CS Lewis is amazing..(a quote I want to remember)
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one. Not even an animal. Wrap it carefully with hobbies and luxuries, avoid all entanglements and keep it safe in the casket of your selfishness. But in the casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."
CS Lewis..
CS Lewis is amazing..(a quote I want to remember)
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one. Not even an animal. Wrap it carefully with hobbies and luxuries, avoid all entanglements and keep it safe in the casket of your selfishness. But in the casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."
CS Lewis..
The Joys of Being a Youth Leader..
Two of my kids bought me Christmas gifts..
That makes me want to cry...
Jess use this as a sense of encouragement..I've only been here three months...and already they are attached.
It's a really awesome feeling! When they heard that I wasn't going to be there tonight..Brianne was all worried that I was gone for good!
Sometimes some of them are a pain..but I'm loving them right now!! !
Balderdash!
Awww..frig..I had something that i was really excited to post about..and then I forgot what I was going to say..
Probably something about the oldest person in the world being 116..and how she said she didn't like the fact that it was now acceptable for a girl to approach a guy..I like her...
But..I have this tendency to think that when something's not going exactly right..I think it has something to do with me..so then I try to change myself...
So thought for tomorrow...IT'S NOT ALWAYS ME!
And I'm annoyed...It's nice that you want to talk to me..but please..actually..TALK to me..I like to talk..but not to myself! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wynonna and messing with the truth..
"This next song saved me through a time, you know how music does that? How you walk through that time, and there's always a song there. Well after my father died, I never met him, I went through a real period of not sure what to do next. You know those times in your life when you know how to work, you know how to get up in the morning, but when the quiet stillness of the night come you kind of sit there and go 'Well is this what it's all about?' And in a flash, I realized that though I never got to meet my earthly father, I will meet my heavenly father and I believe that and I'm just gonna say it because it's my show. And then I heard this next song and it blew my soul wide open. It became my anthem during that time. "
This is what Wynonna said right before she sang I Can Only Imagine in her concert. I listen to this song pretty much everyday just to listen to her speech. I want my soul to be blown wide open, but right now I'm at the stillness in the night where I'm thinking "Well is this what it's all about?" I don't know if I'm suppose to be waiting, is this my stillness in the night, or if I'm suppose to be working..
I thank God because I was at a point in my life..where I wasn't growing..and God wasnt
the focus in my life (look at my past blog entries..that's enough proof) but now..I'm just sorta stuck..I want my devotion life to be something where I'm learning things..but I feel as if I need to have some back ground information...I dunno..everything I need is in the bible..Can't mess with truth...
I need help..devotions
Hey guys,
My devotions are boring..I need help getting relevent stuff..stuff where I learn things about God..
I don't really want to buy a book..but if you guys had a website with really rocking devotions on it..
I prefer if the devotion had ME look up the verses..but whatever..any help appreciated..
Life
Is confusing...
When I figure it out more..I'll post more..
But..because you guys deserve a REAL post..and not just a poem that i want to keep forever...
Why I love Justin:
1. He's amazing..he treats me like a princess and I'm not even dating him..
2. He tells me the things that I cannot see in myself.
3. He and I have done "it" on the pastor's table...haha..can't wait to see the replies to this one!
4. He's there for me...at just the right moment...
5. He cares when I cry..
6. He would rent a car..just to come down and see me
7. He argues with me on which one of us is sleeping on the couch or in the bed..lol
8. He gets me..better than any girl I've ever known...
9. We go from never talking to one another..to bestest buddies in 2.5 seconds..
10. He introduced me to the zboard..my life has never been the same..
11. He only brings up the fact that I liked Nick every day..
12. He took me to JoyFM and took me on the tour with the big dog..
13. We made a pact that if either of us had a terminal illness we'd get married...for obvious reasons...lol
14. When I talk about a boy I like..the first question is "Is he a Christian?"
15. He's like a big brother..without the screaming and fighting..
16. We've both liked (liked!!) each other at one point in our lives..but it hasn't affected our friendship!
17. We OPENLY talked about "back in the day" when we liked (liked!!) each other...and we use it to encourage each other...odd I know..but it works!
18. He makes me smile...I like that..
19. He referrs to any boy that I think is cute as "the lucky guy"
20. He called me pretty! Ahhh..swoon..even if it wasn't that exact words..it made me happy!
Love ya buddy!
Have a great night!
Christians by Maya Angelou
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'.
"I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven.
" When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!
When you think you're not good enough...
I was thinking today about in high school how I never really applied for scholarships, because I never thought that I had high enough marks, or that I wasn't involved in the community enough..but today..as I was thinking about all of the things that I sold myself short on I thought..why not me? There are other things that have brought this about..but I have decided to refrain from posting it...I'm a good person, a nice person, a funny person, a friendly person..why do I feel as if I don't deserve to have the nice things in life? Is this what humility is suppose to be? I guess that kind of confuses me. I'll be in prayer about this..
Helping out at church
PLEASE WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO HELP OUT SAY YES!!
God is so faithful
Earlier this week I was talking to my friend who is stressing out major time. Both of us had strayed away from God commands at one point in the past few months...and we felt the same way...totally alone...
After having an awesome chat with him..I went over and did devotions..and got on my face and apologized to God for trying to go my own way.
God's amazing eh?
Sometimes it's like how in Middle School we keep having a new best friend every year...we'd get in a fight with a friend..and then switch to the other..and then fight with that one and then switch back...
It was so like that with me, the devil and God...
I go tired of the rules..God put rules in my life to make it better..but I wasn't seeing it the way..so I became friends with the devil (without really knowing it)..and then I decided that I don't like his rules either! I want to be crazy sold out for Jesus! Not just a Christian by name! God is the best friend in the entire world! You can forget about Him..and then come back..and his arms are always open..24/7...
I'm not saying that you should abuse this amazing privilege we're given...
you're selling your own self short to be in spiritual diapers your entire life...I also got to thinking that my dreams of having an on-fire husband was totally out of reality..why should I deserve that if I'm not equally as sold out on Jesus as he? And because Jesus wasn't number one in my life..my husband wouldn't look sideways at me..Thank God! I would expect my husband to have only the best..lol..
But...I would like to stand and testify to God's goodness...I've got that spunk..that...
let's tell everyone about Jesus!! spark..fire..FOREST FIRE..in my heart! Man, I missed that!
So..anyone wanna talk about God?
Krystle
State of Mind
It's all in a State of Mind
If you think you are beaten, you are:
If you think you dare not, you won't
If you like to win, but don't think you can
It's almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world you'll find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in a state of mind.
For many a game is lost,
Ere even a play is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you'll fall behind;
Think that you CAN and you WILL;
It's all in a state of mind.
If you think you are out-classed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise;
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.
Author unknown
What I can't live without...
1. My dad...
.....I love him beyond words..he's amazing and my inspiration
2. My faith
....these really aren't in any particular order..but I love the fact that I believe in something so I don't get caught up in stupid things (sometimes I do..just not SOME stupid things) and it opens up some really good conversations!
3. The internet..
...it keeps me connected to everyone!!
4. Animals..
...even in my apartment there is dogs upstairs..and..if I didn't go home really often I'd buy a fish or something! Maybe I'll get an automatic feeder!
5. A Car!
...oh my goodness..I'd DIE without a car! My mom's always taught me to depend on myself! So that's what I'll do! And I can't do that without a car! lol
