I am not close-minded about this issue/Depends on many factors
Caucasian, Native American
Caucasian
Oklahoma
74434
United States of America
Reformed Baptist
College Student / Tutor / Volunteer
I really enjoy going to plays and things like that. I have seen a couple of musicals performed at an amphitheatre in western Oklahoma and I go to performances at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center whenever I get the chance. I have been to four operas, one ballet, and several concerts there.
in a serious relationship
I don't smoke and I don't like to be around smokers
I rarely drink
Currently in college
I would like to have children one day.
I recently wrote out my testimony for the benefit of a friend and I have copied it below. I believe it adequately answers each of these questions. ---- I believe I was converted sometime in the year of 1998 when I was 11 years old. I grew up in a Christian home where the gospel was always before me and I was no stranger to hearing about my need for a savior. Through the years, I prayed off and on for God to save me, but I never really felt any particular conviction that I, personally, was in need of His grace. Then, some time in 1997, a man who was a member of our church and whom I had known for years, an experienced pilot, was killed suddenly and without warning in a plane crash. This caused me to start thinking more seriously about my own mortality. I became afraid that I could die at any time and knew that, not being a Christian, I would go to hell if the same thing were to happen to me. I began to pray a little more seriously about my conversion. Then, early in 1998, my grandpa on my dad’s side passed away after a long illness. Though we had been expecting it, his loss hit me extremely hard and, once more, I was faced with a close example of the finality of death. Around this time, I became convicted of my own sin and began to pray earnestly that God would give me a new heart. I cannot name the exact day or time or place, but in time I began to experience a peace that I had never had before and I believe that God did indeed answer my prayer and give me faith in Him. ***** I know that, of myself, I could never be saved. No matter how many good works I try to do or how much I pray or read my Bible, none of that will avail me anything. It is only through Christ that men are saved. They do not conjure up faith to believe in their own hearts. It is God that convicts them of sin, God that so moves in their hearts that they come to Him in prayer, and God that regenerates them and gives them faith and repentance. Without the grace of Christ, I would just be a lost sinner trying to make my own way in the world and failing miserably. ***** I am not as faithful in praying and reading my Bible as I would like to be. I am not a good witness to others like I would like to be. I often struggle with assurance of whether or not I am actually a Christian. But I know that if I were relying on any of these things as my salvation I would never go to heaven. My salvation lies in Christ and Christ alone. If all I do is look at myself and my own works I will always be disappointed. Therefore, my faith is not in myself, it is in Christ, and so I have dedicated my life to serving and following Him and trust that He will be faithful to His promise that “. . . him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” (John 6:37)
I am no stranger to the Doctrines of Grace. I have grown up in a home where they are believed by both of my parents. Furthermore, my dad is the pastor of the church where I have attended all my life and so I have lived with these truths. However, they have affected my life in making me realize that there can be no other way. This is truly what God has taught in the Bible. His sovereignty is something I treasure day by day. It is such a comfort to know that no matter what happens in my life or the world around me, He is always in control of it and He will always be with me.
Yes, I have a quiet time in the mornings. I try to make it nearly the first thing I do after getting up. I spend time in prayer and then I read approximately four chapters from my Bible. I also take turns reading through different daily devotionals. I have read Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening," "Faith's Check Book," and "Daily Help" and part of Samuel Bagster's "Daily Light." Currently, I am reading Charles Spurgeon's "Beside Still Waters."
I have so many it is difficult to choose just one, but I have always greatly admired Joshua. He was such a fierce warrior, in both the literal meaning of the word and in his walk with God. I have always been inspired by his love for God and his desire to do everything according to His will to the best of his human ability.
Did even one of us sign up in this website because we are content being single? I seriously doubt it. =-) No, I am not content inasmuch as being single is what I wish for my life. My greatest desire is to be what God has prescribed for the ideal life for a woman: to be married to a godly man and to be the mother of children who can be raised in the fear of the Lord. However, I am content in that I enjoy life day to day and am waiting on God to fulfill the next part of my life.
I got a little help from my sisters on this one. They reported me to be loyal, honest, sincere, and of a very loving nature.
