TeishaW
"Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, the way you live, your love, your faith, and your purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12
Monday, February 7, 2011
Tailor your life to fit God, not God to fit into your life.
What it's saying here, is that we spend too much time trying to fit God into our schedule. Trying to find time for him, and trying to fit Him in our life. When really, we should be trying to fit our life into your relationship with God.
Don't tailor God's instructions to fit into your heart. No, thats not right. We have to make our heart, and our hearts desires, fit in with Gods instruction.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Fasting Facebook
But i just wanted to talk a little bit about how life is without wasting hours of mindless lurking on profiles of peers.
First off, i always complain about there are SO many things in life that i want to learn about and do, but never have the time.
For an example: Learn a new instrument, learn about the brain and how it functions, psychology, dance, go on runs, longboard, etc.
But i knew it was partially my fault, obviously. I spend a lot of time on the internet (learning about new things 3 quarters of the time i might add, so not all a waste of time) and it takes up a lot of my day. So now, with not being on the computer as much, I've been getting to do a lot of the things that I've been wanting to. I've been more active, I've been getting a lot better at Guitar, I've taken up the Harmonica, and of course reading the Word and praising God more. After all, thats the main thing your supposed to fill your time with while fasting.
Second, i have actually noticed a different in how my brain works. I feel more intelligent lol. Probably because i'm not staring at a screen all day making my brain bored by looking at the same page waiting for something exciting to happen. I feel like I've been able to think a lot more clearly, and improve in many other skills, that in the long run, will actually matter.
And last, getting a break from people is nice. You dont have the drama that comes with Facebook. I mean .. how many times do you hear "Did you see what *insert name* posted today?" .. I get so sick of it. I really couldn't care less about what people posted, or how many times they posted, or the comment thread that stirred someone up. So its nice to not be a part of that anymore. It's calming not to have to worry about all the drama going around, and just focus on life, and where you're headed in reality.
The only inconvenience is that i have no idea when my meetings are or events, because they are put together or announced on Facebook, so now i have no idea whats going on lol. And also, i cant just message someone if i need to let them know something or ask a quick question, because i don't have most of their numbers.
I started thinking .. Hm .. maybe i should just do something easy, i mean Facebook? Come on .. that will be way too hard. I should just choose something that would be easy so i dont have to worry about it. But that's not the point of fasting. The point is to go without something that you spend a lot of your time on, to show God that he is more important than that, and spend your time with Him instead of doing the thing that your fasting.
And it started off pretty lonely, because i dont really text or talk to people, but i still connect with people through social networking sites, so without that its kinda lonely. But i had someone change my password .. because i knew i'd come up with some lame excuse to check it real fast, sooo yea i had someone change my password for me so i cant get on haha. There's still the reset password option .. but then i'd really feel bad haha.
But as far as it is right now, its going good. Haven't really thought about it. It's finally becoming a part of my schedule to NOT go on Facebook first thing when i start up my lap top.
What i wanted to get across is, if your a Facebook junkie as myself, think about taking a break from it for a while. See how it is. See how life changes. Even though it seems like such a small thing, i mean its just a website .. but it really does make a difference. Now, dont do it for just a week. Because they say it takes about 30 days to break a habit. If you just try for a week .. you'll still be in the habit of going on FB and wanting to check it and update. But when you starve it for longer, then you get used to going without it. And this goes for anything.
Try it. I dare you.
One more thing, i have found though, that Twitter has been somewhat replacing my needs to update constantly .. Probably should have thought about fasting that too =P
Monday, January 3, 2011
Honor: to lift up, to elevate, to treat as uncommon.
-21 for breaking free
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
100 reasons why Stacey is my bffaeaeaeae
1.You go to the coolest church on the planet
2.You are a Christ follower
3. Your just so gosh darn beautiful =]
4. Your parents are my parents, my parents are your parents.
5. We can just be like “Hey wanna come over?” “Yea sure” “Ok cool” “So im comin over?” “Yup” “Sweet”
6.We can give eachother a look and know exactly what eachother are thinking.
