EXPLOSION!

     Ok sorry about the explosion of blogs! I am hoping to start maybe writing weekly! :)
     SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER!!! 36 days! (That includes holidays and weekends!) Can't wait! Graduation is sooo soon! I have ALOT to do! A Lit Project, a book report, a 5k, finish the rest of my work, and graduation stuff! Oh and my cousin is getting married at the end of MAY!!! Exciting stuff!
     So lately I have been trying to read a Psalms or a couple of Psalms a day to help me stay on the island of praise. :) Psalms is such a great book! David just pours himself completely and totally into God's hands. Most of them are asking God to forgive him or to save him from his enemies! Then there are the Psalms that just describe God and his power. I just read a chapter that talked about God's voice! It is really interesting!
     I really don't wanna be a negative person. I want to be a happy positive person, a loving person, a person who understands, and a forgiving person. The last one is really my downfall that and being understanding. I never thought I was too terrible at forgiveness and understanding, but this last couple years I find very hard to be!
     For the last month I have been looking for a job! PLEASE PRAY I GET ONE! I have put 9 different applications in!  9! I really don't wanna work at McDonald's! SO please pray I can get a job!
     Well it is really past my bed time! Night night! :)

My view of life in people form. (Lit. assignment)

Life is a vapor which will soon pass away.

No one can really know his last day,

Or really tell when it will begin.

Life isn't a game you can win.

Life is like a race.

You have to set your own pace.

You have to endure through the pain,

And struggle through life's rain.

In life's race you can't cheat,

But one day you're Saviour you'll meet.

The Death of Sarah (23)

Sarah dies and Abraham wants to give her the proper burial. SO he asked the sons of Heth if he may buy one of their caves. They said yes. So Abraham buries Sarah.

Isaac as a Sacrifice (22)

The Lord saw Abraham's love for Isaac and that it was great. Now, the Bible doesn't say, but maybe Abraham wasn't talking or walking with the Lord like he was before Isaac was born. But the Lord decided to put Abraham through a test. He told Abraham to sacrifice his son, and Abraham would have if it was for the Lord stepping in! Abraham proved his love to the Lord, and in return the Lord blessed him!

The Birth of Isaac (21)

The Lord finally opens up Sarah's womb and fulfills His promise and gives Sarah a baby boy. The Lord loves to do the impossible Abraham was 100 years old! Sarah was about 99! 99 year old  women just don't pop out babies every day! This was a miracle performed by God. Well Sarah must get on her "high-horse" because she remember Hagar and Ishmael and has Abraham throw them out because she didn't want them around Isaac. Hagar doesn't know what to do or where to go. The Lord came and showed her. The Lord promised her Ishmael would be the Father of a Nation as well, and He was going to keep that promise!

Abraham Deceives Abimelech (20)

Abraham once again ask Sarah to "lie" and say she was his sister. (She was his half sister so it was a half lie, but still a lie) Abimelech took Sarah. God came to Abimelech in a dream and said you're going to die because you took another man's wife. Abimelech explained to the Lord that he didn't know. The Lord told him He wouldn't kill Abimelech if he gave Sarah back and asked Abraham to pray for him, but the Lord closed the woman's wombs so they couldn't have babies. (As punishment) Abimelech confronts Abraham about it the next morning, and did what the Lord had commanded. And the Lord open the women's wombs again.

Chapter 19

1. Angels visit Lot
2. Men's wickedness
3. Lot's stupidity
4. The men persistants
5. The angels save Lot and punish the men
6. Lot's warning
7. Lot flees
8. Sodom & Gomarrah destroyed
9. Lot's daughters deed

Chapter 18

1. Abraham's Heavenly visitors
2. The news
3. The impossibilities
4. Sarah laughs
5. Sarah's rebuke & lie
6. The Lord tells Abraham
7. Abraham pleas for Sodom

Chapter 17

1. God renews His covenant again
2. Name change
3. Making a great nation
4. Circumcised
5. God makes a promise with Sarah
6. Abraham laughs
7. Ishmael still is blessed
8. Abraham obeys God

God still blessed even when we take matters into our own hand. We may not get the blessing we would of gotten if we would have waited, and we might go through a "rough patch" before we see the good, but God is the God of mercy and forgiveness. Abraham was 99 when he was circumcised. Now I don't know what that is but people say it's painful, and to do it when your 99! God said "every male" has to be circumcised. So Abraham obeyed. THAT SAME DAY!

