Monday, December 04, 2006
Do you ever get frustrated with life in general? Here lately I've been battling being upset/discouraged with the body of Christ. People that you thought were real and authenic in their walk with Christ turn out to be pretty much just like the world. Then I started wondering who really is real. Is everyone out there just putting on a mask? It seems like a lot of times the only time "Christians" talk about the Lord is on Wednesday and Sunday. The rest of the week is like they're living without any hope, letting the whole world fall on their shoulders. This gets pretty discouraging to me when I see this happening time after time after time. No wonder the world cannot tell us apart from themselves! I know we fall and some times we even fall pretty hard, but we are not to stay down there. The Bible tells us that we are to get back up again. God has also been showing me that marriage isn't everything. I've always have had a mindset that I would marry someone as soon as I finished college or at least have someone special in my life by then. But you know what? Life is more about pleasing myself and what I want, it's about pleasing my God and Savior Jesus Christ. Who am I, to tell Him my plans and what I want Him to do in my life? I am His, I gave my life to Him and must daily do so. A world is dying without Christ. That is what really matters and I need to heed the call of Christ and be an empty vessal that is willing to go and do what God wants. Marriage may indeed be in my future and if so I am so ever grateful but this is not what should drive me to keep going. Marriage may not be in my future, Lord knows that I hope and pray that it is, but maybe it's not what God wants. If this is the case then I must become content with where God has and will place me. I honestly don't know what is instore for my future but I keep pressing on with Christ set before me. Seeing bad examples of how Christ is portrayed makes me want to be like Him, even more so. I'm so glad that I can rest in my Savior and Lord.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Album: God Track: Go And Sin No More
I've sinned, come on my knees
For I'm not worthy of Your love
How could You die for me
Such grace can only come from God
Oh Lord, You search and You know meYou see me inside out God,
You alone can forgive me
Erase my fear and my doubt Father,
You pick me upI feel like a child in
Your arms
I don't deserve this love, but I hear Your voice,
Lord Jesus
CHORUS:
Go and sin no more He said
"I will not condemn you, I'll forgive and I'll forget it all
Go and sin no moreMy child,
let me remind you itis I who'll lead and guide you as you go
"You are my purpose - You are the
reason that I liveI want to be like You -
Help me to love and to forgive God,
let me not be
distracted Lord, help me focus on You
Keep sin from ruling my, Lord -
make me holy and pure Father,
You pick me up -
I feel like a child in Your arms
I don't deserve this love but,
I hear
Your voice Lord, Jesus
CHORUS
Wipe, wipe awayTake, take awayBreak, break away
Fill my life,
make it right
Father, help me, Father, help me go
CHORUS:
He said "I will not condemn you, no
Go and sin no more
My child let me remind you it is I who'll lead and guide you as you go
"I've sinned, come on my knees,
how could You die for me
You search my heart - know my thoughts
See me inside out and all throughout me
You alone can forgive me
You always pick me up -
like a child in Your arms
I could stay with Your forever here
By Rebecca St. James
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Nothin much
School is going well!
It feels so good to let go and let God. This is something that I daily have to do, but it is so worth it. He continues to show Himself faithful in my life. His love for me is overwhelming, I just stand in awe of it. I love my family and friends so much (the few that I have lol). I don't fully know what I'm going to be doing around this time next year. I know what I have planned, but is it what God wants? I'm just going to walk by faith and not by sight.
Well people, it's back to studying. Keep letting your light shine before men so that they can see the Father within you and glorify Him. Love you all!
It feels so good to let go and let God. This is something that I daily have to do, but it is so worth it. He continues to show Himself faithful in my life. His love for me is overwhelming, I just stand in awe of it. I love my family and friends so much (the few that I have lol). I don't fully know what I'm going to be doing around this time next year. I know what I have planned, but is it what God wants? I'm just going to walk by faith and not by sight.