7.We bust up laughing at an inside joke in front of everyone and when they question us we just act like nothing happened.
8.You ALWAYS have my back and back me up on everything =]
9.You are a terrific liar, which comes in handy cause i am a terrible one.
10.You can take a secret to the grave.
11. We have the best inside jokes.
12.UP AGAINST THE WALL!!!
13.IN THE TRUCK!!
14.DOOOOODLING is a skill =]
15.T.I.M.
16.Your honest
17.You support me
18.You make me keep in touch with my inner “girliness”
19.We can greet eachother with insults and not be offended.
20.You make me not be emo, and make me be happy and socialize.
21.You know when theres something wrong with me just by looking at me for a second.
22.You make me delicious food =]
23.You bring out my inner Mexican
24.Sabes Que??
25.Marshmallow fight!!!!
26.3am .. hahahaha ..Malachi .....grrrr dang you Dez haha.
27.Your random laugh attacks at night when you get loopy and start hitting me and laughing more, then in the morning you dont remember a thing, but i just sat through the night watching and videotaping you and then i tell you in the morning how drunk you acted =P
28.How freakin OPPOSITE we are. You force me to socialize and cope with big groups even though you know i hate them =P
29.We bash on eachother about our taste in music but listen to it anyways just to make the other happy haha. Justin Bieber vs. Joe Brooks.
30.We dance like idiots then put it on YouTube for the whole world to see, and later regret it ..
31.We make pointless videos that never end up being posted anywhere because their too embarassing haha.
32.You is so pretty and you model for me =]
33.You let me do your makeup .. even though your so freakin dark that none of my stuff shows up on your face =P
34.You claim to be an innocent sweet girl til someone makes you mad then you get all “HOLD ME BACK TEISHA!!!” Hahahaha. You know its true.
35.Your always all dressed up and lookin adorable while im always in jeans and a sweatshirt with running shoes on haha. Opposites ..
36.You love to constantly be with people and talk, i love to just sit alone and be quiet. Opposites ..
37.You love justin bieber, Twilight, and Usher .. i love Queen, Star Wars, and Journey. Opposites ..
38.We try to memorize rediculously confusing songs like We Go Together but end up just going “daadadadaada”
39.You listen to me go on and on and on about something i dont even know what im talking about myself haha.
40.You give me hugs =]
41.You are there for me. Duh .. you better be .. your my bffaeaeaeae xD
42.You'll wanna beat up anyone who does me wrong =]
43.You come to my school overdressed then realize its a school for freaks =] haha
44.You let me try to teach you to swing dance, then you try to teach me how to dance and i FAILLLL.
45.We hang with eachother and do nothing. Or spend the whole time trying to figure out what we want to eat
46.Your not a debbie downer
47.You dont give yourself away to guys. You have integrity
48.You slap really hard .. thats not why your my bffaeaeaeae ... but you do ..
49.Everyone knows never to mess with you .. cause of the previous statement.
50.You're not perfect or normal .. haha face it, we'd all be boring and annoying if we were normal and perfect.
51.You kill icky bugs for me and move them from the under the cup in my room to outside.
52.You wash dishes for me and help with chores =]
53.Your half Mexican and half El Salvadoran .. thats just cool.
54.You help me dress myself in the morning when you sleep over cause you've got a lot more fashion sense than i do =P Not literally dress myself .. just pick out my clothes haha.
55.Your not a druggie, drunk, or smoker. Though some nights i swear your high haha. You and Dez .. Oy vey ..
56.You help me with my homework =]
57.Were both always in denial about something and have to try to convince eachother of it =P
58.Sometimes you act “shy” but we all know your not haha. .. only sometimes =]
59.The way you can say something totally seriously but its not true, and sometimes you can even convince me that its true haha. Not anymore though =] Hehe
60.You know how to have fun and party =]
61.You'll do crazy things with me
62.You have awesomely adorable lil cousins. That dont really like me .. haha im serious i just dont think babys like me haha. Someday =] Auntie Teisha!!!
