Sin and bugs. (and how they both effect our lifes)

On occasion we will have bugs in our house, and every time we see a bug its a mad dash to kill it.
But on the other hand, sometimes i am just to lazy and i let it continue its happy bug life.
On one such day of laziness, i thought..hmmm, bugs are like sin. if we are lazy sin grows and multiplies. if we kill it when the Lord reveals, its gone. as far as the east is from the west.  just some thoughts for your day:)

two thousand and eleven.

hey folks....as you see i have not blogged in a while. so lets do a little year through review.:)

2011

January: molly had a birthday. my parents had their 29th anniversary. snow camp!

February: janna moved back from Czech. valentines day!

March: I had a birthday. Celebrated 1 year in our new church building.

April: Went to the Gospel Coalition! (dont worry! part two will come..i think)

May: I was in Gilbert and Sullivan's- Gondoliers. I was the duchess, and i got to wear a huge wig.

June: Went to church summer camp. Went to a choral camp. Went to Worldview Academy.

Found out Julie was going to have a BABY! kates sweet 16!{she know alot about Jesus. so go talk to her}

July: Was a table leader and music leader for our churches Vacation Bible School. The theme was western, it was kindof hilarious. I went to Maranatha, and one of my friends there re-dedicated her life to the Lord!

August: I went on my first missions trip to the Czech Republic, i was a cabin leader at a missionarykid/thirdculturekid camp. let me tell you one girl in my cabin spoke like 3 maybe 4 languages. it was crazy. And i met/made awesome new friends!(hi, guys!)

September: Janna got her visa, to return back to the Czech Republic, total answer to prayer. I started my Junior year. Jed and Julie celebrated their 3rd anniversary! God worked alot.

October: Rosie turned 2! Found out the gender of Julie's baby..(but its a secret) Started looking at where i would like to continue my education. Started memorizing the book of 1 John with my friend jackie.

November: Mamaw (my grandmother) celebrated her 93rd birthday! (go mamaw!) We gave thanks.

December: Community Christmas happened, and it was awesome. My school choir sang the Christmas portion of the Messiah! I sang with the said choirs madrigal group, and went to a barn dance. Christmas. and i decided to learn how to play the guitar.(so did molly)

January 2012: Mollys birthday is tomorrow. shes getting old. My parents are about to celebrate their anniversary- 30 on the 30th. Julie could have her baby any day now. my friend lindsays birthday!{guys if you need encouragement talk to her!}

God really worked in my life this year....

Tis' so sweet to trust in Jesus

And to take Him at His word

Just to rest upon His promise

And to know thus saith the Lord.

Jesus, Jesus how i trust Him

How i've proved Him o're and o're

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus

O for grace to trust Him more.

(and the little "L's" in the post are really exclamation points. :))

huzzah.

i just got back from the czech republic.
had the best week of my life.
can't wait to tell you all about it.
made friends.
heard opera in prague.
learned about God.
ate good food.

Psalm 73:26!

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26.
i read this today and it blew me away.
my body...it will fail.
my heart....it will fail.
BUT.( that is such a great word.)
God, the almighty Father, is the strength of my failing heart.
my portion forever.
hallelujah!
Praise God.
claim this promise. hold on to it.
grasp it.

the Gospel coalition! part 1

i went to the Gospel coalition.
it was amazing and a half.
i am going to share some quotes with you for the moment. : )


there is grace in the knowledge of our sins. there is grace in the the knowledge of our need for a Savior. ~ Al Mohler

when we become a christian we have a status change. like Paul - one day he was a killer, the next a fruitful apostle. ~ Tim Keller

Jonah said the only way to calm the sea of Gods wrath was to throw him(Jonah) in. (remember he got swallowed by the big fish:)) On the cross Jesus was thrown into the sea of Gods wrath for the world. ~ Tim Keller

when we can't carry both our sins and God's correction - we need to drop the sin! The correction lets us see the vain things that charm us most. ~ James McDonald

maximizing the fear of the Lord shall minimize the fear of judgment of others. ~ James McDonald

Jesus embodies my trust, exemplifies my trust and enables my trust. ~ James McDonald

weakness is a preexisting condition the God can use. ~ Tim Savage

holy gospel, batman! there's a whole world out there!~ Robin / Michael Oh

if the gospel is so awesome, how come Christians rarely share it? ~ Michael Oh

if the gospel is not going out- there must be something you/I don't believe. ~ Michael Oh

we all have skills that we can use on the mission field. we all speak English. ~Michael Oh

God is not calling everyone to go to the mission field- but - from His children for whom He died, He just wants to hear, "I'll go." ~ Michael Oh

There are more quotes but that is for a later time. : )

what i want to be....

"i just want to lobby for God." ~ billy graham ______________________________________ today in church we had a awesome church service, we learned about the goodness of God...it never gets old. : ) we never need to ask God if He will change or if He will be faithful tomorrow. Praise the Lord! its always a great reminder. He is in control! and worship was great! ____________________________________________ back to the title of this post....its hard deciding what you want to do. its hard to just leave it up to God. But..................... we NEVER need to ask God if He will still be faithful or good or if He knows what i am going to do in a couple years. He does know. i pray that i will rest in His hope. : )

lets talk books...

on midday connection today they were talking about books they were currently reading, so i decided to join in here.
here is what i have read recently or am reading right now or about to read:
whats the difference. by john piper(great book!!!)
dorie: the girl nobody loved. by doris van stone and erwin lutzer. (it is a missionary biography)
the princess. by lori wick.
the count of monte cristo. by alexander dumas.
pride and prejudice. by jane austen.
love letters from cell 92. correspondence between dietrich bonhoeffer and maria von wedemeyer.edited by ruth-alice von bismark and ulrich kabitz.
stepping heaven ward. by elizabeth prentiss.
the christy miller series. by robin jones gunn.
margo mysteries. by jerry jenkins.
the tips from tulip series. by mindy starns clark.
and most importantly my school books and the Bible!

what are you reading???