Excuse me, may I tell you something?

Dearest you, whoever you may be, I hope that your day is finding you well :]
I hope that you feel loved and valued, because you are. There is no one in the entire world like you! And there never will be another! So since there's only one of you, please please know how much more amazing you are because of that.

Now people have said that since everyone is different, that different loses it's pizazz, but i strongly disagree. If you have one wonderful daughter, it would make no difference about how you love and value her if you had 5 more wonderful daughters..........am i making sense.....


Anywho, I was just saying how you are truly wonderful. You are alive, breathing, thinking, your heart is beating between your ribs, and you are reading this. How magically your body works! A heart, eyes, lungs, a brain, a mind!! Whoever made you, made you well! And with such care!!!! To think that all of those things underneath your skin hardly ever break! And if they break, how amazing is it that people have the knowledge to fix you! Remarkable.

I love that you are so unique, original. Your fingertips, your eyes, your mouth, your ears, your genes--> ONLY YOURS! Imagine how many different versions there have been throughout history!!! AND STILL yours are different from everyone else's..ever. There is no thought more lovely.

You are fascinating dearest reader! There truly is no one like you! No one can even compare! You are so loved and valued! I rejoice that you live, dwell, inhabit this earth with me, even if we're only a vapor on eternity's scale. So please, next time when thoughts of "unimportance" and "uselessness" try to attack you, remind yourself that without you, the world would be lacking an original masterpiece! A NEVER BEFORE AND NEVER AGAIN EXQUISITE BEING! Foo to anyone who says their version of self is better! How can they know if they've never been you! Who's to say that you're inferior or superior. Such statements are always relative. But it is a fact that you are exclusive, a rare, limited edition of the utmost value. I ask, can you even put a price on a life?

You are enchanting my reader, and i'm not the only one who loves you so.

VVV
Psalm 139

because i stole it from anna......

tee hee

1. Where is your cell phone? dying
2. Your significant other? Yeshuaaaaaaaaaaa <3
3. Your hair? ugly
4. Your skin? no
5. Your mother? downstairs
6. Your favorite thing? Bible
7. Your dream last night? nope
8. Your favorite drink? bloooooddd haha just kidding...sorry
9. Your dream/goal? servanthood
10. The room you're in? bedroom
11. Your ex? who?
12. Your fear? SPIDERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? submitted
14. What you're not? perfect
15. Muffins? scones
16. One of your wish list items? wishes
17. Where you grew up? 805
18. The last thing you did? breathe
19. What are you wearing? blue
20. Your TV? death
21. Your pet(s)? snoring
22. Your computer? broken
23. Your life? Christ
24. Your mood? tranquil
25. Missing someone? sigh
26. Your car? sooooon
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Favorite store? trader
29. Summer time? nostalgic
30. Like someone? stupid
31. Your favorite color? purple
32. When is the last time you laughed? earlier
33. Last time you cried? sunday
34. Who will reply to this? you?
36. Whose answers are you anxious to see? ........wait where's 35?

Yoonj

i just want you to know that i love you more than air. i'd cut my arm off for you any day. right or left! or both! they're yours!


but really, i love you sooooo much its almost ridiculous.

I hope

that this brightens your day :)

The glory of the Lord of Hosts

The glory of a splendor much too vast
For words of any human’s voice to mask
Or even attempt with letters ..i tremble, while
Touching with my frailty the immense iceberg of forever
That is my God

His majestic hand sprinkled light into the velvet of black
That draps like royal curtains ‘cross the heavens
Accentuated with star dust that blushes my cheeks silver
Reflecting the regality of
His masterpieces

Oh constellations that bow down in praise
He is Adoni, and the lover of my soul
Only His breath can bring life, and I breathe deep
Wishing for my heart to be wide enough to love my Savior

My sweet Jesus, only you can speak, and bring existence
You formed the planets with your righteous tongue
You are worthy of all praise
And worthy of all glory

May these hands and this heart worship you forever and ever until
eternity tires and only you remain





If you don't know of God, or of His Love, that He sent His ONLY Son, Jesus Savior of the world... well all i can say is that i pray you come to.

Knowing that there is a God, is revelation, yes.
Knowing that there is a God who is merciful, is hope, yes.
Knowing that there is a God who is just, is reassuring, yes.
But knowing that there is a God who not only loves, but IS love, invented love, exudes love, is all love, and anything that isnt love isnt Him.........that, is worthy of all praise, worship, and love in return, yes He is worthy.

