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    <description><![CDATA[I love Jesus because He loves me more than I can understand.  I crash and burn at following Him everyday and He gently picks me back up, kicks me in the behind and sends me on my way.  I'm a senior in college and that's just crazy talk.  Real life calls and I'm ignoring it.  For now I'm living up life trying to appreciate it all in the small things while acknowledging Him with my life!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:10:20 -0700</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:10:09 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>good bye blogspot</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ok ok i've been told forever that wordpress is better so I'm moving.<br /><br />check me out at<br /><br /><a href="http://jennoutonalimb.wordpress.com/">http://jennoutonalimb.wordpress.com/</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 14:58:39 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>It's just life</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[So my birthday was last wednesday and turning 23 could be a whole post of itself (maybe later) but with school and moving and life I didn't have time to celebrate or maybe I just didn't let myself again different post. <br /><br />Saturday my mom called and told me that dad went to the hospital cause he was in so much pain.  He's fine. Turns out it was kidney stones.  They gave him pain meds and sent him on his merry way.  But nobody wants that phone call.  Yesterday I was sick. So sick.  I went to work for a bit but thankfully I have the best coworkers ever and they covered so I could go home.  I took some tums and went to sleep.  Last night I was feeling a little better and did a lot more packing.  I have to be out of my house here in Clemson by Wednesday.  All of the roommates already have their stuff out and that's freaking me out cause I haven't started.  So packing was going well till THE headache.  I mean think the worst headache you've ever had then times like 100.  I thought a vessel in my brain was going to burst, but God is good and after a few hours it was gone.  It did however keep me from sleeping.  I've recently started Colossians but I've been dwelling in chapter 1.  Especially these verses from the Message version:<br /><br />"We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives.  It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that He has for us."<br /><br />I mean seriously holy cow man does that so fit the big small picture of my life right now.  There's just a lot going on and I need to constantly be reminded that I have so much to be thankful for.  A heart of gratitude is my daily prayer.  He gives us strength to face what He has for us. <br /><br />So after reading that and being already way past sleepy I had some energy and figured I'd knock the run out for the day.  It had completely stopped raining and I wasn't going for more than 30 minutes so I take off.  Right when I get halfway through as I'm starting to come home it starts flooding (thank you weather channel - light showers my foot!) Let's just say glory-strength and not grit your teeth mad at the world strength was a little difficult at that moment but it was also so absurd I had to laugh! So after running the 15 minutes home uphill in the flood I was soaking wet and I'm certainly sleepy now.  I'm going to take a nap and yes its 7:40 AM!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:10:46 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last night at youth we were talking about worship and service and the necessity for those to flow out of obedience first.  You can do seemingly good things while disobeying God.  Or when you show up to worship on a given sunday, wednesday, thursday whatever but outside of that are living a life of disobedience.  God does not look kindly on that.  We are living lukewarm and he hates that. <br /><br />So why do we struggle with disobedience.  Cause we don't trust Him.  We do it our way cause we've forgotten that our God is worthy of our trust.  Along with that we don't have the faith to trust him cause we don't really love Him.  If we did we would obey.  Obedience comes from our love for Him.  We desire to please Him, worship Him, and bring Jesus glory with our lives.  Why don't we love Him because we've forgotten or don't really understand His goodness in that He loved us before we ever knew the need.  before anything else He loved us and He showed that love in the cross.  So ultimately where do we struggle? with the concept of the cross and how huge that is! So...<br /><br />Reflect on the cross today and every day and let a life of gratitude flow out of that love leading to you loving Him back, stepping out in faith and trusting Him, obeying as He calls and commands, and worshipping him with your life!<br /><br />What a hard lesson - this truth was spoken into my life and I want to share/challenge/encourage you all with it!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:22:33 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Every good thing cometh down from the Father of Lights</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[my heart hurts so much for Leigha and her family.  Things like that should not happen but they do.  