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karen (keruss)

Hometown:: Newtown Square Pa

Relationship Status:: Single

About Me:: I live outside Philadelphia. Work in banking but like many of us dream of being a wife and mother some day soon.

Website:: www.karensthoughtsopinionsandmusings.blogspot.com

E-mail Address:: keruss@yahoo.com

Favorite Music:: Country-Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban.

Favorite Movies:: In Her Shoes, Sleepless in Seattle, The Devil Wears Prada, Invinsible, Walk to Remember
Basically your standard chic flick.

Favorite Books:: I read a lot and follow several authors.
John Grisham, Lisa Scotoline, Jodi Picoult, Lauraine Snelling, Karen Kingsbury, Kristen Billerbeck, James Patterson, Michael Connoly.
Invidual Books.
Gone With the Wind, The Kite Runner, Diary of Anne Frank
Around the World in 80 Dates Confession of a Christian Serial Dater.

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Unfurling Flower prayer group: (13 members)
Created by Emily

Help Get Married: (75 members)
Created by Candice Watters

Philly Girls?: (9 members)
Created by Alison

Favorite Hobbies: (15 members)
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Online Dating?

Added a reply Apr 30

Thanks Alicia. Helpful and encouraging as always. Reply »

Melissa My friends and I have had bad experiences with online dating. We have all ran into guys that are afraid to commit, won't initiate the relationship, and have seem intrested but for some unkown reason have disappeared off the face of the earth. One of my friends meet her husband online. For her it was ideal because she has health issues and is unable to get out and meet people. I signed up for it a few months ago and had pretty much the same experience as I did before. The guys expect the girl to do all the work but will not respond back. I personally feel at a loss as to what to do since I've had so many bad experiences with it. I (falsely) feel like this is my only shot to meet someone but I know it's not. I'm not big on singles groups for many reason. What am I supposed to do? I just can't sit like a bump on a log and not do anything. PLEASE HELP!! Reply »

What are you doing to get yourself prepared for marriage?

Added a post Apr 25

Good topic Alicia. i'm a reader so I'm reading books on marriage and applying those principles to my life now. Submiting to my boss at work. Respecting men around me esp those in authority. Working on my speech. I can be very direct and tell people what I think without being tactful. I think this is important to learn as a Christian but esp when it comes to marriage. Paying down debt and being better with my spending. Keeping up with cleaning and laundry. Working out my consistantly. I love going to the gym but sometimes it's a struggle esp after a long day at work. Now I have someone to do it for. Who knows maybe I'll meet someone there. Eating better. Taking better care of my appearance. Being more involved with church. Praying about it. I have a list of different things I pray about daily. Being more honest about my thoughts. I started journaling which I never do. I'm not a reflective person. Reply »

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Where is the Church in all this?

Posted by karen on April 19th, 2008 at 2:58pm
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It saddens me that it is so difficult for our generation to get married. I have spoken to both Christian and non-Christian women about this. What makes me really upset is the fact that we are both saying the same things. For example, men don't want to commit, marriage is looked down upon, people don't want to grow up. Many feel sad and lonely including those with a strong growing relationship with the Lord. I am also upset about the fact that the church is either silent or unhelpful to those of us who want to get married. I often times felt like it's okay to be single and want to stay that way but it's not okay to want to get married if you are single. I don't think Christians should have to look else where besides their own local churches for a spouse. The pastor should be preaching on the Bibical view of marriage from the pulpit. Older men and women should be mentoring the next generation on what Bibical womanhood and manhood should look like. The church also needs to play a more active role in matching up couples. I often feel like I'm out there alone fending for myself when it comes to finding a husband. I pray for a change in this. That God wakes his church up and starts getting serious about helping singles get married. I pray for young single men to rise up as leaders and pursue marriage. I pray for older men to mentor them. I pray for young women to go against the culture and embrass their roles as helpers. I pray for older women to mentor us.

How Do You Catch His Attention? Article by Carolyn McCulley

Posted by karen on April 14th, 2008 at 7:22pm
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I ran across this article from Carolyn McCulley that I found helpful. Ladies, men of course are supposed to intiate the relationship but we can let them know we are here and want their attention. She quotes John Ensor from his book Doing Things Right In the Matter of the Heart. Which I just purchased but haven't read yet. That's the next one on my list. Anyway here's the quote. "It is for men to strike out into the forest and look. It is for women to crack the twigs and stir the leaves so we know where to find them." This quote is getting at the whole men intiating and women helping them to do it. Carolyn asked men what this looks like. Here's her list.

1) Smile While You Stir: This is pretty self explainatory. No man wants a moody sad woman. A smile is more attractive than a frown and takes less muscles too.

