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Ever notice that people are so wrapped up in their own lives that they don't even see the struggles that others are facing? This is an issue that enrages me at times. Why? Because there are so many people that need help or just even a smile to make their burdens a little lighter. Yes, only God can truly help them by lifting their burdens but as the body of Christ aren't we suppose to be His hands and feet? Ears, and eyes?

But how can we be those things if we are narrowed minded and focused only on our problems and in the mind set that people need to help "me."

Now, I'm not placing blame on anyone because I am just as guilty that I am self-centered in thinking that people should be helping me because my burdens are greatly overwhelming. But, looking past that society is centered on the "me" concept and it really is troubling.

How many people are aware that there are millions of animals without homes? Yet do not realize that there are even more people in the United States without a home then those pets? That homeless shelters can only house a certain number of people and that over half of those who are homeless have to sleep in the streets in all weather conditions. Or even that homeless shelters are being closed because there are not enough funds to meet the needs to run a basic shelter?

How many people are aware that slavery still exists today? Human trafficking IS slavery. It is estimated to be 27 million people enslaved today. Statics are not consistent however because the "industry" is continually growing and in some places people do not even realize they are enslaved. They are brained washed into believing that this is how life is. In the United States of America there are anywhere between 14,500 to 17,000 slaves. There are accounts of slavery in all 50 states, even in good old Chambersburg Pennsylvania.

How many people think of foster children differently? Plenty. If you talk to enough people you hear over and over that foster children are scum of the earth and are stupid and have no future. Even some foster parents treat the children differently then their own. Foster children are no different then any other child. They are children. Yes, they will have more needs but wouldn't you if after being through the dramatic events that they have experienced?

There are so many more issues in this world that trouble me.

Such as...

• hunger in America,
• global hunger,
• drugs,
• prostitution
• rape
• the system

It saddens me honestly, but there is something we can do. I know I can't fix the world, I can't even fix me. But my Savior can. and He will when He sees fit. All we can do is care and lend a hand to those who are in need.

1 Corinthians 13: 3

If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.

http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Cr&c=13&v=1&t=NLT#top

this chapter is not talking about love as in a feeling but love as Christians that we are to have for one another. it is truly amazing.

Loves.

Some random thoughts ♥

What a gorgeous day it was today! =] Sadly, it is days like today that make me miss the love of my life even more. But in 130 days it shall not be a problem!

Anywho. I thought I would let you all know that Jordan has made his own blog and I think you all should follow it! =] He is actually a very talented writer in the sense that he can write all those things that I myself am not very skilled at. http://jtravis1412.blogspot.com/

Only a few more days at Ship...it is a kind of bitter sweet thing but only about 3% of me is sad that I am leaving the other 97% is jumping for joy singing the hallelujah choirs :) Ship has been a earning experience but I am ready to move on with my life and to be married to Jordan. School has made me feel like an epic failure for far too long and it is time now that we part our ways and start new lives. Yes, I shall be finishing my degree but it will no longer be #1 and have the power to make me feel like a failure at life. Jordan has taken its place and I will leave it at, I am extremely happy when I am with him and there is no one I would rather spend the rest of my life with. I love him through the good, the bad and the ugly. ♥

Okay so enough random strings of thought. Jordan is awaiting to have my undivided attention =]

Loves!

Colossians 1:21-22 This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions, yet now he has brought you back as his friends. He has done this through his death on the cross in his own human body. As a result, he has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

& on bad days...

So this weekend was quite a weekend. I had one "blonde" moment after another! it was absolutely ridiculous! sigh, at least it gave Jordan a laugh when he would call from a bad day at work and hear what blonde thing I had done that day...

Anyways..

I really do not appreciate the fact that when I'm having a bad day that I can't write even when my brain is exploding with things to write. It is almost as if the depression literally sucks or eats all my extraordinary thoughts and kills my inspirations....ugh....

131 days and 42 minutes till I can be with him forever and 10 days, 5 hours and 42 minutes till I get to hug him and kiss him and go on a date with the love of my life! =]

What is a Vet?

What is a Vet? Author Unknown, but appreciated

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel. He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel. She (or he) is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. He is the POW who went away one person and came back another -- or didn't come back AT ALL. He is the Parris Island drill instructor who has never seen combat -- but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by, but keeps the supply lines full. He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep. He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come. He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being -- a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs. He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.

Jordan had this posted on his fb. I loved it and thought I would share it :)