What I did this week: Fall is Here

    Well, now that we have had the PBC Fall Festival, it is officially fall.

    On Sunday night I made pizza cake, which really needed more cheese.

 

   Tuesday my littlest siblings and I all hung out in my room and I read them a couple chapters of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. And they are really liking it.

 

   Wednesday I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast because it was cold outside.

 

     Then I took some cool pictures just because.

 

   Saturday I made biscotti with my little brother for his Sunday School party. Yeah, I don't know many seven-year-olds who like biscotti either.

 

   And then I made death brownies for the Fall Festival.

 

   Then my family and I went to the Fall Festival where I took some really lousy pictures.

 

  Then on Sunday I helped with Mrs. June's Sunday School party. These kids really are the best.

 

  And there's my week.

October 23rd in Black and White

  Just some pictures.

 

A Free Spirit or a Jesus Freak

  Like most believers, I make a concerted effort to be different from the world. But why? Why do I not live and dress like the world? Why do I not read their literature and watch and listen to their entertainment? I like to think I do it because I am honoring God with my life. But at the same time I spend considerably more time thinking about how others perceive me, than whether or not the people around me see Christ in me. At the end of the day, do I want to be a free-spirit or a Jesus-freak?  

  It is a hard thing to think about when I am honest with myself. Like most human beings, I tend to ere of the side of pride and self-obsession. Yeah, ouch.  When I die, I do not want people to remember me as a free spirit who did not care what others thought about her. I want people to remember me a girl who was so concerned with pleasing my God and Savior that no one and nothing else mattered in this life.

 

 

In Spite of my Goodness

  God does not need our goodness. While He requires it of us and it glorifies Him, He does not need it. In the Bible we do not read the stories of wonderful, super-saints. Instead the Bible recounts the lives of flawed, sinful people who were used by God in spite of their brokenness.
  This past week I read through the book of Joshua, and then yesterday we went over the story of Rahab and the spies in the Sunday school class I help teach. I always knew that Rahab was not the greatest woman in the world. Not only was she a Canaanite, she was also a prostitute. But for whatever reason, it struck me just how bad she was when I heard her occupation explained in 1st and 2nd grade terms. She worshiped false gods and caused discord in the marriages around her. Rahab was not necessarily the woman a body wants their daughter to emulate.
  And yet Rahab is counted as a hero in the Bible. She helped the Israelites when they came to spy out the land of Canaan and joined their nation once they achieved victory in the Battle of Jericho. She is one of the five women mentioned in the lineage of Christ. God used Rahab in spite of her sin, the same way He uses me regardless of the things I have done. God is perfect and holy. He does not need us to carry out His will, and chooses to anyways.

What I did this Week: Family Camp 2014

  So this past week I was out of town attending Family Camp, with my family of course. Who else would you got to Family camp with?

  On Monday my Dad made dinner. I am always glad that I stay busy when I go camping, especially while consuming calories like these.

 



  Then we when and watched the 'The Legend of El Socoh', a fun western musical based on the story of David and Goliath. The ALERT staff worked really hard the production and my hat is off to all of them.

 

  Tuesday morning started out with a sheepdog demonstration which was interesting to watch. I am thinking of buying a sheepdog to babysit my brothers.

 

  In the afternoon I took a couple of my brothers to make their stick horses for the rodeo the next day.

 

  Wednesday was the stick horse rodeo. My brothers who participated in the rodeo enjoyed it and everyone else enjoyed watching it.

 

  Thursday I ran my first official 5K. It was fun, though I did not eat the healthiest recovery snack.

 

  Then in the afternoon some of my brothers went for airplane rides. I did not care to go so I stayed on the ground and took pictures.

 

  Friday morning my whole family went to the rappelling tower and my Mom rappelled for the first time. I had been rappelling all week so I just took pictures of my family.

 

  Friday afternoon was lake day, so we watched canoe races and I tried to build a sandcastle with some friends. I had to leave before we finished though. After lake day we went home which is where I am now.

 

    And so went my week.