Day Twenty-Five of the 86 Day Challenge

      Day Twenty-Five of the 86 Day Wait for your Future Husband Challenge.

      The verse for today comes from Colossians 3:20.
                       "Children obey your parents in everything,  for this pleases the Lord."

       It's so hard when your realize you can take care of yourself and you don't need your parents,   but you still live in their house.  The problem is you still do need your parents if your still living in their house.  TV shows and movies have twisted Americans view on parents as the slow dumb un-fun old people that don't have a life. 

        God is so happy and proud when we obey what are moms and dads ask of us.  As single ladies we need to stand up and listen to what God says about obeying our parents!  They want what's best of us even if we think it's stupid. They are the ones who will take care of us until we get married,  so enjoy the years you have with them because you don't know how long you have. 

        

    

              

Day Twenty-Four of the 86 Day Challenge

   Were on the Twenty-Fourth day of the challenge and its heating up like the summer heat!
   
    Today's story is... your parents!! Yeah, today you ask your mom or Dad how they met. Try putting yourself in someone else's shoes and pretend that your not their daughter. Really listen to her or him and pay attention.

                                                           

Day Twenty-Three of the 86 Day Challenge

      Today is the twenty-third Day of the Challenge.

      The movie for today is...  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

       You may say " I don't want to watch a cartoon!" Actually that is an animated movie.  The difference is cartoons can fly,  bounce, and do crazy stuff that we could not recover from so quickly or not at all.  Animated movies are made to be realistic. 
    
        Okay,  Focus on why Snow White is loved by all the animals and dwarfs.  While she waits for her prince what is Snow White doing?  During Snow Whites wait for her future husband she is being herself and focusing on how she can help others! 

                                                           

 

            

             

Day Twenty-two of the 86 Day Challenge

   We are on day twenty-two of the 86 Day Challenge of waiting for your future husband.

    The question today is...why are we so discontent with what we have?  We want more and more things and different things from what we have.  Sometimes we even become discontent with our family,  boyfriends and God.  

    You may not be happy with being single now, you may even be angry at God for the place, and family He gave you.  
   
    Why not embrace what God has given you and why can't you be happy with where you are in your single life now? 
      
                                                             

  

The twenty-first Day of the 86 Day Challenge

    The twenty-first day of the challenge is today! 

    Video time! Today's song is Beautiful by Group 1 Crew.  If you want to know more on what they say about beauty just tune in.

                                         

          

Day Twenty of the 86 Day Challenge

     We are on our twentieth day of the 86 Day Challenge of Waiting for your Future Husband!!
     The verse today is 1 Timothy 5:22.
                         " Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others.  Keep yourselves pure."
     
      Peer pressure.  Everybody struggles with it.  Kids,  adults,  moms,  dads, everybody! All our friends are saying they've had all these boyfriends and they want you to go out too.  Sure it sounds okay but why date?
       
      Jesus says He wants us to stay pure.  How does that work?  I'm not going to ramble on and make a list. I'm sure you wouldn't like that.  By going to the Bible,  God has some advice on how to stay pure.  Don't get tangled up in what you think may be cool or even to please your friends or family.  I care how you treat yourself ( so does your future husband), and God does too.     

                  

Day Nineteen of the 86 Day Challenge

   Nineteenth day of the wait for your future husband challenge.

   Who's ready to make a craft? Today's craft is a rose you will make for your future sweetheart.  

   What you will need is... tissue paper ( any color), pipe cleaner (any color) and tape. 
  
   First take your tissue paper and fold it on the long side in tight folds.  When it's a long strip you will grab the pipe cleaner and tape one corner of the tissue paper on it.

   Second you will wrap the tissue paper around the pipe cleaner.  Make sure you do it very tight.  Then as you keep wrapping you're going to wrap looser as you go further out. 

    Once you're done with that you can tape it securely and, voila: A rose that will last!  You can even make a bouquet if you want.  Then, place them in your Hope Box.

   
       

Day Eighteen of the 86 Day Challenge

      Today is the eighteenth day of the 86 day wait for your future husband challenge.

      The verse of encouragement today is from Jonah 4:4. It says,
                   'Then the Lord said,  " is it right for you to be angry?"
      Have you ever thought or said, " I have a right to be angry!" I thought that before when my sisters didn't get something right that I asked them to do for me.
       
