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It's been a While

2004-07-22T16:25:18Z

HI!! I have not updated in a while but i'm back now. Everything is good. Finally we moved.I really like this house its nice and better than the old house. I'm very grateful for it. I know to my siblings its not the greatest thing ...but, thats cause they arent givin it a chance. Eventually they'll get used to it.I had two really weird dreams Last night....ay where do this dreams come from. well have a good day God BLess!!

Hope you Like my new layout! Thanks to my sister!!!

what makes a kiss so special?

2004-06-28T23:26:21Z

Well i just got back from work. Im going on vacation next week so i'm EXCITED!!! although now we are in the middle of moving...Boy...not very pleasant but I always tell myself" to get to the good part, you gotta make it through the bad part" so, i'm ok with it. YOu know i was just thinking...what makes someone's kiss so diffrent from others. Well, I came up with this:
A kiss no matter who gives it to you will always be a kiss and feel like a kiss wether theres feelings in it or not. So,what makes that person's kiss so special. Well the little things...The little things that lead to the kiss. A kiss is a form of affection ... but someone can love you or care about you and the kiss is going to feel like a kiss, and you might not care or love someone and the kiss will still be or feel like a kiss.get me? Well, what do i mean by the little things. Little things are those actions that show your feelings Like showing the person you are with that you are intrested in them: call them just to say "hi", try to be with them (even if it doesnt happen, but atleast try). Just show them you're intrested in them. Respect them, their feelings and their decisions. COMMUNICATE with them tell them whats going on with you...gosh just appreciate them. Let them feel like they are special and just not another person in your life (geez, their your bf/gf) that needs special attention. All that is what makes a kiss so special , so different from others. Dont try to make things ok with a kiss when there has been an argument...instead do all those little things and then top it off with the kiss and the kiss will mean sooo much more. see i always think...if a kiss could make everything ok than how come a kiss cant keep a marriage together? Divorce would be less if it all relied on a kiss or physical satisfaction...but it doesnt. Its those little things that keep couples together...the show of love, intrest the person you are with,respect, APRECIATIon,COMMUNICATION,just that....the things that makes your couple's soul happy...not what makes their body feel good...that only last for that little while...but those little things last in their memory,hearts.spirit forever. So dont be so cold with your special someone...show them that you are happy to be with them....TRUST ME it's something needed becuase then people could seem happy...but their hearts need your "little things".
...Hope yesterday & todays journal...have tought you something...Or brought you to understand your BF/GF...more. God BLess!!!!!

I learned a good lesson

2004-06-27T14:15:55Z

Last night i couldnt sleep, i just kept thinking and i repented about the way i had been feeling about someone i really appreciate. In the heat of my anger i said relly mean things about this person.But i did learn a good lesson... Thank you God.
THe lesson i learned is that in a relationship when there is no communication there is confusion cause obviously you dont know what the other person feels or thinks so communication is how you know what another person feels or thinks. That leads to assuming, which leads to doubt. So showing emotion and communicating in relationships wether is a friendship,bf-gf,parents and kids, etc. is extremely neccessary.

A relationship is like a Plant. A plant you need to care for it constantly You need to water it, make sure it gets enough sun, talk to it, say nice things to it. If you dont it'll slowwly begin to dry and eventually die. Same thing in a relationship you need to constantly care for it ...water it to grow, talk to it to built a connection, and say nice things to keep it alive. Yea you say i do like him/her but saying to yourself i like my plant wont keep it from drying if you dont water it,talk to it, do the things you need to do to keep it alive.

