Wow!

It's the first day of summer. Wow the school year went by fast. Some parts seem slow but the beginning of school seems like it just happened. Freshman year doesn't seem too long ago either. Now I'm a junior. I'm half way through high school. I've grown a lot since middle school. Even since freshman year (or beginning of this year) (or last year) it's crazy. It doesn't seem like summer. I guess it's still hasn't sunk in because it's Saturday I don't go to school anytime on saturdays so...I guess next week it will sink in.

OK if you actually read this blog for one, and if you read the last post I'm planning on having a special post. But no hints on what it is. Well I might not be able too. But if I can't afterwards I'll tell you what it was suppose to be. Well I guess I really don't have anything to say. (at least not that I'd publish on the internet) So bye.

Hello

Well I guess I haven't say anything in a while so I might as well. I've been kinda busy lately and when I'm not busy I don't feel like writing. So sorry. But here is something.

School is calming down. (I don't know how else so put it) But pretty much we are doing less work and what we are doing is more fun. We are making a kite in geometry, we are doing a research presentation thing over a career in English, I don't know what we are doing in history. We're suppose to be going over the Civil Rights Movement but we have coaches as teachers for history and they don't like to teach. We have one chapter of chemistry left!!!! But it's stoiceometry (however it's spelt.) Anyway it's hard. A lot of band stuff is over. There is a band trip but I don't get to go on it. But then afterwards we get to go to state for solo and ensemble. That should be fun. So pretty much things are slowing down. We have about 3 weeks of school left.

Well I would like to say more but I have nothing to say. Anyway...I hope everyone has a good summer just in case I don't get another good chance to post in the next few weeks. And in a few weeks I'm actually planning on a very special post but it's a secret for now. Hopefully I'll remember to do it. It might even be a small series. I don't know yet. I don't know for sure if I'll be able to but at least look for that in the future. Anyway...have a good last few weeks of school if you are still in school and then a good summer break.

And I know my post are kinda sloppy with grammar and such so I apologize that I'm too lazy to do anything about it for right now.

Update

Well the poll is over and no one said they hated the new look so it's stays. I probably would have kept it anyway because I like it.

Anyway Friday I left school at 6 am to go to regionals for academics. Fun stuff. We didn't even have to be there until the next day but figured that we'd make a trip out of it. It was fun. We got to watch our school's one act play so that was cool. Unfortunately they didn't make state. They were really sad about that. I thought they did really good though. We went to the mall but it was really boring. We tried to swim but it was too cold. It was a kinda boring day but it was fun. The next day was the meet. I competed in journalism event. I wasn't even suppose to go to regionals. I only went because I got 4th at district and got to go as an alternate after someone from a different school couldn't. But despite that I got 5th so it was good. I was really surprised though.

Anyway I didn't have anything to say but I figured I might as well say something.
Bye

Hi

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. There just hasn't been much to say. I'm really focusing on getting this school year over with. So I have tried to write something just haven't had anything else to say. And now I'm out of things to say. Just figured I'd say something.

Spring Break

Spring Break was a couple of weeks ago but I am just getting to put up pictures so I thought I'd put up a few on here in the form of a slideshow. This is just an experiment and I'm not sure if it's going to work or not but I'm going to try.

Español

Hola. Mi nombre es Calsie Rael. Mi nombre es el Cielo en la clase de español. Yo vivo en Texas. Me gusta la ciudad donde vivo. Es una pequeña ciudad. Pero me gusta más que una grande ciudad. Soy Cristiano y amo a Dios y Jesús con todo mi corazón. Me gusta el español. Estoy aprendiendo español en la escuela. Su confuso a veces. Pero me gusta lo. Estoy aprendiendo mucho, pero no estoy bien todavía. Pero estoy trabajando en mi español. Y0 quiero aprender español en el futuro. Yo quiero hablar español. El vocabulario es muy difícil. Verbos son difíciles también. No se que es más difícil. Voy a tomar español tres el próximo año. Escribir en español es más fácil de hablar español. Leer en español es más fácil escribir en español. Escuchar en español es más fácil hablar en español. Escribí la palabra "español" mucho.

Lo siento pero mi espanol es no bueno.

I was tagged!

I was tagged by both Ellie and Zoe so here it goes.

What do you enjoy most? Praying, Reading, being with friends and family, writing,

What are some lessons you have taken? Piano, Voice, Gymnastics, Tap, Ballet, saxophone, cello, violin,

Your favorite authors? C.S. Lewis, Francine Rivers, Beverly Lewis, Robin Jones Gunn? Victor Hugo, Joshua Harris, Alex and Brett Harris,

What do you like to sing in the shower? If I do I sing songs I write. Every once in a while something else. But I don't normally sing in the shower.

Have you ever broken any bones? my thumb

What languages do you want to learn? Hebrew, German, Spanish (currently learning), Russian, and Latin

What Jane Austen movie is your favorite? Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice

What are your favorite books of the Bible? Esther, Proverbs, Psalms, John, Philippians, and I think Leviticus is interesting.

Your favorite singers? Downhere, Addison Road, Michael W. Smith, Newsboys, Michael Tait, Legacy, I have a lot more.

Your favorite types of music? Christian, Classical

Your favorite animals? Cats, penguins, manatees, horses, koalas, kangaroos, pandas

Your favorite things about nature? Canyons, Wind, Clouds, Flowers, Skies, Mountains, Trees, hills, waterfalls, forest, sunrises/sunsets (especially in TX) Petrified Wood is pretty cool.

If you were suddenly dropped into a movie, which movie would you like to be in? Narnia or The Second Chance, or Come What May Maybe probably a lot more but I can't think (too early)

Where would you land in Middle-earth? Hmmm, no clue

If you could go back to any time period, where would you go? early 1900s until about the 40s than skip the 50s and then 60s.

What are your favorite writing projects you have done/are doing? I wrote a paper last year about why we should skip Christmas, and about Bergen-Belsen (sp), Also the one I'm currently writing in English (well my friend wrote it but I have to edit it. I helped write it she just took over)

Your favorite fictional characters? Elsie Dinsmore, Hadassah from The Mark of the Lion Trilogy, Christy Miller, Sierra Jenson, I do really read a lot more fiction but can't think of anything.

