sArAh PaLiN, "ThE wEsT", & ChaRacTeR

As a young 25 year old woman I admire Sarah Palin more each day. I find myself more akin to a Sarah Palin than an Angelina Jolie and for that I am truly grateful. As a gal growing up in the "WEST" and growing up on the frontier of our own, the Palin family could be found amongst my family's friends and my own friends from college. Perhaps it truly is something about us folks that are from the western United States and grew up learning to be self-sufficient and working in nature because I only see a woman I can truly relate to and look up to as a woman when other folks are using their own insecurities to challenge your success. Her career, family, and personal values are something that all young girls should be reading about instead of famous Hollywood actresses, singers, or a few other choice female politicians. I grew up working hard on a cattle ranch, never really experiencing family vacations instead spending summers farming and irrigating and holidays spent at home with hungry cows & calves to feed, one parent was in a lengthy coma by the time I was 15 with years of brain injury rehab to follow, and my father passed away after a 6 yr battle with stage IV cancer. I paid for college with student loans, and the government didn't hand me free money even though my family's combined salary would appall the post-man. FOLKS-this is real life...Not exaggerated or made up. Sarah Palin's life is what we tax-paying, church-going, Jesus Christ believing, hard working families experience every day. She has a son in the miliarty-gone to battle for all of us, a daughter who made a mistake that most of your children have probably already made-just didn't get handed the baby card, and her youngest baby has Down Syndrome. She has worked HARD, her husband has worked HARD, they don't come from Old Money, private schools, trust funds, OR welfare. Is that truly so hard to believe? It’s not for me or everyone else I know. Leadership and serving has been a part of my life and my family's since I was born....because it’s just the way you are raised out in the country. You help out your neighbors, your family memories are experienced WORKING alongside each other not on a vacation, digital or flat screen TVs are rare, spending money on cable or satellite doesn't make sense. So, when you ask if any women support Sarah Palin the answer is YES!!!! Sarah Palin is the type of woman I have known all my life and would invite over for a steak or burger and ask how her and her husband are raising their youngest to be included and a part of their family just like their other children and how as a woman and mother she has been able to withstand the lies and attacks on her character. As a 25 year old painfully honest, grounded, right from wrong thinker, driven in faith, leadership, and values; I am an image of a Palin supporter and others like her.  I am a woman thankful for finally having a "famous" woman of Sarah Palin's CHARACTER to lead and inspire us in this world.
(This was something I felt drawn to post online in regards to a forum that asked if any women actually supported Sarah Palin. I am not one to respond to those type of things, but I couldn't be stopped!)

What traits do you admire in people? Do you find yourself getting more involved when the world seems to be slipping from ethics? Would love to hear from what drives you each and every day!

Blessings, Jenna

2013

Only thing better...if one day I was in these shoes!!! :)

No Rest for the weary....literally

Luke 6:20-49 

²⁰Looking at his disciples, he said:
   "Blessed are you who are poor,
      for yours is the kingdom of God.
 ²¹Blessed are you who hunger now,
      for you will be satisfied.
   Blessed are you who weep now,
      for you will laugh.
 ²²Blessed are you when men hate you,
      when they exclude you and insult you
      and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
 ²³"Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.
 ²⁴"But woe to you who are rich,
      for you have already received your comfort.
 ²⁵Woe to you who are well fed now,
      for you will go hungry.
   Woe to you who laugh now,
      for you will mourn and weep.
 ²⁶Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
      for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.

Love for Enemies

 ²⁷"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. ³⁰Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. ³¹Do to others as you would have them do to you.  ³²"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. ³³And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. ³⁴And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. ³⁵But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. ³⁶Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Judging Others

 ³⁷"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. ³⁸Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."  ³⁹He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
 ⁴¹"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴²How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit

 ⁴³"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. ⁴⁴Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. ⁴⁵The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

The Wise and Foolish Builders

 ⁴⁶"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? ⁴⁷I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. ⁴⁸He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. ⁴⁹But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."