In any relationship you have wether is with your parents, friends, significant other there will always be down moments, The thing is knowing that happened learning from it and moving on and appreciating that person more after all because through down times you learn and because of that you appreciate more.Just like a plant, you have done all you had to do to care for it but you wake up one morning and find a dry leaf and you think about how you wtered it, was it enough? or was it too much? maybe it was the things you said to it...Through analyzing your actions you realize what you did wrong or didnt do at all and inmediately pluck out the dry leaf so that it wont affect the rest of the plant and now that you knowwhat to do you will do it and you begin to like your plant more because you begin to know it better.
So all i could say is water your relationships with whomever you really care about because eventually if you dont it'll dry up and it wont be there anymore. Even your relationship with God its because we dont water our realtion ship with God that makes us separate from him because we could say "yea i love god" but if we dont take action totruely show our love, read the bible to water the relationship and learn from him talk to him to him Praise him we will find ourselfs disconnected from him.

So For this experience I thank GOd for it because through it i learned about him more and learn this great lesson. A.M .D.G

Later Gator and God Bless!!!

living_faith27 @ 2004-06-12T01:57:00

2004-06-12T05:58:07Z

Your True Nature by llScorpiusll
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The quality that most appeals to you:	Sex Appeal
In a survival situation, you:	Freak out
Your hidden talent is:	Discrimination
Your gift is:	A loving heart
In groups, you:	Are the entertainment
Your best quality is:	Your compassion
Your weakness is:	Your lack of imagination

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living_faith27 @ 2004-06-12T01:33:00

2004-06-12T05:34:38Z

A young man was at the end of his rope, seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees in prayer

"Lord, I can't go on," he said. "I have too heavy a cross to bear."

The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its weight, just place your cross inside this room.

Then, open that other door and pick out any cross you wish."

The man was filled with relief and said, "Thank you Lord," and he did as he was told.

Upon entering the other room, he saw many crosses; some so large the tops were not visible. Then, he spotted a tiny cross leaning against a far wall.

"I'd like that one, Lord," he whispered. The Lord replied, "My son, that is the cross you just brought in."

When life's problems seem overwhelming, it helps to look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself far more fortunate than you imagined.

Whatever your cross
Whatever your pain
There will always be sunshine
After the rain

Perhaps you may stumble
Perhaps even fall
But God's always there
To help you through it all

living_faith27 @ 2004-06-03T17:53:00

2004-06-03T21:56:15Z

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I just found out what a lukeworm Christian is....It is a person who calls themselves Chrisitan but dont walk the christiasn path...now that makes me wonder ...How lukeworm am I?...how about you?...God doesnt like lukewormacy...He wants you to be eigther christian or non-christian....Atleast thats what i read.

FUNNY HOW YOU TAKE THE TIMETO READ LONG POINTLESS JOURNALS, BUT REFUSE TO READ ONE ABOUT GOD

2004-05-20T17:22:21Z

In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.

And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in! Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!

living_faith27 @ 2004-05-19T15:48:00

2004-05-19T19:49:02Z

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living_faith27 @ 2004-05-17T23:12:00

2004-05-18T03:12:48Z

LIFE TEEN Presents

Spread the WORD
“For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not
the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves.” – Luke 22:27

SITUATION EXPLAINED
Looking for something to do this summer?
How about becoming more like Christ?
SOLUTION OFFERED
The summer is upon us, schools out and summer jobs are in. I had a variety ofsummer jobs, some good, most not. I dug ditches and landscaped yards in 120degree heat. I coached kids who could win the football championship on their video game in one sitting, but couldn’t catch a real football if their lives depended on it. I delivered over 300 newspapers a day on my bike; nowadays I don’t even have the time to read the paper. And I bussed and waited tables…now THAT was a learning experience.That summer (and the summers that followed) taught me a great deal about the importance and humbling power of service. When we serve there is no room for pride, it is not about us but about the other. There is a reason that service is such a beautiful and virtuous thing, and that our Lord urges and commands us (in today’s verse) to serve one another in love.

Using our bodies and energy to serve another person is a living prayer. Often times these days bodies are used to tear down others rather than build them up. Sarcasm, gossip, foul language, fighting, drug use, drunkenness, lust,premarital sex, abuse…they are all examples of how our society takes the gift of the body and uses it not to serve but to be served or control, not to bring life but death.

