I'm Backkk!!!

Hey to anyone who reads this!

I finally got back home yesterday from two pretty good Christmases. I got to see family members I don't see very often and got some amazing gifts.

Of course, I had to be so smart as to accidentally leave my Bible at home (I forgot to put it in my suitcase), and so by the first night I was gone, I was going insane from my lack of Bible reading. I borrowed a Bible from my grandmother, but it was a King James Version, so it was really hard to concentrate on my reading when all the words ended with the ending -ith. Sigh. All well.

Okay so this is something that has really caught my attention lately: How girls (and some guys) dress. I was at the mall yesterday with a friend, and I couldn't believe some of the tops I saw a majority of the girls wearing. Extremely low cut, thin material with spaghetti straps. I also noticed that the guys that were with the girls seemed to be constantly staring at the mostly exposed girls' chests. I wondered what was running thought the guys' minds, seeing girls dressed this way. I could only guess, being a girl myself, but even the thought of it made me shiver. I also wondered what was going through the girls' heads; did they even know that they were causing the guys to stumble and think impurely of them? It saddens me to see so many girls that think that the only way they can be considered pretty or beautiful is if they show themselves off and and attract a lot of guys.

Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Another thing that strikes myself with a feeling if guilt myself, is not only how girls are dressed, but what they are dressed in. Designer jeans, fancy coats, costly shirts and expensive jewelry...these are only a few things so many girls, including myself many times, "need" to have in order to fit in with that particular group of people, or be "in style" and "with" the rest of the world, or get attention or impress that certain boy. I think many times that sometimes I lose sight of what's really important. A person's heart is so much more important then what they look like on the outside. Sure, the world labels everyone with how pretty you are. But that's only peoples viewpoint. God's viewpoint is so much higher, so much better! In his eyes, every single on of us is beautiful. After all, he crafted us, made us who we truly are. I would much rather be seen as beautiful in the eyes of Jesus, who is, was, and always will be, rather than the world, which is slowly fading away.

1 Timothy 2:9-10
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array...

So it's you're choice naturally. How do you want to be viewed? As we're all human beings, it's natural we all want to look good. There's nothing wrong with looking nice, but how much time are we putting into our appearance, when we could be serving our Lord and Savior? And while looking pretty is okay, do you really want to be viewed by guys as easy, sexy, or a toy for their own pleasure? Even Christian guys stumble by seeing girls dress this way, no matter how amazing of a guy they are.

Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Personally, I don't want to be seen as someone who is constantly trying to fit in with the world. I would much rather give thanks to the Lord for letting me be me. I want to been seen as a treasure; not a target.

Really, doesn't the world know modest is hottest?

- Emily

Resolutions!

Hello fellow followers and anybody else who randomly reads this!

So to be honest, I'm kinda in a lazy, unmotivated mood at the moment due to the fact I watched TV today. So to quit this mush-like feeling from ever coming around again, I'm making a New Year's resolution! I'm giving up TV for a whole year, if not more. I still will watch movies, I will not watch any TV shows. Wish me the best on keeping this resolution!

Today was really good until watching TV. It's amazing the joy Jesus gives us when we dig into His word and give up our lives completely to Him! My problem is that I get very easily distracted by things I shouldn't be getting distracted by. TV, Internet, texting, just being lazy and lying around, and sometimes even writing distract me from time I should be giving to God. After all, he's the one who gave me these things and could quickly and easily take them away from me at anytime. Someone as powerful and amazing as that definitely deserves to have more of me then I give.

Speaking of which, I really need to go have some God time now...and I still have a lot of packing to for tomorrow. I hope everyone who reads this and all my friends and family have an awesome Jesus filled Christmas!

Ta-ta for now!
-Emily

Hello Again!

Do you ever get that urge to write nonstop? Apparently, I do as this is my second post on my newly acquired blog. :)

I suppose I should write a little about myself, although I would much rather write about something a little more in depth. All well, might as well get it over with now.

