Friday, December 30, 2011
Get back in the groove
I've got to get back into the groove of writing things! I kinda took off for the Holidays and Christmas! So, how did your Christmas go? What did you do? My cousins came from O.K. to see us during the Holidays. They have lots of energy!!! One is 5 and the other is 6!
What are we living for?
What can you think of that we are living for? What should we be living for? Why?
I can think of countless things that I have lived for, other than Christ. TV, Friends, grades, stuff...What about you? How can we push this stuff aside and look to what really counts in our lives? We have to be willing to lay down these things at the foot of the cross and say, "Nothing matters but you, God. I know that you will care for me."
I can see how TV and video games can become a great distraction, enough of a distraction to pull us further away from Christ. Set these things aside and do what is right.
We should be living for Christ in every aspect of our short lives. Seeking Him and those who need Him. We should be glorifying Him with our actions, and enjoying Him for who He is.
Why? Because the Bible says that we should Glorify God and enjoy Him...I should have written the verse but I do not have a bible near by.
So, what ARE we living for?
I can think of countless things that I have lived for, other than Christ. TV, Friends, grades, stuff...What about you? How can we push this stuff aside and look to what really counts in our lives? We have to be willing to lay down these things at the foot of the cross and say, "Nothing matters but you, God. I know that you will care for me."
I can see how TV and video games can become a great distraction, enough of a distraction to pull us further away from Christ. Set these things aside and do what is right.
We should be living for Christ in every aspect of our short lives. Seeking Him and those who need Him. We should be glorifying Him with our actions, and enjoying Him for who He is.
Why? Because the Bible says that we should Glorify God and enjoy Him...I should have written the verse but I do not have a bible near by.
So, what ARE we living for?
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Just a break in the seriousness
If someone tells you nothing is impossible, what do you say to them? Comment and tell me what you would say :)
I'd say, "Ok, go dribble a football."
I'd say, "Ok, go dribble a football."
Please pray for a friend of mine
A friend I made in NY, I may have told you about needs prayer. She is beginning to accept what I have to say about Christ, and she has started praying. I would ask that you guys could pray for her. I pray that God would send overwhelming peace and joy to her as she seeks Him. I also pray that God would set someone in her path that is a devout believer, who would be a good influence on her while I am not around to do so. Thanks :) I need all the prayer I can get! So does she! With many prayers and a little faith, big thinks can be done for the kingdom of Christ.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Compromise
What are you compromising today? What have you compromised? Can you stop compromising? I have. I've compromised in the way I work, yes, today. I have compromised in prayer, clothes, and thought. Yes, I can stop compromising.
Why have I compromised? Because the world says it's ok and because I am comparing myself with others in the world.
Compromise is a slippery slope that can easily cause any to stumble. WE have to be aware that we are compromising when we are, so that we can stop and be more mindful as we continue in our faith.
I have been really convicted recently about this matter. Do you see what I am trying to draw for you? The world is compromising its morals and its goodness to sin and death, and so are we? Yes, we are. We need to turn this around if we can.
Why have I compromised? Because the world says it's ok and because I am comparing myself with others in the world.
Compromise is a slippery slope that can easily cause any to stumble. WE have to be aware that we are compromising when we are, so that we can stop and be more mindful as we continue in our faith.
I have been really convicted recently about this matter. Do you see what I am trying to draw for you? The world is compromising its morals and its goodness to sin and death, and so are we? Yes, we are. We need to turn this around if we can.
Prayer Warriors
We need to be prayer warriers for our country, government, people, and family. I see were this nation is the kind that is independent and thinks that they can survive on their own. God founded this country! He created the earth! Yet we think--little as we are-- that we can live without the very breathe that brought us to life! How can this be? How can a little people think that they are so above God as not to ask for his help?! I mean, some of us do pray I'm sure, but if you think about it not much of America's population are praying for Gods help. We need to get down on our knees and ask God for the forgiveness and for the much needed help that He could give us. If God decides not to help America, I wont blame him. We are a sinful corrupt nation. God has a right to let sin and death ravage our lands, we are the ones that asked for it. We are the ones that chose the path of sin and death...
God is out there and he will listen to your prayers.
God is out there and he will listen to your prayers.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Modesty and the standards of the world
What is modesty? Who defines it? How do you practice it?
Well...for one thing, modesty isn't what it used to be. I'm not saying that you should run around draped entirely with sackcloth and baggy clothes. I'm saying that people look at other more immodest people for their standards instead of looking at the Bible. I find myself comparing the way I dress with other teens my age and think that I don't look like they do, so I'm OK. Well, it's not OK. WE shouldn't look at others and base our standards from what we see on them. We should see what God has to say about the matter.
God defines modesty in 1Timothy 2:9. It basically says that we should dress nicely and look go0d, but that we should not flaunt (Show off) ourselves. We should not want to draw unneeded attention to ourselves.
Practicing modesty can be a very hard thing for a young woman. I, at times have a hard time with things of this sort. Sometimes we feel insecure and feel that we have to prove to others that we can shine and that we are beautiful. Its not bad to be beautiful or to have your time to shine...but sometimes we want to shine in the wrong ways. Go loves us and wants us to be confident in who we are, but he also wants the best for us. He wants us to lean on him and put our insecurities in him. Like I said earlier, being modest doesn't mean walking around in rags. Modesty is of an inner beauty, it shines from the inside out and will catch the eye of the right type of man that a good Christian woman would want to marry. It doesn't draw the many eyes of the many men that would be unhealthy people to be around. Modesty shows that you are well grounded and that you care about what others see when they look at you and that you want them to see an upstanding, Godly woman. It shows a strong character and a pure hear. Any young Christ-like man would rather walk alongside a woman that he knew was not going to go and flaunt herself to other men and for all to see, than beside on that does. You may not be at an age to think of such things as marriage (I'd start thinking now :) it is good to have the right Biblical mindset before you get married) but modesty is something that can we started right now in your walk :)
Well...for one thing, modesty isn't what it used to be. I'm not saying that you should run around draped entirely with sackcloth and baggy clothes. I'm saying that people look at other more immodest people for their standards instead of looking at the Bible. I find myself comparing the way I dress with other teens my age and think that I don't look like they do, so I'm OK. Well, it's not OK. WE shouldn't look at others and base our standards from what we see on them. We should see what God has to say about the matter.
