Tweet Guys. Good grades. Friends. Cheerleading. Being liked. That’s what I wanted. That’s what I was aiming for. I was consumed by “I” and “me”. I had built up so much bitterness, pride, and anger-I couldn’t do anything without thinking about how this would help me or how this would hurt someone who hurt me. It was an awful way to live. I know I hurt people I didn’t mean to. I know I said and did things I shouldn’t have. And I know more then anything, that it saddened God. Then last night, I was talking with a friend and I realized how much I needed to get my…
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We lost..
Tweet Spirit week 2005..The seniors lost..almost an unheard of thing in our school..but anyways..just wanted to say congrats to the Juniors and to my seniors..I love you guys so much!!! Even though we didn’t win, I wouldn’t trade you guys for the world!! Graduation is almost here!:) Just a thought.. Amanda
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It’s all about the SMALL stuff
Tweet She didn’t say hi. He gave me a weird look. She brushed me off. He said something rude. Does it ever seem like life is all about the little things? The unimportant things in life get blown up, while the important things get watered down to nothing. How often do you get mad because you sinned? How often do you have a passion for saving the lost? How much time and energy do you put into your bible study? Do you talk to God as much as you gossip about someone else? Do I? I sometimes wonder what would have happened if Christ had gotten mad over the little…
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Why?
Tweet Have you ever looked back and wondered why in the world you ever did that? I have been doing that a lot lately..perhaps it’s because it’s nearing the end of my senior year or perhaps because I learned a little about the importance of things..but I have realized my dream to live highschool with no regrets turned out to be anything but that. Now, granted..I made a lot of right choices and have some memories I will keep forever. But I also have pain and hurt that will probably never go away. There are certain feelings that no matter how far removed you become, never go away. I wish…
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Prayer
Tweet This week at my school, we have has a leadership camp and it has been awesome! But today was the last day, and one of our speakers, Kevin Brownfield, spoke on prayer. Let me tell you, I have never heard a sermon so good. But there was something different about his sermon. See, it convicted the fire out of me, but it also inspired me-it gave me a passion and a desire to make a change. He spoke on having a dynamic prayer life. Now, I can honestly say my prayer life is anything but dynamic-in fact, it is more stagnant. So we he said he was going to…
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Luke the Master
Tweet Here’s a great quote from him.. 13 men turned the world upside down, surely 80 students can change 500 (so paraphrased by me:) )
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Contentment
Tweet Over my Christmas break, God has really challenged me with this whole idea of contentment. And it has not always been easy. I think the biggest area it shows up in is the whole relationship arena. It seems like all my friends are hooking up, and quite frankly being single and hanging out with people who aren’t just isn’t as much fun. Yet, finding a relationship seems to have eluded me. Someday I will, I know it. I know God has someone out there. But it’s hard right now. I sometimes wish God would drop him on my doorstep tomorrow so I wouldn’t have to agonize over this.:) But…
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Covenants..
Tweet It’s a new year..the time when everyone makes out their list of resolutions..things they hope to accomplish in the upcoming year. Yet many times, at least in my life, by mid-January my list has found it’s way under my pile of stuff and I have forgotten about it. So this year, via something I heard from a friend I have decided I am not going to make any resolutions. Instead, I am going to make a covenant with God. Psalm 89:34 says, “My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.” God is talking to David here, and He promises David…
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Tweet That’s how many posts I’ve written!
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Tweet Ever sit down to write and have so much to say, but no matter how hard you try your thoughts won’t make it to the paper? yeah..that’s me right now. I seriously have a million thoughts going through my head..they have been taking away from my precious sleep time..but for some reason they won’t come out. They won’t form into something I can write about so for now I will leave you all. I will be back later when my thoughts are ready to be written about. I’m out.. Amanda