the title is altered from rob bell's, 'she ran into the girls bathroom'. in which he talks about a time he asked a girl to dance with him, when he was like 12 years old, at this time in life the dance floor is like a parted sea. guys on this side and girls on that side. so the boy to cross that threshold is pretty brave and is taking a risk (risk is what bell focuses more on in said chapter). well bell was brave enough to make such a journey and asked this girl to dance, in which she could say 'yes' or 'no'. instead she ran off to the bathroom. now, what is so hard about a 'no'? it's you are putting yourself out there to be accepted or rejected. if you are rejected it's like a piece of you is left there. a yes is amazing. rob compared this with God, how we can reject Him or love Him. how God risks love with us, by giving the freewill to love or turn away from Him. God grieves for us as He is in joy for our following Him.
'there is no coincidence, only the illusion of coincidence.'
but, my mind went else where and remembered a time when i was that girl. i ran to the bathroom when something was presented to me. God really gave me sometime of reflection after and this person called me. in which i am deeply sad that i was not open enough with her to say, 'i was weak and i wasn't mature enough.' just a simple, 'i'm not ready, you are great and i can't really live up to this. i'm still a child.' it's amazing how God works, i feel more mature than that day and i have hope that i will constantly keep seeking after Him. thankful that He works through the body and she just so happened to call at the right time. how magnificent is He? i can't fathom, but i'm learning if i let Him work. keep my eyes and ears open to His will, He will work in the subtle winds and through His people. i'm stoked to have this girl in my life again as a sister in Christ. there is so much going for her. we were on the phone for quite some time talking, it was very nice and i'm in awe of what God can do.
He's been giving me wisdom, giving me opportunities and i am trying to sow in Christ name. may i continue to be open to His will, open heart and ears. i continue to ask for divine wisdom and the passion to love all of His children as He loves them.
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random thing about alec baldwin, you'll most likely hate it. i was bored, waiting for brock to call me back.
i got a question for you (this was directed towards, brock), i typed this out so i would have it right when i got a hold of you (brock). like, basically i'm reading a script (he was calling me back). questions that need to be asked before the the main question, you've seen independence day, correct? ok, you've seen pearl harbor, right? well that isn't very important if you have or haven't. what matters is he is a pilot in both films and in some way a commander/leader of the military.
do you think alec baldwin was chose for the role of the leading officer (pilot) in pearl harbor, for his amazing job as the president who was the commander in chief (also a pilot, later in independence day), whom shot down the aliens? oh, he shot down both the japanese and aliens... fictionally of course. (meaning, he gives great speeches from the cockpit of a plane, he's a good fake pilot.)
I'm pretty sure this is true, because he gives a darn good speech while in a cockpit of a plane. he's a terrible fake president (my apologies, alec baldwin is a good actor. comedy my friends) but he got that role (independence day) for his astounding "piloting". same with pearl harbor, terrible leader but a fantastic actor at being a lead man in the cockpit. the speeches this man gives...
**side note to all of this.**
i laughed a lot as i wrote this, i'm a little crazy. brock laughed, repeatedly saying how weird this was. ahaha
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