Orphan Trains

This year the middle school play is called Orphan Trains. I think that it may have a good meaning and affect on the way people feel towards others. It is a historical fiction play about the increasing number of orphans in the world. There was no real way to keep all of them in one spot all together, so they were split up. Siblings were sent to different parts of the world wondering if they would ever see their family again. What the play actually does is follow different children that came off of the train, and see what children succeeded and had a good life, and what kids were missed treated.
For some reason last night I had a dream that I was on an orphan Train, and my dad worked on it. Even though I was not a real orphan I was treated like one. I had the same amount of sleep and food as all of the other children on the train. Most people were crying, knowing that they would never see each other again. It was weird to feel like those kids might have felt, and how lonely they must have been. Of coarse the dream I had was not exactly how it was, but it was cool to put on their shoes for a while, until I woke up. I never did get to finish the dream, and see what happened to everybody, but boy would I like to.

Saved

When you are saved, nothing else matters anymore. You feel completely love, and wanted. It is like a bird falling out of a nest, and then Christ comes around to catch you. While you were falling, how did it feel? Lonely, dark, never ending, helpless? How did it feel when you were caught? Thankful, a new beginning? That is exactly what it is like. If we tried to live our life alone, following our own path, and making our own decisions, then how are we to feel loved? Take a baby as an example, and say that the parents are God. . . what would the baby do without them? The baby is like us, we feel lost, broken, and forgotten until we realize why we were made. We were made to worship. . . nowadays people can worship anything. Clothes, T.V, video games, but if we spend all of our time worshiping and depending on those temporary things to make us happy for a short time, then how are we supposed to hear God calling us to Him? Keep your ears opened, and experience being loved with me.

God's gift to us

Ever Heard of the saying "you learn from your mistakes?" Really think before you answer. Life is a challenge that every one goes through, and when we are down or walking around in the darkness, God's strength is at work. When we fall, misjudge, or forget to count on God, we always learn. Even if we make mistakes twice, we master the lesson. I am one that has a very strong conscious, and I feel bad for every little thing that I do wrong. There is no need for me to feel that way, because I am a sinner, and without God I am nothing. I will never be a perfect human here on this earth, but I will try to be as much like Christ as I can by building others up, and keep following the path that will lead me to REAL happiness that will last forever. If God is a God that loves us, then He would not let us fail and gain nothing from it. He constantly is at work in our lives and wants for us us so much to succeed! Accept His gift.

Why a blog?

What is the purpose for a blog?

1. I have to have one for school (journalism)
2. You can get your thoughts out
3. You can see what other people think about your creative writing
4. Write out your opinion, and see if anyone has a way to argue your idea (post a comment)
5. It is cool to change the font, and color of your settings
6. A fun and easy way to document your life
7. Stay in touch with out of city friends
8. See what other people think and are doing
9. Express yourself on paper. . .well a computer screen
10. Have fun!

Veterans Day

My Grandfather was once in World War 2. I don't know much about his time there, nor does my mom. My guess is that he was a strong, determined, and a fantastic leader. War is not a thing that I would want to fight in, unless I had to. I look up to the men that took charge, and stepped up to the duty. They were willing to risk their lives for the sake of their loved ones. My grandpa's children and wife were especially lucky to have a man of war come home when his time to serve was up. I do wish that I got the chance to ask him what it was like, but by the time that I was old enough to understand what it meant to be in the war, and to have such a great commitment like that, my grandpa was extremely ill. Not from the war, but just from life, and old age, but what a honor it would be to leave the earth as a hero! That gives me just one more way to look up and depend on my grandfather of whom I miss to the extreme.

School

When I am doing homework, sometimes I wonder "will I ever need to know this?" I know that the answer is "yes", but half of the stuff that I am studying seems irrelevant to my life skills. Most things I do agree are necessary for us to know, but I wonder if some teachers are teaching us stuff just for the fun of it. Sometimes they will say something like you need to know this, and then the next day they will say this will not be on the test.

I guess I should just shrug my shoulders and know that we have to learn it, so if we have to then why not just have fun doing it. : ) My teachers know more than I do.

Truly, Truly

Some people my age, or around my age have a "boyfriend", or "girlfriend". The thing that I have to say about that is "unless you are truly, truly in love with that person, and thinking about spending the rest of your life with them. . . then why wast your time flirting with some body's future spouse." I mean really think, how many times have people actually married to their "high school sweetheart". If you can tell me at least 3 people that you actually know that have done that, then I give you full approval to quit reading my blog.

Having known this, it is extremely difficult for me to see my friends fall for a guy and seem to forget about my existence. They think that they are completed by this one human life, when in reality the only person capable of filling your huge needs is Christ. Most people get married thinking that this person will fulfill their needs and make them forever happy. In the end the relationship is broken, because a person is let down by the other. If a relationship is built on a sturdy foundation then i say " go ahead". If it is not, then stop telling me about how awesome that person is and giggling and talking about them in front of me. I really don't care. I care about the people, but I don't want to spend my middle school and high school thinking and dreaming about the guy that doesn't even know I exist. He will when the time comes.