Well people, it's back to studying. Keep letting your light shine before men so that they can see the Father within you and glorify Him. Love you all!
Sunday, October 08, 2006
What if I told you that I was having second thoughts about marriage?
I know, it would be out of the ordinary.
But what if,
Just what if you spent a couple weeks
with every church leader's family?
What you would expect to see is a loving relationship
Between husband and wife
Children and parents
But instead, family members are putting
one another down
Fighting and bickering over things
That don't really even matter
At the end of the day.
What if,
Just what if
You were put in this kind of situation?
You would want to scream at the father
Telling him that he is not loving his wife
As Christ loved the church
But instead,
All you can do is watch.
You would want to tell the kids that
Jesus would want them
to love
each other,
Not kill one another
With their words.
But instead, all you can do is watch.
Would you start
to have second thoughts about marriage
after seeing this kind of situation
Day in
And day
out?
What if,
Just what if,
this didn't have to
be
true?
I know, it would be out of the ordinary.
But what if,
Just what if you spent a couple weeks
with every church leader's family?
What you would expect to see is a loving relationship
Between husband and wife
Children and parents
But instead, family members are putting
one another down
Fighting and bickering over things
That don't really even matter
At the end of the day.
What if,
Just what if
You were put in this kind of situation?
You would want to scream at the father
Telling him that he is not loving his wife
As Christ loved the church
But instead,
All you can do is watch.
You would want to tell the kids that
Jesus would want them
to love
each other,
Not kill one another
With their words.
But instead, all you can do is watch.
Would you start
to have second thoughts about marriage
after seeing this kind of situation
Day in
And day
out?
What if,
Just what if,
this didn't have to
be
true?
Monday, September 18, 2006
There's been a longing in my heart for something more. I could always grow closer to my Savior, Jesus Christ, but I at times want their to be a special guy in my life. I mean, isn't almost every girls dream to have someone special? Of course usually by the time you hit my age, most girls have been on at least one date (not that I'm old or anything). I often get upset at myself though. I finally become content with where I am in life, telling the Lord that I'm waiting on Him, then something happens. A guy gives the wrong message or I find out a nice godly guy is somewhat interested, then I get really excited wondering if this is the "one". Then suddenly, everything vanishes/disinegrates. Then I think, why does this keep happening? Am I putting myself through this, or is this God testing me? It may not be any of these options, just the way life is taking its course. I just sometimes wish that I knew who my future husband was going to be and I wouldn't be tossed back and forth like this. In a way, it's my own fault I guess. God made women, as a whole, as emotional beings. I shouldn't let my emotions or my feelings run the whole show though. I praise God that He is in control and that He has planned out what's going to happen to me in the present and future. One day, I'm probably going to meet someone special and marry him and he'll become the most important human being to me on this earth, but until then, I need to look at singleness as a blessing, serving the Lord in ways that I wouldn't be able to if I were married. Getting my thoughts down on paper sometimes enables me to think better. This may not make any sense at all, but God understands me, because He's the one that created me. Until next time.
Friday, July 07, 2006
My every-so-often update
I haven't been here in a while.
I'm in the process of moving at the moment. The movers are coming on tuesday to pack everything up. So that should be fun. I'm honestly excited about this whole new adventure. I do get a little panicky every-now-and then and I would still prefer to go to school in VA instead of OH. But, I'm honoring my dad. He wants me to at least try this whole thing, instead of jumping straight into Liberty University. I'm not too excited about attending CBC in the fall. To me, it just has way too many issues. Of course it doesn't help that my mom teaches there, meaning that I probably know way more than I need to. I just want this year to fly by. I do need to fully trust in the Lord though. Thank God that He's in control. Don't know what I would do without Him. I should go now. Until next time.