Chapter 16

1. Sarai takes action
2. Abram listens to his wife
3. Hagar's hatred
4. Sarai is hard on Hagar
5. Hagar flees & runs into an angel
6. Ishmael is born

They didn't wait for God's timing. They tool maters into their own hand and got into a messy situation.

Chapter 15

1. Abram's vision
2. Abram's questioning
3. God's answer
4. Abram's faith restored
5. God's gently remindes
6. Abram ask for a sign
7. Abram's sign
8. Abram's deep sleep&vision
9. God's promise

Chapter 14

1. Battle of the kings
2. Sodom&Gomorah loses battle
3. Lot kidnapped
4. Abram to the rescue
5. Abram victorious
6. Melchizedek blesses Abram
7. Abram refuses gift

Chapter 13

1. Abram return's to Bethel
2. Abram return back to God
3. Separation of Lot & Abram
4. Abram lets Lot choose
5. Lot pitched his tent next door toward sin
6. Lord speaks to Abram
7. Lord blesses Abram
8. Abram builds on altar

Chapter 12

1. Abraham's call
2. Didn't know where he was going, but didn't ask. Just obeyed
3. The promise
4. Abram talked with God
5. Abram's deception
6. Goes to Egypt
7. Abram forms a lie
8. Sarai obeys her husband
9. Abram's "sin finds him out"
10. Abram leaves Egypt

Chapter 17

1. Tower of Babel
2. Whole world 1 speech
3. The start of the tower
4. God "checks-up" on His people
5. Genelogies

Chapter 10

1.  Noah's descendants
2. Ham's descendant - Nimrod

             -Mighty 1 in the earth
             - Mighty hunter

Chapter 9

1. God blesses Noah
2. Commands to be fruitful & multiply
3. Every living thing food
4. Don't eat blood
5. Capitol punishment
6. God's promise
7. Noah's grapes
8. Noah gets drunk
9. Ham's laughter
10. Shem&Japeth honor
11. Ham's punishment
12. Japeth&Shem's reward

Chapter 8

1. God remembers Noah
2. Rains stop
3. Ark rest 7 months 17 days Mt. Ararat
4. 10 months Mt tops were seen
5. God spoke to Noah
6. Noah builds on alter
7. God's promise

Chapter 8

1. Entering the Ark
2. Bring your family
3. bring 7 unclean
4. 2 of every kind (male&female)
5. bring 7 air animals
6. 40 days of rain & 40 nights
7. Will destroy everything not in the ark
8. Noah obeyed
9. Even the mountain tops were covered
10. Everything died
11. Water on earth 150

Chapter 6

Sooooorry! It has been sooooo long! :(

1.  Man's sin
2. Sons of God married daughter of man
3. Every imagination of the thought of man's heart was only evil continually
4. God became sorry He made man
5. God decided to destroy everything
6. Noah found grace
7. The earth was corrupt
8. Build on Ark
9. Flood
10. Covenant
11. Noah obeyed

Blessing

This weekend (April 2nd) we had our annual LADIES SPECTACULAR!!! Most of the time it is a fun and tiring experience that I just can't wait for it to be over! Well this year was different. Bro. Randy and his wife Mrs. Janelle Dignan came and spoke at it. Mrs. Janelle grew up at my church, so I know her and her husband pretty well. They have always been an encouragement to me, but this week they were a special blessing.
Our theme for the spectacular was "Island of Praise".  This year we didn't split up into session like usual. Mrs. Janelle spoke in the first session on planting your seeds on the island. She used the story of Joseph as an example. Joseph was given a series of trying times in his life. His brothers sold him to slavery, he was falsely accused of doing something and then sent to prison for it, but he eventually came ruler of Egypt. Joseph was given "seeds" in his life. He choose to plant them on the island (or God) and he reaped many blessings.
She used examples of planting your seed in Satan's Garden (I don't remember the actual name of it), and what you would sow from that garden. Bitterness, anger, hatred, ect. Bitterness spoke to me. Man can I hold a grudge! Not something I am proud of. In fact, I hate that quality in me! I could be experiencing such a happy life if I could just learn to let go! It is something I am working on with God's help.

