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Monday was the 6th birthday of my baptism.

I was baptized at the Yellow Breeches Creek at Messiah College on August 25, 2002 by the pastor of my E-Free church. I was 19 years old.

There was a huge thing at the creek where there were a ton of us getting baptized at the same time. Everyone sat around on blankets/lawn chairs and we had the praise band there and everyone getting baptized took turns giving their testimonies. Then we went five at a time into the creek, each with a certain staff/pastor. Then we were dunked and all.

My testimony was basically about how I had been raised into the church, and I remembered “accepting Jesus into my heart” at about five years old. I had been in church on and off, so “missed” the usual baptism time (about 12 in the Baptist church, since I was raised Baptist), and that I decided to study baptism and now knew enough to know that baptism was a necessary step and it was time. Most of the testimonies were of the church camp type though.

Crappy pictures because they were scanned back in 2002 onto a 1995 HP with built in picture sized scanner, ha.

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Weeeeee I dyed my hair. haha.

I did this last night.

Before: This is mostly my natural color, though there is a bit of black bits here in there in there still. And yes, it’s normally that drastic in highlights, naturally. (Most people tell me I have roots showing and I need to dye again, even when it’s all my natural color… err.)

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Huh, at least I know I’m not alone, and not the only retard scared to death of Chuck E. Cheese’s. lol.

Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Pupaphobia: Fear of puppets.
Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns.

I’m okay with wax statues thanks to Gettysburg Wax Museum and my relative Preston Brooks being there and all. (Yay traitors!) But, beyond, ha!

I also have the fear of people when they wear masks. They’re all related. Animatronic creatures are by far the worst. They make clowns seem tolerable, haha.

Here’s more! haha

Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals.
Dentophobia - Fear of dentists.
Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. (both!)
Arsonphobia - Fear of fire.
Harpaxophobia - Fear of being robbed.
Arachnephobia/Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
Entomophobia - Fear of insects.

I’d say the fire and public ones are the worst, up there with animatronic puppets. Trying to speak is actually a bit worst than speaking itself. Weird.

Haha, I prolly have this too

Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.

I haven’t come across one of my worst “fears” (I wouldn’t call it a fear as much as anxiety) though. You know the fear of the sight of blood? I don’t have that, actually at all, but I do have something that’s really similar, same sort of reaction/situation. It’s an intense panic, nausea, freak-out, almost to the point of fainting, when talking/reading about “non-visible” physical problems, like broken bones, pinched nerves, muscle damage (or talking about the effects of muscle relaxants or pain meds), lumps, infection, internal symptoms of diseases/things like heart attacks/cancer, maybe internal bleeding, but next external, etc. Seriously, I can’t even perform a breast self-check (TMI?) without getting dizzy and nauseated. Organs are iffy, sometimes, but only in conjunction with other things, like symptoms of diseases. I’m not afraid of actual diseases, or organs themselves, though and not of blood/guts– but it’s the fact that you can’t outright see these things. And it’s definitely the direct physical presence of them– I’m not afraid of what they can mean (like a lump being related to cancer).

http://www.phobialist.com/

Haha, well that was fun, seeing how nuts I am! Just for fun (and somewhat seriously), how about your phobias? They can be really seriously, or somewhat silly/not-quite-an-actual-phobia.

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This is outrageous. I just.. ugh, I cannot even accept the amount of rationalization. UGH. I just can’t say anything else.

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My husband just opened up his Diablo II case and among the Diablo II CDs, he found DC Talk: Supernatural. No recollection of it being put in there by either of us.

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A repairman came today to check our AC because it wasn’t working, and last night I had a dream that when he came, our cat got out, and some mangy, dirty, white male dog about her height started humping her.

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I’m reading Hebrews right now and as I passed this verse, something stood out to me.

I have no idea if this is accurate or not, so maybe someone could shed some light.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (ESV)

Is it possible that this verse is a reflection of the Trinity? (Not a proof, but a reflection of the character of God in the form of the Trinity, and not a sharp definition “this part connects directly to this part and only this part”, sort of thought, just more generalized.)

For the word of God is living and active would refer to Jesus– Jesus is referred to as the Word in John (and probably elsewhere, but that’s my first thought there) and was physically living and active on earth.

Piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow would refer to the Holy Spirit– the aspect of God immanent in the world/individual– the heart changer.

Discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart would refer to God the Father, as the ultimate Judge.

And of course, the whole verse together is the Godhead at work.

Any thoughts?

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I think I’m going to take some time to share my favorite Bible passage. This is a new thing, this particular one. I’m sure I’ve read it to some extent before, and I, of course, know the story and the song. But I read it last week and it became meaningful to me. Yes, that’s right, despite all that I say, I occasionally have moments of actual emotion and meaning — beyond multiple translations, footnotes, cultural significance, author’s original intentions, Greek & Hebrew lexicons, articles & studies with varying viewpoints, etc. (Even though these are important!)

Sometimes I feel chills when a room of people sing to God. But, this, this is different. Yes, this stands alone for me, and I don’t know how else to say it but to say that I can feel it in my soul.

The Valley of Dry Bones (ESV)

Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; [1] it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath [2] to enter you, and you shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, [3] and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

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I’ve had a blog for one-third of my life.

Yes, that totally is worth repeating here and on Twitter.

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…by Liz Curtis Higgs

I was going to give this book a fair shot, despite fully expecting the writing of it to be.. a bit.. shallow? But, I try to be all optimist about it all, and try to find the good in the bad. Blah, blah blah.

But, then I got to this passage on page 22 (yeah, it didn’t take long):

“And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.’ Genesis 2:16-17″

There you are. A simple commandment. Not ten of them, just one: “Thou shall not eat.” (Personally I wish the very first edict from God hadn’t involved dieting, don’t you? If only he’d said, “You must not eat anything with less than four hundred calories.” Now there is a commandment I could live with.)

Okay, what?

1. I don’t do superficial. I don’t do, “Hey, Girlfriend, how ARE you?!” *flips hair* (Which by the way, “girlfriend” is used in the intro of this book, I believe.) I just don’t do this. But, really, I can try to get through that part.

2. I don’t mean to push this fat acceptance thing too much or HAES, particularly since I’m still learning, and I tend to drive people nuts when I first learn something, but… why is it even spoken as though it is understood that people (and by “people”, it is obviously meaning “women” in this context) 1. diet or 2. need to diet. Dieting is bad. I knew this before I started learning about HAES. It’s a pretty simple concept, really– they don’t work, period. Dieting repeatedly is connected to long-term health issues. Myths, myths and more myths. Another myth.

Hmm.. there’s the whole self-hatred and eating disorders, fun. The supposed obesity epidemic and BMI are jokes. There’s the ridiculous idea that being fat itself is unhealthy. (Hey, while you’re at it, just read everything on this site.)

But, here’s my particular favorite: brainwashing children, government control and loss of liberties/parenting rights/etc. Here, here, here, and here. And, you’re kidding right?

So, here’s an idea: continue perpetuate this dangerous mindset! (Yes, I know the book is from 1999, no, it doesn’t excuse the fact that this particular superficial, vain language even exists in a Christian book.)

(And *sobs* we’re taught all of this from birth! How do we unlearn all of this junk?)

Oh, on a better note… this is fantastic.

*SIGH*

I threw the book, literally, threw the book, across the room. And then I walked over, picked it up, and threw it again. And THEN, in a divine reenactment of the reading of the passage to my husband, I did it a third time. I don’t think I’ll be finishing it.

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