A Favorite Movie

A while back I started a 30 day challenge...and I only did one day. Fail.

But I thought that I would pick it back up and see where it goes.

So, day 2. A favorite movie?

There are too many to pick from. But I will choose Finding Nemo. I love Pixar movies! And who doesn't like a story about a dad that travels across the ocean in search for his lost son? It is heart-warming, humorous, quotable, and has a good moral. And it's fish!

"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy."

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..."

"Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles. My bubbles."

It's in the Air

Flowers, flip-flops, birds, shorts, cumulus clouds, pony tails, shed the jackets, warm sunshine, water bottles, blooming trees...

Hello, Spring. Welcome back.

Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire.- Virgil

Choices, choices.

Life is filled with choices. The simple, everyday choices: Eat a bowl of cereal or grab a granola bar? Wear the blue shirt or the green? ect. ect. Then there are the biggies: Where will I go to college? What career will I pursue? Do I buy this house? That car? And the list goes on...

We want to scream, cry, run around and pull our hair out. TOO MUCH STRESS!!

Yeah, we all get like that sometimes. Lately, I have had to make many decisions. It's getting close to high school graduation and every where I go people ask me, "What are you going to study in college?" (I kinda feel bad for asking so many people this question because now I know: that question gets annoying.) Anyway, everything recently has been having to choose between this and that. What do I do? Will someone please give me an answer?!

I have learned through my decision-making experience that the best place to find answers is on my knees. Who better to ask for answers than the One who holds all answers to all questions? "Seek and you shall find." Seek Him out. Seek His will for your life. He will answer you in HIS time. You may not receive an answer immediately but be patient. I know that is hard seeing as we are human. But the answer WILL come. Just seek Him.

Happy Valentine's Day

On this Valentine's Day, a day in which we celebrate love, think about what love truly is:

⁴ Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ⁶ it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
^8[a] Love never ends.
-1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Bay of the Holy Spirit Revival

So I am extremely excited because today is Friday which means tomorrow is Saturday! Why am I so excited about this Saturday, you might ask. Because my family and I are traveling to Mobile, Alabama for Revival! The following is what the revival is and how it started:

Church of His Presence in Daphne, Alabama hosted “Open the Heavens Conference 2010.” On the last night, July 23rd, British Evangelist, Nathan Morris, was ministering as God’s Presence was ushered in. Notable healings took place and children began to be touched by the power of God. Pastor John Kilpatrick, former pastor and overseer of the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, FL, stated it felt like Father’s Day 1995 when that historic revival began.

A spontaneous decision was made to extend the meetings at the Daphne Civic Center to see what God would do. Nathan and Shake the Nations team cancelled their flights to Hawaii scheduled for that weekend. Since then, attendance has grown as people have traveled from across America and other countries. To accommodate the crowds and meet regularly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, the revival meetings were moved to the Mobile Convention Center in Mobile, AL.

This move of God has been called the Bay of the Holy Spirit Revival. Historically, Mobile Bay was named on early Spanish maps Bahía del Espíritu Santo, (Bay of The Holy Spirit). In 2008 a memorial historical sign commemorating the name Bay of the Holy Spirit was approved by the Alabama Historical Association and a Commendation was signed by Governor Bob Riley.

Since that miraculous night of July 23rd, hundreds have given their lives to Christ and been delivered by the power of God. Extraordinary miracles and healings are continuing each night. The lame walk, the blind see, deaf ears open and diverse terminal illnesses healed.

You can watch services live each night. Friday services at 7 P.M. Saturday services at 5 P.M. If you can get to Mobile, go! In the month of February they will be traveling to Texas and New Jersey.

To see testimonies of amazing healing and for more info go to: www.bayrevival.org

This revival has changed my life. It just might change yours.

A Day of Thanks

I thank God for...

His love and grace, His presence in my life, the Bible, family, sunsets, my ears, clothes, water, revival, friends, clouds, beds, food, vehicles, my pastor, TeenPact, my eyes, shoes, trees, pianos, my voice, pens, vacuums, my fingers, rain, books, evangelists, pillows, hair, birds, internet, fifteen layer chocolate cake, paper, cameras, my legs, cell-phones, warm blankets, ear-buds, answered prayer, and much more...

Hope

"LIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL REMIND US WE CAN MAKE OUR LIVES SUBLIME, AND, DEPARTING, LEAVE BEHIND US FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME; FOOTPRINTS, THAT PERHAPS ANOTHER, SAILING O'ER LIFE'S SOLEMN MAIN, A FORLORN AND SHIPWRECKED BROTHER, SEEING, SHALL TAKE HEART AGAIN. LET US, THEN, BE UP AND DOING, WITH A HEART FOR ANY FATE; STILL ACHIEVING, STILL PURSUING, LEARN TO LABOR AND TO WAIT." -LONGFELLOW

I have read this many times before, but I never really got what it was saying. Then I read it today and something struck me.

As humans, we tend to fail. Not only this, but we tend to look at other's failures. Sometimes we lose hope. As a girl trying to lead a life with Christ, it is discouraging to see those men and women fail who were passionate for God at one time. This is what we hear and see. Many times people look at the failures and not the achievers. We think, "This is too difficult." or "No one could ever do this." But it's not hopeless. Look at Paul the apostle: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."(1 Timothy 4:7)

Paul gives me hope. He left footprints on the sands of time and showed me that I can achieve. Not only do I have hope because of the lives of other great men, but, like Paul, my ultimate hope is in Jesus Christ. Jesus overcame the world and He gave us the power to overcome the world as well. Now we can live a life full of hope and, just maybe, pass it on to "a forlorn and shipwrecked brother" that is discouraged by the world.

Let us cling to the hope of Christ and leave footprints in the sands of time...