Ya'll, fall is my FAVORITE time of year! It is crisp weather, pretty leaves, comfy sweaters, boots, and most importantly....football! Now, ya'll know that in the south football, especially college football, is like a religion. You can get into an almost knock-down drag out with someone over football and the 'my team is better than your team' things. And I LOVE that about it. It is such a passionate debate and can make or break a Saturday for most men.
I am a Carolina Gamecock fan through and through and live for Saturdays...however, my sister and brother-in-law have invited me to play in a......wait for it.....Fantasy Football League. Oh my goodness, I feel LAME even typing it! However, I have participated in the Bracket Challenge for NCAA basketball tournament and enjoyed that and I really have zero reasons to watch football on Sunday---and that's all Justin will be doing---SOOO I joined The League. I gotta tell ya, I have NO idea what I'm doing.
Now, Justin has tried to help me out by kind of hinting at what I should know and how The League works, but it ain't looking good. So, I scoured the internet and found some good websites to help me out! Ladies-these are for you if you are in my shoes and have no clue what The League is all about it! Apparently, it can be very complicated!
I found TWO good sites: http://fantasyfootballforgirls.com/.
This can give you cheat sheets for stats--yeah, you'll need those for your draft! And they can help you out by letting you do a mock draft! Super helpful I'm told!
The next one, and the one I found most helpful is http://thefantasyfootballgirl.com/
This is a girl who LOVES Fantasy Football! She has a super cool Draft Strategy called: 'Pounce Soon and Keep it Kinky'. I automatically love her.
So, I'm gonna read up on these this weekend and my draft party is going to be Sunday at Buffalo Wild Wings! Super excited! Happy Football Season!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
The Not-So Surprising End Part 1
I don't know if you guys know this, but I HATE surprises. If I'm reading a book, I read the last chapter first just to see if I see names so I know that those people haven't died yet. While watching Pretty Little Liars, I have read the synopsis' of Sara Shepherds books to see if I can figure out who "A" is and to draw similarities and differences between the two. I also am very planned-oriented to prevent unwelcome surprises. I even knew that my engagement was coming soon because I knew when Justin went to talk to my mom and dad because I kinda freaked out a bit from not knowing. I hate surprises. I would rather know the end before starting the beginning. Which is why I think I have a slight obsession with end-time prophecies.
Now, this is a widely debated, hot topic around the world and last time I checked the end of the world is coming this year. (I am pretty sure that's not true.) Anyways, I have always been fascinated by the book of Revelation. So, to end my summer on a good note, I decided I would get a book that went through the signs of the end-times. Specifically, what the Bible says about end times. Now-it's all in there-all these signs in the Bible in verses throughout Matthew, Daniel, Revelation...it speaks of the coming times, but sometimes its hard to understand Biblical references if you don't have any background knowledge of Greek and Hebrew root words and how the Bible was translated. Sometimes, it may say something and it can be interpreted literally of figuratively. So, I did some research on books and I found one that was solid and focused everything on Biblical references. The book I chose was "What in the world is going on?" by Dr. David Jeremiah. This book goes through 10 prophetic signs of the end times and why they are important. I'm gonna briefly go through the first 3! *Mind you, there is a lot of history and symbolism...I encourage you to read this book or the Bible to gain insight into all of this*
One thing he does mention that I think is truly important is that knowing that there is a time when all these things will occur is NOT to scare us, but to give us hope. To know that death is not the finale to our lives...that we can see our loved ones again and be with them and our Lord for eternity.
1)Israel-I was not surprised the book started with this as the first sign. In fact, it goes back to 1948 when Israel was formed and the U.S. actually took a stand and recognized Israel as its own nation. There is a LOT of history in this chapter and it goes all the way back to Abraham but to sum it up, Israel and her people are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God made a covenant with Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land He gave to Abraham and be a mighty people. Interestingly, that land actually isn't just the nation of Israel herself, it's pretty much all of present day-Iraq and some of Saudi Arabia. This can be found in Genesis 15:18. That actually hasn't come yet. We are pretty much just waiting on a peace treaty that Israel will sign with her enemies and that will last for 7 years. Then, Israel will be attacked like never before, and only Christ's return will finally bring true peace to Israel.