Hmmmm. This is a tough one. I am passionate about nearly everything I’m involved in. I suppose first of all, I should say my walk with God and striving to be a better soldier of His. I am also very passionate about my school, learning all I can and trying to be a good student; the love I have for my family and friends - trying to be faithful to them and be around them as much as I can; literature - I love reading it, analyzing it, having anything to do with it; music - I am accomplished at the piano, adequate at the flute, and struggled with the guitar before my teacher moved away from the area. =-) I love playing music and listening to it. Besides reading, it is my main hobby. Oh, I also love to cook. I like cooking meals for people, but I am also very interested in trying out new recipes that I’ve never had before. ***** The family is very important to me and the way family life is conducted. I am extremely passionate about families serving God together and the responsibility of Christians to create families that are devoted to God and His word. Because of this, home schooling my future children is a non-negotiable issue with me. I feel that Christians need to have their children under their own tutelage in order to point them to God's ways and away from the world's.
Life in Christ, family and friends, my local church. I am also extremely thankful for the gift my parents gave me in home schooling me. There is no telling how I would have ended up had I been in the world system these last twenty-two years. And, last but not least, I’m also very thankful that I have grown up in the country. I love life out here away from the hustle and bustle of the busy world.
Some of the character and personality traits I enjoy in others are honesty, faithfulness, a decided mindset, a good sense of humor, kindness, thoughtfulness, a tender heart, and a strong character. I also like men who are manly and who are true gentlemen. I do not think you can place too high a value on friends who are honest and faithful, and it also means a lot to me to be around people who are of a decided mind, especially if it is in right things. ***** I love just being around people, visiting with them, and doing things with them. I think that's what I enjoy more than anything. ***** My personality traits? My sisters contributed to this one again. Their report was that I tend to be very loyal and loving, intellectual, oftentimes serious, but funny with a dry sense of humor, tenderhearted, and thoughtful. My seriousness extends to the fact that I sometimes get tired of foolishness and just want to have a decent, sober conversation, but I am also happy most of the time and love to laugh and to just have fun. Lastly, I’m also romantic by nature and I have a strong character in that stubbornness is part of my personality so when I’m decided about something, I’m usually “dead set” on it. That can be both a good and a bad thing, as concerns the particular situation. =-)
I would have to say my two sisters. They are always there beside me in any time of my life, good or bad. They know all my secrets, my strengths, my weaknesses, my insecurities, and they never make fun of me. They are always encouraging, always pushing me to be a better person. I could not ask for two better friends or examples. I do, also, have several specific friends who have been very much like sisters to me and whom I value in many of the same ways.
Fairly recently, I ended the only "real" relationship I've ever had. We were together for right at ten months. However, he was a Presbyterian and after much prayer, counseling, agonizing, and soul searching, I eventually decided that I simply could not place myself in a situation where I would be having to watch my childen be sprinkled and taught a doctrine I consider antithetical to scriptural truth (i.e., infant baptism - no offense meant to any Presbyterians out there!). So, I broke off the relationship as a matter of conscience. It was a very difficult decision because I really, really liked and admired the young man. He was just an exemplary individual. ***** I learned a lot from this experience - most basically that I cannot, in good conscience, marry a Presbyterian. When I was talking to my dad about some of my doubts about this relationship he told me, "God tests us at our weakest points." If that is so, I guess I learned that I have to rely on God for guidance and my contentment above anything else. I have learned that I must seek what God would have me to do before giving in to what I want. Interestingly, as I opened a book the young man had given me that explained his Presbyterian beliefs, at the top of the Preface was a quote which said, "We may compromise with conscience for half the price, but God will not endorse the compromise, and like Ananias and Sapphira, we will lose not only what we thought we had purchased so cheaply, but also the price we paid for it" (T.V. Moore). This statement helped further convict me that I could not compromise on a doctrine which I believe to be so vital to obeying God. So, I hope I have learned something about seeking first the kingdom of God and waiting for all these other things to be added to me (Matthew 6:33).
