Ladies, hands up! Let me see ya shake yer stuff.....
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life."
That's all there is to it folks. If you want to become a Christian and be able to be with your heavenly Father for eternity, you have to believe in Him and accept him as your Savior. Ka-peesh. That's it. Going to church, being a good boy/girl, doing what your told, reading your Bible, and lots of other things aren't going to get you to Heaven. You need to accept Christ.
My whole emphasis on that verse for today was because I witnessed something totally and incredibly awesome on Friday at school. Roellin mentioned she had to go to Daybreak for a baptism and a whole discussion about christianity began. It started out as a "battle" about who's religion was right. Then Ashley D. worked her wonders. She's a missionary kid and let me tell you, she knows her stuff. It was amazing to watch her. She didn't throw her thoughts at you, but instead calmly spoke her peace. She contradicted many things others said to try to get them to think about what they just said and how were they going to prove that. When things settled down a little bit, one kid was still interested in what was going on. You could tell he was a little lost in the world. He had the right idea in some things, but on others, he was confused. Ashley personalized things for him and talked to him very quietly in his own little space. I sat behind her because I loved hearing her "preach" the way she did. She made some good points. Points like... The world is going to come to an end before you know it. We, as christians, don't know the exact moment He's going to come back. We are trying to prepare others for his homecoming and witness to them so they are not lost. Wouldn't it be better to know where you are going than to wait? You might wait too long and never have another chance. She also said that wouldn't you rather believe in God and find out He's real and for sure than not believe in Him at all and find out later in hell that He's for sure? That really hit me. How awful would that be? Anyway, she almost had him convinced and convicted. I honestly think that if she had about another 10 minutes to work with him, we coulda had another name written in the Book of Life. It was awesome. And just because of one mention of church from a peer. People, the things you say do impact other people.
--Last Night--
The dance was awesome!!!! The day was pretty rushed... volleyball tournament, getting my hair done, getting ready, taking pictures, and finally getting to the dance. But it happened. And I'm sure glad it did. We got to the dance at about 8:30. There were practically only freshman there... and me and Jared. lol. So we walked around for a while. After things got going, it was the best. I got to be close to him all night long. He was so handsome too. All night, I thought to myself.... There is no place that I would honestly rather be right now.... Where I wanted to be was right by his side, holding me, and smelling him. If any of you have ever had a boyfriend and you get really close to him and you can smell him... it's the best. At least, I think so. I felt really special to him last night because, if any of you can recall back to his journal from homecoming, he was sad. I remember him saying that he hated watching all of the couples during slow songs because he has wanted so bad to be one of them. It finally happened last night, and I was the one to be with him. Smiling at each other and laughing all night. Dancing close and holding each other. Looking into their eyes and singing to them. The best songs are the ones you can sing him and act like they are your own words because they just tell him exactly how you feel. He even let me dance with someone else, and it didn't affect anything. We know that our relationship is so close and meaningful that we don't let anything little like that get in the way. In past times with different people, it woulda shattered the whole night and it would take the night to get things worked out. Not my kinda fun. I'm so thankful for him and all that he does for me. He's my baby and my world. I wanna be with you forever.... MUAH!!!
The only bad thing, I didn't go to bed til like 1:30 and i woke up at 10. What is that? Plus, I don't feel the greatest. Pry cuz I hardly ate anything last night. And I'm all stuffed up. Oh well.... it was definately worth it and I would do it all over again, as long as he's the one with me....
Sorry for being mushy, but I had to.
I'm out...
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life."
That's all there is to it folks. If you want to become a Christian and be able to be with your heavenly Father for eternity, you have to believe in Him and accept him as your Savior. Ka-peesh. That's it. Going to church, being a good boy/girl, doing what your told, reading your Bible, and lots of other things aren't going to get you to Heaven. You need to accept Christ.
My whole emphasis on that verse for today was because I witnessed something totally and incredibly awesome on Friday at school. Roellin mentioned she had to go to Daybreak for a baptism and a whole discussion about christianity began. It started out as a "battle" about who's religion was right. Then Ashley D. worked her wonders. She's a missionary kid and let me tell you, she knows her stuff. It was amazing to watch her. She didn't throw her thoughts at you, but instead calmly spoke her peace. She contradicted many things others said to try to get them to think about what they just said and how were they going to prove that. When things settled down a little bit, one kid was still interested in what was going on. You could tell he was a little lost in the world. He had the right idea in some things, but on others, he was confused. Ashley personalized things for him and talked to him very quietly in his own little space. I sat behind her because I loved hearing her "preach" the way she did. She made some good points. Points like... The world is going to come to an end before you know it. We, as christians, don't know the exact moment He's going to come back. We are trying to prepare others for his homecoming and witness to them so they are not lost. Wouldn't it be better to know where you are going than to wait? You might wait too long and never have another chance. She also said that wouldn't you rather believe in God and find out He's real and for sure than not believe in Him at all and find out later in hell that He's for sure? That really hit me. How awful would that be? Anyway, she almost had him convinced and convicted. I honestly think that if she had about another 10 minutes to work with him, we coulda had another name written in the Book of Life. It was awesome. And just because of one mention of church from a peer. People, the things you say do impact other people.
--Last Night--
The dance was awesome!!!! The day was pretty rushed... volleyball tournament, getting my hair done, getting ready, taking pictures, and finally getting to the dance. But it happened. And I'm sure glad it did. We got to the dance at about 8:30. There were practically only freshman there... and me and Jared. lol. So we walked around for a while. After things got going, it was the best. I got to be close to him all night long. He was so handsome too. All night, I thought to myself.... There is no place that I would honestly rather be right now.... Where I wanted to be was right by his side, holding me, and smelling him. If any of you have ever had a boyfriend and you get really close to him and you can smell him... it's the best. At least, I think so. I felt really special to him last night because, if any of you can recall back to his journal from homecoming, he was sad. I remember him saying that he hated watching all of the couples during slow songs because he has wanted so bad to be one of them. It finally happened last night, and I was the one to be with him. Smiling at each other and laughing all night. Dancing close and holding each other. Looking into their eyes and singing to them. The best songs are the ones you can sing him and act like they are your own words because they just tell him exactly how you feel. He even let me dance with someone else, and it didn't affect anything. We know that our relationship is so close and meaningful that we don't let anything little like that get in the way. In past times with different people, it woulda shattered the whole night and it would take the night to get things worked out. Not my kinda fun. I'm so thankful for him and all that he does for me. He's my baby and my world. I wanna be with you forever.... MUAH!!!
The only bad thing, I didn't go to bed til like 1:30 and i woke up at 10. What is that? Plus, I don't feel the greatest. Pry cuz I hardly ate anything last night. And I'm all stuffed up. Oh well.... it was definately worth it and I would do it all over again, as long as he's the one with me....
Sorry for being mushy, but I had to.
I'm out...