Hey peoples! 
Sorry I haven't been a very "good" blogger this week. :P And with the awkward apology put of the way {Aren't apologies always rather awkward? But we've gotta do 'em!} here's some Jesus love & randomness! :)

• So, I've come up with a two year Bible reading plan. It's not even that  complicated!  {non-complicated things=happy me}The ones with different passages to read everyday just frustrate me. What I did is: I assigned 3 books of the Bible to each month {of this year} minus three, to which I assigned only two books. I'm doing pretty well, I'm even ahead! :)
• Those conversations you have with God whilst doing the dishes <3
• This  :)
• Staying up late talking to God and reading the Bible 
• The fact that God will forgive us of our dirty sins...because His Son has already taken the punishment we deserve!                          

those moments... <3

                                                      

• But I trust in your unfailing love.       I will rejoice because you have rescued me. ~Psalm13:5

This song...it inspires me :)

God Girl~Jamie Grace

Have a lovely rest of the day! :)

PS: Will you promise me this?  Promise to pick up your Bible before you go to sleep tonight and just...read. Let it wash over you :)

                     

Music Monday

Love Them Like Jesus~ Casting Crowns

                                      This is one of those...sad/happy songs, y'know what I mean? :)
                                                                Happy President's Day,
                                                                 and have a good day!
PS: Hey, Kendra is having a giveaway on her blog, Magnificent Obsession!

A rather typical post for this particular day :)

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How would you describe love?
As that fluttery feeling you get in your stomach when your crush looks at you?
Your first kiss?
That feeling you get when meet the right person?


I don't know when it happened, but at some point in time, I started thinking of love...diferently. It no longer meant those things:  kisses, chocolates and fluttery feelings. I started thinking of it as a choice, as an action.
And, well, it is!
God commands us to love.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” ~Mark 12:30-31

We can't really just turn on and off feelings by choice. And I'm pretty sure God wouldn't tell us: "Yeah, just go fall in love with that random person over there. Oh, and that girl over there with her nose up in the air? Act as if she's your new best friend." 
This love, we've got to live it. Some days, we'll just wake up and not want to love anyone. 
But we've got to make this decision. Start loving  people.  
I admit, this is one of my biggest problems. When I wake up in the morning, I don't usually go: "Oh, I think I'll love my family today.*" It's something that's gotta be worked on, meditated on {no, not some freaky meditation practice, but meditating in God's word}. 
One book that really helps me with that is 1 Corinthians. There is a bunch in there about love, and not just in chapter 13 ;)


If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.  If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.~1 Corinthians 13:1-3
So, without love, we're...nothing. Even if we are super important, or we have the "best" {this chapter goes on to say that really, love is the best gift} spiritual gifts, if we don't have love, we are nothing.
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.  And do everything with love.~ 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
So, whadda ya' say? Let's start loving on people. Not the mushy love for which Valentines day is famous, but let's love in the way that's obedient to God! {If there is a particularly...difficult...person whom you just don't think you'll be able to love, pray for them. Just keep on praying for them. I've begun to realize that when I'm praying for a person, I learn to love them.} 
Okay, so I  meant to publish this a few days ago, but I just didn't get it finished in time. But I guess this is a great day to post it! :)


Happy Valentine's Day!
 *in fact, they are usually, "Grmblghruod...breakfast...grmklblmagrondla..."

my birthday!

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So, today is my birthday! Well...my other birthday, that is. The anniversary of when I was accepted into God's family!  I have learned a lot about my Lord in these years and I plan on learning so much more! :)

Thank you, dear God for accepting me into your family! It has been so wonderful to learn about you and to actually know You. Thank you for  everything and please help me to continue growing in You! 
Love, 
Your daughter <3

that question

The other night, my dad brought up this question:
"So, Trinka*. What if someone came up to you and asked you how to get saved? What would you tell them?"
I hemmed and hawed for a bit before giving him my answer...
But, really. What if someone came up to you with that question? What would you say? Would you be able to whip out your Bible, and lead them to Christ on the spot**?

Many of us Christians really don't know what we'd do in that situation! But last Sunday, because we had a few visitors, my dad quickly went over what you had to do to be saved. He had us turn to 1 Corinthians 15 and we read a short passage from there.
Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. ~1 Corinthians 15: 1-4

This shows the basics of what you need to be saved!

1. You need to believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins
2. You need to believe that He was buried
3. And that on the third day, He was raised from the dead

So the next time someone asks you this, you'll know exactly what to say. And remember, the Holy Spirit will be with you, guiding your words! Isn't that awesome?

*of course he used my real name :)

**I'm not saying that will happen. We're simply a vessel for the Holy Spirit to speak through us. Also, where as the person might not accept Jesus right then, maybe you'll have planted a seed! :)
 

walkin' with Jesus

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If we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.  Galatians 5: 25-26 {NIV}

Prayer Request

Hey girls! This is going to be a short post, but I hope you don't mind.
I have a prayer request for you.  A friend of mine-though I don't know her very well- needs ALOT of prayer. Her mom physically and verbally abuses her. I'm not really positive that she's a Christian, so, could y'all please pray that she finds Jesus and that her mother woud stop abusing her?
                                                       Thanks!