I'm in the process of moving at the moment. The movers are coming on tuesday to pack everything up. So that should be fun. I'm honestly excited about this whole new adventure. I do get a little panicky every-now-and then and I would still prefer to go to school in VA instead of OH. But, I'm honoring my dad. He wants me to at least try this whole thing, instead of jumping straight into Liberty University. I'm not too excited about attending CBC in the fall. To me, it just has way too many issues. Of course it doesn't help that my mom teaches there, meaning that I probably know way more than I need to. I just want this year to fly by. I do need to fully trust in the Lord though. Thank God that He's in control. Don't know what I would do without Him. I should go now. Until next time.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Worship
What comes to mind when people speak of worship? One may think that singing praises to God is worship or being busy in the church is worship. Others might say that giving their money to the church is worship. But what is true worship? What's at the root of all the singing, serving, and giving? Are these just things that we do on Sunday to make us feel good about ourselves, or is this what God says that worship is?
Take a look at Genisis 22:1-5. How do Abraham and Isaac define worship? I know one thing, they weren't exactly jumping up and down, screaming for joy because of the fact that one of them (Isaac) was going to be sacrificed. But the second part of verse five says that "...the lad and I will go yonder to worship..." Abraham and Isaac were worshipping God by being obedient to Him. Abraham was trusting in God and Isaac was trusting his father, Abraham.
Another example of obedience defining worship is in Job 1:6-20. Job fell to the ground and surrenderd himself to the Lord and worshipped Him. God tells us that obedience is better than sacrifice. Worship is better than sacrifice. Worshipping the Lord takes faith. Look at Abraham, Isaac, and Job for instance. If they didn't walk by faith, but according to what they saw before them, they would have disobeyed the Lord, meaning that they would have been denying Him the worship that He alone deserves. They would have been putting a limit on what the Lord can do. When we put a limit on what the Lord can do, there's a huge chance that we're making a god after our own image and that is NOT something that we want to do.
But think about it, we do, do that at times. Sometimes we don't surrender every part of our lives to Christ. It could be that we're just plain afraid of what the Lord would and could do with that part of our lives that we're holding back from Him. Wouldn't that be telling God that He's not big enough for our problems, worries, concerns, or even times of joy? God is so much bigger than we our and we shouldn't try to fit Him or shrink Him to our own understanding, making Him smaller than what He truly is.
When one start's to trust God, He will entrust that person with things that they never have even imagined. One last passage that I want to leave you all with is John 4:20-26. One defines what they worship with how they worship. Obedience is the root of true worship. And when the roots start to grow, we can really have something to rejoice and sing about. But lets not starve our roots, leaving it to singing, serving, and giving. Let's step out on faith and be obedient to God, from the small things, to the big things. God has no limit at all.
Please feel free to comment on this devotion.
Take a look at Genisis 22:1-5. How do Abraham and Isaac define worship? I know one thing, they weren't exactly jumping up and down, screaming for joy because of the fact that one of them (Isaac) was going to be sacrificed. But the second part of verse five says that "...the lad and I will go yonder to worship..." Abraham and Isaac were worshipping God by being obedient to Him. Abraham was trusting in God and Isaac was trusting his father, Abraham.
Another example of obedience defining worship is in Job 1:6-20. Job fell to the ground and surrenderd himself to the Lord and worshipped Him. God tells us that obedience is better than sacrifice. Worship is better than sacrifice. Worshipping the Lord takes faith. Look at Abraham, Isaac, and Job for instance. If they didn't walk by faith, but according to what they saw before them, they would have disobeyed the Lord, meaning that they would have been denying Him the worship that He alone deserves. They would have been putting a limit on what the Lord can do. When we put a limit on what the Lord can do, there's a huge chance that we're making a god after our own image and that is NOT something that we want to do.
But think about it, we do, do that at times. Sometimes we don't surrender every part of our lives to Christ. It could be that we're just plain afraid of what the Lord would and could do with that part of our lives that we're holding back from Him. Wouldn't that be telling God that He's not big enough for our problems, worries, concerns, or even times of joy? God is so much bigger than we our and we shouldn't try to fit Him or shrink Him to our own understanding, making Him smaller than what He truly is.