What phrases do you say/write most often? Sweet, Cool, Pretty much amazing, kinda sorta not really, i have a lot of weird ones

Your favorite piece of jewelry? I really don't like jewelry so i don't normally wear any

Who do you tag next to answer all of these questions themselves? Margaret and Nivek, (but if you are reading this and really want to do this tag I'll tag you too.

Grace

What is Grace?







This can be an easy question. But it could be a very hard question also. Grace sometimes makes sense...but sometimes...it doesn't. I remember a ropes coarse challenge we did at camp one year. We had to get from one spot to another with out touching the ground. I don't remember exactly what the activity was. But it was hard. And we fell often. But every once in a while the leader would say "grace" and we could get back on and continue from where we were (which was really helpful) I guess as a kid in middle school I didn't quite get it. Someone said "grace" and we got to continue so hopefully we could finish the challenge. But as I get older I realize that grace isn't as simple as that. It isn't even close. It's very complex and hard to understand. Especially humans. But it is very important. Without grace...where would we be?







What does the Bible Say?







I went on to Biblegateway.com and found a list of scriptures that use the word grace. Included on that list are.







Psalm 86:6



Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.







John 1:14



And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.







John 1:16



And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.







John 1:17



For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.







Acts 11:23



When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,







Acts 15:11



But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will







Romans 3:23-24



for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift,







Romans 5:17



For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the



one man Jesus Christ.












There are so many things that those verses say about grace. Here is what I can see...

1. Grace is a gift that we have received




2. Grace is abundant




3. We can saved by the grace of Jesus




4. Grace came through Jesus




5. Jesus is full of grace

Why is grace so important?

I am not a good person to answer this question. I don't hardly know anything. My mind just can't grasp it. But here is what I think. We have all sinned. We have all fallen short. We have broken so many commandments. Everyone has. And we don't deserve anything wonderful. But through grace God gives us what we don't deserve. Grace is freely given because God loves us. We need grace. No one really understands grace.

In Conclusion

I guess I don't have much else to say. But there is a video. It's funny but also serious. It's pertaining to grace. If any of ya'll know me really well you will know that I love The Skit Guys. There is one video dealing with grace. I enjoyed it and I hope you do to.

Skit Guys Video: Grace, We Just Don't Get It

I heard a...I don't know what it's called but it talks about grace.

God's

Riches

At

Christ

Expense

I think that sums it up reasonably. I guess there is a whole lot more that I could say. But I should probably just leave it at that.

Part 2

OK. I'm sorry I kind of just ended that last post with out giving any suggestion. But maybe you needed sometime to think of ideas on you're own if you wanted to. But I completely understand. You decide you want to do something but have no clue what to do. I've had that problem...well...countless times. But God has showed me answers. One way is through a book I got for my birthday. It is called Generation Change by Zach Hunter and it's pretty much a whole bunch of ideas and stories about people who have done similar things and such. I'm going to list some ideas....

1. Skip a meal and use the money you would be spending to feed someone who truly is hungry. If you want to go a step further skip one meal a week and then you can save up a lot of money. You can possible use that to buy one of the animals at World Vision to give to someone in another country. Or you can do something locally and use the money to buy canned goods to donate to your local food bank.



2. Or maybe instead of going out to eat one night eat at home and calculate the money you would save and donate that money to feed someone who is hungry.



3. In Generation Change it suggested a Burrito project. Beans and rice and tortillas aren't expensive. So you can buy the goods make some and then go to a downtown area and eat burritos with the homeless people downtown.



4. If you are an artistic person you can use the gift God has given you in many ways. One is you can paint, draw, knit, crochet, weave, etc. and then sell what you make and use that money to donate to a good organization.



5. For Christmas you can ask for just money and then donate that to a good organization that helps other or buy cans for the food bank or whatever.



6. Make a hut out of cardboard and duct tape and sleep out in it for a night. You can get a whole group. You can get people to sponsor you for the night. You can sleep in front of the school, church building, house, or whatever works for you. In Generation Change it talked about this idea. The book also talked about writing facts about homelessness. It's a really good idea.



7. If you are gifted with being athletic you can run, ride a bike, swim or whatever for a mile or whatever and get people to pay for mile and donate the money.



8. In Generation Change there was a really good idea. I know the closest big city close to me does but some maybe several cities have places where you can paint pottery. In the book students designed bowls and then had a dinner. They invited families from their church and the family paid for dinner and they each got to select a bowl to put on the dining room table. But the bowl was to remain empty to remind the family of the people who don't get to eat.



9. Help with a Habitat for Humanity build.



10. Or simply be kind to people. Open doors when their hands are full, helping people carry things when they look like they need help, saying hi to someone, we both can think of hundreds if not thousands of ways we can be kind to other people. It's just simple and easy.

I honestly had another idea but I forgot. Sorry. I'll post it later if I remember.

UPDATE

11. Collect spare change to donate. Some people say to collect spare change to pay for a vacation but you don't need to go on vacation. Whenever I go to trips I save the coins I have left over. My parents let me keep them. I give them the bills but The change amounts to something after a while. Me and my sister have collected over $20 worth in change. Sure it isn't that much but we plan to donate it to someone.

From personal experience there won't always be people interested in helping. Some ideas require a collaborative effort. And sometimes support is very hard to find. And you might get put down. But pray. I had the problem where my friends didn't care and whenever I suggested anything they just said, "Whatever" and laughed it off. It sure doesn't make a person feel good. And recently I told my friend we needed to do something and she said she wanted to. She had seen a video about Invisible Children and wanted to help with that organization. She wanted to do something big. We weren't quite sure how to get things started but God is sure amazing! So if you want to start something you could get put down by you're friends. But there is someone else out there willing to do great things with you and who wants to. They just might be looking for someone who wants to stand up too.

I highly recommend Generation Change by Zach Hunter as well as Be the Change by Zach Hunter. I just finished Be the Change and am over half way through Generation Change. Great books.

Update:I do realize some of the suggestions aren't really practical for everyone. I think you have to be 16 to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. But some things you can do as a family or with a group of friends. Sorry I should have remembered to put this earlier.

Being Fine Just As You Are

OK, I wasn't sure what to put as the title but I but something.

