Hannah Banana

Am I still allowed to use this thingy??? I don't go to the Vineyard anymore (obviously) and no one took away my password and username.... Do you guys still do the blogs? Am I gonna get in trouble? I love you guys and I miss you!!!!!!!!!!!1

Love,

Hannah

time....

Current mood: Meanie

I chose this one because I still struggle with it. There are so many times where I just sit there and do nothing when I should be doing something more productive. I've been praying alot lately but I don't really read the Bible often. I think I still need to work on that.

Bible reading.

Okay. I chose to read the book of Jude. At first I chose it because it was short but I actually found it interesting. I am very glad I read it. It was all about Godlees people and what had happened to them. And then it talked about how we need to pray, love others and help them and always show mercy. Verse 1:9 was prabably my favorite. It's kinda long but it says..."But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, 'the Lord rebuke you.'" I don't know about you, but to me that shows how mean we are. I mean here is Michael arguing with the devil and he wasn't in any way at all slanderous. He really had no need to be. If you have God on your side all you have to do is rebuke it in God's name and you win. That's it!! And yet as humans we always have a mean comment that we have to add. We are so terrible. Can you imagine all the pain we could save people if we just prayed to God instead of fighting it our way? So for me, this verse really challenged me to remember to pray and ask God for help when I'm really angry or argueing with someone instead of saying something mean and stupid that I will later regret. It also made me realize how mean I can be. I say mean things to people all the time, even if I am just joking. And Michael didn't DARE to say something bad about the DEVIL!! That makes me feel so bad about what I say to people or even what I just think.

I think this one is my all time favorite. I still can't believe the archangel, Michael, didn't dare say something slanderous to the Devil. I have been really, really mad the last souple days at multiple people and things and this is a reminder to me to pray and rebuke it in God's name. Then I don't even have to worry about it. I don't need to make nasty comments and try to hurt people like they have hurt me. There's no need. That's all.

Current mood: Hmmmm...

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Besides caring for the obvios needs of the sick, Wesleythinks Christians can also care for their spiritual needs. In addition to tending to hunger, thirst, lonliness, etc., we can also show them who God is. We can start them on their spiritual walk with Christ and that should be more important to us.

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     Okay so last night I was sitting in my camper all curled up in my sleepingbag and reading a book. The book was all about obedience and doing the right thing even when you really really dont want to and how God will bless that. I thought that was a pretty cool thing to keep in mind. So I was sitting there and my mom came in. She told me I had to leave camp at 6:30 in the morning if I wanted a ride to work. I was so bummed and dissapointed. And I hated work. I was hoping to stay until like 12:00 at least. But that didn't happen. As I went back to reading my my book a thought struck me. Maybe if I go to work without complaining and if I have a good attitude, God could bless that and I might be able to get out of work early. So thats what I did. And nothing happened. I sat at baseball games and McDonalds drive-throughs and nothing happened. I didn't get any phone calls from Richard (my boss). And then when I was on my way to work and I must admit I was kinda dissappointed. Anyway, my phone rang and it was, miraculously, RICHARD!!! He said they had been so dead all day and I didn't have to come into work at all if I didn't want to!!!! How awesome is that?!? So instead of waiting untill 6:00 to go back to camp, I can go in atround 3:00!! I was ecstatic.

     So yeah, I thought that was a really cool lesson and it definitly wasnt coincidence that I read that book the night before work. If you are obedient and responsible then God will bless that. There is a verse in the Bible that says "God will give you the desires of you heart." God obviously knew I wanted to be at camp... I had been praying about that all day. And He made that happen. Thats not to say God will always do that and you will always be able to do whats more fun instead of whats not. Then you wouldn't learn responsibility. But every now and then God might surprise you.

Yup that was the highlight of my camping trip!!!!

In Lit. class we talked a little about living in the past, present or the future. This past week I have found that I have done a lot of living in the past and future and very little in the present. I was constantly  thinking about some stuff that happened and how much that stunk or how I could have handled certain situations differently. I also found myself thinking about how I can handle the next situation that I know I will sooner or later have to face. But I realized that I was wasting my weekend on moping around and being a bum. So I prayed...hard. Since then I have been really focusing on living in the future, I have spent time with my siblings and played with them, I have hung out with my mom and just doing little things here and there that I noticed needed to be done. Through this my weekend has brightened considerably. I have learned to let go of the past, live in the present and trust God for the future. I know that when the time comes I can trust God to help me handle some stuff maturely and the right way.

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