A Family In Christ

Hello all! I can't believe Christmas is almost here! It seems like our advent countdown has flown by so fast! :) Our parents said that we were going to have a small Christmas this year, but there's still a LOT of present's down under the tree. :) I'm not just saying this to make you think like I'm the perfect child, because I'm not, but, I'm pretty easy to please. I'd even be happy with a few note books from the dollar store. :) I hope you all have a merry Christmas, and that God's love for you will fill your hearts as you give to others. :) Merry Christmas. :)

Here's something I wrote a long time ago, although, I'm sure someone else has probably written this before I did. :/ ;)    FAITH (F) Forwarding (A) All (I) Issues (T) To (H) Heaven Sorry about such a simple post, but I don't have much to write about. Except for the snow. And the ice on our basketball court, and the book I'm about to publish, and the book I finished writing Tuesday. ;) I've actually been very busy. So, happenings. Tuesday, I finished writing another book, but this one is very small, and I'm hoping to try making a series. :) It's like fourteen chapters, thirty four pages, and 22,736 words. :) Although... now I have to edit it. :/ I do not like editing. :( Anyway! :) The snow was really coming down yesterday, it stung when it hit your face. :/ Tuesday, we went to a Christmas party at our friends house, and had a lot of fun there. :) Then... I'm working on three presents, that are hand made, and I have to sew all of them. Thankful...

I found a video of the Spartan sprint in Washougal Washington, MX Park. Long name. :/ It looks fun, but just seeing a lot of muscular guys getting tired, I start to wonder if all my training is going to be enough. I'm an optimist, so I just keep telling myself that I'll make it. :) And it does help that I'm training two of my younger brothers to do the 1 mile, and the half mile race. I keep telling them to keep pushing. I'm learning to practice what I preach, so I have to keep going if I tell them to keep going. :)  I hope the music isn't annoying. :/ Have fun! If you are considering doing a Spartan race, I say go for it! Have fun, and find out what you are capable of. ;)

I just started reading a book called 'Words That Hurt, Words That Heal', by Carole Mayhall. It really got me thinking on my words. Are my words like a fountain of life, or are they like a babbling brook, running on the surface, rushing helter-skelter over the rocks? I'm a fast talker, and sometimes I don't really stop and think about what my words might do to others before I say them. "The written word is a powerful thing, you've got to be careful with it." -Mo Fulchart from "Inkheart". I know that as a writer, I was given a gift of being able to put words on paper and create a story, another world for people to delve into. But I often use this gift for more entertainment than for what God would want me to do. I don't write bad things, but they aren't necessarily christian things. I often have doubts about my writing when I think about that. Anyways, I should use this gift that God has given me for His glory, and to use it to introduce ot...

It's snowing today! I'm sitting upstairs at my desk, with coffee and a santa clause hat. (not that I believe in santa, I just like the hat.) ;) I'm working on so many Christmas presents at one time, it's a little crazy. :/ Although, I did make a dress for my little sister without a pattern and it turned out pretty well. I need to make the neckline a little bit wider though. I'll probably work on that today. The Christmas concert a my church is coming up so fast! It's next Sunday, and my voice has been going away a little but, and I'm going to be singing with some friends of mine. So I'm afraid that my voice will go away right before we do it. :( Anyway. The snow is beautiful. And watching it fall is really cool. I'm so glad that God made things that we can just sit and be in awe of. Thank you God, for sending your son down to earth, to be born as a child, and to die for our sins. :) Merry Christmas everyone. :)                     ...