Noah And The Second Coming

I had a great devotions the other day!! Please read :)

I posted this on facebook as my stats~ We have to be like Noah. Noah didn't know when the storm was coming, but he still kept building his ark. We must do the same. "for ye know not what hour your the Lord doth come." but we must trust, listen, be patient, and wait. He will come, just like the rain came for Noah. 

It's so true though right? I was reading the beginning of Matthew ch. 25 and I realized that. We never know when Jesus is going to come back again, but we have to be ready. Noah never gave up, he continued to do what God had wanted him to do and when God sent the rain, Noah was prepared for it. God had the perfect timing, and plan. Noah's hard work  had paid off. God showed me that if we just listen to him, everything else will fall into place around us, that we can't loose sight of him. Imagine if Noah had told God "forget about it. It's too hot to build this ark, and water is never going to fall from the sky. I'm done." Just imagine how different things would be if he gave up and never finished that ark. When the water finally came from the sky, what would Noah have been thinking? He would have felt really bad. He would have been like "man, I should have finished that ark." But it was too late, he missed his chance, he would have had to face the consequences of not building the ark. That wouldn't have been good at all :( So I learned a valuable lesson today. We can't give up on God, we have to keep going. Even though it looks impossible, or we don't know what's going on. Even though it looks like the "water will never fall from the sky" or that Jesus will never come back, it will happen. We just have to be patient and wait and do what is right, and do what we feel God wants us to do. In the end when Jesus does come back, it will be worth it all, and there is a reason for everything that happens. Romans 8:28 says~ "And we know that all things work together for the good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Everyone is called btw, not just certain people. Anyone who wants to follow God will find that he has a plan for them, he hasn't left anyone out :)

Lol that post makes me feel like  a preacher :P I would need tweaking but eh, I never edit my blogs. You get "live" blogging here! But yeah. That is just a little something I learned from God today :) Hope it might have helped in some way, I just wanted it share it with people instead of keeping it all to myself.

YAY!

Okay so so far that ipod thing isn't working out too well, she can't find it. That's okay though because I think I am going to craigslist for one. Also in my keyboarding/computer/business skills/whatever it's called class we are creating business cards for our make-believe-businesses. I had the cutest one! However the teacher didn't like my design because it wasn't the original one I had designed. Basically I wasted half the class time. Oh well I got to see the cute card :) When I'm all done I'll post them up here and let you guys see which one you like better. I'll make a poll :D
I am so glad tomorrow is Friday!! My best friend is going to be spending the weekend with me! Maybe longer, who knows. Volleyball is even more fun now too! We have two nets set up so everyone is playing all the time instead of the one-team-sits-out-and-plays-winner thing we had going before.
I've been eating way too much lately and need to stop. Luckily my friend likes to go to the gym so that'll be something fun we can do together. I would like to join myself but I on't have a job. I am glad God gave me a treadmill though! Also there is a pathway not to far down the street that I can run on outside if I would like. Maybe soon I'll get m bike fixed, or I could just use my brothers.
Did I mention how glad I am tomorrow is Friday? Haha yay! Love the weekends, I totally have senioritus :P
I'll update you later!
TTFN!

I'm Back!

Woah! Long time no see! Haha I get so caught up in other things. But I am back and am going to start blogging again!
And once again there is so much to update on! First I'll start with the wonderful things God has taken care of for me :D~

• Free ipod
• The last spot in Drivers Ed
• Lost some weight
• My brother has to do chores now
• Having a great time with my best friend on the weekends!
• etc..

