Sept. 3rd - Temporary Escape!

The other night I drove out of town down a gravel road. No city noises in ear shot & only a small few city lights could be seen in the distance behind me! I pulled into a raised section of the ditch (the accesses spot to one of the many crop fields in the area) & climbed my way onto the roof of my vehicle! Once there I sat & watched the sun set! I also worked on my Romans study! It was a very nice peaceful time watching God's amazing creation in such vivid color while also studding His amazing gift of His written word! 

"Finding peace in God's sovereignty"

A while back a good freind of mine told me something while I was struggling with things that had and where happening in and around my life. He said, "Find peace in God's sovereignty. None of this happened by mistake. If you try to make sense of this apart from simply God's sovereignty, you won't find peace." He then recommended that I looked up Phil. 4:6-7. The verses he referenced say, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." 

My friends words where encouraging but when backed up with scripture there was more weight to those same words! There are so many things that we don't understand about life. By God's mercy & grace we learn, grow, and develope into a higher understanding of them. A higher understanding of our world, our life, our purpose, and so forth! Most importantly however is the greater understanding gained about God and His plan for our lives!

In life there is always going to be things we don't understand. We are going to lose that peace that is gifted to us by pulling away our trust in the one who provides the peace! If we do not trust Christ with our daily life then we lose perspective of what is important and that our Savior's always there for us arms out wide for protection and peace! He makes no mistakes! 

Last semester of Senior year...

I am a horrible blogger! I post things, decide I don't like them, and then I delete them! So here goes for another attempt to get into using my blog!

I am in my last semester of High School! Senior year has been flying by! Just yesterday it seems like was the day that I got the texts book out to just begin. These past months of first semester and beginning of second (and the last) semester have been busy. Full of repetition yet also made exciting with many amazing adventures! Great time spent with family and friends! Many opportunities to serve at church and other places. I am also in preparation to head to South Africa on a missions trip with a group of 10 others from my church! It's been a great learning experience Thus far and cannot wait to see how God shall continues to work through me!

Short & Sweet with hopefully more to come!

Fun Fact about me!? I really like chocolate covered Coffee Beans! =)

Catching Fireflies... 

One of my favorite things to do in the Summer is to catch fireflies! they are very interesting insects...

Fire-fly [fahy-uh-r-flahy]

non, plural fire-flies.

any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by a soft body with a light-producing organ at the rear of the abdomen.

Also called: glowfly, & lightning bug

(Definition taken from dictionary.com)

Band: Owl City, Writer: Adam R. Young, Song: Fireflies

You would not believe  your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep

'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare

I'd like to make myself believe
That Planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance

A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

Leave my door open just a crack
(please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell

But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep...

(lyrics off of http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/o/owl_city/fireflies.html)

Summer Fun begins...

Every summer during summer missions trip my friends and I make lots of friendship bracelets! It is a lot of fun and then we tend to have a pretty full wrist by the end of the trip! Some made by us and some given to us by our friends (who made them)... Well this year I decided to get a heads start...

These are my first two bracelets that I have made! A friendship bracelet and a pop tab bracelet! I had never made a pop tab bracelet before but I really liked how they looked so I youtube a video on how to make it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqaBcZFQC54

It was easy to follow but I did make one change. when making the bracelet make sure you face the sharp sides (bottoms of the tabs) toward each other so that you do not feel the scratchy feeling from the jagged metal.