Something has been bugging me lately, maybe it's because I've been noticing it more often but I'm sure it's been going on for longer than I've been noticing. That thing is apathy. But not exclusively. Let's take a guy named A. This guy is a fictional character, but A is like a lot of people. He wakes up Sunday mornings to go to church because his parents make him or because some of his friends are there. After church his friends go goof off the rest of the day. Goes to school and is the cool guy, cusses because he thinks it's cool, just messes around during the week. But every once in a while he goes to church on Wednesdays but for the same reasons he goes to church on Sundays and goofs off afterward. Rest of the week goes by and then Friday comes and it's party time. Saturday just hangs out with friends. And back on Sunday. He's the guy you see at See You At The Pole (praying in front of the school around the flag pole for those who don't know) and you don't expect to see him there.

Sadly there are a lot of people like that. I could name tons. I could even put my week on here and I'd be ashamed of it. But just living life like every thing's alright. Just going through the motions.

YOU AREN'T THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD

Yes I know, weird title. But it's relevant.

Look outside...I don't know where you live but I know where I live. In a small town. there's cotton fields around my house. But it's a well-to-do neighborhood. But if I go to the downtown area of the nearest big town it's way different. People on street corners with old clothes that are either too big or too small. I remember going to Dallas and seeing people living in cardboard huts. And there are all these people who have never gone hungry, who get whatever they want, and have never had to sacrifice anything. A lot of times these are the people who are complaining about the smallest things.

There are children who are dying from disease and starvation. There are children who are orphans and some people are thinking how "horrible" their parents are because they have to be home by a certain time or that they can't have the newest whatever.

I don't see how people can be OK with people dying and not knowing God. Or people starving, or living in orphanages, or being persecuted for worshiping God. I know plenty of people who go to church but when facing persecution they would run. Sure I'd be hard to stand but it's possible. But it's too hard for some or they don't want to sacrifice popularity, or anything. But in the U.S. you don't have people burning down churches and throwing Christians in prison. How many people would be willing to stand.

I read and article about a group of Christians who were worshiping at the spot their church building use to be before it was burnt down by people who were against them. But they still met there.

I don't know where I'm going with all of this but here's what I'm trying to say. But here i guess is the gist of it all. We cannot be OK with being apathetic, going through the motions, or whatever. We cannot be OK with others suffering and we need to do something about it.

OK I'm 16 years old. I don't know how old you are but maybe you're thinking. What can I do? Do you really want to know? Well I guess to be honest you can't really do that much. But...God can. There are many people he has used to do great things. Just look at the Rebelution website and you will find some.

Then what are you going to do if you have excited to do something? Well that's between you and God. Right now I'm making scarves, baby hats, and other knitted goods to bring with me to Peru (I might haven't said that I'm going to Peru. Now you know) and to send to England. but there are many things that we can do.

Birthday/Spring Break

It's my birthday! Now I'm 16 years old. That's crazy! It's kinda weird. Today I'm going to go get my license. Most people my age are excited about this but I'm not so much. I'm really not the best driver and I don't like driving.

I wanted to go apply for my passport today but that might not happen.

It's currently my spring break. But it's nearly over. Over the break I went all over the southwest. OK maybe not all over. First we drove to Gallop, NM as soon as school was over. We spent the night in Gallop and woke up and drove to the Petrified Forest. Then went to the Grand Canyon. We got there that evening walked part of the rim. Then we ate at a really good restaurant then we went to bed. The next morning we woke up at 5:30 to see the sunrise over the Grand Canyon in 20 degree weather. It was cold! But it was worth it. It was beautiful. After the sun rose we went back to the hotel to eat and I rested. But then we went back, found someone who was with us' parents, and went to the canyon. We hiked down into the canyon. Well not that far. Probably less than a mile. It was icy and the ice was covered with dirt so you couldn't see the ice. But it was fun. My mom ended up getting tired so I hiked back up with her. I really wanted to go further down but I didn't want to go up after that. We took several breaks until my mom just said we would just wait until everyone else would got to where we were. I just took pictures of trees and stuff. We made it to the top then we hung out at the Grand Canyon. There was a hotel and stuff. It was pretty cool. Soon we drove to another town and just stayed at the hotel there. The next morning we drove to Four Corners and shopped at all the stands with jewelry and stuff. My sister got a knife made out of a buffalo rib. It's pretty cool. Then we took pictures at the Four Corners. Then we got back into the car and drove to Durango Co. We ate downtown and wanted to shop but only a few stores were open. So we didn't. The next day we took the Durango/Silverton train but since it was sill winter we only went half way. It was pretty fun but I felt sick because the train rocked back and forth so much. But it was really cool! After that we went downtown and shopped. The next day we drove home. We stopped at Santa Fe but didn't stop for too long.

Well that's what happened on the trip.

Theme Songs

I have some theme songs. They are well...my theme songs. It's like a list of songs that I relate to and I like the message in the song. Here they are

All That Matters-Addison Road

I may never be the one that gets a second glance
I may never be the one they call the prettiest
But that’s alright with me
And maybe I don’t follow every crazy passion
Spend all my time trying to get a good reaction
But that’s OK with me

This world is like a trampoline
High and low no in between
Jumping at the chance to please
Everyone but that’s not me

Cause all that matters is
All that matters is
I know your love has set me free
And that’s all that matters to me
Cause all that matters is
All that matters is
I know your love has set me free
And that’s all that matters to me
Some people tell me to step out and do my own thing
And others say I got to blend in just to be the same
And stop being me
But this shallow world is no longer what I’m made of
I’ve been changed by grace
I’ve been saved by love
What more do I need

*All that matters is
All that matters is
I know your love has set me free
And that’s all that matters to me (x2)*

My life comes from the One
Who made the stars and brought the sun
He loves me more than these
So I don’t need another identity
Cause all that matters is
All that matters is I know your love has set me free
And that’s all that matters to me (X2)

I like this song because it says how all this stuff the world says matters doesn't really matter because every one's precious in God's eyes. So it doesn't matter if we are what the world says is attractive or popular or not. God thinks we are wonderful just the way we are and He made us exactly the way He wanted to. You don't need another identity because God's given you a perfect one. All that matters is that God loves you.

