Love: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

snowed in!

School was canceled today because we got 11 inches of snow last night. Yay! Right now we have 2 feet of snow outside and the police are telling us not to leave the house or drive on the roads. Our whole town is basically shut down and possibly will be for the weekend. I went out to help my dad shovel and couldn't open the gate, but I was able to climb over it because the snow was level with the top of the fence. When I got to the other side i was in snow above my waist and almost to my shoulders... it was so cool! I took some pictures this morning and I'll take some more later :) God Bless!

our neighbor was shoveling off his satellite and parts of his roof :)

These two pictures are of our street.

our fence

my dad snapped this pic of me. This is not the deepest place but it's sure a lot of snow!

Sunday, January 13, 2008

I was thinking today about how worried I am about my future. What should I do with my life? Where should I go for college? Should I go to college? Where am I going to work? Am I spiritually ready for a mission trip? Will I pass my test tomorrow?

Nothing seems to be clear, it's all just a mystery. I was getting rather frustrated and discouraged but then I found this verse in the Bible and I was seriously strengthened and calmed.

Psalm 32:8-10
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you and watch over you."

Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you.

Many are the woes of the wicked,
but the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds the man who trusts in him."

God knows what is going to happen, He alone knows my future. If there is a God who is all powerful (omnipotent), all knowing (omniscient), and always present (omnipresent), who loves me and calls me His child, what do I have to fear or worry about? Obviously, I can't just sit around waiting for something to happen, but with prayer and faith everything will fall into place and work out perfectly in the end.

I thank God everyday for His unfailing and undying love. I am blessed beyond imagining and yet I base my life around my wants and my desires and complain because my plans don't turn out my way or the outcome benefits others and not myself. Why am I like this? Sin. It's inescapable, but praise God for forgiveness because without it we would all be dead in our own sin!!!

"Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved." (Psalm 55:22)

"My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." (1 John 2:1)

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)

"I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted." (Isaiah 43:25-26)

"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." (Isaiah 1:18)

"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." (Ephesians 1:7)