in the love of Christ

There will more than likely be moments in my life when I do or say something and it ends up coming around to someone who dislikes it and feels the need to chat chat chat on and on about it with their friends.  I would like to note that I try not to say stuff that makes people think twice about me or just go, "What!?". The reality is that I do say some things, as I am a slightly vocal person on certain issues, and they are not always going to please the ears of every listener.  Needless to say, there are reasons I can think of what someone might decide to strike up a riveting conversation about me, negative or positive depending.  But there is a fear in knowing that. There is a fear that exists inside me even at the thought of someone talking about me when I am not around. I am not in middle school so I would like to say that it does not bother me much but the reality is that it does bother me. It bothers me to the point that, sometimes, I would rather go without speaking for

We are majorly house hunting. And let me tell you, there are tons of homes with tons of potential that we have really liked. But today, we went and saw a few houses that we really liked.  This story will have a point! The first house we saw had been vacant for a while and was really beautiful. The floor plan was very open with quite a few windows and a sunlight in the kitchen that lighted almost the whole house! But there was no furniture to picture it as ours and the walls were painted Easter colors so it felt a little weird though we did like it as a contender. The price was the best in the market for us and was very realistic to our needs.  The last house we saw we got warned about before we walked in the door. Our realtor said, "Please keep in mind that this house is super cute but we need to look past the cuteness". I laughed and agreed but let me tell you it was really hard to do! The family that lived there deserves to occupy 16 pages in my Real Simple magazine because