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| What do y'all think? Lemme know!OK...so I just finished the book Irresistible Revolution (VERY good book, by the way) and it got me thinking about something and I was wondering what all of your opinions on this are! Through out the book, it touches on the subject of tithing (giving 10% of your wages) to your church and, at one point, talks about how that money is being used in many churches in this day and age. He mentions how a church he was very involved with called Willow Creek decided to pursue a building project which would cost them millions and millions of dollars! And where was most of, if not all, of this money for the building project coming from? You got it folks - the offering given by the members of that church every week! He ends the subject by say that it's "no wonder most church-going Christians give less than 3 percent of their income to the church and find other ways of giving money to the poor." He also mentions how using the offering money in this type of situation is the same thing as embezzlement (which I agree with) and how it says in the Bible that the offering is to be used to help the poor (which I also totally agree with)! So, I was just wondering what y'all thought about that! In my opinion, you're still giving your ten percent and it also is most likely being used in better manners than if you were to give it to the church and then have them use it to expand their building instead of the kingdom of our Lord! It makes sense to me! Would it be wrong to only give a certain percentage of your tithe to the church and then find good causes to support and give the other percentage there? I'm thinking that more a difference might be made if more people were to be doing something similar to this! I think it would keep the church in check about seeing growth as their main concern and it would be an effective way to know exactly where your money's going and knowing that it's being used for something that you agree with and support! I'm vrey interested to hear what y'all think about this! Please comment and lemme know! Thanks!
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| Hey, beautiful souls! 
First of all, I wanted to recommend the book that I just finished reading (Captivating) to all of y'all! And I know that y'all may be thinking that I'm crazy for recommending it to even my guys friends, but it's basically a "Women For Dummies." It tells you how a woman ticks! And isn't that the eternal question for boys everywhere? Well...this is your answer! Girls, it helps you figure yourself out and encourages you to embrace everything about yourself and everything that you have the possibility of becoming! Guys...it helps you to know better how to love a woman for who she is! Whether it be your girlfriend or wife now, or a future girlfriend or wife that hasn't come into your life just yet! It's amazing! And all men and women alike should read it!
As I was reading today, one thing really stuck out at me and I wanted to share that with y'all! Throughout the entire book, it mentions briefly how women tend to focus on relationships more than men do, but they really hit on it hard in the part that I read today! It mentions how men tend to let their relationships slip. The book's exact words are that men will "go months without checking in on the health of their relationships. Years, even." In my experience with guys, this is true! I've even had conversations with my close guy friends about it. To be honest, having these conversations with my guy friends made me wonder if I was doing something wrong! I say that because I am a VERY relationship oriented person (as I'm sure you all know). I put A LOT of emphasis on my relationships - how they're going, how meaningful they are, how many I have, how good they're not (not every relationship can be good, right?), etc.! You might even say my life is based around relationships (the most important one being my relationship with God, of course). It's how I'm wired. It's how God made me. And in the back of my head, I've always wondered if I could possibly be placing TOO MUCH emphasis on the relationships with my friends and family! But Captivating helped me to realize that I'm not! Women are wired to care more about relationships than guys are! I guess it's what kind of makes that amazing balance between men and women! The book says that God sent Eve (and the rest of us women) exactly for that reason - so that we could protect relationships and bring them back to center stage where they belong to be! Isn't that incredible? I think it is! The book states that we need to hang onto this even though, at times, we're going to feel like we're the only one that cares! And I don't know about the rest of you beautiful ladies, but I have definitely had that feeling before! I just liked this because it helped me to realize that women are needed to keep relationships going (not that men aren't capable of doing it). It's a gift that God gave us and a special trait that makes us the beautiful women that we are!
So...all in all, I would just like to state that my relationships are my world and I am PROUD of it!  So like it or not friends, y'all are staying my friends as long as I have the power to help it!
Love y'all!
P.S. - There's a men's version of Captivating! It's called Wild At Heart and I recommend that book to everyone as well!
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| Music says it JUST right! =)So...this song (the one I'm listening to right now) pretty much tells EXACTLY how I'm feeling at the moment! Songs have a way of doing that! I love music!
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| My MySpace! =)Hey, guys!
I'm just letting y'all know that I got a MySpace!
So y'all should click here and check it out!
Lemme know what ya think and add me as your friend if I'm not already your friend!
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