Hey ya'll
I'll be busy tomorrow, so, I'm posting for now.
I'm going with my Dad on a Dad and Daughter date, and we're going to my favourite: Olive Garden! It's always a good treat to go there.
I can't believe how camps are coming up soon and how God keeps opening doors for me. Honestly, I feel blessed that words cannot express my gratitude for Him.
Last year was a rough year. I have non epileptic seizure disorder, and I had two of them last year, and I went 10 months without driving. You never realize how driving is important! When New Year's eve came, I became nervous because I didn't what to expect, but then God called me into CEF, and it's great to see where God is leading me....
The reason for the title of the post is from the song "Beauty will rise" by Steven Curtis Chapman. He's been through so much in his life, and I love this song very much:
"
I can hear it in the distance
And it's not too far away
It's the music and the laughter
Of a wedding and a feast
I can almost feel the hand of God
Reaching for my face to wipe the tears away
You say it's time to make everything new
Make it all new"
"This is our hope
This is a promise
This is our hope
This is a promise"
"It will take our breath away
To see the beauty that He's made
Out of the ashes, out of the ashes"
"Out of these ashes
Beauty will rise
And we will dance among the ruins
We will see it with our own eyes
Out of this darkness
New light will shine
And we'll know the joy that's coming in the morning
In the morning
Beauty will rise...."
Don't you think it's a great song?! I love it.
Anyway, God bless you all, and I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow
:)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Religion in American back then and now part 1
'ello, poppets!
Today is Memorial Day Monday. It was created after the Civil War, but was called Memorial Day after Word War I.
I was suppose to go down to Helen's (like my grandmother) and have a barbecue, but sadly she is sick, and we're going to do it another time.
Stephen (my sister Rachel's boyfriend) is up for today. His family was suppose to come up too, but since the barbecue was canceled, they can't.
A friend of mine on facebook said he isn't proud of American. He thinks we should go back 100 or even 50 years ago! But there were many problems back then too.
For one thing, black people had very little rights, and were harassed by the strong Klu Klux Kan.
Women could not vote, work, or even divorce their abusive husbands who would do awful things to them. Women were always blamed, and had to remain faithful to their husbands, even if their husbands weren't.
The lists goes on, but I want to focus on these two things.....
A lot of the stuff that happened the church let people get away with. There was no compassion, no love, but strict laws. The church was very similar to the Pharisees were in the New Testament. It's good to follow God's law, but they based going to Heaven on that very thing. They didn't understand Jesus was the promised Messiah who came to die for us.
I don't like the fact when Christian skip most parts of the Bible. May people focus on the strict rules of the Old Testament, but think about Jesus who broke a lot of the laws the Pharisees stuck to. He ate with tax collectors and prostitutes. He cleansed exiled people with leprosy, and in John 8: 1-11:
"But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before and said to Jesus, "Teacher, woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis of accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning Him, He straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no condemn you?" "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
We could of have done that back then. Helped women out being abused or wanting to change. But we didn't. We let husbands hurt their wives in many ways, and that was wrong. Why though? The Bible clearly says we need to help people in need. I mean if we try to live like Christ, then why not forgive the woman caught in adultery? What about the man? Where was he?
How come the church back then ignored it? Why claim one thing, and totally ignore the other things......
As Edmund Burke once said:
"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing"
To be continued......
Today is Memorial Day Monday. It was created after the Civil War, but was called Memorial Day after Word War I.
I was suppose to go down to Helen's (like my grandmother) and have a barbecue, but sadly she is sick, and we're going to do it another time.
Stephen (my sister Rachel's boyfriend) is up for today. His family was suppose to come up too, but since the barbecue was canceled, they can't.
A friend of mine on facebook said he isn't proud of American. He thinks we should go back 100 or even 50 years ago! But there were many problems back then too.
For one thing, black people had very little rights, and were harassed by the strong Klu Klux Kan.
Women could not vote, work, or even divorce their abusive husbands who would do awful things to them. Women were always blamed, and had to remain faithful to their husbands, even if their husbands weren't.
The lists goes on, but I want to focus on these two things.....
A lot of the stuff that happened the church let people get away with. There was no compassion, no love, but strict laws. The church was very similar to the Pharisees were in the New Testament. It's good to follow God's law, but they based going to Heaven on that very thing. They didn't understand Jesus was the promised Messiah who came to die for us.
I don't like the fact when Christian skip most parts of the Bible. May people focus on the strict rules of the Old Testament, but think about Jesus who broke a lot of the laws the Pharisees stuck to. He ate with tax collectors and prostitutes. He cleansed exiled people with leprosy, and in John 8: 1-11:
"But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before and said to Jesus, "Teacher, woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis of accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning Him, He straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no condemn you?" "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
We could of have done that back then. Helped women out being abused or wanting to change. But we didn't. We let husbands hurt their wives in many ways, and that was wrong. Why though? The Bible clearly says we need to help people in need. I mean if we try to live like Christ, then why not forgive the woman caught in adultery? What about the man? Where was he?
How come the church back then ignored it? Why claim one thing, and totally ignore the other things......
As Edmund Burke once said:
"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing"
To be continued......
Sunday, May 30, 2010
new blog
hey, everybody!
This is my new blog where I'm suppose to update you guys on what's going in life. So, far this is what is happening:
Memorial Day Weekend! Thank you troops for keeping us free!
I've been with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) since March and I love it! I need to learn five lessons, five days worth of missionary story, and I think ten memory verses. I've been speaking at churches and have raised all my support, and will start officially June 14th. I go to a camp, then off to a week of school, then back home again.
I also am going to Romans 12, where we do volunteer projects around the county
I'm also checking out colleges and trying to see where to go.
Tonight, we go to Helen's (like my grandmother) to set up a barbecue tomorrow. She wants us to clean off the patio (since it's dirty anyway) and move the patio stuff to the patio
My parents have talked about putting our dog down. He is 14 years old, and sadly he might have diabetes and renal failure, and we just don't have the money to fix everything. I am really sad, because once he's gone, he's gone. My Mom did say maybe in the fall getting another dog, but we'll see.
Anyway, I will update more, but I'm not really thinking of anything, but I will end with this verse:
"Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an
example to the believers in speech, in life,
in love, in faith and in purity"- 1 Timothy 4:12
This is my new blog where I'm suppose to update you guys on what's going in life. So, far this is what is happening:
Memorial Day Weekend! Thank you troops for keeping us free!
I've been with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) since March and I love it! I need to learn five lessons, five days worth of missionary story, and I think ten memory verses. I've been speaking at churches and have raised all my support, and will start officially June 14th. I go to a camp, then off to a week of school, then back home again.
I also am going to Romans 12, where we do volunteer projects around the county
I'm also checking out colleges and trying to see where to go.
Tonight, we go to Helen's (like my grandmother) to set up a barbecue tomorrow. She wants us to clean off the patio (since it's dirty anyway) and move the patio stuff to the patio
My parents have talked about putting our dog down. He is 14 years old, and sadly he might have diabetes and renal failure, and we just don't have the money to fix everything. I am really sad, because once he's gone, he's gone. My Mom did say maybe in the fall getting another dog, but we'll see.
Anyway, I will update more, but I'm not really thinking of anything, but I will end with this verse:
"Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an
example to the believers in speech, in life,
in love, in faith and in purity"- 1 Timothy 4:12
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