we were challenged during service yesterday to close our eyes and consider something during a worship song. one of my dear friends relayed to me later that as she stood there, praising God, worshiping the Almighty, something happened without her even knowing it. she turned.
little by little, her body turned so that when she opened her eyes after the song, much to her surprise - she wasn't facing straight forward anymore, but rather had ended up facing the cross on the side of the stage.
everyone else was facing one direction, but she was facing the cross.
it made me think that when we focus on Him and simply love Him and worship Him, that whether we realize it or not, we become a compass to Christ. that we simply point to Him.
we shed the self-awareness, we aren't embarrassed to be against the grain, we shut the world out of our sight and align ourselves to Him. and then everything about our lives - how we act, what we say, where we go,.. it all points back to Him.
the imagery is sweet. and it becomes all the sweeter when it is realized in our own lives... when we forget ourselves in worship and we become a compass to the cross.
may it be so, Lord. may it be so!
compass to the cross
social experiment on my hair - results
CONGRATULATIONS, JENNA! YOU ARE THE WINNER!!
for those that don't know, i put a call out for haircut submissions and got some great photos sent in. it was hard to narrow it down to just one, but i finally settled on a cut submitted by jenna, my cool-haired friend.
when i told jenna - who has cool hair.. did i mention that? - that she won she said, "yay!". jenna opted for the starbucks gift card. when i told her i have that ready for her she said, "yay!" again.
i guess when you have cool hair you don't have to rely on being verbose.
here is the photo she submitted that i selected:
and here is how my hair turned out:
thank you to all of you who 'played' and sent in some great photos. i hope you had fun and we'll see what new kind of social experiment i can find to get into now that this one is over! :)
social experiment on my hair - submissions
these are the submissions that have been sent in so far.. just for reference.
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what's this all about?.. find out
social experiment on my hair
i am getting my hair cut on friday (6/12) and i thought it would be fun to utilize social media to help me determine what cut to get. so i am giving all of you - my online friends - a chance to voice your opinion on what my next style should be.
i am open to any suggestion (as long as it is shorter, not longer. i'm getting a hair cut not a hair grow). and please only suggest styles, not color (at least this time around)!!
start commenting. send me links to pictures of styles or cuts.
the winner will be announced on friday along with pictures of my cut when i'm done. AND the winner will also receive a $5 gift card of their choice of either itunes or starbucks. i know - it's not much - but i also have to pay for the cut! :)
for those you haven't seen me in a while i'm attaching recent pics of front and side for reference:
now get on it. let me hear from you!
UPDATE - SEE WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED SO FAR. KEEP THEM COMING!