome!!

The Church of the Laughing Jesus

Quick shout out to the VSU Red Hots & Co-Ed cheerleaders: Both won National Championships this weekend in Daytona!

Now, about The Church of the Laughing Jesus.....

My friend Natalie Webb heard about this "Laughing Jesus" this morning at the bridal shower. After doing a bit of research, I quickly learned how passionate these followers are! What I gather from the little I have read, is that it's a movement of people that are trying to educate Christians that the "original Christians were inspired men & women who saw how good life could be if we would just wake up & live in love". They claim that contemporary Christians see Jesus as a "man of sorrows", that we see a distorted image of Jesus being tortured to death on a cross.

I by all means think that the Christ that I follow was a laughing Jesus, a light-hearted Jesus, a teaching Jesus, a compassionate Jesus. But it is also important to remember that He most certainly was tortured to death on a cross to pay for your sins and mine. It was the ultimate sacrifice of love.

Matthew 24:46 says, "He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. "

Happy Easter and laugh on!

Do Gooders

First of all....who doesnt LOVE this picture?!?!

A popular discussion at my apartment in college was the controversial topic of lying. A friend of mine posed the question, "If a man came into your house and said that he would kill your friend unless you told him you had eaten a bowl of cocoa puff that morning, what you you do?" The point he was trying to get at was, what is the "Christian" thing to do? Certainly it couldnt be to lie....

We are indeed taught not to lie....so how do we justify our lying in this circumstance. Chances are, you most certainly did NOT eat cocoa puffs that morning for breakfast, but is it justifiable to lie about in God's eyes?

Now, this topic can be argued for literally hours in my apartment. People will start whipping out doctirines and theologies and getting really heated.

My answer is simple, and can most certainly be backed up the the words of Jesus himself. In Matthew 12, Jesus is teaching about the Sabbath. In verses 11 & 12 He says that if your sheep (possibly donkey in some translations) falls into a well on a Sunday, is it lawful to "work" to save his life? (remember that at this time, animals were ESSENTIAL to life and none could be spared) Well, technically, no. The Sabbath is a day of rest, where in the time of Jesus, absolutely NO work was done. BUT, because Jesus is a lover and not a fighter, he comes back to say that a mans life is much more valuable than that of a sheep, for it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath, even if it takes some work!

SO, if a man asked me if I ate cocoa puffs for breakfast and my friend would die if I told the truth, heck yes I would lie!!!

Moral of this story: Life trumps law, Jesus said so himself!!

Update: got a part-time job with a catering company :)