Of course, there were other ways beyond my summer job that I could have served. I was really opening up in my faith but lacked opportunities. Actually, I didn’t lack opportunities, I lacked creative ideas in which to serve – simple things I could do on a daily or weekly basis. I wish that someone would have given me some ideas of ways I could have grown closer to God that summer. Even though I can’t go back, I can go forward. Whether or not anyone takes it to heart or tries these…at least I tried. In fact, several of the following ideas I have decided to do this summer in between my travels, in an effort to get back to my summer “roots of service”. Here’s a list of random things to try – some easier than others – give them a shot or come up with your own. How about:

Offering a bottle of water to a mail carrier in the heat of summer.
Showing up to the Church with some friends to wash Father’s car.
Helping a little brother or sister clean or re-decorate their room.
Clearing the table without being asked; doing the dishes before anyone else has a chance.
Get your hands on a helium tank (no, not for funny voices), fill balloons and distribute them to patients at a local children’s hospital.
Getting up early and mowing the lawn or scooping up the dog’s…um, presents.
Offering to babysit – for free - for CORE Members or someone who volunteers at church.
Getting some friends together and offering to help an elderly neighbor with housework.
Cleaning your room (or the house) while the family is out…and then providing smelling salts to help bring your mom back to consciousness when she arrives and sees it.
Give Jesus hands and feet this day. Let your eyes and smiles radiate Christ.
Be the man or woman of service that God designed you to be and that He delights
in.

In the Kingdom of God it’s the waiter who is the greatest, not the one eating. Carry the tray of love for God and serve with a smile. Before you know it,those whom you serve will not only be around the Lord’s table, they’ll be wearing aprons themselves.

SALVATION GIVEN
“For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not
the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves.” – Luke 22:27

Jesus would have been the first one to grab a broom, not sit and point out how dirty the floor was. A true Christian isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

Bible Geek

This is how i feel at this moment

2004-05-17T00:03:26Z

This song describes my feelings at this moment and how i would tell the world about the love between Jesus and I at the moment.

If you Could Only See

If you could only see the way he loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue his eyes can be when he says
When he says he loves me

Well you got your reasons
And you got your lies
And you got your manipulations
They cut me down to size

Sayin' you love but you don't
You give your love but you won't
If you could only see the way he loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue his eyes can be when he says
When he says he loves me
Seems the road less traveled
Show's happiness unraveled
And you got to take a little dirt
To keep what you love
That's what you gotta do
Sayin' you love but you don't
You give your love but you won't
You're stretching out your arms to something that's just not there
Sayin' you love where you stand
Give your heart when you can
Sayin' you love but you don't
You give your love but you won't ( he will)
Sayin' you love where you stand
Give your heart when you can
If you could only see the way he loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about or love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue his eyes can be when he says
When he says he loves me

I Must

2004-05-14T19:29:11Z

Just a reminder:

Jesus said to his disciples:
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love.
This is my commandment: Love one another as I love you.

The oportunity

2004-05-13T17:50:30Z

Last night i learned something. WE came back from Tony's funeral and we went to Frenchy's house. His cat was having kitties. So, THe people there thought it was a sign. A life had just ended and four new ones would begin. The circle of life. It's incredible dont ya think? It also taught me a lesson, Not to have enemies and if you do try to mend your differences because life could be taken away just like ::snap:: that. End the feud, make a friend. so i leave you with that. And Thank God for today for another day of life, another oportunity to live! Good day..... I said Good day...God BLess!!! * MuAh*