       Can we be angry at God when we don't meet the man of our dreams sooner then we think?  Of course not!!  But, God understands and He actually is waiting patiently for us to run to His arms.

        So instead of getting angry and flustered about your waiting,  bring your thoughts and anger to Him. Nothing you say would offend  or shock Him. :)                  

       

         

         

Day Seventeen of the 86 Day Challenge

  Day seventeen of the wait for your future husband challenge:

  The story I will be telling you today is about a man named Jacob.

  One day Jacob was in the field (he was on a long journey) and he saw some shepherds with their flocks around the well.  He greeted them and conversed with them until he saw his cousin Rachel coming to the well with her sheep.  They were happy to see each other (Jacob was looking for her father Laban).

   Jacob stayed with Laban and his family for a month. Laban wanted Jacob to work for him and he asked him what he wanted his wages to be.  Jacob wanted Rachel's hand in marriage. Laban agreed and Jacob worked seven years for her.  It only felt like days because he loved her so much!  Finally the day came for Jacob to marry Rachel!  After their wedding day, Jacob  woke up to find that Leah, Rachel's older sister, was next to him!!  Laban wanted Jacob to marry Leah first before Rachel.  Jacob was very angry. He ended up working seven more years for Rachel!!!  After those seven years, a total of fourteen years, he married Rachel and loved her very much.

   That story is found in the Bible,  in Genesis 29:1-30.

   Wow,  what would it be like living in the same place with the man you love and you can't marry him until seven years are up?  Would you wait for only him?  I know it would be hard for me.  Jacob wasn't just sitting on the couch feeling sorry for himself; he was working.  The same can apply to us!  We can focus on school work,  our chores,  a babysitting job,  dog sitting,  volunteering etc.  Instead of who the cutest boy in school, work the neighborhood or wherever you are is,  if you believe that God has chosen a man just for you,  prove it!       

    

          

      

              
              

Day Sixteen of the 86th Day Challenge

Sixteenth day of the challenge!  How's everyone doing?  Hangin' in there?

Today's movie will be Father of the Bride.  This movie is full of laughs, gasps and a tear jerker or two.  Have you ever thought what it would be like when you tell your parents that you're getting married?

  

Grab your favorite snack and your friends (and maybe even your parents) and have fun!

Day Fifteen of the 86 Day Challenge

     Day fifteen of our 86 day challenge.

     Today’s questions I will be asking is….Why are we so hard on ourselves?!  We look in the mirror and sigh with anger or even jealousy when we don’t look like what we want to look like.  We force our body to go through cruel things so we can look beautiful.  Why do we do this?  Is it to get attention from boys or because people make fun of us? 

       

       If you have any questions about this please message me.  :)

The fourteenth Day of the 86 Day Challenge

      Day fourteen of the 86 day wait for your future husband challenge!

 Here's a song about waiting by the awesome band called Barlow Girl!  It’s called Average Girl.  Just sit back and listen to this song.

                                        

The New Normal?

    In today's culture the term 'normal' has changed a lot. 
    Back in the day, if you saw someone with a tattoo that person would be known as a rebellious, gang banger. Now, tattoos are a way to express yourself. The new normal has changed with things like that for centuries. The thing is, this normal is more dangerous.
  
                   
                              Uh, Duh?
     
       Ah yes, what a lovely word to hear. "It goes like this, duh!" I know a daughter, little sister or a little girl next door has said that to you before. How is it that one word can make you feel stupid on so many levels? Especially when  its uttered by a nine year old.
        How is it that little girls have so much attitude now? "Ah well, its starting out younger now." You may say. Uh duh! No its not. Oh sorry about my language.
        How is it that we're expecting our children to act disrespectful toward us? I'm not a mother, but I've had my fill of disrespect. Little girls and teen girls are expected to act a certain way by the world's standards.   "But my daughter knows God's ways!" you may say, but Satan is  smart, my friend.
    
