Blog Break

"Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them."

-Orison Swett Marden

Okay soo

I'm taking a loong break from here. School is too crazy right now, but I will be back..

One day

Much love until then.

starry_amazement

New and improving...

Happy Autumn!

October 2011

I just want to say that I am going to be changing this blog around a bit and doing some new things such as layout, more pictures, etc.

It's the fall makeover!!

I have a lot of ideas, but I'm just going to have to blog them out.

So hopefully y'all like the new fall blog...

and you'll just have to wait and see what happens :)

starry_amazement

As of today... July the 11th.

Hey bloggies,

As of right now there is an ice pack to the left of my face. Why you may ask? On Friday, I got all four of my wisdom teeth removed. It still hurts and I'm trying to relieve the pain... I need to eat regular food again. I miss it. My diet consists of mostly of yogurt, mac n cheese, bread, and food that can be put into small pieces

• I hope everyone is having a great summer so far. My grandparents visited during the 4th of July and we had plenty of fun with them.

• I started keeping a notebook of the things I have done this summer, but that's not working out too well. I haven't really written much in it.

• Yesterday, we got early birthday presents because my dad is not going to be there during our birthdays. I got a camera!! Yay! I probably would have screamed or smiled bigger, but I can't because my wisdom teeth does not allow it. I promise I won't break it.

• Also my sister got her blog yesterday....

You, yes you, should definitely check it out... right here

It is called: Forever Happiness

http://foreverhappyv.blogspot.com/

And if you know her, she would love it if you followed. Also no stalkers please.

• I was thinking about using my real name here instead of starry_amazement. The reason why I used that in the first place was because I was paranoid. I thought I would have stalkers. I guess I just wanted to be extra extra safe, which really did nothing.... So tell me what you think.

talk to all y'all later alligators,

starry_amazement

haha ;]

Hollaaa it's summer 2011!!

Yesterday (June 23, 2011) was my last day of school. Yippeeee! I am so glad summer is finally here. I don't go back to school until September and I have a feeling this summer is going to zzoooom by. I'm going to be doing a whole bunch of fun stuff this summer. I'm definitely going to try to post the stuff I do here on this blog.

Below is a list of some activities/ideas/things that I'd like to do this summer, or that I am doing....

• READING - I have so many books I'd like to read right now.. I borrowed a bunch from the library and still have some at home I can read. I am booked with books! Also if you know any reeeeeaaally good books to read, let me know because I go through books like water.
• 1 project- This is just a paper for my Honors History class next year. But you'd probably don't want to hear about that soo ahem.......
• Cooking/Baking- Not too many recipes that require the oven though because it is too HOT!! Popsicles and smoothies and cold stuff=the solution. I planned on waking up early to make breakfast for the fam tomorrow, but I really don't want to wake up early. I'll have to do that some other time when I'm more prepared.
• Swimming/Sprinklers/Water Balloons/ Water Guns/Water Fights- 'nuff said.
• Sleepovers- There's a few friends that I'll hang out with in the neighborhood and from church :]
• Adventures- hehehe I'll post more on this later.
• Crafts crafts crafts- I am going to be so creative this summer, it's not even funny. At least that's what I've planned.
• Exercise- I'd like to make better habits... hopefully.
• More Jesus time- I'd adore spending more time just spending time with God.
• many more ideas that I can't even piece together right now because it is 10:30 and I can't think very straight at night it's super insane and do you like my run-on sentence?

If you have any super sweet ideas, books, crafts, recipes, etc. that you'd like to share with me, please DO!! I'll love you forever. Can you feel my enthusiasm? This summer shall be grand.

I love you all!

starry_amazement

p.s. I forgot to mention.. tomorrow I'm going to be playing broomball at an ice rink with my youth group. check.YES!

p.s.s. do you like how my background is like a party? yeah? summer is a partaaaay! whoo hoo :D