If for nothing else I'm grateful that I'm not angry at God and I pray that they aren't either.  I'm still working on my understanding of freewill and God's control.  So far I think that this is where I am:<br />I think that God initially created us with the ability and opportunity to choose.  We chose to sin and therefore became sin.  Sin has consequences and they don't just affect the person sinning.  Now I don't think that Leigha's mom's cancer or any other bad thing for that matter can be attributed to any one person's sin.  I think it's a build-up per se.  It's the world that we live in because we are sin.  The world created by our choice to sin and every consequence that followed.  God's control and power is expressed in that even in the darkest of circumstances there can be good.  That is God.  He is everything good and everything good comes from Him.  It is his blessing on us that we experience goodness at all despite our sin.  I'm seeking his face, his truth, and his wisdom on this.  I think it's important in our perception of who our God is to understand Him, His creation, and His plan in as much as we can - to try.   It affects how we live.  My current understanding seems to border very close with a God who created and then stepped back to watch, but I don't believe that.  I believe that God created longing to be a part but wanting it to be our choice because it is in that choice that our love for Him is truly shown.  When we seek Him, love Him, and obey Him, He and all of Heaven rejoices.<br /><br />Time, free will, consequences of sin, and God's presence in bad things are all difficult things to hash out .. these are just some of my thoughts and ramblings.<br />Opinions?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:07:24 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well let's see - that interview I was speaking of before apparently did not go so well because I did not get that job, but the thing is that's ok! The funny thing about firmly believing in the sovereignty of God is that you can't really be angry at people for things not working out the way you wanted them or even believed that God wanted them.  He is in control always!  That doesn't mean that human emotion doesn't exist and it doesn't sting at least a little - it just means that time heals that because your heart knows it's ok!<br />I also am not graduating tomorrow and that's ok with me too! I think I need this next semester to just chill.  I went by a friend's house to pick up some notes during stressful exam week and ended up talking about maybe living there and currently i'm typing this from my bed in that house! I moved in and God is good! I love this house and so much look forward to the girls coming back and getting to live with them! I'm excited about this opportunity and feel like I am going to grow a ton!  I'm taking two classes, maybe working two jobs, and hanging out with friends and my youth girls as much as possible! I need time for me.  Time to do the things that I love without freaking out about schoolwork that is not getting done.  I hope that this next semester is a joyous time that is also prayerful about direction.  Not clarity for my whole future, but direction for the next step that God has for me.  For now He still has me here and He loves me so I am a ok with that!<br /><br />Shoutout to Kaceface cause she's the coolest! hehe]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:26:57 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I had an interview the other day and I was asked about my weaknesses.  First of all I hate this question because really I could list tons of them but you don't want to do that for an interview.  In general I don't really like interviews either cause it's all about selling yourself for whatever position it is and that's just weird to me.  So anyway I answered hopefully intelligently and realistically but I was thinking about it more today and my biggest weakness is - not asking for help when I need it.  I guess it's some combo of a pride/control thing.  I don't need help!  I am the helper - this is just so short-sighted.  So here's the deal ...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I have never been this stressed out in my life - ever.  I have so much to do that it's overwhelming.   I am also just very very tired.  I try to get as much sleep as possible but it's almost as if my sleep right now is not restful.  It doesn't seem to matter much whether I get 8 hours or 2 I'm still tired when I wake up.  I have an exam Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning and 2 final projects/papers due on Thursday afternoon.  I have about $3 to my name and bills are piling up.  God does and will provide and I try not to stress about it but there just seems to be so much going on at one time.  I need to move out of my apt ASAP so my sub-leaser can move her stuff in before she goes home for break.  I need to find a job in Anderson.  I absolutely refuse not to help or encourage people.  While I understand that sometimes you have to say no - for me that has to be an absolute I cannot do it for that to happen.  </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I guess what I need is prayer and encouragement from everyone around me - so I'm just gonna be real vulnerable and ask for that.  Pray that I can just focus on each moment of my day and get things done.  