Grow up self..

1 Corinthians 1:1-3
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?

Hebrews 5:13
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

Sometimes I can't really believe myself. I am offered such great opportunities and I give them up for such selfish things. I sit here watching Charlie Brown's Christmas (one of my favorite Christmas cartoons) and he complains about how commercial Christmas has gotton. Something as simple as a cartoon has just given me so much thought. I started off with realizing that Christmas is about Christ. The only gift I should care about the only gift that really matters is the gift of my eternal life...my relationship with God...and the fact that I can live knowing that I don't have to fear death. So many people I know do. It's crazy. I thank God so much for it. But really...am I doing my part? Am I faithfully devoting myself to learning more about Him.....studying His word..and praying to Him? My answer is no. I falter, I fail, I ignore the absolute truth that sits in front of my face daily. How much of my time have I spent wasted sitting in front of the computer playing tetris or playing guitar hero and rockband? And I know it's ok to play the video games but really like comparing amount of time spent on each one it's just crazy.
I can't do it alone. I can't just radically change my heart so I can be tuned on God most of the time (because I am not perfect and I will fail) I need God to help me. To help guide me through this mess called life.
But Life isn't always a mess. God shines through to me so much. I love when it snows because I can just stand there and stare at it for hours without getting tired of how He can just create something so beautiful.
God is indescribable. And i know that word is used a lot but it's true. I am in awe of how He can draw people to Him and just...wow there's so much I could say.

I know this blog was probably really confusing but it was just a bunch of thoughts I am trying to figure out.

Books I want to read list.

1. More of the Bible
I never feel like I get enough of the Bible. I really want to read more of it and look into the Old Testament more.

2. Tortured for Christ- Richard Wurrnbrand
3. More than a Carpenter- Josh McDowell
4. One Heartbeat Away- Mark Cahill
5. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ- John Piper
6. Reread When I don't Desire God- John Piper
7. Suprised by Joy- CS Lewis (I'm actually reading it right now)

Hey, does anyone else have any suggestions?

I am A Soldier

I love this poem. God really showed me a lot of things that I need to change in my life. It was awesome that God led me to this when I was on the internet. It's kinda long. But worth it.


I am a soldier in the army of my God.
The Lord Jesus Christ is my commanding officer.
The Holy Bible is my code of conduct.
Faith, prayer, and the Word are my weapons of warfare.

I have been taught by the Holy Spirit,
trained by experience,
tried by adversity and tested by fire.

I am a volunteer in this army,
and I am enlisted for eternity.
I will either retire in this army at the Rapture or die in this army;
but I will not get out, sell out, be talked out, or pushed out.

I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable.
If my God needs me, I am there. If He needs
me in the Sunday school, to teach the children, work with the youth, help adults or just sit and learn,
He can use me because I am there!

I am a soldier.
I am not a baby.
I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up or pepped up.

I am a soldier.
No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me, or lure me.

I am a soldier. I am not a wimp.
I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name, and building His kingdom!

No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards, candy or give me handouts.
I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for, or catered to.

I am committed.
I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around.
I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside.
I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.

When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing.
If I end up with nothing,
I will still come out ahead.
I will win.

My God has and will continue to supply all of my needs.
I am more than a conqueror.
I will always triumph.
I can do all things through Christ.

Devils cannot defeat me.
People cannot disillusion me.
Weather cannot weary me.
Sickness cannot stop me.
Battles cannot beat me.
Money
cannot buy me.
Governments cannot silence me and hell cannot handle me.

I am a soldier.
Even death cannot destroy me.
For when my commander calls me from this battlefield,
He will promote me to Captain and then allow me to rule with Him.
I am a soldier in the army,
and I'm marching claiming victory.

I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier, marching heaven bound.




There is a bunch versions on the internet that I found too. But all were talking about the same thing. We are soldiers in the army. Christ is our leader, we have to obey his every command. He is commander in chief. And will withstand forever.

