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(Note before reading-I'm not trying to to say what happened wasn't important, or make light of the event, I just want to share somethign with you all.)
Yesterday, a horrible thing happened. It affected many people. But...something incredibly awesome happened for me today.
Last night, I saw on the news there was an accident in Pekin. That is all that was said. They never said one thing about the people, or what happened just, "There was a car accident in pekin tonight, we have no other details at this moment." So, I went to sleep, and woke up not thinking about it. I got to the school this morning, and was really confused. There was a camera man in the parking lot, the early bird lot was half empty, and it was really quiet. I got inside, and Christen took Kayla and I down to the small memorial made outside. Nothing was clicking yet.
Stephanie was crying, so I went to ask her what was wrong, and she just looked at me and said "If one of your friends had died, you'd be crying to" and walked away. I didn't know what to do. I didn't even know what was going on.
Two girls in my gym class were bawling. One, a girl I don't normally talk to. She kind of stays away from me actually. The other was a girl I kind of talked to, mainly when i was joking around and she would laugh and comment back, and that was the extint of it. But, for some reason, even tho I had no idea what was going on, I felt like I needed to help her. If you know me...you know how incredibly hard it is for me to talk to people about things. I freeze up. Well, I couldn't stop thinking about it. The general "If you ever need anyone to tlka to...you can talk to me" came to mind but, liek I said, we didn't tlak often. So, that seemed like it would be incredibly awkward.
Well, today was a cardio day, which means we go into a room and get on stationary bikes for 30 minutes. (Or the uprights, or elyptical things) So, as I was walking/jogging on the elyptical I just kept thinking, then i started praying. And..I was just praying for the people affected, (by then I had figured out that the car accident last night had killed three of our sophmores) So..after I stopped praying, I was still thinking about that girl. All of a sudden it was just like "tell her you're praying for her" So..I decided that would be the best thing to say. And, it was just incredibly awesome. Like, God gave me the words to say.
Well, the next problem being getting her attention. So..I decided when we were wlaking back to the locker room would be best. (The only people she tlkas to in the class either weren't there today, or are guys, so she'd be alone by then)So..we got dismissed from the cardio/weightlifting room, and I started to follow her. That girl walks fast! So..I finally caught up to her..and was tyring to work up my courage. We got into the locker room, and I finally got her attention and said "I'll be praying for you" and then I was like "Oh my gosh what if she like thinks I'm crazy and like-" (this is where my thought get interupted by her tlkaing) "*smiles* Thank you"
So...there is more to this. This morning, the devotion was about having faith, and when you do, God will help you. That popped into my head this mornign while I was praying about the people, and then I thought "Hey, if I have faith, God will help me talk to her" So..I prayed, and had faith, and He gave me the words, and He helped me say them to her.
It also reminded me of the Bible study thing Brian and I are doing about God's will. Jonah 1 in particular, about how God prepared the fish for Jonah. God knew what it would take and what would happen. and God knew what it would take for me to talk to that girl.
So..That was my expierence for today. OH and my 4th hour teacher was tlkaing about how in times of trouble you need to trust God and realize He cares about everything that happens to you, and that you need to give you heart to God and stuff like that. It was awesome.
My brother is going to Iraq in Febuary. So...thats...y'know. He will be there for..7ish monthes I think my mom said..I don't remember.
Yesterday, a horrible thing happened. It affected many people. But...something incredibly awesome happened for me today.
Last night, I saw on the news there was an accident in Pekin. That is all that was said. They never said one thing about the people, or what happened just, "There was a car accident in pekin tonight, we have no other details at this moment." So, I went to sleep, and woke up not thinking about it. I got to the school this morning, and was really confused. There was a camera man in the parking lot, the early bird lot was half empty, and it was really quiet. I got inside, and Christen took Kayla and I down to the small memorial made outside. Nothing was clicking yet.
Stephanie was crying, so I went to ask her what was wrong, and she just looked at me and said "If one of your friends had died, you'd be crying to" and walked away. I didn't know what to do. I didn't even know what was going on.
Two girls in my gym class were bawling. One, a girl I don't normally talk to. She kind of stays away from me actually. The other was a girl I kind of talked to, mainly when i was joking around and she would laugh and comment back, and that was the extint of it. But, for some reason, even tho I had no idea what was going on, I felt like I needed to help her. If you know me...you know how incredibly hard it is for me to talk to people about things. I freeze up. Well, I couldn't stop thinking about it. The general "If you ever need anyone to tlka to...you can talk to me" came to mind but, liek I said, we didn't tlak often. So, that seemed like it would be incredibly awkward.
Well, today was a cardio day, which means we go into a room and get on stationary bikes for 30 minutes. (Or the uprights, or elyptical things) So, as I was walking/jogging on the elyptical I just kept thinking, then i started praying. And..I was just praying for the people affected, (by then I had figured out that the car accident last night had killed three of our sophmores) So..after I stopped praying, I was still thinking about that girl. All of a sudden it was just like "tell her you're praying for her" So..I decided that would be the best thing to say. And, it was just incredibly awesome. Like, God gave me the words to say.
Well, the next problem being getting her attention. So..I decided when we were wlaking back to the locker room would be best. (The only people she tlkas to in the class either weren't there today, or are guys, so she'd be alone by then)So..we got dismissed from the cardio/weightlifting room, and I started to follow her. That girl walks fast! So..I finally caught up to her..and was tyring to work up my courage. We got into the locker room, and I finally got her attention and said "I'll be praying for you" and then I was like "Oh my gosh what if she like thinks I'm crazy and like-" (this is where my thought get interupted by her tlkaing) "*smiles* Thank you"
So...there is more to this. This morning, the devotion was about having faith, and when you do, God will help you. That popped into my head this mornign while I was praying about the people, and then I thought "Hey, if I have faith, God will help me talk to her" So..I prayed, and had faith, and He gave me the words, and He helped me say them to her.
It also reminded me of the Bible study thing Brian and I are doing about God's will. Jonah 1 in particular, about how God prepared the fish for Jonah. God knew what it would take and what would happen. and God knew what it would take for me to talk to that girl.
So..That was my expierence for today. OH and my 4th hour teacher was tlkaing about how in times of trouble you need to trust God and realize He cares about everything that happens to you, and that you need to give you heart to God and stuff like that. It was awesome.
My brother is going to Iraq in Febuary. So...thats...y'know. He will be there for..7ish monthes I think my mom said..I don't remember.