SLIGHTLY ODWAY...

howdy y'all
lauren's back in business so WATCH OUT! nah not really... like yes, i am gonna give this bloggin thing another go, but no, you dont hav to worry coz if you find me too lame then just don't read me. therefore, if you get bored, you can't blame me coz it's your own fault for reading this.
but hey, now that that's over and done with, welcome to my site, and thankyou for welcoming my site onto your screen. i'll try harder this time to keep bloggin and also to remember my password and stuff.
but man, have to say, soul survivor was great!!! caught up a lil bit on sleep now, so i can actually think almost straight. i did have fun - for a while there i was thinkin "man i didnt get to do anythin that i had wanted to do", but God really taught me so many lessons. The main thing that i was really challenged by (what i really mean is i can't remember the others) was the fact that, no matter what, God will provide. He calls us not to stress out or think too much of the future. He asks us to be generous and sharing (yes i do mean with money, but i'm more talkin about time) and he will never let us down. if we sacrifice/give up anything for our Father, He'll use that for somethin more that you would hav imagined, but then He'll make sure that you wont be in need for that thing. He'll look after you. it's not a do this, and you get this. it's a do what is hard, you'll be fine. Share what is "your's" for the benefit of God's Kingdom. yet when we are sharing what we think is "ours", it's not actually "ours", it's "God's". When we gave ourselves to Jesus, it also meant we were giving Him all our possessions - everything we own, we give to Him. therefore, as Mike Pilivachi said, it's great coz we are actually giving away someone else's money (or wotever context you want to apply this to).
also another thing that i'm struggling with at the mo is THE FAMILY ISSUE. you know what i mean right? im pretty selfish when it comes to home stuff. the whole house work thing (i think other people would generally call these things chores) is not a favourite way to spend my time (yes the time factor again) and i also don't have the same priorities as my mum (eg. i don't cook coz my mum usually takes over if i try, therefore i dont try anymore, thus i dont cook). and there are so many contradictions and stuff about what my parents expect - i dont know, its hard to explain. but God's really been saying to me to just try, with a fresh approach and aspect, just to give family life another go. so that's exciting and encouraging. Yay for God. he's doin somethin.
well im hungry so i'll come back again later and see if i can write more.
addios for the moment...