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I could never be Jesus

nikkiboggs — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:48:26 +0000

I’ve given some pretty wacky reasons why I could never be Jesus. Here are just a few of them:

When Jesus walked the Earth, he knew everything that would change over the next 2000 years. This included indoor plumbing…just saying.
I’d have a special time of the day set out to do nothing but take care of men who hit women and molest little kids.
I couldn’t handle the pain that everyone goes through. over the past few weeks, I’ve had a couple of friends that have been going through some difficult times. I hurt for them. I’m sad when they are sad. I’m happy when they are happy. I’m excited when they are excited. I can’t possibly imagine what Jesus must go through every day. I can’t imagine the pain, the happiness, the sadness Jesus has to feel every day, and all at the same time.

Over the past week, I’ve had a little glimpse of what Jesus must go through, and I have to say that I really don’t like it. It’s made me realize just how blessed I am to have a savior in my corner who can do anything. I am also very blessed to be able to be there for my friends, no matter how close or how far. I love the people God has placed in my life.

In the last year part four

nikkiboggs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:29:02 +0000

Forgive me…getting back into the habit of blogging isn’t easy now to continue in my learning…

In the last year I have learned that some things were simply never meant to happen and forcing them to happen is just wrong. Even if something seems like a good idea, God should still get the final word.

I’ve definitely lived this the last year. At some points I look back and think wow…I didn’t know why I had to say no but now it’s all too obvious that God did not want that happening for me.

So, the big picture: listen to God, know that he knows what is best and trust him to bring you something better.

In the last year…part 3

nikkiboggs — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:44:36 +0000

I thought I’d go ahead an let you all have something a little lighter for this post…these would be some of the times I’ve laughed

In the last year I’ve learned that getting a tattoo doesn’t really hurt that bad…it’s the itching afterwards that is pretty much unbearable.

In the last year I’ve learned that kids really do say and do the darndest things

In the last year I’ve learned that lunch with a friend can change an entire week of bad days. And sometimes putting on your favorite pair of sweatpants, reading a good book, and having a cup of coffee or glass of sweet tea is worth the extra study time that will come tomorrow.

In the last Year…part 2

nikkiboggs — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:54:41 +0000

Another lesson I’ve learned in the last year is that it’s not worth the waiting to find out what might have happened.

Whether it’s a possible relationship, friendship, or job; don’t just sit there and do nothing. If you are just sitting there waiting for whatever it might be, you probably don’t want it that bad anyways. Waiting won’t get you anywhere.

Over the last year I waited for a long time for something to happen. Only when I truly gave up the idea of this relationship did I realize it never would have worked out. I am nowhere near ready to be in a relationship because I am not where I need to be in my own relationship with God (not mention, I would have waited forever).

in the last year…part one

nikkiboggs — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:09:03 +0000

uh oh…guess who’s blogging again??

Over the next few posts I’m going to share some things that I’ve learned in the last year. Some of it is funny, some of it is serious. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve loved, I’ve lost.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned over the last year is that I can’t be everything for everyone…I can’t even be everything for myself. I’ve spread myself thin and forgotten to take care of myself. I’ve felt the need to be everything for everyone, and that’s just not possible. I’ve been insanely close to God, and I’ve fallen away just to lay it all down and say I can’t do it one more time. I’ve grown and I’ve been broken down. Through all of this I’ve learned that it’s ok to rely on other people-it’s ok to not be everything for everyone. There is no way I can help anyone if I can’t keep myself where I need to be.

By the way, I have to constantly work on this every day. I still have a desire to make everyone happy, and it kills me when I have to say no or hurt someone.

I wrote something!

nikkiboggs — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:10:43 +0000

Over the summer I have realized a few things. I would now like to share them with you…for your reading pleasure of course

I have a wonderful church family who might as well be family.
I have a great job, whether I like it all the time is another story, but I love it.
I have a great set of friends who keep me grounded and surrounded in God’s love.
I have a great family…we may be a little dysfunctional at times, but we love each other all the time:-)
This will probably be the most strange of all but here goes…I love school. I love getting to study what I want to study and learning about things that I love.

So there you go…for the three of you that read this…I finally wrote something

I write when I’m frustrated

nikkiboggs — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:55:52 +0000

today i want to throw my perfectly good iphone out of the window of a moving vehicle. when i downloaded the new 3.o, it worked perfectly and then my phone crashed. how lame is that? so now i have to go to the apple store tomorrow. oh the joy…

A new post

nikkiboggs — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:12:06 +0000

I’m a bad blogger and I know it. I also know that I say this everytime I write a blog and it is pointless to point out.

To get back to the point, I have been thinking about somethng for about a week and felt theneed to say it on here. Last Sunday at church Michael was talking about how to know God’s will fir your life. The biggest thing I took from it was a simple statement that has a lot of power behind it. “God wants what is best for us more than we want what is best for us.”

It’s amazing to know that there is someone out there who cares for us more than we care for ourselves.

Jesus wouldn’t be welcome at church

nikkiboggs — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:25:03 +0000

At Bible study Tuesday, we were talking about how people decide who gets to come into the church and who gets to leave. We’ve also been talking about judgemental and hypocritical Christians at church. I’ve been thinking about this all week, and I don’t think that Jesus would be welcom in the church if he came just like he was when he walked the Earth. He would be dirty from walking, his hair would be long, and he would be wearing clothes that weren’t clean and those clothes definitely wouldn’t be what we consider appropriate for church. People would stare, they would point fingers, and they would talk about him as soon as he passed and his back was to them.

I wonder how many of us have turned people away, not only at church but in life. How many times have we been to afraid to go talk to someone because of the way they look? How many times have we lost a witnessing opportunity because the person we see is to rough around the edges? How many times have we looked at person coming into our church and said they don’t belong because of the friends they have or who their parents are?

I am so thankful that I have a church that is breaking this mold. I have been on both sides and at both churches, and I know at some point I have turned someone away in life. I am trying my hardest to go outside of my comfort zone and try to make everyone around me welcome. When you’ve been

This one’s for the girls

nikkiboggs — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:30:22 +0000

Please let me take a moment to rant about the stupid things that girls do, and yes I am one of them.

No, I’m not making a list of things to get together for a wedding. It’s something I’ve been thinking about lately, mainly because I’m reading a book for the second time, and although it’s old to me it’s got a completely different meaning. The book is called Knight in Shining Armor. It’s all about praying for the man God has for you and changing yourself to be a woman of God. The first time I read it, I was at my old church, and I can’t believe they made a group of middle school and high school girls read this book. How could we have possibly gotten the real meaning of it?

Now, as I read through the book for the second time, I’m not just thinking about the guy, I’m thinking more about myself than ever. I’m thinking that the majority of women spend more time praying for the guy than praying for themselves rom personal experience, I have been praying for the man that God has chosen for me for an insanely long time-since I did true love waits when I was in sixth grade; but I haven’t spent a quarter of that time praying that God molds me into the woman that my guy is looking for. I don’t want you to think that I don’t pray that God molds me into a Godly woman, I’m just saying that the ratio of me praying for someone else to praying for myself is like 4:1.

I can’t help but think that maybe the reason so many girls complain about not having a boyfriend or husband is because they aren’t praying for enough for themselves.