God defines modesty in 1Timothy 2:9. It basically says that we should dress nicely and look go0d, but that we should not flaunt (Show off) ourselves. We should not want to draw unneeded attention to ourselves.
Practicing modesty can be a very hard thing for a young woman. I, at times have a hard time with things of this sort. Sometimes we feel insecure and feel that we have to prove to others that we can shine and that we are beautiful. Its not bad to be beautiful or to have your time to shine...but sometimes we want to shine in the wrong ways. Go loves us and wants us to be confident in who we are, but he also wants the best for us. He wants us to lean on him and put our insecurities in him. Like I said earlier, being modest doesn't mean walking around in rags. Modesty is of an inner beauty, it shines from the inside out and will catch the eye of the right type of man that a good Christian woman would want to marry. It doesn't draw the many eyes of the many men that would be unhealthy people to be around. Modesty shows that you are well grounded and that you care about what others see when they look at you and that you want them to see an upstanding, Godly woman. It shows a strong character and a pure hear. Any young Christ-like man would rather walk alongside a woman that he knew was not going to go and flaunt herself to other men and for all to see, than beside on that does. You may not be at an age to think of such things as marriage (I'd start thinking now :) it is good to have the right Biblical mindset before you get married) but modesty is something that can we started right now in your walk :)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
I need prayer
I need prayer from all of you guys. I, as anyone, have my troubles and trials. I have been blessed with a burden that is rather big for my shoulders but I know that it isn't to large for me to carry because Christ is there to help me lift myself up. But nonetheless I need your prayer. The blessed burden that I carry is that of a heart that morns and cries out in pain at the sufferings of others. It is to the point were I feel like I am in their shoes and I am living their pain. I ask that you could pray that the Lord would lift me and those around me up on his wings and help us to be strong in Him no matter what. Thanks allot guys :)
Why are we not the happiest people in the world?
As Christians we know and believe that Christ died for our sins and broke the chain of sin and death that otherwise would have dragged us to hell. [Deep breathe] Right? Yes. Then why aren't we the happiest people on earth?! If you think of Hell, a dark place or a place of fire and brim stone (either way you would prefer to think it--Neither sound very soft and cozy if you ask me!), and we were saved from it! Through Christs selfless death on the Cross for our sins, we were set free from the depths of Hell itself. We should be the most joyful people that ever lived! I know a few Christians that seem to be pretty doom and gloom if you ask me and I think that when we don't put a smile on our faces to show others why we are happy, then we are not seeing what we were really saved from!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
You may ask, "Why me?"
Everyone asks this question at least once in their lifetime. Ya know, bad things happen. But why to you? Or why to me? You may say, "Why is God punishing me?"
It's not that he is punishing you. I believe that bad things happen as a trial, or a test. God wants to know if you are strong enough to carry our his work. Because sometimes His work can be hard. He wants to see how you react, will you lean on what you know? Or will you lean on him? He knows what your reaction is going to be before anything happened.
God doesn't send bad things. Sin and evil are what create the bad in the world. In the beginning when Eve bit into that apple. Sin entered the world to ravage it until the day that Jesus comes again. We just have to pray for Gods hand to help us in our walk through this sinful world. When you became a Christian, no one should have told you that things would be just dandy an nothing more would go wrong. Many things do get better, and many things get more difficult. But with God at you side, He helps you with those things that get harder.
Persecution for example: If you were an atheist in China, I doubt that any of your rights and lawful practices would be condemned. But if you were a Christian speaking freely to the masses of Christ the Lord, you could get punished for such a doing. You have to take your chances for what is right.
It may seem at the time of your hardest trial, that you cannot stand up to it. You may feel as though you have been defeated. God NEVER gives you more than He knows you can handle.
"Why me?" you may ask. You, because you have been chosen for a special purpose. You, because evil is on earth. You, because you can handle it.
It's not that he is punishing you. I believe that bad things happen as a trial, or a test. God wants to know if you are strong enough to carry our his work. Because sometimes His work can be hard. He wants to see how you react, will you lean on what you know? Or will you lean on him? He knows what your reaction is going to be before anything happened.
God doesn't send bad things. Sin and evil are what create the bad in the world. In the beginning when Eve bit into that apple. Sin entered the world to ravage it until the day that Jesus comes again. We just have to pray for Gods hand to help us in our walk through this sinful world. When you became a Christian, no one should have told you that things would be just dandy an nothing more would go wrong. Many things do get better, and many things get more difficult. But with God at you side, He helps you with those things that get harder.
Persecution for example: If you were an atheist in China, I doubt that any of your rights and lawful practices would be condemned. But if you were a Christian speaking freely to the masses of Christ the Lord, you could get punished for such a doing. You have to take your chances for what is right.
It may seem at the time of your hardest trial, that you cannot stand up to it. You may feel as though you have been defeated. God NEVER gives you more than He knows you can handle.
"Why me?" you may ask. You, because you have been chosen for a special purpose. You, because evil is on earth. You, because you can handle it.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
An example of the work of Gods hand
Look at the USA, when it was founded it was founded upon Biblical standards and by moral men, some Christians. Our country flourished like NONE other! We grew and became a free nation. God placed his hand in what our nation did. He blessed us and the land. He helped our wishes for freedom to become a reality.
