Hey everyone. I have a new name on here. It is Masters_warrior. I added a few of you as my friends all ready, but if I didn't and you would like to friend me, go right ahead. I will still be using this name, though not as much. I hope to use my other name for devotionals and stuff. I may eventually totally switch over to that name. So go check it out. Anyway, take care and God bless.

A lot of stuff has been going on in my life lately, but God has been doing so much too. There are two verses that have been on my mind lately. Let me share them and explain why they mean so much to me right now.

1 Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."

We are commanded to stand firm. No matter what comes against us we should not let it move us. On foundation is Jesus Christ, our rock which will not move. If our foundation is strong on Him, when the storms come into our lives, we should still be able to stand. And the coolest thing is that in our moments of weakness, He is still our rock and He will always pick us up and help us stand again.

The next part of the verse tells us to keep working for the Lord. There are a lot of things in my life right now that doesn't make sense or that I am frustrated with. But this verse is encouraging because if I am working for the Lord, my labor is not in vain. As long as I keep my eyes on Him and do what He wants me to do, then I know things will work out.

The other verse I really like is Habakkuk 1:5 "Look at the nations and watch and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."

God works in mysterious ways and our human thinking can't even begin to comprehend what He has in mind. We can only see the circumstances around us, but He holds the whole plan. I find it great to know that though I don't understand everything going on, that I am going to be utterly amazed at what He does. He brings beauty from ashes and works things together for good. He is doing things in my life and in the lives of my friends that I wouldn't even be able to believe if He told me.

God is in control. We have no reason to fear. I hope this was encouraging to you. It's something that I am trying to let sink deep into my heart instead of just lingering there for a moment and then disappear. I'm learning just to trust God and let Him work things out. And He is always faithful. God bless!!

I have not written on here for a long time again. Life has just been really busy. So much has happened since my last post. My last post seems like it was years ago. A quick update. December was a good month. The visit with my grandparents went so extremely well. We had a blast. Even now, I can see the results. My grandma is so much more upbeat and happy. It is so great.
January and February have been some really great months, but I have had some of the most difficult days of my life. I have learned what it means to be totally at wits end and have no strength at all, and yet be able to go on and be ok. And only because I have learned what it means to totally rely on God's strength. There would have been no way that I would have made it through these past two months, if God had not given me strength and been a shelter in the storm. He has been absolutely amazing!!
It's so exciting to see what the Lord is doing. I have been fighting in a raging battle for quite some time now and I know many of my friends have to. But God has been so faithful and though sometimes we have been tired, we know that we have God's strength. He has upheld us. I have grown so much spiritually and though the devil has been trying very hard to prevent it, I have grown closer to my friends as well.
At times I feel very tired and I want this battle to end, but I am not going to back down. I will stand and fight. I will stay strong and follow the flame. I will trust in my God and know that He has the victory. I encourage you to do the same. Take care and God bless.

Yesterday/today at Laser Tag was so much fun. It was a blast. I had a lot of great rounds and doing stuff with my karate friends is the best. I love those people so very much. Kate, Michelle, and David stump and I were pretty much on a team every time even if we weren't doing teams that round. It was kinda cool. It really didn't seem to last all night either. I was exhausted but as long as we were out there doing stuff, I was good. I don't do well with all night things though, but I had so much fun.
I was so exhausted when I got home though. I slept until noon then went over to the Wilkie's house. I was learning to drive a clutch and got help with some of my math. It was so much fun though. The Wilkies rock!! Then I went to Teen Praise Night which was awesome. Tara was there too which was so cool. I haven't seen her since my trip to Japan and it was so awesome to meet her again. It seems like we have known each other for years. She rocks. So that was a whole bunch of fun. Anyway, I'm leaving now. I got to get to bed. Later everyone.

Friends are the greatest things in the world. I know friends are a direct gift from God and it's so awesome. It's so great how God speaks through them sometimes. It's so great when they ask you how you are doing and really want to know how you are doing. It's so nice to just get a surprise phone call from someone who called just to make sure you were making it through the night. It's so awesome to have shoulders to cry on, and hands reaching down to help you stand. If you are one of the many people I call my friends, then thank you so much for every time you have been there. It means more to me than you will ever know. I love you all so much and I can never repay you for all the times you have helped me. I only hope that I can be there for you when you need me. And know that I always am. Praise God for the wonderful gift of friendship.

Why does the devil have to go ruin the good days I have? Geesh. I'm in a wonderful great mood, one second, then the next it totally plummets as part of my little world falls apart. It's not fair. I don't understand why some things happen. Guess I'll have to ask God one day. For now, I'm stuck with only understanding what little bit I see and being confused about the rest. *sigh* Oh well. I'll live. Life goes on. This is about yesterday and just some things that happened. I just had to post to vent some thoughts.
Tomorrow is back to school. I get to meet another teacher tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow, at least some parts of tomorrow. lol. Hopefully it all goes well. I may update about it if I get a chance. Anyway, later everyone.

