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Washington's primary elections are coming up in a little over a week. It's hard to believe... I know that these elections are going to have a serious and possibly detrimental effect on our nation, our home. I know a lot of people could care less about voting. Some people feel like it's a huge waste of time. However, it's amazing that we CAN vote! We DO have the ability to change our nation and world! If we don't stand up and use our voices, then who are we to complain about the way the country is being run? These elections WILL affect all of us. Don't forget to pray fervently for our country's leaders. It doesn't matter whether you agree with their policies. Our prayers DO make a difference!

Well.... I haven't written in a while, so I thought I would.... just because. This isn't going to have any purpose or be inspirational so if that's why you're reading you should probably stop wasting your time. However, if you are completely random like I am... then it might entertain you... or not. Maybe though.

I just got back from visiting my best friend in California. We went to Disneyland! (Which is kind of a must isn't it?) Anyway... Do you have any idea how many screaming and crying children there are at the happiest place on earth? Apparently dreams don't come true.... Especially when you have to stand in a stupid line for two and a half hours just to go on a 2 minute ride. Not that it wasn't worth it.... I just have too short of an attention span to stand in line that long! OH! And my wallet was stolen. That was great. And, being the intelligent person that I am, my social security card was in it. So my identity will probably be stolen.... lucky me. There's probably a 50 year old man out there right now pretending to be me. Well I hope he enjoys all ten bucks in my bank account.

So.... that's pretty much it. I don't want to bore you too much. That is... if anyone lasted long enough to read to the end. It's freezing here though. I'm tired of snow. And there's a blizzard outside. It makes me want hot chocolate..... Okay well... I'm done.

So.... it's almost nine-thirty and I'm completely exhausted. Is that sad? Probably, but anyway, I just wanted to talk about beauty. What is it? I think a lot of times, beauty is based on the outer appearance.... well.... actually, most of the time. Why is that?

It's so strange that humans base so much simply on what they see. In Matthew 23, Christ chastises the pharisees saying:

(NIV) "...You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean."

Value and beauty don't rest in the body, but in the soul. I encourage everyone to be blind to outer appearances... after all, Christ himself was said to be plain, but to me, He was and is the most beautiful person to ever walk this earth.

So... I was driving out of a parking lot yesterday and this car started to back up. I was surprised, but I backed up so she could get out. The car had a huge sticker on the back that said "Jesus Loves You!" complete with a stupid yellow smiley face. (Not that they're ALWAYS stupid, but bear with me... I'm ranting.) Anyway, as the car backed out, she turned around and flipped me off! I mean.... yes, it happens sometimes, but the complete hypocrisy of the whole thing really upset me. It made me feel really bad, which is so dumb since it wasn't my fault, but I hate conflict and would have loved being able to make sure she wasn't mad..... which obviously she was.

The whole event reminded me that even though I don't have a bumper sticker advertising the fact that I'm a Christian, I still carry the banner of Christ with me. I could shout from the mountains tops that I love God, but if my actions contradict the message, I could be responsible for someone turning away from God. We are representatives of Christ Himself. How cool is that?? It can be hard sometimes, but we should always try to keep that thought close to our hearts as we live our daily lives.