Hey all! Just wanted to shoot a line out to you all. I realized that I actually really enjoy writing to you. It tends to calm me down and helps me focus more on what I'm thinking! So thanks for always reading and actually caring about what's going on in my life:)
You might have heard, but I will reiterate it again: ONE DIRECTION IS COMING TO DENVER ON JULY 24TH, 2013!!:) Yes, I did say 2013, but I don't care. STILL planning on going! But this kind of ties into what I was thinking about for my TED talk. Again, I mentioned this on Day 4 (not 6), so look there if you are confused. My teacher this week talked to us about starting our talks well. I started thinking about the best way to get my point across at the beginning. I think I have decided on singing 3 songs to start off my talk. I wouldn't be singing the entire song, just parts of it and how it relates to my topic of We are made Perfectly by Our Creator. The songs that I am debating are: The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra (singing, and the way you look tonight), then go immediately into Just the Way You are by Bruno Mars (singing, when I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change, 'cause you're amazing, just the way you are), and then go immediately into What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction, (singing, and when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell, you don't know you don't know your beautiful, that's what makes you beautiful). I was trying to rack my brain on the most creative way to introduce my subject, and I realized that if I wanted to get my point across I needed to come at my fellow students in a language that they can relate to. Everyone knows those songs or have at least heard them once, and I want my point to be heard and if I want to do that I have to make them understand it in their own personal way. Music is a great way to do that. I am trying to decide if there are better songs that I can pick, but as of right now I think I am going with those songs. (Pink are the words that I would be singing). Then I would go into how those songs represent the feelings that we keep to ourselves; about how we feel so unworthy. It's funny, ever since I decided my topic, I have been finding things all over the place about how girls feel about this issue. Even today, when I opened up the internet, there was a picture of a girl with the caption under it that said, "Am I...Enough?" It was eye opening that AOL would have that on their front page, and a true testament to what the world thinks of women. Crazy. So I'm coming across all of these things and I am also just trying to listen to what God wants me to speak about. Last night I was searching through my past bible studies to try to find some scriptures that I could base my TED talk on. I prayed first, just saying to God that I want Him to flow through me as I speak to my classmates, and that He has to be in ALL of it, or none of it. Then I came across these scriptures that I will probably use in my talk. The first scripture I came across was Psalm 139:13-14: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." The second scripture I found was Psalm 100:3: "Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, we are his, we are his people, the sheep of his pasture." The Psalms have a lot of good scriptures on how much he loves us and how he created us to be the way we are on purpose. As it says in Colossians 1:16, "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rules or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him." Nothing we do will ever dispute this fact. He created us in HIS image, as it says the verse before. He loves us more than we could ever know, as it says in 1 Corinthians 13.
Update on clothing: No one has said anything to me about it. I have worn the same shirt 4 days this week to school, and still not one comment. I did get a bit of a dirty look, but I think that was just because she didn't like what I was wearing, not because she noticed that that was the same shirt I had worn the day before. But funny thing that happened today was that I was standing on the corner of Dry Creek and University and there was this guy standing in front of me (we were getting ready to cross the street). And I looked at what he was wearing, and I was extremely impressed. He was wearing this blue t-shirt and these really awesome red jeans that were rolled up just above his AMAZING blue shoes. He was also wearing a hat that matched the whole ensemble as well. I don't know why I was so impressed with this guy and his styling, it could be due to the fact that I have been wearing the same clothes for the last 13 days, but he was seriously impressive looking. So I took a picture of him on that corner. That might sound a bit creepy, but I was in shock at how he dressed that I couldn't resist. I then preceded to text Council member Kelcey, and she responded with:
"Haha creep;) jkjk love u haha!:)" Love that girl! She knew that I was greatly impressed and kind of jealous of what he was wearing (yes, I wish I could have been wearing my super cool teal skinny jeans and coral flats, neither of which I chose as part of my seven). But it was the perfect icing on the cake. Totally my highlight! So thank you dude who was standing on the corner of University and Dry Creek at about 2:20pm today, looking cool in his red/blue ensemble. You definitely made my day!:)
Youth group is tonight! I can't tell you how much those people have blessed my life this year, especially in the last 4 months. And Daniel, who I talked about on day 6 (my neighbor, Karol's son), is coming too. I am so excited. I've been trying to get him to come for about a month now, but he's had to work. Not tonight though. Can't wait to see all that God is going to do in his life and all the people that he meets and effects. Please keep praying for me, as I am with you. Love you and so glad that you are apart of my journey! xoxo
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