Showing posts with label inspirational people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspirational people. Show all posts

Monday, May 12, 2014

I have the best mom in the world


10 things that make my mom the best mom in the world

My mom and dad

1. She would do anything for her children. I (my brother and sister too) can always count on her. She always helps and does what ever it takes.

2. She is a great role model. She is a brilliant mother, wife, friend, co-worker and a woman. She works hard no matter what she does.

3. She is a cancer survivor. She had a breast cancer.

4. She is a strong woman. She had a challenging childhood but that hasn't stopped her. She knows her worth.

5. She is a prayer warrior. She prays everyday for her children and other people. She has seen how prayer works and knows how important it is

6. She is smart. She knows how to handle difficult people. She knows how to teach wild ADHD children. She knows how to make a grandpa learn to use a computer.

7. She is funny. She has a great sense of humor. Life is not boring with her.

9. Her cooking is divine. No one cooks and bakes like she does. She knows how to use spices and mix different countries' cuisines to prepare a perfect meal. She makes Finnish food taste amazing (I don't like Finnish food because it's so tasteless)

10. She has an eye for beauty. Her house (no matter where it is) has always been beautiful. She knows how to decorate. She also creates beautiful cards and sewing projects.


My mom is the best mom in the world.



Monday, September 30, 2013

Esther - a Bachelor contestant becomes a hero


Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved Esther (from the Bible). I loved (and still do) that a poor orphan girl won a King's heart and became a queen. 


But what makes Esther interesting today, is that her story is so much more than a pretty girl getting her man. 



By Bob Prosser


So who was Esther?

I love Mark Driscoll's take on Esther:

"She grows up in a very lukewarm religious home as an orphan raised by her cousin. Beautiful, she allows men to tend to her needs and make her decisions. Her behavior is sinful and she spends around a year in the spa getting dolled up to lose her virginity with the pagan king like hundreds of other women. She performs so well that he chooses her as his favorite. Today, her story would be, a beautiful young woman living in a major city allows men to cater to her needs, undergoes lots of beauty treatment to look her best, and lands a really rich guy whom she meets on The Bachelor and wows with an amazing night in bed. She’s simply a person without any character until her own neck is on the line, and then we see her rise up to save the life of her people when she is converted to a real faith in God."

(Read Driscoll's whole text HERE.)

By Liz Poage


"... we see her rise up..."




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