Today's Games Practice

Tonight we had games practice and honestly, it didn't go to well. I don't want to go into details, but I feel that some people were blamed that shouldn't have been blamed and some things were said that shouldn't have been said. It wasn't a good night as far as skill goes, but I feel that tonight will be one of those nights that will either help the team come together really well or will lead to more problems. I think that it will help us set our sights on what's most important and come together to lift each other up in prayer, especially. As far as myself, I learned how much I truly need to be praying for our team. This whole competition should be about glorifying God, but when we loose sight of that we can truly slip far and hurt each other. Tempers will run high, we'll all make mistakes, but it's when we overcome those that we'll grow. I really should be praying for my team more as well as whoever reads this blog. Anyway, if you have a prayer request, please post it! :)

Quiz teams!!

I finally found out which quiz team I am on for sure. After the teams got rearranged because people dropped out, it wasn't certain which team I would be on because of my ability. Then, recently, another girl decided that she was going to do quiz and so we had ten people which wouldn't fill out three teams but we could even the teams and put five on each. So, I had wanted to be on the top team, and had shown myself to be studying and so I was pretty much automatically moved up. Which means that I'm on the team that I had originally wanted to be on. This change was sort of hard though, because it meant that I would end up subbing and not have the same sort of leadership role. Also, that left my old team with no one doing Bible Summaries and had to do something with my lessons. It was also hard because we had just decided how to split up the book, but overall, I'm glad I'm now on the A-Team!!

Everything is wrong?

In one of my earlier posts, I complained about how bad my life seemed to be, but thanks to my Dad not wanting to make me quit what I enjoy, a lot is better. I still get to do quiz and be an LIT (both were iffy earlier). True, I don't get to leave public school, but I know my mission, which is to witness to others. I also definitely get to go to Summit (and I can't wait!!) Yeah, I don't get to go to India, but maybe this is God's way of causing me to focus on Central and South America (hopefully I'll be able to go to Mexico). Which quiz team I'm on is not certain at this point, but I like the lessons I've been assigned and I know that my team can do good. Please keep on praying for me to take life one day at a time and to grow closer to Christ through this period. Please also pray for me because I may be partly leading my discussion group one night.

New Years Resolutions

Each year I make resolutions, not only on New Years, but I also think about resolutions around my birthday. This year, the foundation of my resolutions can be found in Romans 6. In Romans 6, Paul talks about being dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. That we shouldn't present our bodies as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but to God so that sin shouldn't have dominion over us for we are no longer under the law but under grace. Anyway, a few of my resolutions include reading the Word everyday as no longer presenting my bodies as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but to present myself to God as being alive from the dead, and my members as instruments of righteousness to God. Each day, my goal is to serve God rather than myself and to seek Him in everything. I also hope to witness to more people this year than I have previously.

Everything seems to be wrong!!!

Right now it seems like nothing's going right in my life. I'm not sure if I'll be allowed to go to Summit this year, I'm not on the quiz team I wanted to be on, I didn't make the cut to go to India on a mission trip, I just found out that I failed a class this semester, I'm not getting out of public school this semester.... what else should I say. Oh, I didn't make the games team. I know that I should be focusing on Christ and when I do I can focus on other things better, but in the meantime it seems like nothing is good. Oh another thing, I may not be allowed to be an LIT next semester. Please pray for me and that I would be able to focus on Christ through this all and become more like Him.