Yes God has done even more than that but these things are just awsome to me!
Lets do a recap now. My classes are okay. 3rd period is my favorite, 2nd period comes in second place. It's volleyball which I look forward to every day! 3rd place is 1st period, and 4th and last place is 4th period. It's a computer class which I can hardly stand! Next quarter I am going to be in Drivers Ed during that period so Praise God!!!! I'll also be in a different 3rd period class though but I'll manage :)
With my online class I'm not doing so hot. I am turning in assignments little by little. Which is not too good. I really need to get on the ball here.
The melatonin is working great! Not so much when it comes to falling aslepp but I wake up and feel VERY refreshed.
Also my birthday has passed since I have last been on here and it was good :) My best friend got me the stuff that I have been wanting to get for college!! She is awsome!!! And my mum took me shopping for some new clothes yay! I think it's cool to finally have some clothes of my own that I picked out. Although I did get a fewer sizes to help motivate me in my weight loss. When it's down to that subject I have been eating less and eating healthier. Walking to the bust stop in the morning instead of getting a ride.
The things that have been harder to keep up with since school started is my devotions, and my treadmilling. But I will get those down better.
Still don't have a job :/ I honestly have given up hope on finding a job down here. I am leaving in December and it is already September, I feel like it is too late. I'll end up doing the Crown campus work program :P
Well thanks for keeping up with me :)
TTYL!

Back in School!

Hey there! Haven't been on in a while- busy, busy, busy! Back in school now, started on Monday. I ended up dropping an honors course so I could take volleyball, and get out of JROTC, but a bonus is that I got an awsome teacher! I had her last year too and she is great! I learn and have fun in her class! So really I've go three benefits here ^^. Other than that it's really weird. All the people I knew are basically gone. My best friend at school moved, and all the seniors graduated, so now I recognize a very little amount of people. I only know like one underclassman.
I plan on being more involved in my school, ALOT more involved. Going to get everything done and on time. The only prob I am going to have really is keeping up with my online class. Also I got melatonin. It's nice :) Doesn't really do too much to help my sleeping, but I pay alot better attention in school. I swear they put that stuff in ADD pills lol. I use to take those ALONG time ago and I hated them! Anyways, got to get back to schoolwork!! Ttyl!

OMGoodness I can't believe school strts next week! I am so excited, but nervous at the same time. I haven't got to exercise or count my calories or anything since last Thursday!! So I'm nervous I gained weight and wont be able to loose it in time for school and will have to get bigger pants :( In other news I am SO happy! The Lord is great in my life and blessing me so much in so many ways! Well that's just a quick update, write more later!! :)

Woot!

Haha still no followers! Doesn't surprise me though, I've got a pretty boring blog going here. Well yesterday I took my final exam for my online history class so yay!! That means that I am all finished!! Can't wait to see my final grade for the class! I have made many plans since last I wrote! I have started on my next path honors book, and I have found out my bus schedule for this upcomeing school year. I believe I am going to walk to it in the morning. Walking home from it is a must anyways. That would give me 2 miles a day, plus whatever I do on the treadmill. That's good exercise for one day! :) Besides that my relationship with God has improved and still is improving my miles! I feel like I have woken up from a spiritual fever. They do say the the Holy Spirit is medicine! I remember that from somewhere in Matthew :)
So out of my goals I have finished one ^^ God has revealed some things that will help me accomplish the other goals.

I am going to get involved with the bus ministry again. Those kids need someone who is steady, so many people come and go, and I bet that happens in their homes too. I know it did in mine. I can't count how many times I've been allowed and then not allowed and then allowed again to see or talk to certain family members and such. I don't want to be the person who was in the bus ministry and then they say- 'where'd she go?" No I want to be there for those kids and to be a good example for them. Those kids probably have hard home-lives. I know I do. If I didn't live in a town away I would be on that bus too. Luckily God as provided me the means necessary to get to and from church when needed :) He is so good to me, and I want to do all I can for him!

Good Things To Come ^^

Okay so for the most part I am not following my schedule. I am getting what I need to get done though. Starting Monday I am going to follow this schedule, the fewdays that I did I felt great! I got everything done, I had free time, it was awsome!
Secondly, I am not loosing any weight. If anything I've gained a pound or two. I am going  to step it up and start running! That's one of the things I wasn't following on my schedule, I thought- Oh I need to clean instead. So Monday 9 August I am going to start ripping up that treadmill!! Lol
It's only a few more weeks until my birthday, I want to feel good about something lol. Well my laptop is being shipped out to be repaired so that's something I'll feel good about :) Also another thing I am going to be able to feel good about is the fact that I am going to be finished with my online history class!!!!! I have one more phone call that I have to have with my teacher, during which I will be taking an oral quiz, and after the quiz is finished I will then ask for the code for the FINAL EXAM! Then I will be ALL FINISHED! Only English four will be left to comeplete!!