When one start's to trust God, He will entrust that person with things that they never have even imagined. One last passage that I want to leave you all with is John 4:20-26. One defines what they worship with how they worship. Obedience is the root of true worship. And when the roots start to grow, we can really have something to rejoice and sing about. But lets not starve our roots, leaving it to singing, serving, and giving. Let's step out on faith and be obedient to God, from the small things, to the big things. God has no limit at all.
Please feel free to comment on this devotion.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
My Fathers Heart-by Rachael Lampa
Let everything that breathes praise You,
The eary, the sky, the sea praise You.
Just as nature shows to us Your blessing,
Soon I find myself confessing.
My love is not my own.
It all belongs to You;
And after all You've done, the least that I can do
Is live my life in every part
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Love is all you need to heal us,
Flowing from the heavens Jesus.
And with one voice we'll sing together;
And this will be our song forever.
My love is not my own.
It all belongs to You;
And after all You've done, the least that I can do
Is live my life in every part
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Oh, my love is not my own.
It all belongs to You;
And after all You've done, the least that I can do
Is live my life in every part
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Only to please my Fathers heart.
The eary, the sky, the sea praise You.
Just as nature shows to us Your blessing,
Soon I find myself confessing.
My love is not my own.
It all belongs to You;
And after all You've done, the least that I can do
Is live my life in every part
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Love is all you need to heal us,
Flowing from the heavens Jesus.
And with one voice we'll sing together;
And this will be our song forever.
My love is not my own.
It all belongs to You;
And after all You've done, the least that I can do
Is live my life in every part
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Oh, my love is not my own.
It all belongs to You;
And after all You've done, the least that I can do
Is live my life in every part
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Only to please my Fathers heart.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
1 Corinthians 13
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Love
1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Footnotes:
1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
1 Corinthians 13:3 Some early manuscripts body that I may boast <> Viewing Chapter 13 Go to 1 Corinthians 14 >
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Love
1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Footnotes:
1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
1 Corinthians 13:3 Some early manuscripts body that I may boast <> Viewing Chapter 13 Go to 1 Corinthians 14 >
Compare 1 Corinthians 13 with Today's NIV (TNIV) Bible translation (displays both translations in a new window).
Sunday, February 12, 2006
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE
I don't know if you'll see this Claire, but I just wanted to wish you a very wonderful birthday on your special day. Love you lots!!!!
Saturday, February 11, 2006
nothing much
Hello everyone!
I just finished an 8 hour work day. I was pretty sleepy, but that caffeine that I drank this morning finaly kicked in. So I was supossed to give a piano lesson tonight, but my student cancelled. It's snowing really bad where they live, but the sun is shining where I live. Go figure. Thank you so much Tabs, Em, and Marc for your comments on my last post. I love you all so much.
Some guy from school called me Julita the other day. I was rather disturbed about that. Most people only like their close friends to call them by their nick names. Me, on the other hand, only like people that I consider family to call me Julita. For an example, you guys (people from Aletheia), and my realatives/family. Oh well. I'm just strange like that.
I have something really exciting to tell you, but it's going to have to wait for a while. So just pretend that you didn't read this. Until next time.
I just finished an 8 hour work day. I was pretty sleepy, but that caffeine that I drank this morning finaly kicked in. So I was supossed to give a piano lesson tonight, but my student cancelled. It's snowing really bad where they live, but the sun is shining where I live. Go figure. Thank you so much Tabs, Em, and Marc for your comments on my last post. I love you all so much.
Some guy from school called me Julita the other day. I was rather disturbed about that. Most people only like their close friends to call them by their nick names. Me, on the other hand, only like people that I consider family to call me Julita. For an example, you guys (people from Aletheia), and my realatives/family. Oh well. I'm just strange like that.
