CMM if Mary were a man!!!

So I'm at Starbucks with my laptop today writing and THE FUNNIEST THING EVERRRR happened!!! I got up to use the restroom and there was a man walking in front of me to the restroom as well, men and woman restrooms were located right by each other...

and the man walks into the men's and then waits and holds the door for me, my hand is on the woman's about to open it, but he's just stand there all gentlemanly like waiting for me...

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I mean GENERALLY SPEAKING, I really appreciate it when a man holds the door open for me, it's very kind and considerate of them, I always smile and say thank you, BUUUUUUUT...this is THE DOOR TO THE MEN'S ROOM HE IS HOLDING FOR ME...i dont wanna be rude buuuuuuuuut... lol...i just kinda pause and smile at him and continue to open the ladies room...in that moment he realized what he was doing, his face turned red and we both busted up laughing!!! It was HILARIOUS!!! *Chivalry-sigh!!! 

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Buuuuuuuuuuut  I think he was REALLY embarrassed cuz he was sitting behind me and he had just gotten there but when i got back he was packing his stuff up and leaving!!! The funniest part was that it TOTALLY reminded me of something i would do!!! 

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Now you all know what this blog would be like, IF I WERE A MAN!!! 😂😇

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The difference between him and I tho, 

is that wouldn't have left!!! Bahahahaha

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I mean really, IF I LEFT THE SCENE every time I did something embarrassing, there'd be NO SCENES left in my life!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!

Mary Frances 😊🙃

Just two cups of water!!!

The other day I was thinking about a time waaaaaaaay back in my teens and I busted up laughing!!! There was this guy that like, absolutely ADORED ME!!! Like, anything I wanted he would do! He liked me for like, EVERRRRR!!! He bought me expensive stuff that my mom always made me give back if it was to high, he took me to banquets, he just pretty much kissed the ground I walked on...NO JOKE!!! LOL He went to our church at the time and was good friends with my oldest brother.

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Well one day, this guy and me and my sis and my brother  and I'm not sure who else may have been with us, but we went to the drive through at Jack-in-the-box. I'm NOT sure where my mom was, but we had her van, which the transmission was going out on it so it was CONTINUALLY stalling! #poorLife

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Weeeeeeeellll as we were going through the drive through, I don't know WHY, for some reason I was getting up and switching spots with someone in the van. Well when I got up, the VERY OBNOXIOUS guy in his big O pick up truck yells out to me, Fat @*^%$@ I was like, kind of embarrassed but at the same time I was just like, Dude, your stupid whateverrrrr!!!

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 I didn’t even acknowledge the comment, But I mean, no matter what, comments like that still hurt you and put a damper on your spirits! No one in the car really said anything much about it just like, oh just ignore him, he's being stupid. But this guy that liked me just sat there and didn't say anything!!!

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So when we got up in line to order, we all said what we wanted and this guy that likes me says, "Just two cups of water for me!" So we're like, your not gonna eat? He's like, NO! Just two cups of water! We're like, OKAAAAAAAAAY...I hope he's NOT sick because he was also known for having the most random bouts of sickness!!!

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So we get our food and we're about to pull out on to the street and this guy says, No pull over in the parking lot and he starts to open his door! We're like OH GREAT! He's going to get sick!!! Now people are really going to say stuff! Well he gets out of the van and he's still holding his two cups of water. Then he looks my brother in the eye and he says, “GET READY!!!”

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NOW we're like, OH NOOOOOOOO!!! He then walks DIRECTLY to the big O pick up truck, goes up to the passenger side where this rude guy's girlfriend is sitting and he says to her, "HEY!" and when she turns her face to look at who said that to him, he throws the first cup of water in her face! Well having NO CLUE what had just happened to her, SHE SCREAMS!!! Like,

AAAAAAAUUUUUUHHHHH!!!

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Meanwhile, we're all siting in the van like, TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!!! Oh no, we're all gonna die!! What if this guy has a gun??? What are we going to do? What if he tries to chase us? What if the van stalls while we're trying to get away!!!

