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I caught that bunch of flowers they throw at weddings which means now I have two bunches of thrown wedding flowers. One girl at my church has caught nine of them. I think I got this one because she wasn't at the wedding. Some girls really dive for these flowers like they are something magical. Maybe they are just competitive girls but I have never been one. I think the flowers would have hit me in the head if I wasn't looking and reaching out to protect myself!
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miss you guys!
 
I think we are going to Lexington on Sunday after we worship in Indiana.
School is going great so far and I am very happy with my schedule. I really like all my classes and teachers.
Romance was almost in the air...haha. It must have been a carry over from catching Heather's bouquet!
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It's nice having Daniel Matthews here in Louisville and I will add that I am happy that he is not my English teacher! He couldn't be because he teaches at a different High School but there was a slim chance that he would have been at Eastern HS, where I go.
It doesn't mean he is not a good teacher, it just means it would have been weird.
ttyl
love,
Sarah
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From the heartfelt writings of Penijean Williamson Rutter
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Prove Me Beautiful
men fear to fail.
women fear to be unworthy.
Adam failed to protect Eve.
Eve was not trustworthy.
we are born from this pain and failure, and we are raised with it in our hearts and before our eyes.
men do not protect, cherish and respect women.
women do not keep themselves chaste and modest.
men treat women like objects.
women act like objects.
the perpetual cycle...
men are responsible for the virtue of the women around them as well as their own. they have been given this responsibility by the same God who has given them greater authority. men throw this responsibility into the dirt, blame the women for dressing immodestly and enticing them to sin. they want the perks without the catches. they fail and blameshift.
women are responsible for their own virtue and modesty. yet they are persuaded too easily, weak in their defenses, and troubled by their emptiness. socialized to meet expectations, they become temptresses to deceive themselves into a wicked refraction of self worth, believing that sex is all they have to offer and offering it indiscriminately and incessantly.
men fail to respect.
women fail to deserve it.
the answer is NOT "if women just dressed modestly there would be no problem". this is said too often. it is not a truth. God never said that women should dress modestly so that men will not lust.
God said that women are to be modest.
God said that men are not to lust.
God said to love each other.
God said love is putting others and their needs and weaknesses before your own.
fixing your outfit will not fix your heart.
it is our hearts, not just our bodies,that need to be modest.
it is our hearts, not just our eyes, that need to love and respect.
a woman with an immodest heart can effectively seduce a man while she is wearing a spacesuit.
men preaching from the pulpit that women are responsible for the fact that men have no self control will be cheered by the men and ignored by the women.
men...women were made for you. they were formed to feel incomplete without you. they were made to be persuaded and led and influenced by your regard and your reason. they BELIEVE what you tell them about themselves....verbal ly or otherwise. stop treating them differently based on their appearance and then acting surprised when they resent you and don't respect your leadership.
stop being careless and selfish and not living up to your job as a man.
women...men have enough going on in their lives without the additional difficulty of wily and wilful women who try to manipulate and wheedle their way into getting their needs met the "easy" way. stop expecting men to make you whole. that's God's job. not theirs. stop making men feel like failures when they're not God and then being surprised when they don't want to deal with you anymore...and just use you and leave you.
stop being careless and selfish and not living up to your job as a woman.
men do fail.
women are unworthy.
but that's what grace and mercy and love are for.
it's time to live up to ourselves, people. stop being whining, blameshifting, irresponsible babies. so you're not perfect. so you're human.
stop placing faith in other people and then being angry and disappointed with failure and weakness...
we fail...
we're unworthy...
start believing in the phenomenal power of God to cover us in His grace and to change us from selfish, horrid, little goblins...into loving, trustworthy and beautiful children.
be modest.
be respectful.
be responsible.
and above all....be merciful...
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