My newest "myspace about me"

Hello young earthling. I am confident that my "profile" is noted as "cool" and decided to "catch" your attention. Thank you for visiting. In brief here is just a few words about myself (realizing that this is the about me section of the "myspace profile"): my intelligence level is astounding and unimaginable, the fitness level of my body is altitudinous enough to beat most giants, beasts otherwise known as Michael Phelps. I find delectation in clouting a hard sphere, or as you humans call it "a ball", with a staff, otherwise known as "a stick". I believe this is to be known as "field hockey." Being a beast of the athletic creation and "pwning" all events, I bow my study on to a clamorous apparatus you fellow people call "a guitar." I find this word preposterous. In conclusion, mortals...I will "beat" your base (or for you of lower intelligence quotients "butt") at almost anything you aspirate.


This is all a joke. Thought you might enjoy!

God...shines through the hard times

Summer ended very quickly for me especially when field hockey season started... I really got bad at blogging during that time but hah that's according to God's will so let it be.
Summer taught me a number of lessons. Some were absolutely common sense and some came as a surprise....planning your summer out...don't even bother, don't even bother to make lists of things your gonna do..we don't know the future and only God does...letting HIM take control was one thing I absolutely struggled with...Being a goalie it's something you can have little control of or a lot. Most of the time it's in between.
You can't control how your team is going to play offensively but defensively you can guide them to control the ball. You can control how in shape you are, how good your clears are or how well you can angle up to the ball but you can't control the other team's fast breaks, power plays or slapshots....How often am I defending myself and God...how much will I step up to the plate?
School def gave me many reasons to desire God more and more in itself. It's so easy to blow up on someone for saying something you really dislike/ or doing something you don't agree with...jumping in on complaining..gossiping...etc
I can't even count how many times I have done that in one day itself

The title of my blog really doesnt explain what im writing about but the struggles I have gone through i sorta explained a little

My grandma is going through some really bad health issues right now. Her body is tired. I have never clung to God so much in my life.
I pray that in the good times and the normal times (if that is ever possible) that I can cling to him

Podcasts...

I knew about podcasts, but I didn't realize that they were free since you had to access the iTunes store in order to get to them.
Pretty amazing.
Now I can actually listen to something worthwhile on my iPod.
Sweetness.
If there are any amazing ones ill let you know.

Summer just is flying by

27 days left until school
It feels like yesterday that I got out.
I can't really tell you how my summer was. I plan on making a post on it the day before school starts before I go to bed =P
It's been good so far. There is a lot of time left for things to happen.
Bible study has been great, studying Proverbs. It's made me yearn for wisdom more and more.
I don't really have much to say right now but I felt like posting because I haven't' in forever.
Hope your all having a great summer!

How To Stay A Christian In College

I am reading this book, it's by J.Budziszewski if anyone wants to read it, and it not only gives good advice for college but also advice that you could use everyday.
What I really like about the book is that it relates it's advice to the Gospel even in the smallest ways. Some quotes from it:

"The only firm rock in all this shifting sand is Jesus Christ. Hold on to Him, hold on to His Word, hold on to your partners in faith and you'll be okay."

In one of the chapters it talks about sharing your faith. I am not going to type everything out because 1) that's a lot and 2) I would rather you read it yourself =]
"Pray for a chance to share your faith....Pray to be ready to share your faith...Pray for discretion in sharing your faith...Pray for words to share your faith....Pray for patience to listen as you share...Pray for God to prepare your friend's heart and mind...Pray to thank God for the opportunity to glorify His name"

"Don't talk the walk, unless you walk the walk"

I'll have more as I keep reading the book.

Apologies.

Really sorry to anyone that has to listen to me rattle on about playing the guitar. I just got it a few days ago and I already love it. Still trying to figure out if I am obsessed with like learning...Brittney might be able to help you on that one. =]

Summer.

So during the mess of exams I kinda forgot about my blog. I apologize. But it's summer! YAY! I never thought school would end for the year (just kidding kinda)
Summer goals anyone? I have a few.
I really want to dig into the old testament. I mean like absorb a lot of it. Ill probably be posting parts on here.
I also wanna learn how to play guitar. I just got one yesterday and I am totally excited. It was learn how to skateboard but I can do that too. =]
I think a lot of this summer I wanna grow in Christ. Just to prepare for the upcoming school year, which supposedly will be my hardest year.
Anywho. Everyone have a good summer!

Praise God, in the good times and the bad.

