Mustard Seeds

This is just a little something that I was writing earlier when I was feeling very lonely and kinda scared. Dear God, I wish someday for a love, a husband. I hope for someone that I can serve you better with than by myself. I want someone who will love me for me. I want a life to live and a family to live it with. I hope for someone who can protect me and provide for me. I wish for someone who shares my faith and my values. But while I wait, I will follow You to whatever You have planned. While I wait, I will be patient on Your timing. While I wait, I will grow closer to You and come to love You more. While I wait, I will make myself better for him. I will become the wife he needs and deserves. In all this, I will wait for You and Your timing. All my heart, soul, and love, Emily Like I said, just something I wrote today when I was feeling a bit lonely. In God, Emily

Today I spent the afternoon catching up on some reading for the study that we are doing as a church. A Call to Die  by David Nasser. It has been a great study so far. But because of my schedule and my poor planning there were a few nights this week that I did not get to finish that day. So I spent some time this afternoon catching up on some reading and even more of the questions that it had for me. I just wanted to post a few quotes from this first week of reading that have really spoken to me. I am much enjoying this study and cannot wait to see what God is going to do through it in our church and out lives. Day 1 "...his (Jesus) commitment to obey the Father was greater than his desire for comfort and approval. So he went to the cross." "So "taking up our crosses" means to value God above all else, to serve instead of demand our rights, and to be humble instead of proud- to the point of death." "...our salvation ultimately brings glory to...

When I was reading in my bible the other day I came across this bible verse. It really spoke to me. May all who seek you    rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation    say evermore, "God is great!" Psalm 70:4 "May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you." If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior and you truly seek him, then you should rejoice in everything and be glad in God. Be glad that He loves you the way He does.  "May those who love your salvation say evermore, 'God is great!'" All those that love their salvation... everyone who has been saved should love the salvation that God has given them. God is great! Yes he is. :) We should always be praising God in everything and for everything. Just thought I'd share some of my thoughts. :) In God, Emily

So I know that it was a couple days ago, but I haven't had time to blog since we got back Saturday night. I'll start with the basics. YEC stands for Youth Evangelism Conference which is sponsored by the Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. It is a youth conference that is once a year in March. This year in was March 11th and 12th. It is held in Nashville.  This year Addison Road was the worship leader. Afshin Ziafat was the speaker Friday night. Saturday morning, we started with Addison Road. Then Derwin Gray spoke. For the third session, the youth groups spread out across Nashville to complete different service projects.  My youth group got to Prayer Walk in downtown Nashville. We had a list of what we were supposed to pray for.  First, we started at the Courthouse. I don't know if you've ever seen it, but it is HUGE. We were supposed to take a few minutes to pray for all the people that had to come to the courthouse. Second, we walked to ...

So I haven't posted in awhile. So I thought I'd post a recipe that my friend tried recently. I have also tried it a few times since then as well. Start with a fresh head of lettuce, spinach, some cooked and shredded chicken breasts (I used two), an onion, a tomato, and an avocado. Cut up the head of lettuce, shred the chicken, and cut the onion, tomato, and avocado into pieces that suit your taste.  Add all of it into a big bowl and mix. You can heat the chicken or eat it cold, depending on how you like chicken. Add some italian dressing and enjoy! I really enjoy it and there are so many variations that you can change. :) I apologize that there are no picture to accompany this delicious recipe. Thanks to B.R. for the recipe. And just a bit of encouragement to end the post... There will be times that Satan will try to pull you down in every way. This week he has been attacking me in many ways. You just have to pull closer to God and keep going through ...

I am currently reading the new book by Priscilla Shirer called Life Interrupted . I was reading today and there were a few paragraphs almost right in a row that were like "Bam in your face!" So I thought I might share them with you. All of them were located in the chapter about grace. After using an example of someone shaking your arm while you are holding a glass of water and the water spilling out, here is what she had to say:  "The main reason water comes out of your glass is because water is in the glass. It's the same reason we so often react to life interruptions with anger, rage, bitterness, panic, distrust, uncertainty, fear, touchiness, and a hundred other toxic contaminants. These things don't spill out merely because we're under a heavy stress load. We're not being forced by external pressures to operate out of character, not to be ourselves. Problems and tight spots are not what make us act in such shocking ways- complaining more than us...

Tonight at church we sang The Desert Song by Hillsong. And I always enjoy singing it, so I thought I'd post the lyrics. This is my prayer in the desert And all that's within me feels dry This is my prayer in the hunger in me My God is a God who provides And this is my prayer in the fire In weakness or trial or pain There is a faith proved Of more worth than gold So refine me Lord through the flames And I will bring praise I will bring praise No weapon forged against me shall remain I will rejoice I will declare God is my victory and He is here And this is my prayer in the battle And triumph is still on it's way I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ So firm on His promise I'll stand All of my life In every season You are still God I have a reason to sing I have a reason to worship This is my prayer in the harvest When favor and providence flow I know I'm filled to be empited again The seed I've recieved I will sow. In God, Em...

So this morning I was heading out to my truck to go to read at Niota for read across America day. I was searching for my truck key on my slightly overly large key chain. I couldn't find it. Not because I wasn't looking hard enough, but because it wasn't there. It fell off my key chain last night as I was getting in Mom's car to go to the Regional Championship game. I looked everywhere I could think of. In my room. In my truck. I even called my mom to see if it had fallen off in her car. So I grabbed the extra key so that I could leave and not be late to where I was going. I get home and look some more. I ask Dad if he'd seen it. He starts looking and the first place he looked, there they were. Right on the ground outside of where I had gotten into the car. So the lesson in this, I think, is that Satan will try to ruin your day in the little things. The cereal running out when you are trying to eat breakfast. The hot water running out before you finish yo...