My first and middle name is Emily Karoline. I'm a home schooled high schooled sophmore. Now let me make this perfectly clear: Not all homeschoolers are anti-social. There's probably more social homeschoolers then there are public/private schoolers. So don't ever ask me if I have any friends, if i ever go anywhere, or if i have a social life. The answer to all of those questions is crystal clear. Yes, I do. Read on.
I attend the Network once a week, which is basically a private highschool for homeschoolers in my opinion. I take classes there just like a normal school, and have quite a few friends there. I love spending time with them all; maybe sometimes a little too much as I tend to forget there's a life outside of friends once in awhile.
Life for me really started on September 5, 2009, the night I accepted Jesus into my life. It's the best thing that has ever happened to me. Life since that day changed dramatically, and I can honestly say that it was all for the better. I am so blessed to have amazing Christian friends to help me grow in my walk with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He rescued me from eternal death, gave me this extreme joy I can't help but talk about, and changed my view on many topics and ways of thinking, so to speak. Jesus Christ is my life, and to truly find my heart, you have to search in Him.
Other random facts: I love to write. I have been told I'm pretty good at it, but good or bad, it's definitely one of my passions. I'm so excited to see where God will lead me with this gift!!
I love to laugh and smile. Smiling is my favorite little miracle God has given humanity, and laughing is totally the best exercise. What better way to "show off" the joy Jesus has given me?

Well there's a brief summery of me. I suppose you'll learn more if you continue reading this blog. As for now however, my two younger sisters and my puppy are insanely running around the basement where I am writing this; so I think I may make an escape to my room. Or perhaps I'll join them. ;)

-Emily

Heyyy

Merry Almost Christmas Jesus!!

The Christmas Season is here, and with it brings a lot of chaos, hectic running from mall to mall trying to find that perfect gift, and what seems to be truckloads of baking.
Myself being a teenage girl, I don't really mind running around from store to store and mall to mall. If that's what chaos is, I would be happy with more of it! Sometimes me being so "wrapped up" (ha ha) in what the world calls Christmas, I really start to ignore the fact of what Christmas is all about.
Yep! The Lord Jesus! I don't know about you, but it's hard for me to really grasp the concept that Jesus came to earth as a baby; born in a manger no less! The Lord Jesus, coming into the world to save me, stained by filthy sin? Wow! He really must love us!

John 3:17
"For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him."

Think about that. Jesus came to save the world, OUR world. The world where cheating on tests, using a cuss word every two words is considered "in", and where highschool sex is totally normal. The world where sneaking behind your parents back is ok, because that movie you want to go see is "not that bad." The world where so many people say, "Lord, I love you, but I love my boyfriend/girlfriend more, so I'm putting them and their interests first in my life." The world where it's so hard to see where God is leading us, in the midst of all the world is offering us.

Lying. Cutting. Hate. Depression. Sex before Marriage. Pornagraphy. Lust. Murder. Gossip. These are just a few of what the world says to teenagers is "ok and totally normal." If that's the case, no wonder so many peoples view of teenagers is extreamly low. Living life in the way the world says is "cool" really doesn't seem to have a lot of promise to me.
Especially when your oh-so-great-life falls apart, piece by piece. Suddenly, life doesn't seem so great anymore. Your parents find out what you REALLY have been doing on the computer when you say you have been doing homework. Your boyfriend/girlfriend you said you said "I love you" to and gave so much of your heart to dumps you. Cutting that you started out just to get attention flies out of your control. You lose friends due to that "harmless little fact" you told someone. Your parents go thorugh a brutal divorce.
Your life spins out of your control. You don't have anything or anyone to lean on or to help you back up. You feel totally helpless and you want to put a end to it all.

Isaiah 49:13
"Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones."

But though all of it, Jesus sees you. He hears you. His heart is breaking for you, and he longs to wrap His arms around you; if only you would let Him. Through life's everyday trials, He loves you no less with every defeat you face or no more with every victory you triumph. It's so hard for us as humans to grasp the concept that we're nothing without God.

So this Christmas, instead of getting so caught up in the season, take a moment to thank Jesus for loving us so much that He sent His only begotten son into our unclean, filthy world. Or perhaps, if you don't already know the joy that Jesus gives, maybe it's time for you to accept and believe it.
Christmas. It's not the the shopping and the food and the family and friends. It's all about Jesus. He gives us so much to be thankful for and He forgives every sin we commit. Why?

Because He loves us just that much.

-Emily