The things.

Today my little sister had a play date at her friend's house. So we pull into the drive way to this huge house. And it's just amazing to see the reaction you get from a five year old. So when we dropped her off we went down the hill, out of Fox Chapel, and into Sharpsburg. We picked up my other little sisters friend. Who obviously doesn't have as nice or as big of a house as the other girl. When that girl walked in our house the first word she said was "Whoa, your house is way bigger then mine." I just thought it was so funny how we thought our house was small compared to the first girl's house were we dropped my sister off at. But then this little girl that had barley anything thought that our house was so big. The way we thought about the other girls house. It just made me realize how grateful i should be for the house i have and also the things that i have that other people can't have. It breaks my heart when i see little kids and you can just tell that they are just fed up with the crap life throws at them. You can see them carrying that pain and hurt on thier shoulders. And i know how they feel because i used to be one of them. I used to hang out on the streets and walk around with the wrong crowd. I was six. I didn't have parents that cared about me. My mom was never home to take care of me. So what else was i supposed to do. I know how much it hurts to not have a dad around. Or to have a parent in and out of jail all the time. I've been through it all. I know what it feels like to be in and out of foster homes and to have nothing except for my brother. It was hard. And i carried the same pain around that i see so many kids carrying around. It's not a good feeling to go home and not have anyone there to make you dinner when your six. But God had a plan for my life. A better plan then living on the streets and crying myself to sleep every night. The difference between my situation and the kids i see is that God gave me a second chance. He put me in the right place at the right time. He knew that something would happen that would change my life forever. And he gave me the most amazing parents in the world. He gave me a second chance for a reason. Maybe to show all the other kids that thier is a hope in Jesus Christ. Yeah it's still hard but God gets me though it every day. Don't give up on God because he is the one person that will always be there for you no matter what.

grandma's

the best things happen when we go to grandma helens!  like last week me and my brother went to our grandmas because our parents went to allison park.  we were there all night and are parents came to pick us up at like 10pm.  so when they called me and greg got in the elevator to go downstairs and we were waiting and out of nowhere greg says shell watchout a moth! and i hate bugs so he pushed me on to the other wall in this little elevator and he smacks the moth into my face. but then he relizes that it could land on him. so here we are two teenagers in a little elevator screaming "where is it!" and greg was flipping out!  hes like " is it on me! is it?!?!?!?!" he was more afraid of it then i was! it was the funniest thing! i was laughing so hard!

Granny's houseeee =]

The other day i stopped by my grandma's house and she showed me one of her mothers day cards from 200 it was one of those really big ones and my uncle had sent it in the mail. then she started to tell me and Greg this story about when my uncles and aunt were really little and it was the night before mothers day and my grandma and grandpa were supposed to go out with some friends when my grandpa got home, well my grandma was already to go but my grandpa never came home he went out drinking with his buddies instead. so the next morning it was mothers day and my grandma was mad at my grandpa but she just woke up and did her normal routine, then my grandpa comes down and he has something behind his back and he knows that she is mad at him from the night before so he pulls out a box of drug store chocolates (grandma called them) and he said "happy mothers day" and grandma looked at him the looked at the candy and said " i ain't your mother" and then my grandpa threw the box at the window and it shattered the whole window! and the windows they had back then in the living room were from the ceiling to the floor. Then my uncles and aunts were jumping up and down saying "do it again daddy, do it again!" they thought it was a game. Then they went outside and found all the chocolates that were throughout all the grass and ate them. Then my grandma looked at my grandpa and said "good job harry now you have to buy a new window and put it in." i was laughing SO hard when she told me that! the best part was when the kids went out and picked the candy out of the Glass and ate it! haha i love you gram!

When it was over (B)

Oh love wash over a multitude of things
Love wash over a multitude of things
Love wash over a multitude of things
Make us whole

There is a love that never fails
There is a healing that always prevails
There is a hope that whispers a vow
A promise to stay while we're working it out
So come with your love and wash over us

FEAR

if a person fears god, he or she had no reason to fear anything else. on th eother hand, if a person does not fear god, then fear becomes a way of life

PSALM 147:3

psalm 147:3 says "he will heal the brken hearted." it doesnt say he will heal them instantly but if you stay faithful in christ and pray for healing he will heal you!

what this world needs (casting crowns)

What this world needs
Is not another one hit wonder with an axe to grind
Another two bit politician peddling lies
Another three ring circus society
What this world needs
Is not another sign waving super saint that's better than you
Another ear pleasing candy man afraid of the truth
Another prophet in an Armani suit

What this world needs is a Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love them in their time of need
A Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love
That's what this world needs

What this world needs
Is for us to care more about the inside than the outside
Have we become so blind that we can't see
God's gotta change her heart before He changes her shirt
What this world needs
Is for us to stop hiding behind our relevance
Blending in so well that people can't see the difference
And it's the difference that sets the world free

What this world needs is a Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love them in their time of need
A Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love
That's what this world needs

Jesus is our Savior, that's what this world needs
Father's arms around you, that's what this world needs
That's what this world needs

believer

I believe life is more then survival
I believe the heart is more then a muscle
I believe we can know right from wrong
I believe in hope and freedom
I believe my life can make a difference
I BELIEVE the message of the CROSS!
What do you believe?


( Romans 10:9-13
Ephesians 2:8-10)