Beauty

I was searching online for quotes about beauty and found a few that I really liked.

"Beauty in my opinion has nothing to do with looks. Its how you are as a person and how you make others feel about themselves." - The Notebook of Life

"Real glamour and beauty is not just mascara, Chanel no. 5 Perfume, and perfect lip gloss. Its being a role model, being beautiful on the inside, and caring more about others than you do yourself." -Unknown

"Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself on the inside and out."- Unknown

This world has distorted images of beauty.  A majority of the models are super-skinny and airbrushed.  No wonder eating disorders among young girls are so common.  Beauty is being the best you, its about caring for and taking care of others before yourself.  Its about putting others before you and following God's plan.

What I don't get about...pro-abortion activists

1. They are for woman's rights. But if the child inside the womb is a girl wouldn't that girl have rights too?

2. They say that a fetus is not a child. But leading scientists say that life begins at fertilization.

3. If someone hits a pregnant woman with a car causing the unborn baby to die then it is considered murder. But abortion is not.


*Without Life we can't have liberty or pursuit of happiness*

*Be glad your mom chose life*

Things we can learn from Mother Teresa

1. Treat everyone equally and with respect.

"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs—all different religions. But they all come to our prayers."

2. Love God with all your heart.

"There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it.
The poor you may have right in your own family.
Find them.
Love them."

3. Think before you speak.

"Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart."

4. Forgive.

"If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive."

5. Give yourself to God.

 "Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness."

 

I believe that if everyone follows Mother Teresa's example the world will be a better more loving place. :)

Twitter

Finally got on the bandwagon and got a twitter.

It's FashionFaith2

:)

Talents

One of my favorite parables is the parable of the talents.  Here is a brief summary of the parable.  A master leaves on a trip, but before he goes he gives his servants "talents".  One servant gets five talents, another two and yet another one.  The one with five talents went to work and got five more.  The one with two talents gained two more.  The servant with one talent went out and hid it in a hole in the ground.  The master returned and the servants gave him their talents.  The one with one talent , however, told the master that he had hid the talent.  The master got upset at the servant and gave his talent to the one who has ten talents.

I love this parable because it is about using the gifts that God gave you to help better society.  God gave you gifts for a reason.  He wants you to use them on his behalf.  Everyone has something different to bring to the table; although we all don't have the same talents they can still be used somehow by God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTeIMursb8
(Music video for Do Everything by Steven Curtis Chapman.)

 

Even though this parable was told at the time that Jesus was alive it still is extremely relevant today.  Steven Curtis Chapman has a great song that goes great with this parable.

Orientation and stuff

(I know I have not posted in a while but with Orientation for college and other personal stuff going on I have not had the time.)

Orientation was great.  Met a few other transfer students; had a huge game of apples to apples going with 10 other new students.  The college has a huge rec center with a rock climbing wall and a game room.  The food was great too.

Can't wait for August.

Bible verse

1 Peter 4:10

"Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God."

Everyone receives a gift from God.  We just need to do something with it.

Patron Saints

Everything has a Patron Saint.  Here are a few interesting ones that I have found.

1. Authors/ Writers- St. Francis de Sales

2. Broadcasters- Angels Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael

3. Heart Patients- St. John of God

4. Students- St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of Alexandria

5. Television- St. Clare

6. Teachers- St. Gregory the Great and St. John Baptist de la Salle

7. Waiters/Waitresses- St. Martha