It's amazing some things we go through. It's sometimes a slap in the face some of the things that happen. It's all to grow in our faith.(James 1: 2-4) At times, we can't believe that, I know I can't. Especially with something that just happened recently. I don't remember my reaction to half of what I do go through, but I know I need to start praying more, and thanking God for what he is putting me through.
I really liked Pastor Tom's messages on James when he did it, and I am going to try and find some of the sermon notes.

Psalm 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

So I continued from last night because after a day my thoughts seem more organized making it easiser to write and stuff like that. But its just amazing how much I sit here and complain about what I am going through when Christ suffered the most, on the cross, so I could cry out to God about the problems I have.
He is amazing and praise Him!

Creation Museum

Wow, I wish I would have posted this...about a month ago. But better late than never they always say, right?
The Creation Museum in Kentucky was absolutley awesome. It's really hard to talk about everything that was there but if you get the chance to go..go! It's really hard to read everything thats there, but there is a lot to learn. I think my favorite part was the Adam and Eve scenes because they really depicted clearly the first few chapters of Genesis.
My next favorite part (sorry Brittney not the men in white movie) would be The Last Adam movie. It was just awesome to show the cross from the guard's point of view and Mary's.
Anyways here are some pics =]
Prophets.



Martin Luther. (below)


The Tree of the knowledge of good and evil (below)

Video of my life.

Bet you were expecting a video when you read the title weren't you?
Well no, there's no video sorry. I was thinking about how could it would be if you made a video for your entire life when you got older. But then how horrible would it be and what would it show. A lot of mine for the past...4 years would be sports..which are cool but consume a lot of time. A lot of struggle too. Maybe a video wouldn't be such a good idea. It would be neat to see the growth you go through..both physically and spirtually. From the time you were saved until you were an adult (or older). That would be encouraging.
Music is important. Soundtrack to your life. Reminds me of that dumb myspace survey. But honestly, what would you have? I can't think of many songs but maybe during highschool In Wonder- Newsboys and for right now Perspectives- Kutless
This was just a load of ideas that my brain tends to create.

Growing up and etc.

So I think there is about...49 days until this school year ends give or take a few. I will be a junior. Scary. Well not really scary but I just am thinking about growing up. It feels like yesterday that I was starting middle school...but wait I can remember stuff from kindergarden and before my sister was born.
It's weird to think about growing up, I mean it's going so fast but then again life is a vapor and eternity will be amazing.
In two years I will be graduating from high school, now it does sound like a decent amount of time, but for me personally it seems way too short. Friends will be lost, knowledge will be gain, and God will still reign. Who knows...the rapture might happen and all. Whatever God plans. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil to give you a future and a hope.
I am so glad that God has a plan for me because I don't have one for myself. But I think thats way better in the long run.
It's still amazing to me how fast time passes. I can't comprehend really what happens and if I do, I take too much time out of what I am doing to think about the past. I do it way too often and blow a lot of valuable time.
James 4:14 Yet you don't know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time then vanishes.
I know I probably sound crazy because I am just starting to think about this now, but I kinda like being a kid, but I think....getting my thoughts out and thinking about the concept of growing up makes me realize how short of a time I have to spend on earth...to share the Good News...to give glory to God....learning more about God...I wonder how much time I am going to spend worrying about what Im going to get on finals, my future husband (lol, a job, money etc
Worldly things that don't even matter. Guess its a part of growing up? hmmm...

Just some photos

1 week gone.

Spring break! Yay!
1 week gone.
It's probably been the slowest week of my life. I don't know if I am excited for lacrosse or what but.
Nothing really big happened. I hung out with some friends and did some fun stuff at church.
But I can definatly say that this has been one of the biggest weeks of my life learning-from-experience wise. There were things that happened...that if I didn't have God...I don't know what I would do.
I am not really going to talk about them because after they happened and maybe were resolved...they are not important.
I kinda can't believe that one week of it has gone by. I never do anything special but that never bothers me.
And it feels like I have to go to school tomorrow =/

From Brittney and Kayla.

So Brittney and I have decided to stay up until 1 in the morning online. Crazy I know.
Brittney says "It's hot in here" Yeah she is under the covers with the laptop. And wants to write about the pending kentucky trip so here we go...
Well its a 9 hour drive (about) and I am really excited to go down south since I have never been farther south then PA and NJ. I heard the museum is huge so that will be awesome. I don't know what exactly I am suppose to write here since this was Brit's idea....and she is getting a cough drop.
And now she is saying that she doesn't know and that she want's to show pics.
Here's one:

I have apparently been thinking to much lately.