Yesterday

2004-05-12T16:04:16Z

Well, yesturday was an ok day. My dad and I went looking for houses. were we successful? well we found a few but none we could afford at this moment. Well when we picked up my sis she told me Tony had died. I knew about his accident and thought hopefully he would make it... but he didnt. I was sad and shocked but i know he's life has just begun ...Eternal life that is. I look forward to Eternal life but not to the dying part. Our bodies must die before going to Eternal life with Christ. SO i ask if you guys could please pray for Tony's soul and all those souls that have pasted away so that they could make it to heaven and enjoy of God's presence for eternety. Eternety...hmmm thats scary...never ending...i bet never ending peace must be great. Well My mother showed me this e-mail about this pretty girl who because of a drunk driver is now physically ruined. I dont understand why people after knowing what the consequences of Drunk driving are, still do it. Geez it makes me furious to know people could be so blind and ugh. Jesus said to Love one another well getting into a car Drunk isnt loving your neighbor, its not, because your driving drunk might not only hurt yourself but other innocent people.Letting someone you know is drunk get into a car is the same as if you yourself were drunk. and thats something I myself have done carelessly let a friend drive drunk. Well we need to stop. Alot of times those in drunk driving accidents die...but in many they live but not the same, they are hurt and ruined. So i dont know about you but we need to help stop drunk driving because you never know , one day God forbid it could be you. I would like to say a prayer and hopefully you can say it too!

Lord, WE are greatful for another day of life. Please god forgive us for our faults. Alot of times we know that the things we do are wrong and know we could hurt someone yet we still do them . I want to pray for Tony and all those like him who made a wrong decision that had real bad consequences so that they can repent and find peace in you. For all those who lived through it but arent the same people they used to be... give them strength great faith in you and peace in their hearts. For us who are still alive and well so that we learn to appreciate the life we have and change for the better. To help those around us and to act like true followers of you. Keep us safe Lord ...Deliver us from evil lord , deliver us from gettign hurt or hurting others. PLease god keep our family ,our friends, and our selfs safe from harm . In the name of your son Jesus Christ . Amen

living_faith27 @ 2004-05-11T11:42:00

2004-05-11T15:42:59Z

Congrats! Your a Pure Angel! Angels, as far as most
of them go, are all compatabile creatures, but
Pure ones simply are symbols of God. Pure
Angels always appear when a child is born, when
a rainbow is seen, or when someone shares their
first kiss. They never grow old, an can appear
in the shape of a naked woman with white, bold
wings. Pure angels are the carriers of god, and
show their love to everyone in the world.

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An Apologie for you

2004-05-10T20:42:56Z

It's hard to admit you are wrong. Trust me i should be the one to know. Sometimes because well we know we are and we refuse to admit it, pride, maybe. Other times maybe because we dont notice. For my experience ...my whole life i have been the "good" one as my siblings would say. we are all good in our own way and we all have flaws to change aswell, I think. Yea, i have been put as an example to my siblings many times and i think they didnt like that very much. Why i did the things i did to all of the sudden become the " good one". Well when we are young we learn right from wrong and well i have done both. Obeying your parents is one of the many right things to do. And i have done that...why ?...Love and
respect to those two people who love you unconditionally and live their lives so our life could be good. I dont think that atfirst i was "good" to make anyone jealouse...but because that was my way of showing my love to my parents...make them see its worth it to do all the things they do for us. Doing good in school because thats for my future. But even though i was " good" i also had my flaws and not very nice ones. being mean to my brother at school, i didnt like my lil sister very much, she was always the cute one that got all the attention because she was soooo cute, and i was just the "quiet one"i had to do things for others to have the same attention. But as i got older and as i got closer to God i realized i had to change without letting go of my "good" side. I did that for my own good. No one else's but the more i was good the more one of my siblings hated me. i never did things for others jealousy but for my own good and housework for my parents. I have made many mistakes but one real big one to me i think was to show myself that i could also be not "good" as i was called. Well my fault i blame noone. So as this one sibling would tell me how much they hated me and that i was this i was that...i thought well, how come if i'm doing good things i'm being called all those bad things and instead of being loved i'm being hated? and i knew the things that i did were good but i didnt feel as they were. W/e and as i grew, now i know why i had that confussion. Thank God that sibling and I have mend those bad times and have become very close. But, Sometimes when i am wrong its hard for me to admit i am. So, when that sibiling tells me that i am wrong i take it as those mean things i was told for doing something good so i dont like to listen to that sibling's words that tell me how wrong i am. But after my Wrath has ceased i realize that person is right in somethings they say to me. So here it goes I am Sorry for everything! I love you !