That this feeling of being overwhelmed could diminish ALOT.  That the rest I do get will be refreshing.  That God will provide as I know He will.  </span>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:07:31 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Rest</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">So I'm at work and I'm quite bored and really very very tired! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /><br />It's too hard to explain my crazy thought process - you wouldn't understand even if I tried so instead we'll just jump to what God had to say to me the other day and ignore how I got there!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">See even that was confusing.</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I was thinking about the concept of rest and what it means and the first thing that came to mind is the verse where Jesus told his disciples to come with him and rest. The actual verse says this in Mark 6:31</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">So obviously resting is good.  It's not only good but it's necessary.  Resting reminds us that we cannot do everything.  For those of us that are go go go we need to stop sometimes.  We need to recuperate.  We need to relax.  We need to rest physically and I believe we also need a time of spiritual rest.   A time to spend with Jesus being refreshed.  This is what Jesus told his disciples.  Come with me and rest.<br /> <br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Now expand your view of this verse.  These words are what Jesus had to say right before he fed 5000 men and who knows how many thousands of women and children with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.  This is a mighty miracle.  I believe that Jesus wants to teach us that rest is also a time of preparation.  I think in order for Him to use his people in mighty ways to bring glory to Himself he demands that we rest. <br /> <br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I'm learning to be obedient to that.  I hope you will do the same.  </span>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:12:25 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Is He enough for you?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"AM I ENOUGH?"<br />Colin Creel<br /><br />Does your devotion to me depend<br />on my willingness to bless you?<br />Am I Enough?<br />"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of<br />many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith<br />develops perseverance" (James 1:2-3)<br />Am I Enough?<br />Where did I say happiness is more important than character?<br />Am I Enough?<br />"Wait for the Lord, be strong and<br />take heart and wait for the Lord" (Psalm 27:14)<br />Am I Enough?<br />Where does your trust reside?<br />Am I Enough?<br />"In his heart a man plans his course,<br />but the Lord determines his steps" (Proverbs 16:9)<br />Am I Enough?<br />Upon what is your joy dependent?<br />Am I Enough?<br />"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.  Do not<br />be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will<br />be with you wherever you go" (Joshua 1:9)<br />Am I Enough?<br />"... do you truly love Me more than these?"<br />"Feed my lambs."<br />"... do you truly love me?<br />"Take care of my sheep."<br />"Do you love me?"<br />Jesus said, "Feed my sheep" (John 21).<br />Am I Enough?<br /></span></span>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:55:19 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#66ff99;">Today was a great day .. lets back up to last night<br />I wept soft tears of joy as I prayed to my God and felt closer to Him than I have in quite a long time .. it seems to just be getting better and better ... For those of you who don't know: my parents do not have a relationship with Christ ... I don't even know if they really believe in God. My mom came to church with me last sunday for the first time in my entire life ... I am so emotional about the whole thing ... She liked it and agreed to come back this week to hear Perry .. the timing is such a God thing .. for her first speaker in a church in 20 years she gets to hear Clayton King and thanks to Him being faithful to God she agrees to come back and she doesn't even know what she's getting herself into ... Perry is presenting the gospel this sunday ... I'm excited and begging God to change her .. to draw her near to Him .. I want her to have the joy and the peace that I have in my life .. the strength that I find in Christ! This is such a big step! SO PLEASE PRAY!! And invite anyone and everyone to Newspring this sunday!!<br />So thats what has most of my attention all the time, on top of that I have to study .. school is really hard right now, but today was good because I got sooooo much stuff done and get this: I have a practical tomorrow, a bio test on Friday, tons of stuff planned for the weekend, and supposed to have an anatomy test on monday; however God chose to bestow some grace on me and get that anatomy test moved to Wednesday .... wow was that an answer to prayer!!!!!! Thanks be to God!!<br />~jenn</span>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Woah its been like 4 days and so much has happened in those days<br />I got pranked thursday night .. pretty funny I must say.<br />Bombed a test on Friday .. quite ashamed of myself for that one.