I’m a graduate!
After years of schooling, I managed to graduate high school and luckily didn’t trip as I walked down the aisle or cry while the choir and I sang I’ll always remember you by miley Cyrus . If I had cried while singing, not only would it have been embarrassing because I wouldn’t have been able to get through the song, but my mascara would’ve run down my face making me loom like a racking. Thank the Lord that didn’t happen! Lol!
I am God’s child.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12
How we’re supposed to be…
I was reading the master’s indwelling, which is an awesome book by the way, when I realized that I can’t be the person God intended me to be without being filled with the holy spirit. How am I supposed to do everything God’s called me to without his help? God is such loving gather that he won’t ask us to do something we can’t do. That’s why he sent the holy spirit, to empower us to be mighty men and women of God. I’ve been worried that I’m not bold enough lately, but then I realized I’m not supposed to be bold enough. I wouldn’t need God if I was perfect. God provides me with everything I need so that I can walk beside him in loving dependence. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Through God, I have more than enough. Thank goodness for that! :)
This is SUCH a cool image!
I was watching the movie “Hook” today (I am a huge fan of “Peter Pan”). The scene where one of the lost boys examined Peter’s face to see if he was really Peter reminded me of how I sometimes forget who I am in Christ. I get caught up in different things and the big fat lies the enemy keeps on planting in my head, and so I feel lost and far away from Jesus. Eventually, I get tired and I start looking for Him again. But as it turns out, He has been beside me all along. I feel His hands wiping the dust off of my face and then he says, just like the lost boy to Peter, “There you are!”
The idea of Jesus’ hands on my face somehow reminded me of Clement Chen’s song “In Your Arms”. It’s amazing how God is always happy to see us come back to him no matter how far we’ve gone; how He still knows our truest selves and sees the best in us beneath all of the filth and scars that have covered our faces.There You Are, 05/14/12watercolor on paper
this is how I feel with high school! only one more week until graduation!
If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence with no TV, movies, or singles’ retreats? You’d be bored to tears in heaven, if you’re not ecstatic about God now!
How could God invite you to heaven, where the most exciting thing to do all day is gaze upon His glorious face, if you’re not in heaven right here on earth when you’re alone with Him? Do you think that after you die, suddenly you’ll be in heaven and “presto!” all at once you’re not going to like worldly things anymore? All of a sudden you’ll love more than anything else just to hang out with God, when you couldn’t stand being alone with Him even 20 minutes a day?
Keith Green (via freedomreigns)
This is awesome and thought provoking! I love Keith Green for his music but I had no idea about this quote. Enjoy!
It’s Surreal….
Your last week of high school is so surreal. It’s hard to imagine leaving the walls you’ve grown so familiar with, to leave the people you’ve been with for four years. That last honors day, you still feel nervous and are afraid you’ll trip or fall on your way to the front when they call your name and your palms are still sweaty, but the knowledge that this will be the last time you’ll have something like this hasn’t sunk in yet. You walk out victoriously, knowing that you did your best and another chapter of your life is about to begin. But deep down inside, you feel a little sad. Such is life: you get used to something and just when you feel confident about it, you’re ushered into the next level. It’s not a bad thing. In fact, going to college is great (from what I hear…lol!) But it’s hard to say goodbye, to your classmates, teachers, and the familiar. I love Cottage Hill Christian Academy, and looking back, I wouldn’t be the same person today had I not gone there. I’m grateful for the opportunity to go there and the person it’s made me into. My last week of high school has been surreal, but I know I have a good future to look forward to and although I’ll look back at the past, I look forward to the future. Here we go college…Hope it goes well!
I don’t know if you know this, but I love the avengers! Esp. Captain America! He is so dreamy….;)
To my mom and all the other mothers out there
Mom, just wanted to say that I’m so proud of you and the heritage you’ve left me. Throughout my life, you’ve taught me so many important lessons. Forgiveness, persistence, and stick-tuitiveness are some of the many lessons you’ve taught me and I wouldn’t be the same without them. Being a mother is a high and noble calling, and I’m so glad you answered that call. Oh yeah, and here’s a scripture I think of when I think of you.
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 NIV
To all the mothers out there, thank you for your nurturing care, your kindness, and all of your mother love. Thanks for wiping our noses and kissing our booboos. Thanks for always caring about us no matter what we do or say. You guys are awesome! Thanks!
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