I have something really exciting to tell you, but it's going to have to wait for a while. So just pretend that you didn't read this. Until next time.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Worship= obedience, bowing your heart before God, surrenduring yourself to Him
I Surrender All
All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give
I will ever love and trust Him
In His presence daily live
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Humbly at His feet I bow
Worldly pleasures all forsaken
Take me Jesus
Take me now
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Make me Savior wholly Thine
Let me feel the Holy Spirit
Truly know that Thou art mine
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Lord I give myself to Thee
Fill me with Thy love and power
Let Thy blessings fall on me
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give
I will ever love and trust Him
In His presence daily live
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Humbly at His feet I bow
Worldly pleasures all forsaken
Take me Jesus
Take me now
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Make me Savior wholly Thine
Let me feel the Holy Spirit
Truly know that Thou art mine
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender
Lord I give myself to Thee
Fill me with Thy love and power
Let Thy blessings fall on me
I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all
By Judson W. Van De Venter and Winfield S. Weeden
Saturday, February 04, 2006
there's snow on the ground
I'm really sleepy right now, so I'm just warning you that this may not make complete sense. This past week has been really exausting. Oh the joy of applying for scholorships and applying to schools. It's funny how you make a bunch of plans, you think you're going down the path the Lord has for you, but when you're almost to the point of going through with those plans, they seem to crash down on your head/the Lord shuts the door. At least that's what it looks like. You don't fully know until you're past the whole situation.
Do you ever wish that you knew what was going through someone's head? I don't mean all the time, but just on certain occasions. Do you ever wonder what's behind all the smiles, frowns, or looks of love or hate? I wish humans were more truthful. For instance, you ask someone if you're bugging them, they tell you no, but in their head they're wishing that they didn't answer the phone. Or you give someone a gift, they say that they like it, but as soon as you leave, they throw it away or stash it some place where they won't find it until 10 years latter. Here's a well known question. A guy ask a female if there's anything going on between them. She reply's, "no where just friends, right?" But deep down in side, she's wishing for something more. Why can't we be truthful? It's like a foreign concept. When it happens, you're like, "what in the world was that."
I'm sure glad that Jesus was honest. Before He went to the cross, He pleaded with God to let the cup pass from Him. This kinda proves that Jesus was fully God and fully man. But then He said, "not my will, but Yours be done." This shows us the strong relationship the Son had with the Father and it also show the love the Lord had for this wicked world.
The Lord wants us to be honest with Him. He wants to know the joys we experience as well as the pain. He wants to walk beside us through every situation. How can we help one another, if we aren't honest with the Lord, ourselves, or each other?
This is whats been going through my head this fine afternoon. It's funny what you write when you're tired.
Do you ever wish that you knew what was going through someone's head? I don't mean all the time, but just on certain occasions. Do you ever wonder what's behind all the smiles, frowns, or looks of love or hate? I wish humans were more truthful. For instance, you ask someone if you're bugging them, they tell you no, but in their head they're wishing that they didn't answer the phone. Or you give someone a gift, they say that they like it, but as soon as you leave, they throw it away or stash it some place where they won't find it until 10 years latter. Here's a well known question. A guy ask a female if there's anything going on between them. She reply's, "no where just friends, right?" But deep down in side, she's wishing for something more. Why can't we be truthful? It's like a foreign concept. When it happens, you're like, "what in the world was that."
I'm sure glad that Jesus was honest. Before He went to the cross, He pleaded with God to let the cup pass from Him. This kinda proves that Jesus was fully God and fully man. But then He said, "not my will, but Yours be done." This shows us the strong relationship the Son had with the Father and it also show the love the Lord had for this wicked world.
The Lord wants us to be honest with Him. He wants to know the joys we experience as well as the pain. He wants to walk beside us through every situation. How can we help one another, if we aren't honest with the Lord, ourselves, or each other?
