The Ask-me Girl

I read an article today that hit a cord with me. The title, The Ask Me Girl, caught my eye. "Hmm," I thought, "that sounds like me!" My blog's address is "holly I have a question" after all.

The author, Windy Chinn, has it a little worse than me. She actually had to wear a sign around her neck that said, "Ask Me." (Maybe I'll make a shirt.....) Anyway, like Wendy, I am the ASK-ME GIRL. At work, nine times out of ten most of my conversations begin with "I have a question."

This is true even of my personal time. People will call at all hours of the night to ask me something about something work-related, like, "When is Spring Break?" or "How much does the BSU parking permits cost?". I'm handed checks or envelopes at church and at home to "take to the BSU." Some days I feel like I have lost my identity as "Holly" and have just become a phone book or the dispenser of BSU facts.

Don't get me wrong, I love my job. I like helping people and I probably do know most of the answers. But sometimes I feel like having the answers is my identity. "Go ask Holly, she knows everything." So they come, they ask, and they leave. Many times, people call me not to talk to me or to spend time with me, but to simply get answers.

Hmmm.....I wonder how many people treat God the same way people treat me. God knows all the answers, so if I’m the "ASK-ME GIRL," then God— being bigger— is the ASK-ME GOD.

How many times a day does He hear, "God, I have a question?" How many times do we say, "God has the answer, ask Him." And they come, and they ask, and they leave.

In all the search for answers, do we miss that His identity is not defined by the answers He can give, but who He is? Do we merge the work He does with why He is to be known? Instead of just answering questions all day, does He desire to be known simply as "I Am"? Doesn't He want us to spend time with Him just because of who He is and not JUST for the answers He can give?

It is okay to ask God questions--He does know the answers and He does want to help. But don't confuse the answers with who God is. And don't miss the most important questions of all: God what are you like? Can I spend time with you? Where do you want me to meet you today? What are the desires of your heart?

My God is worth being known, even if He nevers answers another question, He is worth being known.

A few of my favorite things

Okay, so Debby's Blog made me think of posting some of my favorite things. Lately, too, I have come to realize that it is important for my girlfriends to know what my "favorites" are in the case that some brave soul (aka a guy) would want to know. After being asked what "so and so's" favorite this or that is, I have come to realize these are important facts we, women, need to know about each other.

Chris Goree has this down too. How many of you have seen his "list"? It is great--it's about 6 pages long (two columns) of things he would love to receive as gifts. I think these kinds of list come in so handy at birthdays, special occasions, dates, and the occasional apology. So here is the start of my list.

Foods/Drinks

• Cold Dr. Pepper with lite ice (I don't like too much ice!)
• Cheese dip (the runny kind more than the thick kind)
• Chili cheese dogs with mayo and, occasionally, thinly chopped onion.
• Sweet Tea
• Breakfast (more the salty side--eggs, hash browns, etc. rather than the sweet kinds)
• Tostitos Restaurant Style Salsa Medium
• Totino's Frozen Pizza
• Hershey Kisses
• Strawberry Sour Punch Straws
• Orange Pop Ice

Misc. Likes

• Harry Potter
• College football (and Game Day with Kirk Herbstreit)
• Blogging
• Under-dogs (I am a sucker for a story where the unlikely wins!)
  
• Remember the Titans
  
• The Parent Trap (orginal version with Hailey Mills is my all-time favorite movie)
• Snood. It is the best game ever!
• Roses! I am a classic rose fan. I love different colors-like orange or pink--best. Yellow is my least favorite followed by white.
  
• Anything by Cheri Blum (an home decorative artist, but she does candle holders, paper, etc.
  
• Photoshopping pictures.

This is harder than it looks. Hmm. Maybe I will add to this again sometime. This is all I have for now. I need to get to work!

Reunited and it feels so good....

Well, I got my Tygre and my Rita back in Norman this weekend! It has been a fun weekend with more people moving in each day. Amy and Dan came back. (If you haven't check out her blog, you better.) Soon the Duplexes will be full!

Sarah is still here after she was too sick to fly back on Saturday. So if you still want to see her, she'll be here until tomorrow evening. She thinks we gave her something so she couldn't fly out.....I'll plead the fifth on that one.

I would like to congratulate Ryan and Junk on their new baby--a ba-zillion inch HD TV. (Not to mention the HD DVD player, Surround sound, HD Cable Package, and Wireless internet.) It was a long, hard day of delivery, but they are now happy parents. Best Buy is officially open at the Duplexes! It's "pretty much" the coolest TV ever.

Nothing new in my life. Just enjoying the people coming back and preparing for the upcoming craziness. I am sooo excited about the MT retreat this weekend. I can't wait! :)