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How is everybody?

Just a quick little word...

My sis and some of her friends put together a website for a competition coming up in April.

They would love for you to go visit and leave an encouraging comment in the guestbook. ;)

You won't be disappointed. It is one of the best!

Enjoy! =)

What I Wore Wednesday

Happy February everybody!
Can you believe that we are already in the second month of this year?!
I can't.

I haven't done a W.I.W.W in a while so...here you go! =)

Realtree Shirt: Academy Sports

Kim Rogers Skirt: Belk

Leggings: Wal-Mart

Toms Shoes: Kinnucan's 

Bead Necklace: Thrifted!

Don't you just love dressing cutely and modestly? =)

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A giveaway that you are sure to love....;)

Did you smile today? For real?

I have been having a really rough few weeks.

When I saw this picture, it made that day better. :)

I hope you get a laugh out of it as I did.

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Did you share your beautiful smile today?

It could have made a person's day that much better.

Happy day everyone!

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Hey everybody! Go over and get even more smiles at Lindsey's blog and enter her giveaway. =)

When the Roll is Called Up Yonder

I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, shall live.

John 11:25

This old favorite was inspired by disappointment. James Black was calling roll one day for a youth meeting at his church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. One name didn't answer--young, Bessie, the daughter of an alcoholic. Crestfallen at her absence, James commented, "O God, when my own name is called up yonder, may I be there to respond!" Returning home, a thought struck him while opening the gate. Entering the house, he went to the piano and wrote the words and music effortlessly.

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Years later, this song comforted a group of traumatized children in a Japanese concentration camp. In his book, A Boy's War, David Mitchell, tells of being in boarding school in Chefoo, China, during the Japanese invasion. On November 5, 1942, the students and faculty were marched from their campus and eventually ended up in Weihsien Concentration Camp.

Among the students was Brian Thompson, a lanky teenager. One evening about a year before the war ended, Brian was restless, waiting for the evening roll call which was long overdue. A bare wire from the searchlight tower was sagging low, and some of the older boys were jumping up and touching it with their fingers. "Whew, I got a shock off that," said one.

Brian decided to try. Being taller than the others, his hand was drawn into the wire, and it came down with him. When his bare feet hit the damp ground, the electricity shot through him like bolts of lightning. his mother, who had been interred with the students, tried to reach him, but the others held her back or she, too, would have been electrocuted. Finally someone found an old wooden stool and managed to detach the electrical wire, but it was too late.

At roll call that night, when the name "Brian Thompson" was called, there was no answer. David Mitchell later wrote: "Our principal and Mr. Houghton led a very solemn yet triumphant funeral service the next day. The shortness of life and the reality of eternity were brought home to us with force as Paul Bruce related that Brian had missed roll call in camp but had answered one in Heaven. How important it was for us to sing and know, 'When the Roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.'"

Taken from the book: Then Sings My Soul

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A giveaway with Linz......

the modesty survey

A few years ago, I conducted a modesty survey by asking a few of my guy friends to answer some "modesty questions." Some of the answers were baffling....those questions we never really think about.

I hope this helps you to want to dress (as it did me) in a way that would not be a "stumbling block" to our Christian brothers. =)

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one. Wearing pants with words across the backside is a stumbling block. 

Agree- 42.2%
Strongly Agree- 42.1% = 84.3%

two. It is immodest for a girl to expose her legs up to mid-thigh.
Agree- 39.5%
Strongly Agree- 28.6% = 68.1%

three. Low-riding pants are a stumbling block.
Agree- 41.9%
Strongly Agree- 30.7% = 72.6%

four. Skin-tight jeans are a stumbling block.
Agree- 40.2%
Strongly Agree- 36% = 76.2%

five. Pants that follow a girl's curves are modest as long as they aren't skin tight.
Agree- 49.5%
Neutral- 21.8%

six. Any shorts that are shorter than mid-thigh are immodest.
Agree- 41.9%
Strongly Agree- 41.9% = 83.8%


seven. Miniskirts, long shirts, or short dresses over leggings are a stumbling block.
Agree- 38.5%
Strongly Agree- 26.4% = 64.9%

eight. The way a girl walks can be a stumbling block.
Agree- 50%
Strongly Agree- 24.9% = 74.9%

nine. A girl bending over and exposing her lower back is a stumbling block.
Agree- 46.3%
Strongly Agree- 17.3% = 63.6%

ten. It is okay to show cleavage when wearing a swimsuit.
Disagree- 34.6%
Strongly Disagree- 35.7% = 70.3%


eleven. Bikini swimsuits are immodest.
Agree- 25%
Strongly Agree- 59.3% = 84.3%

twelve. The lines of undergarments, visible under clothing, cause guys to stumble.
Agree- 46.3%
Strongly Agree- 25.3% = 71.6%

thirteen. A camisole is immodest if worn alone.
Agree- 41.8%
Strongly Agree- 25.7% = 67.5%

fourteen. Strapless dresses are immodest.
Agree- 36.4%
Strongly Agree- 29.5% = 65.9%


Here are some of the things that the guys said:

“You’ve never been a guy.  You don’t know what’s it like to be a guy and you never will.  That being said, according to 1 Cor. 8 (mainly verse 12 but it’s necessary to read the whole chapter to get the context) if you cause someone to fall, you have sinned against Christ.  Why would you want to risk that?  It’s like going hunting blindfolded and if you miss or don’t kill whatever you’re hunting you die.  But you can take the blindfold off and play it safe.”

Jon

“Please consider your Christian brothers and don’t do anything to make them stumble in their Christian life.”

Joseph

“Always be Modest.”

William

“The real reason for dressing modestly is not only because it makes the guys stumble or it causes someone to sin or it is what our parents say or any of those types of reasons, while those are all good, there is an even more important reason; that is because God has commanded it.  We have to disregard customs, traditions, fads, the newest styles. etc…. if it is not allowing us to dress in a modest and Godly way.  This applies to men as well as women.”                  

Nathan

“The Lord commands women to have a dress becoming of one who seek holiness, as a woman of the Most High God you must keep that command. Two reason I believe that a woman must dress modest is because of who she represents and who is influences in her daily life. I know it is very difficult for a woman to shop today because of the sinful clothes that are in our shops, but you must learn to adore yourselves in modest dress so that you can be a example to other women and your body is much too precious to show every man your business!”

J.T.

“Modest is hottest!”

Tim

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Don't forget about the giveaway over at Lindsey's place!