My challenge for myself this week is to be thankful, no matter what happens, and try to apply it to my EVERYDAY life. God gave this really great message through our youth minister, Jason, tonight and I can't help but feel like I should let everyone know how thankful I am. For I am thankful a lot of the time but sometimes I don't say I am or do it full-heartily. For the next week and even afterwards, I am telling people how thankful I am and why I am.
I know it should be something that I should have done before but never really have I been full out thankful for everything. Its a new change in my life but I'm ready for it. I've already told a few people and I feel so amazing. Not that they might have said something back or that I posted it on Face Book but I feel so great because I know that if I died tonight, they would know that I was thankful for them.
Tonight at youth group after our message, we were supposed to meet with a friend and tell them why we were thankful to God that they were in our lives. Well, this really great girl and I got together and the funny thing is that we really haven't known each other all that long. She has had a huge impact on my life but I never thought that I had impacted hers. I was told that I was outgoing and a bunch of other stuff that really opened up my heart and yes I almost cried. I don't think I'm outgoing at all and its hard for me to accept a complaint. You would never think of some of the things your friends do and its really amazing to know what they really think about you. I am truly thankful and grateful for all my many great friends and how amazing they are. I love them all so much and hope that I can be as great of a friend that they are to me.
I am also VERY,VERY grateful and VERY,VERY, MORE THAN VERY thankful that you are reading this and have become part of my life. I pray for each of you, whoever you are, every night. Thank you for reading what I write, even if its no great Shakespeare or anything. :) Thank you so very much, I really truly love who you are, even if I don't exactly know you :-)
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
My insanely crazy/weird 16th B-Day wish
So with July fast approaching, I've been asked by a few people what I want for my birthday. I always responded with,"I don't know," or "I don't care." I don't really want anything for my birthday. Sure its the 16th birthday but I've never really been a fan of receiving gifts. I LOVE to give them though. Tons of things come to mind of what I might like to get for my birthday but none of them are things that I'm getting before then.
I think I've put more thought into this unknown birthday present that any other birthday gift ever. The perfect birthday gift would be a sunburn. Yes, I know how insanely crazy this sounds but it makes a ton of sense in a way. I've only been sunburned twice and I can tell you every detail about them. A common detail they share is how much fun I had the day I received the sunburn. Why in the world would I want to be in pain of it though? I am always in the sun but I only get a tan, I maybe red for a few hours but I can't even remember most of those days.
It doesn't really make all that much sense to want a sunburn for your birthday but it all that I want. In order to get a sunburn I have to be outside for a rather long period of time. Which I very much dislike doing alone, so I would be with people I enjoy being with. We, who ever we are, would most likely be doing something fun because who just likes sitting outside in the sun for a long period of time doing nothing? Probably something fun and not too exhausting.Since my Birthday just happens to fall on a Saturday, I get to spend more time in the sun than any other day of the week, that's just because of my busy summer schedule. I also get to go to church. :)
See,I don't seem completely nuts when I explain it a little more. That is my 16th Birthday wish, its completely insanely weird but its just like who I am... <(^,^)>
Blessings,
I think I've put more thought into this unknown birthday present that any other birthday gift ever. The perfect birthday gift would be a sunburn. Yes, I know how insanely crazy this sounds but it makes a ton of sense in a way. I've only been sunburned twice and I can tell you every detail about them. A common detail they share is how much fun I had the day I received the sunburn. Why in the world would I want to be in pain of it though? I am always in the sun but I only get a tan, I maybe red for a few hours but I can't even remember most of those days.
It doesn't really make all that much sense to want a sunburn for your birthday but it all that I want. In order to get a sunburn I have to be outside for a rather long period of time. Which I very much dislike doing alone, so I would be with people I enjoy being with. We, who ever we are, would most likely be doing something fun because who just likes sitting outside in the sun for a long period of time doing nothing? Probably something fun and not too exhausting.Since my Birthday just happens to fall on a Saturday, I get to spend more time in the sun than any other day of the week, that's just because of my busy summer schedule. I also get to go to church. :)
See,I don't seem completely nuts when I explain it a little more. That is my 16th Birthday wish, its completely insanely weird but its just like who I am... <(^,^)>
Blessings,
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Is it just a tea? NO! Its life changing
The meaning of Mother's Day to me two weeks ago: Can we just skip it this year? Pretty please?!?
So this is my full confession to what I've been avoiding talking about. I'm struggling with, well just people I look up to.Really, well mainly the women in my life that are motherly figures. For the past two weeks I have been struggling with this and today, of course, was a mother's day tea thing. I was SO not looking forward to it but was invited to go. Mother's Day really doesn't matter around my house, although the last two years we have celebrated it with ladies that have helped each one of us kids. Well this year, we are all making our own plans but none of them involving Mother's Day for the most part.
Since I went to the Tea, God was working through the women there. Did I see this coming? I really should of, because God never lets me down. I was extremely nervous and I think most of it was because I didn't want to know why I was struggling. One thing that they did was to think of one word that you value in a relationship. I thought of many, many words but one word really stuck which was REAL. I just said,"I don't know." When we had to share our words, I'm sorry I lied because I did know. I didn't think my word was well, real enough.
Our women's pastor was giving us this message about Friendships. Like with everyone in my life, God spoke through her and boy was it loud. I think many people realized a lot today and for me I also realized why I was struggling. So what's my confession? I have been struggling with knowing that not every person I look up to is going to let me down, so to say. That there are a few ladies in my life that enjoy who I am and they can help me realize what to love about myself.
My meaning of Mother's Day today: I'm grateful,blessed and encouraged because I have so many mothers in Christ!
So this is my full confession to what I've been avoiding talking about. I'm struggling with, well just people I look up to.Really, well mainly the women in my life that are motherly figures. For the past two weeks I have been struggling with this and today, of course, was a mother's day tea thing. I was SO not looking forward to it but was invited to go. Mother's Day really doesn't matter around my house, although the last two years we have celebrated it with ladies that have helped each one of us kids. Well this year, we are all making our own plans but none of them involving Mother's Day for the most part.
Since I went to the Tea, God was working through the women there. Did I see this coming? I really should of, because God never lets me down. I was extremely nervous and I think most of it was because I didn't want to know why I was struggling. One thing that they did was to think of one word that you value in a relationship. I thought of many, many words but one word really stuck which was REAL. I just said,"I don't know." When we had to share our words, I'm sorry I lied because I did know. I didn't think my word was well, real enough.
Our women's pastor was giving us this message about Friendships. Like with everyone in my life, God spoke through her and boy was it loud. I think many people realized a lot today and for me I also realized why I was struggling. So what's my confession? I have been struggling with knowing that not every person I look up to is going to let me down, so to say. That there are a few ladies in my life that enjoy who I am and they can help me realize what to love about myself.
My meaning of Mother's Day today: I'm grateful,blessed and encouraged because I have so many mothers in Christ!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Hmmm... My last few post haven't really been, well creative. At like all. My words of creativity have all gone, well for now anyways. All I really have to say anymore is that life is what you make out of it. I could go on and on with examples, or maybe just memories but really who has time? Just take my word for it this one time that life really is what you make out of it. Hope that you are making the best out of it, and maybe,just maybe, I might have something that is creative next time. Love you all, and thanks for not completely walking away from the blog.
Blessings,
Blessings,
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