voluntary semi-starvation

a new week, new randoms, and new opportunities. though last week may have been great, it's time for us to move on.

last week i fasted and it was great! hard, as it puts your body under subjection by denying it what it needs most...food, but it enriches and strengthens your spirit, because you indulge it in what it needs most...God.
so i feel good, my relationship with my heavenly father is getting stronger and stronger, it blows my mind how much things have changed since i posted my update on my old blog it's been like 4 months, but feels like a lifetime.

saturday night was the icing on the cake! my younger brother and i went to a youth/young adult meeting called 'exodus' and God was sooo huge in that place, the worship was amazing, but the word...OMG...the word was what pushed it over the edge.  the message by glenn bodansky aka white tyrone was on the keys that lock the doors of the devils work out of your life and unlocks the doors of God's amazing work in your life and the lives around you...right!? OMG....it was great. (if you want more info on the speaker or the message hit me up via email or messenger)

here is a few of the songs the worship team sang, that can give you a glimpse into my excitement :)



during the above song, at the part he says 'lift my hands and spin around', this little girl, 4-5 years old starts spinning at the altar until she fell in pure joy..it was such a beautiful example of the joy and childlike spirit God gives us.

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worthy of a second look

this is a list of some things that make me look twice, whether with a smile or with a 'wth?'

* extremely bow legged people
* a good looking man or woman
* grown people with braces
* gorgeous shoes
* ice cream
* people with long toenails
* girls with moustaches
* guys who look like girls
* people taking the bus in head to toe name brand
* drivers picking their nose
* girls with trashy weaves
* street preachers
* pregnant women
* men that look pregnant
* cute children
* good looking parents with ugly children
* street performers
* freakishly tall people
* midgets with big behinds
* men that look like pedophilles
* couples making out
* people that look like their pets
* people unashamed of God
* very black skinned people in black clothing
* white people with 'i didn't feel like washing my hair' dreads (see above picture)
* unibrows
* babies that look old
* women who don't wear their size
* men with womanly hips and broad shoulders
* white people in winter jackets, shorts and sandels
* obese people eating obese food

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breakfast of champions

such a beautiful monday morning. i actually like mondays, especially since i stopped working because it offers a relax from my normally hectic weekends. but this week is going to be awesomely interesting, brooklyn asked me to go on fasting with him from today until sunday, so as i tweeted earlier my time on social networking sites such as twitter and facebook will be limited as my focus will be getting closer to God and his word. but there is always a way to reach me if you want to

yahoo: browynskyn

hotmail or msn: sophisticatemoi@hotmail.com

skype: la.muah

but i will also be here, i'm aiming for a post a day, maybe two who knows.....in the meantime have an awesome monday!

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have you ever been walking down the street....

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

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giving, taking, and the pain inbetween

as a natural born giver, i'm starting to notice that i give alot more than i take, and honestly i want to be able to do some more taking.
for example, my sister, i honestly believe this girl is allergic to the government taxi, she will call me all hours asking her to drive her all about the place, it's gotten to the point when i actually dislike driving.
and my mother, always asking me to do so many things for her, but if i ask her something that will make my life easier, it usually is an automatic no...i know you gave birth to me and all, but it's about time you got over that and moved on.
as a christian, i am called to love above and beyond myself and in the attitude of Jesus, but sometimes i feel as if i am the only one that is doing that. i'm often left with the thought 'i'm sacrficing my comfort for you, but who is doing that for me?'....and sometimes there are crickets.
but God reminds me that i'm not loving to be loved, i'm not giving in order to take, everything i do is for the beauty of God's way to shine through human ugliness and my ugliness sometimes.

if my fellow christians were all following the words and example's of Christ, no one would have a chance to feel like i do. because we would all be living our lives to make each other's lives easier, that's what it is about: living your life in a way that makes other people's lives around you easier. so if i am sacrificing my comfort for you, and you are sacrificing your comfort for me, in the end both of us will be comfortable. that's why it's called scarificing, because more times it hurts to do it, and you have to give up something in order to fulfill the task, whether it's time, money, your plans, your space etc...

but unfortunatley we live in a selfish world, and everyone is out for themself.

but, i'm not everyone, and although i feel like i am doing all the giving, it really is better to give than to recieve, i need to sparadically remind myself that i'm not loving, and giving and doing for man to see me and applaud me, but God's heartbeat is the one i want the world to hear, not my own.

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fridays

what do fridays really mean? for some it's the ending of common sense and the beginning of stupidity... until monday.

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dirty vagina's

someone: my vagina hurts
my mom: because it needs to bathe
me: *DEAD!!!!!*

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27, under arm odor and urine

yayyy, as many of you know i am now 27!

and to celebrate this joyous event, here is a list of my dislikes.

*camel toe
*the urine smell of a bathroom
*chocolate skittles
*boots with shorts/skirt and a tank top
*pointy toe nails
*dodo breath
*washing dishes
*stupid drivers that talk on their stupid phone while cutting me off
*writer's block, especially while tweeting
*performing for unappreciators of poetry
*under arm odor
*the smell of raw fish
*having to wear clothes
*guys trying to pick me up while driving a mini van
*interrupted sleep especially by the 2 females in my family
*my contacts molesting my corneas
*the inate need for more twitter followers
*men that sag their skinny jeans
*weave
*ginger beer
*daggering
*wash out
*peeing while a guy i like is standing by the door

TAG you're it!!!!!
i wanna know what are your dislikes :)

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