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.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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.
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.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, February 9, 2009
"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.
"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.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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.
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