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Weeeeeelllll...When she screams, of course her rude boyfriend turns to see what is going on and upon seeing water all over her, he's like, WHAT IN THE @&^%$????? Just cussing up a storm and like a champ, when he turns his face to look out the passenger window to see what is going on, this guy that likes me takes the second cup of water and throws it in HIS FACE!!!

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 Which was EXACTLEY what this guy had planned to happen...he threw the first cup at the girlfriend, TO MAKE SURE, this obnoxious RUDE guy, turned his face to the passenger window so he could REALLY GET HIM...RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

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Well now this guy in the truck is OBVIOUSLEY IRATE!!! He's yelling and screaming and cursing, revving his engine, BUUUUUUUT there is NOTHING he can do BECAUSE, there is a car in front of him and a car behind him now...HE'S STUCK!!!

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My devoted lover liker comes RUNNING BACK TO THE VAN at full speed, we have the door open and my brother just TAKES OFF OUT OF THERE!!! Thankfully, much to our relief, THE VAN DID NOT STALL!!! The Lord had mercy on us all!!! Finally when we were at a safe distance from Jack-in-the-box, we're like, LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY!!! I can't believe you did that...that's soooo STUPID...that's SO AWESOME...your an IDIOT...buuuuuuuuuuut DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

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He's just like, NOBODY, TALKS ABOUT MARY!!!! Awwwwwwww!!! Isn't that sooooo sweet??? Annnnnnnnd I have to say, had he had all his ducks lined up and been where he needed to be spiritually, weeeeeelllll I may have considered him!!! LOL!!! Cuz as idiotic of a move as that was, as a teenager, I was STILL pretty impressed by his bravery to do something soooooo STUPID, in order to STICK UP FOR ME!!!! Like seriously, AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

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As for that rude-obnoxious guy, first of all, I HOPE that his girlfriend realized she was dating a JERK and dumped him and second of all, I hope that every time in his life since then, when he goes to make fun of a fat girl, I HOPE HE REMEMBERS...

TWO CUPS OF WATER

Annnnnnnnnnnd THE MOST STUPIDEST ACT OF CHIVALRY EVER KNOWN TO MANKIND!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. And I'm honored that the act was done FOR ME!!! Hee, hee!!!

a GIft of Chivalry!!!

CHIVALRY!!!

Chivalry it's the ultimate gift every girl wants right? Chivalry, like CPR, has been romanticized into something it really is not. (If you think CPR is romantic, you've NEVERRR taken a CPR class before! Because the possibility of someone barfing in your mouth and breaking their chest bones, is not in anyway romantic unless your a total phsyco...jus sayin!!;) Females so often put chivalry into the category of  being treated like a princess. The man ALWAYS has to open the door for her and the car door for her too, even when just running errands! He pumps the gas for her! He does this and that etc... 

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While I don't mind, and do think its polite and  courteous for anyone, male OR female, to hold the door for the person behind them, if someone happens to NOT hold the door for me, my world is NOT turned upside down, because I KNOW HOW TO OPEN A DOOR!!! I know how to pump gas!!! I know how to pull out my own chair!!! If I can lift something, that needs to be moved, I just do!!! BUUUUUUT I don't know how to change a tire or fix pretty much anything! To me, chivalry is not pampering and spoiling someone and allowing for laziness, but more about putting others before oneself. 

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According to the 10 commandments of chivalry, the closest thing to what we consider chivalry today, is the third commandment: Thou shall respect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them. Its to protect and defend the weaker and the poor. Chivalry can not be summed up in opening a door for a pretty girl or giving her his jacket because she is cold. To me, chivalry is a matter of a man's character and the integrity in his heart, what he does or how he treats someone, when no one else is looking. To me,  chivalry is NOT defined by a man's actions alone.

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A chivalrous man doesn't do something for someone because it  appeals to him, he does it because it's right! He doesn't do it to be romantic, he does it because it is needed! He doesn't do it to seek a females approval, to woo her or earn brownie points, he does it because he is an honorable man.  To me, the ultimate example of chivalry;  is doing for someone, what they can not do for themselves.

