Day 6: Love

Love. What is love? Is it something people tell their girlfriends/boyfriends to keep them around? Is it something more personal? Well, there are different kinds of love. I love my Mom, and I love my best friend, I love my pastor and youth pastor, I love my brother, but they are all different kinds of love. I know what most people would think I want to talk about is the love we have for our husbands or wives. Well, I can't talk on that because I've never experienced it. I am hopeful that one day I will, but being sixteen, well, it's just a bit too early. I want to talk about the greatest love of all. God's love for His children. God's love is like no other. God loves us more than we could ever give love to any single person alone. God loves one person more than we could love the entire world. Our love will never be that great because I don't believe we have the capability to love as greatly as God, but we should love God the most out of anything or anyone we've ever loved. God is my rock when I am weak. God is there to pick me up when I fall down. God is there to love me when I feel like there is no one else in this world that loves me. God is my soul-mate more so than my [Future] husband. I love God more than anyone else on this entire earth. I love my mom forever and ever in a day, as well as my dad, but my love for them doesn't even compare to the love I have for my Father. I could talk all day on true love and the right guy/girl for you, but I'd be "wasting my breath" so to speak because at the end of the day, people are going to do what they want to do. If they even think that they love someone, you can count out your opinion as to what they do. But one thing that people may still even do what they want but I will never be wasting my breath on is telling them how much God loves them. God loves you. Each and every one of you. He loves you when you are sinning, He loves you when you love Him, He loves you when you turn your back on Him, He loves you through everything. God deserves our love in return! If just 100 people read this, that is 100 people that I've shared God's love to, but if you share it on your Facebook and 100 of them read it, that multiplies to 10,000 people, and just keep that chain going. Share God's love today! Please click here and here to lead you to some devotionals on God's never ending love for us.

Day 5: Right Choice

Yesterday I talked on wrong choices, but today I want to talk on right choices. You know, it's easy to to point out wrong choices, but is more difficult to choose right ones. I personally can not think of any really good scenario's to even really talk about. I have thought about this topic for days and every time I try to write this, I fail because I can never think of anything good enough. I've known for a couple of weeks that I wanted to do this series, and I have all my posts written out already, and though it is day five out of thirteen, it was one of my lasts ones to write. I put these in the order I thought they would go best in, well because I am working up to one big picture. This picture takes effort to find. I didn't see it for years. I think that if you have read my blog this far that you can probably figure out what I am going to say is the biggest right choice. That is definitely a given. I can tell you all day long that if two people are in love and want to get married that is a really great right choice, and it is, don't get me wrong, but there's an even better right choice. I can't help but think of a few of my friends in this instance. I am hoping that they make the right choice, but let me stop dragging this out. The ultimate right choice is following God. Plain and simple. If you have had a life full of bad or wrong choices and you haven't been saved, that will all straighten out after you become saved. You won't always make the right choice, no one does, but you will begin to make more right than you are wrong because you will begin to be more like Christ. That's what everyday should be, getting one step closer to being more like Christ. We all know we can never be exactly like Christ, but that doesn't mean we can't strive to be. I really don't have much more to say on this. I could tell you a list of right choices to make, but what's that gonna do? I'd rather you make the ultimate right choice and let the others follow. To back up what I have said, here is what the Bible says which is God's Word. 

• Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths."
• Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no guidance, a person falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety."
• Deuteronomy 30:19 "This day I call the heavens and the earth witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live."

If you do not have a Bible and would like to read please click here to find an amazing Bible site. 

Brother Ronald Birthday

I miss you like crazy, brother from another mother! 
When I heard you were gone I was messed up for years.
I didn’t for a long time find true happiness.
I couldn’t stop thinking of you.
For years I couldn’t sleep without my parents by my side.
I couldn’t go over and stay with a friend because the memory of losing you haunted me.
I didn’t know you for long, but I am so thankful for how long I did.
I can see you now, with a girl by your side.
I wish you could see me, all grown up.

These days its weird to say, but I see you on every corner in the high school.
I see you everywhere around me in the band room.
I can picture you playing the snare up there in the percussion section with Rickie by your side.
You have a hold on me brother.

