Tattoo!

Yeah I know- the angle of the pic is a little funny and fuzzy :-P but it was on my phone, by me. You can even see a little of that old bruise on my shin from sword fighting with my bros :P haha, I should cut that pic down when my internet works again.

This is the design I ultimately picked and there it is! I've waited 6 years and it's EXACTLY what I wanted =) It comes from my fav verse Joshua 1:9- Be strong and courageous, do not fear anything! I am the Lord your God and I will be with you even to the end of the age." And it will always be there to remind me of that promise and admonition :-)

PS- our Internet is down at home, but I'm hitting the library every 1-2 days for school stuff until it's back so if you need to get a hold of me I'll get it eventually :-)

19 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA!

Verse O the day
Do not worry about anything, but in everything, with prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.

the Dandilion

I leaned down into the grass. There, amongst the reeds was the softest looking flower I had ever seen. I picked it and held it gently near my eyes, viewing the tiny little spores of fluff like miniature pillows for the ladybugs. clasping the stem in my hand I ran back through the field, down the path and burst into the house.

"Mama! Look what I found! It's the prettiest, softest flower ever!" but as I looked down, to my dismay, there was nothing left but a stem and a small green ball.


I slowly turned around to look for the flower I must have dropped. All I found was one small fluff in the doorway. It was then I realized that the fluff had flown from the flower in my haste and excitement to show my mother. My spirits fell at the thought of losing that beautiful thing.

"Don't worry," she consoled me, "all those little fluffs will each become a flower. You just increased our dandilions and spread them out over the whole yard. Soon you can pick them to your hearts content. Don't worry, it's still there." I was ecstatic.

I see now that what my mother really meant was that it would be my chore to pull the ones I had planted. But the same thing happens in our walk with God. When we truly take the time to get to know the truth about Him and know Him intimately, we can't keep it to ourselves and take off to share it. It the process we shed the seeds of truth to all the surrounding area so that when we get home, there are many more seeds growing, and the old is not lost, it is multiplied as is our joy at it's beauty. We will reap what we sow.


"But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." Matthew 13:23

Hawk Nelson- Somebody Else/Arms Around Me/Turn it On

If I sold this guitar and a piece of my heart for you
Would you hop on a bus and leave just because would you

Are these dreams overrated?
Running from myself

I used to be somebody else
I'm holding out for a good reason

.................

I'm not big on waiting
I could use some patience
This time I'm not afraid of losing
Cause I'm not one to frown when
The sun is going down and
I'm happy to just wait on You

Wrap Your arms around me I know
Trying hard not to let go
Every time I stand up, I fall without You
When You wrap Your arms around me I know
With me wherever I go
And nothing matters at all when You're here

.............

Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again
Make it strong, sing your song to the very end
Cause tonight we're alive and breathin'
Can you hear me, everyone near me

Verse of the Day from Air1"Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp. Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy. "

Psalm 33:2-3, NLT

Matthew 13

This Weekend

Today I went with Zack, Travis, Coleman, and Kristin to do the Geocaching for Zack's movie =) It was a little muddy, but pretty fun!
I also put my textbook on hold at the Hawthorne Powell's and got my Tall, non-fat, w/whip, gingerbread latte =D So now all I have to do is get the book before 11pm after mom and dad get back, read the first 2 chapters, watch the accompaning movie, take the 30 Q quiz, and write the 500 word essay before 12am tomorrow for my GEO class =) haha, not very busy this weekend am I?

Anywho~ it's all good busy stuff =)

"No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us."
1 John 4:12, NLT

Under construction-

Working on making this the blog page of my site. If you have any suggestions on how to make it like the other blogs I've seen with separate pages on the same address, I'd appreciate any help I can get!