63.If i needed to get away from someone i know you'd come up with some lame excuse to get me away from them haha.
64.You've seen me with zero makeup on. And everyone knows thats pretty rare =]
65.We'll give eachother crazy blind makeovers or just do eachothers makeup badly and try to make eachother look like queeeers.
66.You've seen me cry (At camp) and thats rare for people to see.
67.Your not afraid to get crazy every once and a while and do something out of your comfort zone. You'll try new things. 3Am .. hahaha .. no. Not funny.
68.You encourage me to try new things.
69.You embrace your inner “farm girl” when your at my house =]
70.When you come over you look like me, in my clothes, chillin on the farm (Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on, thats when your the prettiest i hope that you dont take it wrong ;) ), ridin our donkey, bein a hick =] haha.
71.B.
72.Remember the time you wrote the letter 'B' on my forehead with lipstick while playing truth or dare? Haha.
73.In dead silent moments you'll be the one to speak up and be like “Sooo hows everyone doinnnn??” Haha.
74.You sing Down With The Sickness like a pr0.
75.Your house has pro WiFi and no service. My house gets sucky WiFi and .. well .. yea we have sucky service also ..
76.You'll try to learn how to jerk with me haha. So embarassing ..
77.You think before you speak. Unlike a lot of people these days.
78.We walk around and chill in EVERY store in the Albertsons parking lot for like an hour or more, just for fun =P
79.Being the aunt to your baby =]
80.The night in the camper with Dez ..
81. Jumping on your trampoline with soap and water.
82.Trying to fit in your bathtub with you and your cousin.
83.The drive to winter camp.
84.Winter camp in general.
85.Me trying to fall asleep laying across you guys.
86.You accept me for my nerdy dorky self.
87.We couldnt be more comfortable around eachother.
88.You try to strangle me with my own belt.
89.Were contstantly saying stuff and not even having to say “thats what she said” but just start busting up laughing.
90.Our BBQ chip fight on my couch.
91.I can trust you to keep any secret.
92.We write notes to ourselfs together to open them in the future and see how dumb we were.
93.The face you make when your laughing and super loopy.
94.Your a good listener
95.We have mostly the same friends
96.Hot by Avril Lavigne
97.Crush by David Archuleta
98.You make the most awesome faces in pictures
99.You accept my corniness
100.You know how dorky, embarassing, stupid, blonde, clueless, slow, dumb, selfish, jealous, mean, emo, angry, weak, rude, kill-joy, lame, scary-looking, loopy, weird, depressed, negative, nerdy, i can be, yet you still chose me to be your bffaeaeaeae =]
101. (BONUS) The fact that this list was wayyyyy too easy to write.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Then stop giving your heart away
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Quotes
“We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily--we do not need to learn it.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.” – Anonymous
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
“There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world; it’s the beginning of a new life.” – Anonymous
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Victor Frankl
Anger Quotes
He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny
Get mad, then get over it. ~Colin Powell
If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. ~George Jean Nathan
At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled. ~Marshall B. Rosenberg
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~Unknown Author
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ~Ambrose Bierce
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The Ultimate Worshiper
The Ultimate Worshiper
There are five keys a worshiper needs to have:
1. Servant-hood.
We need to get into the mind set of SERVE. Constantly serving others, always thinking what you can do to help at all times. Even if its the littlest thing like re-fill the coffee, get someone coffee, greet people, anything. Its not about us. Get over your attitudes. We are here for the people. Care more for the people and get a heart for them.
2. The fear of God.
Caring SO much for God that you fear so much to break his heart.
Proverbs 1:29 - "For they hated knowledge, and chose not to fear the Lord"
3. Prayer and Fasting.
Both need to be in your life. You don't have time? Take five minutes throughout your day to pray. If the enemy can steal your prayer, he can steal your communication to God.
4. Justice.
Not being afraid to stand up with your voice. Getting involved.
