Dangerous Mind

BIBLE 911

2012-02-15T19:43:00.000-08:00

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Your Welcome ;)

xoxo,

Lindsay

MARRIAGE QUOTES

2012-02-13T12:20:00.000-08:00

This is what I've been telling my husband!!

This is totally US! lol

This is sweet! I feel smarter now

Most of my days, and some ..urgh..LOL

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Have a beautiful Valentine's Day to my fellow marriage couples. They said that the first 50 years of marriage is the hardest, so we are totally normal couple ;)

xoxo,
Proud Wife :)

Picture of the day :)

2012-02-13T10:50:00.000-08:00

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Adele is my girl! I just love her :)
She is beautiful, talented and her voice is amazing. Congrats girl for the "2012 Grammy's Record of the year."

xoxo,
Lindsay

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-12T16:48:00.000-08:00

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Have a happy, fun and memorable Valentine's Day with your loved one. Take pictures to capture the moment and cherish the memories forever. Show your loved one that you love them. God is love, loving God means we obey His words and one of them is to love one another!

xoxo,
Your Valentine :)

This Too, Shall Pass.

2012-02-11T11:59:00.000-08:00

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I might not understand how it feels to be you, your problem and your valley of darkness at this very moment, but I do know what it feels like to live a life of hardship. Many times in my life, I feel like God has forgotten me or He is unjust for bringing me ALL these problems, while other people I know, seems so happy. Even if when they say they have a problem, it seems "lighter" compares to mine. We tend to think that our problems is heavier than others, and we tend to assume that other people is happier than us, when we are facing hard times in life.

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." - Mary Pickford

It is understandable to feel the hatred, jealousy, unjust, or sadness when you are down, the burden is very heavy, the tunnel seems very dark, and you see other people that you know (family, friends, co worker, etc) seems happy. The worst is, maybe they are actually happier than you at THAT moment. But, knowing that everyone of us has their own valley, burden and sadness. They either not showing it, they have passed it, they have hope, or their problems are different than yours. Sometimes one carries heavier burden than others and it is because everyone has different life, different options, different path that they chose and different way to express or facing their problems. But, you are NOT the only one with problems!

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I woke up with this very good reminder from Billy Graham, and I will quote it for you, from this link

"God has a plan for the life of every Christian. Every circumstance, every turn of destiny, is for your good. It is working together for completeness. His plan for you is being perfected. All things working together for your good and for His glory. As a young Christian, Ruth, my wife, wanted to be a missionary, as were her father and mother. But God had other plans for her life. Changing circumstances revealed God’s will to her, and she was happy where God had placed her. So many of us ask God to change the circumstances to suit our desires, instead of us conforming our wills to His. Don’t let circumstances distress you. Rather, look for the will of God for your life to be revealed in and through those circumstances." - Billy Graham

I always reminding myself that circumstances are temporary but character is forever shaped from every circumstances we have in our lifetime. Hardship builds strong characters! If you are facing any problems in life, knowing that you are not alone with problem, we all have ours.

Whatever it is that you are facing right now, This Too Shall Pass!

Whatever it is that burdens you right now, This Too Shall Pass!

Whoever bothers you right now, This Too Shall Pass!

"A grateful heart is an attitude that has been shaped after going through a lot of pain, struggling and down moments. It's a heart that's willing to say thank you and appreciate the present moment with joy because it has learned that life could be a lot worse. "Now, I am going to give thanks and live my life", says that heart." (Me)

“We learn faith through testing, hope through darkness, patience through delay.”

-Rick Warren-

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"Dear God, whoever is reading this blog and at the end of their hope, grasping for air while they are drowning, see nothing but darkness in the tunnel and have lost their hope and faith, I pray that YOU, my God, will comfort this person.
I pray that Your hands will touch their souls and restore their hope. I pray that Your will be done in this person's life and change their life forever. I pray that You will show them a way out of their troubles, a life worth living for, a life worth fighting for.
I pray that You are providing their every needs according to Your richness and glory. I pray that You will strengthened them, heal them, restore them, and renew their life as they are praying with me.
I do not know what they are going through right now, I might not understand their burdens and worry, but YOU do, for nothing is hidden from Your sight and nothing is impossible with/for You.
I pray that Your hand will hold this person and make them realize how big, how strong, how mighty are You, my Lord.
Even when our parents has forgotten us, despised us, hating us, but You will never forgotten nor forsaken us.
The world is an evil, unjust, and crazy place, but in You, we find our peace, healing, hope, way out, comfort, strength, love and hiding place.
I pray for Your mercy, grace, forgiveness and healing for whoever is reading this blog right now and I pray for Your miracle hands to start working in the midst of our storms in life. Thank You. In Your name, Jesus Christ, we pray! Amen."

NEVER..NEVER..NEVER GIVE UP!

xoxo,

Lindsay

Yes, I am endorsing RON PAUL for President!

2012-02-09T21:08:00.000-08:00

I usually do not write or blog about politics, simply because I do not trust any politician and there are a lot of things or persons, that had been sacrificed in the name of politics.