Letters to the President

When we were younger,
we used to sit on my porch
And talk smack about girls and professional sports
There's a lot of things I wanted to say
But never got a chance to find a way

take a good look at all of our high schools
This is the first reason that I want to write you
It must be tough when society is messed up
Gotta save money, please don't take it out on us
Do they even know?
Do they even know?

If I was brave I'd write a letter to the president
And have him pass it to the leaders of our parliament
But for now I won't say nothing
From all the kids who would stand in my residence
Who see this letter as a statement of our innocence
But for now I won't say nothing

Now that we're older a brand new story unfolds
About God and the laws that we've always been told
And there's a lot of things I wanted to say
But never got a chance to find a way

Same-sex marriage in a state where they don't care
Murder is wrong but the jail time's not fair
Not to mention date rape, felony and car theft
Break it down and tell me what we've got left
Do they even know?
Do they even know?

If I was brave I'd write a letter to the president
And have him pass it to the leaders of our parliament
But for now I won't say nothing
From all the kids who would stand in my residence
Who see this letter as a statement of our innocence
As for now I'll start with something

Take a good look at Tommy, he's a track star
Good role model, had a chance to go real far
Then the school made a budget-cut
Cut out the track team
Now instead Tommy is a crack head

Same-sex marriage in a state where they don't care
Murder is wrong but the jail time's not fair
Not to mention date rape, felony, and car theft
Break it down and tell me what we've got left

If I was brave I'd write a letter to the president
And have him pass it to the leaders of our parliament
But for now I won't say nothing
From all the kids who would stand in my residence
Who see this letter as a statement of our innocence
As for now I'll start with something

OK. It might be a weird song but here's my point to it. It's saying that there are problems in the world but we need to be brave, step out and do something about it. There are people marrying people who are the same gender, people killing others, people getting raped, people committing felonies, people stealing cars, people killing babies, and people committing suicide. All this stuff is going on around us. There are other things too like people starving, people not having access to clean water, THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN SLAVERY and what's being done about it? We have a very intelligent generation if we will apply the skill and determination. So we need to step out and stand up for what's right. Even doing small things is helpful.

Innocent by Stellar Kart

I'm overdressed for success
In a world that has no shame
I've had enough of seeing love
Being played like some game

I know why the good old days are gone
Cause everyone just tolerates whats wrong
I'm not some empty space for rent

I wanna be innocent
Yours wholeheartedly
Innocent
Every part of me
Take me back so I can see
The way that love was meant to be

Boys and girls
The real world
Is one that's filled with consequence
And all the lies that glamorize
It's a life that's broken
I see why the good old days are gone
Every time I turn my TV on
What's wrong with being different

I wanna be innocent
Yours wholeheartedly
Innocent
Every part of me
Take me back so I can see
The way that love was meant to be

Buried underneath this avalanche
You are my hope and second chance
Don't let my heart get away

OK. I love this song! It's saying the world may want to do some things but I don't want to be involved in any of that. I want to be innocent. I don't want to be like everyone else. I'd rather be innocent and myself not...anyone else.

Now this next one I'm still deciding if it's going to be one of my theme songs. I'm still thinking about it but here it is. It's kinda weird but I like it.

Let's Dance by Hawk Nelson

They teach us how to talk, they'll teach us how to walk
They'll teach us how to dance just like this
They'll teach us how to dress in nothin' but the best
It's all about success

Why do we fill our heads
With these things that all make no sense
We're no different from the rest
We're all just tryin' to shake this mess

And I don't wanna look inside myself cause
Then I'll have to change somethin' else and
I don't want to live, like someone else
I'm happy in my skin, bein' myself
Let's dance

They teach us how to roll, make em lots of dough
Money is the god we work for
Keep up with the style, this artificial smile
Will only last a while

Why do we fill our heads
With these things that all make no sense
We're no different from the rest
We're all just tryin' to shake this mess

And I don't wanna look inside myself cause
Then I'll have to change somethin' else and
I don't want to live, like someone else I'm
Happy in my skin, bein' myself
Let's dance

OK the "let's dance" part is kinda random but the song is good. To me it says that I want to me myself and people might think I'm weird but I'm OK, that's just how I am. I don't want to change, I just want to be myself, let's dance.

In Conclusion

I know those songs are similar but I'm working on a list of more...diverse theme songs. Included on my list of ideas for theme songs.

Beautiful-Bethany Dillon
Cross the Line-Superchick

I can't think of anything else right now.

Thanks for reading!

Calsie Rael

Update

I changed the name of my blog as you might be able to see. So it is now Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Here is the story or whatever. I know it's a Christmas song. But I love Christmas music so it was good. And it means glory to God in the highest. I was thinking how I didn't want just my name as the title. That didn't seem right. I wanted something more insightful I guess. I also love foreign languages. Especially the weird ones. I like Latin a lot and I like Hebrew a lot. I thought about having the first words of the Sh'ma as the title but I changed my mind and I liked Gloria in Excelsis Deo. It was simple and something people could understand. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Glory to God in the highest. On this blog I plan to give glory to God not to man. If you ever see something that doesn't glorify God please tell me. I hope you like the new title. Please tell me your thoughts on it. Thank you

Calsie Rael

Sh'ma Yis'ra'eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad.

Here O' Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One.

Bible Verses

Here are some of the Bible verses that I have on my boards in my room. These verses have helped me through hard times. The first one in my signature on the Rebelution and my text messages.

Numbers 6:24-26 (English Standard Version)
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (English Standard Version)
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 31:6 (English Standard Version)
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."

Jeremiah 1:7-9 (English Standard Version)
But the LORD said to me,
"Do not say, 'I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the LORD."
Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

Colossians 1:15-17 (English Standard Version)
The Preeminence of Christ
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Philippians 2:1-11 (New King James Version)
Unity Through Humility
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

1 Timothy 4:12 (New King James Version)
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.~Psalms 19:14

Isaiah 40:27-31(NKJV)
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“ My way is hidden from the LORD,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

Jeremiah 29:11 (New King James Version)
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" ~Esther 4:14

Philippians 4:8 (New American Standard Bible)
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

Lamentations 3:22-24 (English Standard Version)
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;great is your faithfulness."The LORD is my portion," says my soul,"therefore I will hope in him."