Proverbs 21:13- "Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor, will be ignored in their own time of need"
5. Discipleship.
Live life with the people in church. Be their passion. Avoid mediocre relationships.
"When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground."
"Its amazing what you can accomplish when it doesnt matter who gets the credit."
What MOTIVATES You. (P1
You see, i have been noticing something these past couple weeks about the motivation of the people around me to go to church. Along with myself. Not in a judgmental way, because we all get sidetracked.
People wonder why other people say "i know your type" "i can read you, who you are" and all that, but really, there is so much that tells who a person is. For an example .. when your at church, and your all happy to be there, chillin with your friends, laughing and having fun, then someone suggests, HAY lets just skip out on service this one time, we can just chill here and have fun. Its ok if we dont go to the service just this time. What is it saying about you? If yo go to church, but dont here the message, why are you there??? The whole reason of the Church is for you to come, hear the word of God, be in his presence, and have your life changed. You see, sometimes we loose the meaning of church. Sometimes we get into a rut, and the TRUE reason that we go, is for another reason other than god. We go for our friends, to hang out, have fun inbetween services, or your boyfriend/girlfriend will be there and thats the only reason you even want to go. And during service, your not really concentrating. Your sitting there knodding your head, raising your hands, jumping around in worship, GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, but during the whole thing, in your head your thinking about .. "what am i gonna do later? I should see if me and my friends can hang after church. Ughh this service is so long, i wish it was over already so i could go talk to my friends, i have something really important to tell them". That shows that you are not in church for the right reasons. You should be listening so intently that your not paying attention to the people beside you. Take in the pastors words of wisdom, they will guide you through that rough time that you were needing to talk to your friend about. Not only is it the wrong motivation, but it is disrespectful to the pastors. They spend months preparing this word to be spoken into your life. And when you dont listen? Just think about that ..When you worship, worship from the depths of your soul, with all of your heart. Dont just go through the motions. Years and years and years ago Pastor Travis spoke a message about just going through the motions of church, doing the same thing every Sunday, and it has stuck with me through all this time. If you've been a Christ follower for a long time now, and you haven't reached out to non-Christians .. then what are you doing?? Our soul purpose, the reason God put us here, is to reach every person on this earth and lead them to Him. If your just sitting in church every week, and not spreading the word, not reaching out to others, just trying to save yourself, then i dont think were doing our job. I believe that we all get into this motion now and then. But we gotta set ourselves straight, and remember what we should be goin for.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Dating around? OVER RATED.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
I was a WEIRD kid ....
Poem off of top of my head, im guessing i wrote it around.. eight years old? :
I am a girl and girls are weird,
especially me i have a long yellow beard.
I am not normal my head is a square,
I have big purple ees and tears in my hair.
No one likes me exept for my mom,
My dad is too circular and likes the name Tom.
I have no friends only my cat,
And not my owl he looks like a rat.
My cats name is Tom because of my dad,
When i look at her she looks really sad.
I eat iguanas, snakes, sometimes bats,
NOt ever stakes it looks realy bad (i think i meant STEAKS)
Another poem .. Prolly 9-10:
Dads are there for you when you are sad,
Moms punish you when you are bad.
They always take care of you when you are sick,
unlike a dog they wont bite or wont lick.
They discipline you for your own good,
So you'll turn out polite like all children should.
YOu'll have good times and bad times and sad times and more, they'll even take you to the beach to play at the shore.
When they get older you might have sad times,
Like when they stop giving you piggy-back rides.
All parents are different, some short and some tall,
But the will still love you, the best part of all.
I REALLY have NO idea what this is ...... :
Today was not fun at all, a guy shoved me in the face with a pie. Today was so unfun i thought i would almost die. Next i got chases by tigers, got blew on by a whale, then i got a rip in my one and only sail. YOu can see why my day was bad, but that is not all, a giraffe stole my purse i could not get it back because the are way too tall. My rat chewed a hole in my favorite brand new jeans, at dinner my dog stole my only refried beans. Today was not to good, i hope tomorrow is not the same, because i have no one else to blame.