2)OIL-According to the book, oil is the new gold in the world economy. It is the most valued by the industrialized nations of the world. He questions "Why is the final battle of Armageddon fought in the middle east according to the scriptures?" Well, because that's where you will find oil. He also says that the Garden of Eden was in the middle east (many believe this to be true) and that is why the middle easy is so richly blessed with oil (according to a geophysicist interviewed in the book oil deposits result from the decompositions of plant and animal life now buried by eons of time. Oil is found all over the world, including under the ice of the arctic, which means at one point, there was lush vegetation and animal life on every part of the world. And was destroyed by a cataclysmic event (The flood) He says the richest and deepest deposits of oil are under the sands of the middle east where the Bible says the Garden of Eden was. Meaning, the gas you pump into your car might be the remains of Eden---pretty cool). Anyway, he thinks that oil is going to be the driving point to get to the final battle.
3)Europe-Now this was my favorite chapter so far. He talks about the dream that God gave to Nebuchadnezzar and to Daniel. It was prophetic dream the no one could interpret but Daniel. It was a dream about an image. The head was gold; the chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs are bronze, its legs are iron, and its feet are partly of iron and partly of clay (Daniel 2:29-33). Amazing that his actually symbolizes kingdoms. Daniel says that this image was about the kingdoms that would rule over Israel in the days ahead. The gold head represents Nebuchadnezzar own kingdom of Babylon. The silver chest and arms represents the Medo-Persian Empire that conquered Babylon in 539 BC. The belly and thighs of bronze represent Greece, which took over after the Medo-Persian empire was defeated. And the two iron legs represent Rome. The two legs are also important because by A.d. 395 Rome was split into two political areas of rule (Latin-speaking West and Greek Speaking East [also known as Constantinople or present day Turkey[). So all of this has taken place. What has NOT taken place is the feet of this image. Daniel foretells of a time when the Romans will consists of ten kingdoms or leaders. It is partly clay, partly iron meaning it is weak. These are represented by the ten toes. Dr. Jeremiah says that this represents the present-day European Union. Eventually, he says they will consolidate and have ten leaders to rule over Europe. This is also where the antichrist will come from.
WOW-that was A LOT. Prophecy can be overwhelming, but its good to know that God's plan is written down and we can know it. It does give me hope that death is not the end and that Jesus will come back to rule on this earth. While you may be thinking, "How can we know for certain that these prophecies will actually come true?" I'm going to leave you with this fact for you by Dr. Tim LaHaye, coauthor of The Left Behind series....
"No scholar of academic substance denies that Jesus lived almost 2,000 years ago. And we find three times as many prophecies in the Bible relating to his second coming as to His first. Thus, the second advent of our Lord is THREE TIMES as certain as His first coming, which can be verified by historical FACT."
Now, this is a widely debated, hot topic around the world and last time I checked the end of the world is coming this year. (I am pretty sure that's not true.) Anyways, I have always been fascinated by the book of Revelation. So, to end my summer on a good note, I decided I would get a book that went through the signs of the end-times. Specifically, what the Bible says about end times. Now-it's all in there-all these signs in the Bible in verses throughout Matthew, Daniel, Revelation...it speaks of the coming times, but sometimes its hard to understand Biblical references if you don't have any background knowledge of Greek and Hebrew root words and how the Bible was translated. Sometimes, it may say something and it can be interpreted literally of figuratively. So, I did some research on books and I found one that was solid and focused everything on Biblical references. The book I chose was "What in the world is going on?" by Dr. David Jeremiah. This book goes through 10 prophetic signs of the end times and why they are important. I'm gonna briefly go through the first 3! *Mind you, there is a lot of history and symbolism...I encourage you to read this book or the Bible to gain insight into all of this*
One thing he does mention that I think is truly important is that knowing that there is a time when all these things will occur is NOT to scare us, but to give us hope. To know that death is not the finale to our lives...that we can see our loved ones again and be with them and our Lord for eternity.
