Currently Listening Last One Picked By Superchick High School see related

Last night I saw....a SHOOTING STAR! at Bryce's bday party, we were playing hide and seek tag (best game ever!), and me and Karl and Joe were hiding at the top of the ditch across the field. It was awesome bc just as I was about to mention to Karl how pretty everything looked...(The night sky was illuminating the open field...the soft glow about everything) I saw an orange and white streak in the sky! I quickly sent a prayer up for something I wanted...And I was so glad that I got to see it with Karl bc he is such a good friend, and Joe cos he is way kewl! God is so amazing to give us so many blessings and to use little things all around us to show us how beautiful He is.. and how much He loves us!

Currently Listening Supernatural By dc Talk Consume Me see related

"A man walks down a beach.

The hazy morning leaves just enough light to reveal the trail behind him.

No, not just of footprints, but of hearts.

Some are mutilated

some are bandaged

some are scarred.

The man looks back, and muses.

All were previous relationships or friendships he was involved in

from his mother, to his ex, to the bagger at the grocery store.

In some way or another, he affected their lives, for better or for worse."

~a note KJ wrote

Currently Listening 12 Stones 5 see related

From Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship:

"I saw the Creator's hands forming little me. The same hands that had created the stars and the heavens were carefully fashioning me. I was filled with wonder and gratefulness.

I wept as I continued to see myself, now a young lady, sitting in the center of His hand, knees drawn up to my chest, my head lifted to the Lover of my soul-my all in all. I was focused on Him and only Him. My gaze was filled by His face. And He looked as delighted as I was to have my total attention. I sat for what seemed an eternity, marveling and communing with my Savior, my eyes reveling in Him.

As I sat there, i saw, out of the corner of my eye, His other hand coming into view and in that hand I saw him. I knew who it was the instant I saw that it was a man. Simultaneously, we jumped to our feet and looked up at the Master.

"Is that him?" I asked. "The one I have been waiting for? The one who has been waiting for me? Is it him?"

I could hear that he was asking the same question about me. "Is that her? The one I have been waiting for? The one who has been waiting for me?"

Both our voices quaked with excitement, but they could not compare to the joy and pleasure that was in God's voice as He smiled and said, "Yes." Bringing His hands close, He joined our hands and released us into the world...together.

"I can't tell you the joy and the peace the dream brought to my heart," Kimberly told me. For her, it was an affirmation and reminder of what the Bible clearly taught. God had shaped and formed her (Ps 119:73). God knew her intimately (Ps 139:2). Before anything else, God wanted her to look to Him for her soul's satisfaction (Psalm 42:1).

Kimberly told a few friends about her dream. Each one asked, "What did he look like? What did your husband look like?"

"I don't know," she answered them. "His face was never clear. But that's all right, because I know the face of the One that I am looking into right now and that is all that matters."

Yes, that is all that matters. And even after marriage, it will continue to be the thing that matters most. When marriage is motivated by a passion to please God, it doesn't distract us. A godly marriage is a man and a woman, side by side in the hand of God's providence, gazing up to Him.

~Joshua Harris

Currently Listening Dying for a Heart By Krystal Meyers Beauty of Grace see related

"When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the Best does. It has a fascination of its own, that bend, Marilla. I wonder how the road beyond it goes--what there is of green glory and soft, checkered light and shadows--what new landscapes--what new beauties--what curves and hills and valleys further on."

I love this quote from Anne of Green Gables..it's exactly how I feel sometimes in thinking about everything coming up after next month..

Currently Reading Justin Morgan Had a Horse By Marguerite Henry see related

  ~*Winter Camp 2007*~

"Theme: Friendzilla"

Oh em gee camp was so wondrous! I got to spend time with my sole mate ,Tanya, and her sister, my sole mate connected, Veronica! oh my gosh I miss them so much!

they are so wonderful to be around! and i love their love for God! their yg is so fun, too! i laughed so much at them bc they are so funny!

the weather was wonderful! it was freezing, and there was soo much snow! perfect weather for winter camp! woo! i loved playing in the snow!

Nathan: *sees me sitting with Tanya* "Hi, Esther! Did u make a new friend already?"

Me: "No, we've been best friends for a long time."

Nathan: "Best friends for a long time?"

Me: "Actually just since last year."

Tanya: "We're sole mates."

Nathan: "Sole mates."

Tanya: "Yea like the game last year!"

Nathan: "It's ok! I had sisters. We watched Anne of Green Gables."

Both: "I LOVE THAT!!!"

Nathan: *walks away* "You guys are bosom friends."

but anyways, the thing that stuck out to me about all the lessons that wkend was how i need to do some major changing on the kind of friend that I am. One night we were having devos together, and we were all like omg this is so convicting! for me it was almost like, i have so much to change, i was tempted to just be like "Oh well"...but don't worry I didn't give up :) .

 Sunday chapel was so amazing...the pastor talked about what to do when friends disappoint us, don't treat us perfectly, make us feel badly, gossip about us, let us down, etc. he had us turn to the New Testmament..and Jesus' last hours here on earth. Judas was the most hypocritical and the worst betrayer of all time. But Jesus let him sit next to Him at the Last Supper. Jesus washed his feet. He gave Him the dipped morsel - which was traditionally given to the honoured guest. He called him "Friend" after Judas betrayed him with a kiss. After his ressurection Jesus went looking for Peter after he denied him three times. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus kept asking the men, "Who is it you want?" and then answering, "I am He," so that the soldiers would only harm Him and not his disciples. This was right after they had fallen asleep after He asked them to pray in the garden. "All the disciples deserted him and fled." (Lk 6:64) His love never faltered. Those who had shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David" were now shouting "Crucify Him!" How did Jesus respond to the people who called for His blood? "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." He was the ultimate friend.

I think in our society we have this attitude that is so tempting to fall into...you know the joke where someone goes, "Your shirt looks weird." and the natural response: "YOU look weird!" i know, weird example, but i think I have to be so careful..we joke around but am I really willing to be humble in the face of hurts?

I was so amazed by all of this. It was so convicting. It made me think about all my friendships...am I trying my hardest to be a servant to them..or is it all about me? Am i looking to the interests of others? Am i judgmental? Pastor talked about our speech and that was such a good reminder to me...our words are such a powerful tool...the average person says 25,000 words per day...and God says not to let ANYthing unwholesome come out of my mouth...I must use every single one of those words to glorify God and build others up. It's so easy to be negative and sarcastic. I'm only bringing others down when I do that. Prov 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." The apples can represent my speech. The silver can represent the delivery or how I say things. Even in texting and the quickest simplest conversations I have to be uplifting.

 So those are the things that I'm still thinking about and trying to apply! It was such a wonderful wkend and I miss camp and friends! Yay tlc!!

Hope you're having a fab wkend and hope you get to go outside and play in the beautiful spring weather!