Do What God Wants: Live Right!

  

     Do what God wants you to do! Do what He wants and not what other people want you to do (unless it matches what God wants of you). Make sure God is in what you're doing. Don't leave Him out! You'll not be truly happy if you do it your way and not God's way. Your way may seem good and right at the time but the Bible states in  Proverbs 14:12, "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

    You need to trust in the Lord and He'll lead where He wants you. Proverbs 3:5,6: "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." 

 

    Pray! Pray and pester God until you know what He wants you to do for Him. David prayed to the Lord in Psalm 17:6 "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech."  Seek God! "But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)

    We need God's strength (Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.")! Nobody else can give us the strength we need to do things for the Lord. Isaiah 40 the Bible says, "29.He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

    There will definitely be hard and difficult times here on earth as Christians but the Christian life is difficult because it's the right way. Living right and doing good is harder to do than living wrong and doing bad. God is not going to make you live right though. YOU have to CHOOSE to live right! Trials are proofs that we're God's children! We don't have to despair, give up, or quit just because someone does us wrong or something bad happens; we have God! God is all you need! He is more than enough for us! If you're following Him and are walking the path that He has established for you than you should have nobody and nothing that should discourage you or bring you down! Live right for God! He WANTS you to live for Him and do right! Will you?

Who is Our Role Model as Christians?

   

     God has set role models for us in the Bible. The best and greatest role model is Christ Jesus. The role models in the Bile are for us to look up to and adjust ourselves to their example. No one is a better example to follow than Christ our Lord! He is our pattern for our lives. Each day we need to cut away the parts and pieces of us that are not like Jesus and get rid of them! Get in the habit of reading your Bible each and every day (and more than just a few verses)! We Christians need to have a good testimony! Watch what you say, where you go, what you do, and who you hang around with. The world is watching you! When the enemy comes in like a flood - look to Jesus! When your flesh is tempted - refuse! Learn to say NO and stand strong in your decision! Instead of thinking, "how can I get away with this?" think, "how can I do this great wickedness against God!?" First of all, don't put yourself in a position where you'll be tempted to sin! A lot of Christians fall and compromise with the world because they were riding the fence. Don't stay on the fence forever! Pick a side, and stay on it! There is just about nothing worse then when a person that calls themselves a "Christian" goes out into the world and lives how ever they want to. They may or may not know it but they're dragging Christ's name through the mud and bringing shame to Him! They think they're not hurting anybody but they are. They think they're okay living for themselves but they're not. Put yourself under the mighty hand of God, yield yourself to Him, and let Him run and rule your life!

Ryan - His Hair and Hairdos

   Last evening my little brother didn't know what to do with his hair (our church is the only church I know of that has its mid-week service on a Thursday night instead of a Wednesday night). He wanted to try something different than what he normally does: combing it back (which with his thick hair it looks pretty funny). So he ran upstairs to the bathroom looking for a spray bottle filled with water. I was in the bathroom doing my hair and pointed to where it was. Straightforward he started spraying his hair . . . and all things close by including me.
"Stop! Stop! STOP! You're spraying me!" I protested. "What?" he asked, with an incredulous look on his face. "Let me do your hair." I said. I combed it a little off to the side. "Usually, when I do my hair like this I comb the front up too." he suggested. Oh my, does he have the ideas. "Nah, it looks good this way." said I while spraying some hair spray in it (I was very surprised that he let me use that stuff considering it was in a pink bottle). "I'm just saying." he shrugged. 

Two of Ryan's Favorite Hairdos 
The "Middle Mohawker" and "Sideways"
(and no, that Camaro is not ours, but it was outside the Dollar Tree, lol)

  

 

 

Ryan's Words on Hair:

Today - "My hair looks just like it did yesterday and I even scratched my head a lot during church and it's still the same!" (That hairspray worked good, lol.)
(When KayleeBeth with her hair in a messy, messy bun/ponytail stated, "I haven't shushed my hair yet today." Grinning I said, "It's very loud looking and a good shushing would do it well." Ryan burst into a fit of giggles and said,) "You need to rake your hair KayleeBeth! So does Rapunzel, her hair is waaaaaay too long to brush it!"
Several times - "I like to comb my hair straight up. It makes me taller and look like Dad." (Well, it's definitely better than Alfalfa's from the Little Rascals.)

   Aren't ten-year-old's the greatest? They have so many clever and fun ideas (in my brother's case hairstyling)! I'm so glad that God gave our family Ryan. He's a handsome, hilarious and hairstylist expert addition to the family. =)

The Essence of Love

Love. That lovely word that people love to say. 

"I love you" is a very commonly used phrase that you hear, read, type/write but is not so commonly said. Why? 

Well here are few reasons:

Fear of rejection. 

 Not having it said back to you.

It's like a promise that has a big meaning.

Because those are very strong words. You don't just throw that around, you have to sincerely mean it. It should only be easy to say it if you really mean it.

If somebody was not brought up hearing it at all or very often, then it might be hard for them to say it. So maybe you should start saying it more so the cycle doesn't continue this way? Kids and family especially need to hear it.

It's not . . . if you're with the right person or people but only use it if you mean it. Follow the quote, "mean what you say, and say what you mean". Also, "actions speak louder than words" so if you're "saying" you love them by showing them in what you do for them that you truly do love them it will be doubly powerful. Make it clear that you love them and not leave them guessing or doubting.

 

Most of the time it's hard to the opposite gender because it isn't love anyway it's lust. We must understand that love is an action not a feeling. When we are honest with ourselves we know that we don't love the person, we might be fond of them, care about them, but not love them in the romantic sense of the word.