In His Image

From weheartit.com*

                  Just today, I was thinking of my looks. I thought to myself, "UGLY!" I remembered how I must have looked with my frizzy hair flying everywhere as I ran yesterday (mind you, that is not a everyday occurrence, only a once a week kind of thing). How I must have looked later when I put my hair up in  those ridiculous pig tales.

But then, I remembered. I was made in God's image. I was made in God's image. I was made in God's image. Do you understand that?
...God made humans in His image reflecting His very nature. ~{part of} Genesis 9:6 The Message
I'm made in the image of GOD!!!! Not the in the image of a monkey, not in the image of a horse, in the image of GOD!!! I'm just, well, in awe of the fact that the Lord loves us so much that He decided to create the entire human race in his image. Okay, now I'm going to go off on a little money trail, here.-Everyone was made in God's image, people. This is including people who have mental and/or physical disabilities. It also includes the babies that aren't born yet. I'll tell you right now that that I believe everyone should have a chance in this world, people with mental and physical disabilities, and unborn little babies.- 

 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.~Psalm 148:14

So, when I'm saying that I'm ugly, I'm basically saying to God, "You aren't really that beautiful,  Lord, and I don't like how you made me."     
I hope that that's the last thing you would ever want to say to God! But, some days I still look in the mirror and sigh, "I wish I was prettier..."  And then, for some reason one of those two verses {Genesis 9:6 or Psalm 148:14} always pops into my head. :) Amazing, right? {Does anyone else ever get super excited when a verse pops into your head at just the right moment? I do. :D}

I don't know if my point was really clear, but, what I meant by all that was, You're beautiful. We are daughters of the King, so let's keep our heads high and remember, we're beautiful; we're princess'.
                                        
                                                 Mirror- Barlow Girl    :)

God Bless, Girlies!

*Before you go there, I'll warn you that about 9 out of 10 pictures are inappropriate.

My Transformation Story {sounds so dramatic!}

Heya Girlies! No this post isn't about how I turned from an alien princess to a human or any thing, it's the story of how I became an actual Christ Follower. :)

 I hope you can dredge through this post without pictures, as I couldn't find any that fit :)    
                          my...{true!}story!

At the ripe ol' age of four and a half, I asked Jesus to forgive me for my sins and to come into my heart. The next day when I went to preschool, my mom let me wear a tiara :) because, as she said, I was now a princess. :) I had fun explaining to every one in my class and later that night at church that "I am princess!"  I was so very proud of my new title.

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But, after a week or two, I just sort of got over it and continued living my life the way I wanted to. I wasn't a super bad little girl, but I still had my moments. I would talk back to my parents (and in return get paddled ;); steal candy from our candy tin a home and from my own teacher{I used to go to a private Christian school}!!! But also, I would lie. I'd get my reading assignment for that night and I was supposed to read it then have my mom sign the little slip of paper to say that I read it. But I didn't read it. I would just tell my mom that I had read it so she would sign it. 
Getting "saved" sooo did not change me.
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I lived like that up until a couple years ago when I discovered a few blogs by Christian girls. I had never heard of people actually living their life for Jesus!  I had never really considered being able to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean, sure, I prayed sometimes. Then one day something just snapped inside of me.
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I started to pray. At first, I didn't know what to pray about, so I just  told God about my day, about what I had been learning from people like Miss Raquel and Miss Lucia (sorry, I don't have a link to her blog anymore). As I grew older, I also grew in faith :). I realized Jesus wasn't just that barefooted dude wearing a dress on the flannel graph board; He was my Saviour, my Lord and my Friend. :)
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I've grown so much in Jesus {as well as height!} since that day I started praying {and reading the Bible, I do that too! :)}. I've learned from my parents and grandparents, who, even though I hadn't noticed before, really are passionate about living their lives for their Lord.  I really am praying that you girls might learn more about Jesus and be able to grow in Him through this blog. :)

Just, well, sort of random stuff....

Hey Girls, I'm back!!! At first, I had decided to stop blogging, but then when I started my "Goodbye" post, I just couldn't make myself post it. Well, that, and the fact that I HAVE TWO NEW FOLLOWERS!!!! (Thanks so much, Annie Lauren and Rebekah Brielle!!!)  

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So, what do you think of the new Blogger look? To tell you the truth,* I don't really like it. But, I'm going to try it for a while to see if I warm up to it. :)

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Do you ever have trouble reading your Bible? I do. Not really with getting myself to read it, but instead when I'm reading it. I can never just focus on one specific book of the Bible...{well, I guess it's not that much of a problem :P} Like for example last night, I had asked Jesus who He wanted me to show His love to this week. I immediately thought of my family; they're all hurting in some way, and I know they just want some lovin'. :)

 So I remembered this one passage in John where Jesus was surrounded by his disciples and some of His closest followers, and Mary (Jesus's mother) and one of His brothers came near. Jesus's friends said something along the lines of, "Jesus, your family is here." And Jesus replied with something close to, "You're my family." 

Instead of finding that I got sucked into different passages of Mark (awesome books by the way :). I never found that passage. (But, I will tonight,, and I'll post  it tomorrow. But if any of you know it, will you pretty please post it?:) 

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So, what are ya'll (I'm not really from the South, I just like using that word at every possible time :) reading in the Bible? What've you learned about Jesus thus far {I like saying that too!}in your life? I really do want to know....I also want comments :) Tell me if you want me to do something different on here :)

 Okay, fare thee well, God bless!

*I know that phrase can annoy people sometimes, so I try not to use it.