Mouse!

Hello everyone! Hope everyone's having a good summer!

I'm enjoying summer that is for sure! I am a summer girl not a winter girl ;) Though I do enjoy blizzards, but only once in awhile ;)

Summer is going wayyyy to quickly for me! It's like I blinked and it's almost August now! Yikes! It feels like I just got done with school and here it is creeping up on me again! :P

Well, I have a little story to tell you all this bright afternoon.

Okay, here we go.

"Once upon there was a girl who was enjoying her morning on the couch in the living room. She was still waking up from her sleep and was enjoying relaxing on the comfy couch.

Suddenly, she saw something run across the floor.

Her mind screamed 'MOUSE!!!' as her eyes met the fury little black-eyed mouse.

Not knowing what to do as she watched the little creature run around the living room she called her brother who was at work. He explained to her that she should grab a bucket and put it over top of the tiny mouse. Then slip cardboard under the bucket to keep the mouse in side until she took the mouse outside and put it in a large bucket to wait for her brother to come home,

Shaking like a leaf, she got a bucket and charged back to the living room.

Still in her P.J's she ran around the living room CHASING the small mouse with a bucket in the hand and her brother on the phone in the other hand.

What a creature! How bold the little gray mouse was to stroll into plain sight in the living room!

"Gotcha!" she said in relief as the bucket was put over top the mouse finally after about two minutes of chasing.

Getting a big piece of cardboard she slipped it under the bucket to take 'Mr.Fancy-Pants' outside.

Her heart beating quickly she gently took the bucket, cardboard and mouse outside and without touching the fuzzy creature she got the mouse into a bigger bucket to wait for her brother.

After doing all this, the girl went back inside and sat down with a sigh of relief. As she sat there she noticed what she just had done! You don't get to chase a mouse everyday! A mouse you're afraid of, at that.

Then she thought about the book she had been reading. 'In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day.' It was about chasing the 'lions' (your fears) in life instead of running from them!

"Wow!I just did that! I literally just chased my fear! Yeah, a mouse. But I chased it instead of running from it!" the girl thought as she smiled to herself.'Soon, I'll be chasing lions! Ha! I wonder when my next 'lion' or should I say 'mouse' will come for me to chase instead of fall back in fear."

That day the girl noticed how important it is to chase your fears instead of run from them. Chasing your fears might not seriously be chasing a mouse or lion, but it is chasing the fear of whatever it is that is keeping you in bondage. It could be a fear of guilt, a fear of doubt, it could be a fear of someone or something. Whatever it might be, remember, don't let it control you. Don't run from it! Chase it! Show it you are not afraid and you have courage to chase it! You will surprise the devil when you don't bow down to his bondage he keeps putting you in and controlling you in. Living for God means chasing the fears, not running for them.

So, go chase those 'lions!' in life!"

THE END.

So, what do ya think of my sweet story?! Isn't it just sooo random about a girl who chased a mouse in her house?! Yeah, I know you must be thinking that.

Well, let me turn on the light on this story. You want to know how I came up with such a story?! I'll tell you.

That girl who chased a mouse around her living room was me. Yep, I chased a little gray mouse around my living room just the other day! Surprised? I took myself my surprise! I can't see myself running around with a bucket chasing a mouse! That just doesn't sound like me! Well, I did though! And that is my latest story of the day! Ha!

Hope you are having a good day!

God bless!

A Servant 4 Christ,

Lizzie

Converse Shoes

 My friend did this to her Converse shoes. Isn't that neat looking? She was going to write it on the bottom of the shoe but the bottom of her shoes are like fuzzy so she only put "Romans 16:20" on it instead. Neat eh?!
God bless!
 A Servant 4 Christ,
Lizzie

Heeyyyy! been too long since I've been on!!

Hello bloggers! Man! I miss blogging so much! Since the computer isn't working it's so hard to just quick come on here, read new comments, make a new post then hurry and get off! It's hard to get on here from somewhere else :)

But, I thought I would quick come on here ;) Thank you new followers for following my blog! There is nothing better than coming on here, seeing my number of followers went up! Like seriously! You might be like "Then why don't you follow my blog?" And yes, I've read all your comments about like "hey come check out my blog and follow!" Yes, Ive read all my new followers comments like that! Just know I'm not avoiding you guys ;) And when I have like a min to get on here, there is noooo time to go and follow your guys blogs! I wish I could just go on your blogs, read them, follow them and so on...so just stick with me!

Well, now that I have alrighty babbled on for awhile ;) wasting time, I'll just quick write a post!

