Another Parable

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought th at field.”

Matthew 13:44

How awesome would it be to act like that because of the joy we have in Christ–to give up our normal worldly life and live only to glorify God, to care so much about the souls of others that we wouldn’t quit telling them about Christ, to not care how the world would preceive us? I hope I can get to the point where that is my attitude–where I could just drop everything: school, softball, family, and just go whereever it is that God would place me. Someday I won’t have that fear and someday I’ll live the way God wants rather than the way I want.

Unpleasant

If you are grossed-out easily, don’t read this paragraph. So, I got sick yesterday — very very sick. For example, when you poop, you usually have a brown, solid object coming out of your rear end, right? Well, such was not the case for me. What came out of mine was not even solid, much less brown. It would have simply been water, had there not been acid from my intestines coming out as well. In addition to that unpleasantness, the only thing I ate yesterday aside from a bowl of cereal at breakfast was a banana. Now, when I had the cereal I was sick, but not too sick. About half an hour after eating the banana, I was much more sick. When bananas won’t stay in your digestive system, you know you’re sick! Since then, I’ve managed to keep most of two glasses of apple juice down, though I did puke bile around 2:30 this morning.

My mom looked up my symptoms and came up with 3 things that might be wrong with me: food poisoning, gall bladder infection, or a viral infection. I’m thinking it’s one of the first two. It could be food poisoning because I ate a piece of sub that had been sitting out for nearly 5 hours or it could be a gall bladder infection, because there is a history of those within my family. I actually had something very similar to this last year… I’m hoping this doesn’t become an annual event, because honestly, it’s unpleasant.

I had made plans for hanging out with my blue-haired friend yesterday, and it was going to be quite the wonderful time. Sadly, my being ill got in the way. Yesterday morning, I new that I was at least slightly sick, but I convinced myself that I was good because if I was sick I couldn’t hang out with my friend, and I wanted to hang out with him. So anyway, I got through being sick in the morning and being sick during practice and being sick after practice for a few hours. I hung out with Mr. Blue-hair, and we made dough for cinnamon rolls, and then went to Macino’s for some good food. Unfortunately, this is when my digestive track decided that it really wasn’t happy. You know how when you smell something really good you tend to get a craving for it. The smell of Mancino’s is one of those smells, but not yesterday. Upon smelling it, the only thing I could think of is, “man if I eat this I’m going to die.” So, I ordered a greek salad, a nice, non-greasy greek salad. While waiting for the food we talked, and after getting the food we prayed and then talked some more. I was probably in the bathroom for half the time I was there and I didn’t end up eating any of the salad. After Mancino’s, I got some bananas and apple juice at Kroger’s… foods that tend to stay down easier than say, a grinder. Then we drove to my parents house where we intended to finish making the cinnamon rolls. However, by the time we got to my house, I still felt incredibly sick, and had to ask my friend to leave. It was good to be able to see him and talk to him, but at the same time, I was really disappointed that we didn’t get to hang out more. I’ve been really excited about hanging out with him since I learned that he was coming home from college for the day because he had a dentist appointment, and then I have to go and get sick. Oh well… there should be a next time when I will hang out with him, so for now I’ll have to enjoy the time we did get to spend together.

On a semi-last note, side hugs are for friends — ain’t that the truth!

On a last note, please pray for me, being sick is very unpleasant!

The Funniest Thing In a While

That Rhett and Link video on Raquel’s site is amazing, but Shaun’s post explains why it is so wonderful!

Please go view both of them!

