Blowing Kisses to her fans
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Conversation.... The Forgotten Art
The older I get and the more people I meet it becomes quickly obvious to me if a person is a good conversationalist, and those who are seem to be apart of a dying breed.
It seems now days people are more interest in sharing facts about themselves or information they've heard about others. Never once in that "conversation"will they stop to ask you a question because they are geniunely interested in getting to know you more.
You can probably think of examples of people like this off the top of your head. You can usually spot them because they tend to consistantly interrupt you when you are talking, Spout off their beliefs, ideas, and opinions about everything under the sun, but never ask what your thoughts are. They are the type of people when asked, "How are you doing" never ask you in return how you are, and for some reason they are always texting someone about something far more interesting than what you are talking about.
I have found myself having to stop myself from losing my temper a time or two. I've even had to pray about having a right attitude.
That's when a thought came to my mind. Do I do this to Jesus? When I pray do I sometimes talk thee entire time to him about my thoughts, opinions, problems and whatever else I think is important, and not ask him what he thinks or how does he feel? Do I sometimes forget to wait on the lord? Do I sometimes forget to listen to his voice? Maybe he spoke to me but I couldn't hear him because I rushed through prayer with the thought that I put my time in now its time get on with the rest of my day.
You see there is an art to conversation:
One part is talking.
but the second part which is the most important, but rarely valued is
LISTENING
Remember communication is key to any strong, successful relationship.
It seems now days people are more interest in sharing facts about themselves or information they've heard about others. Never once in that "conversation"will they stop to ask you a question because they are geniunely interested in getting to know you more.
You can probably think of examples of people like this off the top of your head. You can usually spot them because they tend to consistantly interrupt you when you are talking, Spout off their beliefs, ideas, and opinions about everything under the sun, but never ask what your thoughts are. They are the type of people when asked, "How are you doing" never ask you in return how you are, and for some reason they are always texting someone about something far more interesting than what you are talking about.
I have found myself having to stop myself from losing my temper a time or two. I've even had to pray about having a right attitude.
That's when a thought came to my mind. Do I do this to Jesus? When I pray do I sometimes talk thee entire time to him about my thoughts, opinions, problems and whatever else I think is important, and not ask him what he thinks or how does he feel? Do I sometimes forget to wait on the lord? Do I sometimes forget to listen to his voice? Maybe he spoke to me but I couldn't hear him because I rushed through prayer with the thought that I put my time in now its time get on with the rest of my day.
You see there is an art to conversation:
One part is talking.
but the second part which is the most important, but rarely valued is
LISTENING
Remember communication is key to any strong, successful relationship.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Something good is on its way!!
Church was so amazing last night!! From now on I am going to carry a camera with me cuz you never know whats going to happen at Calvary Life Church!
Yesterday we had the priviledge of hearing Brother Young from Kansas preach and sing. But last night was especially awesome, because he played the organ, and boy, can he play!! Him and Pastor White sang together and you could feel the presence of God so strong in that place. It was amazing! It totally inspired me to practice the organ more, and to once again start looking for a teacher because compared to Brother Young I can't play for beans..... actually I can't play for beans compared to anybody. God is doing awesome stuff at our church and I am so excited to see what is going happen next.
In other news I am officially done with school!!! I am walking the red carpet on January the 17th, a little less then a month away. In some ways it feels like school went so fast and other ways it just dragged. I'm so thankful God gave me the opportunity to go to school, but I am SOOO glad thats over! Maybe in the far future I will go back and finish my degree in Biblical Anthropology, but thats so far in the future I really can't see it. As far as I am concerned I've been delivered!
Yesterday we had the priviledge of hearing Brother Young from Kansas preach and sing. But last night was especially awesome, because he played the organ, and boy, can he play!! Him and Pastor White sang together and you could feel the presence of God so strong in that place. It was amazing! It totally inspired me to practice the organ more, and to once again start looking for a teacher because compared to Brother Young I can't play for beans..... actually I can't play for beans compared to anybody. God is doing awesome stuff at our church and I am so excited to see what is going happen next.
In other news I am officially done with school!!! I am walking the red carpet on January the 17th, a little less then a month away. In some ways it feels like school went so fast and other ways it just dragged. I'm so thankful God gave me the opportunity to go to school, but I am SOOO glad thats over! Maybe in the far future I will go back and finish my degree in Biblical Anthropology, but thats so far in the future I really can't see it. As far as I am concerned I've been delivered!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
The Howards Last Day
Max and his curly Q
All the boys
Brother and Sister Howard, me and my sisters
Brother Howard
All the boys
Brother and Sister Howard, me and my sisters
Grandma and Sister Howard
Friday, November 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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