Most every family has a car and what food they need and what pleasures they want. Does everyone in Africa? No. Most other countries now do not hold the wealth that we once did. And none of them have the freedoms that we have enjoyed.
But look at our once great country now. We are heading to our demise. The American dollar is dropping in worth, and unemployment is high. From spending and borrowing and spending and more borrowing, our government has brought us to an unrepairable state. But wait a moment, I'm not blaming the government alone. The people in the USA are becoming moral less. I'm not pointing the finger at you in particular, you may be one of the most moral people you know.... But, lets take a break and mention some things that are the moral less parts of our country: hmmmmm, wow, Abortion is a BIG one, fornication, pornography, immodesty, homosexuality, drug abuse, and hundreds more! Our country is failing to notice that we were based on Biblical standards and God helped us flourish because of it. Now we are pushing God out of every aspect of our lives! He is starting to pull back his hand, and we are going to see what evil is really like.
Don't you see the pattern here? Embrace God, He will embrace you. Push God away, He will push you away. I don't want to see what evil can be without Gods hand to damper it. Do you? But our country is in no state to fight this coming evil. If we don't change, the USA is going to crash and burn.
Most every family has a car and what food they need and what pleasures they want. Does everyone in Africa? No. Most other countries now do not hold the wealth that we once did. And none of them have the freedoms that we have enjoyed.
But look at our once great country now. We are heading to our demise. The American dollar is dropping in worth, and unemployment is high. From spending and borrowing and spending and more borrowing, our government has brought us to an unrepairable state. But wait a moment, I'm not blaming the government alone. The people in the USA are becoming moral less. I'm not pointing the finger at you in particular, you may be one of the most moral people you know.... But, lets take a break and mention some things that are the moral less parts of our country: hmmmmm, wow, Abortion is a BIG one, fornication, pornography, immodesty, homosexuality, drug abuse, and hundreds more! Our country is failing to notice that we were based on Biblical standards and God helped us flourish because of it. Now we are pushing God out of every aspect of our lives! He is starting to pull back his hand, and we are going to see what evil is really like.
Don't you see the pattern here? Embrace God, He will embrace you. Push God away, He will push you away. I don't want to see what evil can be without Gods hand to damper it. Do you? But our country is in no state to fight this coming evil. If we don't change, the USA is going to crash and burn.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
June 26, 1942 - March 15, 2004
Do you see those dates? It most likely means nothing to you. Neither does it mean a thing to me. You look at the first date wich represents Birth, or the birth of a person. The second date is what? Yes, it is death. But look in the middle. What do you think that dash represents? Life lived.
Take you birth into perspective. You have that first date and a part of a dash. But you don't know when you are going to die so you don't have that last date. What are you going to do with your life? Is that dash going to mean something to God? I want the "-" on my head stone to mean something to God :)
Do you?
Take you birth into perspective. You have that first date and a part of a dash. But you don't know when you are going to die so you don't have that last date. What are you going to do with your life? Is that dash going to mean something to God? I want the "-" on my head stone to mean something to God :)
Do you?
Saturday, December 10, 2011
God Gave me Peace :)
Today I went to take the ACT test and all I wanted was not to be stressed about it. I didn't even care if I bombed it! I just wanted to feel confident about it. I started praying about it a week before, I asked that God would give me peace.
If you know me, you would guess that I would be stressed, hyper, and worried about the test. I all honesty I thought I would be! But I gave it all over to God, I said, "Lord, you gave me these brains for a reason and I am going to use them to the best of my ability today. But Lord, I can't control weather I throw up from nervousness...so please let me be completely and totally calm."
We got there (TTU) at 8:00 AM and there were around 60 teens there. Most of them were high school seniors. I found my friend Caroline and we were filed into a room where the people that were taking the writing portion of the ACT (which is optional) waited to go to the testing class room. There were very few, around 15 who were taking the writing. Yay!! I thought. It was fine :) My stomach was not churning and I was not worried about being around the other students. All the other students looked terrified or somber. None of them smiled. I thought to myself, Huh, huh! Is this death row or something? I burst out laughing in front of the small group and every one looked at me like I was crazy, I don't know, maybe I am! But it was so darned funny at the time. I think I was the only bright faced person in the crowd. I don't know what had lifted my spirits, or what could have other than God!
I finished the test with a nod and a smile! God helped me get through it. If God had not been there giving me peace, I would have been nervous enough not to take the test.
If you know me, you would guess that I would be stressed, hyper, and worried about the test. I all honesty I thought I would be! But I gave it all over to God, I said, "Lord, you gave me these brains for a reason and I am going to use them to the best of my ability today. But Lord, I can't control weather I throw up from nervousness...so please let me be completely and totally calm."
We got there (TTU) at 8:00 AM and there were around 60 teens there. Most of them were high school seniors. I found my friend Caroline and we were filed into a room where the people that were taking the writing portion of the ACT (which is optional) waited to go to the testing class room. There were very few, around 15 who were taking the writing. Yay!! I thought. It was fine :) My stomach was not churning and I was not worried about being around the other students. All the other students looked terrified or somber. None of them smiled. I thought to myself, Huh, huh! Is this death row or something? I burst out laughing in front of the small group and every one looked at me like I was crazy, I don't know, maybe I am! But it was so darned funny at the time. I think I was the only bright faced person in the crowd. I don't know what had lifted my spirits, or what could have other than God!
I finished the test with a nod and a smile! God helped me get through it. If God had not been there giving me peace, I would have been nervous enough not to take the test.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Who made them?
