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Name: Amber
Country: United States
State: Kansas
Birthday: 9/7/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: I enjoy people...getting to know new people and especially keeping in touch with old friends. I also enjoy music...whether its making it, listening to it, or just humming! I want to give a shout out to all the kool kids in youth group at College church. (Crista, yes I did it!)
Expertise: I'm only 5''1' so I guess I'm good at being short! :)
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Member Since:
6/17/2004
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| Hello!
It is Tuesday--the busiest day of the week for me. I haven't updated in a while so I figured I should do that. I am enjoying classes this semester. Anyways, I've been thinking about how life changes from day to day and how we miss out on enjoying it when we think about why we want things to stay the same. The AMAZING thing is that only GOD is constant--because all the things of this world (material and temporal) are all going to pass away and fade. Our God is the only one whom we can put all our hope and trust in--for He is the source of all constancy and He is the sustainer of living things.
I've been listening to a cd by Starfield and the words to the song "Cry In My Heart" are so encouraging me right now:
There's a cry in my heart
For Your glory to fall
For Your presence to fill up my senses
There's a yearning again
A thirst for discipline
A hunger for things that are deeper
Could You take me beyond?
Could You carry me through?
If I open my heart?
Could I go there with You?
(For I've been here before
But I know there's still more
Oh, Lord, I need to know You)
For what do I have
If I don't have You, Jesus?
What in this life
Could mean any more?
You are my rock
You are my glory
You are the lifter
Of my head
Lifter of this head
He has been lifting my head--to look past all the things of this world...to look for HIM!!! To get past all the people that have hurt me or disappointed me, to let go of my very right to myself---and to daily give it all to Jesus! I'm getting past looking at myself and the image of myself that I see in the mirror---because when I look in that mirror, I want to be able to say, "Lord, what do I have in this life if I don't have you Jesus? YOU are my Rock, YOU are my glory, YOU are the lifter of this head" Turn your eyes upon Jesus and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace!!!!!!
"Finally brothers, whatever is TRUE, whatever is NOBLE, whatever is RIGHT, whatever is PURE, whatever is LOVELY, whatever is ADMIRABLE--if anything is excellent or PRAISEWORTHY--think about such things." Philippians 4:8 | | |
| Hello to all! I know that I have not been doing a good job at being a good friend and keeping in touch like I could. How is everything going for you? Is there anything new going on in your life?? I'm really working through a lot right now in my own life.
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you as well. Matthew 6:33
Love to all
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| I'm in Minnesota right now on a twenty day honeymoon with my amazing husband. I am very excited for the adventure of walking in relationship with such a God-fearing man. We are enjoying our time in Minnesota. In the past three weeks, we have shared a blessed time with family and friends as they helped us to prepare to come together as one. I am especially thankful for the sisters that the Lord has put in my life: Cyndie, Allyce, Tabi, and Molly. I would not be the same person without these girls in my life. Thanks for being with me on my wedding day and for all your friendship, love, and support. I pray for the opportunities to show that same love back to you. On our honeymoon, Brian surprised me with a beautiful night stay at a bed & breakfast. Afterwards, we were blessed to have three days to spend at a cabin. So we packed up and moved to Kansas City before coming to Minnesota. We are excited for everything that the Lord has in store for us! Hope to talk with you or see you soon!
Hey! this is Brian....Amber's husband :) The wedding was perfect in a way that I hadn't even expected. The honeymoon... was/is AMAZING. Amber is an amazing woman of God and I would not want to imagine my life without her. (Prov. 31 amazing) Later! | | |
| The count down is now down to 9 days until I get
married!!!!!!!!! The joy of marrying my best friend excites
me every time I think about it.
The way God arranges life always seems to bring about miracles.
Hold onto Love, Hope, and Faith for they are the inspirations from being within God's presence.
<>< Amber
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| In thinking of all the many things I need to do, I realize that I
don't know where to start. So I put off starting for a while as I
preoccupy myself with nothing. I find myself gazing into a world
that I do not recognize. It doesn't understand me. And it
doesn't even really seem to care. Instead, the world seems to
keep spinning faster. Or maybe I'm just becoming slower. I
cannot keep up with how this world runs. Around and around until
we're so dizzy and fall down. Thats when the revelation came to
me, if I fall down there is no one there to pick me up...everyone else
is too busy trying to do all the things they need to do. Lying in
the dirt and captivated by these thoughts, it is then the reality that
"all come from dust and to dust all return" (Ecclesiastes 3:20).
This reminder caused me to want to keep laying there longer in
the dirt for there is no condemnation in this place, but an equal sense
of inadequacy and insufficiency. As I lay
there I see others around me and I want to help them get up but I
can't. For there I find that all my attempts of trying are
strivings and failures to learn from: I cannot overcome. That
moment to me was a catalyst point in
understanding that my attempts of trying, my limited knowledge, and the
denial of a lack of love will continue to allow the falling in which we
so desire to avoid. For He is the Only One who has, is,
and will always be with me to pick me up when I fall and He is the only
one to restore and fulfill all these. And so in knowing Him,
falling before Him, and walking together closer to Him--this is His
Body, the Church. So I will not try
to get up from this place, I will ask Him to raise me up, I will ask
him to change me so that I will not have to fall in the same place
again. Not just for me, but for us all. And I will praise
Him for He alone has given the grace, the faith, the life, the peace,
and the power to us to be raised out from this place. It is in this
place Lord, that I believe that you will unite your Body as they not
only confess their sin, sufferings, and weaknesses, but that they would
wait for You there because they believe that only You can raise them up
out of it. I am in need of resurrection Father. Come, Lord
Jesus. Holy Spirit guide me into all Truth. I will lay on
the ground of the earth until you free me from religion, my God.
For you created me and only You can raise me up to live a life of
faith. For its not just
about the hope that you've given us in your Word, but the reality of
the resurrected life of Christ that is being worked out within
us. Thank you God
for being the only one I can trust to do this. So in the silent
and secret place of the tomb of my heart, my God, may you live, dwell,
and bring life to raise me up from the places that I have fallen so
that You may be seen, lifted high, and glorified.
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