God's Message To Woman

2004-05-09T19:07:11Z

God's Message To Woman
by: Author Unknown

When I created the heavens and earth, I spoke them into being.
When I created man, I formed him and breathed life into his nostrils.

But you, woman, I fashioned after I breathed the breath of life into man because your nostrils are too delicate. I allowed a deep sleep to come over him so I could patiently and perfectly fashion you. Man was put to sleep so that he could not interfere with the creativity.

From one bone I fashioned you.
I chose the bone that protects man's life.
I chose the rib, which protects his heart and lungs and supports him, as you are meant to do.

Around this bone I shaped you. I modeled you.

I created you perfectly and beautifully.

Your characteristics are as the rib - strong yet delicate and fragile.
You provide protection for the most delicate organ of man - his heart.
His heart is the centre of his being. His lungs hold the breath of life.
The ribcage will allow itself to be broken before it will allow damage to the heart.

Support man as the ribcage supports the body.
You were not taken from his feet, to be under him.
Nor were you taken from his head, to be above him.
You were taken from his side to stand beside him.
And to be held close to him.

You are My perfect angel. You are My beautiful little girl.
You have grown to be a splendid woman of excellence, and my eyes fill when I see the virtues in your heart.

Your eyes - don't change them.
Your lips - how lovely when the part in prayer.
Your nose, so perfect in form. Your hands, so gentle to touch.
I've caressed your face in your deepest sleep.
I've held your heart close to mine.

Of all that lives and breathes, you are the most like Me.

Adam walked beside me in the cool of the day and yet he was lonely.
He could not see Me or touch Me. He could only feel Me.
So everything I wanted Adam to share and experience with Me, I fashioned in you: My Holiness, My strength, My purity, My love, My protection and support.

You are special because you are an extension of me.

Man represents My Image.
Woman, My emotions.
Together you represent the totality of God.

So man, treat woman well.
Love her, respect her, for she is fragile.

In hurting her, you hurt Me. What you do to her, you do to Me.
In crushing her, you only damage your own heart, the heart of your Father and the heart of her Father.

Woman, support man.
In humility, show him, the power of emotion I have given you.
In gentle quietness, show your strength.
In love, show him that you are the rib that protects his inner self.

Thanks to Lj user Salvation_child
read her journal its great.

God bless!

Inner toughts

2004-05-06T17:46:39Z

Today is a self-image, true inner self realization day. Lol you know just one of those days. In this world filled with immorality, violence, crime, greed, etc. It is hard to be a follower of Christ. Why? well this is how it is:

We are all humans every single soul in on this earth wether you are christian,athiest, anti-christ, confussed,w/e we are all humans. We all sin , we all make mistakes its human nature, yes human NATURE that means we are bound to making mistakes = sinning. As Christians we believe in forgiveness, love,and eternal life. We believe that everything that hurts us w/e bad thing happens to us is the consequences of our own sins. GOD DOES NOT PUNISH! He loves,helps,forgives. That's my believe and no one can change it. I love Jesus, I love God, and i'm a follower... but that does not mean i'm not human...i am still a human...bound to sin beacause its ...yes, HUMAN NATURE. People judge,criticize,point fingers alot, even Christians(yes human nature to sin,remember?) o.k. I dont know if you know where i'm getting at , if you do ...smart...if you dont ..you will.