This is whats been going through my head this fine afternoon. It's funny what you write when you're tired.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Yes, I Believe In God
Whatever the cost
From this day on-until forever
I will take the narrow road
for I am not alone
I do not walk this path alone
Yes, I believe in God
This I will say to you
Mean it death, or mean it life
Oh, I believe in God
For I have found the way
And I am not ashamed
I believe in God
So through the fire I'll be refined
And if that fire were to take this life
I'll be with Him forever
I will be with Him forever
You said "If any man comes after Me
He must deny Himself, take His cross
and follow after Me"
So here I come after You knowing
when my life I loose
You gives Your in return
You give Your new life in return
From this day on-until forever
I will take the narrow road
for I am not alone
I do not walk this path alone
Yes, I believe in God
This I will say to you
Mean it death, or mean it life
Oh, I believe in God
For I have found the way
And I am not ashamed
I believe in God
So through the fire I'll be refined
And if that fire were to take this life
I'll be with Him forever
I will be with Him forever
You said "If any man comes after Me
He must deny Himself, take His cross
and follow after Me"
So here I come after You knowing
when my life I loose
You gives Your in return
You give Your new life in return
By Rebecca St. James
Monday, January 30, 2006
Some exciting info........@ least to me it is.
Today I was doing my Economics for school and the author of the book that I'm using was explaining inflation and recession and he started talking about a coin's worth. Anyway, he said that we (meaning the reader) wouldn't have any coin's dating before 1965. Well, when my great grandma (Leader Mae Young: born 1910) was alive, she would save all her left over money, including coins. If I remember correctly, she was able to help my great uncle get through college, because of this. But that's not the point. So anyway, my great grandma still had some jars of coins left over after she died. So my mom took some, and about six years latter, she gave some of those coins to me.
Well today I looked through the collection and there are six pennies dating before 1965. The dates are: 1935, 1941, 1956, 1960, 1962, and 1963. Then I had one from my own collection dated, 1964. Coins that were made before 1965, were 900 fine silver. Meaning that they were 90% pure silver. I am so excited about this. If I get married and have kids, I am definitely passing this on to them. I can't wait to tell my mother.
So glance at the date on your coins when you get change back from purchasing something. TTYL
Well today I looked through the collection and there are six pennies dating before 1965. The dates are: 1935, 1941, 1956, 1960, 1962, and 1963. Then I had one from my own collection dated, 1964. Coins that were made before 1965, were 900 fine silver. Meaning that they were 90% pure silver. I am so excited about this. If I get married and have kids, I am definitely passing this on to them. I can't wait to tell my mother.
So glance at the date on your coins when you get change back from purchasing something. TTYL
Friday, January 27, 2006
Do you ever have a whole bunch that you want to type/say, but then once you start typing, you forget what you wanted to type about? Well that just happend. So I'll talk about something else.
Isn't it amazing how you ask the Lord to reveal anything in your life that's displeasing to Him or that doesn't reflect Him, and then when He shows it to you, you want to deny it because it's just so ugly and yucky and you want to lie to yourself and say, "that is not me at all"? I've been dealing with some issues and sometimes what I see in me, is just plane awful. We probably all going through this at some point and time in our lives.
Well, my dad's internship is going to be over in a couple of weeks, which means we're going back to my old church. To be honest, I'm not too excited about this. But what is exciting is that I have a much better attitude then I would have a year ago. Which means that God has been doing a major attitude adjustment in my life and I praise Him for it.
I'm taking the lovely S.A.T. tomorrow, so please keep me in your prayers.
Do you know what's really exciting? Emily already knows this, but I'm 97% sure that I'm going to be going down to VA in June and helping out at Aletheia this summer, which means that I'll be flying into NC. Emily is sacrificing a week out of her summer so that we can work the same week and drive up together! Isn't that AWESOME and a HUGE blessing? Doc and Ms. Judy are going to be thrilled.