And this one is a classic little kid problem haha :
I dont want to listen to my mom, i dont want to clean my room,
I dont want to listen to thunder i am scared of the big boom.
I dont want to listen to music, my dog barking, or mom yelling,
All i want to do is at my garage sale keep on selling.
Why do i have to clean my room, why do you even care?
Pillows, toys, stuffed animals, are all i have in there.
YOu never even go in unless you say goodnight,
Or if i get a poisonous spider bite.
That rarely even happens to me, only every year,
If you make me clean my room i will always have rainy tears.
EMO TEISHA!!!! :
All alone in the darkness in the silent night,
shivers down my spine it gives me quite a fright.
NO friends, no life, no me,
no identity, no we.
All alone in the darkness with no light lit in the candle,
life is a mess, disaster, a scramble.
Andddd a random emo journal entry from when i was 9=10 im guessing. I forgot that i had bully problems haha. Its pretty deep cause its not made up lol..:
My faveorite song has to be Sticks And Stones by Aly and AJ. Because it explains how you should not make fun of people. And why dont people understand that it hurts other people to make fun of them. And that the joke is always on me. There is this one person that always picks of me in real life, her name is ******, she always calls me ugly and she pushes me around and well, lets just say that if you ever saw a convorsation that we had on a email, you would be pretty mad too! I really have only one friend. Well, kind of two. I have always been the dorky kid at school that gets ignored, so at least at my new school Sky Valley, i fit in a tiny bit more. BUt there is this one girl that wishes i wasnt alive. I wont mention her name though. SO there are a few bullys that always picking on me. People can be pretty mean around here. SO be careful i've tried everything i can do to get rid of bullys but it is practically impossible!!! Any ideas?
Haha yea so those are the random papers i found =P and i am bored.. soooo yeaaaa heres a post..
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
God has put you where you are, for a reason.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Thoughts-Actions-Habits-Lifestyle-Destiny
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Choosing Your Friends Wisely
The Cards You've Been Delt
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Reaching People Through Social Networking for God.
What Does It Mean To Be Beautiful
Saturday, August 7, 2010
HEADLINES- Ten Not So Common Courtesies to Start Working On Today
Acquire The Fire- Notes
Im lookin through my prayer/notes journal and all the ATF sessions are in it. So i thought i'd write the notes down of what Joel preached on Romantic Love and about our Identity. Their just a few notes so may be kinda hard to understand, sketchy, and jumps around a lot, but its good stuff. =] So much more to say about all of it, but in a nutshell, here's what we talked about.
ATF (Session 3) Joel Johnson.
Romantic Love
Romantic love is a special type of love. Its like a fire. Fire is awesome, fun, amazing, beautiful.. in the right context. If you take the fire out of your fireplace and put it on your living room floor, it is a lot more dangerous, and it will burn. Dating is not a practice for marriage, its practice for divorce. You need to know how to be a good friend, and know how to make sacrifices to be in a healthy romantic relationship. Sometimes we fall in love with the idea of falling in love, rather then sacrificial love. Where your body goes, your heart follows. Where your heart is, your body follows. Women of God don't dress trashy, they dress classy. Modest is hottest ;) The bait you use, determines the fish you'll catch.
ATF- Morning message- Joel Johnson
The worlds screams to us that we are worthless. That no one is ever going to love us. Were not gonna do anything in our life. And we start to believe it, and it starts to become our identity. Our identity gets stolen, and we become someone were not. God put us here for a reason, with a mission, and an identity. Our identity is not in skating, cheerleading, or anything. It is in Christ. We begin to feel empty, and it ruins our self-esteem when we find it in someone else. Maybe someone has said something to you, ever just joking around, but it has effected your life and self-esteem. Thoughts lead to actions, actions lead to habits, habits lead to lifestyle, lifestyle leads to destiny. We have to make a deciscion everyday to listen to what God says about us, not the world. And then we need to open up Gods FaceBook (The Bible). Will you lay down your old identity for your identity in Christ?