• Faith

    A sprint or a marathon?

    Tweet I have been part of a bible study this summer and we have been studying through the book of Psalms. (which in all reality has nothing to do with my post-just some background info) But anyways, we meet on Wednesdays and this past week we were talking about what God has been teaching us. As a lot of you know, some of us recently returned from a SMITE trip to the Bahamas. A dear friend of mine who went made a comment about how it was so easy down there to be on fire for God, but coming home has been hard. And I must say I am right…

  • Life Adventures

    Ya Bahamas!

    Tweet Ya Bahamas! I’m heading off-as of Saturday Morning(July 17) at 3:10 a.m. I will be on my way to the Bahamas for two weeks. Now I know, you all feel sorry for me..(ok, maybe not), but I’m not going to be just sitting on the beach catching the sun-although it’s gonna be hot. I’ll be on my long-awaited missions trip with my SMITE team. If you read my blog at all you can see how often what we studied has come up in my blogs..but that’s a different blog for a different day. Our schedule is busy-VBS, basketball tny, and youth conference. It’s gonig to be tired, but so…

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    Tweet Something I noticed.. People aren’t very aware..and I am definately included in this. But as I’ve grown up and am now almost done with high school I have come to realize over and over how true it is. For the most part people are very wrapped up in themselves and not very focused on others. I have been studying Christ’s life with my SMITE group and let me tell you-He was a very other focused man. He could sense people’s needs and was available to meet every one. One of my favorite miracles of Jesus is when He heals the women with the bleeding disorder. She crawled into the…

  • Faith

    A King’s Daughter

    Tweet A King’s Daughter That’s what I am! A daughter of the king. I never thought about it until my dad lost his job. All of a sudden the idea of God being my king seemed far out and non-realistic. What kind of king would put his daughter through suffering? Aren’t kings supposed to give them all they need and provide for them? Well, YES! and that is exactly what God does. He provides for me-although it is not always in the way I would like. Sometimes I think God should hand me a silver platter full of riches and fluffy couches and happy endings-no sadness, nothing hard. Just a…

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    God is AWESOME!

    Tweet God is AWESOME!! He really is! I always knew that, I grew up singing, “My God is an awesome God..” But lately I have seen how awesome He is. My dad got a job-yay!! That was a huge answer to prayer. But beyond that God has been showing me and teaching me a lot. My prayer since summer started has been that I will fall in love with God. I think it’s easier in this world to fall in love with a guy then it is to fall in love with God-but that has been my prayer..and God is answering it everyday. He has opened my eyes to the…

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    God is Faithful

    Tweet God is Faithful “I will never leave your nor forsake you. Heb. 13:5” That is one of my favorite verses. And lately I have become so much more aware of how true that is. I always believed it I guess.. I mean, I knew God promised to never leave us. But then my dad lost his job, I lost my summer job, I am a senior, college is around the corner, things started to go weird and I found myself in this place of doubt. Did God really know what He was doing? Maybe it would be better if I took over. Thankfully, this time I didn’t do that.…

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    Tweet No Regrets Kinda a strange title for my post, but then again it does fit. This past weekend I was with one of my dear friends on her houseboat. I had so much fun..although I am a bit sunburned and very sore. I learned how to water ski, went tubing(which by the way, is the funnest thing!), and conquered one of my fears-jumping off high places into water. I am a chicken..you are lucky to get me off a diving board. So when they said we were going to the cliffs I about freaked out. What was I going to do! We got there and they didn’t look that…

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    Tweet School’s Out! Just have to say I’m a SENIOR!!! I’m so excited..but you know what, more then that, I’m excited I still have some time to grow and change and make an impact around here. Yeah, it’ll be great to graduate..but it’s not going to be here for a little while. Until then, I’m just gonna focus on here and now. and by the way, SMITE is gonna rock..just had to say that! Rausch and Wickert-it’s gonna be a blast girls..”I’m not washing my hair, taking a shower, or shaving:)!” LOL..fun times!! Eve-Yeah Goodwill shorts..:) Angela-what can I say girl, your a blast! It’s gonna be so hot, but…

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    Reflections

    Tweet Reflections Wow..hard to believe it, but another school year has come and gone. I’m going to be a senior and that is completely beyond my scope of reasoning..it seems like yesterday I was in 7th grade. My how the time has flown. As I was finishing up my last exams today and heading home, one of my teachers said to me, “well, how’s it feel to be a senior?” My first thought was, wait a second, I’m not a senior. I drove off thinking, my how many things about this year I wish I could have done differently. I wish I hadn’t gotten in so many fights with Emily..I…

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    Tweet SATs SATs are the best way to ruin someone’s confidence and future plans. One bad day and you are stuck going to a community college studying the art of folding clothes. It’s like-who cares. Colleges should pick a new equaller-one that is actually possible to do well on if you are not a genius. You can be a staight A student..but get a lousy SAT score and be marked forever. Not to mention that once you take them the first time, it kinda ruins your desire to ever take them again. 4 hours of doing the same thing over and over-talk about boring. So to all of you who…