Ignore This Post Lol

Hi! I decided I need to make some changes to my schedule :P
A.M.
6:30~ Wake
7:15~ In the shower by this time
7:30~ Start making breakfast
8:00/30~ Devotions
9:00~ Treadmill
10:00~ School
11:00~ School
P.M.
12:00~ Break/lunch/cleaning
12:30~ Treadmill
1:00~ Back to School
2:00~ School
3:00~ Break Again
4:00~ Cook Dinner
5:00~ Finish Up School Stuff
6:00~ Free Time
7:00~ Treadmill(If not at church)
8:00~ Read
9:00~ Prepare for Bed/ Nightly devos
10:00~ To bed(Have to work even harder on this one!)
11:00~ should be asleep by this time

I Need to WAKE UP!

Okay so I'm not doing so well when it come to getting up in the mornings...I seriously need to start going to bed BEFORE 3am. I guess that's the life of a teenager though, late nights, and school work. Busy, busy, busy! I'm going to finish my chapter tonight and do my honors course work tomorrow, then I'll only be one week behind, if I wouldn't have finished it this week I would have been two weeks behind. I'm on my 7th glass of water! :) One more and I will have had all recomended 8! And wow school seems like it's comming up so fast!! A few more weeks and I'll be back in my uniform with my books waiting on the bus. Well I should go I've got loads to get done!

Great Day!!

Haha had an awsome day today! Went swimming for like two hours! Loads of fun! According to sparkteens I burned over 500 calories for it! Anyways we went to a lady's house from church. She is the sweetest thing! She saw me crying in church Sunday night(see 'My Weekend' post) and invited me to swim at her house one day, and said I could invite someone. So last night I baked her a cake ^^.
I invited my friend C and Mrs. D, the youth pastors wife. The youth pastor recently got married and we all love Mrs. D! She is so cool! So C pick up me and Mrs. D and we all went over there swam and had a great time! Got a little sun though :/. The lady, Mrs. B.T. fixed us lunch. Turkey sandwiches, I was too nice to take the turkey off, afraid of hurting her feelings or something, so I ate the turkey. Then she cut the cake, everyone said it was good! Yay! I just love cooking! So much!!! Well cake is baking but whatever :P lol So this is my day so far! :)

My Weekend :)

Saturday~ Awsome day! Went to the beach with my friend, (we'll call her Mae) and did some shopping with her too because she's re-doing her room and also we painted her room too! Sounds like a busy day huh? I feel like I didn't help witht the painting much, but it was still nice to finally get out of the house with a good friend. Then I watched King Kong at her house with her family, she was still painting though(btw her brother is my bf) I helped again when she was basically done, and went back to watching the movie and hanging out my my bf. Mae went to bed, she doesn't stay up very late.

Today~ Today was cool too :) After church this morning, I went back to my friend/bf's house. Mae went to a birthday party so I hung out with my bf, we watched Predator and it was actually pretty good. I though it was going to be lame, stupid, and cheezy. But it was good :) The service tonight really touched me, I cried ALOT during the service. I hate, it I never cry in public! It was funny though, because one night I was praying/talking to God and I told him that I thought I needed to see a christain counclor. Well tonight felt like I was being counceled, and I just kept crying, I don't even know why. God did reveal t me why I do some of the things that I do., I still need his help to fin the very bottom root cause to way I am the way I am. Besides that there was a beautiful missionary family with our church this morning and evening. They had the most adorible baby I've ever seen, EVER!! SO CUTE!!! The couple is Jeffrey and Alyssa Clifford with their little girl Adel Rose(Adel might be spelled wrong >.<), currently on deputation, missionaries to Namibia, Africa ) They were lovely!

Anyways to conclude~ Seeing as it is after three I really hope I can get up at seven tomorrow. Also I really hope I can be sucessful in my detox. I am going to do it until my birthday! That means 27 days w/out eating. Ugh wish me luck!