Bro. Randy preached the 2nd session. He preached on "Staying on the Island of Praise". This spoke to me as well! I need to be more thankful and praising. Women have such power that we tend to harness in the wrong direction. We can make or break a man. I decided that day that I wanted to be known for making men, not breaking them and making them wimps and sissies! I need to learn to praise them. I need to learn to praise others. I tend to be a positive person, but there is always room for improvement.

This moring (April 3rd) Bro. Randy preached in church. He preached on "staying awake". The Lord is going to return and it very well could be tomorrow. I need to stay awake and alert and be ready for the Lord. I don't want to be like the disciples who didn't wake up when Jesus told them to get up, but got up when the soldiers came. I wanna be awake and ready before Satan shows up. I wanna be the one that Satan says every morning, "Oh No! She's awake!!" But I need to keep in the Word and under good preaching to do that.

Then Bro. Randy preached again tonight. He preached on just being thankful. He gave us 4 things to be thankful for. (1.) My salvation. God didn't have to save me from Hell. I don't deserve to be saved from Hell. But He did because He loves me sooo much! (2.) Soldiers and Servants of Christ. I need to be thankful for my Pastor and other men of God who are trying to preach God's Word. It is tough! Sooo many people attack it every day! And other servants of the Lord who will work and work and work and no one will every know it. (Except God) (3) Other Saints. My church is my family. There might not be anything stronger than your church family. They are there for you whenever! There to pray for you and comfort you and just encourage you! I don't remember the 4th thing I'm afraid. But it was sooo good!
Bro. Randy had me crying twice this weekend. I hate crying! But it was good! I needed it! I hope the Lord blesses him and his family! I am so thankful for them!

I wanna encourage anyone reading this to every day write 10 things they are thankful for. I promise you. You may have 500 reasons not to get up and make it a great day, but you have 500 reasons to get up and make it a great day!

Chapter 5

Genesis Chapter 5

A. Geneologies

1. First man not to die-Enoch (vs 24)
2. First man mention to walk with God after the fall-Enoch

God just took Enoch home. Enoch didn't have to experience death. Why? Because he walked with the Lord.

Chapter 4

Genesis Chapter 4


A. Brothers

1. Cain-farmer (vs 1-2)
2. Abel-shepherd (vs 2)

B. Offering (vs 3-4)

1. Cain-fruit offering (vs 3)
2. Abel-sheep (vs 4)
3. God's Shows Respect (v 4)
4. Cain's Anger (vs 5-6)
5. The First Murder (vs 8-10)
6. The punishment (vs 11-15)
7. God's Mercy (vs 15)
8. Geneology (vs 16-24)
9. Seth-then began man to call upon the Lord

So far we have seen the first sin and the first nurder. Both times we see that God punished them. But God showed mercy both times too. He could have easily killed Adam and Eve and started over again. He didn't have to put a mark on Cain to protect Cain from others who might want to kill him for killing Abel. Don't we serve a merciful God?

Chapter 3

Genesis Chapter 3

1. Temptation
2. The Serpent (vs 1)
3. The adding to the Rule (vs 3)
4. The Lie (vs 4-5)
5. The Fall (vs 6-7)
6. The Realization (vs 7)
7. The Guilt (vs 8-10)
8. The Blame Game (vs 10-13)
9. The Punishment (vs 14-21)
10. The Dismal (vs 22-24)

One thing I remember about this story is how much it hurt God. It still hurts God this much and maybe even more when we sin. That makes me feel horrible! Because I know there are times I sin because I choose too. :( How guilty I feel knowing I am willing hurting my precious Saviour!

Chapter 2

A. Creation
     1. Day 7 - Rest (vs 2-3)
     2. No rain (vs 5)
     3. God gave Adam life (v 7)
     4. The Commandment (v 15-17)
     5. The Help Meet (v 17-18 and 20-24)
     6. Naming of the Animals (v 19-20)
     7. Nakedness - no shame (v 25)