Funny Friday: Week 7

Tim Hawkins: Dangerous Toys

Encouraging Word Wednesday: Week 7

You know, sometimes people say things that bring us down instead of build us up.  Sometimes those things that they say turn your whole day, or even week, sour.  Just push those things aside and remind yourself that you don't have to care about what other people think.  Your acceptance is in God and he loves you just the way you are.  He isn't going to say things that bring you down.  He's going to encourage you and tell you to keep on going.  So every time someone makes a nasty comment, brush it off and see your identity in Christ, not in what they say about you or even what you say about yourself.  Christ loves you...and you are His.

Funny Friday: Week 6

For this week, here's a video from Blimey Cow called "The One About Big Head Kid."

Encouraging Word Wednesday: Week 6

Last week I reminded you to "just keep swimming."  This week, I'm going to tell you HOW to keep swimming.  So, question: who helps you to swim?  The answer is simple: God!  Trust God with your job, your family, your WHOLE life and he will help you to stay afloat!  Trust me, I know from experience that not leaning on God makes things a lot harder.  But trusting him and believing that he will help you finish this week, or whatever it is that makes Wednesdays or even life hard for you, will make a huge difference!

In Summer

So I was just listening to the song In Summer from the newest Disney movie, Frozen.  In the song, the snowman, Olaf, expresses his desire to be in summer.  What he doesn't realize is that "what frozen things do" in summer is melt.  Olaf is wanting to be somewhere he wasn't made to be.
Aren't we as humans almost exactly like that?  We want perfection, but we we are no longer perfect because of Adam's sin in the garden.  Perfection will be given to Christians when we are in heaven with God where there is no sin, no death, and no tears.
I know that a snowman's dream of being in summer and a humans dream of perfection are two completely different things, but there are some similarities.
Like Olaf, we dream of things that are seemingly impossible.  Only God can make the impossible, become possible.  This may seem like a bad comparison, but Queen Elsa kind of represents God in the end of Frozen when she gives Olaf his "own personal flurry" so that he can enjoy summer without melting.  Just as God will eventually bring all who believe in him to heaven so that we can worship him perfectly.
Olaf got his wish of being in summer, and we will eventually get ours of being in a perfect paradise.

Cover!

So someone on the NaNoWriMo website made me a cover for my book!  Here it is!  Sorry, this post doesn't really have a point...I just thought this was pretty cool:)

Shopping!

Today my grandparents too me shopping for my birthday.  IT WAS AMAZING!  I'm so blessed to have amazing grandparents who love me!  Thanks Nona and Grandpa for a wonderful day!  I love you guys!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi guys!  Just wanted to say Happy Valentine's day! :)

Funny Friday: Week 5

Messy Mondays: Why I Hate Watching the News

Encouraging Word Wedensday: Week 5

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.  What do we do?!  We Swim, swim, swim!" --Dory the fish: Finding Nemo

Hang in there y'all!  The week is almost over!  Don't give up!
Think about this for a minute, did Jesus ever give up on you?  The answer is no.  So should you give up on things in life, or give up on others?  NO!  So, take Dory's wonderful advice, and "JUST KEEP SWIMMING!"

Difficulty

When hard times hit, or times where it feels like the hard stuff will never end, we as humans have a tendency to fall into our own little shells and cut off everyone outside of it to deal with the grief or the pain or whatever.  I know that this is my habit.  When my dad is busy with the church or helping others, I find it hard to stay happy.  But I have to remind myself that he is doing the work of God.  This is what God has called him to do and it's my job to help him in every way that I can.  I also have to tell myself that this trial of him being gone a lot is all in God's good and perfect plan.  The church is growing, and advancing the Kingdom of God...and that is a VERY good thing.  So even in the hard stuff, try and look further than the shell you've put yourself in.  Look at the good that God is doing, or try and see the good that could possibly come from your trials.  God always has a plan.  And his plan is perfect.

Funny Friday: Week 4

Funny Friday Week 4: Time Hawkins on Cuss Words

Poll

There's a poll  being taken on my blog right now, and it has to do with the posts.  Don't worry, I wouldn't ask you to vote if it was something stupid:)  So please, get on and vote so that I can know what you think and hopefully either change things or keep them the same!  You have until the 28th of this month to vote.

Encouraging Word Wednesday: Week 4

Hope.  Jesus was the only person that we could hope in without being disappointed.  Turn your eyes to Him and He will never let you down.

Love Is...

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoings but rejoices with the truth.  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all thins, endures all things."

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

The bible's definition of love is beautiful.  Often I find myself being impatient, arrogant, rude, and irritable.  I have to remind myself that those things are NOT love.  Love is patient, love is kind.

Think about the way that you love others.  Is it patient and kind?  Does it envy or boast?  Is it arrogant or rude?  Does it insist on its own way?  Is it irritable or resentful?  Does it rejoice at wrongdoings?

If it is any of those things, the bible would say that you aren't loving others the way that you should.  Please carefully consider these verses.  Love is a big part of our lives.  And being loved right, is a big blessing.