Hi, Hi!
Wooooow, haven't been on in a while. This is fun, and I'm gonna try to stick to it for now. So, want to hear some exciting news? Guess who's discovered a new confidence inside of her? Me! And for the first time, in a long time, it's not because of some boy or my dad or anyone else. It's because of the Lord. I'm His princess, and to Him "I am beauty beyond compare." <- Good BarlowGirl song, by the way. Anywaysss, so with my past eating disorder and issues, I'm so excited to have gotten this confidence I've wanted for so long. It's what I've needed and what the fantastic God has given me. So to all of you who mock us for being followers, just take a look at my story and you'll see, God can create miracles. Even when no one believes it's possible.

Long time no talk [=

My sisters graduating today.
How exciting is this?! It's fantastic [=
And I'm sick, soooooo I'm home.
Woop-dee-doo.
Rachel told me to write, cause I haven't in forever.
We take everything for granted.
Like the fact that I woke up this morning, completely taken for granted.
The fact that I have a family who actually cares.
For granted.
Soooooo, I've decided I'm going to change that.
Who's gonna start caring more about what she has? And appreciating it much more?
Life is a gift that God has given us, and we need to be thankful for it.
K. Enough of my preaching.



TheRush Sawgrass, seriously, AMAZING.
I love it [=
Helping out there is like my new favorite thing.
I feel like God has provided me with people that are so great, and there for me for everything no matter what, and I love it!
It has given me great joy.



Kelly's graduating. I dunno what to do. It's so exciting. But that means she's gonna get a job, and move somewhere soon. Maybe. I will never say this anywhere else, because I'm not exactly the mushy type... But I'm gonna miss her, a whole lot. Pray for her to find a job that she loves and thinks is perfect! Pleeeease, i just want her to find what God is calling her to do, and teaching really is her thing. She loves it more than anything, and I want her to live a happy life!@#$%6 [=



K. I'm gonna go read now,

COME TO SAWGRASS
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Ok, really..

I think today was horrible. It really was.

And i know i just did a whole big thing about praising. And i still am so thankful for everything i wrote yesterday, so that still very much stands. But ok, like. Today i go to school, and its great. I made cookies for this kid cause it was his birthday, and like i go to second hour and its all dandy and peachy.

And, i kinda like this boy and i was gonna ask him to come to church, and i thought he kinda liked me too.

APPARENTLY NOT! Homecoming is coming up, and i found out he asked another girl, lol, thats... Fun? But than i thought about it. And i suppose its good cause if he's happy and she's happy than bam! It just works. Its still annoying though, Lindsey's not like this.. Ever, i never care about stupid stuff like this. And it made me think about a whole lot of stuff. About things like the eating stuff, and anyone who reads this should know, I had an eating disorder for a while. And i still sometimes struggle with it, but its goten 2345657 times better, and that word looks like its spelt wrong and now its going to bother me.. But anyways, i just get so stressed about everything, and i was stressed about this homecoming thing. So i did what i do whenever i freak out, i took out my ipod and i listened to Paramore and Underoath. And listening to "My Heart" by Paramore, really made me think about just like, everything..

There's this one part in the song, and its my favorite and it goes "This heart, it beats, beats for only You.. My heart is Yours"

And hearing that, made me just stop stressing about stupid stuff like that, cause i don't really care who i go to homecoming with. Or anything like that, because God has it under control. And i don't need to worry about this because i have other people who can worry for me, and know that God will do with my life, what he pleases.

So yeah, today did have some pretty crappy parts, but i love it when things like this happen.

I feel muh better now, thank you for reading, if you did!

Peace out.

Praising

Once again, I was at Sawgrass again this weekend.. I love it! That is my new home on Sunday mornings. But, in the prayer meeting Pastor Matt started talking about how we go to God with things we need help with and how to direct us, and thats great and all. But we don't go to praise Him as often as we should. And so instead of prayer requests this weekend, we took praises. And it made me so happy! Hearing about everything that the Lord has blessed all the volunteers really opened my eyes to see how much He can really do. Especially with my uncle, if you don't already know, my uncle Rick, who is a huge leader in my life, has IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) and there is no definite cure or cause for it. When i found out about it, i was completely devastated and I didn't understand why it had to happen to him. He's a very strong believer and i just didn't get it. But i did a report on it for my bio class last year and it made me realize that God has changed people's lives, including mine with giving this disease to my uncle. I am now greatful for everything I have, and i appreciate it just about 2843235x more than i ever would have. But a few weeks ago, I found out that my uncle has been accepted for a lung transplant, granted they can find the perfect lungs for him, and that is a true praise that i give to the Lord every night, I am sooooo extremely greatful that he has done this, he's given hope to so many people and brought so many people to Christ.

But while I'm on the subject, I would also like to praise God for giving Flamingo Road Church everything he has. We now not only have an amaaaazing youth pastor, that we've been looking for for quite a while, but there have been more teens at the youth service lately than before! Pastor Scot, his team of interns, Holly F and M, and all the other youth pastors at the other campuses are making a huge difference in the youth of south Florida, and i can see that every time I walk into theRUSH at any campus. I'm so glad to finally see what we need, and i absolutely couldn't be more happy to be involved.

So pretty much, if you don't know Scott K, you need to go meet him.. Right now. He's a leader in the youth at Sawgrass, and i don't really know how i met him. But he's fantastic! I've been talking to him about things lately and he never fails to help me. God has really spoken to me through him, and I've learned alot. Everyone's talking about inspirations, and these people above are definitely my inspirations, along with everyone else at Flamingo.

Moral of the blog: Next time you pray, don't just ask God for guidance with things you need, praise to him all the wonderful things he can do! Yes, i'm young but i know for a fact that this is true.

Peeeeeeeeace out!
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