But, I do BELIEVE in RON PAUL. There is something very sincere about him that he actually cares for the people, liberty and freedom. The FACTS that he is an honest politician that he got praises from other people who worked with him.

"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." - Ronald Reagan

Why do I like RON PAUL?

He is very smart, honest, no flip flop statements, he is consistent with his words/promises/stands, cares about the people. He appreciates and values LIFE (the unborn, the troops, the dying people in the countries where wars are still going on, those who are sick, the people of the USA). He is a true conservative man and he represents the values of conservatism. He understand The Constitution so much better than any politician I've seen in this Presidential race so far. He has been in politics for so long, yet he still stand strong for what he believes, again..NO FLIP FLOP statements. He is humble, down to earth man, has integrity and connected to the young people, even though he is from a different generation lol. He is always trending on Twitter and that is huge for a Republican politician his age ;)

He is a family man, married to ONE wife since 1957, a Doctor who helped a lot of people, a STRONG Christian man who does not use his faith to gain voters. He served in the military and the troops LOVES him.

Some of the things that I, personally, like about his plans/policies are :

-Cut spending $1 Trillion in year one by eliminating 5 unnecessary bureacracies (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education) and returning spending to 2006 levels.
-Cut taxes by lowering the corporate tax to 15%, allowing companies to repatriate capital without taxation, and ending the death tax and taxes on personal savings.
-Repeal ObamaCare, Dodd-Frank, and Sarbanes-Oxley.
-His view on wars. END it and bring the troops home. Enough with the wars already!

"We can achieve much more in peace than we can ever achieve in these needless, unconstitutional, undeclared wars." - Ron Paul

"Sometimes it can be very uncomfortable to ask the right questions and face the truth. When a slick politician comes along and gives a much more soothing, self-congratulating version of events, it is very tempting to simply believe what we would like to hear. But listening to lies does not make us safer, even though it might make us feel better about ourselves. The truth is that ending these misguided wars and occupations will make us safer, more prosperous and more free." - Ron Paul

-Make all Americans eligible for Heath Savings Accounts.

-Provide tax credits and deductions for medical expenses.

-Enforce border security at home instead of overseas.

-Abolish the welfare state - a huge incentive for illegal immigrants

-End birthright citizenship.

-Repeal the federal gasoline tax.

-Defining life as beginning at conception by passing a "Sanctity of Life Act."

-Prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to support abortions or "family planning" clinics.

These are some of the facts of why we should vote for Ron Paul. You can click the rest here for more information:
http://www.whyronpaul.com/
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/
http://www.ronpaul.com/

Let's pray and vote. May the right man win and rule this country with wisdom, honesty, faithfulness and justice. A man with the heart to serve and protect, to value life, peace and actually do something to change America to a better country in every aspects. Freedom is not free and that is why we must filled this freedom with responsibility as a good citizen, do our job, work, contribute to the world and not taking it (freedom) for granted. Do not get confuse between freedom and I can do whatever I want without limit :)

Ron Paul is the man that the Republican party hates because he is "not conservative enough" (roll my eyes) and the Democrats fears, because he could actually get a lot of their voters attention and votes!

I also love him because his birthday is on August, just like mine! LOL

"We should have a right to keep the fruits of all our labors" Ron Paul

"They are (troops/military) on the front line, they are dying and they don't even know what they are dying for" Ron Paul

PRAY and VOTE

xoxo,

Lindsay

Where is God?!?!

2012-01-21T19:47:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to you, or people that you considered "GOOD" people, who does not deserve the bad things?

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So many times, I have asked the very same question based on my own experiences, other people that I know, news or just everyday reality in front of my very own eyes. The reality of our world is that "Life is NOT fair."

There are things that we can avoid and there are some things that just happened, unavoidable. There are things that we could solve right away and there are things that takes a long time. Everyone has different opinions, struggles and problems. Everyone has their own strength and weakness. What I consider easy might be very hard for others and vice versa. We can't control everything and everyone. We can't measure one faith to the others and we can't please/help everyone as well. Accept the fact that everyone is different and you don't have to know all the answer.

I don't have the answer of why certain things happened to certain people. I don't know how certain people can survive after that horrible tragedy as much as I could never understand why certain people complaining and whining about the silliest thing on earth. But, I come to accept that I don't know everything and I will never understand everything either. Then I come to realize that I am not in control of everything, including my own life. Yes, I could control a lot of things in my life, but I do not know what will happen tomorrow or when and how would I die someday. This is when I go back to my first option, GOD!

When you are at your point in life when you feel like you need help and you found out that human will never be able to help you, then give God a chance. He is able!

Where is God when good things happen? He is right there with you! Where is God when the bad things happen? He is right there with you!

Why didn't He do anything to prevent bad things to happen? I do not have all the answers. Some mistake caused by us, some caused by others, some is just a never ending WHY?! Because we are human, we have limitation.