Update

So today..........yeah I woke up really late this morning. I guess I didn't hear my alarm clock. So Monday! I am going to try to start my new schedule! My little brother did the cutest thing yesterday! He rearranged my room for me! He moved his around and I was like "aw it looks good" he said, "I can move your room around too" I said, "sure go for it!" and he did! He did a pretty good job too :) Other than that my bffl is sleeping at my house tonight going to have fun tomorrow! Gym and beach! Also had a good night at Teen Bible Club tonight. We also had a celebration type thing tonight. We all went out for pizza it was fun ^^ I really want to write something but I have no idea what to write haha!!!

Schedule

Okay first things first. I believe I need to create a schedule for myself. I am currently on no schedule, although I did create one in the beginning of the summer, I didn't stick with it. I really want to start learning my Japanese again. Yes I said again. I have been *trying* to teach myself Japanese sense I was like a freshman in HS. Currently a senior, and I still only know the basics. Of course I want to put my other goals into play also. I'm planning on starting my detox today...again. Had a major fail after three days, don't know how I'm going to do it, I really love food :/ Especially the really bad fattening ones lol.
Well here's my schedule, I really hope I can follow it this time!

A.M.
7:00~ Wake(have to work hard on this one :P)
7:30~ In the shower by this time
8:00~ Devotions
9:00~ Treadmill
10:00~ School
11:00~ School
P.M.
12:00~ Break
12:30~ Treadmill
1:00~ Back to School
2:00~ School
3:00~ Break Again
4:00~ School Again
5:00~ Finish Up School Stuff
6:00~ Free Time
7:00~ Treadmill(If not at church)
8:00~ Read
9:00~ Prepare for Bed/ Nightly devos
10:00~ To bed(Have to work even harder on this one!)
11:00~ should be asleep by this time(hopefully :/ I seriously think I have sleep issues)

So.....sounds like a plan eh? Let's hope I can stick with it!!
Now then, I'm trying to figure out how I can get more followers? I don't wan to post a link on Facebook because I really don't want the people I actually know read this haha.
Any comments or suggestions about my schedule or getting my blog out are very much welcomed!! :D

Goals

Okay so after seeing the movie Julie and Julia, I thought it would be cool to start a blog! This is my first post! What do you talk about in a blog? Julia was working on her 365 day goal. Well I do have some goals :)
Goals-

• Finish my online classes before December
• Loose some weight, gain some muscle!
• Build my relationship with God
• Become a better person around my family
• And just become the person that I don't mind waking up with in the morning(a.k.a learn to like myself)

For the first goal~ I am currently taking two online classes- American History and English Four. I am basically finished with Amer. Hist. I have one more paper to write, read a few lessons, then I have to call my teacher and after that take the final. I want to finish this class before normal school starts again, so I guess that can be a goal too.
The second class(Eng.) I am almost finished with the first pace only have to finish reading Frankenstein so I can do the honors assignments, then I will be finished with my first pace! ^-^

For my second goal~ I am first planning to do a 20-30 day detox. (That mean no eating, and drinking lots and lots of water or liquids.) It's meant to cleanse your body of all the extra toxins that you have put into it from all the things you've eaten. Because when you eat the normal foods you liver has to work harder to to break down those toxins and doesn't have sufficient time to break down the bad fats like it should. This is why America is fat. Too many processed foods with too many chemicals! Also I've heard that at first you feel sick because of not eating, but then by the end you feel so much more energized!

My third goal~ This one is pretty simple. I just need to stay in my devotions(reading my Bible, praying, witnessing, etc.)

My fourth goal~ I am pretty sure I am not the only one, but when I'm out around with my friends or at church, I am happy and alive! When I come home, something happens. My whole attitude changes, I become this person that I really don't want to be. I realize that how I treat my brother, is not how I treat the other little kids that come around me. When I think about it, it must make my brother feel really bad. And my mum hates my personality, I know she does. She always wants to hand out with other kids. Like she can talk no problem to my friends and have a good time, but for some reason there is some tension there. I figure there's something wrong with me. That maybe if I become a better person, maybe we'll get along and she'll want to hang out with me. Maybe if I learn to be the person I am around my friends at home, life would be better :)

Last goal~ Basically all these goals at the top fall into this one. When I have a better relationship with God and my family, and like the way I look. I'll finally like myself and be happy in life!