1)Israel-I was not surprised the book started with this as the first sign. In fact, it goes back to 1948 when Israel was formed and the U.S. actually took a stand and recognized Israel as its own nation. There is a LOT of history in this chapter and it goes all the way back to Abraham but to sum it up, Israel and her people are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God made a covenant with Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land He gave to Abraham and be a mighty people. Interestingly, that land actually isn't just the nation of Israel herself, it's pretty much all of present day-Iraq and some of Saudi Arabia. This can be found in Genesis 15:18. That actually hasn't come yet. We are pretty much just waiting on a peace treaty that Israel will sign with her enemies and that will last for 7 years. Then, Israel will be attacked like never before, and only Christ's return will finally bring true peace to Israel.
2)OIL-According to the book, oil is the new gold in the world economy. It is the most valued by the industrialized nations of the world. He questions "Why is the final battle of Armageddon fought in the middle east according to the scriptures?" Well, because that's where you will find oil. He also says that the Garden of Eden was in the middle east (many believe this to be true) and that is why the middle easy is so richly blessed with oil (according to a geophysicist interviewed in the book oil deposits result from the decompositions of plant and animal life now buried by eons of time. Oil is found all over the world, including under the ice of the arctic, which means at one point, there was lush vegetation and animal life on every part of the world. And was destroyed by a cataclysmic event (The flood) He says the richest and deepest deposits of oil are under the sands of the middle east where the Bible says the Garden of Eden was. Meaning, the gas you pump into your car might be the remains of Eden---pretty cool). Anyway, he thinks that oil is going to be the driving point to get to the final battle.
3)Europe-Now this was my favorite chapter so far. He talks about the dream that God gave to Nebuchadnezzar and to Daniel. It was prophetic dream the no one could interpret but Daniel. It was a dream about an image. The head was gold; the chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs are bronze, its legs are iron, and its feet are partly of iron and partly of clay (Daniel 2:29-33). Amazing that his actually symbolizes kingdoms. Daniel says that this image was about the kingdoms that would rule over Israel in the days ahead. The gold head represents Nebuchadnezzar own kingdom of Babylon. The silver chest and arms represents the Medo-Persian Empire that conquered Babylon in 539 BC. The belly and thighs of bronze represent Greece, which took over after the Medo-Persian empire was defeated. And the two iron legs represent Rome. The two legs are also important because by A.d. 395 Rome was split into two political areas of rule (Latin-speaking West and Greek Speaking East [also known as Constantinople or present day Turkey[). So all of this has taken place. What has NOT taken place is the feet of this image. Daniel foretells of a time when the Romans will consists of ten kingdoms or leaders. It is partly clay, partly iron meaning it is weak. These are represented by the ten toes. Dr. Jeremiah says that this represents the present-day European Union. Eventually, he says they will consolidate and have ten leaders to rule over Europe. This is also where the antichrist will come from.
WOW-that was A LOT. Prophecy can be overwhelming, but its good to know that God's plan is written down and we can know it. It does give me hope that death is not the end and that Jesus will come back to rule on this earth. While you may be thinking, "How can we know for certain that these prophecies will actually come true?" I'm going to leave you with this fact for you by Dr. Tim LaHaye, coauthor of The Left Behind series....
"No scholar of academic substance denies that Jesus lived almost 2,000 years ago. And we find three times as many prophecies in the Bible relating to his second coming as to His first. Thus, the second advent of our Lord is THREE TIMES as certain as His first coming, which can be verified by historical FACT."
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