Numero Dos...and Tres

Day two (..and three) of the blog challenge!

day two: explain the meaning behind your blog name.

Umm... I have no real explanation for my blog name. Its my name. That's all. I was born "Elizabeth Haley," but I've always been called Haley by everyone I know. When I got into the whole blogging/twitter/whatever thing, I started going by both. So, please. Call me Haley. But if you must, you can call me Elizabeth, too, I guess. :)

day three: first love.

My first love is honestly Jesus Christ. He is my rock, and I'm really unsure of where I would be if it wasn't for my faith in God. For a while (around the ages of 14/15) I went through my rebellious stage, and didn't believe in anything, and questioned my life, and blah blah blah. But through all of that, I realized that there is a Savior who loves me for who I am, no matter what. He was gracious enough to give me the very breath I'm breathing right now. How could I not love someone so merciful and powerful?

But.. in a "boy sense" of things... Mr. Tyler was my first "real love." Our relationship was far from perfect, and a few things got in the way of the real purpose of relationships. I had always wanted to marry him, ever since I was 15 years old, and now I'm 19, and I know that life doesn't just work out according to MY plan. I need to be patient and stop planning my life before its really even started. I miss him occasionally, but I'm learning that this time in my life is for serving God the best I can on my own. I need to figure out who I am before I can attach myself to someone else.

Day 2 & 3.. done!

Funny story!

I live in a really (really) small town. We have about... 5ish thousand people here. Anyways, there's this girl who's family goes to my church, and I've known her for a few years. A while back, she moved away for college & for her dancing career and whatnot, but her family still lives here. She recently came home for her wedding shower, which was held at the tea room I work at. Well, well... She is getting married to the drummer of Band of Horses. YES. CRAZY, I know. But anyways.. this wedding shower was almost over, and guess who walks in to pick her up? None other than her fiancee, who is the drummer for my favorite, favorite band. Yeah. The Band of Horses drummer was in MY tea room.

And the best part is...

That was my day off.

So yeah. I didn't get to meet him.

Xo. Haley :)

story time.

I've been dealing with a severe case of blogger's block, as you may know, and I recently recieved a comment about why I chose the verse Galatians 6:17 for my side tattoo (someday... it's not a tattoo that I currently have). I thought a blog on that would be perfect while I'm trying to figure out what else I can blog about without completely boring you.

So... Galatians 6:17 says,

"For I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus Christ"

I chose this for rather simple reasons, but they do have deeper meaning to me, personally.

First, I chose it because as Christians, we are constantly being tempted, and threatened by Satan. God never said being a Christian was going to be rainbows and butterflies, and this verse really represents that to me. I'm currently going through this..junk in my life that I pray every day will just go away... but I know that only in God's timing it will. Satan keeps throwing every possible curve ball at me, and is always trying to knock me down. I'm thankful for the friends that I have who have constantly reassured me that everything will be fine in the end, and that everything will work out how it is supposed to. I hang onto that with every fiber of my being. I know that in the end, when all is said and done, I have listened to what God has to say, I have followed His plan for me, and He's made me stronger for it. So that's one reason.

Another reason I chose this was because in 8th/9th grade (so young, I know), I used to cut myself. I was not some emo kid that wore black and listened to metal bands, no. I was thoroughly displeased with the life I had. Everything felt wrong, and I felt I was not where I was supposed to be. In that specific time in my life, my relationship with Christ was definitely not where it was supposed to be. It is also through that time that I found that God is always with me, whether I'm His biggest fan or not. Through all of that pain and suffering that Satan put me through, I found a much, much better life in Jesus Christ. I'm not saying that I'm sooo happy with the life I have, because I still struggle every single day with this very issue. I always want to cut, I always want to go back to it, and blame it all on God. But I know that I can't. My faith is keeping me strong; much stronger than Satan probably likes.

I love my life, I have struggles, and hardships just like everyone else, but God is with me. He's helping me out along the entire way. And for that, I can be nothing but grateful.
:)

I hope this answered some questions on why I chose that specific verse <3

(from the weekend in St. Louis with Cassie. we bought new nail polish, and just haaad to show it off) :)

xo times infinity
haley