JOB...

Wow... like most people in the world.. i'm looking for yet another job.

I work for Missouri Baptist 10hrs a week. I work for a place known as Franklin Covey for about 10 hrs a week. and now.. I need another job.

So if anyone has any ideas... let me know!

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Welcome back... oh wait.... I should be saying that to myself! It's yet again been forever! i've been working on my speech for my, of course, speech class. We were told to give an informative speech...

my winning topic??.....

The three types of love.

I've found many interesting things. I love the Rob Bell video.. I believe it's called flame, or fire or something to do with burning. He gives a great example. The book I just finished, Going all the way, also dealt with the types of love. I love how this blogger, Alex C did a great job explaining all three types.

We were talking in my life group about which life fear we were most afraid of, rejection, affection or failure. Of course everyone was like I have a fear of rejection... or I have a fear of failure... and I was like I really don't know. WELL of course my best friend... alicia... knew... affection. A fear of affection?! and of course what topic did I get chosen to write about?? love. coincidence I think not. psh.

After thinking about it I've come to the conclusion... I'm not afraid of being rejected because i've been asked out a few times since school started and I have no problem rejecting anything. hhaha. okay thats a joke.. though I did say no. I think I have a fear of being tied down. I love being independent and at this point in my life its okay. I especially think its okay with my parents... though alicia def. would love to have someone to go on double dates with :). but none the less I think that I'll say yes when the right guy comes along... until then... I'm going to write my papers on love... and love it! haha. no pun intended. okaay.. so I intended the pun.

anyways! keep on the look out for my LOVE paper AND a little self digging paper, into the soul of Kayla Marie... that would make a great trailer.
Trailer trash.. bwahha. j/k j/k.

It's been forever!!

I feel like I haven't posted in forever!! Which is crazy!

I was like okay i'm going to post... what am I going to write?? I'm still undecided.

I guess I'll just give you a little update:

*I'm back at school... whoohoo
*I'm teaching two labs... i'm super stoaked about that
*I miss my best friends
*I miss my family
*I've only been out of fredericktown for three days... and i'm already to be at home! (what?!)
*Relationships are so difficult
*My favorite pick-up line i've received this week: So... hows your boyfriend?

well... nothing too crazy today... i'm going to try to post something thoughtful later... we'll see how that goes! haha.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Remember... everyday is a blessing... and everyday could be your last!

FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

OKAY.... First of i'd like to say... to all those Die-hard flute players... flutes are the one instrument... that I really just DON"T LIKE... sorry mom. BUT everyone in the music world has heard of flight of the bumble bee... and everyone knows that the song is stinkin hard... SOOO i'm giving props to this flute player... not only does he nail the song.... but beatboxes right along with it...

be prepared to be amazed....

A tribute to the first lady

Just wanted to say thanks to Joe for posting such a awesome picture of me and my momma! I also wanted to let everyone know how much my mom means to me! Family is everything and you should cherish yours. Remember the good times... Re-live the great times... and forgive the stupid times. So all of you who have those awesome moms... remember every once and a while to say thanks! Thanks for going through all that pain... and thanks for being there through mine.

Love ya mom!

Pauls Personal Ad

Athletic structure, tan, loves long walks, sunsets and... talking with God?

What a personal ad. God shaped a great man when he formed Paul. Paul is not only the writer of my favorite book of the bible... Romans. But he attests to one of the biggest things people of today struggle with... physical fitness. When posed the question, "Does spiritual "fitness" and physical fitness connect? are they related? can you be well-lived in one without the other?" The answer is you can't have one with out the other.

