My sister put this pic on her facebook and i just wanted to share it. Be careful who you give your heart to girls! wait for God's best...your Boaz.
8.19.2012
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tomorrow it is back to school for me and my brother Josh. Manda and Caleb start back Tuesday. I am excited about starting all my dental assisting classes but a little nervous. Please pray that I will be a shining light at Tri-County! Had a great day at church and last night got to go to a great youth meeting at Bible Baptist Church in Landrum,SC. Heard Bro Brandon Morris preach for the first time. Heard some good singing and 2 young people were saved during altar call! I am glad God is not done saving old sinners :))) Friday night we had a back to school G.L.A.M. sleepover and we had soo much fun! thankful for all my girls and thankful God has let me be a part of helping leading the class. Thankful for the memories we've made just since G.L.A.M. started in April!
My sister put this pic on her facebook and i just wanted to share it. Be careful who you give your heart to girls! wait for God's best...your Boaz.
My sister put this pic on her facebook and i just wanted to share it. Be careful who you give your heart to girls! wait for God's best...your Boaz.
8.09.2012
just a short thought:)
You can either...
1. Give up
2. Give in
3. Or give it all you got
I read this on FB the other day and have been thinking about it. Which will you choose?
- : )
1. Give up
2. Give in
3. Or give it all you got
I read this on FB the other day and have been thinking about it. Which will you choose?
- : )
8.06.2012
"I can't quit when there's a fire burning in my bones..."
Another reason I haven't written in a while is because i honestly haven't felt like it. I have felt discouraged and like a failure for the Lord. He really helped me at camp but when I got back home it was like the devil just pushed me down. That's what he does best is knock us down and tell us we are nothing and will never be anything for the Lord.
That's what he's been telling me, and I've been listening to him. I fail him (the Lord). That's all i can say is I fail the Lord greatly everyday. For a few weeks I felt like..."what's the point? I can't do it. I just can't." But I am so glad God can and WANTS to change our attitude and heart when we feel worthless. I've felt like just giving up (and kinda still do) but something in me say's I can't. I think about first my brother's and my little sister and what they would think of me and how it would disappoint them. Next I think about the 8 girls in the GLAM class and then I thought about the 3 little boys in my sunday school class. They all matter! And God has allowed me to have a part in each of their lives for a reason..and i don't want to make a negative impact. What if one of them quits because i quit? I don't want that to happen. I want them all to know God is real and I want to do right so maybe one day they will too. I wonder alot if anyone ever looks up to me, if I am making a mark in life, If I am making a difference...i really don't know if I am, but If i am in any way I just want to make a good difference and make a good mark. If someone looks up to me I want it to be for because I am doing right! Our lives either point people to God or lead people away from God. I also thought about the Lord and how good he's been and how he has never once let me down! Something I've done but shouldn't have is look at people and not God...i've had some people let me down recently and that can be very disheartening! Although I might feel like giving up sometimes, I know it is way to hard to keep something as big as God hidden and act like he's not there.
Like I just said i've been struggling. I've felt like i am in between a rock and a hard place but God is always there and he knows how to help me out! I was driving home tonight and the Lord let me realize something that helped me alot. Even Adam and Eve who were perfect SINNED. God made them in his image which meant they were perfect yet Eve still sinned. They were like God, but they weren't God of course. They did not have sinful natures...they chose sin! I thought about that and I thought about how God still loved them the same amount as he did before they had sinned. Yes they were punished because we all reap what we sow but God still loved them the same! I on the other hand was born a sinner. Sinning is in my blood!!! i am a sinner. that's what i am. that's what we all are. Yet I am saved. But just because I'm saved doesn't mean I am perfect....I still sin. I still make mistakes. I still break his heart just as much now as I did before he saved me.I get so down on myself because I want to be perfect and not let him down!But I realized he understands when I mess up and he loves me nonetheless. God knows what I am...he kows I'm human; and humans are far far far from perfect! I beat myself up alot and feel like a failure because I let him down so much but God reminded me He doesn't drop us on the curb when we let him down. I am learning that God is sooo different than me! His ways are so different than mine. His thinking is the opposite of mine.(my fav verses--Isaiah 55:8,9 kjv) I pick the best. I want the very best I can get but I don't want to pay anything for it. God on the other hand picks the Worst he can find and paid the highest price that could be paid. He paid everything for something that was and still is nothing. He NEVER changes, never once has and never ever will. I am constantly changing. I don't know if anyone reading this will understand it but it makes sense to me lol He wanted me even in knowing all the times I'd fail him. His love is limitless and his forgiveness is infinite!!
hope this wasn't a complete scattered mess lol just wanted to share how he helped me.
~later alligator!
