15 July 2009
Promotion!
Great news! James D. Copeland has been promoted to Corporal in the United States Marine Corps!
14 July 2009
Titus Tuesdays
Titus Tuesdays began tonight. This Bible study couldn't have come at a better time in my life. For about a month and a half now, I have felt very useless and empty. I've been trying to use my time wisely, i.e. doing housework and running errands on my days off. For a reason unbeknown to me, however, I feel as if these things are done in vain, as if I'm merely going through motions day-to-day. I wake up wondering why I feel like I'm missing out on something important.
In the past couple days, I've come face-to-face with the truth of the matter. When I stop trying to fix my life and start being honest, it's then that I realize days ... weeks ... a month has gone by, and I have been living this time out of fellowship with God. Well, of course life has felt pointless! My entire purpose on this earth revolves around God's glory. If I'm not glorifying Him, then nothing else matters! Maybe one of these days I'll learn to quit depending on myself for strength and fully trust Him in every aspect of my life.
The Bible study tonight has given me a fresh perspective on these things, and I am excited to refocus my life again on what truly matters. We're studying truths from Titus in a book called Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother.
Titus 2:3-5
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior,
not slanderers or slaves to much wine.
They are to teach what is good,
and so train the young women
to love their husbands and children,
to be self-controlled, pure,
working at home, kind,
and submissive to their own husbands,
that the word of God may not be reviled.
In the past couple days, I've come face-to-face with the truth of the matter. When I stop trying to fix my life and start being honest, it's then that I realize days ... weeks ... a month has gone by, and I have been living this time out of fellowship with God. Well, of course life has felt pointless! My entire purpose on this earth revolves around God's glory. If I'm not glorifying Him, then nothing else matters! Maybe one of these days I'll learn to quit depending on myself for strength and fully trust Him in every aspect of my life.
The Bible study tonight has given me a fresh perspective on these things, and I am excited to refocus my life again on what truly matters. We're studying truths from Titus in a book called Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother.
Titus 2:3-5
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior,
not slanderers or slaves to much wine.
They are to teach what is good,
and so train the young women
to love their husbands and children,
to be self-controlled, pure,
working at home, kind,
and submissive to their own husbands,
that the word of God may not be reviled.
The seven virtues are outlined in these verses: loving our husbands, loving our children, self-control, purity, working at home, kindness, and submission in marriage. There were seventeen women there tonight, and each one of us struggles with one, some or all of these virtues in one way or another. I look forward to learning how to apply them in my own life.
13 July 2009
My First "Real" Blog
A few weeks ago while in Virginia for a dear friend's wedding, the subject of blogging came up among the bridal party. Several keep theirs up-to-date, while others forget to do so. Some didn't realize others there had blogs and so began to exchange links. I asked one friend if she had read my "blog" recently. "I didn't know you had a blog!" "Well, I use the notes feature on Facebook as my blog." For the rest of that weekend, the bridal party joked that Facebook, in general, was my own personal blog.
A few nights ago, someone posed this question to me, "Who uses Myspace anymore?!" This was in response to seeing that I had put my Myspace web address on the social networking "business" cards that I had made for our upcoming mission trip to Thailand (more on these later). This is not the first time I've heard someone refer to Myspace as either 1.) a thing of the past or 2.) a social networking site that only teenagers use. I flippantly responded in a way that shrugged off the slight embarrassment I felt. Though I spend more time on Facebook these days, I maintain my Myspace account and update it frequently.
Both of these instances caused me to wonder if starting a "real" blog would be more accommodating for someone like me. I often post notes on Facebook, but they are not serving me as I hoped they would. As for Myspace, I quit blogging there a long time ago when I felt like no one was reading what I posted. I assumed that was because people were using Myspace less. All this to say, here I am on my first official blog!
James and I will be leaving for a mission trip to Thailand on August 28, and we'll return September 6. Apparently the people there enjoy exchanging cards like these in order to keep in touch with friends, new and old. I think it's a great idea!
I received 250 cards for FREE from www.vistaprint.com. I did pay $5.67 for shipping, but I consider that a great deal! We won't need 250 cards on this trip, but that was the minimum order quantity. I figure we can use them here in the U.S. You know how it is when you're trying to exchange info with someone, whether it be a phone number, email address or blog address. You're standing there in search of a scrap piece of paper and a pen so that you can get the info written down. Then later you realize that you can't remember where you put said paper. "Wait, didn't I write it on the back of that receipt I threw away yesterday? Crap."
So don't be surprised when you receive one of my cards if we happen to be exchanging info. (And please don't say anything about the Myspace web address...I already know.)
A few nights ago, someone posed this question to me, "Who uses Myspace anymore?!" This was in response to seeing that I had put my Myspace web address on the social networking "business" cards that I had made for our upcoming mission trip to Thailand (more on these later). This is not the first time I've heard someone refer to Myspace as either 1.) a thing of the past or 2.) a social networking site that only teenagers use. I flippantly responded in a way that shrugged off the slight embarrassment I felt. Though I spend more time on Facebook these days, I maintain my Myspace account and update it frequently.
Both of these instances caused me to wonder if starting a "real" blog would be more accommodating for someone like me. I often post notes on Facebook, but they are not serving me as I hoped they would. As for Myspace, I quit blogging there a long time ago when I felt like no one was reading what I posted. I assumed that was because people were using Myspace less. All this to say, here I am on my first official blog!
Now I'll expound on those social networking "business" cards:
James and I will be leaving for a mission trip to Thailand on August 28, and we'll return September 6. Apparently the people there enjoy exchanging cards like these in order to keep in touch with friends, new and old. I think it's a great idea!
I received 250 cards for FREE from www.vistaprint.com. I did pay $5.67 for shipping, but I consider that a great deal! We won't need 250 cards on this trip, but that was the minimum order quantity. I figure we can use them here in the U.S. You know how it is when you're trying to exchange info with someone, whether it be a phone number, email address or blog address. You're standing there in search of a scrap piece of paper and a pen so that you can get the info written down. Then later you realize that you can't remember where you put said paper. "Wait, didn't I write it on the back of that receipt I threw away yesterday? Crap."
We could all avoid such mishaps by simply pulling out one of our handy dandy social networking "business" cards and passing it on to whomever we wish. It's that easy!
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