Hold the Phone!

It's 2 a.m. on New Year's morning where I am. And I am SO tired (I know, I'm lame). So, if you'll just be patient with me, I promise, I am going to post soon about my "resolutions" and stuff like I did last year. (Wanna read last year's post? It's nice and easy-just click 2011.) I'll try my hardest to get it up by tommorrow, but if I don't, just hold the phone-it's coming. :)
Love you guys, and have a happy New Year!
-Love,
The girl who posts all this stuff.

Truth in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

So recently I re-read the book "To Kill a Mockingbird". First of all, let me tell you-that is a wonderful book, and if you haven't read it, you should! Anyways, it deals alot with bitterness and hatred. One of my favorite passages is this passage in the book. The main character is a little girl named Scout. Scout is talking to her brother Jem about hatred and prejudices that they see everyday. Jem says "You know something Scout? I've got it all figured out, now. I've though about it alot lately, and now I've got it figured out. There's four kinds of folks in the world..." Jem tells Scout the four "types" of people in the world, and tells Scout that they all hate each other because they come from different backgrounds. Scout later says, "Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." Jem looks at Scout and responds, "That's what I thought too when I was your age. If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time...because he wants to stay inside."
Although these are fictional people and this is a fictional conversation, I could not escape the truth in these few lines. When it comes down to it, there's just one type of people in this world: people. You can seperate them up into races, genders, ages, religions-whatever you want-but they all have something similar. They're people. Human beings. And no matter what they do or say or think, we should not treat them any less than what they are. People. Jesus never treated anyone less than that. Look at Mary Magdeline. She was an outcast. Yet Jesus accepted her with love. What about the lepers? They were dirty and sick. Nobody wanted them. But Jesus accepted them with love. What about the Samaratain woman at the well? She slept around and was an "easy" girl. Nobody wanted her. But Jesus accepted her with love. And my personal favorite-the adulterous woman. She was trash. Nobody wanted her. In fact, everybody wanted her dead. They thought she was worth more dead than alive. But what did Jesus do? He gave her life. he accepted her with love. The best way you can lead someone to Christ is by showing them Christ's love. Forget about their outward appearence, or their social status, or their personality, or their background or their past. Show them love. It's as simple as a smile or a hug or asking "How are you today?". Because no matter where they're from, or what they do with their life-they're still people. Because like Scout said, "There's just one kind of folks in this world. Folks."

To "The Sailor"

Like I've said before, blogger has me all weirded out, and won't let me reply to comments, so I try to atleast post and say thanks. So...thanks. :) Thanks for following me on twitter and here! I'm glad you like my blog and enjoy reading it. It always is encouraging to hear feedback and stuff like that. So thanks. :) I will definitely check out your blog!
-God Bless,
The Christian Teenage Girl

Tweet Tweet! (I Got a Twitter)

Yeah...I did. I got a twitter account. So now I "tweet" I guess is what you say? Whatever, whatever. I'll still be blogging, because there's just so many things you CAN'T cram into 140 characters. :) Anyways, if you wanna check it out or follow me, you can go HERE. :)

Ladies and Gentleman, The President

So on Tumblr, I am doing a "30 day challenge". For 30 days, it gives you something to blog about. So today's "challenge" was "Who do you think would make a good president?" I answered just like this:


Who do I think would make a good president? This guy. No. Not Jim Caviezel (although he would make one darn attractive president). Jesus Christ. He would be the perfect president because…well, He’s perfect. He would sacrifice. He would love unconditionally. He would be wise. He would be powerful. He would be merciful and graceful, but still be just and righteous. He wouldn’t be self-centered, deceiving, or unfair, because He’s Jesus Christ. He would be the best president this world has ever seen. :)

Thank you JESUS.

(I am about to leave and catch a plane, so this post will be rather short.)
So with Thanksgiving coming up and whatnot, I have been thinking about thankfulness. What will you be thankful for this Thanksgiving? I know what I'll be thankful for. I'll be thankful for the wonderful family God has given me. For the incredible friends that surround me everyday. For a roof over my head, food to eat, and clothes to wear. But most of all, I will be thanking Jesus for dying for me. Thanking Him for His grace and mercy and unfailing love He gives me everyday, when I never deserved it in the first place. I'll be thanking God that I just woke up.

Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!

Worship the Lord with gladness.

Come before him, singing with joy.

Acknowledge that the Lord is God!

He made us, and we are His.

We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with THANKSGIVING;

Go into his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good.

His UNFAILING love continues forever,

and his faithfullness continues to each generation.

-Psalms 100 (NLT)

To the Anon

Sorry guys-Blogger is being kinda weird and won't let me reply to ya'lls comments. I try to reply and atleast say thank you, but Blogger tells me I can't. But just to let you know, I see them, and they always encourage me. :)
An "anon" (as I call those who comment anonymously) posted and asked about my other blogs. Well, anon, I actually have two other blogs. One is a blog where I post poems that I write (it doesn't get updated quite as often), and another one is a blog that is similar to this one, I just post more about other things besides just God (like music, my life, things I like-it's more "personal" I guess you could say). You are welcom to look at them! If you click here, you can see my poetry blog, and if you click there, you can see my other blog.
Thank you so much, Anon, for your comment. It always encourages me to know that people are reading and responding to my blog. :)