  Because to tell someone you love them you have to understand them first. To love someone you have to love all of them not only the good parts. Love is for life not just for when things are going right. Before I tell anyone I love them I have to get to know them very well and then it takes me awhile to accept that I love them with all their faults (which we all have).

Too many people say, "I love you" when they don't mean it, they just think they like someone at the time. A lot of people say, "it was love at first sight" when what they really mean is that it was lust at first sight. It was their looks, the way they dressed, talked, or did something that made them lust after them. Love is different. It is a more potent sentiment than a simple liking or lusting for another.

What the Bible says about love:

Deuteronomy 6:5
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
 

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 

John15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

1 John 4:7, 8, 16-21

7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth God is born of God, and knoweth God. 8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 16. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19. We love him because he first loved us. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21. And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

What the Bible says about charity (concept of unlimited love and kindness):
 

1Corinthians 13:1-7, 13

1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not;  charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. . . . 13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

1 Peter 4:8 

 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

For the Love of Snow!

We got BUNCHES and BUNCHES of snow!!! It started last Tuesday night and stopped today. Before this, we had barely gotten any snow at all and since my family relies on snow for money in the winter (we do snow removal in the winter and lawn moving/care in the summer) we were really praying for it. And boy, did we get it!
I had to go snow shoveling on Wednesday at 4 AM until 6 PM, Thursday at 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM and today at 12:00 PM (I got a little more rest while my sister KayleeBeth went out and helped with my older brother Kirk) to about 6 PM. So. I am completely beat, bushed and my arms are going to fall off!!!
I just thought I'd let ya'll know what I've been up to and that I might not get any posts in (on this blog and my photography blog) for awhile because it's supposed to snow MORE tomorrow and probably next week too. There's already over TWO FEET on the grass and if no one at all shoveled or plowed the roads they would be horrible!!! We saw six plow trucks in a row on the road one time!
Jeri also came shoveling with us and we're both sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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oooooooooooo sore!!! Kirk gets to sit on his bum in his nice, big snow blower machine thing while we have to use all our "woman power" and practically kill ourselves! We do one route with the big snow blower thing (that's keeps on braking down), a push snow blower (that doesn't operate too well in deep snow and squeals), and shovels (that are getting really loose and wobbly) and then my dad does the bigger route with his truck and plow, a push snow blower and shovels with my younger brother/sister. It is quite tiring work and I only get paid five dollars an hour!!! I'm going to die of being worked to death for nothing!!
I think I will go to bed now. I'm getting cranky and going off about nothing. And it might snow tomorrow!

P.S. I shall try to take some pictures of all this stuff and post them later . . . when I'm not trying to get rid of it. :)

Read This If You Want To Lahahahaugh!!!

 

 

Weren't those funny? :)

Picturoos from Chistmas

I know it's New Years Eve but I forgot to post these picturoos (saying just plain ol' "pictures" gets boring after awhile) from Christmas Day. I only took the ones with the GIANT glasses (which I got for Becky and Isaiah :D). My sister Kabes (/KayleeBeth/K-Bops etc.) took the rest. Sometimes I get tired of being that annoying person carrying around and taking picturoos with the camera that has a blinding paparazzi flash. KB can be that person every now and then. :)

Super stars!

The love-nerds <3

Here we have "Alien Heather"saying she comes in peace.

Poor kid. He experienced the blinding flash specialty.

Becks coloring with Bella.

Nice durse/murse Ben.

Durse: dad-purse 

Murse: man-purse

My my! She sure has a funny head! (ha. ha. ha. sooo funny.)

 Yay! Blue princesses! Ya think Bella would've told Becky that people aren't blue but that they're "red and yellow, black and white. They are precious in His sight . . ."

Katie: "Hmm . . . Where did it go?" Becky: "It's right there, stupid."

Katie: "Did you really just call me stupid?" Becky: "What do you think Katie?"

I don't think Katie was too happy about being photographed (more than once). At least I can honestly say I didn't take the picturoo. He he he.

P.S. Have a happy New Year! (That sounds so commanding lol) :D

To My Dear Readers - I'm "Busy"

   WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR!
To all the people who are insane (no offense) enough to be a follower:
   Merry after Christmas! Since I've been really horrible at posting (I'll tell you why after this) and didn't wish you all a merry before Christmas I'm sending out my season's greeting now. Just to let you know, I'm not sending actual cards or anything: that was my "greeting" above. :)
   So, back to me being HORRIBLE at posting. Reason: I'm a lazy bum! That, and I hate to love getting on the computer. It's like a black hole! Not that blogging isn't a waste of time or anything . . . (it isn't right? right! thank you! :) but I could being doing other things.
   Other things. Yeah that's another reason I hardly blog anymore. I've being doing "other things." Really, I'm actually pretty busy. Doing absolutely nothing! It keeps me sooooo busy that I don't have anytime to do something! I'm truly shocked that I'm actually blogging (a.k.a. doing something) right now. I have a million other things to do like:
1. Do nothing (a personal favorite :)
2. Scratch my head
3. Pick my nose (I think I'll pass on that one)
4. Sit on my bum and stare at the wall
5. Blink. Really hard.
   See? I'm very "busy." I have all that and much more to do. I had to beat myself over the head with a tissue box (it took quite some effort actually) to find time and make myself get on the computer (it's a black hole remember?) today and come up with something for you people. And now, I must go. I've done so much that need to take a break and do number 1. :D (Ugh! Smiling takes too much effort)