Look at that picture up above now. Every one of those shiny things you see are not stars. They are galaxies!!!! Some are many times bigger than our own, some are smaller. In 1999 astronomers said that there were approximately 125 BILLION galaxies in the universe each hundreds of thousand of light years across!!!
If there are 350 billion stars in our galaxy then how may are there in the universe? I don't know!!! Well there must be around 450,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the universe! Our galaxy is expanding. Getting bigger. If you think about it, the whole universe must be as well. It just blows my mind!
Our Creator knows EVERY star by name!! I can't remember all my cats nicknames and he has around 20. Such a small number. Cant you see now how small you are? Can't you see how great our creator is? Just look into stars and Light years, galaxies and all of that and you will just wonder how a big bang could have ever made everything the way it is. Yes, there was a big bang, God said, "Let there be light!" And it was.
This is The Pistol star. It is not the largest star in the Universe but is is REALLY big. It is 100 times the mass of our sun. And think, 1,300,000 earths could fit in the sun! That makes 130,000,000 earths that could fit in a STAR! I just think it so amazing what God has made. The Universe is so vast we could never hope to know its exact size! Like I said I believe in the Big bang. "Let there be light!" And there were trillions upon quadrillions of stars and a sun just close enough not to fry us and just far enough away not to freeze the face of earth.How great is our God? You answere that question.
God is out there
He is out there and he is watching you :) Not in the "Oooo spooky" kind of way. He is caring for you and loving you :) He sees your pain, he sees when other people don't. He doesn't care if you just lied to a friend, he doesn't care if you have a new boyfriend...he is going to be your friend no matter what. He will NEVER leave you for something you might say or do. What kind of a person would do that, No one! We are human and cannot comprehend Gods greatness. HE CARES WHEN NO ONE ELSE DOES.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Would you rather...
Have a gorgeaous voice and any ugly face
or
Have extream beauty and have to sing in front of a crowd even though you couldn't sing a note.
or
Have extream beauty and have to sing in front of a crowd even though you couldn't sing a note.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
ACT Test
Taking the ACT test this Saturday at TTU (Tennessee Tech University). I am worried that I won't pass :( Do any of you have any tips on the test???
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Take a look at this scary stuff!!
The Muslim’s Sharia
Law and Jihad
By Rachel Stickler
America faces another threat that
some Americans fail to realize exists—Islam and Sharia law.
Political correctness, misguided notations of tolerance, and
laziness to become informed and
involved have combined to create an atmosphere of confusion
and denial that an actual threat
to our nation exists.
Islam is not just another “religion” and definitely is not a “Religion
of
peace” as some contemporaries have stated. Sharia is a totalitarian, legal and political
entity,
cloaked in religious
garb, that seeks to dominate and control every aspect of human existence.
In 1991, The Explanatory Memorandum, was written by Mohamed
Akram, the senior Hamas leader in
the U.S. and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Board of
directors. It stated that the “movement”
(civilization of jihad), was to establish itself in America
(through massive population strategies) and once
accomplished, to undertake “grand jihad” (conquering by
whatever violent means necessary) “in
eliminating and destroying
the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house
by
their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is
eliminated…”
Islam cannot coexist with our constitution. So many people turn their backs and say, “It
could
never happen to us.” Yet, that same refrain was heard when
the Japanese invaded China and
Hitler invaded Europe.
Half a million U.S. deaths later, we knew otherwise.
Infiltrate, implement, destroy and
dominate. That is the battle plan of
Islamic Sharia law. The
books that Muslims use as we use our bible are called the
Koran, Sira, and the Hadith. Each of
these texts are like our bible, having chapters and verses. Over 59% of the written content of these
books is about the loathing of all non-Muslims. The non-Muslim is to be treated actively and
eternally
with great cruelty and evil.
This is illustrated by the Sura 5:82:
“The enemy between Muslims and Jews
will continue without compromise as long as Muslims and Jews
remain upon this earth.” The same
books also call for active and total jihad (war) to
establish Islam worldwide. John B.
Boggs, Ph. D. says,
“To say that radical Islam is no threat is to facilitate our
total destruction.
Because Islam is moving in so slowly
at the moment people don’t see Muslims as a threat. Who
desires to dominate the world” Americans or Muslims?
Walid Shoebat (a former Muslim, converted to
Christianity) writes: The Bible teaches that the
Antichrist will strive for complete
world domination. The Apostle John
informs us that in the
Last-Days, “Power will be given to him over all peoples, and
tongues, and nations.” (Revelation
13:7) This is
confirmed by Jewish tradition as well: “He will deceive the whole world into
believing that
he is God and will reign over the entire world.” What the
Bible warns us of is exactly what Islam is. The
renowned Muslin scholar Mawlana Sayid Abul Ala Mawdudi from the
Indian subcontinent stated: “Islam
is not a normal religion like the other religions in the
world, and Muslim nations are not like normal
nations. Muslim nations are very special because they have a
command from Allah to rule the entire
world and to be over every nation in the world.” “Islam is a
revolutionary faith that comes to destroy
any government made by man. Islam doesn’t look for a nation
to be in a better condition than another
nation. Islam doesn’t
care about the land or who owns the land.
The goal of Islam is to rule the entire
world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any
nation or power that gets in the way of that
goal, Islam will fight and destroy. In order to fulfill that goal, Islam can use
every power available every
way it can be used to bring worldwide revolution. This is jihad.”
All of
this is what comes with Islam, Sharia
law, and jihad. This was written from a reliable source.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Case study
We just finished the case study that we were doing in our youth group!!!! It was very time consuming and it was very thought provoking but it was a good way to get into God's word. I liked it but I am glad it is over...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
A lovely morning
I slept in till 9:20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a long time since I have done that! I didn't even stay up late.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Would you rather...
