A Narniawebbers blog for all her friends.

I know it’s been forever since I have blogged…

Life has been crazy busy for me, I have been all over the place. And life has just been crazy.

But, I have been wanting to put up a blog for a while, but couldn’t think of anything to blog about.
Tonight, I was talking with a friend (who is very crazy, by the way… and no, he doesn’t mind me saying so. -It’s a compliment to him, not an insult. As well it should be, being crazy, is awesome!) and I randomly said something very odd indeed. And the next thing I know, he’s basically daring me to post it as a blog! *shakes head*

So… this random post is for our friend Todd (from NW).

My random thought of the day…

Chocolate -nearly everyone’s favorite candy- is grown on trees, like fruits. It’s very healthy… really it is!
Flour, is a grain, and can reduce the risk of heart attacks.
Eggs, are chocked full of Vitamin D, and that helps strengthen your bones.
Milk, is basically liquid calcium!

So… if all of these are good for you… does that mean that we can classify Chocolate dough nuts as healthy?

Yes, you may take that to your doctor and try to stump him. (Or even try to convince your mom! Who knows… maybe she’ll agree) *laughs*

Have you ever had those moments of ‘I just really don’t belong here’? I had one yesterday…

I was at my neighbor’s house looking at her Yard/Porch Sale, she wears my sizes. We have been friends for *thinks hard* …about 9 years now. She’s a year and 1/2 younger than me, butthat really doesn’t change a whole lot at my age.

We’ve always known we aren’t exactly alike, she is more of a ‘worldly’ girl than I am; I would rather wear a garbage bag than wear some of the outfits she wears. I would rather befriend Frankenstein’s monster than have some of the friends she has. I would rather put my head in the toillette and listen to the water in it than have to listen to some of the music she listens to. I would rather eat soap than say some of the things that she says.
And yet all of the things she does is considered perfectly normal from a teenager, and the world expects teenagers to be like her.

Aside from all of our differences that we have, we still are friends. (Just not close)
Usually we don’t always disagree with things. However on several occassions I realize just HOW different we are… yesterday was one of them.

We were sitting there talking about some of the things we are doing this summer when a guy walked by with his dog.
We both looked over at him, smiled and nodded. (That’s how we say hello here. -Sometimes it’s a raised hand, other times it’s actually a verbal hello, but the most common is a head nodd.) He smiled and nodded back and walked on.

When he passed out of ear range we both said ‘Awwwwww, he’s so cute!’.
We both laughed that we said the same thing, “I know,” I said “I just love German Shephards, they are so adorable.”
She looked at me stunned. “NOT THE DOG! … I meant the guy.” she said in an irratated voice. (Like I was the idiot here.)

………
I’ve never, EVER thought that way about a guy before, and yet I’m looked at like the weirdo in the situation. I think we were both stunned at eachother’s responce, although we’ve known eachother long enough we should be used to it by now.
*sighs* I, yet again, realize that ‘I just don’t belong here’.

Announcing the grand opening of Maidens Of Modesty!!!!

*laughs* YES! That is what has been keeping me busy for all this time! I have finally opened my new website Maidens Of Modesty.. with the help of some of my closest friends.

Please feel free to check it out at http://www.maidensofmodesty.com
And, if you wish, you can join the forum at http://www.maidensofmodesty.com/forum
(The forum really has content, it’s just hidden until you sign in. Just to let you know. -I’ve had several people ask my why it has no content.)

I hope you all enjoy it! Lemme know what you think!

In Christ’s love,
~Shadow

*sighs* How lame does it seem that I get a ‘kick in the pants’ from watching my baby sister? Seriously…. it astounds me sometimes how God shows you things in ‘everyday life’ situations.

Keep reading…… (click on the ‘more’ button below)

… continue reading this entry.

*sighs dreamily* Isn’t God wonderfully amazing??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My lands, I wish I could sumerize my entire week in one short blog, but I can’t! Not even kind of! Not unless I cut out tons of details… which I won’t.

I’ll try to explain it in several blogs, but no promises.

But to be honest, this conference has SERIOUSLY changed my life. I will truly never be the same. I have been AMAZED at what God has done for us, and what He has planned for us. (We have been blessed to see a wee bit of what He wants for us -or at least it looks that way, if He wants to change our future, then so be it!)

