So True.

Seriously. I'm thinking about getting a scooter. Or maybe a horse.

Sign of the times maybe? I remember a few years ago (when gas was under $2.00 a gallon) my pastor said, "Just you wait and see. It's all going to come down to fuel. In a few years gas prices will be through the roof & see how much life changes then. Everything revolves around the price of gas." Of course I'm paraphrasing, but that's pretty much what he said. I remember we all laughed that condescending "I-believe-you-I-just-don't-BELIEVE-you" laugh. $4.00 a gallon gas, no way!!!! How right he was though, everything does revolve around gas prices. Where we chose to go, where we chose to work, the price of food, clothes, anything really. Just something to think about.

A Sudden Manifestation Of The Essence Or Meaning Of Something.

1. Epiphany (n. pl. e·piph·a·nies)
a. A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus t0 the
Gentiles as represented by the Magi.
b. January 6, on which this feast is traditionally observed.
c. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
d. A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive
realization.


Epiphany. By definition it sounds like something really good. Who wouldn't want to have an epiphany - a spiritual awakening, if you will. Epiphanies are made to sound so mysterious, like they are rare; but I'm sure that ALL of us have had an epiphany sometime in our lives. A moment where we slap ourselves on the forehead and mutter, a la Homer Simpson....DOH! I believe that Oprah likes to call them A HA Moments. (She's probably patented it or something & now I'm going to have to pay royalties. That's just like Oprah, to have a patent of epiphanies).

I've had several epiphanies in my lifetime, but when they come along they never cease to amaze me. That's probably what makes epiphanies so special. No mater how many of them you have, they never stop being magical. I had my latest epiphany a few days ago.

I've realized that you can put a great deal of energy into a friendship, or any other kind of relationship & never get that same amount of energy from the other person in return. That doesn't mean they don't value the relationship as much as you do, it's just that is THEIR definition of a relationship. They don't understand or even recognize that things are lop-sided. So, you really can't fault them.

I've come to realize that I have a friend who is never going to put into our friendship the time or energy I do. I would do anything for her. Really, I mean it. I know that a lot of people say crap like that & don't mean it, but I do. Anything. Anything. I'm positive that if you were to ask her, she would say the same thing; and she would have the best of intentions in saying it. But instead she would rather spend her time with people who boss her around, bring her down spiritually, and don't take into consideration her feelings. They try to make her a clone of themselves, because Heaven forbid you disagree with them. They believe the definition of a friend is someone who agrees 100% with everything you think and say. Trust me on this one....I learned it the hard way. But of course my friend sees none of this, so once again....I really can't be mad at her.

"Never make someone a priority when they only consider you an option."

I realized that is what was going on. To me, she is a priority. To her, I am only an option. Do you know how much it hurt to realize that? In a way, it makes you feel used. I had myself a pretty good cry about it. I still consider her an amazing friend & I love her to death. I'm not mad at her at all. I'm just smart enough now to realize that I can't let myself get used like that.


But here's the 2nd part of my Epiphany.................

This is exactly what we do to Jesus. We are His priority. His #1 priority. So much so that He would leave Glory to robe Himself in flesh, hang on a cross, & die for us. I've pondered this thought many, many times but it still brings tears to my eyes. And how do we repay Him?? By making Him an option. Most of the time He isn't even option b, or c, or d......

Instead of spending our time with Him, we spend it with people who are only trying to boss us around, or make us clones of themselves. People who really don't love us for us, the way He does - but only love us if we will agree 100% with everything they think & say. This world is full of people trying to take our time, energy, & focus away from our Saviour & best friend, Jesus Christ. Are we letting them??

Husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, coworker, schoolmate, boss. Who is it that you are letting get in your way? Or maybe it isn't a person. Is it your job, your career, sports, a hobby or your favorite pasttime? Maybe it's time for all of us to wake up & have some epiphanies...

Day 2 in Blogsville.

Well, here we are. Day two. This is actually kinda fun, getting everything out like this. Kinda like having a diary, but letting everyone else read it.

So my mind is racing about 100 miles an hour. I'm stuck here with no car, so my mind thinks of about 100 different projects around the house that I could be doing. The only problem is that they all require $$ and me going to the store. The $$ part actually isn't a problem right now....THANK GOD!! It's the going to the store part. Obviously without a car, there is no me going to the store. So I just sit here & think about everything I could be doing if I had the car.

And it doesn't help any that we're having my brothers Graduation party here in a couple weeks. So of course I'm in hyper Suzie Homemaker mode & my house (that we just moved into a month ago) HAS TO be completely decorated before the party. Like, I absolutely need to buy a new entertainment center for the living room so that I can put some pictures and candles up on it. Just so my house can have that "staged home" look to it when people come for the party. See what I mean, I'm going crazy. The party is going to be outside. People are literally going to spend three seconds walking through my living room to get to the backyard...yet I NEED to have that entertainment center to put pictures & candles on that people aren't even going to look at.

And it doesn't stop there, you should see the plans I have for the kitchen, guest bedroom, the freaking basement for God's sakes. Who cares about the basement?!?!? I need to get out of this house.

This brings to mind a saying that my Pastor says all the time....."We're all so busy spending our time and money to buy things we don't need to keep up with people we don't even like."

So here I am......

Wow. I can't believe I'm actually doing this. Blogging, me? Are you serious? Not that I ever looked down on people who blogged as losers who had nothing better to do with their lives then sit & write about nothing for a bunch of strangers. Ok, well maybe I did a little. So I guess I'm one of those losers now. Ehhh, I'm ok with that.

Hmm, I wonder what possessed me to do this. Boredom, I dunno. But nonetheless, here I am. So I might as well make the best of it I suppose.

I hope to be able to share some kind of wisdom with the world wide web. If not wisdom then at least some of my wacked out sense of humor. My thoughts, feelings, whatever.....about what is going on around the corner & around the world.

I'm a Christian. Pentecostal if you wanna get technical about it. Hope that doesn't scare any of you liberals away from reading this. HA HA....seriously though, I'm being serious. Like, seriously serious.

I'm also a new mom, so I'm sure I'll have all kinds of adventures to write about in the upcoming months. Maybe some of you other moms out there can give me a little advice every now and then. Can't promise I'm gonna listen to it though :).

Well, talk about timing.....I hear my daughter starting to fuss a little now. She must be getting up from her nap. Guess I'll be seeing y'all around.

Mindy.