Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It's more than where you're born - it's an idea, a state of mind that seems imparted at birth. It's more than loving fried chicken, sweet tea, high school football, cookouts, country music, and acoustic guitars. It's being hospitable, being devoted to front porches, magnolias, the good Lord, and each other. We don't become Southern - we're born that way.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

5 Favorite Words!!!

I'm not one to have a HUGE vocabulary but if you know me at all you will learn that I'm very open to learning new words. Ha, Very often will you here the phrase "I don't know what that word means!" or "I'm not gonna lie I had to look that up!" :) Because well there are A LOT of words that I have no idea what they mean and I'm not one to just pretend I know nor am I one to be to good to simply stop and ask "What does that mean?" So I want to share my 5 favorite words and why.........



#1 Father- I love the word father for 2 reasons.....1. First and foremost because my whole heart and soul belong to THE Father! aka God :) I just recently began referring to God as THE Father. It was a little different at first but think about it He is, but isn't your father or my father, or even a father but He is THE Father to all creation weather they accept it or not that is still who He is. My life is what it is to this day and am I even alive because of The Father. He is my best friend, my healer, my protector, my beloved, and the best thing in my whole life. The one thing I'll forever have when all else fails. 2. Because I am a Daddy's girl to the CORE!!! My dad is the smartest man I know! He has been one of the most support people in my life and I never give him enough credit for it. He is the one man who has never took my desire to give enormous amounts of love to people for granted or lightly. I make every smart decision in life with intentions to please my dad more than I do to please myself.


#2 BELOVED- "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" S Of S 6:3........If I was to ever get a tattoo I would get the word "Beloved" on the underside of my left wrist. I love being called beloved so much that I use to wonder if I could get my husband to call me beloved?? ha nerdy I know but I then decided that I kinda liked to leave it as Gods name for me. When I journal I always sign the ends with "Love- Your Beloved" :) And recent true story, I have this 2 sided picture frame about my stove and in one side is a picture of myself from like High School i think? and on the other is one of those name cards with a bible verse on it. Well last night I go into the kitchen at like 2 am and for some weird reason look up and glance at this double frame I have had for YEARS (like 10) and i bout lost it!!!! At the top it has my name and right below it in parentheses it says "Beloved"!!!!! I thought I was gonna to die happy at that very moment!!! :) It totally made my weekend.


#3 Family- I LOVE Family!!!! I was unfortunate growing up that I never had this tight close bonded family. Yes i had select few ties with people in and out of life but not as tight as I one day hope my life will be. My Parents split when I was 4 and life between them has been awful ever since, yes to this day! I've learned that some things are out of my control and I can only learn from the things I see. One of the biggest reason I can hardly wait to get married and have beautiful little babies is so that I can take the amazing things I learned in life and pass them on and discard of the ones that weren't so great. I do not frown upon anything in my life or the ways it was done I only learn from them. Which I've learned LOTS!!! Ha I am the last of 6 brothers and sister to marry and have kids and I'm not even the youngest but because I want to do it so right and perfect and in Gods timing I will happily be the last to get married and have a child of my own. (Plus my siblings have enough babies for me to keep now, if only they all didn't live in different states :( .....) I guess I just realize I'm the last one to move off out of state also..........


#4 Southern- Ok this one is a given due to my blog!!!! :) I Love love love love being a southern girl!! I tend to loose my southern accent but sometimes I really get lost in my words and they all come rolling out!!! haha ICE is my worst word i believe I say it like EYES, haha! But yah its ok! I LOVE country music SOOO much and I think id have a lot of bad days without it. Now not the country music about getting drunk and drinkin beer (ok some I like just bc its country) but for the most part I love it because its about family, God and Love!!! :) My 3 favorite things!!!!! :) I Love having cookouts and just spending time with people i love. I love opening doors and windows and allowing the amazing weather inside.
#5 Captivated- 1st I just love the way it sounds, don't know why? But I do. :) If i had to describe myself or my life in one word it would be Captivated. I've been captivated by God from some of the hardest most heart breaking times i think one person should ever have to go through. I would not change a bit of it though!!!!! In the last year I've had to share my testimony in front over 1,000 people (i think) and I have never in my life realized how much of a impact my past can be and how it can encourage someone elses life. I have realized that so many young girls have come into my life that are going through the exact same things i did and i love being able to say i REALLY know what your going through and more than that i love being able to say "And this is how WE fix it....." :) Ahhh gives me chills thinking about the impact!!!! LML!

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