Christmas Just Ain't Christmas Without The Ones You Love

We often take the little moments in life for granted.

It's Christmas time! Christmas is in 4 short days! We've made a Christmas slideshow for the past few years. Tonight I was adding pictures from last year on it.(I'm crying as I'm typing this) We always put the song "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" at the end so I had to add songs before the pictures I added of last year so it could be at the end. The song "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas Without The Ones You Love" was playing. As it played I saw smiles and hugs and love and,  most importantly, I saw my grandfather Cleve, or as I call him Poppa. July 1st was one year that he had been passed on so this is our 2nd Christmas without him. In the pictures with him everyone just seemed so much happier and together. It's like our rock is gone. The man that held us together is no longer here. I just wish I could see those pretty blue eyes on Christmas Eve like it's always been. I wish I could watch him open presents again. If his death has taught me anything it's to always, ALWAYS spend time with your loved ones. I was supposed to go to his house the night before he passed but I didn't because I was "tired". I beat myself up about it all the time because my brother got to spend that time with him, but I didn't. I wish all the time that instead of getting angry about sitting there watching countless boxing matches with him that I would enjoy that time spent with him. I would do absolutely ANYTHING to watch another boxing match with him.

My grandmother, or as I call her Granny Alice, died over 3 years ago. We NEVER missed getting together at Christmas when she was still alive. Now it just seems like it's so hard to get everyone together. I mean, a lot of people do come over, but it's just not the same without her silly, goofy, smiling self there. My dads family is quite different from my moms. We crack jokes and have a good time with daddy's family so it's hard not having her there making a silly face in every picture or sticking her tongue out. I miss her oh so much. I didn't get to see her a lot so I treasure the memories I have with her. They all were happy. She was the rock of the family on daddy's side of the family. So the 2 rocks of my family are gone.

So, this Christmas, don't fight and argue with your family because you're so stressed out over how much money you've spent or because one person isn't getting to come. Enjoy the time you have with them because you never know when it can be taken away!

Merry Christmas!

Sometimes I Wonder Why?!?!

Ok, so I know God does everything for a reason! He does nothing for nought!!! Sometimes I wonder, "God, why me? Why my family? Why does this have to happen to US?!?!"

I know that God hears me pray, but sometimes I wish that I could hear Him answer everytime!

People fail us! Friends turn their backs on us, family always argue, hearts are broken, but God will never leave us! Just like with Daniel, he prayed 3 times a day! After 21 days of fasting and praying God told Daniel that he heard hime the first time he prayed!! I know God hears me when I pray! So, why all the trials! It's then that I think about 1 Peter 4:12(Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:)! When a trial comes, we always question God! I guess I just have to sit back and realize that God knows what he is doing!!!

When All Else Fails... TRUST GOD!

If This Isn't Life, Then What Is?

CAUTION: I have A LOT on my mind so this may be a weird post!!! You have been warned!

I've honestly never stopped and just thought about how short life is and how fast it's going by! Yes, in my last post I said that these past few months have gone by so fast, but I didn't think about just how fast. I didn't think about how short life can truly be.

I was just talking to my friend about the recent death in my community! The boy was 19 years old!! He was only a year older than me!! He had so much life left to live, but instead of choosing to serve God, he chose a different path. He chose to drink and drive! He left a baby girl, a sister, a brother, a mom, a dad, and many relatives and friends! I can't help but stop and mourn for his family! I am grateful that I have a mom and dad who brought me up in church. They put Christ in front of me instead of drinking and cursing. They were a light to me! I am reminded of Proverbs 22:6... Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it... I just can't help but wonder if he parents had brought him up in a different way, would he still be here? Would he be preaching the gospel instead of partying and drinking all the time? I'm not passing judgement in any way, just pondering!

Yes, I have been talked about and persecuted for taking a stand for Christ! It shouldn't be like that!
-James 3:10... Out of the same mouth preceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not be so...
Yeah, people hate me one minute but they love me the next. The bible plainly says these things ought not be so! I love every minute of my life! I know that each time I'm looked at differently, there is a reason! There is always a smile on my face, no matter the situation! I know every trial I go through is for a reason! I am not ashamed that I am a Christian! I'm not ashamed that people know it! I'm not ashamed that I stand out!!!
-Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid...
-Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

I can go on and on!!! This is my life and I love it! I wouldn't trade it for anything! Some people think if they get saved they won't have any friends, but the sad reality is if they die in their sins they aren't going to have any friends in hell either, once again, I'm not passing judgement...
- John 8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come... The other thing they don't know is that God will place Christian friends in your life! I have some of the best friends ever and they are Christians... Phyllis, Destiny, Kelsey, Kayse, Logan, Lindsay, Taylor, Kaylyn, Jessica, and I could go on and on!! He even gave me a Christian boyfriend!! This life isn't always a bed of roses but Jesus promised he'd be with us always!
Deuteronomy 31:8 The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

I think that's about anything for tonight! Peace, Love, and God Bless!! (:

So MUCH To THANK Him FOR!