Have your arms flail uncontrollably every time you walked.....
...or......
Have your heart beat loud enough for all in the room to hear when you see someone you like?
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...or......
Have your heart beat loud enough for all in the room to hear when you see someone you like?
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Technology
Do you think that technology is a bad thing? I think that electronics and what not distract us from our purpose as Christians. Not all technology is a bad thing...phones and computers are a good thing... used for the right purposes that is. You see where technology is advanced and it has been made better for communication and keeping in touch. That is all good, right? Well, yes. But this world has made a good thing into something that can be used for evil purposes. The Internet for example is good for being able to look up things that you need to know. But you see so much saturation of sex and popularity on the Internet. Even on sights that are supposed to be harmless can turn out to have suggestive material. What is this world coming to if we cant keep our language clean and our text messages pure? I know that sin entered the world and that is what we get...but lets try to notice these things and see how we can try to change them.
Gettign what we didn't want for Christmas...What??????
Christmas is coming. What do you think? What was the greatest gift that you were ever given? What do you want?
There are lots of things that I can think of that I want, but I really don't need most of what I want. Isn't that how it goes lots of the time? I think so. Well it didn't go that way with Jesus. We didn't want him, we didn't think we needed him, and we rejected him to the point of crucifying him on a tree. See, we got what we needed dearly for Christmas, yet we didn't recognize a gift in a form of a baby from heaven. If we can't tell what we need when it is sent to us from heaven, how can we trust that our God loves and cares for us?
I'm not saying that everyone thinks in this manor. Neither am I saying that you are a bad person if you do. I just want to provoke thought in a place where it is desperately needed.
There are lots of things that I can think of that I want, but I really don't need most of what I want. Isn't that how it goes lots of the time? I think so. Well it didn't go that way with Jesus. We didn't want him, we didn't think we needed him, and we rejected him to the point of crucifying him on a tree. See, we got what we needed dearly for Christmas, yet we didn't recognize a gift in a form of a baby from heaven. If we can't tell what we need when it is sent to us from heaven, how can we trust that our God loves and cares for us?
I'm not saying that everyone thinks in this manor. Neither am I saying that you are a bad person if you do. I just want to provoke thought in a place where it is desperately needed.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
A clip of a book that I am deciding weather or not to write...
The waves were raging, water sprayed from stern to bow. The main mast wavered in its sleep. More than one brave soul stood up straight on the deck as the savage waves tossed the vessel like a toy on the surface of the deep. Water spattered off their black British hats. Two young men-- could even be called boys-- stood stately looking out over the angered oceans face. The ship they were on, the Diminisher, slapped the the waves viciously with a fury to rival that of the winds battering the sails. Clouds were only seen when lighning shattered the black sky.
"Them bloody angels are throw'n stones into th' sea again! Can't ya see em? Look or' there! A bloody large wave there! Can't you see it Nate?" Said the taller of two blue clad fellows.
"Yes John, I can see em all right." The voice sounded as though it came from a small child, the lads voice hadn't grown deep yet. " Really a beauty of a sight." Wistfully the shorter boys eyes glazed with tears.
John looked over at his best friend and saw the glassy look in his eyes. "What you get'n all teary eyed for? It's just a darned big storm!"
Nate was thinking of something else he wasn't thinking about the storm. "I'm all right Joe boy, I'm good."
The storm passed with the dawning of the next day. Sea gulls rode the rough waves, white caps clothed the the surface of the water.
Nate pulled on his blue jacket and buckled his belt and saber around his thin wast, he felt John's eyes on him. John was sitting on his swinging bunk. A question brightened his eyes.
John thought, Nate was an odd one, he never seemed comfortable around big groups of sweaty greasy cussing sailors. For the most part the men didn't fight or scrap because the captain kept a good hold on them. Grey in the eyes and black in the hair as handsome as any young man should be, Captain Carter was a good guy to be manning a new ship.
John yawned and poked an accusing finger at Nate's belly, not much bigger than his own. "Lookey there, looks like you have a bit o' food eh? Captain sure feeds the lads with their stripes! Huh, lieutenant?" John joked around a bit as Nate pulled his hair into a neat pig tail.
"You talk like some pirate would. Would you stop it an talk like a gentleman!? Not some savage!" Nate glared at John.
John noticed -- not for the first time--Nate's long eyelashes. "Boy you got some lashes there! yr' Moma never told you that?" He prodded some more.
Nate threw a lofty glace at the other boy and stately walked away, up the satires tot he deck. His black shined shoes clicked crisply as he went.
John jumped up and threw on his coat and shoes and ran after his friend.
Nate was leaning out over the rail watching the blue water go by. On the starboard side the sun was coming up, showing it's lovely blushing cheeks. He breathed in the fresh air, lungs filling with pure freedom. A dream. All was broken when he felt a firm hand on his shoulder.
It was a crew man, scabbilt dressed in breaches and muddy tunic. He snapped to attention one Nate turned his way. "Sir, liestenant. Captain Carter wants you to man the glass sir." He saluted once and turned and about face.
Nate was a very good glass manner, he had the crystal clear eyes or a hawk.
John stepped up next to his friend. " 'Ave you seen anything?"
Nate shrugged as he looked over the horizon. Nothing. "Your a mongrel ya know it?" Nate smiled inside. He loved his friend.
John frowned, straightend his coat, hat and saber. "Not a mongrel surely! Aye, a man though, I might say." He said it all in his best english.
Nate laughed aloud and put his glass to the side. "Surely!!!"
John's face was a-glow. "Cant I see tha glass a moment? I'll take a good long gander at the sea I will."
Nate handed it to John and kicked off his shoes, stripped off his jacket, and dropped his hat. "Race you up the rigging, Can get tot he top before any scoundrel on this ship!"