<br />Clemson lost again today.<br />Tomorrow is Sunday and my mom's going to church where she will hear the gospel.  PLEASE PRAY. I'm also going to (if I have the courage) have an interesting chat with an old friend tomorrow so PRAY that i'll have the words to say please.<br />I'm super tired so for now I'm gonna go to sleep .. hopefully tomorrow I'll have more to say!<br />Have a great Sunday!<br />~jenn<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:55:18 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">God just taught be a very valuable lesson about relying on technology and not freaking out .. I had a lovely really long post here and thankfully I think I remember alot of it cause it definitely just shut down and I lost all of it .. so sad but anyway here goes:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Thinking too long and too hard about anything hits me as a bad thing.  The more I think about something or some situation the sadder the whole thing seems to get.  Quick side note --> to anyone who used to be my friend and for one reason or another is not anymore I'm sorry .. in general I just suck at this friend thing .. I'm kinda on your side in a situation right now .. and I desperately hope that you did not care about me as much as I care about this person .. cause it hurts so deeply.. just thinking about them makes me sad cause i remember being happy  .. I am truly sorry if I ever made you feel this!! TRULY DEEPLY SORRY! Forgive me please .. ok on a more important note really .. I'm been thinking a lot lately about how much I totally ignore God and don't give him his place .. which is first .. above and beyond anything else in my life .. and upon reflection (good word Lee) of this I generally start with excuses .. life is busy .. i have so much stuff I have to do ... I have to study, i have to sleep, you tell me to love others I have to build relationships, etc.  I just feel there isn't enough time in the day .. but this is because my priorities are all outta whack! So generally i give up all thought here with the explanation that I simply can't do it so why try .. just keep trudging! but what kind of life is that .. clearly not the one that God has called me too .. thats not the best .. so only after continued thinking through these initial thoughts can I get to the real point -->  I can't do it yep thats  right but God wants to do it through me .. we've been talking a lot recently in my homegroup about how God through his Word calls us to be holy as He is holy and that there are so many commands in the Bible that we should obey if we love Him .. and yes we should but we don't .. does that mean we don't love God .. in a way I think ..  the simple answer to this question is really yes its all about love ... but first lets focus on His love .. its ignoring His love that leads us to not loving Him .. how much do we think about how much God loves us?  He loves us so much even knowing that we are going to fail .. He created us didn't He?? It's not like God created us, loved us, we messed up, sent His son to die for us, and then expected us to be perfect from then on .. no way .. don't forget He's all knowing ... God created us knowing that we'd fail .. knowing that He would send His son to die on a cross for us (and don't just breeze over that .. think about it for a sec or a million) knowing that we would continue to fail miserably and throw it in His face constantly .. does that help you at all with how much He loves us?  He knows us and knows that we will fail .. yep thats right .. and ya know what I can't do this .. I absolutely cannot love God enough or keep any of his commands .. but if I'd just stop trying He'd do it through me .. and I need to start appreciating trials .. life is easy and simple when its good .. when I feel like I have semicontrol .. its when life gets hard that I cling to Him and He chips away another part of me to make me more like Him .. this usually hurts but pain isn't always a bad thing .. ok this post is not as good as the first one but it'll do ... I love you guys and hope that these rambling thoughts encourage at  least one of you ... leave comments to let me know .. Have an amazing love-filled surrendered day!!!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">~ jenn</span><br /> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">I promise new posts soon with some awesome scripture</span><br /> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">If you are not listening to or have never heard of shawn mcdonald .. check him out </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://shawnmcdonaldmusic.com">here!</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[I may have just done something really dumb .. we soon shall see!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:55:18 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>to be a kid again!!!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[oh the numerous bulletins on myspace .. instead of making all my friends see this i'll post it here cause i think its cute!<br /><br />Before the Internet or Text messaging...<br />Before the shots and joints<br />Before Sidekicks & Ipods<br />Before Playstation2 or X-BOX<br />Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night...<br />When gas was $0.95 a gallon &amp; Caller ID was a new thing...