                      Monkey See Monkey Hear
                      Monkey Do
        
             We're all like monkeys ( or sheep). What we see, we do. 
              In the Bible, God refers to us as sheep. My Sunday school teacher told me about a guy that was talking about not wanting to be a sheep. " I don't want to be a dumb sheep! They're so stupid!! I want to be a lion. Why does Satan get to be the lion?"
               Why indeed? 
                            Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
                                 1 Peter 5:8
              I don't know about you but that verse gives me the creeps. If you don't take Satan/the devil seriously, you need to start. 
             Satan is devious and he knows exactly how to get to our daughters. He hates them because he knows that they (all of us) are created in God's image and they have a chance of becoming a daughter of God. 
              As I said above, he knows exactly how to get to our daughters.  Have you ever seen or heard your daughter do a dance move or say something that made you want to smack her and scream in horror at the same time?
           " I don't know where that came from." I've heard so many mothers say this. Do you really want to know? TV shows, music, movies, friends, and even other parents. Children are scary-observant. I've witnessed a girl listening to a song for the first time and she mastered the melody after listening to it once. You may have to consider what you have to literally toss out and sacrifice for your daughters and sons. Jesus never said that it would be easy. We need to be alert and aware like children to be able to stop this.
                             
                Pretty Little Lighters

              You know ABC Family? They admit that they're a new kind of family. Yeah, they got that right! The shows are red flags that their new family is deadly. 
              If you were to live like the example of those shows, it would be catastrophic!
               "Alright kids anything goes! You can keep secrets and lie as long as you look pretty doing it. Daddy and mommy are going to have affairs and be completely unfaithful to each other." Okay that may be to dramatic but the TV shows, music and movies are screaming that message.   As children of God we need to be pretty little lighters. Yeah, lighters. Jesus is the flame and we're the lighter. 
                 It will be hard to live separate from the world. I'm not saying you can't listen to music, watch television or movies. Simply put, follow Christ. He will show you and tell you what you and your family can do that's fun and pure. You need to be sensitive to his leading because His voice is soft.
                  Now, if the new normal is like ABC Family, I don't want to be normal! Who's with me?!
   

                I know music is a humongous influence on young people (I love music!!) I want to leave you with a list of music that's awesome and meaningful...
                        Toby Mac, Group 1 Crew, Dara Maclean, Heather Williams, Kerrie Roberts, Need to Breath, Holly Starr, Matt Kearney, Building 429, Chris August, Plumb, Barlow Girl, Red, Skillet, Britt Nicole, Royal Tailor and so, so much more!
                     
                  Jesus calls us to live like Him.  Live in the world but not of it.    
                           
            
        
  

Day Thirteen of the 86 Day Challenge

    Day thirteen of the 86 day challenge. The verse of encouragement today is...

             Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

   Wow. You have to really stop and think about that for a minute. "I can't do that!" you may scream at the verse. Well, you’re right. No one can!! The only one who can is Jesus. You may roll your eyes. Fight that habit for the moment and read.
   Do you love your family like this? When your parents are right do you rejoice or blow up in anger? When a sibling is bugging you do you patiently see what they want or do you yell "bug of you little brat!" If you can't love your family how can you possibly love the man you'll marry one day?!
    Your single years can be looked at as special and unique. You'll be single for a certain amount of time and married the rest. So why not choose now to explore what true love really is in Jesus Christ!

The Twelfth Day of the 86 Day Challenge

       How's everyone doing? Were on day twelve! Craft day!! 

       Today's craft is really simple. Your’ going to write a letter to your future husband and put it in your box.
So, your’ going to choose whatever paper you want and envelope. Then you'll start writing. Start it off as 'Dear future husband' or whatever you want after the dear. Tell him why you chose to wait for him. Then you can tell him what’s going on in your life right now. Don't forget to write the date as well, and that's it!! Have fun :)

The eleventh Day of the 86 Day Challenge

      Day Eleven of the challenge! The verse for today is...
                     "Do not fear nor be dismayed."
                                           Deuteronomy 31:8

      Every one of us has been afraid or dismayed about something that went "wrong" in our life. Yeah; lots of things don't go as planned in our day like getting an errand done, a project for school or work finished or getting the boy you want.

      God tells us not to be afraid when things in our life go haywire. He planned it all! Maybe the slow person you were stuck behind on the freeway saved you from getting in a car accident with another person a couple cars ahead of you. Or that boy you can’t go out with but you want to, always has a girlfriend with him. Doesn't that give you a clue? Trust in God and don't be afraid. He's holding you in the palm of His hands.  :)

The Tenth Day of the 86 Day Challenge

    We're on day ten of our challenge and I will be telling the story of how Terri and Steve Irwin first met.

