here's what's been going on for me lately...

saturday i went to a refuge cfc event. and i finally watched the first pirates of the carribean!

then yesterday i got to go see the second one with stephanie- at the new rave!

today i'm not sure what's going on.

but tomorrow i get to go with ashlyn, rachel, macy, and i think miss paula and a few other people to eat sushi! and after that we're all going to pick up julia, an exchange student from germany. :-)

so i'm really excited about that and i can't wait.

i'm kind of mad right now because tom is messing with my myspace mail and i can't get on and check my messages and comments. rrr.

(yes, i'm just a tad bit addicted to myspace:-)


ok-wednesday is, of course, refuge!

then thursday, i may or may not be going to st. franny. mackenzie (kaizer) asked me if i wanted to get a group of baton rouge people to go up there and spend the night.
i've got to check with my parents and make sure that they are okay with that and then i have to message mackenzie back- if tom ever gets done with my myspace!

ok-now that you know my schedule here are some deeper words...

i guess God has been telling me- like He always does- that time is really short and getting shorter. we need to live like there's no tomorrow and give all that we are to Him. every action that we take and everything that we say needs to glorify Him. we have to have self-control over everything that we do. we must keep our motives pure and our hearts right.

we're on fire so let's spread it! spread it to everyone. there are so many hurting souls- so many people who need a savior.
we can't afford to get side-tracked anymore. we can't get tied up in the affairs of this life because if we do we can not satisfy the one who enlisted us in His army. (that's somewhere in the Bible-1 or 2 tim. or ephesians ? idk)

i know i waste so much time. and i get so wrapped up in myself and what i want. i make so many mistakes and i forget to act like i'm representing Christ.

i need determination. i can do this i just have to stay strong-or as 4point5 said wednesday-stay courageous! our generation has the ability to truly change the world. i think we underestimate the power that we have. we affect the entire world. was it adam mccain who said that the world looks to the youth to make decisions about the economy? he said that they look at what we think is cool, what we wear, what we eat, what music we listen to,... and they use that as their guidelines for what they do. they want our attention. if they get our attention-then they get everyone's attention-because we are the generation that everyone is affected by.

so if we affect everyone by what we do... what's holding us back? if we decide to take a stand for Jesus then everyone will see it. the world looks to the youth to see what they are doing- so if we show them Jesus when they look at us- then they will find Him.

i really want to live what i've been saying. it's so easy to sit here and type all of this, but i want to have the guts to actually get out there and do it. i pray that God gives me the courage to do it.

(i feel like i say the same stuff in every post. lol. but that's what's on my heart right now)

so yeah- that's what my deep thoughts have been lately.
:-)

oh yeah another hugely awesome thing that i'm extremely excited about-
ashlyn asked me to start a LIFE GROUP with her!!!!

i'm not sure about any of the details yet, but we're gonna talk about it on tuesday.
i can't wait!! this is gonna be incredible.

in equip, t.o. asked us to think about starting our own life group this fall and i didn't know if i was going to do that or not. but since ashlyn asked me... i definitely am. :-D

be praying for us to do well in this- and that we put what we learned in equip to use. pray that our leadership is strong and that we make an effect on the people we teach. and pray that this life group is a success and that many people come to it.

this is sooooo AWESOME!
:D

alright. ttyl.
-tori