4`26`05 By the Goolah.
Age: 16
brothers/Sisters? yep.....7...Becca -14 1/2, Joshua - 13, Jacob - 11 1/2, Hannah -10, Caleb -7, Michaela - 4, Josiah -2, and a new baby on the way!!!
First Love: the only one who can claim my heart to the fullest that I can give it is Jesus Christ, my Precious Savior and Friend. My second Love is that of my future husband, to whom I will always be faithful, even throught the days I know him not...if you're out there...:I'm holding out for you! Shmily! (see how much I love you.)
the phrase I always say: "What the heck!!!" "Sweetness" "Coolness....Coolish!" "Fun stuff!" "Dude!" "What the crap!" "Goodness me!" "...Wow!" "Goodness gracious, Gee wizz!"
Fav. inside Joke: Hehe...wELL, Sarah eats like a pig (according to her) and according to her, she's guy-crazy. Therefore, there are only 2 ways to combine the two...(which of course, I'm neither one...right Matthew H and Matthew W?) I would be A. a guy-crazy-pig oooor B. a pig-craZY-guy.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!....not funny, Matt H....hehe...okay, maybe a little...
Fav. pass time: Goodness, well right now, I find that I'm rather enjoying sketching in my little book. I love reading, which as of right now, I'm in the midst of reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for History, Sense and Sensibility for pleasure and David Copperfield also for pleasure. I love writing, as you may be able to tell, and I love talking! lol....on the phone or chatting on line, which-ever you prefer!
Fav. Bible verse: 1Tim 4:12
"let no man dispise your youth, but be an exaple to the believers in word, conduct,in love, in faith, in Spirit and in purity."
School: The 'Goolah' Christian Homeschool Academy
Fav. school subject: hm, I'm really good at math but I'd have to say that I really like History and Literature (I love the writing thats involved.)
Least Fav. Subject: you know? I don't think I have a certain hatred for any perticular subject. But, for the heck of it, I'll say that I enjoy doing Math the most, only because I hate sitting in the same spot for so long doing stuff that is of no interest to me. The only reason why I'm not saying I hate it completely is because I actually understand it and rather like the idea that I'm good at something, AND I can help ppl with it.
Fav. Bands: okay, let us see. I like (as of right now) anything poetic and interesting. I especially enjoy Jars of Clay and like some of Sixpence's stuff. I love worship music, because I can always relate, and I could live off of it. RK will always hold a special place on the list because of my previous obsession with the in Jr. High and I love numerous of other bands too.
least Fav. bands: soooo, I've become a little more open-minded on this particular subject. I STILL DISLIKE Plus One tremendously, however I'm beginning ... let up on the other Artists.
How God rox my world: theres so many ways....this is the first couple chapters of how God rox my world...theres so much more that I couldn't POSsIBLY put down here, but heres how I got my s'start', if you will!
I got saved when I was three. I'm what you'd call a "Timothy" Christian...I grew up in a Christian home.
it all started at a retreat in 6th grade. My eyes were opened to something I'd never experienced before...I learned how to worship and what it ment to be filled withthe Holy Spirit. Somehow, I knew (and I'm really not sure HOW I knew) that aftere this whole "lets get on fire for Jesus" thing, everyone was going to go back to their old normal selves. and they did. I made up my mind NOT to do that.....Not that I had a choice, my life was changed drasticly anyway. It was kind of sad to see a bunch of teens just go from "totally radical" to "back to our old, unchanged" self.
the fact that that all happened to me before my "rebelious" time was a very good thing.
God was there every step of the way. I could yell at Him, cry to Him, apoligize for yelling at Him (yep....I coulnt last long with Him convicting me every step of the way...lol.) I'm so greatful that Jesus was there, because, besides going through transitions, my greatly love grandma died, I had friend prbs, youth group prbs, AND fam. prbs.
the next big thing that totally changed my world was High Octane last summer.
High Octane was a missions trip to 'here' where we stayed in OUR community to do the missions trip for 5 days. pus, the ;trip' promised to dig deap into God . out of 100+ teens, only 11 signed up. each day we had to be at the church by 9 am and we went home each night at about 9:30 pm. in the mornings, We'd have the 45 min. prayer setions. some one would put on soft worship music and the 11 students would scatter thru out the 1000 ppl sanctuary. That time was the most amzing time I've ever had.
these kids were totally pouring out their hearts to God and you could feel His awesome presence in that room. durring that time, God spoke to me. He assured me. He let me know that I didn't have to worry about anything because HES GOT IT COVERED!
that whole time, I learned about servanthood andwhat it ment to really help ppl out.
on Sat. we went to one of the bigger cities near us and helped an oranazation runned by some of the ppl form outr church called Jesus Said. There, on the streets, we held a worship service while feeding ppl food and giving them clothes.
I can not explain the way I felt that time...I really wished that I could do High Octane EVERY day. Gods been working in my life to this day. He teaches me that He is God and I am...child. the more I learn, the more I know less then I've ever learned before.
with each year, my disire to grow in Jesus gets bigger and bigger. I'm so impatieant!
I want to do things now but, God knows better then I that I can only do so much.... becouse I still have so much to learn. My hearts disire is to live for Jesus and to radiate His love to ppl so that they'll wonder whats different about me. I want to convince regular, ordinary Christians that its not a borring religion...its a very exciting life style that they can live only by giving God complete control over their lives!
part of the excitement is NOT knowing what comes next! well, if you read this, I'm suprised.
it was pretty long but....whatever!
thats me!
Heres the stupid stuff....but its all fun!