It seems like everything is going wrong. I know I have no control over anything but it feels like I want to and I know I really dont.
Everything is really confusing.
Life is good right now. I mean really good. But like, I don't even know!
Wow I am complaining like crazy.

I mean, I am crying out to God so much. I have no idea why I am so stressed.

God is just so amazing and he's the remedy.

I ran out of words. Sorry.

Persecution and more thoughts

http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsid=599

I'm not sure how many of you reading this have read that artice but even reading it over may have made me think more about it, maybe not.
"All of the leaders have been arrested and are being severly tortured."
"These students shared the Bible and video CD with their friends..."

These kids probably knew that they were going to get arrested for doing this. What bothers me that I am not sharing the Bible with anyone. And I am not going to get arrested if I do share. Matthew 16:24...Am I taking up my cross, devoting my life to God as much as I possibly can.

I think I am more scared than anything. But why be scared...people are going to hear the gospel and I will get to worship in heavan with. But why am I sitting back and letting everything pass by while I do my own "thing"

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Even though I want to be hidden I can't be.

Mark 4:21 And He said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed and not on a stand"

I think this verse hit me the hardest. Am I under a basket? My light just peaking through at some parts or am I under the bed..light just plain being hidden.

Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation"

I know a lot of my thoughts weren't really organized. But it's been something that God has been showing to me that it's something I personally need to work on in my life. And I know I can't do it on my own but God is faithful.

Pslam 66:20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!

Thoughts, I guess.

Time is such a valubale thing and I waste so much of it. Life is a vapor, even though it feels like one day takes forever.
I have never thought about how I spend my time until now. I am more concerned with wasting it/finding things to do so I am not bored.
But I never realized how much time I could spend reading the Bible and worshiping God in any way.
And today I had so much time...I watched a few movies and kept pushing off reading the Bible. I feel so stupid now. The day is over and I realize I wasted it. =\

He has risen!

Mark 16:6-8 And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you" And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had siezed them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Happy Easter to everyone!

John 19.

Me and Brittney have decided that everyday were gonna read a passage and then when we talk we can discuss it. It will hold each of us accountable and I know that it will encourage me to be in the Word even more.
I picked that we should read John 19 since it's Easter weekend and this chapte is about Jesus being delivered to be crucified, The crucifixion, the death, His side is pierced and the burial.
I read through it a few times and I was just amazed by what Jesus took...to save us. It's awesome. I know that if I was to be crucified I would have died during the beatings.
Another thing that stuck out to me in this passage was how many times 'fufill' was used. I love history so I went back into the old testament and looked at where it talked about it.
God's promises are fufilled through Christ. Praise God!

My playlist.

Well I know I said I wasn't going to update, but here is a list of music that I have been listening to a lot lately. Check some of it out.

When Our Hearts Sing- Rush of Fools
Sunday!- Tree63
Everytime I Breathe- Big Daddy Weave
Only Hope- Switchfoot
On Fire- Switchfoot
You Are Everything- Matthew West
The Wonderful Cross- Matt Redman
Made to Love- TobyMac
Give Me Words To Speak- Aaron Shust

Blog.

My mind says one thing and my heart says another. So I listen to God, who is right all the time.
I need heart renovation.
I want God to search my heart and search it deep.
I might take a break from posting for a little bit..not too long but long enough to be able to get on track again, to put every thought and intention into worshiping God.

God created it.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavans and the earth.


Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God, was hovering over the waters.


Genesis 1:3-5 And God said "Let there be light," And there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He seperated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day" and the darkness, He called "night"


And the story goes on. It's a story you can go back to time and time again to see just a tiny bit of God's power. These photos that were put on this post are not for be to brag or be prideful. But to show God's greatness and creation.
He is awesome.

Big stress reliever.

So lately, I have been pretty stressed out..probably because I am trying to do too much. But since lacrosse is starting monday, I went for a run today. It felt so nice, all I worried about the whole time was my breathing and my pace. It definatly took a load off of me and I was able to focus my mind better.
I suggest it to all.

Something I read today- John Piper

Evangelicalism was birthed as a response to liberalism.