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When I think of chivalry, I specifically think of an incident that I witnessed one day at a Circle K gas station near my house. It happened on a hot summer day here in Phoenix Arizona. I walked in to buy a drink and as I walked towards the soda fountain, I saw an elderly lady standing there getting herself a soda. As I got closer to her, I noticed that she was very poorly kept. Her clothes were ragged and worn, her hair in a disarray, she wreaked of sweat, body odor, urine and just plain filth. As I got closer to her, I realized from the wet brown marks going down her pants that she had an accident, not making it to the toilet. There was nothing attractive or appealing about this scrawny, wrinkled old woman as she quietly, slowly, hobbled over to the line to pay for her drink. 

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However, as she began to make her way to the back of the line, standing right  behind me, a young man in the front of the line stepped out and said with the utmost respect, "Ma'am, you can go in front of me!" The lady hesitated not sure of what to do. So unsure of being treated with kindness and respect, after all who was she, that any young man would offer for her to go in front of him in line. She wasn't pretty and young, but the young man courteously compelled her like she was royalty, to come stand in front of him in line. 

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I watched, as that poor, elderly woman hobbled to the front of the line and paid for her drink. When she was done paying, she turned to that young man, and with tears in her eyes she thanked him! "Bless you, she said to him, BLESS YOU!" Then she hobbled out the door to her bike filled with many bags holding her all her stuff.  Who knows when the last time it had been, that the neighborhood bag lady had been shown respect, but it was done by a young man that I then watched walk out the door and headed to the bus stop to wait for the bus. I'm not normally checking out the guy waiting at a bus stop, but in that moment, I couldn't help but admire him. It doesn't take a rich or educated man to be chivalrous, because chivalry is a matter of character and the integrity in ones heart.

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And as I thought about all this that happened, I couldn't help but think that what this young man had done, was exactly what our savior did for us. God, our creator, put aside the splendor of heaven,  humbled  himself, clothed himself in flesh and came to this earth to sacrifice himself for us. And he didn't just do this for when we were at our best, when we looked good and smelled nice. He came to us while we were in our own filth and waste. When we were a mess, and wreaked of havoc, while we were wallowing in the vomit of our mistakes and failures of life, clothed in nothing but the the destructive rags of or own sins, he put us before himself and Christ died for us. He took our place in death when we were NOTHING, when it looked like we would never amount to anything, that's when Christ sacrificed himself for us.

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You don't need to look any further for chivalry, because God gave us the ultimate gift of chivalry when he came to this earth as a little baby, to do for us, what we could NEVER do for ourselves!!! A perfect God, the King of Kings,  ransomed and redeemed us, sinners, failures, messed up humans, from eternal death in hell. 

WE SERVE A CHIVALROUS GOD!!!

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

♥Mary Frances :)

Doors!!!

Have you ever noticed HOW MANY different kinds of doors there are???

There's doors that have to be PUSHED to be opened, there's doors that you have to PULL to open. There's sliding doors, there's car doors, there's revolving doors, there's glass doors, there's screen doors and there's automatic doors, there's locked doors and I'm SURE, many more!!!

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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A DOOR???

A door is a moving structure used to block off, and yet still allow access to something, an entrance to a place, yet a closure to a place within an enclosed space, such as a building, room, closet or vehicle.

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In life, there are MANY doors that we will walk through and some that we will SEE, but NEVER walk through. The question IS, HOW do we know if a door is meant for us to walk through or NOT???

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So often you will hear and probably even say at some point, "I'm JUST waiting for GOD to open the door before making a decision." AND while this is good to a certain extent, SOMETIMES, we're waiting for God to open a door that says PUSH or PULL on it!!!

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Sometimes, the door has a LOCK and only God can unlock it but there are other times that the door has a lock and GOD has given us THE KEY and now it us up to us to take that key and unlock the door. Sometimes we have to KNOCK and WAIT for God to open the door, And YET there are other times, when God locks a door and it will NEVER BE UNLOCKED!!!

