Appetizers and ENTREES

Nail Polish is a great way to start this blog out. I'm sort of in a nail painting kinda mood. Something to soothe me at this moment other than reading my book, talking to a dear guy friend, and starting to listen to my music and 9news for the weather. :) 9news is the greatest news!! Just ta let you know ;) Okay so the real reason I am writing this journal entry (I like journal better than blog because this is truly personal for me and I want your thoughts, opinions, comments,etc.). So anyway I am pretty 100% positive EVERY girl writes A BOY entry so here goes mine. HONESTY TRULY IS THE BEST POLICY!! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GUYS!! So here goes....

I've been reading this book Teri let me borrow about guys, actually I have three of her books and this is the second one I am reading. I LOVED the first one it definitely helped me change a few things that I knew but the book gave me more insight and I changed them. So I have recently started reading the SECOND book, "Ending the Search for Mr. Right"----Why am I reading this well because I am GETTING ready for MY ONE. I am making sure I am the one ready for when that time comes for us to MEET!! First off after I started reading this book NO JOKE two days later I had this BIZZARRO (word?!? Meh oh well) dream about MY ONE!! Trust me BIZARRE. I'm not going to go into details here because I only trusted a COUPLE people to know about this DESTINY that awaits. Back to the book....

.....there was this part in the book that talked about men being like APPETIZERS and ENTREES. Need some explanation?!? SO DID I!! SO here goes Isaiah 55:2 (NLT translation) "Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food that is good for the soul!"

What does that have to do with guys you ask?!?....I still haven't given you enough right :) so OUR GUY appetizers are those dear GUY FRIENDS we all have (YES, it can absolutely happen for guys and girls to be FRIENDS). Why are your guy friends like appetizers?!? BECAUSE some boys ARE meant to be in your life to help mold you into the woman you should be (god places them there) there are some guys that are there for you but are the nasty TASTE you sometimes get in your mouth when eating a NEW appetizer. Some of those appetizer guys are not that GREAT taste of friendship for you even though a lot of time we want PUSH OURSELVES to make them be. Would you keep eating that fish if you truly couldn't down it or would you push it to the side, toss it,and ask for something else?!? WE hate (most likely) giving up some guy friends that we have because they have been there for so long. we want to keep them around because we've known them for YEARS but, if they're no good and all they do is tear us down or keep making us get that sick feeling they need to go! Other appetizer boys help us to understand guys and which guys to stay away from we need to keep them around so that we can IMPROVE who we are! They are the ones who we can run to and know if SOME guy DOES hurt us they'll be there to "kick his butt" in a sense.

OKAY OKAY so the entree....If appetizers are our GUY friends that are there and they get us PREPARED for the "real meal" then OUR ONE (my one) is the ENTREE!! What an exciting way to think of it!! My one is the ENTREE! Okay so we all end up ordering and waiting for our main course. Now we get the APPETIZERS to hold us down until the big meal comes along that's how that ONE GUY is to us. We make GREAT guy friends along the way and then we anticipate the arrival of THAT ONE. The one that makes our mouths water and fills us just to the tee. (if you're ANYTHING like me you often can't get enough of them so you ask for a TO GO box to TAKE IT HOME). In the end we take our entree, our ONE HOME we get to take him and keep him because he's the filling we need to keep us US!!


This great entree is from this cute lil restaurant a few of my friends and I went to celebrate CHelle's 26th birthday! OMGOSH great food!! I so cannot wait to take TANISHA there!!



That is such an AWAKENING to me! Such a way to see things in a DIFFERENT light but, a light that makes TOTAL sense. I sure hope it helped you maybe see some things out. I am still reading this addicting book and I want to share SO MUCH more but there's too much going on in my head right now. Wait til my next post...I'll probably be giving you a different INSIGHT to see DIAMONDS and how they're "GIRLS BEST FRIENDS" ;)
I leave you with this....GOD...JESUS...THE ONE AND ONLY is who I am putting my trust in. I am trusting him to help me read through these great books and guide me into what I need to do. Before my ONE walks into my life I need to MAKE 100% SURE I am ready for him, so he doesn't have to be my crutch necessarily. He needs to be there to protect me not be my therapist!


In the book there are random MAN FACTS throughout each chapter: Men are attracted to women who are not looking for a man. They can SMELL desperation a mile away, and it is sure to make them run in the other direction.