I always dreamed of being like my brothers,
And in a sense, I am.
I am proud to be a part of what you used to be,
And I am proud to carry on your legend.

I can’t believe its been nearly seven years in July.
Seventh month, Seventh Day, Seventh year.
Your death was a shocking one.
No one saw it coming.
Everyone came to your funeral.

Today, I celebrate you, brother.
Today is your birthday,
And I know we all miss you now,
But you are in such a better place having a grand birthday party! 
You’re kickin’ it with Jesus!

Happy Birthday, my brother from another mother,
Ronald.
And my brother’s best friend.

I love you,

Kara aka. ‘Lil Rickie

Day 4: Wrong Choice

People make wrong choices everyday, and if I said that I didn't, I'd most definitely be a hypocrite. At times the wrong choice seems like the best choice until you've made it and it's too late. Sometimes we are influenced to make the wrong choice, and sometimes it comes naturally. Wrong choices can seem adventurous, reckless, fun, and you know you are making the wrong choice, but you just can't say no to it because you know as soon as you make it, you will feel alive, it's irresistible. Sometimes we make wrong choices because we feel like there is no where else to turn to. There are so many things I could say on the wrong choice, but in reality it all depends on the scenario. Like, sex before marriage is a wrong choice, but that's a given. Doing drugs is another wrong choice, also a given. But the one thing that continuously come to mind is not following Christ. That is the biggest wrong choice you can make. I could choose many topics to talk on for a wrong choice, but as a Believer of Christ, I feel that I should be a witness to God and share what I believe through any chance I get. I don't care if you stop reading my blog because I mention God, or talk about Him a lot. It's your wrong choice to not believe in Him. All I can do is share the Word of God. That's why I am choosing this wrong choice. Romans 3:23 says "For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God." Sin is a wrong choice obviously because it causes eternal death, or damnation, well unless you believe in Christ of course. Romans 6:23 says "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life." Choosing to drink a beer instead of soda at a party, bar, etc., is a wrong choice in many circumstances. No I am not saying that it is not okay to have an alcoholic beverage because it is fine in moderation. But why even put yourself in the situation of you possibly getting drunk by the trigger of one drink? When you take it as far as to get drunk, that is a sin, so it makes it wrong. Hating someone because you do not like what they have done to you is also a sin. God doesn't hate anyone, and in the ten commandments he says "Love your neighbor as you love yourself" if you hate yourself I guess you can hate your neighbor, but be honest, no one truly hates themselves. The biggest wrong is Christ tugging at your heart and asks you to follow Him and you deny His request. Well think about this, what if that exact night that Christ tugged at your heart and you denied you unfortunately get in a car, receive a text while driving and decide to reply then get in a wreck because you were not paying attention and die instantly. Well, texting while driving is another wrong choice in itself, but look at what has just happened. You've gotten a chance to accept Christ right before you die and you deny Him, and you die and get eternal hell. It doesn't seem so good to me. I could go on forever on our wrong choices, but they are quite depressing. I just want all of my readers to think about this. If you are a Christian, check your life and make sure your relationship is right with God, and if you aren't a Christian, consider getting a Bible and maybe going to church. The biggest mistake you can make is not following Christ.

Tomorrow I talk about right choices so check my blog tomorrow for all the rights to the wrongs I've mentioned today! 

If you don't have a Bible and would like to read one please click here.

Day 3: The Ultimate Hiding Spot

So I want to tell you of a few of my favorite hiding spots! My youth members and youth pastor may just love one place I am "revealing!" Well, since I've kind of "let the cat out of the bag" so to speak, here is number one!