John beamed, a challenge in his eyes. He shoved the spy glass in his breaches and prepared to climb up the tangle of ropes to the crows nest.
The captain sat a t his desk mumbling over the terrible head ache he had, a hand on either of his temples looking at a map. He looked out the large bay window that revealed the deck. Two youth were racing up the rigging. One he recognized by how thin and tall he was, spider quick, it was Nate. He was beating his friend dearly! John, who panted below, tried to catch up.Carter smiled. "That boy's got guts. It's why i have him on my ship."
A rap came on the door. "Captain?" A voice from outside enquited.
"Come in."
The colonel stepped in looking sharp, a man in his mid thirties.
"Sir, the lieutenants are running the rigging, you commanded that Nat man the glass, sir." The colonel looked concerned.
The captain thought for a moment. "Watch them." He said the the other man.
John was yelling. "C'mon man! Nate! No fare! Your a scabby scoundrel you!"
Nate kept climbing at amazing speed. Up one rope, to another. He reached the crows nest and heaved his body up over the egde andinto the basket. Five minutes passed as John lugged his way up. He handed Nate the glass. "You look!" He said bitterly.
The captain smiled and looked at the colonel. "Their good men and wouldn't disobey my orders, they are manning the glass you see." He looked back to the two young men up in the crows nest silhouetted by the sun. The colonel nodded his head and stepped quietly out of the cabin
Look at the flock o' sea birds there!" Belowed John, who stood tentatively by Nate's side.
Nates eyes scimmed over the ocean looking for any other sea going vessels that could pose as a danger to their ship. Nothing had been seen so far. They were not on a war party but their boat was a man o' war. Ready for battle if need be. They were on a test run with the spanking new ship and fresh captain. They were being tested. This was the maiden voyage of both boat and crew.
They were in friendly waters but in an area where many French ships passed.
John shaded his eyes with his left hand while hanging recklessly over the edge of the basket, supporting himself with only one rope held in his right hand. "Look its that darned bloody lil' boy Conoly!" John smiled at the thought of the small cabin boy and his blazing red hair and the small black-as-coal kitten he carried around.
"That bloody boy! Stuped cat too! Spit up a hair ball on my bunk a week ago! Mine of all hundreds of beds to yuck on!" Spat Nate determinedly. He could barely make out the small boy on deck far below.
"I hate little kids!" Said John with a discussed look on his face.
Nate looked at him with a grin, "You wont once you got ten er' twelve of em wadlerin' around at home! That is if you find yer a gal!"
John looked thoughful, he had never thought about girls much before. All of them he had ever known thought he was gross because he liked stabbing toads and eating bugs and all that stuff. He had long since grown up. No more picking boogers and eating them just to make the neighbor girl run away screaming.
Nate was thinking quite the same thing. As John's face twisted with the thought of a slimy, green booger being eaten. Definately not something edible.
"Yuck!!!...." Both boys said in unison.
"Were you thinking about boogers too?" Asked Nate. John nodded with a sick grin on his lips.
"I have to say, little boys are gross creatures!" John laughed, swinging on the rope supporting him.
Nate stated his agreement. They had been talking for over twenty minutes now. Nate shaped the spy glass to his eye, slowly he circled around. H saw something! He looked back and focused on the blur. Directly behind them a black speck of a ship sailed on the horizon, following their invisible tracks.
"Sail ho!!!!!!" Bellowed Nate.
They were being hunted.....
This is a historical fiction based during the French and British revolution. I love to write even though I'm not the best. I hope you enjoyed it! Comment and tell me what you thought :)
"Them bloody angels are throw'n stones into th' sea again! Can't ya see em? Look or' there! A bloody large wave there! Can't you see it Nate?" Said the taller of two blue clad fellows.
"Yes John, I can see em all right." The voice sounded as though it came from a small child, the lads voice hadn't grown deep yet. " Really a beauty of a sight." Wistfully the shorter boys eyes glazed with tears.
John looked over at his best friend and saw the glassy look in his eyes. "What you get'n all teary eyed for? It's just a darned big storm!"
Nate was thinking of something else he wasn't thinking about the storm. "I'm all right Joe boy, I'm good."
The storm passed with the dawning of the next day. Sea gulls rode the rough waves, white caps clothed the the surface of the water.
Nate pulled on his blue jacket and buckled his belt and saber around his thin wast, he felt John's eyes on him. John was sitting on his swinging bunk. A question brightened his eyes.
John thought, Nate was an odd one, he never seemed comfortable around big groups of sweaty greasy cussing sailors. For the most part the men didn't fight or scrap because the captain kept a good hold on them. Grey in the eyes and black in the hair as handsome as any young man should be, Captain Carter was a good guy to be manning a new ship.
John yawned and poked an accusing finger at Nate's belly, not much bigger than his own. "Lookey there, looks like you have a bit o' food eh? Captain sure feeds the lads with their stripes! Huh, lieutenant?" John joked around a bit as Nate pulled his hair into a neat pig tail.
"You talk like some pirate would. Would you stop it an talk like a gentleman!? Not some savage!" Nate glared at John.
John noticed -- not for the first time--Nate's long eyelashes. "Boy you got some lashes there! yr' Moma never told you that?" He prodded some more.
Nate threw a lofty glace at the other boy and stately walked away, up the satires tot he deck. His black shined shoes clicked crisply as he went.
John jumped up and threw on his coat and shoes and ran after his friend.
Nate was leaning out over the rail watching the blue water go by. On the starboard side the sun was coming up, showing it's lovely blushing cheeks. He breathed in the fresh air, lungs filling with pure freedom. A dream. All was broken when he felt a firm hand on his shoulder.