The Season For Prodigal Sons!

so wait, wait, wait. have i ever talked about HOW GOOD THE LORD IS!!!!!!!

THIS IS THE SEASON FOR PRODIGAL SONS!!!! THIS IS SUCH SUCH ANSWER TO PRAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH



I now officially know 2, YEAH THAT'S RIGHT! 2 prodigal sons. This one's name is Cheyenneeeeee <3333333 oh i love her so so so so much. I've been friends with this girl since KINDERGARTEN! i even lived with her for a month temporarily when i was without a home. she has the biggest heart for people, and is sooo happy-go-lucky.

last summer, i was there when she accepted Jesus Christ into her life, and it was SUCH A JOYOUS CELEBRATION! everyone was cheering and ecstatic, but once that short short time of celebrating ended, she seemed to fall back into the life she'd always been living. Parties, focusing on boyfriends, forgetting completely about Jesus Christ and her new life that was waiting for her. Things would always be so dry for her, and she would never seem to have that supernatural joy that she'd had last summer.

THERE HAS BEEN LOTS AND LOTS of prayer for that girl! lettt meee just sayyy, that people really do love her. more than she understands, and God is so good to hear all of our prayers! A specific prayer for Cheyenne was answered last week, with dramatic results! the prayer had been for something drastic to happen so that she would come to the realization that Jesus doesn't want to see her wasting her life on fruitless things anymore..............and whadduyaknow.......WABAM, the Lord showed the me/everyong else who prayerd just how closely He listens.

Last week, Cheyenne was in a major car crash. A driver going about 70 mph hit the side of her vehicle! It was so serious, that police told her, she should have died from the impact. Her car went spinning off the road, while the other car crumpled to pieces! The car that Cheyenne was in was completely totaled, and the other driver was carried away on a stretcher, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD Cheyenne walked away with not even a scratch! She has a little whiplash, but nothing compared to the pile of metal formerly known as the car she was in. Last Saturday night, she gave me a call saying how God had been speaking to her so intimately, and she really wanted to come to church. So Sunday came, and we sat together, and prayed, praised, and worshipped side by side. The service was alllll about how serious having and not having salvation is. A definite reality check that spurred her to rededicated her life to Jesus Christ!! Now, she wants to dig into her Bible, she's dead serious [no pun intended] about living a Holy life for our merciful Lord and Savior, and says that nothing is better than His comsuming love!

i stinkinnnn LOVE Jesus! He never had to die on the cross and save us from death, just like he didn't have to have grace on Cheyenne during that car accident. But PRAISE Him for his ever-abounding mercies that are new every morning! She is ONNNNN FIREEEE for Jesus now, and i ammmm Lovingggg every second where i can watch my oldest friend fall so in love with the God of the universe!


All Glory and Honor and Power and Praise and Worship and Blessings to the God who saves!!!!!!

THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!!!!!


JESUS IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!! I would never have imagined how good God is until tonight happened! I have experienced Joy at its finest! The Lord is SOOOO FAITHFUL!!! gooooooooooddddddnessss gracious I could sing from the tops of mountains! Praise His Holy Name! Immanuel! God with Us! OH ABBA!!! HOSANNA!!!!

Soooooooo this isssssss my story of praise!


I officially know a prodigal son! OH HOW SWEET TELLING THIS STORY IS!
So for the past few days, I have had absolutely no happiness what-so-ever. I was so consumed with the lies of the enemy. They were restricting me from the eternal victory that Jesus won on the Cross! Life in general has been exceedingly hard in the past month or so, and it escalated to a horrible Easter day.
I have been praying for my mom's salvation to the point of tears every night for what seems like forever. I had my heart set on her being saved at Easter... However, i was letting myself get in the way of God's will and His perfect timing. My mom never made it to Easter service, but instead we had a horrible fight, and i ended up roaming Carpinteria until well past dusk while she and her boyfriend drank the night away. It was a very discouraging sunday.
I woke up on monday morning to a full day of school ahead of me. I was incredibly moody all day, snapping at even the littlest things. None of my friends would just listen to what was going on in my life and i felt like no one understood.
School ended on a rather bad note, and i came home to a house full of tension. I ate another TV dinner just like every other day, locked myself up in my room to try and do my ridiculously massive amount of homework, and ended up sitting there. Of course i couldn't think straight with so much on my mind. Everything started to bubble over, i was being totally taken advantage of by the enemy; i was letting Satan get the best of me.
Soon enough I was on the floor crying out to God, asking for SOMETHING, ANYTHING to answer my prayers. I'd submitted it all before..I'd given my mom's salvation to Him, I'd lifted up my living situation, my school work, and i didn't seem to be getting any answers. I asked for SOME kind of sign, anything to help me know He was there......He was listening............................................................................................and of course nothing happened while i was so frustrated.