All this has made me realize how much of a passion I have for teens (girls especialy) and ministry. *sighs* So I will announce (something I didn’t want to announce yet, but I feel like I have to) that I will be creating a Christian Teen ministry site soon. I am working on it as I type. It should be working within a month or so.
If anyone has any interest in a) helping me. or b) participating in this PLEASE contact me. You can do that either here, or through NW or even at maidensformodesty (at) gmail (dot) com. (-keeping it so that I don’t get spammed by spambots.-) I’d love to have help, and I really would like to work with people who have a heart for teen ministry.

That’s all for now. Email me if you are interested please!
In Christ alone,
~Shadow

Hello again everyone, I am sorry I have not posted in a while. These past few days have gone by in a blur, but not in a bad way.

God has been amazing us more and more. He has been teaching us to completely rely on Him for everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. There is no small detail that passed His sight. (Although I did not doubt that there was, I still am amazed at His taking care of said details.)

To get right down to it -I’m going to Tennessee! Make that WE are going to Tennessee! To this amazing conference that I wanted to go to before, the one that Ryan and his mom invited us to go to with them.
It’s a business conference that will (honestly) change my/our lives forever.

After this, I don’t think that I will ever live the same way. I will (or at least try with all my heart to) ALWAYS trust in God and NEVER think that even the smallest detail is too little for Him to take care of. I will never try to do things in my own strength (as wimpy as that is), but in His. (Of which I cannot even try to fathom.)

This has been one of the most impacting weeks of my life, watching God work everything out one by one, detail by detail, piece by piece, person by person, to get us to TN.

To be honest, it will be odd at first, I won’t know anyone (except Ryan and his mom of course) but I doubt that will stop me from talking to some of these people.   You NEVER know who you will bump into at these conferences.  Even though they may look like ‘every day people’, that doesn’t mean that they don’t have their own million dollar empire. (Even at my age.) *laughs*
Starting your own business is serious, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with it. I truly cannot wait until we leave, and I truly cannot wait to get started on my own businesses.

So to conclude…. First I want to say that I will be gone from Wednesday until next Tuesday. I will try to update next Wednesday, but no promises.
And second  I just want to say..  “PRAISE BE TO GOD! May He always guide us where He wants us to go, and keep surprising us in His amazing timing. THANK YOU FATHER! I am BEYOND blessed and honored to be chosen for this task that You have for me. -Amen!”

I realized that I was spending too much time on the computer and I was too involved on the C&P when my baby sister (who I was supposed to be watching) in my arms was playing with something behind my back making baby ‘OOOOOOOO’ and ‘MMMMMM’ sounds.
It took me 2 minutes to realize that those were not her normal ‘playful baby noises’. I turned around and saw her stuffing her face with the chocolate bridge mix that I was saving for my mother. Her chubby cheeks stuffed with chocolate goodies, she turned to me and GRINNED and said “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

*sighs and burries her head in her hands* I am really a lousy sister. Must keep track of the baby.
Do not worry, she is not a tiny baby we are talking about a soon to be 16 month old here. She CAN eat chocolate, but I’d just rather she didn’t.
Oh, and I removed what chocolate she had in her mouth.

Mum shall be very surprised, and delighted I’m sure, when she comes home to a chewed up wad of chocolates for her! How lovely!

Thanks for reading everyone!
*hugs*
~Shadow

She immediately changed the subject again “But guess what?! I’m wearing Matt’s belt! *annoying giggle*” “Why is that?” Said ‘smarter-than-a-microwave-girl’ “Because I’m wearing pants that are too big for me. *annoying giggle* He had to put another hole through it. *giggles again*”
By then I had too much…. I can’t stand that stuff. I walked out.
As soon as I walked out of the restroom with my sisters we walked into Dane’s dad in the hallway. It took all me effort to not tell him about the incident in the bathroom. But I managed. We just talked about life, neighbors…. I have plenty to say about that. *rolls eyes* And some other topics of intelligence. It was a nice relief from giggley-goofballs.
[Ends story]

I would not have as much of a problem with that discussion going on in the bathroom if we were at a public school, or a movie theatre, or even if we were out in a store. But a church?????!!!! What is wrong with this? Why are these ‘young ladies of God’ babbling on about boys in the bathroom in CHURCH???? Actually why are they talking about them like that at all?