The validity of Scripture began to be questioned. Evangelicalism offered a renewed passion for the Bible. But an unfortunate tendency arose to remove texts from the larger context, even as pastors tried hard to remain faithful to the Bible.

This led to an imbalance between the how and the why of our lives as Christians. We have gotten very good at teaching the how, but we struggle with the why.

Unfortunately, even if we are spot-on with the how but we ignore the why, it won't work. Because even if we stress the literalness or inerrancy of an individual text, it's still possible to ignore the larger setting, that it's all about Jesus.

There is a thriving evangelical head, but a shriveling heart.

Liberalism often paints evangelicalism as morons. In response, evangelicalism seems to have over-emphasized the head at the expense of the heart. There are too many smart believers without the grace to try to overcome the baggage that comes with evangelicalism.

Evangelicalism has withdrawn where liberalism took over, and has its own institutions. Now we're trying to re-engage. But the disengagement we want to come back from has created a lot of baggage. We who want to be missional try to engage, but when we interact with unbelievers we have to overcome that we're from the church that has hurt people.

But even if this difficulty arises from the way the church acted over the last decades, we must still diligently love fundamentalists. Without them we wouldn't be here. If they hadn't stood up to liberalism like they did, we would be Europe.

Instead, when we encounter fundamentalists who seem hard toward the work of Christ nowadays, we should be like the father who goes out and entreats the older brother. He doesn't stay in at the Prodigal's party and ignore him.

On the flipside of being a stubborn fundamentalist, you don't have to be the guy who drinks beer and cusses to engage culture.

Evangelicalism has been shaped by pop culture.

Religion entered the free market when the US said no to having a state religion. So now popular culture votes on what religion will be. It went the way of entrepreneurialism. This is why evangelicalism nowadays is democratic, moralistic, and individualistic. That's the way popular culture has shaped it.

Snow Camp (UPDATED)

So snow camp is this weekend. And I am stoked. Not just for the adventures of the ride down there, the snake and sledding..but the amazing times of worshiping and fellowshiping together.
But later Ill edit this post and Brit and I will put all the great quotes and adventures on here. =]
God Bless.

******UPDATE******
Well snow camp was amazing like always. God had truley blessed us with good weather and with Tim who shared a great message about the importance of grace and how we are saved by grace, trained by grace, service by grace and grace is with us (grace be with us)
I don't have many quotes or any great stories to tell because this retreat felt like God made it to be more memories than stories...if that made sense.

I took that picture of just the path as I walked up it. I dunno why I did but it made me think of how amazing God is for creating such a beautiful place like Camp Bethany. He is awesome.

It's all about Jesus.

I dunno how many of you reading this have heard the Casting Crowns song 'What This World Needs' It's bascially talking about that the world needs a Savior. But there's one part of the song that really hits me hard personally. It's the spoken part of the song. After listening to it a few times I realized, that it's not about what I think. It's all about Jesus. It's not about what friends I ride with to snow camp or whom I am in a room with. It's not about what people think about me or what I think about them. Its all about Jesus.
Nothing else, nothing more.
And I am not saying that I am like that. Because I am not. Yesterday I wore my new pair of jeans. And I went around talking about how comfortable they were and how I got them on sale for $11.
Now how can I write something like this being like that? I can't. And it's not me eaither. It's God...showing me that I need to turn my focus to Him.

John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
The Life. I pray that I make my life..all about Jesus.

What am I living for?

I know I have been posting a lot about living. But isn't that what were doing...well for a short amount of time really..life is a vapor. But living that vapor is a struggle for me and as I assume everyone.
I am a wicked disaster mess. I don't know what I want with life, my heart is gross and I am a sinner. And this brought me upon the question: What am I living for?
When you would go out in society and ask that question I think they would assume you belong in a mental institute. But in reality, what are we living for?
I wish I could say the same answer every single time I am asked that. But I can't. (I would be lying if I did) But I am living for Jesus, to glorify God and to spread the Good News all over the world before I die.

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."

A song that has described me lately.

Two months is too little.
They let him go.
They had no sudden healing.
To think that providence would
Take a child from his mother while she prays
Is appalling.

Who told us we'd be rescued?
What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares?
We're asking why this happens
To us who have died to live?
It's unfair.