Hiding Spot Number One

In our church I know all the best hiding spots there is to know. Of course, my youth pastor didn't believe me when I said this and I proved him wrong! At our most recent lock in, in the last round of hide and seek where the youth pastor had to find everyone, my cousin and I hid together. I only hid with her because, well, I trust her, I knew she wouldn't give up this amazing hiding spot! And I also knew it would be more fun to hide with her than to hide alone. It is the best spot in the church with no doubt. You can not find a better spot than where we hid! Anyway they looked for us for over thirty minutes. We could hear every move they made, and every word they said! I couldn't help but laugh, but we tried to stay quiet so they wouldn't hear us. Well, eventually we got tired of waiting so we made a run for it. They didn't like that and they said "you're supposed to stay where you are until you get found" and I was like "no, that's why there is a base!" I've never played hide and seek where you couldn't at least move to a different spot, let alone go to base! The whole point of the game is to hide so good you don't get found and to get to base before you get caught. Of course we weren't about to give up the best hiding spot ever! So we did what we had to do. In my opinion, I think they were just mad that they didn't ever find us. So anyway, we won! Now since I said that I was "revealing" this spot in this post here it is so youth members, Thomas...read carefully. Okay, so you go through the fellowship hall, head towards the nursery, turn left, go outside that door, turn right, run around the church five times, call one of the seekers so you can hear everything the group looking for you is saying, but you must make sure they are on your side, then go back inside the door you exited, climb in the old baptistery, then ten minutes later climb out, run down the hallway leading to the sanctuary, then go sit on a pew for promptly three minutes, when you hear the door crack open, crawl out the opposite door, run to a classroom, write on the chalkboard "hi", check and make sure the coast is clear, then go to the nursery bathroom because hardly anyone looks there, then run into the kitchen, stay for no more than thirty seconds, then safely cross over to base. Hahaha, good hiding spot huh? Yeah, um, I know you just read all that fellow youth members, but, um, I didn't do that. I made it up while typing. There is literally an amazing hiding spot in the church and NO I WILL NOT GIVE IT UP!!! (Yes this was just a prank for my youth members...especially Thomas). So sorry that I'm not gonna leak that...


Hiding Spot Number Two


When I read books, it's like an escape. So in other words i get to be someone else for a little while and experience a new adventure and hide from the reality I live in if only for a little while. But don't get me wrong. My reality isn't bad, it's just cool to experience someone else's day every now and then! (Well every and then is an under exaggeration, I read everyday! :-) )


Hiding Spot Number Three


Music! I write music, play music, listen to it. Music helps me think, and overall feel better, so another hiding place.


Lastly, Hiding Spot Number Four


Writing. Writing is my favorite hiding spot. Unlike reading a book, you can write the experiences of the character and still be able to feel them as if you were just reading it. Writing is a way of making your dreams come true in a sense. If you can't experience them in real life, that doesn't mean you can't through a character in a book or story you are writing. All the books I have written thus far (yes I have written about seven, and no, no one has read them yet) are dreams of mine that I've never experienced in real life. Sometimes, or most of the time I listen to music while writing to influence my emotions and fill my imagination. 



A hiding spot doesn't have to be a literal one, it could be somewhere in your heart that you escape to, which for me my hearts escape is writing. 

Day 2: Failure You Have Experienced

God gives us many trials and tribulations in our life. Sometimes we pass, sometimes we fail. In this moment, it is hard to choose one failure in my life to tell you about because there are so many, in fact I have on everyday. My Faith gets tested everyday. The past two Wednesday nights our youth pastor has taught us about letting God interfere. I guess that is the failure I want to tell you about. It may be my biggest failure. The first part in this failure is denying Christ into my heart repeatedly. I hate that I did that. Knowing that this tugging on my heart was Him saying "become my daughter" and me constantly saying no. At that time, I honestly didn't know I was saying no until one day I suddenly felt sorrow in my heart, began to cry, then opened my Bible and I remember reading Deuteronomy 32:6, "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you." I knew from that day on that I was and am a Believer and Follower of Christ. They story of course doesn't end there though I wish it did. Even though I became a Follower, I still didn't always act as I should. In different places  I used to act different ways, and I'm still not one hundred percent there, but I work everyday to be the same person I am on the inside everywhere I go, and not a different person at every place I end up.  This past Wednesday we were talking about what society thinks of us and I think my youth pastor misunderstood me. One of my fellow youth members was saying how she cared about what people thought about her, and I kept asking questions but the whole time I was trying to get at that what she should be looking at is through God's eyes because he has the final judgment. Who cares if you are popular in high school? Who cares if you've got the latest fashions? God sure doesn't. So why should it matter? We should live our lives pleasing to Him and not society because society gives you eternal Hell but God gives you eternal life in Heaven! At Liberty Winterfest 2013, Sadie Roberson was there and told me to stop worrying about what others thought of me that the only one who mattered is God and I took it to heart and believe that. I look at this failure in life as my biggest gift. Without this failure I would not spend my life in Heaven when I die. So I am not ashamed of this failure, I'm blessed to have had it. Without failures in life, we wouldn't be so happy about the success!

