Know & Tell Friday

Welcome Know & Tellers :) I hope the bloggers that have been participating weekly are finding the "Know & Tell" meme interesting and a lot of fun. I found a new book of questions ( by Poole) this week, and I will use some of the questions from that book today. I also welcome any newbies to the "Know & Tell" meme to join in today. The Bonus Questions section is going to go a little deep today, and I hope it will be meaningful to all :)

Question 1
(In honor of my best fwend today.... she has been so ill :( How often do you get real sick? It seems that I get real sick maybe once or twice a year, but I am also a sufferer of migraine headaches that make me really, really ill. I seem to get migraines monthly, and I get the migraines that put me out of commission about 6-10 times a year (a good year).
Question 2
Do you usually send serious or humorous greeting cards? Why? The answer to this one is probably about 50/50, and the "why" really has to do with either the mood I am in, or it may reflect what type of circumstance is going on with the person I send the card to.
Question 3
Are you a person who has a whole lot of acquaintances, or just a few very close friends? The answer would be both (kind of...) I have a few very close friends that I treasure more than gold :), but I also have a lot of acquaintances that I adore. I am a very social person, and the more people around me the better!!!
Question 4
If you could cure a disease, or heal a sickness, which one would you choose? I guess it would be Cancer...that is the first one that popped into my head... I have many close relatives that have died from Cancer, and it just seems it is so rampant in today's world... Not to mention the way it just destroys the body :(

Bonus Questions
Question 5
What does "being spiritual" mean to you? I think the old me would have said that being spiritual means being perfect, but now I think it has to do more with my maturity in Christ...Am I different than I was a year ago? Am I growing closer to Christ, and I am reflecting Christ's image more than my own?
I also think that "being spiritual" has been used in a negative way, and it can push people away from Jesus... I think I was like that when I was young. I acted spiritual, and pushed people away from Jesus, but thank goodness He opened my eyes to what I was doing, and I feel like I am a totally different person now.
Question 6
Imagine you were talking to someone who did not believe in God and Jesus... How would you explain to them that Jesus is Real (from your experiences in your own life)? This is my question that I thought of today in the car... I figure that there are a few people who visit my blog from time to time that are not believers in Christ... I hope that this blog never comes off as a place that is only for Christians... I welcome those that are seeking, and even those that are scoffers. I do not have any theological smarts to debate people over the existence of Christ... I can only tell my own story of how Jesus changed my life, and how I know that He is real. OK... here is my answer.

This answer probably seems so simple, but it is the thing that popped into my head. I know Jesus is real because I am a different person than I used to be... In my youth, and young adulthood I was very judgmental, self absorbed, selfish, prideful, and I had a major anger issue. In my early 20's when I turned my life back over to Jesus, he began a work in me that is continuing today. I know that if Jesus had not changed me, I would not have changed on my own. I was very content to live my life serving myself, and I believe had Jesus not intervened I would be the same miserable person today.

Do not get me wrong, I still may struggle with some of the sins I mentioned above, but those sins do not define me as they once did...The Bible says we are new creations in Christ... I am an example of that truth!!! 7Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Blessings to all!!! Can't wait to see your answers this week!!!