Micah 6:8 (English Standard Version)
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (English Standard Version)
A Time for Everything
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

Proverbs 18:1 (English Standard Version)

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

Colossians 3:22 (New American Standard Bible)
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Isaiah 52:7 (New King James Version)
7 How beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
“ Your God reigns!”

Hebrews 11:6 (New King James Version)
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Jeremiah 32:17 (New King James Version)
‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

Weather

Yes. I am about to talk about the weather. And I want people to actually read my blog? I must be crazy. Anyway...

This morning I woke up and went to check the weather on the news. It was a high of 90 degrees and blowing dust. It's suppose to be winter. 90 is swimming weather. Too bad the pools are still too cold and green. Anyway....

Blowing Dust
Is that weird or anyway? But it's blows dust a lot. Like you walk outside and the sky is brown. Well it wasn't quite like this today. But it was really windy. It usually is really windy where I am. Especially in the spring. We have lost trampolines and stuff. I got home one day from school and the trampoline had flown over the fence. There once was like 80-90 mph wind. That was crazy. That was a crazy storm. We lost a trampoline is that one. We have had a couple of minor tornadoes at my house. Thunderstorms like crazy. And blowing dust.

Does it blow dust anywhere else? It's so dry here and windy and the dust is everywhere because there are no trees and all the grass is dead. So the sky is brown.

This is boring. But I spent time writing it so I am posting it. So might as well.

Sinking Sand, and Christ the Rock

One of my favorite movies is The Second Chance. One of the themes in the movie addresses comfort zones and stuff. One song played is one of my favorites. Here are the lyrics

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

Sinking Sand

What is sinking sand? Where is it? One think suggested in the movie and I agree with is that comfort is sinking sand. I don't know about you but I sure like my comfort zone and a step out of it is...no bueno. But my comfort zone is my sinking sand.

Christ the Rock

Christ is the solid rock. Anyway not on Christ is sinking sand.

Well I guess I don't have too much to say. But I just wanted to get that out there. I encourage you to think about what your sinking sand is. Comment any responses and comments.

Before I finish I'm going to add lyrics to another song from the movie. And I encourage everyone to watch the movie. Michael W. Smith - All In The Serve

Never gave you nothing
people couldn't explain a way
Never gave you nothing without
Something to gain never could slow down
Enough to study your face but now i
Wanna know your name

Chorus: Hold my feet to the fire
Till I'm breaking a sweat
Till I'll never forget your call
Keep me in line
Give me the nerve
Here it's all in the serve

Locked in the diamond lane
I keep driving past it
Better to be safe
Than learn what your a bout
Give me another chance to go where
You're going now
I’m here to walk it out
I’m here to walk it out
I’m here to walk it out

Chorus: (2x’s)

It’s all in the serve
It’s all in the serve
Here it’s all in the serve

50 Random Things

Zoe didn't really tag me but I'm going to write 50 random things about myself.

1. I am a Rebelutionary.
2. I have 4 stuffed manatees.
3. My favorite animals are manatees, horses, cats, and pandas. But penguins are pretty cool too.
4. I've read all the Narnia books several time. In 7th grade I was obsessed with them.
5. I have lived in the same county all my life. But different cities.
6. I really don't live a town but the town surrounds us. The other side of the street in officially in the city but we aren't. (which is cool because we go out in the road and shoot fireworks on the 4th of July and New Years and it's legal but it looks like we live in the city) Random yes but it's true)
7. My favorite radio station is Air 1. I'm listening to it right now. I use to not be able to get it in my room but then it added a station and now I can get it really well.
8. I love music. I compose music every once in a while. Mostly on piano. I'm not good at large ensembles but I'm going to try to work on that.
9. I don't watch TV very much but when I do my favorite TV shows are Hogan's Heroes and the Cosby Show. I also like Mr. Ed but they don't air that any more. I like the oldies.
10. I play the piano, saxophone, cello, Irish tin whistle, and I play the harp when I go to Zoe's house and I'm not half bad.
11. I haven't had a cello lesson in 3 months. I've been busy. I'm a beginner cello player.
12. I remember really weird and random things and details that no one else does.
13. I can knit.
14. I have been knitting scarves to send to someone who is going to England to distribute them to people who can't afford scarves.
15. I'm listening to Fading by Decypher Down (however it's spelt) I like that song.
16. My favorite colors are blue, purple, green, and orange. My room colors are blue, purple and green.
17. I love Tex-Mex food. Especially enchiladas and tamales. My mom makes really good enchiladas. I probably should try menudo sometime. I've heard it's really good but you don't want to eat it if you know what it is. I know what it is. So....
18. I have blue pieces of paper with some of my favorite Bible verses on my cork boards and mirror. I have a memo board I don't use and should put more on that. I'm running out of tacks.
19. I want to be a counselor when I grow up. I want to especially work with pregnant teenagers but I want to expand beyond that too.
20. I don't want to have kids but I had names I wanted to name my kids so I'm going to name my cats and dogs that if I have any.
21. I don't want to own a house when I grow up. I'd rather rent an an apartment or buy a cheep condo.
22. I love hiking but I'm horrible at it.
23. I'm going to Peru this summer and might hike a mountain next to Machu Picchu. But I might rather look around the old houses and structures.
24. I have one little sister.
25. One of my favorite movies is called Come What May. It's good.
26. I went to State last year for Solo and Ensemble and last weekend my saxophone quartet made state.
27. If I go to state I will have to either fly or ride a van home early or get home the day before I leave for Peru.
28. Sometimes I act really immature but it's fun.
29. I love cranberry juice. My favorite is cranberry-pomegranate juice.
30. Sometimes when I go on trips I bring cranberry juice.
31. I love Kixs Cereal. It's so good.
32. I can't stand sugary stuff for breakfast. Every once in a while I'll eat a donut but most of the time I do that in the afternoon.
33. I love cake. Chocolate, Red Velvet, White, Strawberry, yellow, and the cake with sprinkles are my favorite.
34. I love cookie cake. Especially the ones with the two layers of cake and icing between them. Oh wow. Can't eat too much of that.
35. I use to not like ice cream.
36. I do now. My favorite flavors are vanilla and chocolate chip cookie dough. (and we have both at the house right not)
37. I love Eeyore. He's my favorite.
38. I use to be absolutely nuts about Phantom of the Opera (not as much as one of my friends but still) I have a Phantom poster from Her Majesty's Theatre in London. It's so cool.
39. Russian history interest me.
40. I want to learn German, Latin, and Hebrew. Mostly German.
41. I'm currently learning Spanish (at least trying.)
42. I prefer using 24 hour time than 12 hour time.
43. I prefer metric to customary.
44. I love swimming.
45. I love taking pictures but not usually of people. More like scenery.
46. I want to paint a picture. I just might to that today.
47. I have been to Disney World a lot. My parents are obsessed.
48. I'd rather go see my cousin Zoe.
49. I have a psychology text book.
50. I have an unabridged dictionary but it's old.