Well I need to get ready for work. TTYL
Isn't it amazing how you ask the Lord to reveal anything in your life that's displeasing to Him or that doesn't reflect Him, and then when He shows it to you, you want to deny it because it's just so ugly and yucky and you want to lie to yourself and say, "that is not me at all"? I've been dealing with some issues and sometimes what I see in me, is just plane awful. We probably all going through this at some point and time in our lives.
Well, my dad's internship is going to be over in a couple of weeks, which means we're going back to my old church. To be honest, I'm not too excited about this. But what is exciting is that I have a much better attitude then I would have a year ago. Which means that God has been doing a major attitude adjustment in my life and I praise Him for it.
I'm taking the lovely S.A.T. tomorrow, so please keep me in your prayers.
Do you know what's really exciting? Emily already knows this, but I'm 97% sure that I'm going to be going down to VA in June and helping out at Aletheia this summer, which means that I'll be flying into NC. Emily is sacrificing a week out of her summer so that we can work the same week and drive up together! Isn't that AWESOME and a HUGE blessing? Doc and Ms. Judy are going to be thrilled.
Well I need to get ready for work. TTYL
Monday, January 23, 2006
Thursday, January 19, 2006
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Hello you wonderful people!
I really should be studying, but I don't want to, so that's why I'm posting at this point and time in my life. It snowed on tueday and wednesday. I've only been able to wear my snow boots twice this winter, wich is a little strange. Last year we got snow through April. Anyway, um....I had my first day of spanish class yesterday and I sat next to someone who had just completed med school and she was only 25, but she looked 18. She wears head coverings (outside of church, meaning all the time). I've always have had a really high respect for those who are willing to publically act upon what they believe. You don't meet too many people like that now days.
Anywho, spanish class went well. My teacher doesn't believe in letting students out early, because she wants to give us our money's worth.
One of my big toes swelled up and turned red a couple days ago. The red went away, but the swelling is still there. Don't know what's wrong with it.
Just to let y'all know, I'm not being overly expensive with what I'm charging for piano lessons. The lowest price you can get around here is $10 a half hour and the highest price is $40 so don't think I'm a gready little somebody (lol). TTYL
I really should be studying, but I don't want to, so that's why I'm posting at this point and time in my life. It snowed on tueday and wednesday. I've only been able to wear my snow boots twice this winter, wich is a little strange. Last year we got snow through April. Anyway, um....I had my first day of spanish class yesterday and I sat next to someone who had just completed med school and she was only 25, but she looked 18. She wears head coverings (outside of church, meaning all the time). I've always have had a really high respect for those who are willing to publically act upon what they believe. You don't meet too many people like that now days.
Anywho, spanish class went well. My teacher doesn't believe in letting students out early, because she wants to give us our money's worth.
One of my big toes swelled up and turned red a couple days ago. The red went away, but the swelling is still there. Don't know what's wrong with it.
Just to let y'all know, I'm not being overly expensive with what I'm charging for piano lessons. The lowest price you can get around here is $10 a half hour and the highest price is $40 so don't think I'm a gready little somebody (lol). TTYL
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Have you ever tried putting peanut butter in your oatmeal? Well Shamar told me that I haven't lived until I ate oatmeal with peanut butter. So I tried it, and it's really good. Speaking of Shamar, he has a little lady friend now. And she happend to be my friend before he even met her, so it's kind of strange. But this is the first time that I have actuelly really approved one of my brothers lady friends.
So I'm at work right now and I get to go home around 5. Nothing huge is going this weekend. I get to teach a piano lesson when I get home. It will be my very first one. I'm teaching a little girl that goes to my church. I'm charging her $6 a half hour, so I get to make a little money.
I probably should go.
So I'm at work right now and I get to go home around 5. Nothing huge is going this weekend. I get to teach a piano lesson when I get home. It will be my very first one. I'm teaching a little girl that goes to my church. I'm charging her $6 a half hour, so I get to make a little money.
I probably should go.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY EMILY!
Wish I could be in NC to wish you a happy birthday personally. This will have to do for now. Love you lots!