If you think you don't need God because you know everything about your life and have control over your life, THINK AGAIN!. We do not even know what will happen the next second, we do not even know what our kids would look like, who would be your spouse, how you could get that job, how we are save from certain accidents, where we would be 2 years from now, how or when we would die, what would be the next trending in twitter, and the list continue to a never ending questions of "WHAT, WHY, WHERE AND HOW?".

Have faith, hope and strength in God and in Him alone!. Human will disappoint us, human will fail us, human means yourself as well. But, God will help you through everything in life, bad or good things. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

I know many of you laugh and think that God is not real. If He is real then He should do this and that for us. We think that God suppose to serve us and gives us everything that we WANT and when things does not go the way we wanted, we get mad, sad and blaming God.

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Give Him a chance, if you don't like HIM, then at least you already gave Him a chance right?! ;)

xoxo,
Lindsay

THINK and TONGUE

2012-01-13T16:18:00.001-08:00

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Food for thought, right? It is such a great reminder for all of us to understand the power of our tongue. The chaos a small tongue could create, the power it brings to a broken heart, a sweet sound, a memory it could create, the war it could started or the peace it could accomplished.

The BIBLE has some great verses regarding tongue, check these verses out:

- Proverbs 21:23 "Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble."

- Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."

- Proverbs 12:18 "There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing."

- Psalm 34:13 "Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit."

- Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

- 1 Peter 3:10 "For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit"

- Proverbs 17:28 "Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent."

- Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."

- James 3:10 "From the same mouth come blessing and cursing."

- Ecclesiastes 3:7 "A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;"

- James 3:5 "So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

Let us be wise to use our brain and heart. Let's decide what words comes to the mind to stay there and goes straight to the heart. Let's also clean up some junks that do not have the right to stay in our mind or heart. Let's filtered every information before we give them a green light to go out from our mouths and speak words that we will never be able to stop or take it back once it comes out of the mighty mouth.

Remember, a tongue might be small but it has the power to create a peace or war. BIG thing comes in a little package eh?! ;)

xoxo,
Lindsay

Quote of the day

2012-01-13T13:00:00.000-08:00

"An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her."
Agatha Christie

The sweetest memory will always be with us as we grow wiser and older, together and forever, til death do us part! Cherish each moment because someday we realize that the little things in life are actually the big, beautiful things life could ever have.

xoxo,
Lindsay

Dear God

2012-01-09T19:05:00.000-08:00

I was on my way to work today and I felt tired and drained. It was one of those days when you just wanted to sleep longer and work was unbearable plus I was sick. Then, all of a sudden, I felt like God whispered to my heart, "I am here with you..always!"

That moment was one of the best moment I had in my life. I needed strength, comfort and a friend. God gives me ALL that and more.

If you feel like you are alone, think again! You are NEVER alone in this world. God is always with you through your pain, gain, tears and laughter. He sees, hears and feels your pain beyond your understanding. His grace is enough! His strength will carry you further in life, even when life is hard beyond words.

XOXO,

LINDSAY

I have a confession

2012-01-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

I have a confession to make, I have NOT been running for almost two months! GASP! Due to my busy days, lazy days and back pain, I have not been working out for that long. See, running is my confidence, it is my happy time when I could just disappear and get lost in my own mind. When I run, I found myself all over again. I feel good about myself, my body gets stronger, it does not crave junk food and it boost my energy level (also my self confident). Working out is dope!

When I am in my lazy-injured-busy mode, I am unhappy. It actually led me to depression! I could not think clear, I craved junk food..constantly and my energy level dropped! I am officially tired at ALL times. Pretty crazy huh? that is what working out could do to your body, both mentally and physically. It affects your life more than you could imagine.

Today, I am proud to say that I am on my feet again, RUNNING and already happy about myself again!

Just a little tips to make you wanting to get back on doing what you LOVE to do, but have not been doing it due to some down days, time or you've lost that loving feeling moment ;)

1. When you feel down, unhealthy, unhappy and it disabled your ability to face everyday life, then there is something missing in your life. Something that isimportant, something that you must do in order to find yourself again. In my case, running and praying time :)

2. Once you found out what you really want to do in your life, then you should do it right away before it becomes one of those "unfinished business" again. Crossed it out of your to-do list. It will make you happier, feel the accomplishment/victorious moment and something to make you proud and happy.

3. Get something to make it happen. Something that you might need to buy, change, mix up or add to pumped you up doing your "thing" again (whatever your "thing" might be for you). Something to motivate yourself again, maybe set a new goal or visualized yourself doing it and reach your goal!

For me, this is what I get :
- Well, this is not what I actually get myself, but I got it on Christmas. My husband bought me this really awesome lululemon hoodies. Girls, this workout outfits is dope! Every girl should have at least one cute workout outfits.

- I bought and mix a new playlist for my iPhone. In my playlist, you will find mostly hip hop, rap, and rock. That pumped me up!

4. Motivate yourself and find time to do it. ALWAYS prioritize what you need in life. If you neglect yourself, nobody will be able to save you, unless you want to be saved. It is always start with an "I" then the rest will do their own things.