Well hope you read all of it.

I am going to say that I tag everyone who reads this but there is no obligation.

Book Reviews

Is it legal to do book reviews over books you haven't finished? Cause I have a couple. But anyway. Here are a few. And this may sounds nerdy, stupid or whatever but I am going to give stars from 1-5. 5 being the best.

Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers
Redeeming Love is a story based off of the book of Hosea. I know the title might be deceiving. But I assure through it is slightly a love story it isn't just that. It is an amazing story about God's grace and His love for us. It's not a book just for girls. I know a lot of men who have read it and loved it. It is a bit mature so Reader Discretion is Advised. But it is an amazing book and a great testimony of love. Francine Rivers is an amazing author. I'm not going to give too much of it away but Angel was sold into prostitution when she was 8 years old and that is all she had known. Michael Hosea is told by God to marry her. He does and she runs away a few times. That might be giving away a lot but not too much. I knew that before I ever read the book. It's a great story and I encourage you to read it. I give it 5 stars.

Same Kind of Different As Me
Ron Hall & Denver Moore
I haven't finished this book but it is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. It is the true story of Ron and Denver told from each of their points of view. Ron Hall is an art dealer who lives in luxury and has a million dollar house. Denver was practically in slavery for the beginning of his life and homeless for most of it. In the book they become friends and...you just have to read it. At first it's confusing and Reader Discretion is Advised but it is an amazing read and I can't say enough good things about it. This book is a different kind of Reader Discretion Advised as Redeeming Love. But some parts are hard to get through. But this is truly an amazing book. I cried (that doesn't say much) but it is a very touching and moving story. I give this book 5 stars.

She Said Yes
Misty Bernall
I read this book online at http://www.plough.com/ebooks/pdfs/SheSaidYes.pdf This book is about Cassie Bernall who can killed at Columbine High School when she said yes when she was asked if she believed in Jesus. It was written by her mother just talking about Cassie's life. Some parts are really, really hard to read. So Reader Discretion is Advised maybe even more so than the other books I've mentioned. It's a good book. But it's just not a book I would want to read again. I'd say 3-4 stars. This ones harder for me to rate. The other ones I just loved and they were super amazing. This one is still really good. I don't want to give it a 5 or a 4 because it doesn't seems that good. But it's better than a 3 and better than a 3 1/2. So maybe like 3.8 if that works. It still is a really good book but there are some parts that are really hard to handle. There is some language I think. I just don't know. If you want to read this book more power to you but if you have a weaker stomach I wouldn't. Overall it's a good book.

The Shack
William P. Young
I have heard a lot of good things about this book. But I just couldn't get into it. The beginning is pretty brutal so Reader Discretion is Advised (I'll try to read a book without that someday) I heard everyone say how great the book is and all that. I just couldn't get into it. Maybe I should have given it more time but I didn't. I would say probably 2 stars. Sorry to all y'all who loved it.

The Christy Miller Series /Sierra Jensen Series
Robin Jones Gunn
I love these books! They are great, clean and the characters live their lives for God. There is a little bit of mature material (ex. drug use, etc.) but I don't think it's bad enough to put the reader discretion warning. I guess I won't say too much about them. But they are really good. I say between 4 and 5 stars. Some books in the series are better than others.

Well there it is. Sorry if you disagreed. Books on my book list (well at least that I someday want to read) are...

Redemption of Sarah Cain-Beverly Lewis
Mere Christianity-C.S. Lewis
Stop Dating the Church-Joshua Harris
Boy Meets Girl-Joshua Harris
Les Miserables-Victor Hugo
Pilgrims Progress-John Bunyan
Foxe's Book of Martyrs-John Foxe
Diary of Anne Frank-Anne Frank

I'm sure I could find more. But I better stop. I will try to put more reviews again soon here are some I have in mind...

Mark of the Lion Trilogy-Francine Rivers
Shepherd of the Hills-Harold Bell Wright
Do Hard Things-Alex & Brett Harris
I Kissed Dating Goodbye-Joshua Harris

Please comment if you have any suggestions of books I should read or if you want a book review for a book. I will put one if I have read it or when I read it. Thank you.

Stars and Music

Starters
1st off I wasn't going to post today. I was going to wait. But I just wanted to. I posted just a few days ago but anyway. Here it goes... and I promise I won't make it too long.

Stars
With the technology we have today it is inevitable that there would be famous people. I don't know who in the world decided to call them stars. It doesn't make much sense to me but whatever.
But people get all crazy about wanting to be famous. I admit sometimes I think it would be cool to sing or act. But with that come all this other stuff. Such as the drama, paparazzi, rumors, magazines etc. But I love singing and though I have never acted I think it would be a blast. But then at the same time it seems like a lot of work. Parts would be fun. If I could do that and not be famous. Sounds good to me. Haha. Anyway

Music
I love writing songs. I do it a lot. Sometimes more than others. But still. I right mostly songs for the piano. Just instrumental songs. No words. But occasionally I write a song with words too. Sometimes I think something would be cool in a song but when I sing it (or try to) my range isn't good enough or my voice won't do it. Like some more rock stuff. And when I sick or tired my voice isn't very good. It stinks when I hit a wrong note. I played the guitar today. Not like chords or anything but it was kinda cool. Hard. But cool.

Well I don't have much else to say and this is probably too long and I should do something else.

Impacting Lives

First off if you haven't read the post before this I think it's really good and you should read it. (and I spent a lot of time on it) Secondly I know that I changed the colors again but I like the way it is now.