I'm at school right now on my break. Math class went well today. The teacher seemed nice. He let us out 20 minutes early, so that was nice. I now have a long break before my next class. I'm really tired though right now. I have had a lot of stuff on my mind lately. It makes it hard to sleep and it makes it hard to concentrate. I stayed up later than I should have last night too. Just as I was about to go to bed (which was late anyway) Mrs. Ortiz got online. So naturally, I had to talk with her for a little while. It was so good to talk with her. It was great just to get my mind of things for a little while. I miss Mrs. Ortiz so much. I can't wait until she can come visit. Anyway, that's about all that's new with me. I will try to update again sometime soon.

Well, today was my first day of school yet again. It went pretty well I suppose. Though the teacher wasn't there today. Our teacher is suppose to Michael Lyle. Well, this lady comes in and goes, I'm Michael Lyle. We are all just like uh what the heck. Then she tells us her real name and that Mr. Lyle (gets shivers saying Mr. Lyle...the name is from a bad guy in my fav tv show) is deployed somewhere and will be back in September or October. So yeah. But the subistute teacher seems pretty cool.

So anyway, school has started again. I am determined that this will be a great year. Please pray everything goes well. I really appreciate it.

I'm back!!!! LOL. I haven't been on here in forever. I've been busy with other stuff and really didn't feel the need to come back. But I may be back off and on now, at least to check post from my friends and see what is up. This summer has been really great for me, yet very hard and stressful at the same time. It has been one jammed packed summer. I've learned so much. God has been showing me some really cool things and He has been helping me grow closer to Him. It is an exciting journey.
School starts next week for me. I'm kinda disappointed, but also excited. I am determined that this will be great year. I was getting all my stuff together today. I was looking through some of my textbooks too. Some of my classes look really interesting.
So yeah. That's about it. Oh... I got my braces off. WooT!!! lol. Okay end post.

Aimee took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Suffering from the effects of those things which a..." Click here to read the rest of the results.

Pretty acurate except for the sexual activity thing.

On another note, NARNIA IS OUT!!! *jumps for joy* I'm going by in a bit to get it and I will be watching it tonight. *glee*

Hey guys, I have a prayer request. My brother dislocated his shoulder yesterday. He's doing fine now, but he's going to have to keep it in a sling for a while. It's his right shoulder too, so it's going to be very difficult for him for the next few days. If you could please pray for him and a speedy recovery, I would appreciate it. I know he appreciates the prayers. Thanks.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

"Meggie saw Mo's gaze linger on the book."

Inkheart :-) Yeah, I love this book.

Happy 18th Birthday Kristin!!!! Hope you have a great birthday and I hope this is a great year for you. God bless you always. *hugs*

You Are Root Beer

Ultra sweet and innocent, you have a subtle complexity behind your sugary front. Children love you, but so do high end snobs... when you're brewed right. Your best soda compatibility match: Dr. Pepper Stay away from: Diet Coke

Why do I even botther to waste my time and do these things? *hugs to Amanda*

Yesterday was so much fun. I went to the Winter Jam concert with Kristi, Kali, Kelsie, Gabe and Amanda. It was so awesome. The King girls are so funny. The drive to the concert was fun because we all arguing about how to get there and joking around and then going back we were teasing Amanda, and talking about the concert and stuff. The concert was so awesome. I loved pretty much all the bands, even Toby Mac. I've been starting to like him more lately, especially because of the song New World on the Narnia soundtrack. I still don't like the song Irene very much, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I am stubborn. Haha. Anyway, it was great and I'm so happy I went. Today, tomorrow, and Sunday are going to be busy days though. And speaking of which, I better get to school now. Later.
-Idril

I woke up this morning to yucky white stuff on the ground. Not a pleasing sight when you have to go to school in the morning. A lot of schools are out to today, but not college. Blah. Not fair. It is really cold outside today too. I hate the winter and snow.
On to happier subjects, we are in the library once again for English class and it is getting really tiring. If I want to do research I can freaken doing it at home. So yeah, I'm just chilin in the computer lab with my friend. The nice thing is that I have a friend here in English class and we can talk and stuff. That's always cool. So anyway, I'm bored. Guess I will go do something else because I can't think of anything more to say. Take care everyone.
-Idril

Happy Valentine's day sarahnarya2003. Be in a good happy mood because this post is just for you. It's not a card, but it's a post to wish you a great Valentine's Day. *passes you some chocolates* There! Hope you had a great day.
-Idril

I am in English class and we are in a computer lab. Some lady is talking about searching for topics and I am completely bored. Some of it is kinda useful, but I really don't care about a lot of it. These computers are so slow too. Only twenty more minutes of class though, so that's a good thing. My friend beside me is laughing at me because when the teacher walks by I quickly switch to the TCC website and whatever she is showing us. haha... Anyway, I can't think of much more to say. Hope everyone has a great day.
-Idril

Your Candy Heart Says "Hug Me"

A total sweetheart, you always have a lot of love to give out. Your heart is open to where ever love takes you! Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a surprise romantic evening that you've planned out Your flirting style: lots of listening and talking What turns you off: fighting and conflict Why you're hot: you're fearless about falling in love

That's actually pretty close. Except I don't get the Ideal Valentine's Day Date. How can it be a surprise if I've planned it out? lol