Praying whole heartily,
Chantella

P.S. Why I started with NAIL polish I do NOT recall. I got caught up in explaining to you and I kinda lost where I was going with that nail polish talk ;)

On this road again!

All you can really see that sticks out is new year! I am almost positive that a lot of you have heard this new year talk and have gotten excited, some have made new years resolutions and others have decided to take new steps and new leads to change their lives for better I'm sure.
    I have decided that this year will be progressing to even greater blessing!! Not just for me but for my family and friends, for my church, and my workplace! I absolutely love my life and would not like to change any of where I have come from. I have been blessed with such a loving family that I know not to take it for granted because I know not any one person has what I have!
      This first journal entry I am writing is to express who I am! I want you to know me for me so that when I start to get deep and start to share more and more you know who you're dealing with.
    First and foremost I am 21....ME 21 I still am in shock every time someone asks/says it because I cannot believe that I am this old. I feel like being 17 was only yesterday! I like to think I am growing up but sometimes I just let myself go knowing that I still am a child of God living life to the fullest all because of what he did for me. I catch myself in the toughest situations saying, "No stop others have it worse be THANKFUL for what you have" and then I take a deep breath (Mmm) and I am semi back to normal.
    Random facts:
          *When I eat potato chips, french fries, or anything that comes in portions from a bag, carrots, green beans, pizza rolls, etc I'm a little OCD and have to eat the smallest ones first. (this I shared with my lovely close friend I call my other fam Sonia) it's true though I for some reason go directly for the smallest item on the plate/bowl/etc.
       * I love being jumpy and spastic
       *I make really funny noices when I tell a story
       *or I have my hands all over the place
       *I can never sit still I have to be moving no matter what
      *when I talk with people I stare at their eyes or mouth and if they look uncomfortable or if they are smiling the whole time or have a serious face I have to look away for a split second so I can keep my train of thought
       * I love my toes...Their cute little itty bitty toes but I love the way my feet look
       *My toes HAVE to be painted otherwise I feel naked, even if I have close toed shoes.


Serious facts:
       *I hate being alone in new places and I have to have someone's arm to hold onto when I walk into a new place (like my security blanket)
       *I don't talk with any family outside of the ones that live with me (mom, dad, and my 2 sisters)
       *I like not talking to my "outside family" because I know if we did talk and were close I would not be where I am today...God pulled us out of that and has grown us so much more.
      *I never take two hours to get ready to go some where.
     *I plan my outfits the night before so I can just wake up throw them on (sometimes literally) and walk out the door after brushing my teeth, washing my face and putting make up on (eye liner and blush...sometimes eye shadow)
     * I have very different relationships with my sisters and when we get mad and fight it gets scary


Silly funny facts:
    * I chose to start this blog back up because I have a lot I want to remember this year and having to write it all out with pen and paper seems like a lot of work....and I type way faster. :)
    *I love getting my hair played with...runnning fingers through my hair is very relaxing
    *I rarely brush or comb my hair....it falls into the postion I like with just blow drying and finger shaking :)
    *I LOVE pickles!
    *I love the first and last snow of the season everything in between I usually can do without. :)
    * flip flops are so my thing
    *I love wearing heels
     *I hate when I txt someone and they use short one word answers


I feel like there is so much more to say but I don't want to say it all because that will take forever.
As this journey goes I cannot wait to see where it ends up. I am so excited for this year because Jesus is going to do so much.
Pastor Bagwell was talking about in church this morning that the past two years for a lot of people have been rough and tough and God/Jesus is going to restore and bless them and help change them if they're willing to accept.


The past two years for me have been great. Have I gone through my battles through the years YES of course. Just like anyone else has I have had my ups and downs but God has placed this growing blessing on my family and I. Things we have never done we have done the last two years. God has opened so many doors for us that this....right here.....right now is just the beginning of what is to come. I am anticipating this time and I cannot tell you how EXCITED I am!! Huge blessing is just around the corner. I am not placing any limits on this because I know what God has called for me and what is to come. In the last two years I got my second prophetic word prophicied over me. The 1st one was years ago and if I knew what I know now I would have wrote it down...so I do not recall. I do know to the tee what Had been prophecied over me and I will have to share that story another time when it's the right time.


I hope you enjoyed this first look into ME. A crowned JEWEL of his!


Taking those first few steps,
Chantella

**Ps. I have always loved these lil ones (PRECIOIUS MOMENTS) I found one and color painted it....not too sure how I feel about the colored one but it was fun!


Have a great morning/afternoon/night