I should obey, I should learn, I should change, I should share, I should do something, I should not blame others!

xoxo,
Lindsay

Quote of the day

2012-01-07T10:08:00.000-08:00

HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY
XOXO,
L

BE STRONG!

2012-01-05T20:16:00.000-08:00

Tough year?! ..ALREADY?!

The year just started and you have been excited and optimistic about the whole NEW year, NEW start, NEW beginning, NEW visions, etc. But, reality hits your life..hard! Your personal life taking a downhill, work sucks, relationship issues, your sport teams lost (BOOO!!), etc. You have lost all the joy you had on New Year's eve. You started to think negative and hating your life. DON'T!!

Don't let anything or anyone brings you down. When life gets tougher, FIGHT BACK! Know who you are and your strength. Do not let other people cross your line for their own benefit.

Whoever and whatever that needed to stay in the past (that include one second ago), SHOULD be left behind, in the past, where they belong. Don't get lost in your own past, get out of there and move forward with your head up! I am a quiet, shy, introvert person. But, underneath all of that quietness, I have a powerful voice and I use that power when needed.

STAY STRONG!
xoxo,
Lindsay

Happy 2012

2012-01-02T21:44:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR...GOODBYE 2011 AND HELLO 2012!!

How was your new year's eve and day? Mine was relaxing, enjoyable and memorable. Having a nice homemade meals, clean house, church with family, did some shopping, get a late Christmas presents (YAY!), Chicago Bears/Chicago Bulls won the game..woot woot..could not get any better than that for me!

I am sure there are a lot of things that happened in 2011 that you would like to remember, forget, and replay. Some of the scenes were too much to handle, you just want to close your eyes and pretend it has never happened. Sometimes it is easier to forgive than to forget :)

New Year's resolutions do not work for me! I just do what I can do, when I can do them. I am a believer in "JUST DO IT" instead of writing a whole bunch of great words on a paper and never do it. The lonely paper just sit nicely inside a beautiful wooden box or pinned perfectly on a wall. The more we look at our goals, its either pumped us up to do it or its making us lazier. "I will do it tomorrow", is the worst excuse for me LOL. Instead, I do not make it a burden for myself to fulfilled my own goals that I write on day 1 of the new year. I make myself available for goals as I live, everyday. I make it fun and free of burden. I just get up and do them with a grateful heart, peaceful mind, right attitude. It is good to have soemthing to remind us to do something in life. But, when it becomes a burden, it will not fulfilled its purpose. ACCOMPLISHMENT is an amazing feeling, victorious and proud in a way.

However, just because New Year's Resolutions don't work for me, it doesn't mean it won't work for you. So, if you are the kind of a person who MUST have it so that you will do it, then go for it! Whatever work for you, right?! ;)

- Let's start the year right with the right attitude and a light heart.
- Let's forgive so that we could make peace with ourselves.
- Let's move on so that we can arrive at the destination that God has prepared for us, instead of walking backward and get lost in our own past. Whatever and whoever that suppose to stay in 2011, let them stay in 2011.
- Let's set a new vision/goals that will benefit us and other people.
- Let's do what we have always wanted to do in our life.
- Let's make a good life so that we could enjoy living it up to the fullest!

Good luck, best wishes for you in 2012. My love and prayers! xoxo

Lets learn from our past, move on with our eyes set forward to a hopeful future. May God be with us, bless, help and keep us. Be strong, faithful and thankful. Happy New Year ♥

"I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)

-REST, RELAX and ENJOY-

2011-12-27T18:02:00.000-08:00

Hello Readers,

How was your Christmas? I hope you had a great time with your loved ones and got to do some things that you could cherish and remember forever! Christmas is still my favorite holiday and I cannot wait til next year, LOL.

Anyway, on my previous post, I was talking about what I want for Christmas. I finally figure it out yesterday. Well, its a little too late for Christmas gift, but I got what I wanted, needed and loved for this Christmas. I got to REST, RELAX and ENJOY my life with my loved ones. No work, no stress, no waking up early, no workout, NOTHING! Just REST!

It sounds like I am the laziest human being on earth. But, I am not lazy and I deserve it all ;)
Sometimes we forgot what really important in life because we are too busy pursuing things that actually are not the most important in life. Yes, we must work to provide and survive. Yes, we must workout to have a healthy body. Yes, we must be productive with our job and etc. But, it is also important to take a time off from all the craziness, ritual and robotic life we have. By robotic, I meant "an everyday the same routine" life. We wake up at certain time, dragged our feet to the bathroom, made/eat breakfast, go to work, on the same car/carpool/bus at the same time from Monday-Friday, work, lunch at certain time with certain people on the same spots, work, get off work, bus, home, dinner, shower and sleep.

Sometimes we are alive, but not living.

We have to love our own body and give it the time to rest, relax, heal and restored. A tired body will triggered a lot of unintentional words and actions. Many of them leads to a useless conversation, confrontation, ideas and depressing moments.

Take some days off, not just a day, but SOME days off! It will benefits yourself, those around you and your work as well.