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Sometimes, there's a revolving door, and God wants us to go through something before we can get to what is on the other side. Sometimes you just gotta shut the door for a little bit, while your riding to your destination and THEN its time to open that door again! Sometimes there's sliding doors and you gotta figure out if you should SLIDE that door all the way open, or if you should just partially slide it open to not let anything IN or OUT with you.

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Sometimes there's a glass door and you can see very clearly what is on the other side and weather or not you should open that door! Sometimes there's a screen door, and you can only kind of see what is on the other side, but you'll never really know, TILL YOU OPEN THE DOOR!!!

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Sometimes in life, there are automatic doors. There are things in our life that are just automatic. They just happen without us trying or doing anything for them to open. Church, school, family, those were automatic doors for me that just happened without trying. Waking up and going to sleep are just automatic doors. And you'll find blessings that come to you in life, that were just automatic without you doing or saying anything to have ever gotten them!!!

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There are automatic things that God expects us to do. I remember hearing someone once say that they kept bumping into someone, they didn't know what God wanted to do, but they just wanted to pray about if they should witness to them or not. Bishop Abbott spoke up, WELL, I can tell you what God wants to do for that person, HE WANTS TO SAVE THEM!!! Sometimes we over-spiritualize the OBVIOUS or THE AUTOMATIC!!! Should you witness??? YES!!! The Bible says that God is NOT willing that ANY should perish, BUT that ALL should come to repentance! Should you repent??? Should you obey God's word??? It's an AUTOMATIC DOOR!!! YES, you should!!!

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As a female, sometimes, its good for us to be a lady, WAIT and let a man OPEN THE DOOR FOR US, but sometimes, you can't always wait around for someone to be opening the doors for you.

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I've seen AZ females, usually in the dating or newlywed stage of life, SIT IN THE CAR after reaching a destination, in 120 degree weather and NO AC, WAITING FOR THE GUY to get out of the car and open the door for her. Now, I believe in chivalry, I like it, its nice, I appreciate it, BUT, in 120 degree weather, I'm OPENING MY DOOR AS QUICLEY AS POSSIBLE AND HIGHTAILING IT TO THE CLOSEST PLACE WITH AC!!! Why??? BECAUSE ITS HOT OUT!!!! Sometimes you just need to be PRACTICAL!!! The original intent of chivalry was NOT the romanticized version that we know about now. The original intent of chivalry was for a man to do something for a female, elderly person, or child, that they could NOT do for themselves.

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There are times, when you need to wait, trust in God and LET HIM OPEN THE DOOR! There are times in life, when there is NO WAY you can open the door yourself and the only thing you can do is WAIT for God to open it. However, while YES, God IS indeed a gentleman, SOMETIMES, there are things that YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF!!! Sometimes, you just gotta OPEN YOUR OWN DOOR!!!

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HOW DO YOU KNOW IN LIFE, WHAT TO DO AT EACH DOOR YOU COME TOO???

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The KEY to knowing how you should proceed at each door in life, is THROUGH PRAYER!!! Jesus says in John 10:9 "I am the door..." THE KEY to knowing, IS SEEKING GOD or THE DOOR!!! We have to continually seek God in prayer for His will and direction in our lives. "The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God." (Psalm 14:2)

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Should I wait? Should I PUSH? Should I PULL? Should I knock? Should I get a key? It can seem so complicated knowing what to do in life, and yet, its SO SIMPLE, PRAY!!! God wants us to PRAY!!! We will know what God wants us to do at each door in life, when we seek Him for His will and direction in our next step.

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“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” (Psalm 32:8)

♥Mary Frances :)

Ghetto Chivalry!!!

THAT Ghettolicious MOMENT...

When your going thru the drive thru...

and your window on the driver's side is broken...

SOOOOOOOOOO you have to open the car door to pay and get your stuff...Annnnnnnnnnnnnd the McDonald's worker so kindly holds your car door open for you while you reach out to get your stuff!!!

Heeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyy!!!