     In 1991 Terri went to The Australia Zoo as a tourist visiting Australia. She was in the zoo and she heard this guy giving a demonstration about a crocodile. The way he talked about crocodiles interested Terri because she never heard anyone talk about crocodiles so passionately before! She thought, 'what is with this guy?'

     Even though she thought he was crazy they ended up getting married not long afterwards.
      Have you ever imagined meeting your future husband? Would it be love at first sight? The thing that I've learned is, don't. You might imagine so many different scenarios that when you do meet your prince charming you might be disappointed. So what I do now is ask God to take care of my love story!

Day nine of the 86 day Challenge

    Grab your sisters, girlfriends, mom etc and pop some popcorn because its movie time!!!

     Its day nine of the 86 day challenge on waiting for your future husband!
     Today's movie is The wedding Planner. 

     Mary always loved weddings but she never thought that a wedding was meant for her. We think that if we wait a certain amount of time and when we can’t find the man we think is right for us we give up, like Mary did. One day "Fate" brought her the man of her dreams and it was when she least expected it.

The eighth day of the 86 day Challenge

    Day eight of the challenge. Today I will post a question or a couple of them. You can message me if you want to talk about it with me or you can bring it up with your mom, Grandma, Aunt, Cousin or friends!

      Okay, have you ever thought 'why am I dating? What is the point of it?!' Or if you never dated like me you can think of it the same way but a little differently.

    Are you dating or want to date because you want to be satisfied by your desires or you want to look cool? Do you think that would really last? Don't you want a love that will last forever?

     I will leave you to ponder those questions.  

Day Seven of the 86 Day Challenge

   Seventh day of the 86 day challenge! How are you girls doing? Are you feeling like giving up? Before you call it quits watch this video ‘Wait for me ‘by Rabecca St. James. 

Day six of the 86 Day Challenge

Day six of the challenge. Tuesdays I will post a verse.

   The verse today is found in 1 Corinthians 1:27,

        "God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise."

   We may think that things that God wants us to do is foolish, or others may think that. Like waiting for your future husband, seems very foolish to many. When I was eight I wanted an American Girl doll so much! My sisters  and I would look through the magazine as much as we could. Vanessa got Samantha the doll for her tenth birthday! I was happy for her but sad as well. My parents said we (Brittany and Courtney and I) had to wait until we were ten until we got one. Two Years!!!! That was too long to wait. I thought that was stupid, I played with dolls all the time this one wasn't that different.

        As the days, weeks and months past I became more content and patient. I enjoyed watching Vanessa comb Samantha's hair and play with her. I enjoyed thinking what I would do with Molly the doll.

        Our ninth birthday came up. One year closer! Strangely my sisters and I got the same size box from our parents. We opened it. Molly stared up at me!!!! I got her earlier than expected. I cherished her and handled her with care after getting her.

        If I got what I wanted right when I got it and ignored the "foolish" way I wouldn't have been so thankful for Molly. It’s exactly the same with your future husband. You will cherish him even more knowing that you waited just for him.

Day Five of the 86 day Challenge

    Hello ladies, today is the fifth day of the challenge!
So, on Mondays I will post a craft that you can make. 

    Today's craft is... a box. It's not just any box but a box that will hold the treasures that you collect and make for your future husband.

    First, you will get a shoe box and colorful paper, glue or tape, sharpies or colored pencils and anything you want to decorate your box.

    Second, you will begin decorating. Do whatever you want!! If you don't want to decorate a box you can buy an already decorated box from a crafting store like Joann or Michael’s. Have fun decorating or looking for a box!

Day four of the 86 Day challenge

     Fourth day on The Wait for your future husband challenge!
Today's verse is found in Psalm 37:7:

     Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

     This can apply to practically anything in your life! But we're focusing on waiting for Prince Charming. What David is saying in this verse is don’t be horrified or worried when you see people doing things apart from God and they're being praised for it and being rewarded. 