I’m not saying that I don’t have guy friends, I’m not even saying that I don’t talk about them. I DO have guy friends, and I DO talk about some of them, but NOT like that. They are not ‘possible boyfriends’ to me. They are brothers in Christ. Why is the church not teaching this? Why are these kid’s parents not teaching this? Why is this not a normal thing? Why is it expected of me to look at my brothers in Christ and see them in a romantic way? Does this not creep anyone else out but me?
*sigh*

I guess that’s enough complaining from me for now. I have a million other thoughts on this subject, but for now I shall keep them to myself. I’ll bring it up again some other day when I have more time.

So to close I would like to say something to my guy friends;
My dear brothers, please forgive me if I have even so much as appeared as if I was interested in you in another way than just being siblings. I do love you all, but not in that way. I appreciate your friendship and your encouragement when you give it. But I cannot see you as anything else than a brother in Christ.
I would like to be so audacious to ask that you would be kind enough to return the favor and see me as nothing more than a sister in Christ.

And to my gal friends;
Please I beg you with all my heart, do NOT ruin any relationship you have with a fellow brother in Christ by looking at your relationship through a romantic eye. You have no idea how much that could hurt a good friendship with your brother. I have heard that it is really hard to not do so, but I am asking you to put forth the effort to remain pure for your future husband and wait for God to bring him, instead of looking for him through your group of friends.

Well that’s all for now everyone, thanks for listening.
*hugs to you all*
~Shadow

First of all I’d like to start off with a quick update. (Everyone keeps asking me about what’s going on in ‘my side of the world’. *laughs*) I do appologize for not keeping up to date with you guys but I’ve been CRAZY busy. Here is a quick look at this week alone. (Which is not even one of our horribly busy weeks.)

Yesterday (Sunday) we had 2, 3 hour long, meetings at an old church, tonight we have another one, and Tuesday we have the last one.
Wednesday is our ‘play’ and the public tea party. Not interested in either one. But I have to do it anyway. I’ve got a part in the play. (*clears throat* Only a few people know about that….. and uh, well… who I play.)
Thursday is Women’s bible study, and we crash Thursday afternoon and have another meeting Thursday night.
Friday is something big… I just don’t remember. And I don’t remember what Saturday is. *sighs*
This is just what is scheduled. Tons of other things pop up during the day. (You know… life)

Now… onto topic.

While we were at an old church this week I was saddened by what their teenagers behavior and that it was accepted as ‘normal’. As a church they should be encouraging teens to remain pure. Not to hang all over each other and flirt with anyone who you consider ‘cute’.

[Starts into a story]
While I was in the women’s restroom waiting for my little sisters to hurry up 2 young bubble headed ditzy chicks came into the restroom giggling and chatting.
The one (who, by the way, went into the stall) said “And I KNEW they were talking about me” *annoying giggle* “Awww, I just think that ’so-n-so’ is SOOOOOO cute especially after he said that about me” (I didn’t catch the name I was too busy trying to keep from regurgitating from the overdose of giggly maniacs) The other one, who seemed to have a bit more sense than a microwave… unlike the first one, said “Yeah, he is pretty sweet”

The ‘stall-girl’ then changed the subject and said “Yeah, but you know Dane’s dad? Well he is SOOOOO scary. Every time I see him I get scared. * annoying giggle* I won’t talk to him.” The microwave girl asked her why that was, to which she replied “I don’t know, he just is scary to me.”

[pause story] Now please understand, this is an old church of mine. I had gone to that church for 4 years before we left. I know Dane, and his dad. I like talking to Dane’s dad. He is very smart, he is exceptionally nice, and he loves to talk to teens, and he wants to listen to what you say. He is also one of the few people who I can have an intelligent conversation with at that church. Aside from that, when she mentioned Dane, I realized that if she is even close to Dane’s age she must be 13 – 15! We’re not talking about someone my age people! We’re talking about YOUNG kids. [back to story]