I got to enjoy things that I have not been able to enjoy with my loved ones due to our workaholic syndrome, schedule and life. It is sad that we waste so much time for other people than with those that we love the most. I enjoy this Christmas so much because I found peace, healing, restoration, relaxing moments with my husband. I also got a lot of great gifts ;)

Well...take some days off...REST, RELAX and ENJOY! Put it in your 2012 resolution or bucket list :)

xoxo, Lindsay

What Do You Want For Christmas?

2011-12-22T21:50:00.000-08:00

Christmas is almost here! GASP! Yay or Nay for you?

I find it quite frustrating when we are not done with the Christmas cards, shopping, wrapping the gifts, to do lists that seems impossible to do it all (but it needed to be done), guest list, what to cook, what to wear, what to give, will they like my gift or not, how much money do I have in my account now? and the list goes on and on.

Christmas suppose to be fun and jolly and enjoyable. These days, our own "tradition" kills the joy of Christmas itself. Yes, it is ALL suppose to be about JESUS as the reason for the season! But, lets admit it that Christmas is also a time of the year when we want to see whats under the tree for me? or some homemade food? or family time? (the drama included)! We ALL want something in Christmas time. Its overwhelming when we make it that way. So I will try to share little things that I have learned over the years!

Here are some tips to make Christmas easier and simple for you:

1. Next year, make sure the Christmas cards are out by the second week of December. BUT, just in case you are extremely busy., we can always call them on Christmas day, email them or tagged a Christmas card/pictures on Facebook ;)

2. Start making a list of gifts since October/November. Who and what to buy. List their names and ideas. Buy them weekly, that way it wont be overwhelming if you buy them all at once (less stress on your body and bank account). Know the person's character, likes/dislikes and hobby to make it easier of what to buy them. Gifts Cards always an option!

3. Last minute shopping should always be the "not so important" gifts. In other word, this gift is not the star of the show, but the more the merrier (and it wont hurt your financial as well). If you make the last minute shopping as the star of the show, you will go crazy! You've been warned!

4. Decorating the house should start on the second week of December (or earlier if you LOVE Christmas time, like ME!). Clean up the house 2 days before Christmas, that way it will give you time to relax and enjoying your days off, family time, cooking, and church time without overwhelming with the cleaning, cooking, entertaining the guests ALL in the same day.

5. Make the list of what to cook (if you are planning on cooking), at least a week before Christmas. Start buying the groceries at least 2 days before Christmas. You do NOT wanna stand in line for hours with panic people in the grocery stores..on Christmas eve!

6. Cook it on Christmas eve or you can wake up early morning and cook. Depends on what type of food, time to eat and how many dishes you are planning to cook. Slow cooker is always a great option, no mess and yummy foods (google it online for recipes)! Dessert..hmm...you always have an option to simplify it by buying it from the bakery stores LOL!

7. Make sure you have enough time to rest! Enjoy your day off, food, family and remember
Jesus Christ!

What do YOU want this Christmas? Make a wish and pray. Remember the first step is faith, hope will keep you going and love will help you embracing the life!

Be Merry, Be Happy
XOXO,
Lindsay

Quote of the day

2011-12-15T19:55:00.000-08:00

XOXO,
Lindsay

The Tim Tebow's Factor

2011-12-14T14:07:00.000-08:00

I am a proud CHICAGO BEARS fan, always will!

Since Jay Cutler's (Bears QB) injury, their games had been tough and really hard to watch. But, a true fan will always support their team through good times and bad times. Its a matter of loyalty and faith. The Bears is a strong team, their defense is one of the best in the country (then again, I am a die hard fan, so if you do not agree, it is your own opinion lol). The Bears had best years and it has been fun to watch them play.

The Bears have won nine (9) NFL Championships (eight pre-merger, and one Super Bowl). The Bears hold the NFL records for the most enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with 27 members, and the most retired jersey numbers. The Bears have also recorded more regular season and overall victories than any other NFL franchise. The franchise recorded its 700th win on November 18, 2010. (Source: Wikipedia)

If you NEVER live in Chicago, then you will never understand why we love our sport teams so much. Chicagoan is a fanatic sport fans. They make their voices heard when it comes to CHICAGO BEARS, CHICAGO BULLS, CHICAGO CUBS and well..CHICAGO WHITE SOX!. Its a tradition to love the Chicago sport teams if you live in Chicago. Even when we move to another country, state, or city, we will ALWAYS support our teams. It is a fact that everywhere you go, you will notice a Chicago sport's team bar. We have our pride, love and support for our city!

