Prince or frog?

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up: if a boy punches you he likes you, never try to trim your own bangs, and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it: the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. but sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. how to tell the ones who want us from the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. and maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. maybe the happy ending is just moving on. or maybe the happy ending is this: knowing after all the unreturned phone calls and broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment... you never gave up hope. "

Came across this quote on a friends facebook page, its from the movie He's Just Not That Into You, and thought "how true!!" If you look around at all the teen pregnancies, and broken marriages I bet you will find that it was because of disillusionment! As a girl, I can honestly say that we girls can get disillusioned very easily. We find someone that we think is interested in us and suddenly all their faults and all the little signs that this is NOT "the" one suddenly disappear. Then when its all over we're left wondering what happened, why didn't I see this coming. Now I'm not saying that we need to be cynics, absolutely not!!! Girls, you need to have dreams and get enchanted, but don't get so enchanted that you forget what is important. Does this man love God, does he love you? Are you number one on his list of priorities? Does he have his life in order? Is he capable of supporting you and taking care of you? Is he responsible? Is he respected by his peers? These are just a few things to consider. Because if he isn't it's more than liking that's not going to change and you shouldn't wait around hoping it will. I have the tendency to look past a person's faults and see what they could be, but that doesn't mean that is what they are. Just because someone has the potential to be a good person doesn't mean that they will be. I recently was in a relationship like this. I stayed longer than I should have because I saw what they could be and hoped that I would be the one to make them want to be that better person. But that's not how it goes. The lyrics from the Superchic[k] song Princes and Frogs says, "Look into his eyes are you a princess or a fly?" Does this person see you as something valuable, unique, and important or are you just another girl on their list? Does he value you because of your looks or because of your personality? Girls, don't sell yourself short!! Don't fool yourself into thinking that this "frog" you're with is the best you can do! You don't have to settle!!!! You are an amazing and beautiful girl and someday you will meet someone who sees that and is willing to make sacrifices for you and treat you like you are special. Don't give up hope and most importantly don't give up on yourself! Some frogs will still be frogs and some dogs will still be dogs, but some boys will one day be men. The question is are you willing to wait for the man or will you settle for a frog?

"You found him is what you say And we all want you to feel that way But the frog you've got seems cute enough to kiss And maybe frogs seem like that's all their is But just because you haven't found your prince yet Doesn't mean you're still not a princess And what if if your prince comes riding in While you're kissin' a frog what's he gonna think then So look into his eyes Are you a princess or a fly?
All princes start as frogs and all gentlemen as dogs Just wait till its plain to see What we're growing up to be Cause Some frogs will still be frogs And Some dogs will still be dogs Some boys could become men Just don't kiss us 'til then. " (Princes and Frogs by Superchick)

Hang On!

What do you do when you feel like God has left you hanging? I don't mean hanging from the monkey bars, but hanging from the edge of a cliff. You know sometimes you come to a point in life where you don't what, when, where, how, what kind, what color, what time, how many,... you just don't know. Every decision you have made you haven't made hastily or foolishly. You've thought out and prayed long and hard over every decision and things are going good, for a while. Then all of a sudden you hit a brick wall. Then what? A few years ago I talked about something I had heard in one of my Bible classes. We had discussed how we can know if it's God's voice and how we can know what God wants us to do. Dr. Phil Brown had said when you come to a crossroad and you sit there waiting for God to tell you which way to go, but you receive no reply, then you must make the decision yourself and ask God to close the door if it's the wrong decision. "God won't let you miss out on a once in a life opportunity just because you weren't sure if it was his voice or not." But what do you do when it seems like every road you choose to take ends with a brick wall? And when you turn around and head back to the crossroads again you are met with no answer as to which road to take, so again, you make the decision and again you are met with a brick wall. What do you do? You learn from your mistakes? That may be one reason God has allowed you to make so many wrong choices, but how many mistakes do you have to make before you get it right?
The title I chose for my blog, Run the Earth...Watch the Sky, is taken from a song by Chris Rice. These words always stuck out to me. That's a hard concept to remember. If you're running then you need to be watching where you are going or you could stumble. I know there have been times when I would go jogging, that I have looked up at the clouds or a bird and looked back just in time to miss a rock that could have caused me to stumble. But what if, just what if, we would watch the sky, look to God, would He stop us from stumbling? Would He catch us when we fall? I've been told that He will, and honestly He has for me a couple times in the past. But lately, well, let's just say I've fallen a lot. I've skinned my knees, so to speak, more than once. So much that there are going to be scars and the thing I struggle with the most is why. Why did God not catch me? Why didn't HE pick the road for me to go down instead of allowing me to pick it? Why is He remaining silent? Why has He left me hanging here? Why...? I don't know.
I heard a story about the lyrics to a song by Barlowgirl. Years after the Holocaust some people went into one of the concentration camps and were looking around. They came to one of the cells, a dark, damp cell. And on the wall they saw these words: "I believe in the sun even when it is not shining; I believe in love even when I can't feel it; I believe in God even when He is silent." I may not have the answers to these questions. I may not understand...anything, but I do know that I believe in God, even when He is silent. So, I will continue to cling with all my might to the edge of this cliff. I will NEVER let go!!!!

Hang on when the water is rising

Hang on when the waves are crashing

Hang on just don't ever let go

Hang on when you are barely breathing

Hang on when your hearts still beating

Hang on just don't ever let go

(Hang On by Plumb)