The next Emily Dickinson

I had to write a poem for school, so I thought I'd share it. Enjoy....

A man slowly walked to the door

His feet slid on the hardwood floor

His shaky hand turned the brass knob

And then he saw the evil mob

They stormed inside his precious home

Not caring that he was old and alone

They grabbed his arms and tied them tight

He sat there calm and didn’t fight

They yelled and screamed, wanting his loot

He didn’t share it was in his boot

All of a sudden he sprang up

He told them that he’d had enough

I'll will blog seriously tonight,

Love you all and hope your day is going great!!

Campfire

Now, this is going to be a few different topics shared in one post. I've decided, so I don't get obsessed with blogging, that I only blog once a day.
To start, I have been reading in Acts lately and today I finished chapter 16. I have to say that it is such an encouraging and convicting book, I never realized how good of a book it is. Today it was about Barnabas and Saul being sent out to share with people all over the region, beginning in chapter 13 in Cyprus and ending in chapter 16 at Macedonia. It is awesome to read about Saul's complete life change. He goes from persecuting the Jews to being persecuted along with them. Soon after Barnabas and Saul are sent out Saul's name gets changed to Paul and he begins to take charge. Can you imagine being Barnabas? One day you're scared of what Saul will do to you and shortly after that you are following the wise leaderhsip and words of Paul. Imagine what faith in the Lord that would take to trust Paul! Wow. That is so humbling for me. Do I trust God enough in my life to do that? Honestly, at this point, no. THEN, it gets better. In chapter 16 they are called to Macedonia because Paul has a vision. When they get there they meet Lydia and she and her household gets saved. Soon after that they get thrown into prison for healing a servant girl from her spirit of divination. While in prison, there is an earthquake and everyone in jail has a chance to go free because their shackels and jail doors are opened, but they don't. I would have to say, that my first immediate thought would be RUN! But, they didn't, they stayed so that the jailer and his family could come to know the Lord. What an awesome love for our Savior Paul and Barnabas had!!
Next tpoic, Salvation. Wow. What a word. I mean, doesn't IT just sound like an awesome word? SAL-VA-TION, good stuff. Tonight, I found out that my littlest sister Caroline accepted Jesus Christ as her own personal Savior!! How awesome is that? I have been praying for her for soo many years and I am so excited to hear about this!! I mean, God was SO gracious enough to choose my entire immediate family to come to Him!! Is there any greater gift than that? NO WAY. The hard part now, is seeing if their is actual fruit that follows, so please be praying for her.
Alright, so that wasn't as many topics as my mind was expecting but, oh well. Uhm. If any of you would like to be praying for me, here is my list. That the Lord would humble me, that I would continue to be repenting and turning to Christ- realizing Who alone can change me, that I would be a godly example to everyone around me, that my quiet time with the Lord would be quiet and that my mind would not get distracted, and that I would be in continual conversation with the Lord. OH!! And especially for our new sister in Christ, Caroline. Thanks for all your prayers!!
I love you all and hope you had a great day!!

The body

Welcome! This being my first post I have many things I could say, but I'm only going to explain the reason for my "unique" blog name. Driving home one day I was listening to Casting Crowns and the song that was playing was "If we are the body" the lyrics go, "if we are the body, why aren't His arms reaching, why aren't His hands healing, and why aren't His words teaching, why aren't His feet going, and why is His love not showing", then later it says "Jesus paid much too high a price for us to pick and choose who should come". Then thinking of Ephesians 4:15-16 "Rather, speaking truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up." This was so convicting for me to think and meditate on. Am I working properly to better grow the body of Christ in love? Am I speaking truth in love? Am I so selfish that I pick and choose who I think is "good enough" for me to share the gospel with? If I am honest with myself I would realize that there are times when I do, do this. In Ephesians it says that Christ is the head, I know that I am not SO important to where I am an arm, leg, knee, elbow, kidney, or ear. BUT, I thought that I am more like a fingernail to the body. I once lost a fingernail when I was in 7th grade and believe me, the hand/finger works better when it has a nail, but it can more than survive without one. So, I figure that I can contribute a lot to Grace Bible Church if I let the Lord work in me but, if I were to die, Grace could more than survive without a nail, they would just wait for another one to grow back. But, until that day, I will ask the Lord to help me to be humble, serve and love others, and to help to build the body with the help of my fingernail, ALWAYS remembering who gives me the strength to accomplish such a thing.
So, if you are reading this and would like to pray for me, please pray that I would keep blogging, that I would share what is on my heart and be honest, and that I would continually be HOT for the Lord, asking for forgiveness, seeing sin for what it is, and truly repenting of my sin.