That's what he's been telling me, and I've been listening to him. I fail him (the Lord). That's all i can say is I fail the Lord greatly everyday. For a few weeks I felt like..."what's the point? I can't do it. I just can't." But I am so glad God can and WANTS to change our attitude and heart when we feel worthless. I've felt like just giving up (and kinda still do) but something in me say's I can't. I think about first my brother's and my little sister and what they would think of me and how it would disappoint them. Next I think about the 8 girls in the GLAM class and then I thought about the 3 little boys in my sunday school class. They all matter! And God has allowed me to have a part in each of their lives for a reason..and i don't want to make a negative impact. What if one of them quits because i quit? I don't want that to happen. I want them all to know God is real and I want to do right so maybe one day they will too. I wonder alot if anyone ever looks up to me, if I am making a mark in life, If I am making a difference...i really don't know if I am, but If i am in any way I just want to make a good difference and make a good mark. If someone looks up to me I want it to be for because I am doing right! Our lives either point people to God or lead people away from God. I also thought about the Lord and how good he's been and how he has never once let me down! Something I've done but shouldn't have is look at people and not God...i've had some people let me down recently and that can be very disheartening! Although I might feel like giving up sometimes, I know it is way to hard to keep something as big as God hidden and act like he's not there.
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. ~Jeremiah 20:9
Like I just said i've been struggling. I've felt like i am in between a rock and a hard place but God is always there and he knows how to help me out! I was driving home tonight and the Lord let me realize something that helped me alot. Even Adam and Eve who were perfect SINNED. God made them in his image which meant they were perfect yet Eve still sinned. They were like God, but they weren't God of course. They did not have sinful natures...they chose sin! I thought about that and I thought about how God still loved them the same amount as he did before they had sinned. Yes they were punished because we all reap what we sow but God still loved them the same! I on the other hand was born a sinner. Sinning is in my blood!!! i am a sinner. that's what i am. that's what we all are. Yet I am saved. But just because I'm saved doesn't mean I am perfect....I still sin. I still make mistakes. I still break his heart just as much now as I did before he saved me.I get so down on myself because I want to be perfect and not let him down!But I realized he understands when I mess up and he loves me nonetheless. God knows what I am...he kows I'm human; and humans are far far far from perfect! I beat myself up alot and feel like a failure because I let him down so much but God reminded me He doesn't drop us on the curb when we let him down. I am learning that God is sooo different than me! His ways are so different than mine. His thinking is the opposite of mine.(my fav verses--Isaiah 55:8,9 kjv) I pick the best. I want the very best I can get but I don't want to pay anything for it. God on the other hand picks the Worst he can find and paid the highest price that could be paid. He paid everything for something that was and still is nothing. He NEVER changes, never once has and never ever will. I am constantly changing. I don't know if anyone reading this will understand it but it makes sense to me lol He wanted me even in knowing all the times I'd fail him. His love is limitless and his forgiveness is infinite!!
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.~Hebrews 13:8Don't let the rotten devil discourage you like he has me. God is still the same God today as he was the day he saved you! He forgave you then and he promises he will forgive again. He never changes :)) We must get our eyes off others, our failures, our problems etc. and keep them on the Lord!
hope this wasn't a complete scattered mess lol just wanted to share how he helped me.
~later alligator!
{i'm back from my *SOO-not-bummer-summer*}
I promise I have NOT quit my blog...just have been super busy! Like I just said, I have been so busy! I was gone for 2 weeks....on July 2-4 I helped at a church junior camp in Cleveland GA and then left there with the others who helped and took a short trip to Pigeon Forge TN the 4th through 6th. We went to Dollywood for 2 days. I had a blast! I had never been to Dollywood so it was cool finally getting to go. I love rollercoasters so that was about all we rode! We left TN on that friday night and went back to the campground and I went home on Saturday to get more clothes for the next week. Monday through Friday of the next week (July 9-13) I was at teen camp at the same place. And then I was just been being lazy lol went going to VBS at a friends church a few weeks ago. It was fun. I love those friends that you can just pick right back up where you left off...and it doens't even matter how long it's been since you've seen each other. :) The VSB theme was awesome!!! it was::: F.R.O.G.--{fully rely on God}.
I am so thankful for the privelege to have gotten to help at junior camp. I had never did anything like that so it was all new and I didn't know what to expect. and to top all that off I didn't know very many people so I was nervous for about a week before camp! I wasn't sure what I would be doing...helping with the food or be a counselor...I got to be an assistant counselor so i was happy. I helped a girl named Kristen try to control 10 hyper eleven year olds! For both of us it was our first year so we didn't quite know what to expect. I made alot of good memories in those 3 days!
Within the first few hours we had already had atleast 5 wasp stings!!! By the end of camp our room had like 11 wasp stings, a few ant bites, a lost tooth, and a few scrapes. Some of the girls even got stung twice! Everytime we would walk the ramp to our room the wasps would fly out and get us. One got me and it hurt! Other than that it was great!! lol Had a wonderful week at teen camp. The Lord helped me and I am so grateful for that! I am grateful for all the new friends I made at camp! I have been praying for some iron friends and God has been allowing me to make some :)) It has been so long since I last wrote I can't remember everything that has happened lol...