Last Sunday, we watched the BEARS vs Broncos game. It was a slow game in the beginning since both teams were scoreless. Then, toward the end, things got better. Marion Barber scored a touchdown and add score for the Bears, and then he made a huge mistake that cost the Bears lost that game to the Broncos. Its actually a team's lost, not just Marion Barber's, but he happened to be the guy who scored for The Bears then caused The Bears to lose their game that day. He became the most loving player to the most hated player of the day for the Chicago's fans. Remember, we are fanatic sport fans. We love them then we grilled them when they caused our team to lose. Its the human side in each of us to love someone then hate them. We tend to see only the mistake and forget the goods that they did. Its hard to please people. It was a bad day for Marion Barber! He was one of the trend in Twitter and people saying really hurtful things toward him. I understand the pain of losing as a Bears fan, but to attack Marion Barber's personal life, including his faith to God, is just senseless and pathetic. Criticize his performance based on the game, but do not attack his personal life/faith because that is between him and God. As a true fan, we can criticize them, but we are not the one on the field. Everyone made mistake on their job, including Marion Barber. Just because he got paid a lot of money, does not mean, he must never made mistake. We got paid for our job and we made mistakes. In a perfect world, perfect would be the only option and result.

The fact that people attack Marion Barber's faith is because the Bears was playing against the Denver Broncos who have Tim Tebow as their quarterback. Readers, let me introduce you, Tim Tebow, the man who made highlights in every sport channel, magazines and social medias as "God's quarterback", "Saint Tebow", "God's favorite" and the list goes on.

Tim Tebow is an outspoken Christian and the Christian people loves him. The Broncos fans loves him because he brings his team to one victory to another. The media likes to talk about him because he is the All American Boy!. He is a young athlete, quarterback with good performances, a role model, humble, unashamed of his faith. He is the good guy :)

In 2010, a new rule for the next NCAA football season, dubbed "The Tebow Rule" by media because it would have affected him, banned messages on eye paint.During his college football career, Tebow frequently wore biblical verses on his eye black. In the 2009 BCS Championship Game, he wore John 3:16 on his eye paint, and as a result, 92 million people searched "John 3:16" on Google during or shortly after the game. Additionally, later, when Tebow switched to another verse, there were 3.43 million searches of "Tim Tebow" and "Proverbs 3:5-6" together. Tebow stated of the searches "It just goes to show you the influence and the platform that you have as a student-athlete and as a quarterback at Florida". (source: Wikipedia)

OK, so last Sunday, they were two men who made a huge trend on twitter. There was Marion Barber, the most hated man in Chicago and there was Tim Tebow, the most loved man in America (or so it seemed like on that Sunday Twitter's trend lol). People started to write things like, "God loves Tebow and hates Barber", "God hates the Chicago Bears", "Tim Tebow's God sucks", "God has a favorite" or "God is too busy taking care of Tebow and neglect the starving kids in Africa", or "Marion Barber is an atheist and that is why he screwed up" and the list goes on.

I am a Christian, proud and unashamed of my faith. I am also a Chicago Bears fan. I love Tim Tebow as a brother in Christ and proud of his unashamed faith. However, I am kinda annoyed by some Christians who made Tebow as the only athlete in the world and God is against everyone else. God only love and favor Tebow. It could be a very dangerous message to send to other believer and unbeliever as well. Because it caused people to think that God only help/love a "certain" people and hates the rest. It shows no compassion, no love, and against God's character as love himself. It is great to share your faith, it is even greater when people blessed by your everyday life's testimonies. Action will speak louder than just words. Of course God will help those who trust Him and obey His words. Don't get me wrong, God will never agree or help you doing some evil, wrong doing things that will caused hurt to others or yourself. It is time for us to take responsibility of our own actions and decisions in life. God helps us through it all, but He will never help you accomplish bad things.

This is another fact that I'd like to share of another Christian athlete. That athlete is Marion Barber (surprise..surprise..). He is also a strong Christian man, who is not ashamed of his faith. His twitter account shows how much he loves God and shows his personal relationship with Him. This is the link about Barber after the game. In fact, in Chicago Bears itself, there are a lot of very strong Christian athletes. Devin Hester, Anthony Adams, Matt Forte, Major Wright, Israel Idonije, Charles Tillman and the list goes on. There is a great article about them in this LINK.

My point is this, Tim Tebow is a great man of faith and he is also a great athlete. There are also a lot of other strong Christian in the NFL that most Christian don't know, because they might not show it the way Tebow does. Everyone has a different style of worship, minister and how they share their faith. God has given each one of us a unique ability, talent, creativity and ways to share our love, hope and faith in Jesus Christ. But, that doesnt give us the right to judge other people's faith, or to say that God favor/love Tebow more than He loves Marion Barber, for example. God has blessed each of us in different ways, times and favor. God is just and fair. All He ask from us is to love Him by being obedient to His words.

My point in this blog is that everyone has their own unique ability to share the gospel. Please do not make God seems like a mean, unjust and unfair one. Just because Tebow wins and the other lost, does not mean that God hates the other team LOL. It is a football game! Winning and losing is a part of the game. Some mistakes are worse than others and some winning are better than others. There is a time for EVERYTHING! Do not judge other people or comparing his faith to the other one when you do not even know the truth about any of them. Encourage them, pray for them and love them. Yes, they are professional athletes who got paid a lot of money. Yes, they are pro athletes who gets use with compliments and critics or even cursed. But, they are still HUMAN, just like you and I. Criticize them based on their performance as an athlete and stop making assumption as if you know God and this is God's will and that is it! Get to know the other athletes faith, and you will be amazed. God is in our lives, each of us. He works differently, He use different people, different way and time. God loves Marion Barber as much as He loves Tebow. Marion scored the ONLY touchdown for DaBears that day!

