"But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one" 2 Thess 3:3.

How true this verse is. For the past month I have felt hurt by and angry at God. I let Satan's whisper lure me away from Him. I purposefully rebelled at God to get back at Him. I was like a spoiled child mad because mom said no. I feel foolish and immature about it now. But that was how I felt then. And all through that, God was there. He gave me strength. There was something deep inside that trusted God and kept me going. It had to be the Holy Spirit. It did not come from me. I know see that God has been preparing me for times like these. And He did not leave me through it all. He was constantly there, pursuing me, trying to draw me back to Him. And I kept pushing away. As a result, I became so unhappy. My heart turned hard, and I hated everything. All I wanted to do was sleep. I didn't want to be around people. I wanted to stay in my apartment and hide from the world. It was miserable. But God is patient. He has my heart. And He fights hard to keep it. His love is constant, and He is faithful. I would not have made it through everything with my sanity if it hadn't been for my Heavenly Father. Only from Him does true happiness come. I hope you all know that happiness.

I am now trying to allow myself to be healed by Jesus, who I discovered really is my firm foundation. Knowing that He knows everything about me and sees straight into my heart and still loves me is such a comfort. Hopefully, I can get in and stay in His word daily. Thank you all of my wonderful friends! I love you all bunches and bunches!!! :) May God fill your life with His light and blow all the darkness away! 

I went to a high school football game tonight for the first time in several years. It was quite interesting. High school students now seem so young to me. But at least my sister's school team won!

I've been thinking (uh-oh!). I am not looking for a serious relationship this year. I'm finally at peace with the thought of not getting into one. I wouldn't mind dating, but I guess it's kind of pointless if I don't want anything that could become serious, huh? I guess it doesn't matter b/c I don't know anyone I want to date anyway. So there's my thoughts on that.

Tonight would be the perfect night to be stargazing on Nebo. The sky is clear, the moon is small, and the stars are out in full force. They are sooooo beautiful!!! I just love the stars. They are a constant reminder of God's love and presence in my life. They're quite comforting to me.

Have a good weekend! I hope life's treating you better than it's been treating me. It's kinda sucked lately. I wish cancer would infect and destroy itself instead of good people's lives. On that happy note, adios and God bless!

This world ain't fair,
It can knock you on your butt
You can just lie there,
Or you can get back up

There are times in life when you gotta crawl,
Lose your grip, trip an' fall
When you can't lean on no-one else:
That's when you find yourself
I've been around and I've noticed that,
Walkin's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ol' hills'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains,
So we could learn how to climb

~From "Mountains" by Lonestar

Thank you for your prayers. My bio dad passed away this morning. It's rough, but it'll get better soon.

I need your help. I'm working on my honors project and I need some slang vocab refering to food and social activities. For food, I have so far: stuffed, go out, grab (something), Mickey D's, a bite to eat, craving/dying for, broke, chow down, pig out, munchies, grub, sit down restaurant, and doggy bag. For social activities, I have: the movies, hang out, chill, bomb (like, that movie was a bomb), flick, chick flick, show, and check out.

If you know any others that I've forgotten or think one of these doesn't qualify as slang, please let me know. I need it ASAP b/c I have to make a workbook and come up with excercises.

So, how would you define "the munchies" and is a "doggy (doggie?) bag" what you put the extra food in or the extra food? Thanks!!