<br />When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie...<br />When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our WALKMANS!!!<br />***Way back...<br />Tag<br />I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk!<br />Red light, Green light!<br />Heads up 7 up!<br />Playing kickball &amp; dodgeball until your porch light came on.<br />Hopskotch!<br />Mother May I?<br />Red Rover<br />four square<br />Hula Hoops<br />Running through the sprinkler<br />Happy Meals where u chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car<br />Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car<br />***Wait.......<br />Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons& Price is Right......<br />Hey Arnold and Doug,<br />RUGRATS!<br />Gullah Gullah Island<br />The Original Power Rangers!<br />Or what about...<br />Legends of the Hidden Temple!!!<br />The Mysteries of Shelby WOO!<br />Ren and StimpyGlobal Guts!!<br />Double Dare!!!<br />Rocko's Modern Life!<br />AAAHH!! Real Monsters!!!<br />Wild &amp; Crazy Kids!<br />ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK!<br />The Original 'All That' Cast Members!<br />Pete and Pete!<br />My Brother and Me!!<br />Kenan and Kel!!! lolz (who loves orange soda)<br />SALUTE YOUR SHORTSS<br />Who could forget Snick?!<br />& Nick at Nite! with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, facts of life &amp; I LOVE LUCY!!!<br />& every1 wanted to be in love after watching THE WONDER YEARS!<br />Not finished yet...<br />Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer<br />Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars or spokes<br />Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school<br />Class Field Trips<br />When Christmas time was the most EXCITING time of the year!<br />When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.<br />When getting high was swinging on the swingset<br />When $5 seemed like a million, and another dollar a Miracle.<br />When you begged to go to McDonalds, for dinner...EVERYDAY.<br />When Toys r Us overuled the "mall"<br />***Go back to the time when...<br />Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"<br />Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"<br />"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.<br />Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"<br />It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.<br />Being old, referred to anyone over 20.<br />The chance to couple skate at Skate City was like winning the lottery....<br />The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.<br />Nobody was prettier than Mom<br />Nobody was cooler than Dad<br />Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better<br />It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the fair...<br />Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.<br />If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!<br /><br />on a sidenote .. there is no way that the girl who posted this on myspace actually experienced all of these things cause shes at least 6 years younger than me .. a lot changes in those years .. oh to be a kid again!]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[What is this feeling?? As I fell asleep last night the thought on my mind was what am I being prepared for? what is God getting me ready for? And I have no idea but I feel like its not going to be easy .. its not going to be some immediately awesome thing .. but dare i say it? I'm not afraid .. not even a little bit .. that doesn't make much earthly sense .. but I know that it will be good .. because God is in control and He loves me so much!<br />I've never heard Him more clearly than just now at this interview I had .. I don't know that I'll get that job at that camp but then again I think part of the reason to go to that interview was that God just used that man to speak directly to me .. in less than 30 minutes .. i had cried, laughed, shared my life and my heart and this man's response was that he hadn't known me long but that he felt God was telling him to share with me that He was about to do something great in my life .. that God was going to use my brokenness and passion for people in a big way ... wow .. I couldn't believe that He said that .. when i know thats what I was hearing from God too!! Amazing!! Thank you Lord! I am blown away by God's love for me .. this man thanked me for my genuineness and my heart .. my passion for people .. he said that he meets many different people traveling around the country and my story touched his heart .. i've never viewed my life as one of brokenness but thats exactly what God has been doing ..  breaking me ... molding me ... He has been so present in my life .. through the good and the bad that I've learned to trust Him and know His voice .. this man then prayed for me asking God to give me peace and readiness .. glorious joy .. know daily God's love for me as his child!<br />My prayer for anyone and everyone who reads this is that you will know the same!!!