Now I get to the topic of Impacting Lives.

Today is Valentine's Day. As many of you know. And yesterday at my school a lot of people gave out Valentine presents, cards, etc. She gave me a note that is very special to me now. Before I explain the note I have to explain the story.

I have had the same group of friends at school since 8th grade (except one girl who moved and now my friends' boyfriends eat with us. But I guess they don't count) One girl when she moved here she was really quiet but we started becoming friends. In 9th grade was when we really became good friends. One day in class she said something about how God didn't like her. Well me and another one of my friends took special interest in her I guess you could say. After a little while she started going to church with one of my friends and really liked it. She had been going for a little while, I'm not sure how long but we were talking in some free time in class. She told me that she really liked it but they got homework and she couldn't understand what the Bible they had at her house said because It was KJV. (Which is a version I like because of it's beautiful language but it can be extremely confusing.) After she said that I prayed and God told me that I should get her a Bible that's easy to understand. I told my mom that we needed to go to Mardel and to buy my friends a Bible. We had some at home but they were only New Testament. So we went to Mardel and if you have been there it can take you forever to buy a Bible. But I found one that was really nice, easy to read, and I could afford it. We went and got her name engraved. At my 15th birthday party we were hanging out and I took her aside and handed her the Bible that I had bought and gave it to her. At first she said that she felt bad that I was giving her a gift at my birthday party but then I could see the joy in her face and how thankful she was. I got to watch her grow and grow. I even visited their Church a few times and saw how much she was growing. Then one day I got a text message from the friend that she goes to Church with saying that she had been baptised that morning. I was so happy. I have seen her grow since and I see a change in her life. She really is an amazing friend.

Back to what happened yesterday. I got a note from her with the card and M&M's she gave me for Valentines Day. At first it seemed like any other Valentine's Day note. But then I got half way through and nearly cried. She stared off staying that she was glad that I was her friend and wanted to thank me for the Bible I had given her. (a year ago next month) Then she went on to say how me and my other friend were the ones that helped start her relationship with God and how she could never express how thankful she is about that. She said that the Bible I gave her was the best gift she had ever received from a friend. She closed the letter saying again that she is glad we are friends.

That nearly made me cry. (I would of but I was at school and didn't want people to ask what was wrong with me) But it opened my eyes. I did something so little to me. Buying her a Bible was no big deal for me. But for her it was huge. Sure I was glad I did it. But I didn't realize that it would have impacted her like that. I was thinking that I should have done more. (and I probably should of) But God used me and my friend who help her come to Christ. It a really humbling feeling and a good feeling to know that you did something good. And who knows she may bring someone else to Christ. Maybe several people. She has a great personality and loves helping people and I believe that she can do great things.

That was really cool for me. A lot of people probably have cooler stories than that. But that's mine. She has come so far in the past year.

With that said. Everyone has a chance to impact someone else. I'm pretty sure most people have before. I wrote a paper for school once about how someone can impact your life. There are positive and negative ways but God can turn negative in to positive. My friend said once how some bad things that happened to her as a kid turned out to make her a better person.

I really don't have anything else to say. Just that even something small and impact a person so much. If you do something small for God, He will do the rest. We didn't really do that much besides bring her to church and give her a Bible that she could understand. God did the rest. He just used us. It's a great feeling to know that God used you to do something wonderful. But God did most of it. I feel like in this post I may have been giving glory to me. But I didn't do anything great. God did. God brought a child of His to Him. We just helped him a long the way. If we didn't do what God wanted us to do my friend may never have come to know God. But I did hardly anything. God did it all.


Leviticus 9:6

Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded you to do, that the glory of the LORD may appear to you."



Numbers 14:21

but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD



1 Chronicles 16:29

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name;



Psalm 29:2

Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

"Do the right thing....Come what may."

I didn't mean to make this so long but please find sometime to read it and hopefully it will bless you.

"Do the right thing."

I recently watched a movie called Come What May. I mentioned it in an earlier post. If you want to you can watch it on tangle.com formerly known as GodTube.

One of the themes in the movie (I guess the main one) is "Do the right thing...come what may." I never realized how true that was until recently. Sometimes you have to do some things that aren't easy and the contradict what everyone else says or think. These ways are usually easy ways out. That's why doing the popular thing is what a lot of people do. (I want to say most though) Everyone wants to be liked. It's human nature. No one wakes up and says "I want someone to hate me today." That would be crazy. People dress nicely, spend hours on their hair/ makeup (hopefully only girls) and act how the "popular" people act. I go to public school so we definitely have those. I'm sure they are in private schools to and they are in my youth group too (but not as much) I remember wanting to be popular so bad in intermediate school (because it really mattered back then) My friends were the popular ones. I never did become popular (aside:now the people who were my friends get all these rumors made up about them and they all hate each other even though they act like they are friends) So now I'm thankful I wasn't ever "popular." God knew what was really best for me.

Anyway doing the right thing isn't always easy because it isn't always the popular thing. It make be hard sometimes like not going to see a movie that all your friends are seeing or not wearing a certain outfit. It sometimes gets even harder when you have to stand up against your friends in order to do the right thing. I have personally heard this example who know how many times and I'm sure you have to but if you are reading this you have to hear it again.

Say there is a less liked kid in your class. You probably know someone like this unless you live in a box or something. A little different, made fun of often, ignored often. You know. Sometimes these kids get made fun of. Maybe you don't really like the person either. Do you join in? Do you stay out? The easiest thing is to just join in. The harder but still easy way is to stay out but still not say anything. The hardest but right thing to to stand up for the kid. There was a girl in my youth group who to be honest, sometimes got on every one's nerves. One trip all my friends go placed in the same room but I got placed with her. At first it made me really mad. But I got to know her. I talked to her and was nice to her (even though at times it was hard) But she had her moments when she said something really smart or she was fun to be around. In a lesson at church one time we wrote down our role models/people who we admired. They gave us the option to say ours aloud if we wanted to. Me I didn't want to. I was really shy back then (I'm still shy but so as much as I was then) so I opted out of that and sat and listened. I heard my name and it came from the girl. I was shocked. I didn't think that I did anything good or anything. There were times when I did mistreat her and I feel so bad about that. But I treated her the best out of anyone else in our youth. Sometimes she would say something and the older high school boys (I was in middle school at the time) would say some stupid comment about it. I got really, really mad. She is a precious creation of God and God loves her so why should I not? Maybe she's different than the "normal" people. (Even though there is no such thing as normal) God made her the way He wanted to. I love and miss her. Unfortunately she stopped attending youth. I don't blame her at all the way that the majority of the youth group treated her. I pray that she'll walk in to the youth room some day so I can hug her and tell her how much I've missed her.