THANKSGIVING is tomorrow...alreadyyy!!

Time is flying by so fast! It seems like yesterday was August 2010 and I was starting my senior year in high school! Now, I'm a Freshhmannn in college! Sometimes I just want to stop time and soak everything up!

Anywhooo this blog is about what I am thankful for! I have so much to be thankful for! I am truly one blessed girl!! I am so thankful for a God & Saviour, who loves me no matter what I do. He always has a blessing in store no matter how hard I may have fallen!!! He loves me, unconditionally!!! Who wouldn't want to serve a God like that?

I am thankful for my family! Yes there are a few that I could live without, but my family is amazing! They can make me laugh, cry, get aggrivated, but they're my family and I love them!

I am so thankful for the many blessings God has bestowed upon me! I have a house, a car, a phone, and I'm getting a higher education!

I am thankful for my wonderful boyfriend, Steven Andrew Davis!! He is my world! I love him to Heaven and back!! I am so happy that God placed him in my life 2 years ago! We have had some rocky times but most of all they have been wonderful! I wouldn't trade him for anything!! I love his family and I'm thankful that they have accepted me and love me!! They feel like my family!!

I just have so much to be thankful for!! So don't forget to thank God for his blessings this Thanksgiving!

Does The World See Jesus In ME?

So many times I walk around on my high horse. No, I don't think I'm holier than thou as some people think I am at times. I walk around campus Monday - Thursday! I started listening to Sister Arlene Davis from a YouTube video and she said she wanted her light to shine and she wanted people to see Jesus in her! I got to thinking... Do People See Jesus In ME? I begin to question myself. You know, when you begin to question yourself, alot of times God will give you an answer. My roommate came in today and she asked me to pray for a situation she's in. When someone trusts you to pray for them, then they must see something in you. She really wants God to move in this situation so that let me know that people do see Jesus in me! Momma even told me how many people have told her they look up to me! I'm not bragging on myself at all. We all sin and come short of the glory but just knowing that people look up to me is the best thing ever. If they look up to me then they must see something in me!!! This Jesus in me is utterly amazing(:

Yes, this was a short post but it was just a thought I had and wanted to share! So always ask yourself before doing something... Will the world see JESUS in ME if I do that?

Changes(:

Have you ever walked in church and felt like Oh My Word Everyone In Here Is Looking At Me And They Know I've Failed God... because I have. Truth is, everyone fails God. Recently, I really messed up. I felt like I was going through a dry spot! What I didn't realize is that all I had to do was call on God and he'd breathe the breath of life into me! 1) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley, which WAS full of bones, 2)  and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3) And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 4) Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5) Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6) and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 7) So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8) And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9) Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10) So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army - Ezekiel 37:1-10 If Ezekiel could make the bones get up and live again, what makes me think that my God COULDN'T??? God CAN & HE DID! He breathed the breath of life back into me!! Sunday, September 4, 2011, we had a guest preacher at church. His wife got up and gave her "preachimony". She began to say all we have to do is tell God "Breathe on my Lord, just breathe on me" and He will. She used her child as an example. She said Hayden bothered her and her husband about getting a DSI. Anytime she'd open her mouth she would say DSI DSI DSI. They got her that DSI. If we just say God Breathe on me over and over, He's going to do it! Keep pressing through and he will! I thank God for the blessing he poured out on me Sunday! I have my prayer life back now all because HE BREATHED ON ME!!

	*IDK WHY THESE NUMBERS ARE ON HERE! THEY WON'T GO AWAY!
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Don't Call Me An OUTCAST!

I started college on August 16! WOW!! I knew it was going to be different from high school, but my goodness, I didn't know it was going to be THIS different! I mean, I knew I was going to be different! I wanted to be different! I mean it's plan in the Bible! Matthew 5:14 - Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. That's what I wanted! I wanted to be different! I wanted my light to shine, and I didn't want to be different just because I'm the girl that only wears skirts! I wanted to be different because I wanted people to see a light in me! When people look at me, I want them to see Jesus!! I'm in this world, but not of this world! Revelation 18:4 - And I heard another voice from Heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Boy did I get a wake up call of just how different I am!! Everywhere I went all I heard was "Did you get the Carter 4?" "Are you going to Shakey Jakes tonight?".
UGGGHHHHH!!! I wanted to scream!!!!!! I actually cried! I cried on my mom's shoulder and Steven's shoulder! I was so used to walking down the halls of my high school and having people TALK to me and not look at me like I'm some weirdo who's walking around in a skirt! I thought it couldn't get better. I didn't want to compromise, to reject my conviction, so I didn't! I kept my standards and kept walking to class proudly wearing my skirts! People began talking to me, some whom I still don't know. They knew me but I didn't know them. So through all of this I realized that God is going to protect his people! He's not going to let us down. He never promised a bed of roses, but He promised He'd be with us through every situation! (:

Joy UNSPEAKABLE!!!