To Judge or Not to Judge? (Yes, that is the question)

      Sometimes I have a problem with judging people before I get to know them.  In every case I have been wrong in some way and yet I still tend to do it. I think that it's just human nature, but it's not something that God wants me to do.  Some of the best people that I know I judged wrongly in the beginning.  Honestly, I have found that if I just ignore my judgements then my life is a lot more full of love as well as adventure because I get to know people who I would have originally written off.

      It is also important not to judge because with "the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you" Matthew 7:1 (Jesus' own words).  Wow, so if I judge someone harshly then I will be judged harshly as well? I have never liked to be judged, so what makes me think that it's ok to judge someone else?

      I want to encourage you to see people for what they are not for what they are not. If that means taking a few extra minutes to ask questions with an open mind and become friends, then do it! What if God put you into their life for a specific reason and you fail see them as God sees them? That is a very sad thought to me, so I will be striving to love everyone I meet and share God and joy as often as possible.  I challenge you to do the same!

These Dry Bones

      Have you ever felt lonely and frustrated but you don't really know why?  I have, I hate when it happens. It makes me feel like something is wrong with me.  Like I'm all dried up inside when I should be enjoying each moment that is full of life.  I sit there and feel angry and confused and lash out at the people closest to me.  After a few minutes or hours or days of feeling alone, I have to remind myself that it's ok to feel that way.  Everyone feels it in some point in their life.  I'm not saying that it is a good thing to feel, but it's not wierd.

      When I start feeling this way it is usually because I have taken it upon myself to walk my own life.  I forget that God is in control and I try to take that control away from him.  I see a pattern: I stop relying on God for everything and begin to rely on myself, that is when everything fails miserably.  I simply cannot handle life on my own.  Sure, I think I can handle at least the good stuff, but when it gets into the nitty gritty details... I just fail.

      I want to encourage you through this post.  When you start feeling like a withering autumn leaf, look to God for comfort.  He will never deny you water.  Give the control back to Him, it is so much easier when someone else is handling the situation. 

      I found that this song conveys the exact feeling of my frustrations. I hope that it will speak to you in some way and give you some hope as well.

     

Re-do Lids DIY

The before and after of this DIY

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So the other day I was at the flea market and I found this really cute vintage spice rack! (I think my grandma had the same one at some point).
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El otro día, cuando estaba en la flea market, encontré éste especiero! (Pienso que mi abuela tuviera el mismo en un punto de su vida).

 

      I was extremely happy that it came with all of the spice bottles! Unfortunately, the lids on these bottles look pretty bad.  I'm all for vintage but rust and scratches on my spice bottles just don't fly.

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      Estaba muy muy feliz que tenía todas las botellas especias!  Desafortunadamente, las tapas son muy mal porque tienen óxido y muchos rayones.  Me gusta el clásico caja, pero no me gusta óxido y rayones en las tapas para nada!

      So I decided that something must be done to upgrade these adorable bottles.  I ended up covering the lids in fabric.  This project can be done with any kind of lid that needs a touch of love.

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      Yo decidí que algo necesita hacer con éstas botellas lindas.  En el final, las tapas están cubierto de la tela.  Creo que éste proyecto puede hacer con alguna tapa que necesite amor.

See the DIY after the jump :)
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Ver el DIY por el conexión que sigue :)

simply, wow

This post is about a band I found, but first I have to explain how I found it.

Last night I had a horrible dream about a kitten killing a kitten. One of my cats is pregnant, that's probably where the dream came from. It woke me up and I was so horrified by it that I still haven't gone back to sleep, and that was about four hours ago.

So I read the Bible, finished another book of mine (called The Book of Hours, I definitely recommend it if you're into life tragedy, love, mystery, and happy endings).  After that I got up to make sure my cats were ok (no kitten killing please), made some tea to sooth my poor throat, and settled down to skim a magazine.  In that magazine I read a small excerpt about a band called Gungor.  It really got my attention so, with nothing better to do, I went to my computer and looked them up on youtube.

and wow. simply wow

This band is a mix of Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Muse, and God. What an amazing combo

Beautiful Things by Gungor

... very appropriate that I found this song after that horrid dream