2) Trust God While You Wait: This makes us more patient and also speaks about our spritual maturity. We can even do this when our hearts are sad. Joy will flow outward from trusting God.

3)Growing In Gratitude for The Gospel: Our salvation is the best gift God will ever give us. We deserve his wrath not his grace. To quote Carolyn We are walking objects of mercy." "Gratitude for the gospel shoulde permeate our lives." This in turn will affect how we treat others.

4) Pray Before, During and After You Crack Twigs: Isn't that what we are doing at this site?

5) Encourage the Hunters: Applaud them for living Godly lives

6) Refresh the Hunters: Women are giving the gift of hospitality. Use it to encourage those in your community.

7) Be in Proxmity to the Hunters But Don't Scare Them Off: Put yourself out there. Get noticed especially for your Godly behavior. This doesn't include flirting or attention getting behavior.

8) Follow the Leader: Simple. Men lead. We follow.

I just added my own thoughts to each point. Carolyn's article can be found at

www.crosswalk.com/11549260

Thoughts on Luke 18 The Persistant Widow

Posted by karen on March 17th, 2008 at 5:05pm
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Candice in a recent post refered to the story of the persistant widow as a way to approach God in praying for a husband. I went back read an meditated on the chapter and came to some conclusions on it.

Christ taught this parable to his disciples as an illustration on how to pray and not lose faith in him. The widow approached the judge requesting justice that wasn't served. This judge was a heartless man that did not regard God or man. The widow was persistant and granted justice.

Unlike the Judge in this parable, we serve a God who cares for his own. We can approach him in faith with our requests and he will not only listen but will answer them. He'll do this quickly. This means on his time table and not our own. We put our faith and trust in a sovereign loving God who cares for his people.

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At 4:26am on May 10th, 2008, Emily said: Hi Karen, thanks for your message - all is well, just busy :) Hope you are doing well too!

At 6:31am on April 19th, 2008, donna said: Hi Karen,

No problem and you're welcome:)

At 4:24pm on April 17th, 2008, SarahJane said: Thanks for adding me as a friend, Karen!

At 9:17pm on April 16th, 2008, Kitty said: Hi Karen!

Thank you for your post and your friend request. I'm from Manhattan originally, but I live in south Florida now. I go up every few months or so because I always miss New York. :)

At 2:26pm on April 16th, 2008, Itsmemissy said: Guardians Tag Ministry Phillipians 2:3-4
3 Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others.
Be humble thinking of others as better than yourself.
4 Don't just think about your own affairs,but be interested
in others, too, and in what they are doing.

What are you thankful to God about today?

At 6:13pm on April 15th, 2008, Alicia said: Hi Karen :)

Yes, I've been well, thank you so much for asking. :)! I've been really busy lately with trying to juggle full-time work and (almost) full-time school, as well as church ministries, etc. It's almost time for some major assignments to be turned in and some tests to be taken, so I'm back in "cave" mode, lol :D The last few weekends were really nice. I spent some time with a friend that I haven't seen in a long time and we had so much fun. We even got this streak of craziness in us and we skipped through a part of the mall, arms linked, like two giddy and happy teenagers. I hadn't done that in YEARS. :) It was exactly what I needed since I've had a full plate lately. :) Sigh, friends are awesome. :)

At 7:23pm on April 11th, 2008, Missy W. said: Hey Karen. I'm doing well, how are you? Sorry it took me so long to write back to you. I'm terrible with that. You're still in my prayers -- let me know how you are.

At 12:12pm on March 28th, 2008, Jackie Jones said: You are so awesome! Thankyou for the prayers. I just sent out a bunch of letters so keep praying for His provision. How are you doing? Let me know if I can be praying for you besides for that future man of yours. I love what you have to say above, very wise. Have a Christ-centered week and get strength from His word!

At 5:30pm on March 26th, 2008, Shannon G. said: thank you, So now you know about me, please share about you? anything I can keep as a matter of prayer?

At 6:35pm on March 24th, 2008, donna said: Same here Karen, I couldn't figure out why (the bitter part of the bittersweet) at first but my daughter went to stay with my sis in Jersey last night so after church I was home alone. And I hadn't made plans in advance for myself so it was like wow the options are slim due to short notice on this day. Thought about going to see my niece but I'd been to my bro's house a few times this month and felt I'd give them some space but truthfully mom and dad appreciate it because when aunties there they get to sleep:) Then I thought they're probably going to go to the in law's or something.

But I opted to stay home and it was good watched a movie, listened to the two boundless podcasts I'd missed and just chose to enjoy that solo time which is rare. But it certainly reminded me of my desire to marry and have another child. And I suppose it's because the family usually gets together for dinner after church. I've never ever sat home solo on an Easter Sunday eating takeout. So it was different yet still a blessing once I put things into perspective.

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