Favorite lines. Where do I begin? I quote books, movies, songs, and the like fairly often. Here are a few of my favorites at the moment: ***** "In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength." (Robert E. Lee) ***** “If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed." (St. Jerome) ***** In speaking of the wife in relation to her husband, Matthew Henry said she, "' . . . was not made out of his head to top him, not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.'" (B.M. Palmer and J.W. Alexander, from their excellent book, “The Family”) ***** "There is one political maxim which comforts me: 'The Lord Reigns!'" (John Newton)
I am a full-time college student, though I do not "attend" college in the traditional manner. I am strictly an online student and was recently accepted into the Online English Program at the University of Illinois at Springfield. I will be continuing my Senior year there this Fall. I am majoring in English with a concentration in Literature. I am not a career woman and am not going to college for that purpose. I hope to use my education in home schooling my own children someday. ***** I don’t have a job in the usual sense of the word, but my sisters and I do tutor an eight-year-old in his fourth grade home school studies and a six-year-old in his first grade studies. These two boys are brothers. We have been teaching both boys ever since they started kindergarten and we are paid for this. I love being with my students and love teaching them. I think it’s a great experience for all of us! ***** I think teaching the boys is very rewarding and it has given me confidence that I will be able to home school my own children someday. ***** I also volunteer at the Pregnancy Resource Center in my community once a week. It is a Christian pro-life ministry. I serve there as a "peer counselor," seeing the clients who come and go, and am also the resident "jack of all trades."
My life-long goal is to be the dedicated wife of a godly man and to be a good mother of children whom I will home school. I am waiting on the Lord for the fulfillment of these plans.I have also always dreamed of living on a cattle ranch and owning horses. That’s probably just a pipe dream, but it’s nice to think about. =-)
With my school responsibilities, leisure time is not something I have much of. However, my favorite thing to do for recreation is read. I learned to read when I was four years old and have been addicted to it ever since. That is why I’m majoring in Literature. I also enjoy spending time just visiting with family and friends, playing the piano and listening to music, cooking, embroidery, working outdoors, playing games, and watching movies. ***** I like watching sports, although I don't play them. I particularly love going to Oklahoma State football games (hence the "Orange Power!" title) and their basketball games whenever I get the chance. ***** Oh, yeah. I like to rollerblade, though I rarely get the opportunity to do it. ***** I enjoy spending time outdoors. I love walking around outside, looking at the stars, and full moons. I appreciate all types of scenery. One reason I enjoy traveling so much is that I like to see the different aspects of God's creation.
A farm/cottage in the county, A cabin in the woods
I was born at home in Muskogee, Oklahoma. When I was about one year old, my family moved out to the country around thirty miles from Muskogee where my parents built their own home and where we currently reside. ***** I have traveled quite a bit in the United States, being in every state on the east coast. I have also been to many of the southern states, and as far west as New Mexico and Colorado. Some of the “landmarks” I’ve seen include Washington D.C., Niagara Falls, the Alamo, the Rocky Mountains, the Smokey Mountains, Stone Mountain, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Atlantic Ocean. The only place I’ve been outside of the United States is a short drive into Canada on three different occasions when my family was visiting Niagara Falls.
I live at home with my parents and have four brothers and three sisters. My oldest brother is married and has a family of his own, my second oldest brother married a girl he met here on SGS almost two years ago, my younger sister got married in June of last year, my third oldest brother was married about a month ago, and my other brother is set to marry a girl he met here on SGS on October 10th. Those of us who are still single live at home with Dad and Mom. I’m the next to the youngest child. (I love big families!) ***** I have always believed that it was the duty of the wife to follow her husband wherever he went. This is something we would have to discuss together, though.
I like mind games - crossword puzles, word scrambles, sudoku, all that kind of thing. I also enjoy games of all other kinds - card, board, etc.
Yes, there is. I believe in modest dress for both women and men. That being said, I do not wear pants, but skirts and dresses. However, just because you dress modestly, it does not necessarily follow that you look dowdy. I am, in fact, often referred to as "classic" and "elegant," not as a nun in a cloister. =-) One can be modest and fashionable at the same time. ***** I do not believe in dating, only in supervised courtship. My parents would be very involved in any relationship I was involved in. ***** I believe that the husband should be the head of the home and the wife should be in submission to him. I also believe that the husband should be the provider for his family. It is not that I am lazy and would use this as an excuse not to work. Rather, I believe God's plan (as is outlined in the Bible) is for a husband to provide for his family and his wife to be a "keeper at home" (Titus 2:5). And believe me, being a keeper at home is a full-time job!
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