This week, was the youth group "School's Out, Blow Out". It's like a time we all get together every year to play games cuz school's out!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!! So, me and my sister didn't know what was going on so we went in nicer clothes to figure out there was a slipping slide and games like that! The slipping slide had Crisco on it...yeah...i know...you couldn't have gotten me to go on it even if I was in clothes that could get dirty! Ha! Anyway, then we played "Capture the Flag". Which was awesomeeeee fun! :) So we played in this HUGE field. (Yeah I've never played where you can't hide behind things) And since there was sooo many kids playing I didn't know who was on my team, and the other team didn't know I was on their team ;) So, what I did is went on the other line (in the other teams place) went up to the flag slowly where there was like kids guarding the flag. I look around like I'm looking for people to tag, then when they all turned I grabbed the flag and bolted! It was awesome! I just love running I figured out ;) It's so fun! Though, I was running so fast i couldn't see where I was going, and my feet were burring from the grass I kept going. I had a friend come up on my right, and he was getting pretty close then this other friend blocked me off in the front. So she tagged me right away ;) But, I was right by the line and so as I'm walking to the "jail" & another team mate grabbed the flag and pulled it on our side of the line! It was a great game! Okay, now that I've rambled too long again :P Sorry...waisting time again.

Then we played volleyball which was also fun :) Though in the beginning I was failing cuz I haven't played in such a longggg time! So I always had (thankfully) team mates who were watching out for me and hitting the ball for me when it was coming towards me :) Then I finally got into the game and went crazy with hitting the ball when it came my way :)

Well, I wonder if someone will even read all this 'cause it's so long! Write me a comment if you did and tell me! I will be surprised! :D Wellllll, see yaa later! :)

God bless! Byeeeeeeeeeeee!

A Servant 4 Christ,

Lizzie

Guess Who's Birthday Is Today?! ;)

Hello everyone! Guess what?! Today is my 15th birthday ;) Yay! haha :) Birthdays are fun ;)

Though the funny thing is, I forgot this WHOLE week my birthday was coming up! It was weird! Then at my grandparents they called me down stairs and as I came down they were holding a b-day cake lit with candles! "Oh cool! Who's birthday is it?!" I said totally forgetting it was my birthday :) yeah...that's me for ya! And they even bought the cake with me and I didn't even know it!! HA! Yeah, call me Lizzie ;) haha!
Well, hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!!!
God bless!!!!

A Servant 4 Christ,
Lizzie

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good week.

Last night was youth group for me. But for me it wasn't just a normal youth group night. God really, and powerfully, spoke to me that night. Opened my eyes to what needs to change in my life. Worship was really good, a time to just meditate on my powerful God and to praise His beautiful name.

But even more, the sermon was powerful.

At Refuge (our youth group is called "Refuge" btw) we watched this sermon on Luke 15, the prodigal son. The speaker spoke on how BOTH sons are lost. Both the wagering son, AND the religious son. Both are lost and need help.

And we also can be one, or the other. We cannot earn God's love.

In away, freaking out & going: "OH! I haven't read my Bible in two days! I'm so sinful! God will never love me now!" And then when we do read God's Word we go "Ah!Check that off! See how good I am everyone?! Now I'm a good christian!" Right there, we are kinda creating an idol of the "doings". We spend all our time thinking on how we are good Christians because we just read the Bible instead of just loving Jesus and having a true relationship with Him. We try so hard to earn God's love. Reading our Bible is a thing we can just check that off the list! A way to get to Heaven. We think when we do read our Bible that's how we are getting to Heaven. But we really don't often enough look at our relationship with God. Instead just do the "doings".

We are standing so close to God but we are so far away from Him. Because we are just thinking about what we are DOING.

Wow, right?! My youth pastor just said it all! Totally amazed me. And to be honest I am that, right there, what he said. I try so hard to earn God's love by being a doer. When all Jesus really wants is a relationship with me. He just wants me to really love Him.

Now, I am NOT saying you shouldn't read your Bible from now on. NO! Reading the Bible is away to understand our great God better. Away to grow in Him. To learn His great truths! Just don't make it a project. A thing to check off the list...

"God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin."

1 John 1:5-7 (ESV)

A Servant 4 Christ,
Lizzie

Hello blogging friends! Wow, again it's been awhile since I've been on here! Our computer STILL, sadly, isn't working :((( but like once in awhile I get to come on here from somewhere else. So that is good. Instead of leaving you guys wondering where I've been ;)

Well, hope all of your week has been going good for you! It has been a good week for me! :) A busy and full one but an awesome fun week! I happen to like when weeks kinda have something everyday going on ;) Probably because so many other times weeks go by and there is NOTHING to do ;) haha! Anyway! What have you all been up to this week? Write me a comment!

<3 Love comments <3

A lot of youth group events have been going on this week :) From normal Refuge (youth group) to a Wed. night youth group thing called Midpoint to CORE group with an awesome Bible study group, to um....a special event night where we had a Dodgball Tourney. That was a lot of fun ;) Anywho!

Just had a minute to get on here!!! Hope you're all well and having a blessed week remembering that God has a perfect plan for our lives! :D

God bless you on your journey towards Him.

A Servant 4 Christ,

<3 Lizzie <3

P.S. sorry for not follwing all my new followerrs. don't have time to! but know thanks for following guys! you're great! ill follow you when i hve the chance!