66 percent of americans over the age of 20 are over weight... 66! That means if you we're standing with two other people chances are two of you are over weight. (and don't worry... i'm DEFINITELY NOT pointing fingers....) 17% of americans exercise for well over an hour, while the rest of us scarcely stir at all. The vast majority of Americans believe in God, and more than 90% own a Bible, but only half can name a single Gospel, and 10% think Joan of Arc was Noah's wife. Americans are so consumed with living the everyday task, we become part of the norm instead of living life for God and being different. So, Kayla, you've thrown all these facts... but why do they connect? In Matthew 4:4, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' So if we don't just live on food... maybe we should start taking that into consideration. In Jeremiah 29:11 God said, "I know the plans I have for you ... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Did you know the leading cause of death in America is due to the effects of obesity? Heart attack, Heart failure, link... obesity. Why would God not worry about our health if he wrote he does things not to harm us? So i'm pretty sure He's saying... hey Kayla... become physically active.

So what does that mean for me? I'm definitely not a paul, I'm not Mrs. Let me walk across the country while I talk to God and figure out what to write to his people. Nor am I Mrs. lets go to the gym today and sweat. In the short range... oh i'm doing fine... in long range... I wish I would have been more productive and read into Gods word and became more proactive. There are times when I come home from work and i'm tired and plop down and watch a little tv to unwind. Why not read my bible or go for a walk? I need to become more intentional about how I live my spiritual and physical life. Lets go back to Paul... Paul I would say is one of my spiritual role models. Paul was really big into witnessing and he was able to witness to so many people because he was intentional about what God had willed for him. He knew he could not reach people if he was so tubby he could barely walk from his home to the well in town to get his soda and be out of breath. He knew that God didn't want him to sit around eating his potato chips writing letters with big grease stains to Rome. God pushed him to walk, jog, even run while he was worshiping with him. intentional.

So God didn't put us on earth to be physically fit yet spiritually limited. Or even Spiritually fulfilled yet physically detained. God put us here to live in moderation... he wrote, "with everything you do, do in moderation." So to be the person God created us to be... we need to live in moderation... become intentional... turn our "i'll exercise when I have more time" into I'll exercise now... i'll make God's will for my life a priority. I choose Him.

When you see the next girl/guy on the cover of the magazine with their perfect bodies... remember... It's only half of the story... the other half is what is inside... what you can't see. Are they happy with themselves... emotionally? Are you happy with the way you live your life? I'm not... I'm making a change.

A whole NEW world

SO this evening I was at work helping some ridiculous man who pretty much wanted to test my knowledge of the covey family. Good thing I simi-pay attention... I was able to answer most all of his questions.... I even ended up listing the 7 habits of highly effective people... in order. Being on a trivia show all night was simi-exhausting but it reminded me of the absurd disney questions I received... some of my favorites were:

1. What time is the 3 o'clock parade.
2. Where can I find thing one and thing two t-shirts.
3. Do you have... Dora the explorer, Shrek, or fraggle rock stuff.
4. Why does mickey only have four fingers.
5. Can I purchase the store decorations.

people are so funny and ask the most random questions ever. SO i'm going to give away some disney secrets... SOOO if you're a huge disney fan and don't want to know any of the behind the behind scenes of disney... don't read on!

5. In Disney world... Magic Kingdom is actually on the second level. Where ever you walk when you're in magic kingdom... you're actually walking on a second floor! There's a WHOLE new world beneath your feet... called the utilidoors.
4. Anything that you lose and don't claim in Disney goes to a place called cast connections. Where the cast buys your losts and founds... sunglasses, cameras, toys, anything.
3. 75% of the cast members are actually college students from all over the world.
2. In High School Musical Zac Effron actually does NOT sing. All the singing is done by the castmember who actually wrote the songs. He's featured on the HSM ON-STAGE edition because Zac was shooting for Hairspray. SO after everyone realized wow... he CAN sing... boom second HSM... it's all Zac.
1. When tinker bell is finished with her flight from the castle (which is the only time you can see tink besides the other parades.) anyways... she flies to the opposite side of the park... and you think ohh.. she disappeared... actually she hits the building... well a mattress pad which is held by another cast member... and she falls roughly 8ft and is caught by another cast member. crazy right.