We have to remeber that our reward is in Heaven. Yes, God can bless us with earthly things but the point is; the reward is Jesus.  He will bless whatever we do, whether its in secret or plain sight. The blessing may not be what we expected but just wait on Gods timing because its perfect and planned out. He knows exactly what he’s doing!! :D

Day three of the 86 day challenge

     Today is the third day of the 86 day waiting for your future husband challenge.
On Saturdays, I'm going to post waiting stories, love stories and others. The story I will be telling is mine. 
     When I was thirteen I never dated before but my, sisters, friends and I would share with each other crushes that we had at that time. One day I was jumping on the trampoline (I was thinking about boys and dating the whole day), I declared to myself “I’m going to wait for my future husband!"

  The thing that's amazing is I don't remember anyone ever telling me before that time about waiting. I didn’t know what was in store for me. It has been painful and frustrating over the years. I remember almost every night when I was sixteen I cried out from feeling so left out and alone. I would not have been able to get through it without Jesus and my family.

  Jesus gave me the patience, hope and joy on waiting and my family encouraged and comforted me. I am still waiting this very moment for the man that God will allow me to marry, and I'm happier and more content while I wait!!! :D

Day two of the 86 day challenge

     Okay Ladies, second day of the 86 day wait for your future husband challenge! Every Friday I'm going to tell you about a movie that you can watch.
The movie today is called Ever After a Cinderella story. Everyone knows the story of Cinderella right? It never hurts to watch the same story told differently. Pay attention to how Daniel spends her time as a single lady. Was she mopping around waiting for her prince charming to rescue her? Was she crying and feeling sorry for herself because she was single? Well, you'll have to watch it for yourself. ;)

Day one of the 86 day challenge

       Okay, many of you have heard of those crazy challenges out there like the cinnamon challenge and the ice and salt challenge. Well, I have a challenge in store for you, depending on if you’re brave enough. This is an 86 day challenge! You want to know what it is? The 86 Day Challenge, Waiting for your Future Husband.  The awesome thing is, you can invite your sisters, friends( girls only) and mom to be apart of this. Starting today, just think about it, if you want to throw yourself in this wackiness. Let me just say this,"I dare you!!"

 

Monster

   One summer evening, one of my sisters and I were sitting on the couch watching TV. We began to fight ( I don't remember what it was about but it probably was something small) and I picked up my glass of water and was about to walk away. Suddenly I couldn't take it any more. I splashed her in the face with my half-cup of water. Time seemed to slow. Before it hit her face I wished I could turn back time. It slapped her smack in the face! She gasped and stared at me, mouth wide open, tears forming. I ran.  I felt so ashamed.  I felt like a monster.

   Have you ever done something that you wished you could take back? Maybe you've done it out of anger like me, revenge, annoyance, jealousy, lust. Everyone has done more then one thing that made you feel like a monster. 

                               Sin
     Sin is the problem.  Paul says in Romans 7:16-20 "I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out." That's from v.18, does that sum it up? I remember reading that in a youth group Bible study once. We laughed as we read through and got tongue tied. Yes, it can be a little ridiculous the way Paul wrote that, but, isn't that the point? Sin doesn't make sense. 

     It's like playing in mud. Its cool and the smooth texture between your hands and feet feels nice. Your mother asks if you want to help her make cookies. Oh yeah! Excitedly you follow her to the house but she explains that she'll have to clean you off first. How dare you? you may think. The mud feels so good. But is it really okay to stay that way? Then your mother gives you two choices. "Either you stay outside and play in the mud or, you can come in the house and help me make cookies."
    Man, cookies sure do sound good but; it was fun playing in the mud. What if it hurts cleaning the mud off or worse. What if I can't play in the mud ever again! 
     After a few minutes of thought you agree because  you feel so hungry. It does hurt getting the mud off. The grains of sand scrape your skin and you begin to cry. You start struggling to cover your raw skin with mud. Your mother hugs you and tells you that when you're clean it will feel better. You look into her face and you know its going to be okay. After it's all gone you go in together and the cookies are so much more better then the mud. You even get a cold glass of milk, too! 

     It's like that with Jesus. He doesn't want us to wallow in our sin and become slaves to it and act like beasts. He offers us life with Him, eternal life. If you have accepted Christ or are thinking about it, let me tell you that those grains of sand/sin will still scratch you while living here on earth. You may want to run back to the mud but, Jesus provides a way out. 

          We are monsters because of our sin. There is nothing we can do to change that. Jesus Christ came to earth to change that! He Died on the cross and has defeated sin and wants us to join Him and believe that He has done that. He can and wants to take that monster out of you.