So i called a friend and they helped calm me down, but we then had to resort to very inefficient communication via AOL Instant Messenger, however they were not the only person who i was talking to.
Much to my surprise a very dear friend of mine started up conversation, who i hadn't really gotten the chance to talk very much. They'd been Christian in the past but had fallen into the world; which broke my heart terribly. Now, they were so anti-Christian, that it was hard to hold conversation. So many nights i had prayed for their return, but only seemed to meet opposition and no answers.
We started talking about how down i'd been, and to cheer me up, they shared a story with me. At first i was skeptical that anything they had to say would help me out, but BOYYYY WAS I WRONG!!!!!
To sum up what the story was about......my beloved friend has reaccepted God into their life.......They are like the Prodigal Son!!!!!!, they are living the victorious Christian life that they should be!!! MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED!!!!!!!!!!! OHHHHH GLORY TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WHO IS FOREVER FAITHFUL!!!!!
i was in complete shock!!! this person who had so fervently opposed church and God for so long was now quoting Scripture to me.............................





my mom may not have been saved on Easter, however, the Lord was soooooooooo amazingly good to answer my prayers, to soften my friend's heart, to bring them back! TO GIVE THEM THE SCRIPTURE THAT I NEEDED TO HEAR! to make them like the prodigal son....ohhhhhhhhh THE JOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY THAT ABOUNDS FROM THIS STORY!!!......Jesus Christ is more marvelous than anything the words of man can attempt to say.


PRAISE THE LAMB OF GOD!!!!!

Psalm 103 is so amazing!

1 Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-

3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,

5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.

7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:

8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.

9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;

10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;

16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.

17 But from everlasting to everlasting
the LORD's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children's children-

18 with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.

19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.

20 Praise the LORD, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.

21 Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.

22 Praise the LORD, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.

War Dance

"Dancing is like closing my eyes and being with friends. It feels like home."
-Nancy, 14,a young Ugandan dancer she helps run her household while her mom travels countless miles to work and back, but still rejoices through the freedom of dance.

She reminds me why living is so great.

"Apologia"-defense

The reason why we [a few friends + myself = a small, untrained, ridiculously goofy group of teenagers] are attending an apologetics class is due to the fact that we love our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with all of our hearts, minds, souls, and strengths, and want people to know that.

This Blog, shall now be blessed with golden nuggets of knowledge given by the Holy Spirit via this apologetics class every Thursday.
Thus, not only randoms from life in general shall be displayed, but material of a much higher caliber and calling.

I pray for any reader, that the Lord would bestow blessings upon you and increase your knowledge of Him. Let Him be glorified.

Jesus loves you.

burfday

ode to the seasons [ranting and ramblings of a discombobbulated teen]

seasons are like candy,
always the best! and greeted with
delicious welcome.

justlike, after an autumn lolly
for months on end,
even the cherished cherry flavor
can get old,
and a newer, galloping gumdrop
dusted with a sugary powder like
little flakes of snow.
freshly fallen.
is deemed trophy worthy,
but soon will tire with the ages,
and greet with salutation,some
sweet, shooting-star flavored
shocktarts of spring.
that make you yelp and leap for joy,
where your singing keeps on ringing through the trees
and my tastebuds anticipate
and the new flavors of a season.

so now i wait, and wait, for spring

things that are beautiful that i have seen in the last 48 hours

consequences of tagged-ness

seven things no one knows:

1) i'm addicted to chapstick
2) there is something hidden between my matress and my bed frame
3) i wave when i say goodbye to people on the phone
4) i used to only like prime numbers
5) when i was little, i thought it was the coolest thing in the world to be able to spell my name
6) when i'm in the car, i pretend the wheels fly over any shadows
7) the most played song in my itunes has been played over 200 times


:)

This is the beginning of my end

1.....2..........3...............................GO