The might of the pen: May 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Yeah!

So we leave for choir tour today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be back next saturday, so depending on we get in I'll update on Saturday or Sunday!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

So we leave 4 choir tour on saturday! Practices have actually been going pretty well we just have to fine tune everything. I've been staying late and getting there early due to ride issues but have been using that time to help others and I've really enjoyed that! I enjoy preforming these acts of service because I draw closer to God-it brings me a peace that I can't get anywhere else.

Also I can't wait to start doing all the summer youth stuff at my church! We are doing a ton of stuff- it should be awesome!

New song discoveries/old favs:
Image-BarlowGirl
Braid her hair-randy owens (this is a must listen go to www.randyowen.com it stars to play automatically . It's a really sweet song.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

What's up?

This one is a pic af me and my friend getting ready for homecoming. It was in October... Think I'm a little late!

Ditto above!

One of hundreds of pics from my spring break trip...

Ditto

Ditto

Well a lot has gone on....

I'm now a sophmore!

So that's exciting. I'm leaving for choir tour in exactly one week and will be gone for a week. We are doing a musical called fruit bearing tree done by one of our choir directors friends. We will be the first to preform it! So if you could please pray that we will be able to pull in all the loose ends and share God's word.

Summers's here and along with the explosion of summer heat has come my brothers volatile temper yet again. It's always ten times worse in the summer but at least he will be on his meds this summer. (he's got ADHD) I'm just not sure I can handle being stuck in the car with him for two hours everyday this summer when he pretty much says whatever he feels like saying, hits whoever he feels like hitting, throws whatever he feels like throwing(This is bad anyway, but in a moving car on 75) My parents can't really do a lot about it, but this is something I learned along time ago is something I must give completly to God and just trust in him for.

Oh and this summer is also going to be exciting cuz I can dive right into my 24/7 volunterr schedule. I've so missed some of the special needs kids I see every year! Also my best friend and I have a summer project of tracing back our family history(now we have in excuse to hang out all summer!lol) Plus I hope to get back to the books I'm trying to write. I've missed doing it because of the lack of time I have had.

This summer my assignments include reading: Lord of the flies ( for honors 10th grade lit), Guns germs and steel(AP world history), Doing a 35 page packets of worksheets(Honors Algebra 2) , Typing 60 something words/definitions/relation to world history/online assignments(AP world history) . It's really not that bad so yeah. My other classes I will be taking next year are Spanish 3,Honors Chemistry,yearbook, intro to culinary arts(maybe switch to computer apps) and health and PE.

A couple of songs I've recently discovered:

Harder than the first time - BarlowGirl

The guy song-BarlowGirl

Every little thing - HawkNelson

Songs I already discovered but love:

Average Girl - BarlowGirl

California - HawkNelson

Friend like that - HaekNelson

Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

Dive - Steven Curtis Chapman

Which brings me to my next point. Steven Curtic Chapman is an amazing and inspiring christian musician. He has a very close knit family on wedensday night one of thier three adopted daughters was killed and the funeral is today. Please pray. My heart breaks for their lost and I can't help but weep with them. http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Hey

Hi, I'm back, and planning to do this once a week again. So my thoughts for tonight are this:

I'm rembering all the people in the bible who have let God lead them like Ruth and Job in a way when things were uncertain , and that is the kind of faith I want to have, I'm seeing God everyday in the little things now because I seek that, and I love it. I'm leaning to God more in new areas and that gives me peace, I'm learning more about my faith. So my point is seek it. "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7

Fav quotes

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered - Mark 11:22
"Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told- Habakkuh 1:5
12Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity-1 Timothy 4:12
14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe-Philippians 2:14-15
14What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:14-18
17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.-2 Corinthians 3:17
3But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.-2 Thessalonians 3:3
6Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:"Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.-Revelation 19:6
8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.-Matthew 5:8
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find her. ~C.S. Lewis
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him-Psalm 18:30
Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly- 2 timothy 2:16
Be Bold Be loud Be weird-ME
Be the Change you want to see in the world- Ghandi.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.-Matthew 11:28
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed -Proverbs 16:3
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.-3 John 1:10-12
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. Czech Proverb
Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"says the Lord. 20On the contrary:"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.Romans 12:19-21-
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life- john 3:16
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.-Psalm 46:1
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.1 Timothy 1:15-16 -
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. - John 15:5
I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same. - Rachel Scott
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching- Hebrews 10:25
My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in- Proverbs 3:11-12
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962),
Philippians 4:8 - Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
The eyes of the lord are everywere keeping watch on th wicked and the good- proverbs 15:3
The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. -Nahum 1:7
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. -Joseph Chilton Pearce
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps- 1 peter- 2:21,23
will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever For great is your love toward me;you have delivered me from the depths of the grave. -Psalm 86:12-13
You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,Psalm 10:17 -
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12).