Anon

I Like Sleep

Last night was wonderful. I drove to church last night (by myself!–haha, I’m a loser… 19 and I can barely drive). We did some study on Revelation and ya know, I’d be ok if God took me home tonight. The new heaven and new earth sound pretty good. Anyway, after church, I drove over to my youth pastors house. I hit the first thing I’ve ever hit in a vehicle–it was his mail box! I don’t think I really did anything wrong, but the road was really slippery, so even though I was going slow, the SUV had a difficult time slowing down enough to make it into their driveway. Anyway, the vehicle slid to the right a little bit, and the mirror hit the mail box. I think that was all that hit it, and I don’t think it did any damage, but it was dark out, so I’m not sure. Anyway, a few of the young men got together to play Settlers, and I would have loved to join them, but my purpose for being there was to talk with Mrs. Youth Pastor. It was good. We talked and learned more about each other, and she told me some reading materials that would be good for me and she encouraged me. I think I’ll make it through this world just fine. My biggest struggle right now is going to be learning God’s will for me right now. (by the way, Aly, Storm is excellent, thank you for sharing that video) When I’m 10 feet under and upside down, I’m still God’s child and he’s gonna bring me back above the waves. *deep breath* Well, 11:30 rolled around and knowing that I had a test this morning, I got ready to leave, but discovered that I was blocked in their driveway, so I hung out for a while longer. Finally around 12:15ish I was a party pooper and asked if vehicles could be moved. About that time, the group disbanned, and I drove home accident-free. Driving by myself at night for the first time was quite an experience. With a nearly empty road ahead of me and fairly clear roads I turned Casting Crowns “East to West” up really loud and sung as loud as I could with no one there to hear me except God. It was a good night. Unfortunately I didn’t get so much sleep last night… and I like sleep. So, anyway, I’ve got classes till about 9 tonight, so hopefully I’ll be able to stay awake for all of it.

*hugs, love and prayer*

If My People Will Pray

Can you hear me in the whisper
Not the earthquake, fire or wind
But I’m softly speaking to you
If you’ll only let me in

Can you see me in their faces
They need to know me more
My mercy sends you to them
Teach them what their mouth is for

If my people will pray
If my people will seek my face
If my people will turn
Turn from their wicked ways
If my people will pray
If my people will find humility
If my people will pray
They’ll be forgiven

I spoke to Moses through a burning bush
And Adam when the world was new
I spoke to Jacob as an angel
And I’m speaking now to you

If my people will pray
If my people will seek my face
If my people will turn
Turn from their wicked ways
If my people will pray
If my people will find humility
If my people will pray
They’ll be forgiven

Picture and A Smile

Can you paint me a picture
Of what our love means
Because whenever we talk
You can’t find the words

Your face is a love song
If I could just see you smile
But with finding your future
You’re miles from home

You could write me a letter
Send me your heart with a stamp
But your picture tells me more
Than your heart ever did

You could write me a sonnet
Play your song on guitar
But your smile tells me more
Than your songs ever did

Stellar Kart

Ever have one of those days when every single song you hear seems to relate to your life. The first song relating to me (especially the 2nd verse) was this:

…there were a few more and then there was this one:

And then this song made me cry:

… and don’t think that was the end. There were at least a couple more songs after that, but I figure y’all are good only listening to 3 songs by Stellar Kart for now.

15 Minutes

I’ve got about 15 minutes until my dad picks me up to take me to softball. I feel like I’ve had a fairly productive day already. For 1, I actually got to dress up! Yay me! I look … like a girl who’s not in sweats and tournament shirts! Anyway, I’m pretty stoked about that. You’d be surprised how much you can miss wearing normal clothes after you’ve spent the last week in sweats. I went to my Integrated Science class this morning, and it was good. We pretty much just worked on work the whole time; no lecturing or reviewing, just finishing up what we get to turn in Monday. Monday will be my first exam of the semester. I hope it goes well. I think it should. Since class got out an hour and 45 minutes ago, I’ve been working on my ISCI and CHEM hw, and pretty much finished it. So, now I get to go braid my hair for softball and use the facilities. Hopefully today goes better than yesterday! *hugs and love*

What’s On My Mind

1. I want boys to like me (=frustrating)

2. I did poor at softball today (=disappointing)

3. I called my Integrated Science teacher out on a terminal velocity problem because of what I learned in Mr. Streeter’s class (=awesome)

4. I haven’t been reading my bible enough (=dumb)

5. Suzy said she’ll start going to church with me on Sundays when she’s not home (=yay God!)

6. I still think that one boy is wonderful (=true)

7. I haven’t gotten past the memories (=decay)

8. God’s got a plan and understanding isn’t my place (=Sanctus Real)

9. Drinking tea causes herpes (=the words of my little brother)

10. Sleep (=now)

The Snow I Love

Big White Fluffy Snowflakes!
Gently falling, sweetly suspended
An angelic presence surrounds
The bright reflecting ground

The feeling so cold
But soft to the touch
Temporarily covering
The filth of the world

If I could gently glow
If I could make your smile so
You forget your cares
Would you love me more than snow

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Now go listen to Relient K!!! Cause that’s what I’ve been doing while writing this poem.