Valentines!

taking a cue from another blogger........14(and some extra) things I love!(in honor of valentines!)


1. Jesus my King.

2. my awesome family!
im ready to beat you all in wii......: )

3.my church family.
God has blessed me so much with our church, His wonderful grace is so evident in our churches life.

4.i love the Bible reading plan that we are doing as a family.

5. i love europe. (and America!)

6.i love middle names......no joke i know so many.

7. i love my friends. they encourage me in my walk with the Lord.

8. i love mysteries.

9. i love to sing......mostly opera. and hymns. : )

10. i love comfy cars....i sat in one the other day...it was nice.

11. i love crafting. im not very good at it...but.......i do love making valentines.

12. i love getting valentines. we got one in the mail yesterday.(thanks miss pat!)

13. i love weddings(and babys).(and sharpie pens.)

14. i love surprises.

(15.) i love bsf.

(16.) i love that Jesus loves me....even though i am totally unworthy.

(17.) i love the story behind Valentines day........if you don't know its a holiday remembering St. Valentine, in his day the roman emperor banned marriage because men were not joining his army, St. Valentine kept on marrying people, so finally he was put in prison and killed.
He knew that marriage is ordained by God and that is a sacred.

(18.) i love valentines day.

this valentines day lets remember that the person who love us most is our heavenly Father.

Christmas!

Christmas is about.......
Christ
baby Jesus
the cross
ultimate love
family
joy
wonder
amazingness
thankfulness
good smells(!)

where do we put our joy in at Christmas??
lets put our joy in the only one(Jesus) that can bring us the forever kind of joy!

Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
We have so much to be thankful for.
We always hear around thanksgiving: We need to be thankful all times of the year not just when it is Thanksgiving.
do you all hear it or is it just me?? Ha!
Are we always thankful in all circumstances?
i know i am not.
Its true we DO need to be thankful in all circumstances.
It is a hard thing to accomplish!
we can pray for that desire daily!
let that be the desire of our heart to always be thankful to God always!
i hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving in the Lord!

God is bigger than we give Him credit for.

have you ever thought about that about that?
God is bigger than we give Him credit for.
just sit there and thing about it for a minute.
what do we define "big" as?
the monsters on tv?
football players?
our friends tv?
peoples houses?
those seem SO big to us!
think how SMALL they are to God.
Psalm 19:1-The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of His hands!
the heavens glorify God!!!
how much bigger are the heavens compared to us??
what a great and big God we serve!!
Hallelujah!!

He's been faithful..

God has been so good to me.

how could we ever thank Him?

for new life?
the gospel?
freedom?(happy fourth!)
freedom of worship?
family?
friends?
house?
car?
food?
water?
life?
clothes?



we should think about these simple things every day!!

when i was a worldview my small group leaders encouraged us with a couple of thoughts about prayer/praising the Lord...



A-adoration

C-confession

T-thanksgiving

S-supplication





adoration- praise Him.. adore Him...just simply praising God for who he is....just take five minutes and praise Him for His attributes, praise Him for what He has done in your life!!



confession- ask forgiveness for the things you have done wrong. ask him to help you remember to do better next time.



thanksgiving- thank Him...take five or ten minutes...(i know that sounds like a lot but once you start going...)



supplication- we tell Him our needs...funny this one is at the end...:)





we have SO much to be thankful for!!

take every opportunity you have to tell someone about our God and Savior, Jesus Christ!!

Our God is so Big, so strong and so mighty!

i went to worldview academy last week.
it was so so so so so good.
i learned that:
it will not always turn out our way,
but God is still faithful!~Praise the Lord!
there is so much corruption in the world.
evangelizing is SO important.
everyone is going to die...
how much do we hate a person
to not tell them about heaven?
God is a just and merciful God!!
i learned more than that..i will write again later.

He(God) has been so good to me.

Ok well i know i have not written and i am sorry. boo madison. oh well.

ok summer camp...no joke this was the best summer camp i have ever been to.
it was very convicting and very helpful.
i realized how blessed i was.
how great it is to meet new people.
seeing how God works in peoples life.
i realized how important reading my bible was.
how much i love prayer.
friends are great.(old and new!)
how blessed we are with people at church who love us.
how great my parents are.
that our God is good.