Devotions and Jesus time

Hey! I just got home from school about an hour ago. Today was actually a good day, I mean some things were boring, but for the most part it was good. I think that my perspective has started to change recently because I've increased my time that I spend with God. I have been using this devotional book and it really helps me to focus on a topic and to go in depth with it. Before I would sort of flip through my Bible and read chapters, but not always get anything from it. I'm not saying that you have to always be able to apply those verses to life, but it's nice when you can relate and get some direction.
So now that I've been praying and spending more time in the Word, I am starting to feel more of a thirst for God to move and consume more of my life. I just want to share some of the things that I've been doing and these are some of the main stuff that I feel has affected me the most.
[Always pray first!]
I know this one sounds super easy, but it's also easy to slip up on it. Make sure to genuinely ask God to open your heart and mind to see what he has in store for you. You don't even have to talk! Prayer is communication, and that goes both ways: talking and listening. It's so good for you to sit and just soak in God's presence. It's not always easy to hear him or see how he works in our lives because there are SO many distractions. It takes time to learn to listen and soak in his presence. It's not easy and it's something I'm trying to work on also.
[Find your quiet place]
Try to pull away from all the noise and find a place that you can go to that is less distracting. Maybe you can't find a quiet place, so try to find a quiet time. Maybe early mornings or before bed. Make this your special meeting place.
[Look for accountability partners]
Get a really close friend who you trust and pray for each other. Talk to each other about things that have been going on, problems and triumphs. If possible, also get someone who is older than you because they are more experienced and can help give you a little guidance when you're confused, etc.

[Find a devotional]

This really really REALLY helps me. A lot of times, I don't know what to read in the Bible and devotionals really help me to focus on specific aspects of my life. They make devotionals for many age ranges, and it covers a lot of subject matter. This is definitely helpful for me.

[Worship]

If you feel like getting really deep in your devotions and if it's not just a quick few minutes, then set up a music playlist. Make a worship playlist that's made for your time with God. You can sing, you can dance, you can lift your hands, you can bow down; whatever way you worship him. You can also listen to this if you're out and about... I like to listen to worship music when I go on a run outside. Speaking of outside.......

[Outdoor Jesus time]

I love to be outside and take a walk and just talk with God. It's the perfect time to enjoy his creation and stand in awe of him. Praise God for the many many beautiful things that he has made. It is good, it is good!!

[Memory Verses]

It is good to memorize verses from the Bible. I usually memorize the ones that I know will help me and encourage me. Sometimes I memorize ones that are just ways to give glory to God.

I'll post a list of some of my favorite verses soooooon on my other blog. (http://music-songs-verses-starryamazement.blogspot.com/)

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So these were just a few ideas to help inspire you, in a way, to want more devotion time. I know that when I spend more time with God, it makes me want more and more of him. When I get off the track of Jesus time, I find it hard to get back into the routine of devotions. Kind of like when you don't excercise, you find it difficult to get back into shape, but once you're in shape it's easier to do more and more. I don't want to limit myself to a routine with God because I want him to move in my life whenever. So you are not limited to anything when it comes to God!! God works some things in our lives that are totally unexpected. I know that it is definitely hard to see what he is trying to do in our lives, but we just have to trust that he knows what's best for us even when we are filled with uncertainty.

Love y'all and praying for y'all,

starry_amazement

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Note/ P.S./ Whatever: I originally wrote this May 5, 2011; however, I didn't get to post it until now. It's finally summer!! Hollaa!! :) Today was my last day of school, finally. I'll be trying to post more and more. (my goal!)

Spring Break is over!

Well I planned to post more during spring break last week, but that didn't work out because I had family visiting. I thought about doing it, but obviously... I did not.

Sorry if you wanted to continue the post from last time about Easter...

But good news is:

I'm going to (hopefully) be starting something new for the blog starting in summer. I have my ideas, but I'd like yours also... sooo leave your comments!!

(shh it's a suprise)

Well I'm back in school, and spring break was reaaaaally nice-sleeping in, hanging out with friends, etc- and now I'm in the home stretch for this school year. I hope that I can raise my grades and keep it really high, so my transcript will look lovely for colleges. (ahem, pick me!!)

I still don't know what I want to do for college so I'm praying that everything will turn out great.

During spring break I was able to hang out with some of my neighbors and we went to the movies. We saw the movie "Prom." It was o.k. but it was a little bit cheesy. There were cute moments but it wasn't always great. I guess there wasn't really a main plot so it made it a little boring.

Anyways, as I always say: I WILL TRY TO POST MORE OFTEN........ :P

Maybe that'll work out this time.

Good bye for now,

starry_amazement

random:

Tangled is such a cute movie! I love it... :)

Easter is tomorrow!

I am so excited that tomorrow is Easter. I love remembering Jesus' sacrifice for us. We are so blessed y'all!

I am so humbled that he loves us enough that he died.

God's grace and forgiveness is so abundant no matter how many times we mess up.

I'll post more later!