My awesome Daddy took us to Carowinds about 2 weeks ago and we had a blast!!! I LOVE that place! I finally got to ride the Intimidator and it was amazing...probably one of the best roller coasters I've ever rode. Then a few days later we went to Stone Mountain Georgia and spent a few hours at Stone Mountain Park. I had been there before but it was nice to go back again. That's about all the exciting stuff i did ;) Since then I have just been trying to get ready to start school in a few days.
First day back is August 20. I am very excited because I will be starting my dental assisting classes this semester. If all goes as planned I will GRADUATE next summer! My church is having a Children's revival all this week. Bill and Nancy Mason are putting it on. I remember going to the revivals when i was a little girl and i loved them. Tonight was the first night and it went pretty great. I am thankful I am getting to help. I randomly thought of a few other "exciting" things...I had my first roadkill the other day--> i hit a BUTTERFLY and it died. I felt pretty bad about it too! Next: I almost lost my arm yesterday coming home from church. My mom started rolling the window up while i had my arm hanging out. thank the Lord she heard my screams before it was completely rolled up LOL
What have we been doing in G.L.A.M.?? well we took the summer off and have been working on our Scripture journals each Tuesday night instead of listening to Reba's DVDs and working in our workbooks. I am totally loving my journal. it has helped me alot! Maybe I will get to post some pictures soon.
Also tomorrow is 2 months that i have had my braces!!! only 22 more to go lol ;) I am happy with the progress, just hate that my teeth still hurt me about everyday. also hate that i STILL have 3 huge gaps because my teeth are being stubborn and aren't wanting to grow in. prayin' they will soon! I have been fighting an annoying chest cough for over 3 weeks now. I am finally starting to get over it! Those times when i am sick sure make me grateful for when I am healthy!
I am glad to be back! And hope to start writing more again super soon <3
I am so thankful for the privelege to have gotten to help at junior camp. I had never did anything like that so it was all new and I didn't know what to expect. and to top all that off I didn't know very many people so I was nervous for about a week before camp! I wasn't sure what I would be doing...helping with the food or be a counselor...I got to be an assistant counselor so i was happy. I helped a girl named Kristen try to control 10 hyper eleven year olds! For both of us it was our first year so we didn't quite know what to expect. I made alot of good memories in those 3 days!
Within the first few hours we had already had atleast 5 wasp stings!!! By the end of camp our room had like 11 wasp stings, a few ant bites, a lost tooth, and a few scrapes. Some of the girls even got stung twice! Everytime we would walk the ramp to our room the wasps would fly out and get us. One got me and it hurt! Other than that it was great!! lol Had a wonderful week at teen camp. The Lord helped me and I am so grateful for that! I am grateful for all the new friends I made at camp! I have been praying for some iron friends and God has been allowing me to make some :)) It has been so long since I last wrote I can't remember everything that has happened lol...
My awesome Daddy took us to Carowinds about 2 weeks ago and we had a blast!!! I LOVE that place! I finally got to ride the Intimidator and it was amazing...probably one of the best roller coasters I've ever rode. Then a few days later we went to Stone Mountain Georgia and spent a few hours at Stone Mountain Park. I had been there before but it was nice to go back again. That's about all the exciting stuff i did ;) Since then I have just been trying to get ready to start school in a few days.
First day back is August 20. I am very excited because I will be starting my dental assisting classes this semester. If all goes as planned I will GRADUATE next summer! My church is having a Children's revival all this week. Bill and Nancy Mason are putting it on. I remember going to the revivals when i was a little girl and i loved them. Tonight was the first night and it went pretty great. I am thankful I am getting to help. I randomly thought of a few other "exciting" things...I had my first roadkill the other day--> i hit a BUTTERFLY and it died. I felt pretty bad about it too! Next: I almost lost my arm yesterday coming home from church. My mom started rolling the window up while i had my arm hanging out. thank the Lord she heard my screams before it was completely rolled up LOL
What have we been doing in G.L.A.M.?? well we took the summer off and have been working on our Scripture journals each Tuesday night instead of listening to Reba's DVDs and working in our workbooks. I am totally loving my journal. it has helped me alot! Maybe I will get to post some pictures soon.
Also tomorrow is 2 months that i have had my braces!!! only 22 more to go lol ;) I am happy with the progress, just hate that my teeth still hurt me about everyday. also hate that i STILL have 3 huge gaps because my teeth are being stubborn and aren't wanting to grow in. prayin' they will soon! I have been fighting an annoying chest cough for over 3 weeks now. I am finally starting to get over it! Those times when i am sick sure make me grateful for when I am healthy!
I am glad to be back! And hope to start writing more again super soon <3
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