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
QUESTION
Do you ever hear people say that dating isn't Biblical but courtship is? Well to be honest, I haven't read every word of the Bible, but I've read most of it and I don't really see anything about courtship but I do see things about arranged marriages. So my question is, are Christians going about marriage the wrong way, or are arranged marriages something that's done in in certain cultures or was done in a certain/specific time preriod? Feel free to give me some input. And Emily, if you're reading this, I will soon write you about the paper you sent me on courtship. It gave me a lot to think about.
Monday, January 09, 2006
All of Me
Holy Father, love me still
I have fallen from Your will
I am broken
Hear my humble cry
My cry
I have wandered for so long
Tired and weary on my own
In Your arms I know I'm home, O God
My God
Take my life and make it Yours, Lord
Fill me with Your love
You are all I need
I surrender
I surrender
I surrender all of me
By Terry Wade Haynes
Sunday, January 08, 2006
School starts back tomorrow. I'm not too thrilled about it, but this means that I only have one semester left (four months; less than half a year) and I will be done with high school! Thank you Lord!
My weekend went really well. I had piano lessons yesterday morning and we picked out most of my pieces for competition in March. I'm doing two duets, two solo's, two hymns, one sight-reading piece, and a theory test. I hope all goes well. Yesterday afternoon, one of my old friends from elementry school called me up and said that she had an extra ticket to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra because the person she was going with cancelled at the last minute. So I went downtown last night to watch that. It was so wonderful. Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin and Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 by Sergei Rachmaninoff were the two pieces that were played. I hadn't been to the orchestra for at least seven years so I really enjoyed myself.
Well you all have a wonderful week.
My weekend went really well. I had piano lessons yesterday morning and we picked out most of my pieces for competition in March. I'm doing two duets, two solo's, two hymns, one sight-reading piece, and a theory test. I hope all goes well. Yesterday afternoon, one of my old friends from elementry school called me up and said that she had an extra ticket to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra because the person she was going with cancelled at the last minute. So I went downtown last night to watch that. It was so wonderful. Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin and Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 by Sergei Rachmaninoff were the two pieces that were played. I hadn't been to the orchestra for at least seven years so I really enjoyed myself.
Well you all have a wonderful week.
Friday, January 06, 2006
I'm at work again
Hello everyone! How are you all doing? I'm at work again, and we're pretty slow. Do all brother and sisters pick on each other, or is my familey unique? Well Shamar and I were in the kitchen today and he tried to kick me while he was washing a pan. I dodged him and whenever he misses me I say, "missed me by a mile" with and english accent. So I went into the laundry room to check on a load of clothes. Next thing I know, Shamar comes running with a spatula (I think I really screwed up the spelling) and I started backing up, lost my balence fell on the hamper, and broke it. So that's the story for the day. Bye bye!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
HAPPY 2006
Hello! I'm back. So I spent New Years Day at church. We had two services. One was at 11:00 p.m. saturday night and it lasted until 12:30 a.m. The next one was 10 1/2 hours latter. They were both very challenging for this year; they were about sharing your faith with others and what are you going to do with your faith. Something exciting that happend was, I made a little girl at church smile, which is pretty amazing, because she smiles for very few people. I guess I have the wonderful talent for making strange faces.
Anyway, I'm at school right now. I got a B in my English Grammar class. My teacher said I received the highest grade, which is kinda scarry. The Lord has blessed me tremendously in my schooling. I hope I never take it for granted. So I registered for Spanish 1. I'm really praying that this teacher isn't like military tough. Only God will be able to get me through this, like He gets me through everything else. Gotta go!
Anyway, I'm at school right now. I got a B in my English Grammar class. My teacher said I received the highest grade, which is kinda scarry. The Lord has blessed me tremendously in my schooling. I hope I never take it for granted. So I registered for Spanish 1. I'm really praying that this teacher isn't like military tough. Only God will be able to get me through this, like He gets me through everything else. Gotta go!