It was a crew man, scabbilt dressed in breaches and muddy tunic. He snapped to attention one Nate turned his way. "Sir, liestenant. Captain Carter wants you to man the glass sir." He saluted once and turned and about face.
Nate was a very good glass manner, he had the crystal clear eyes or a hawk.
John stepped up next to his friend. " 'Ave you seen anything?"
Nate shrugged as he looked over the horizon. Nothing. "Your a mongrel ya know it?" Nate smiled inside. He loved his friend.
John frowned, straightend his coat, hat and saber. "Not a mongrel surely! Aye, a man though, I might say." He said it all in his best english.
Nate laughed aloud and put his glass to the side. "Surely!!!"
John's face was a-glow. "Cant I see tha glass a moment? I'll take a good long gander at the sea I will."
Nate handed it to John and kicked off his shoes, stripped off his jacket, and dropped his hat. "Race you up the rigging, Can get tot he top before any scoundrel on this ship!"
John beamed, a challenge in his eyes. He shoved the spy glass in his breaches and prepared to climb up the tangle of ropes to the crows nest.
The captain sat a t his desk mumbling over the terrible head ache he had, a hand on either of his temples looking at a map. He looked out the large bay window that revealed the deck. Two youth were racing up the rigging. One he recognized by how thin and tall he was, spider quick, it was Nate. He was beating his friend dearly! John, who panted below, tried to catch up.Carter smiled. "That boy's got guts. It's why i have him on my ship."
A rap came on the door. "Captain?" A voice from outside enquited.
"Come in."
The colonel stepped in looking sharp, a man in his mid thirties.
"Sir, the lieutenants are running the rigging, you commanded that Nat man the glass, sir." The colonel looked concerned.
The captain thought for a moment. "Watch them." He said the the other man.
John was yelling. "C'mon man! Nate! No fare! Your a scabby scoundrel you!"
Nate kept climbing at amazing speed. Up one rope, to another. He reached the crows nest and heaved his body up over the egde andinto the basket. Five minutes passed as John lugged his way up. He handed Nate the glass. "You look!" He said bitterly.
The captain smiled and looked at the colonel. "Their good men and wouldn't disobey my orders, they are manning the glass you see." He looked back to the two young men up in the crows nest silhouetted by the sun. The colonel nodded his head and stepped quietly out of the cabin
Look at the flock o' sea birds there!" Belowed John, who stood tentatively by Nate's side.
Nates eyes scimmed over the ocean looking for any other sea going vessels that could pose as a danger to their ship. Nothing had been seen so far. They were not on a war party but their boat was a man o' war. Ready for battle if need be. They were on a test run with the spanking new ship and fresh captain. They were being tested. This was the maiden voyage of both boat and crew.
They were in friendly waters but in an area where many French ships passed.
John shaded his eyes with his left hand while hanging recklessly over the edge of the basket, supporting himself with only one rope held in his right hand. "Look its that darned bloody lil' boy Conoly!" John smiled at the thought of the small cabin boy and his blazing red hair and the small black-as-coal kitten he carried around.
"That bloody boy! Stuped cat too! Spit up a hair ball on my bunk a week ago! Mine of all hundreds of beds to yuck on!" Spat Nate determinedly. He could barely make out the small boy on deck far below.
"I hate little kids!" Said John with a discussed look on his face.
Nate looked at him with a grin, "You wont once you got ten er' twelve of em wadlerin' around at home! That is if you find yer a gal!"
John looked thoughful, he had never thought about girls much before. All of them he had ever known thought he was gross because he liked stabbing toads and eating bugs and all that stuff. He had long since grown up. No more picking boogers and eating them just to make the neighbor girl run away screaming.
Nate was thinking quite the same thing. As John's face twisted with the thought of a slimy, green booger being eaten. Definately not something edible.
"Yuck!!!...." Both boys said in unison.
"Were you thinking about boogers too?" Asked Nate. John nodded with a sick grin on his lips.
"I have to say, little boys are gross creatures!" John laughed, swinging on the rope supporting him.
Nate stated his agreement. They had been talking for over twenty minutes now. Nate shaped the spy glass to his eye, slowly he circled around. H saw something! He looked back and focused on the blur. Directly behind them a black speck of a ship sailed on the horizon, following their invisible tracks.
"Sail ho!!!!!!" Bellowed Nate.
They were being hunted.....
This is a historical fiction based during the French and British revolution. I love to write even though I'm not the best. I hope you enjoyed it! Comment and tell me what you thought :)
Being intentional
We all have times when we don't mean something we say or when we let things fly that don't need to fly. I do it all the time. What about you? I've been trying to be more intentional about things lately. My youth pastor Phil has a favorite word, and that word is Intentional. The funny thing about it is that the word perfectly describes him. He is very intentional about what he believes, how he says it, and why he is who he is. I respect him for it. I would like to be known for being intentional. I want to be strong in my faith as well as caring for others alongside me. I think that caring for friends, talking to them, making sure that they know that you care about them, and showing your love in a fearless yet upstanding way, describes the action of intentional.
Rain
It's raining and my poor horse looks like a drowned rat...
Ever seen a horse when it is all wet? I don't like the rain because it's so gloomy out. I want to see the sunshine!!
Ever seen a horse when it is all wet? I don't like the rain because it's so gloomy out. I want to see the sunshine!!
Life is a blessing!!!
I have been having a rough few days :( Ya know (For you girlz out there) how sometime things just don't go right and you feel like sitting down and crying your eyes out? Yeah, well, that has been me for the last few days. Somebody in my family cracks a joke and I turn around bowling my eyes out, my poor family, it's not their fault. I just have bad days sometimes...
....I have this awful stye on my right eye and it hurts soooo bad. It is really ugly and my eye is all red! That is one of the things that has been bothering me...
