grrrr! i can't ever think of a title.

refuge was soooo awesome tonight!!!

it was high in attendance too. i guess having the freshman there for the first time and school starting up again had something to do with it. i'm really excited about the freshman! tomorrow, ashlyn and i are going to talk to t.o. about starting our life group- for freshman girls!! i can't wait!

anyway, tonight's service was incredible. (and we also had our equip graduation! i got a very nice badge- a stephanie bain original. lol.)

well, i'm so ready to start a revolution- and yes homeschoolers can do it too! :-) (especially those of us with younger siblings. we influence them by everything that we do, and they look up to us more than we think. so we have the responsibility of setting the example of what they should act like.- okay now i'm kind of rambling and sort of just saying this for myself.:-)

okay- the other night i was talking to my mom. and i was telling her that i have been having trouble focusing on God- like i get really distracted with my own little world and with my own social life, etc. i end up acting really selfish at home because my focus is on my own life and not on other people's lives. i should be so consumed with pleasing God that i forget about myself completely.

so talking to my mom helped me out a lot. she told me to be praying for God to help me focus on Him.
then (the day before this conversation with my mom) i was doing a collage for the cover of my school binder, and God gave me a scripture to put on the back of it. it's 2 tim. 2:4... "and as Christ's soldier, do not let yourself become tied up with the affairs of this life or you will not be able to satisfy the One who has enlisted you in His army."
the next day i went back and read this. and it was like God just dropped it in my lap and said, "forget about the 'affairs of your life' and focus on me and on fighting in my army".
so that was really cool.
then, last night i got on the computer and read jordan's blog. and his post was about forgetting about your social life and relationships, it was about getting your heart focused on God. he said some pretty true things that hit the nail on the head for me.
it's so amazing how God speaks to you through other people and through binder collages and even through people's blogs!
i always say this but... GOD IS SO COOL! i mean i can't imagine life without Him and i don't want to. i really want to change the world. i really do want to focus all of my energy on Him alone. it's time for me to expand my thoughts beyond my own little world and start seeing the world through God's eyes. i need to put other people first- i should worship God through serving others and by caring about other people's lives more than my own.

so that's where i'm at right now.

excited, and ready to go.
and like i always say...
i'm gonna fail, but when i do... i'm gonna stand back up and try again.

GOD IS SOOOOO COOL!


oh and please welcome to our family in Christ...

lincoln david ohlerking!!

my six year old brother asked Jesus into his heart tonight!
few things could make me happier. :-D
(he wrote about it *here*)

and today was j.d.'s birthday! he turned 12. crazy!
we went to the mall with our family (and our aunt, uncle, cousin, and grandparents) and we got beignetts to celebrate his birthday. eating powdered sugar in a black jacket! lol. not the smartest move.

but, i had a pretty good day. oh and i also got to go to starbucks with jordan, cody, jacie, mickey, and shae after refuge. which was fun. cody is obsessed with whipped cream- he got a cup full of just whipped cream and caramel sauce and ate it with a spoon. lol.

tomorrow is the closer pool party!! if you go to refuge- then you're more than welcome to come to the party (let me know and i'll send you directions)- or even if you don't go to refuge, just as long as you're in high school you can come. :-)

and- how does everyone like my slide shows? i'm happy because i thought that you could only do those on myspace, but it works on blogger too! yay! hopefully i can post some on the mexico blog soon, too.

alright, i think i'm done writing now. i can't think of much more to say. lol.

i'm proud of myself- i've posted like three times today!

later...
-tori