Well those are just some trivia things to know... DISNEY UNLEASHED!!

Child Birth... a guys perspective.

SO... thanks to my good buddy Taly. I've been Youtubing like its an athletic event. I've decided that my blogs have been so serious lately and my personality is almost the complete opposite... SO I decided I need to bring some comedy to my page... thanks to the glorious youtube... I've pretty much found the complete collection of the most random videos of all time. This one is a christian comedian Bob Smiley. SO enjoy his take on child birth... what great insight to the mans mind. hahahah.

Going.... ALL the way.

I'm now in the midst of almost finishing a new book entitled going all the way. I recommend if you ever see a copy of it you better snatch it up!!! This book has definitely shaped and/or reenforced all the views of relationships that I have already realized. I'm at that point in my life that probably in the next 6 years i'm probably going to tie the knot... hopefully. haha. It will definitely not be anytime soon... since i'm missing one of the key ingredients... a man.

moving on.

I'm so excited to enter that part of my life that God has planned for me. I know that it will be a life altering moment and open the door to great opportunity. I also know that it can lead to destruction if not prepared for in the right way. I don't want to be another statistic. I have some guidelines. MOST IMPORTANT... he must be a Christian. I know what your thinking... what does that matter? If you marry him, he'll become a Christian too.... WRONG. If he did become a Christian I wouldn't want it to be because he felt like he had to, God doesn't want his heart if its only offered as a "because I have/need to". In the book i'm reading he puts it like this, "Dating/marring a non christian is like giving two sets of building instructions to different contractors and telling them to build the house and start at opposite ends, it just doesn't work. I know that some people believe that God has given them this non-christian and that's who their supposed to marry. Why would God send you someone that is not going to draw you closer to Him?? Why would he want to set someone up for failure? God didn't put us on earth to go around witnessing to our perhaps future husband... or at least I don't think so. SO I'm going to find the one that God has sent to me, someone to develop my heart and shape me to be even more like Christ. I want to find someone who takes me to a new level in my relationship with God where we can grow... together. If you get anything from this blog it should be that God designed us to love. Love people Love God Love our future spouse. I want to Go all the way with my relationships and I know that God has designed that perfect plan for me.

I'm going to follow.

A NEW YEAR

Welcome to 2008.

I welcomed 2008 in a COMPLETELY different way this year. I actually chose to go with a friend that I work with to her 20-somethings church group new years party. I had many choices and why I choose that one... still baffles me. ANYWAYS. So I went to a place, where I knew... um.. no one. And as the evening went on, the ones who I came in contact with were really nice and...
OKAY lets skip to the point of that evening.
When the clock struck midnight we of course cheered and everyone gave hugs, handshakes, smiles. BUT THEN the unexpected happened, the big Lindedwood basketball player of the house got up and announced that he would like for us to take time and pray over the new year. first of all i've never been to a new years party and prayed over the new year, nor had I seen a real big basketball player in front of all his peers lead a group in prayer. SO as amazed as I was, I knew that God had put me there for the new year... for a reason. Almost everyone in that room... roughly 25 ppl... prayed out loud. It was amazing most wanted to expand their vision, some wanted that one person they've been working on to make that leap into faith, others just prayer about the present and what to look forward to. An amazing experience.

My prayer for the new year is that God takes my dreams and makes them God-sized dreams. I pray that he awakens my passion for the lost, and helps me define an outlet that I can serve His greatest purpose. I pray that he speaks to people through my blog, through my actions, through my life. I hope that I can become a life-long learner in Christ. I hope that Christians live this year with greater passion than they have for any year before. I pray that this year, is the year of change, a year of passion, a year of... living.

I'm sure you've all made your new years resolutions.... but have you prayed a new years prayer?

We can all make resolutions,
We can all fail at keeping resolutions,
We can all succeed if we... as the saying goes.... let go, and let God.