...................But, life is a blessing. I am still alive. I can still walk. And God still loves me!! <3 So, I'll be ok :)
....I have this awful stye on my right eye and it hurts soooo bad. It is really ugly and my eye is all red! That is one of the things that has been bothering me...
...................But, life is a blessing. I am still alive. I can still walk. And God still loves me!! <3 So, I'll be ok :)
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Don't condemn them
Look around you and see that there are people out there that seem weird. Yeah, I know that you know what I'm talking about!!! We all know somebody that is weird. Gosh, my whole family is odd!!!...Wow, I got off topic here. OK, what I was saying before I got off on a rabbit trail was that we have seen odd people. We have looked and seen people that don't act, dress, or walk like us. We know that everyone is different. Do you judge them? I sometimes do. I may look at a young lady who is my age (16) or younger that is pregnant and think, wow, she got in big trouble!!! She's probably not even out of high-school. It's hard sometimes to look at someone different than you and not judge them isn't it? Yeah!!! Well, learned really fast that condemning a person doesn't help you, and it doesn't help them.
I went to public school in 9th grade (I'm back to homeschooling). I say, heard, and learned things that I didn't even know about. By the time the year was up I was burning to get out of there! But...I did meat this one girl that has and will forever impact my life. Her is a mental picture of her:
Average height with mouse brown hair. A thin form and greenish blue eyes that had to much eyeliner you couldn't see how pretty they would have been without it. She was a person that I tried to avoid when I first started out. She swore like a sailor!! I though that she meant bad luck. Well, I got to know her and she opened up. Even though she seemed to hang out with a shady crowd, I knew that there was something about her that made her more willing to listen to what i had to say about Christ.
I stayed away from most of her friends and advised her not to hang out with them so much. She talked her heart out to me and my sister. She told us things that she didn't tell anyone else. She slowly stopped swearing around us and even around her friends. God was starting to work in her I would think.
A while into the school year she got suspended and was not in school for the rest of the year. I cried myself to sleep thinking about what she could have done to get suspended so long. I thought that she was changing, I would think to myself. I wanted to be there for her so that she could tell me what was going on. I wanted to help.
A week before we left to Tennessee for good she called. She told me everything. I am not going to tell you what happened for her sake. But it left her very hurt and shamed. She is depressed often now and I so wish that I could see her. She was upset that we couldn't see each other before our family moved out.
I am still praying that I will see her someday. We are in contact she calls ever few weeks to check in on us. I want you to pray for her with me. Pray that God captures her heart!!!
She taught ME how to see people for who they could be, not who they seem to be. SHE taught me how to look at a person and smile because sometimes them need it. She showed me love for someone I don't even know. She helped me become a better person.
Don't look at a person and judge them. Think about who they could be with Christ in their hearts. Think about the back ground some of these poor people come from. Look and love them for who they are :) <3
I went to public school in 9th grade (I'm back to homeschooling). I say, heard, and learned things that I didn't even know about. By the time the year was up I was burning to get out of there! But...I did meat this one girl that has and will forever impact my life. Her is a mental picture of her:
Average height with mouse brown hair. A thin form and greenish blue eyes that had to much eyeliner you couldn't see how pretty they would have been without it. She was a person that I tried to avoid when I first started out. She swore like a sailor!! I though that she meant bad luck. Well, I got to know her and she opened up. Even though she seemed to hang out with a shady crowd, I knew that there was something about her that made her more willing to listen to what i had to say about Christ.
I stayed away from most of her friends and advised her not to hang out with them so much. She talked her heart out to me and my sister. She told us things that she didn't tell anyone else. She slowly stopped swearing around us and even around her friends. God was starting to work in her I would think.
A while into the school year she got suspended and was not in school for the rest of the year. I cried myself to sleep thinking about what she could have done to get suspended so long. I thought that she was changing, I would think to myself. I wanted to be there for her so that she could tell me what was going on. I wanted to help.
A week before we left to Tennessee for good she called. She told me everything. I am not going to tell you what happened for her sake. But it left her very hurt and shamed. She is depressed often now and I so wish that I could see her. She was upset that we couldn't see each other before our family moved out.
I am still praying that I will see her someday. We are in contact she calls ever few weeks to check in on us. I want you to pray for her with me. Pray that God captures her heart!!!
She taught ME how to see people for who they could be, not who they seem to be. SHE taught me how to look at a person and smile because sometimes them need it. She showed me love for someone I don't even know. She helped me become a better person.
Don't look at a person and judge them. Think about who they could be with Christ in their hearts. Think about the back ground some of these poor people come from. Look and love them for who they are :) <3
What are you doing with your life?
What are you saying to yourself about your future? Who do you want to be? Do you want to change? Do you want to make a difference?
I want to change this generation. I want to be a woman after God's own heart. I need to change. I want to make a difference.
We need to stand up and show people what we believe to be true. We need to show the love of Christ to those who don't know what love means. We need to know what we are doing with our lives in order to make a change...
We have a fire inside that none other have. Why not set the WORLD on fire? The holy spirit is just waiting to show it's works, all we need to do is let it do as God commands, we need to go out into the world and make a difference.
I want to change this generation. I want to be a woman after God's own heart. I need to change. I want to make a difference.
We need to stand up and show people what we believe to be true. We need to show the love of Christ to those who don't know what love means. We need to know what we are doing with our lives in order to make a change...
We have a fire inside that none other have. Why not set the WORLD on fire? The holy spirit is just waiting to show it's works, all we need to do is let it do as God commands, we need to go out into the world and make a difference.
Snowflakes
Aren't snowflakes so beautiful? They are another wonderful creation of God's. No two snowflakes are the same, just as no two people are the same. Thought two people may look alike they are all different inside..
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