<br />~ jenn]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Won't you let me catch your fall<br />Won't you let me lend a hand<br />Those lonely eyes have seen it all<br />But love's too blind to understand<br />Cause you don't know what you have<br />Til your everything is gone<br />You need someone to show you how to live again<br />I wanna be there when you're feeling high<br />I wanna be there when you wanna die<br />I'm gonna light your fire<br />Gonne feel your flame<br />I wanna be there when you go insane<br />I wanna be there when you're feeling' down<br />And I'll be there when your head is spinnin' round<br />Gonna be your lover<br />Gonna be your friend<br />I wanna be there til the end<br />You wouldn't know that I was there<br />Cause I have been there all the time<br />And if I had my way I'd hold you in my arms<br />And leave this madness all behind<br />Cause you got so much to give<br />But you throw it all away<br />And all you got to show for who you are is pain<br />And I've got so much to give<br />If you'd only let me in<br />I'm gonna take the time to show you I'm a friend<br />You'll believe in love again<br />I wanna be there in the pouring rain<br />I wanna be there when you call my name<br />I'm gonna light your fireGonna feel your flame<br />I wanna be there when you go insane<br />I wanna be there when I'm outta town<br />And when your whole damn world is crashing down<br />I'm gonna be your lover<br />Gonna be your friend<br />I wanna be there til the end<br />Cause you don't know what you have<br />Til your everything is gone<br />You need someone to show you how to live again<br />And I've got so much to giveIf you'd only let me in<br />I'm gonna take the time to show you I'm a friend<br />You'll believe again<br />I wanna be there when your baby cries<br />I wanna be there when they tell you lies<br />I'm gonna light your fire<br />Gonna feel your flame<br />I wanna be there when you go insane<br />I wanna be there when your nights are long<br />And when you're feeling like you don't belong<br />Gonna be your lover<br />Gonna be your friend<br />Gonna be there til the end<br />I'm gonna be there in the morning<br />I'm gonna be there in the night<br />I'm gonna be there to make you strong whenyou're tired<br />I'm gonne be there when you want me<br />I wanna be there when you don't<br />Gonna be your lover<br />Gonna be your friend<br />Gonna be there til the end]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[I knew the moment i first saw you, our love was meant to be<br />It was only a matter of God's time<br />My instincts said to marry you,<br />Patience said to wait,<br />But I knew to let you go would be a crime.<br />Well I've seen so many faces,<br />I've seen so many smiles<br />But you are the only one for me.<br />And I know what grace is, cause I've walked a million miles,<br />And after that my Jesus set me free. -<br /><br />Chorus-<br />So won't you marry me?<br />I'm down on my knee,<br />And carry me,<br />through the peaks and valley's,<br />pray with me,<br />Walk with me through this life,<br />I'm asking you to be my wife.<br /><br />-Verse-<br />I can't wait to share my life with you,<br />I can't wait to make love,<br />I can't wait to give you all I've got to give.<br /> Three way communication<br />And sweet compromise.<br />I can't wait for God to show us how to live.<br />Well I'll be with you forever, and I know you feel the same,<br />Ain't no sense in getting married, any other way.<br /><br />Carrie, I hear sweet music at the sound of your name,<br />And I hope I never have to live another day, without you, soo<br /><br />-Chorus-<br />So Marry Me?<br />I'm down on my knee,<br /> And carry me,<br />through the peaks and valley's,<br />pray with me,<br />Walk with me through this life,<br />I'm asking you to be my wife.<br /><br />I'm asking you to be my wife<br />ooh oooh ooh, ooh oh<br /><br /><br />I should be studying but man this is so much better!]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<form action="http://memegen.net/viewmeme.pl?meme=1074662660" method="POST"><table style="'font-family"><tr><th><font color="#DDDD88">Your love is... by <a href="http://hometown.aol.com/yoyogirl8910/myhomepage/index.html"><font color="#DDDD88">ChibiMarronchan</font></a></font></th></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your name is...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:"><input type="text" name="'Your" name="name" value="Jenn" size="20" /></span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your kiss is...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">breath taking</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your hugs are...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">warm</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your eyes...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">sparkle like the stars</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your touch is...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">irresistable</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your smell is...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">exotic</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your smile is...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">amazing</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your love is...</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">everlasting</span></td></tr><tr><td><input type="submit" value="'Fill" /></td></tr><tr><td><font size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://memegen.net/"><font color="#DDDD88">Quiz created with MemeGen</font></a>!