Beautiful, Beautiful

Today in mission trip meeting we were talking about preparing for the trip. I thought to myself I really want to be prepared this time. I don't want to slack off any, or get lazy, or too busy because there is always time for God.I really want God to use me while on this trip. I want to be able to really impact someone's life while I am there. 
So while I was doing my devotions, I ran across a couple of things while reading in John. John 1:6-9 "⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. ⁸ He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

 ⁹ The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

As Christians we are like John. We are here to represent Jesus, to bring more to the Kingdom of Heaven. When we are in the world we are supposed to be separated from the world. But do we really look different from the world? Or do we act the same as others that are of the world. It's really difficult to not do things if the world sometimes because everything is so much fun. 

John 2:23-25 ²³ Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.^[a] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. ²⁵ He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person." 

What does this mean to you?

Coming to the end of my High School Road. :)

The next couple months for me are going to be crazy.  I'm getting ready for mission trip, and graduating all at the same time. I feel like I'm going in circles all the time. I'm trying to keep everything in order and keep myself from going sane because of all the things I need to do before I graduate. 

This year I am the co-editor of the yearbook so I'm constantly going in circles and bending my brain to think of new ideas. Thank goodness for my co-editor Janie and my teacher Mrs. Morton, I think all of us would go crazy if we didn't have each other. I have also been helping plan Spring Formal this year and we have been doing it in such a short period of time so we running around like crazy people! I've also been writing my 20 page paper, I'm almost done with it thank goodness, but it is still time consuming and I can't do everything else on my list until I get that done because it's the only way I can graduate. 

Some people have asked me if I will miss High School. Honestly, I really don't think i will. I will miss my friends and being able to see them everyday, but I am ready for a new adventure and be able to actually study something I want to study. Don't get me wrong high school is good till a point, but high school isn't rainbows, clouds, and flowers. Sometimes it is literally just stupid because the people that you have to hear complain about every little thing, but that is another bowl of wax. Anyways, I am ready for college and I am really excited to see what God is going to bring on in my life. 

  "For I know the plans I have for you, "declares the Lord," plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans  to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11