Yes, I was impressed!!! Hee, hee!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Future AMM

Ladies and Gentlemen...
Weeeeeeelllll its been a while since we have had a NEW APOSTOLIC MALE MODEL...
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Mainly because THE PEOPLE that have nominated people...have beeen SLACKIN in actually gettin me the info for the people they have nominated...HINT!!! HINT!!! HINT!!!! :P Anywayz, while we are waiting, I would like to take the time to do MY OWN nomination for a FUTURE Apostolic Male Model!!! 

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A little boy that has been a total gentleman... i'm sure makin his parent's proud...single Apostolic guys...if you wanna know how to woo a girls heart...take NOTES...from this Honorary-Future-Apostolic-Male-Model...THE ONE AND ONLY...

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Brett Myers!!!

Let me tell you all what this little sweetheart did!!! Last Monday night was the last night of Bible College...AND I did my usual get there 30 minutes early so I can socialize with the girls in the childcare and play with the kiddos....AND I was leavin  a few minutes early to head to the ladies room before class... so that I could look in the mirror...YES...It had been almost a WHOLE HOUR since I had looked in the mirror...LIKE OMW...thats a LONG TIME!!! ;)

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Sooooo i'm heading to the ladies room, which is in the breezeway, which happened to be locked up...Soooo Brett is like, Oh let me go unlock it for you...soooo he RUNS up ahead of me and is trying to punch in the code to open the breezeway door...buuuut...aparently he didn't have the right code, so some guys that were already in there come running over and open the gate for me.

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Weeeeellll...I thank Brett for tryin to unlock the door for me, (Its the thought that counts at this moment) walk into the ladies room...and forget all about Brett!!! (Awwww...LOL) I'm busy dootin myself up...talkin to this other chick in the bathroom as I brush my hair. There is a knock on the door, and i'm to busy STILL lookin in the mirror and brushin my hair...so the other girl answers the bathroom door...She is talkin to a lil kid...she is like who are you lookin for? OH Mary Ginty, yes Mary Ginty is in here...

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She is like, Mary there a boy waitin out here for you! I'm like WHAT? Huh?! A BOY??? WAITING FOR ME??? (This is a VERY RARE moment in my cRaZy LIFE!!!) Soooo i'm like okaaaaay hold on...THEN another girl opens the door, MARY HURRRRY UP!!! Your fan club is waiting out here for you...K....just ONE more brush stroke...LOL...and I go walkin out...

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Standing there, leaning against the wall, ever so patiently is Brett!!! I'm like, BRETT!!! Have you been waiting for me this WHOLE TIME!!! He just smiles and nods at me!!! I'm like awwww that was sooooo SWEEEEEEEEET of you!!!  THANK YOU!!!

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He just grinned at me walked me to the end of the breezway and then ran off to the playground!!! HAHAHA!!!...but isn't that sooooo CUTE?!?!?! (And a total improvement from the last night of Bible college last year, he ran up to me and says, "HERE MARY GINTY, this is for YOU and hands me a sign that says HYPOCRITE!!! NO COMMENTS PEOPLE>>>LOL)  I can't recall ANY guy EVERRRR waitin on me before...weeeelll...aside from my brother's at conferences...when they are tryin to leave to go eat and they FORBID me to socialize with ONE more person...NO MATTER HOW LOUD THEY ARE CALLIN MY NAME...LOL...

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Anywayz, Total CHIVALRY!!! Girls LOVE CHIVALRY!!! Buuuut only when guys do it on their own...I've heard girls talk about how if your with a guy and he takes you on a date, if he forgets to open the car door for you, you should just SIT there and wait...I'm like ummmmm RUDE!!! LOL Don't get me wrong, I LIKE IT when a guy gets the door for me, buuuuut i'm NOT going to remind them...thats GHETTO...and being a nag and you know what the Bible says about a nagging wife...DRIP! DROP!!! LOL...besides... it doesn't seem like, JUST SITTIN there, makin the guy feel like a total doofus... would be having a meek and quiet spirit..."JUST SAYIN!!!" ;)

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Soooooo anywayZ, if any of you Apostolic guys out there need wooing tips...

just go talk to

BRETT!!!

♥Mary Frances :)