faith

I was doing my daily Bible reading, while struggling with the thought of how to keep my life revolved around God in this hectic world.  I have been thinking a lot about God being in complete control of my life and how I'm holding him back from using me to my fullest because of selfish desires. My reading was in Romans 15-16.  People in my school know I am a Christian.  I do not cuss, I do not cheat, I am friendly and welcoming, but I have to think to myself am I conforming to the world and its standards of Christianity? 

"Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is evil"

This verse was like a knife to the heart. Being a Christian isn't about doing and being good, it's about having God be the center of your life and the decisions you make are based off of furthering His kingdom. This was the end of Romans and I felt it was also the end of the habit of being a Worldly Christian and not a Godly Christian.

The next step in continuing this challenge came in a homework assignment for English.  Mr.Heape is a very powerful teacher and enjoys seeing the true side of people.  His assignment was for us to look deep into ourselves and find the thing that we thought to be the most important thing to us.  He then went on to say that most people are lying to themselves.  This became the subject of our essay; what we're lying about, why we're lying and what can we do it stop lying to ourselves.  Naturally I picked Religion. Turns out I am lying to myself. What do I do on a daily basis to show anyone that God is the number one in my life?? Not much.  During the next six weeks we will be digging into the essay and finding all sorts of truths about ourselves. I;m not completely prepared, but I think God knows that and so he gave me this essay to work out what's in the way.

Woo! That was long! Just had to share that with yall, and hope it opened some doors into your personal relationship with God as well : )

In Him, Emma

the weeks

Hello and good afternoon! The weather is so wonderful! I hope you have noticed and praised God for the change in seasons:

{How cute are these owls}

Just wanted to start off by saying how thankful I am to have friends that I can depend on to be there for me.  With out them I could never have a relationship with God or beable to keep my head on.

Anyway, school is going pretty well. I seem to be slipping more and more into average mode and making B's on papers :( so hopefully this next six weeks will spark a neurotransmitter that has been long over due for commission. In Psychology we're studying DREAMS!!!

They are so interesting, especially since I have wild ones that don't always make sense... Someday I would love to meet a person that God has blessed with the gift of interpreting dreams because I have a ton for them : ) It's crazy to see all the different theroies that people have come up with to try and explain why we have dreams. I'm still not sure myself so maybe this chapter will enlighten me!

English has been super fabulous as well. My teacher gave a great lecture on how Rhetoric is used on women in society; ads, dehumanization, etc. It was so moving and I just wanted to smack some guys's heads and say wake-up he's talking about the real world here!

And, we're about to start a project called "Project Heape-Way"

lol it's suppose to be a spoof off of "Project Runway"

BUT we have to make all the clothing out of TRASH BAGS!!!

{I know it's gonna be a blast!}

So that's pretty much my weeks in a nut shell other subjects are normal. We have had dress up days, so here's a picture from 60's day and 80's day...

{ I was wearing my mocassin boots but you can't really see them } 

{pahahah}

One more thing. My aunt has recently gotten very sick and probably only has a few weeks left so if you could all pray for her that would be fabulous. I know when she goes she will be doing cartwheels on golden streets, but for now she needs to pass with little pain. Thank you!!

In Him, Emma ♥