I do admire and love athletes like Tebow, Hester, Barber, Kurt Warner, Forte, etc, who glorify God in every aspect of their lives and unashamed of it.

Just to be clear though, as much as I love Tim Tebow, I still love my Chicago Bears more ;)

GO CHICAGO BEARS! BEARDOWN!

Christmas is the merriest and loneliest time of the year

2011-12-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

Christmas decorations is all over the city. Christmas carols is all I have been listening to lately. Christmas gifts' list is almost done. But somehow, I feel lonely and sad.

The Christmas season is killing me. I am not a Christmas hater, in fact I love Christmas with all my heart. Its just that I miss my family so much and they are all the way in Indonesia. I have nobody here and holiday season is starting to affected me in a negative way. You know when people says that Christmas can be a merry, happiest time of the year and also the most depressed, loneliest time of the year. I am one of those lonely and depressed person during Christmas time.

Christmas is still my favorite time of the year. I love the tradition, the decorations, snow, food and family time. I come from Manado, Indonesia, and in that city, Christmas is a HUGE deal. We started baking our homemade Christmas cookies since October and Christmas carols is starting since October as well. On Christmas eve, people usually gathered with their family in their house, pray, eat and go to church. The 25th-26th are going to Church day as well. Then you can visit anyone's house in that city to wished them Merry Christmas, eat and just enjoying the holiday moment. Christmas started on the 24th night and ended in January 2nd LOL.
Every household will have at least 4 kinds of cookies, all homemade. Each household will cook a lot of foods to entertained whoever visited their houses. Mostly families, friends, relatives, and neighbors. But, our doors always open for strangers as well.

When I got here, Christmas has become a "shopping" season and lost its meaning as a day of joy, hope and Christ as the King. It has become so commercial that people is more concerned about what to buy than the moment of hope itself. People dont even say MERRY CHRISTMAS anymore. It has becomes the day of gift exchange, santa, the day of sleep because work awaits on the 26th, the day to get drunk, a day of loneliness for some people. It is a totally different experience for me and it kills me, slowly :(

I do love the gift exchange and all, but I also want to go to Church and see some family members. Too bad for me, I don't have all of that in here. Now, I understand why some people chose to spend their Christmas working late or getting drunk. The fact that you are alone while some people "seemed" happier than you with their loved ones. The fact that nobody care enough to wish you a merry Christmas or to invite you to their house, is not a fun feeling in holiday season. The fact that you have to work the next day is also not fun LOL.

I am still excited for Christmas even though it is not the same anymore. I keep my eyes on why we have Christmas itself. It is a day of celebration. Its the day to remember why Christ came to earth. He came for us to receive Him, to get saved and to have hope in Him. It is more than just a day with family, friends, gifts and all that. It is a joyful occasion. Do not let anyone or anything take that hope away from your heart. I am talking to myself as well :)

I just want to remind all of you who have a family member in here to cherish the moment. Enjoy your time with your family and love ones, because for people like me, that is the most wonderful moment of Christmas that I will always remember forever. I wish my family lives closer to me, but since they are so far away, I can only close my eyes and remember every moment I have with them in Christmas time. It puts a smile on my face :)

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-23T11:38:00.000-08:00

As much as we love the thanksgiving feast, the day off, family time (and the drama that comes within it), the black friday's sale, etc. We must not forget to give thanks for God's blessings in our lives. Sometimes, we are taking advantage of the everyday's blessings in life. Little things, everyday stuff that we enjoy, is also a blessing. Count your blessing and you will be amazed :)

Be thankful for your breath today, your children, food, house, clothes, family, friends, job, car, new project, creativity, pet, health, ideas, beauty, strength, wisdom, internet, fresh air, beautiful flowers, blue sky, and the list goes on and on. Notice that a lot of great, beautiful things are free (for example : the moon, stars, sun, sky, nature)

Give thanks for yesterday's lessons, bad or good. Give thanks for today's moment, bad or good. Give thanks for a hope to a better tomorrow. God might work in a mysterious way, the ways that we often do not understand, but He is still a great good God.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
From our family to yours..xoxo,

~Lindsay

MAN UP!

