Well…hello, everyone!! I am still alive, believe it or not. :) Mr. Robert, I promised you a blog post and it is way overdue, so get ready for a blog post! :)
Speaking of ‘ready’, that’s one of my Spanish words: listo (male) or lista (female). Oh, goodness…Spanish is so tiring!! So many things to memorize – it’s crazy! But I’m glad I’m taking it. BTW, I’m taking it on a free, online class with Florida Virtual School (FLVS). I like my teachers on FLVS (I’m taking Language Arts 3 with FLVS, too). They’re all nice. So, yeah.
Right now I’m listening to tons of David Crowder Band songs that I had forgotten about…I can’t believe that band is breaking up!! (I don’t know why they are…I guess ‘cause they’re just moving on, y’know?) Right now ‘Undignified’ is playing on YouTube – I used to absolutely adore that song! I would sing it over and over and over. Oh, so many wonderful praise songs. I listened to ‘Forever and Ever’, too. That’s a great one to listen to, especially with the lyrics in front of you. Oh, and ‘Every Move I Make’! A lot of you probably know that song. It’s based on Acts 17:28.
Oh, and guess just what computer I’m listening to these songs and typing up this blog post on? My new Netbook!!! It’s an HP, and I just bought it yesterday. BTW, a netbook is basically a miniature laptop (mine’s a 10 inch…or is it a 10.1 inch or something?) without a CD drive (usually, that is). I’m so thankful for it!! I’ve been saving up for quite a while – since I was, like, seven, actually. I mean, I didn’t really know what I was saving up for, but I knew that I would eventually want to buy something expensive someday, and the only way I was able to afford that was to save most of my money (or win the lottery…except I don’t do the lottery :) haha). And by saving all that money, I was able to buy a camera and a netbook! :) Thank You, God!
Here’s a poem I wrote for my Language Arts class – the assignment was to write about a certain change in my life.
Freedom
A forest of fear,
A swamp of shame,
Creatures of condemnation
Screaming, “You’re to blame!”
An ocean sweeps over me,
Drowning me in guilt.
I try to be perfect,
But that’s not how I’m built.
I’m stuck in this marsh,
Too scared to say a prayer.
My heart was crying out,
But my mind was unaware -
Unaware of the danger,
Ignorant of the threat.
I was brutally chained
And didn’t know it...yet.
But soon my eyes were opened,
And I could finally see
The surrounding darkness,
The deceit that ruled me.
My whole being cried out,
And I was not dismayed.
You answered my plea
And came to my aid.
You tore off my filthy rags
And clothed me in pure white.
You adorned me with jewrls
Of pure joy and holy light.
You filled my life with hope,
With peace, soft like a dove
You saved me from myself
And wrapped me in Your love.
You are the one eternal way,
And there is nothing dark in You.
You’ve thrown out all my sin;
Your gift of life is wholly true.
I now know that You’re with me
From the beginning to the end.
You’re my Savior and my Lover,
My Father, my true Friend.
I had fun writing that. :)
So, about the house hunting business – as you all probably know – we bid on a house what we felt God wanted us to bid (that is, my parents bid, but we all had something to say about it), but someone bid higher than we did, and they got the house. So, that’s that (there is a small chance that they may have contingencies, such as they might need to sell their house before they move into this house – which we don’t – but that’s a very small chance). I actually never felt very excited about this house. Seriously. Everyone else (as far as I know) was all for it, but I could go either way. I mean, I would be so thankful to have gotten this house, but now that we haven’t gotten it, I am totally OK with it. I’m still grateful, thanking God that He protected from a house He didn’t want us to have. I’m also really grateful that God has given me this gratefulness! :)
Well, it’s late, so I have to go now. I pray that you all have a wonderful week!!
God bless!
Speaking of ‘ready’, that’s one of my Spanish words: listo (male) or lista (female). Oh, goodness…Spanish is so tiring!! So many things to memorize – it’s crazy! But I’m glad I’m taking it. BTW, I’m taking it on a free, online class with Florida Virtual School (FLVS). I like my teachers on FLVS (I’m taking Language Arts 3 with FLVS, too). They’re all nice. So, yeah.
Right now I’m listening to tons of David Crowder Band songs that I had forgotten about…I can’t believe that band is breaking up!! (I don’t know why they are…I guess ‘cause they’re just moving on, y’know?) Right now ‘Undignified’ is playing on YouTube – I used to absolutely adore that song! I would sing it over and over and over. Oh, so many wonderful praise songs. I listened to ‘Forever and Ever’, too. That’s a great one to listen to, especially with the lyrics in front of you. Oh, and ‘Every Move I Make’! A lot of you probably know that song. It’s based on Acts 17:28.
Oh, and guess just what computer I’m listening to these songs and typing up this blog post on? My new Netbook!!! It’s an HP, and I just bought it yesterday. BTW, a netbook is basically a miniature laptop (mine’s a 10 inch…or is it a 10.1 inch or something?) without a CD drive (usually, that is). I’m so thankful for it!! I’ve been saving up for quite a while – since I was, like, seven, actually. I mean, I didn’t really know what I was saving up for, but I knew that I would eventually want to buy something expensive someday, and the only way I was able to afford that was to save most of my money (or win the lottery…except I don’t do the lottery :) haha). And by saving all that money, I was able to buy a camera and a netbook! :) Thank You, God!
Here’s a poem I wrote for my Language Arts class – the assignment was to write about a certain change in my life.
Freedom
A forest of fear,
A swamp of shame,
Creatures of condemnation
Screaming, “You’re to blame!”
An ocean sweeps over me,
Drowning me in guilt.
I try to be perfect,
But that’s not how I’m built.
I’m stuck in this marsh,
Too scared to say a prayer.
My heart was crying out,
But my mind was unaware -
Unaware of the danger,
Ignorant of the threat.
I was brutally chained
And didn’t know it...yet.
But soon my eyes were opened,
And I could finally see
The surrounding darkness,
The deceit that ruled me.
My whole being cried out,
And I was not dismayed.
You answered my plea
And came to my aid.
You tore off my filthy rags
And clothed me in pure white.
You adorned me with jewrls
Of pure joy and holy light.
You filled my life with hope,
With peace, soft like a dove
You saved me from myself
And wrapped me in Your love.
You are the one eternal way,
And there is nothing dark in You.
You’ve thrown out all my sin;
Your gift of life is wholly true.
I now know that You’re with me
From the beginning to the end.
You’re my Savior and my Lover,
My Father, my true Friend.
I had fun writing that. :)
So, about the house hunting business – as you all probably know – we bid on a house what we felt God wanted us to bid (that is, my parents bid, but we all had something to say about it), but someone bid higher than we did, and they got the house. So, that’s that (there is a small chance that they may have contingencies, such as they might need to sell their house before they move into this house – which we don’t – but that’s a very small chance). I actually never felt very excited about this house. Seriously. Everyone else (as far as I know) was all for it, but I could go either way. I mean, I would be so thankful to have gotten this house, but now that we haven’t gotten it, I am totally OK with it. I’m still grateful, thanking God that He protected from a house He didn’t want us to have. I’m also really grateful that God has given me this gratefulness! :)
Well, it’s late, so I have to go now. I pray that you all have a wonderful week!!
God bless!
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