I made a lot of mistakes in that situation. I sometimes did the right thing but sometimes the easy and popular thing seemed so much easier.

"Come what may"

"Come what may" That doesn't sound too nice and happy. That sounds to me like there may be some hard things that may happen with doing what's right. You may lose some friends. You may get made fun of. But even though it may seem like what happened because you did the right thing wasn't worth it. It's always the best decision to do the right thing. No matter what comes.

Recently (as in today) I had to remind myself that doing the right thing was worth it. No matter what happened. My mom works at my school which is such a blessing to me. She knows all the teachers, substitute teachers and most of the students. We have a rule in my school. I don't care if it's stupid and people don't agree with it. It is a rule and I think that it should be followed. (I'm not going to go into details) Well the substitute let the students break this rule knowing full well that this rule shouldn't be broken. It personally bugged me. Call me a tattle tale but I told on the sub. I talked to my mom and she agreed that this was a rule that shouldn't be broken so she told the sub that she shouldn't have done that and not to do it again. I get to class today and she is saying all this stuff about how someone told so they can't get out the cell phones. So there is this talk for the whole class period (maybe not but most of it) that was "I can't believe someone would tell. This is so stupid. Who would do that? It was probably ______" All that stuff. Surprisingly no one suspected that it was me. That was good. But there was some no so nice stuff said about me. Even though it wasn't. At first I was like. "Why did I tell? If they found out it was me I'm going to get beat up." But then I thought "Do the right thing...come what may." I wrote it on my notes and just went on with my life ignoring the comments.

That was a very minor example of what could happen after doing the right thing. It was worth it for me to tell. It really isn't a big deal. I ended up laugh at the situation how pathetic people were because they couldn't do something. But it was worth it and I would do it again.

Does anyone else have any "Do the right thing...Come what may" experiences? I think this is an important rule to live by. I am not artistic so I asked one of my my artistic friends to make me a sign that says "Do the right thing...Come what may." It may be hard but it's always worth doing the right thing.

Philippians 4:8 (New American Standard Bible)
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.



I'm sorry I didn't mean to make it this long.

Random Thoughts!

I've shot 100 free throws today. Well made. Who know how many I actually shot. Probably hundreds. My dad's paying me 2 cents for every free throw and then I'm going to donate it to someone who's raising money to help orphans in Zambia. It took a few hours. Needless to say, I'm hot, sweaty, tired, and stinky.

Speaking of hot. It's early February. I live in the northern hemisphere and it's considered winter here. Well that's what i thought. Well it was in the 70s today, sunny, and there are bugs everywhere and flowers blooming. I have pictures but I can't get them on my computer right now.

Perfume/Cologne do not take the place of showering. I know this. But since I was stinky and didn't have any time to shower I put some perfume on and lotion because it is so dry here your knuckles crack (I'm not kidding) (but it's suppose to rain tomorrow) and deodorant. So I smell like Black rasberry vanilla sweet pea eastern lilly. Not the best combination in the world. But it works. Kinda. And I hate the smell of cologne.

Pork. I can't stand pork. But that's what's for supper tonight (except I get chicken!) I can eat ham (except not lunch meat or spam) sausage, the occasional piece of bacon (but only like 1)

Kniting/Crocheting- who had the time, the effort, and the brain to find out that you can do all this stuff with yarn. I can see weaving. That's simple. But kniting and crocheting have this weird thing going on. It's crazy. I knit and i don't know how it works but it does.

My mom just said "hey darling" so I know that my friend is here. Bye

Hello. I really don't have anything to say. But....I wanted to post. Actually I do have stuff to say just don't want to bore ya'll with it. Buddy Holly died 50 years ago on this day. A Buddy Holly museum is like 15 minutes away and you can get in free today. But I'm too busy and not really a Buddy Holly fan. I haven't even heard his music. Anyway.

Thanks

OK....so i asked people to comment on my last post if they visit this blog or even did for that one time. Well one person reads it that I know of. Thanks Zoe. Thanks for reading my incredibly boring blog. How do you like the color change? I don't really like any of the templates. I've used the ones I like before so now I'm tired of them. And since I'm technically challenged I can't do any of that fancy stuff.

It was freezing to day. Literally. Like -8 C in the heat of the day. Oh yeah. Nice and chilly. And two of my classes are in different buildings. Luckily I didn't have to walk to my class that's a long way a way. We met in the library. It was really icy. We went to school 2 hours late and were are going to school 2 hours late tomorrow. It's great!

Anyways I'm tired. It's 21:49 and I wanted to go be bed at 21:00. I am going to wake up at 5 or 6 or something and just hang out. That's what I did this morning and I had a great time. So I'll try to post later.

IF YOU READ THIS OR EVEN SEE THIS NOTE PLEASE COMMENT. I WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE OTHER THAN KELSEY READS THIS SO I CAN SEE IF THIS IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME TO KEEP UP THIS BLOG OR NOT. I DON'T REALLY KEEP IT UP BUT STILL. PLEASE COMMENT. EVEN JUST TO SAY "HI, I READ THE BLOG." IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

Hey! I haven't posted much. I'm going to try to be better about that. I'm just curious if you read this please comment. I want to know how many people actually read this.

I watched something a month or two ago and i thought it was really cool. Well I'm not really going to do that much but i'm going to share some stuff with you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqeR5SXIz5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNE8DgcdLY

Well I hope that works. They are really good videos.

I would also like to suggest a movie. It is called "Come What May". I loved it and I hope you will watch it. You can go on to GodTube You can click here to see the trailer and here to see

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Well I sure hope you watch the movie and the other videos. Remember to comment if you read this. Thanks. <3 Calsie Rael =)

I just got back from a ski trip. I'll post more about it later. But I just wanted to say something about it.