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| Hey guys. How's it been. I haven't posted since the beginning of this month so I thought I'd say hi. Unfortunately I'm swamped with homework and a project for my Environmental Science class. Yesiree. I have to make a model of an environmental home. It's not as easy as it sounds. Whew. I'm almost done though...thankfully. It's due Friday!! Along with a 2 page paper explaining how my home that I constructed is environmental. Sheesh. Ask for a little more next time! Just kidding. Have a good rest of the week, Chillins! | | |
| SLAM ON THE BRAKES PLEASERecently, these last few weeks have been like a big explosion. Sorry...that's the best way i can explain it. It has come to my attention that teenagers go through a lot. I know, I know. You're thinking "here she goes on her 'Poor Teenagers' speech." Nooo. Just last week we packed up our house and moved into a new house. We were looking for a house that would better fit our budget and shockingly we found one that was fit for us and...its bigger! How does that happen? Hmmm.... This weekend i went to Dare2Share. If you have never gone, you are missing out on a great opportunity to see God in His glorious nature. Every year I go to gain faith and courage.....for that one friend who is lost. Its easy to blow off the days when I pass her by in the hallway and not even think of what could happen the moment she walks out the door. God works on His own timing; not yours. He decides when it's your time to go. I've never really thought to myself, "What could happen to her today?" She could instintly get in a wreck and be gone....just like that. I have said absolutely nothing to her during our friendship. Greg Stier (preacher for D2S) challenged us Saturday night. He challenged everyone in the stadium with a cell phone to take it our and call the one friend that is not saved. So of course...thinking this is a going to be a great opportunity to talk to her, I pull out my cell phone immediately and start looking through my contacts. Searching, searching, searching. Suddenly, I got to the end of my contacts and her number wasn't there. I had no way of getting a hold of her. I sat in my chair and listened while teenagers witnessed on their cell phone. Sharing the Gospel over their cell phone! Can you imagine? I felt so disappointed. That was another chance God gave me and I wasn't prepared. Luckily, it wasn't just a "get out your cell phone and call them now" challenge. Nope. This was the "48 hour challenge". Tomorrow I have prepared myself to go to school and make sure that I have her number so that when God gives me the chance and His timing is there...I'm ready. So...do you want to take the challenge? I do. I challenge you. Think of that one person. Picture them standing in Judgement and being told that their name is NOT in the Lambs Book of Life. Hmm. Wow. You might be saying "Well I'm not sure what to say to them. I don't know the right words to lead someone to Christ." Here's a simple acronym you can use. G.O.S.P.E.L. G-God made us to be with Him O-sur sins seperate us from God S-sins cannot be removed my good deeds P-paying the price, Jesus died and rose again E-everyone who believes in Him shall have everlasting life L-life that is eternal means living with Him forever That's all. See how easy that is. Do you think you could tell your friend about the G.O.S.P.E.L.? | | |
| HIS DIRECTIONI can't wait for this driving shinnanigan to end. It's frustrating to the max. And I hate how it is distracting me from school. Well...I think I'm done complaining for now. How come, right now at this point in time, I feel so enervated? Just recently, school has become more rigorous. I feel as though time to myself never comes anymore. Last week I felt so ashamed. I deserved the worst punishment. And still feel like I do. I think the only time I picked up my Bible was on Sunday morning. The rest of the week, I completely forgot about God. I threw Him on my bookshelf and treated Him as though He was null. I never took any time out of my day to even give thanks and appreciation for the day...for being alive. I'm so thankful that God is forgiving. I don't deserve His grace. I definetely don't deserve His forgiveness. If you think to yourself : If someone ignored you for a whole week, never spoke to you, never thanked you for anything, never gave you appreciation, treated you as worthless.......they take time to themself and recognize what they have done to you. Even after apologizing and begging for forgiveness, wouldn't it be so hard for you to say 'I forgive you.' God is Almighty. He created me, He gave me breath, He lets me do what I am capable of doing right now. And I was too engrossed to even stop and say 2 words. 2 words. 'Thank You.' I can't even imagine. Forgetting God, leaving Him aside for a week, just to take control of your own problems. Geez how my week could have gone so much smoother if I would have asked God for direction. His direction is what I need the most right now... | | |
| Self ManualThis is a stupid entry. Kind of selfish and lame. So, wow. There's a lot goin on in this little noggin of mine. I had the dumbest thought come in to my mind: Wouldn't it be nice if I came with a manual...so I knew how to handle myself? Sometimes it's difficult to read myself. Who am I? If only I had that manual, I could know everything there is to know about myself. Like why I'm so happy around my friends. So alive and well. But when I'm at home I'm quiet and reserved. I like to hide from everyone else and ignore the fact that I'm pretty much in denial about who I am. I give people the wrong impression. Am I really happy? Or do I just pretend to be happy around my friends? I don't know! Where's that manual when you need it?! I am confused. I admit it. My head hurts so bad. I'm not gonna even try to finish this entry. I know I've probably confused you all.
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| HUMONGO GUILT TRIPI've been in New Mexico this week. It was a lot harder for me to handle this time because I've been in such a gloomy mood. I feel horrible for my family because I have been so rude to them this week. Our youth group went to Elitches this week for Super Summer Christian Youth Day and my favorite band (Falling Up) is playing for the concert. I got a little upset because I was going to have to miss it to go visit family. I owe my biggest apologies to my family in New Mexico. I drove up here with my aunt Stacy and her kids T.J. and Tara. I stayed at my Nana and Papa's house the first night, Saturday night. Then Sunday night I went and stayed at my Grandma and Grandpa's house until Wednesday night. It was nice there because I could just chill and hang around. My Grandma let me drive her car around for practice because her neighborhood is a private area. I went to St. Jame's Tea Room for my aunt Rita's birthday. It's so pretty there. I got my nails done with my Grandma, that was my birthday present from her. Then Wednesday afternoon I came back over to my Nana's house and we went swimming at my cousin's aunt's house. They have a big pool and a nice backyard but the water was FREEZING! Anywho, now it's Thursday and all my friends are at Elitches having a blast. I think I owe myself an apology. It sounds weird but it's true. I basically sent myself on a huge guilt trip. I felt bad for everyone here because I was rude to them so then I just ignored everyone and put myself in denial. I told myself I was ok with being here and not in Denver when I actually wasn't. So I guess what I'm trying to say is....sorry for being rude and sorry for being stupid. I was just being selfish.\ Kaytle | | |
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