</font></td></tr></table><input type="hidden" name="un" value="ChibiMarronchan" /><input type="hidden" name="meme" value="1074662660" /></form><br /><br /><form action="http://memegen.net/viewmeme.pl?meme=1074669021" method="POST"><table style="'font-family"><tr><th><font color="#DDDD88">What Makes You.. by <a href="http://www.hometown.aol.com"><font color="#DDDD88">SheBangs12</font></a></font></th></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your name?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:"><input type="text" name="'Your" value="Jenn" size="20" /></span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your gender?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:"><select name="'Your"><option />Male<option SELECTED="SELECTED" />Female<option />Other</select></span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">What makes you sexy?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your hips</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">What makes you pretty?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your eyes</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">What makes you loveable?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">How loving you are</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">What makes you fun?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your positive attitude</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">What makes you irresistable?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">Your voice</span></td></tr><tr><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">What makes you cute?</span></td><td style="'border:"><span style="'color:">How affectionate you are</span></td></tr><tr><td><input type="submit" value="'Fill" /></td></tr><tr><td><font size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://memegen.net/"><font color="#DDDD88">Quiz created with MemeGen</font></a>!</font></td></tr></table><input type="hidden" name="un" value="SheBangs12" /><input type="hidden" name="meme" value="1074669021" /></form><br /><br /><table width="350" border="0"><tr><td><font style="'color:black;"><b>You Should Get a MD (Doctor of Medicine)</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatadvanceddegreeshouldyougetquiz/md.jpg" height="100" width="100" /></center><font color="#000000"><br />You're both compassionate and brilliant - a rare combination.<br />You were born to be a doctor.</font></td></tr></table><div><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatadvanceddegreeshouldyougetquiz/">What Advanced Degree Should You Get?</a></div><br /><br /><table width="350" border="0"><tr><td><font style="'color:black;"><b>How You Life Your Life</b></font></td></tr><tr><td><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/howdoyouliveyourlifequiz/faces.jpg" height="100" width="100" /></center><font color="#000000"><br />You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.<br />You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think.<br />You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly.<br />You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.</font></td></tr></table><div><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/howdoyouliveyourlifequiz/">How Do You Live Your Life?</a></div><br /><br /><table width="400" border="1"><br /><tr><td><br /><font style="'color:black;"><br /><b>Your True Birth Month Is April</b></font></td></tr><br /><tr><td><br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://www.quizdiva.net/birthmonth/april.jpg" /><br /></center><br /><br /><font color="#000000"><br /><br /><div><br />Hasty<br /><br />Moving<br /><br />Consoling<br /><br />Emotional<br /><br />Aggressive<br /><br />Diplomatic<br /><br />Revengeful<br /><br />Adventurous<br /><br />Good memory<br /><br />Loves attention<br /><br />Strong mentality<br /><br />Loving and caring<br /><br />Brave and fearless<br /><br />Active and dynamic <br /><br />Suave and generous<br /><br />Easily get too jealous<br /><br />Decisive but tends to regret <br /><br />Motivates oneself and the others<br /><br />Attractive and affectionate to oneself<br /><br />Friendly and solves people's problems <br /><br />Prone to sickness usually of the head and chest </div><br /></font></td></tr></table><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/truebirthmonth/">What's Your True Birth Month?</a><br /></div><br /><br />Take the quiz: <a href="http://www.myyearbook.com/zenhex/quiz.php?id=8445">"What kind of eyes do you have? (with pictures)"<br /><img src="http://www.myyearbook.com/zenhex/images/quiz2/8445/res2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><b>Eden</b><br />You have eden eyes.  Eden is the color of water.  Your eyes symbolize your great flexibility. You are a creative person.  You can think of many good ways to get your point across to people as you have very good communication abilities.  When someone feels down or is hurt, you have the remarkable ability to help them and heal them.  If you have too little going on in your life, you may be withdrawn and depressed, timid, manipulative, unreliable, stubborn, or suspicious. Some words to describe you:  peaceful, sincere, affectionate, tranquil, intuitive, trustworthy, pure, loyal, healing, and stable.]]></description>
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