This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved.
And to know that the promise was
When everything fell we'd be held.

This hand is bitterness.
We want to taste it, let the hatred numb our sorrow.
The wise hand opens slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow.

This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved.
And to know that the promise was
When everything fell we'd be held.

If hope is born of suffering.
If this is only the beginning.
Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?

This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved.
And to know that the promise was
When everything fell we'd be held.

Just to let you all know

The Patriots are going to win the superbowl.
That is all.

Comfort.

Lately I have been struggling and all I want to do is listen to God. I even have stopped talking for a while just to pray and read the word. It's not that hard and it makes you think about your actions more...

PSALM 18

V6: In my distress I called upon the LORD;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.

V16-19: He sent from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of many waters.
He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the LORD was my support.
He brought me out into a broad place;
he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

V28-30: For it is you who light my lamp;
the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
This God—his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD proves true;
he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

I feel so trapped.

I really don't want to make this into a venting blog. And sometimes I wish I posted more, because a lot of the times when I post I go back and read it a few days later and realize certain things about myself.
But lately. I have felt trapped. Not mentally but physically. Yet I am set free. I am set free by Jesus. But I still feel trapped.
Sometimes I think "If it was summer, and I could ride down to the lake, then I would be happy" And yes sometimes it's good to get out but really, Jesus should be the only thing that I need to be ok.
But sometimes I feel like I dunno...
I am praying. Right now I am out of words, to keep writing, sorry I stopped mid-thought. But I am praying my heart out right now just to feel, not so trapped, not suffocated. But maybe I am praying the wrong things...

The Word.

I know I don't post everyday. Sometimes I feel my thoughts need to collect over a period of time in order to make sense. But here's something I was reading today

Galations 1
6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
10Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

The Onion Story AKA The union of the onions.

(By Brittany and Kayla but mostly Britt)

On one dark night, a rebellious onion was born. This onion refused to submit to it's lot in life. It refused to be eaten by humans. It gathered the other onions together against the humans in a revolt. The onions killed many of the humans... but in the end... the humans won and continued to eat the onions. To this day... the humans still cry over they're loss when they cut onions
one day... the onions will unite again... *whispers* they're coming!

What relevance does this have to anything? Absoultely nothing! But randomness is fun sometimes.

Everything

"Cause you're all I want
You're all I need
You're everything, everything"
And then it repeats a whole bunch of times...
"When how can I stand here with You
And not be moved by You
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this"

Now this is not a Christian artist that sings this...unless I am wrong which I highly doubt it. But wouldn't it be amazing if we sat there and sung that about Jesus. We are standing with Him, he's all we want, all we need and we can't see how much better it could be. That's how I desire life to be. Constantly wanting to be like Jesus, in his presence, being everything that I could possibly want or possibly need.
That is my prayer for myself and for you too.

Godless

So I am reading this book called 'Godless'. It's about this boy who makes up his own religion because he is sick of his parent's (whom are Catholic) His god of his religion is the water tower of the town. He says: "Water from that tower was piped to every home and business for miles around. It kept us alive. That was when I came up with the idea of the water tower being God"
As soon as I read that sentence, I thought about how much it related to everyone including me.
Grace is like water, it's piped to everyone.
God keeps us alive. Eternally.
Now the whole idea of the water tower being God what in our lives do we make our God? I know I would like to say "I don't make anything my God" but then I would be lying.
Many of us could say friends, the computer, parties, video games, movies, shopping and the list could go on. And half the time we don't realize what we are doing.
So is this boy in the book outrageous and needs to be locked in a room with a Bible? No. It is sin. And we all have sinned, so why should one person be condemned for their sin and all of us just sit around and watch? That's not how it works.
I honestly don't want anyone to think that I am preaching right now... But basically what is on my mind is that, I need to clean up my act. I shouldn't be making my guitar hero, God.
A sacrifice was made so I could have a relationship with God...why am I wasting it?

First post!

Hey! I have been trying to get a blog going for a long time now. I am going to try to make this a combined blog with one of my friends. I will see how that works out.
This is going to be a very random blog. It will basically be whatever is on my heart that day, random stuff, thoughts etc, and basically whatever God is calling me to write.
Feel free to comment. I am always up for suggestions, critques, and new ideas.
Thanks for reading.