For some reason Society = everyone has the idea that Christians are perfect souls because they Live life by God's image. So jesus was perfect so so should Christians. And so when a Christian (follower of Christ -catholics,baptist,evangelist. for those who dont know what it is) Sin its coplete criticizing by society ."oh what a hippocrite,what a w/e,"so on and so on...we begin to point fingers critizice and so on. Forgetting that we are all humans, the same ,we all sin ...so who are we to point fingers...what makes it so ok to criticize anyone ... i dont know... if we are all the same .. sinners ...wether we believe in Christ or not. Therefore no one even christians should judge because when you point a finger to someone there are 3 pointing back at ya. Your own finger pointing reminds you of how far from perfect you are.

So here it goes the difference between a Believer (christian) and a non- believer (not christian) is that for believers after sinning there is forgiveness when we repent. There is a starting over. There is a spiritual change. There is a powerfull guidance that once its in your heart it never leaves it only Loves it carries you,guides you, and helps you change . It doesnt make you a non-sinner thats your choice, the powerful guidance makes you see your errors and guides you to correcting them in exchange of LOVE.

So there you have it. Everyone on this earth is a sinner, with Christ or not. We sin...just those with Christ repent and dont justify their sins,they do try to fix them, try to change, They confess their sins to one another, they humble themselves to Christ. They live their lives serving him, being his instruments of his wonderful mysterious work, yep , God uses sinners as his tools because his in our hearts, we belong to him.ofcourse the bad always tries to bring down the good and trip Christians, and we fall yes we do , but we have Christ and he picks us up because like i said we are his and only his. Jesus already won the battle, he died for our sins, he already brought salvation. It's up to us to repent, its up to us to forgive, its up to us to change, and change is hard but not impossible.

So, here you go ... I am not perfect, I am a sinner, My life isnt perfect

So dont look at me for perfection, dont look at me i'll let you down, i'll do my best to take you in the right direction, but dont look at me...look at HIM!

Praise God, LOve GOd, Serve GOd, Read his Word....Change for him or aleast TRY.

GOod Day ...God BLess

awesome!!!

2004-05-03T04:04:18Z

So Thursday i ended up going to the Latin Billboard awards it was Jenny, Ruth and me, we had tickets to the red carpet only but while there we got free tickets to go in ::woohoo:: so we did the only thing was we had to leave early like at 9 pm {and it ended at 11pm} because Ruth had to take the greyhound at 10pm to get to gainsville for her friends graduation so she asked me if i could go with her so she wouldnt drive alone and that way she wouldnt have to take the bus and stay for the show...so i asked my parents and they said Yes...yay!! so at like 3 am friday morning we were on our way. we got there at 10:30 am OMGeez it was love at first sight for me.. i am in love with Gainsville ...and like i would love to go to UF now. awesome town...than Ruthie got sick so we had to stay the night in gainsville and saturday morning like at 11pm we were on our way back to miami...i loved it we had a good time ...a lil car trouble lol but GOd's hand was with us like he always is. We got here at like 4pm and the to the Mother's Day party i went ...Great party loved it...and yea saw the first real hot Guatemalan...my pride for my country has been highered lol. Anywyas Sunday (today) i woke up late hehe...at night i went to the movies with My Borther MArlon and my Javi.Watched Envy...not bad i thought it was gonna be one of those retarded no point movies but it turnes out that it gives a lesson that its better to say the truth than to lie and that a true friend forgivess and understands. so thats my weekend later ..God BLess you all ad Good day ...i said Good day.

hoping

2004-04-29T18:25:55Z

Well today is a good day very chill. I have the Latin Billboard awards today ...really exited but hoping it happens cause we gotta be at Ruth's Job by 5pm and Ana gets out at 5 today ..ay i dont know what will happen ...oh and worse i have nooo phone. which sucks big time. I scared that Ana wont go and i really want her to. I hope she can leave at 4:30pm so we can make it to Ruth's by 5pm. Oh DEAR!well we'll see what happens. God Willing we'll go. So yea life is good! =D!
God BLess Everyone and Good day...I said Good Day!

cool

2004-04-28T19:27:54Z

ThAnKs MyKe!!!!

the pic looks great and thanks for the Special Effects. You're talented =D! Well hope everyone likes it as much as i do.

