mi familia y mi vida loca

it feels like it has been quite a while since i have blogged! consequently, this one might be a little long.

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so, i have family from out of town staying at my house! very weird since the number of people in my house has quadrupled!

i love love LOVE to visit or have family visit since for me, everyone is so spread out! i have lot of family in the carribean and new york, one sibling living near the rocky mountains while the other living on the east coast. crazy, i tell you! so i'm the baby of the family but i've lived most of my childhood as an only child. it has always been difficult for me to not have family living at a close proximity.

so it's fun to be together but it's also hard since they aren't churchgoing people. part of me smiles while the other side cries since they do not understand that the road they are currently on will eventually lead them to destruction.

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hmmm.... how do i begin this lil topic? i probably don't need to be writing this but at the moment, i honestly don't care. it's my blog, i feel like venting so, ha!

well. first let me explain. my young adult group at church is interesting. my church is a relatively young church (as in, how long it has been around) and we have a pretty good sized young adult group.... we who are in our early to mid twenties. the majority of us have grown up together since late elementary school/middle school.

none of us are married.

the sentence above is a very big deal to some people. i mean, i admit that compared to many churches, we are a Definite rarity. i'll agree with that.

*sigh* but many well meaning and slightly misguided married people annoy me. yes, i said it. they annoy me. in fact, they irritate me.
greatly.

~ they're the ones who hound you after you come home from a conference to find out if you met any one.

so like, wasn't i supposed to go to get great preaching and have fun with friends?

~ they are the ones who seem to always find a way to work marriage into conversations and extol on how wonderful my life would be, were i married.

it's very apparent to me that marriage is NOT ALWAYS a walk in the park.

~ they are the ones who love to remind me of the fact that i am not getting any younger.

um, gee. thanks. i think.

~ they are the ones who say, "You need to get married!"

ok, i'll park here because this one is almost laughable. so basically, you want me to pick any old Joe at a conference or in my church and say, "hey. MARRY ME!" seriously? ok, last time i checked, marriage is forever. since i would rather not be miserable for the rest of my life, wouldn't it only make sense to not throw myself at Random Joe since i won't be able to divorce him?!

and believe me folks, i'm not exactly being proposed to left and right! am i not supposed to wait on the Lord? what about Philippians 4:6 "be careful for nothing" which translates to: "be anxious for nothing" or "don't worry about anything"? the Bible tells me to wait and not worry.... why do these people who should know better say things as though they wish to provoke me to worry?