Thirteen Day Series!

I am doing a simple thirteen day series! If you have a blog, feel free to join me! I am doing this because I am a writer! I didn't tell anyone for the longest time that I wanted to be, but I can't hold back anymore! So, I've made this thirteen day series on topics to write about in my life. This could be various for everyone. I will post a new post everyday with each new topic. For those who want to join, here is the list of topics I have chosen! This starts today by the way!

Day 1 May 23: Biggest Loss

Day 2 May 24: Failure You Have Experienced

Day 3 May 25: The Ultimate Hiding Spot

Day 4 May 26: Wrong Choice

Day 5 May 27: Right Choice

Day 6 May 28: Love

Day 7 May 29: Hate

Day 8 May 30: Talent

Day 9 May 31: Friends

Day 10 June 1: Success

Day 11 June 2: Defeat

Day 12 June 3: Hurt

Day 13 June 4: Greatest Love Story

If you up for the challenge, join me! If not, feel free to just read mine!

Here is my Day 1!

Biggest Loss

I don't know that I've had a "biggest loss". Many things come to mind when I think about what I have lost in my life, but at this moment, none of it sticks out. I've lost my grandfather, friends, pets, in a sense my brother (because of marriage but he's not actually gone, so a different kind of loss), but nothings so big that I can't handle it. I've over come many things in life, and to think that I've had a "biggest loss" makes me believe that I haven't overcome it. All my losses did hurt, some more than others, but they don't have to remain losses, they can just be things from my past that I simply don't have anymore, but they aren't a loss if I've overcome it. There will always be trials in our life, and sometimes we will lose things, but if you overcome it, in my opinion, it's not really that much of a loss anymore, it's just something you no longer have.



Let's Play Catch-Up!

I haven't posted in a while...shame on me I guess? Haha.

The past couple of months have been extremely busy with preparations for my brother's wedding coming up. And considering the wedding is this Saturday, May 17, I know this week shall be hectic. (I will post wedding pictures after the wedding!)

Also, baseball season has definitely kept me out of the house since I do the scoring for both JV and Varsity at my school. The season is mostly over except for playoffs. I am definitely sad to see the season end, but am so relieved to get a break!




Just a few of very many pictures from the season!





School always keeps me busy. Four classes and homework for at least two out of four, it keeps you with little time to just do what you want to do.

I am so ready for summer! Only 22 more days of school until summer break! The day after school gets out, I head to the beach for two weeks to kick off my summer! I am so excited about this! Then shortly after that, in July I get to go see my amazing friends, and second parents Pete and Jessica for a little while!:-) Then I guess i'll stay home for a little while, but by the end of July I have two weeks of band camp. Luckily camp is at the high school five minutes or less from my house. I've got a pretty eventful summer! But that's how I like it!

My sister-in-law to be (Saturday May 17) on this past Friday (May 9) graduated from college, so my family and I attended her graduation! My brother and I got a few pictures together there since we don't take pictures often. 

(Yes, I know he doesn't like to smile!)


On Saturday (May 10) my Parents, brother and I went to see my Dad's mom for Mother's day. She had three out of four of her children there with her and two out of five grandchildren there (my brother and I). My Dad cooked barbecue chicken to carry down there for supper, my aunt made the vegetables, and my Mom made the dessert. I think my Grandma really enjoyed it.

Yesterday (Mother's day) I went to church as normal. Then my Mom prepared lunch for her mom and her second mom. After we were done eating lunch, my Mom, Nana, and I went to the mall looking me shoes for my brothers upcoming wedding and just had a nice outing together for Mother's Day. When we got back, my Mom, Dad, and I went to my step-grandmother's house and did Mother's Day with her. It was an overall very nice day.

Today (Monday May 12) the Newlyweds to be are coming over to help my Mom and I do preparations for their big day. It should be a lovely evening! 

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