Good day...i said good day... and may God Bless you all very much!

happy

2004-04-26T19:51:56Z

LIFE TEEN Presents

Spread the WORD

“See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children
of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not
know him.” – 1 John 3:1

SITUATION EXPLAINED
What is love?

SOLUTION OFFERED
Love - so often we want it, but so seldom do we really, truly focus on what it
is.

Love is not a feeling. Happiness is a feeling.
Love is not an emotion. Anger is an emotion.
Love is not a “state”. Confusion is a state.
(So is Delaware, the first state in fact, but I digress…)

While love can have all of these expressions associated with it, it is still
more – so much more. Love is a decision.

What we are formed by and immersed in so often, though, is the worldly
interpretations and definitions of love, which are often short-sighted and
self-directed.

Let's review:
The world says that “love is blind”. The truth, however, is that LOVE sees
20/20. It sees our imperfections, our sin and our failings – all of our
humanity, and says, “I still choose to love you.”

The world says that “love means never having to say you are sorry”. That’s a
crock. You want the truth? Ask a married couple. They’ll tell you, “Love
means having to say you are sorry A LOT.”

The world says that “love is give and take”. They’re half right. Love is GIVE.
The “and take” is often added out of fear…fear that the other is not going to
offer love back, fear that the other will take advantage and manipulate and fear
that we’ll be left with nothing in return. There’s nothing “and take” about the
cross. The Lord gives us Salvation and we don’t even “take” that – we receive
it.

The world says that “love is priceless”. Not true. Love carries a price tag, a
heavy one, and He picked up the tab, for you and for me. We never could have
flipped that bill, but Jesus paid the price.

The world also tells us that “love doesn’t come in a box”. Yes it does. Love
dwells in the “box” in every church, in the Tabernacle where love dwells in the
flesh, for you and I to adore.

The world tells us that “love doesn’t grow on trees”. Yes it does. Love GREW
out of a tree on Calvary that day. The tree of love was planted on stony ground
(our hearts) and the roots (Jesus’ blood) ran deep below the earth, crushing sin
and ushering in LIFE.

Pray today's verse, really pray it. Recite it, learn it and know it,
remembering, too, that “we love BECAUSE He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

I once read, “A bell’s not a bell until you ring it. A song’s not a song until
you sing it. Love in your heart is not put there to stay. Love isn’t love
until you give it away.”

The Christian knows where to find love in the midst of a world that does not.
Offer love today, in its purest form, and you will wake up tomorrow more like
God, who is love.

SALVATION GIVEN
“See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children
of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not
know him.” – 1 John 3:1

Decide to love. Seek love.
Without it you’re not really living…only breathing.

Bible Geek

living_faith27 @ 2004-04-15T22:13:00

2004-04-16T02:30:13Z

Today wasnt a great day. I feel afraid and i dont even know about what? I dont know whats happening to me but i just need to cry. ITs Probable my PMSIng but i feel really retarded.I'm really frustrated with things right now. Gosh, I pray and hope for the day my Mom gets home and doesnt complain about how bad she feels. I hope for the day health isnt threatened. I hope for the day my brother and sister help us around the house. I mean i know i spend all day home might aswell clean but sometimes its toooo much. I wish i could do something with my life but some things are out of reach all We Could do is hope, YOu know something sometimes the way the people say things to you is really affecting psychologically.
I dont know but at times i feel real bad and it gets hard to be nice with people...some dont make it easy and then you just keep on being nice and it comes the days, months, when being the nice person you have been gets really hard and i think i'm at that point ...i wanna be my nice self but it feels sooo hard now. GOD PLEAse help me!! I dont feel well i ache everywhere and i dont know if its my mind or if i'm truely going through something and it just makes me wanna cry and i do and i get really scared but thank Go for Christ cause without him i dont know how i'll be ...i'm keeping the hope and holding on tight that i'm fine. WEll may God bless you all and may you have a healthy life... Please pray for me i need your prayers!Thanks
" The Lord knows,
things are hard to follow
but dont let anyone take them away
HOLD on there will be Tomrrow
in time you'll find the way!"

