Summer

whew! I dont know about yall , but my summer is FlYiNg by like crazy. Im starting school in a short 3 1/2 weeks. I had a whole list of things i wanted to ( fully ) accomplish. But it just hasnt quite happened that way. One of my goals was to read every night for 10 minutes in the bible, and to journal one page every night. I have found that I really like to journal - its a good place for thoughts that you would rather nobody else knew, or just to go over what happened during the day without boring anyone except yourself. Another was to start, and hopefully get a big chunk out of my drivers ed done. I have accomplished the first level on the internet ( out of 7 ) and I now need to take my permit test, so I have a long way to go. I would rather take driving slower anyway, I dont feel nervous about driving here in small town USA, but I dont want to drive in the "city" :D. Usually I make a post and try to make a point to it, but I started to ask what the point of this blog is anyway?? I recently went to visit my Grandma, and was encouraged to hear that she does like to read what I write, and she likes how it comes to a point. I was happy to hear this, because improving this blog was one of my summer "projects". So, I suppose my point today is never underestimate how much your words mean to someone. You are either constantly building someone up, or tearing them down. Its your choice, your words are not dictated by anyone but yourself. Make a point to build people up today!

Scripture Memorization

Dont be turned off by the title of this post. Lately, I have been very disappointed when people have started talking about a subject, and I know its in the Bible, but i dont remember where. School, and songs are always a good thing to learn and memorize, but think how precious the Scriptures should be to us as Christians. It is what we base our faith on, what we hope and believe in. Because we have the Scriptures we have information about Jesus, early Christians, and practical life proverbs, however do we really take time to read it. Yes, some people now the lyrics to the top 20 songs in on itunes but they dont even pick up their bible!. Some people even read it, but dont really pay attention to it. Yes , im talking to those of us "me included" that are reading with our ipods on, or while we are talking to someone, texting, etc just so we can "get it done for the day" and check it off our what i should do list. So, I say start with Proverbs, these are some of the best lessons you will ever learn. Read one chapter a day, it should take less than five minutes. If you dont have five minutes, read one verse, you can not honestly tell me you dont have 20 seconds now can you? Jot down passages that are helpful and memorize them. You never now when you will need them.