2011-11-18T14:54:00.000-08:00

http://www.manup116.com/

MAN UP
116 CLIQUE

Lecrae:
Momma want some Obama in me
The hood want PAC hip-hop wanna see the common in me
And since it's a senseless contradiction
I end up a misfit trying to fit in
This is when I stand up
And see the hands that are standard
Holy is The lamb huh(holy is the lamb)
Now we holding you to man up
Cause we were made in his image start looking at what you came from

KB:
Right after Adam every atom in our anatomy's Adamic adamant after what Adonai is against
Let me take you back to the tree in Eden
If you read it, you'll see that Eve was deceived
But Adam is the one who let her eat it
Instead of leading, No we ain't leading - we bump that
Basically li'l boys with muscles and a mustache
To femininity...we need a remedy
The God-Man: 100% masculinity

Trip Lee:
We the last.....
Where the men at, seems like they all lost
None of them are on the scene, seems like they died off
They extinct but my dream is to rise up
We chasing the prize of the King the divine boss
But we fell away, now we ungodly
We lose and we really got the blues like Na'vi
I want to celebrate the dudes that's beside me
Fellas let's elevate, we through with the lobby

Tedashii:
Go ahead say boy get your shine on
And if a sucker try to block you get your 9 homes
That's what I heard you gotta do to be a man now
Stand up for yourself so I took it in my hands now
And that's the problem man we busy trying to solve it
All the while we walking dead, man somebody bring the coffin
Voice drop peach fuzz now you think that your a man cause you feeling yourself
You need to man up!

Sho Baraka:
There's many things
Man is chasin' after
They got some questions
We got some answers

Sex and models and tipping bottles
Pack a pile of excuses right next to your bottle caps
A roll of decks filled with names that you aim to please
Next to the stack of money building up a heart of greed
Ice on his neck, givin' jokers the cold shoulder
You drunk off pride plus you loving the hangover
You gotta whole lotta stuff that won't amount to gain
Life will never make sense(cents) because you never made change

PRo:
We got it twisted, sick like a fever
Lil man live to stack dough, Keebler
Man up!
Get up out of that treehouse
Leave the cookies alone it's time to eat meat now
Trying to show you a new way to live now
No charge, you can call it a freestyle
Without Christ you wont know what a man is
You a boy in a man's body like Tom Hanks in Big

Andy Mineo:
Being a man got nothing to do with age
You can be a boy til the day you lay in your grave
None of us behave in the image of who we're made
Cause we fallen the ways it's better known as depraved
Running from responsibility really we crave
The easy way out of places that call us to pull our weight
Man they blowing through everyday decisions are made
Responding to the call God's giving em from the...

All:
Man Up!
Andy:
Let the process begin, separate the boys from the men
All:
Man Up!
Andy:
It don't matter how you started, partner, it's about how you end
All:
Man Up!
Andy:
Jesus is the model follow us we gon follow him
All:
Man Up!
Andy:
We the- we the last of a dying breed
It's time that we

All:
MAN UP!

My quote of the day

2011-11-06T09:08:00.000-08:00

God sees beyond the tears, He hears beyond the desperation and He loves us beyond our own understanding.

(Sunset in Manado' 2010)

XOXO,
Lindsay

Song of the day

2011-11-05T17:01:00.000-07:00

GUNGOR.

I love them! Check them out :)
Have a great weekend, beautiful people!!
xoxo

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres" 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Taste the beauty of love and fall in love with it, hide in it, clothe your heart with it, until there is nothing left but love within you.

Broken Dreams

2011-11-05T14:48:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it takes a broken dream to have a hint of reality. So wake up dreamers, leave the broken pieces and live a new life. Start dreaming a new one, something that will benefits your future.

Dreams are made for us to have hope,
Dreams are made as a hiding place to escape reality,
Dreams are made for us to be anyone, anywhere and anything but ourselves at this present moment.

Some dreams are just dreams. Some dreams are ambition, goals and expectations.

In other word, dreams are something that we imagine, we want, we eager to have in our life because we do not have it yet. But, the sad part is that many of us have been dreaming for way too long and fell asleep. Then, one day we woke up and realized that it is all just a dream, nothing real. Some of us are doing something to make the dream comes true and some have succeeded, while others did their best only to witnessed their own dreams became nightmares.

This message is for those who did their best, struggled and failed. I am one of those people and I am here to say, "Wake up and let's move on!". As much as we wanted to live that particular dream, sometimes it takes a broken dream to have a hint of reality. Some dreams are not too late, some are way too late and way overdue.

Today is the day when we said, enough!
Today is the day when we said, move on!

Please stop pity yourself and comparing yourself to others who might "live" your dream. Stop the hate, the jealousy and the nonsense. Life offers us so much more than just a broken dream. We HAD that dream, now let's dream some more that will benefits our future.

Good luck dreamers..awaken your soul!
xoxo,
Lindsay

(Images are taken from tumblr)

Beyond The Tears

2011-10-30T20:58:00.001-07:00

God hears our prayers beyond our problems,
God sees our hearts beyond our loneliness,
God understands our thoughts beyond our limitation,
God speaks our languages beyond our understanding.

God hears our cry beyond the walls that we built,
God knows our sadness beyond the barrier that we built,
Walls and barriers that we built our whole life,
To prevent hurts, lovers and enemies to cross that line..again!

God moves our faith through it all,
God increases our strength through our weakness moments,
God lifted our hopes up in the midst of chaos,
God stirred our compassion in the middle of crisis.

Why?

Because God knows what works,
Because God cares,
Because God sees beyond the tears and the walls and the barrier and the problem and the chaos,
Because He is the same God who introduced love, hope and faith in human race.

xoxo