living_faith27 @ 2004-04-14T15:28:00

2004-04-14T19:36:02Z

Ok so today is better than yesterday...I'm happy and i'm feeling better... no more holding things in. I have a great friend who listens to me and helps me out sooo its all Great!People we need to do something about this world We may not be able to take the world in our hands and change it but we can pray and help those we have around. Prayer is very VERY very POwERFUl so on May 6th its national prayer daY (YEEEPPII) THAT Makes me hasppy....so guys let's all pray that day for this world and ourselves. Well may God Bless you and Good Day!

pissed at myself..ahhh

2004-04-13T21:20:36Z

Today is a really Hot day. I feel thirsty and sticky the AC in my house is off ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this heat FUDGE! Little by little i'm getting my life back the way i liked it. I'm trying to be as Optimistic and opened minded as i used to. My goals are still the same but the way i am now isnt. I have been very judgemental and tried to tell myself to stop! and i wanna Stop but it all takes time. Idont usually say things outloud because i know i shouldnt but i'm Fed up with it ...seriously i Hate being judgemental and i dont even know how i got myself this way. I guess i misunderstood certain things and ay ..yea.... The thing is i try so hard to do the right thing that i take it beyond what it should be. I also have become exagerative and dramatic and i hate it.. how do you get out of being something you never wanted to be and have become? i'm soooo freaking ugh!!!!!!! I want my old self back and i want it now!!! I think i need my patience back and my i dont know...i used to see people do wrong things but never judge them for that i would treat everyone equal....and now i still think the same but act different...i dont know ...i wish i could get rid of w/e is making me like this. I feel tied up to it and i dont even know what it is. God never makes you feel tied up thats for sure so w/e it is i want it to disappear ASAP!!!!i wanna live my life w/out being so self -councious about what i think and say and what my body communicates you know? ugh w/e i'm pissed today and you know what sucks i feel like letting it out but i've had to keep things to myself so much i forgot how to. And if i do i feel bad,guilty,like a Bitch. ay i need to let it out so here it goes %&*$$#@@YRY$^&^&***&*%&*&*%^&%^*&*%&^&*&*^%fu. carajo imbesil....contra......shhawserrkepokrtl;kwej. You know i been wanting to go somewhere, somewhere were is just me and people are miles and miles away and stand in the middle and just SCREAM!. i feel like crying thats the only way i know how to let things out. w/e bye guys God Bless! and hope you never become what i have atleast at this minute...im psycho!

yeeepiii Happy Easter

2004-04-11T22:48:00Z

Happy Easter !!!!

Hey everyone i'm back!! hehehe well so i hope you guys are having a happy easter. I'm exited for this years regatta cause its Dance Fusion first time performing there this year. Woohoo. I'm gonna perform too hehe. hope you guys could come. Yea lent was life changing for me this year.It was incredible! hope it was the same for you. I want some Carvel ice cream cake yummy! We could sing Happy Easter to you , happy easter to you .....ok .well bye bye good day....i said good day =). God Bless!

*~ As LiFe GoEs By... I LeArN ~*

It's been a While

what makes a kiss so special?

I learned a good lesson

living_faith27 @ 2004-06-12T01:57:00

living_faith27 @ 2004-06-12T01:33:00

living_faith27 @ 2004-06-03T17:53:00

FUNNY HOW YOU TAKE THE TIMETO READ LONG POINTLESS JOURNALS, BUT REFUSE TO READ ONE ABOUT GOD

In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.

And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing?