Tests and Layouts

Okay! So I ask that you guys pray for me!!!
Tomorrow is a test at the local Children's Hospital, and I'm going to get an ultra-sound on a lot of organs and whatever. It's not for celiac or chrone's--it's just to see how things are inside of me...But I've been feeling strange today, and I just...I dunno, kinda worried. I've been feeling weird, but it's okay.
PRAY PLEASE!! :)

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GUESS WHAT?
I'm going to change my backround again, I think.
So out of ten, me and DoT (aGoMC in my blogroll), went through TEN (jeez) layouts, and now I have only two that I'm not that sure of.
SO, help me out, guys!
Here's one:

And the other one wasn't working, so here's the link: http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates/details/vibrant-swirls

Okay, so tell me which one you liked better!
~Bookie

PRAY PRAY PRAY!

BELIEVE! *cries* Just believe....

Oh, my gosh.
Gee wiz.
I'm so ashamed of what I have just read. This article was posted in the forums, just to show how shameful our world is becoming. And I knew it before but I always thought it was more in different countries.
Have you seen this article????
It's so terrible! This article is proclaiming that this stupid humanist group want no god in the holidays. I'll quote, "'Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of nontheists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion.'"
Um, excuse me?!
Did I get that right?
How about President's Day? Does that have any religion in it?
What about Valentine's Day? I was told that it was the day of love, guys.
And wait--You know, July 4th? Independence Day? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought we were celebrating our independence.
And one just came up last week.
I thought it was Veteran's Day. The day we REALLY show our appreciation for VETERANS...
OH, OH! And I just remembered. Halloween? *coughs and laughs* Oh yes, the day that I soooooo celbrate. *rolls eyes* No. I don't think so. I don't celebrate that holiday, and you know what, if athiests think the Christmas and the other holidays coming up exclude them, and they want to protest--I'M GOING TO PROTEST AGAINST THAT ONE! Really guys, come on. Think about it. There are Jewish holidays, (I think maybe Catholic ones), there are holidays that don't support any religion, and there are Christian ones.
Ho-hum, *whistles and looks away*. Sorry for bursting your bubble, but I think there are more than enough holidays NOT celebrating our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving is also praising and thanking Him, but I know there are a bunch of athiests that celebrate Thanksgiving too.
Isn't Easter and Christmas the only ones us Christians really get into? (Tell me if there are more, I forget right now).
This is really unfair. I encourage you to read this article too.

You know, in public schools and so forth, there was a Homosexual (Gay) Day.
Psh. Do I celebrate that since I'm Christian? NOPE. But I sure betcha that atheists do (especially the homosexual ones).
Dude, my parents haven't read this article YET, but even on my own accord, I KNOW ENOUGH to think that this is so stupid.
What a coincedence--Everyone tends to go against our religion. My relationship with God, but I need to break it to ya--you're not going to ruin my relationship with God, that's for sure.
Don't go with this, people. I don't care what you are. If you're Jewish, if you're Catholic, if you're Christian, if you're atheist. Um, don't you think this is unfair?
I hope you do, because in your right mind, you should be agreeing with me. If you're not--well, sorry. There are no means to offend you guys, but I have no comment to you.

Pray for this country, it needs your prayers,
~Bookie

P.S. --FOR MY NEW LAYOUT-- I kinda agree with Ian (he commented on my last post). I don't really like my layout either, SO, I might change it soon. If you see a new layout, or MY OLD ONE, back up. Then yeah, I changed it, don't freak out.

*gasps* For Fun?!

So all of these serious talks and posts and discussions and SO FORTH, have gotten me all tired out.
Lately I haven't been feeling my whole entire self, and just last night I started to feel a tad dizzy. I have no idea if it was from my lrecently lack of sleep, but I do think it was part of it. I stayed up really lte, and everything that's been going on is either SCHOOL, POLITICS, OR NANOWRIMO.
So!
I've been reading for fun! I just fiished the second book in a series, and it's called "THe Penderwicks on Gardam Street". It's true, it could be a book for some kids a tad younger than me, but it fit my mood everytime I read it. It was just what I needed whn I was bored, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I enjoyed the first one, called "The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy". And I'm currently reading a book called "So Yesterday". It's by the same author who wrote Uglies (in my last post, I believe). I enjoy hi books because they're fiction, fantasy, and sometimes they really make you think about stuff.
Both authors (Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks. And Scott Westerfeld, Uglies--and many others in that series-- and So Yesterday) aren't Christian, but I do enjoy reading them.
Do you know how hard it is to find good boks these days?
One without indecent things (innapropriate stuff no kid wants to read), cussing like there's no tomorrow, and etc? It's VERY hard. I can barely find one. Much less, one that's Christian too!
So, when I tell you I like these books, I think you might like them too. But I'm a girl, so some of you might be like, "WHAT is she talking about? I wouldn't want to read those." And it's true, you might not. But at least I've been able to find those.
Now if you have any book recommendations, LET ME KNOw, NOW (or later, or soon), okay? And I'm for real! If it's your first time visiting this blog, go ahead and post a comment on which book was your favorite (or still is), or if you've never commented, comment now! Or if you have, and you always comment, what's keeping you from doing it now?

:D I need new books!
~Bookie

Uglies and New Layout

So I've been watching the polls, and I noticed that a lot have voted for new layout/backround, so I'm trying this one out for now, though I'm not sure I'll keep it, I'm satisfied now... :P
YOU HAVE TO COMMENT IF YOU LIKE IT!!! (or if you don't)
But that's all I have to say about that, I'll update my blog more and more to improve it! =]
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WHY, AM I SHOWING YOU THIS BOOK? Well, I'm comparing it right now with some of the things our government wants to change. [AKA: Wants to take control over]. I'll give you my own summary of this book, for those who don't know anything about it.
Uglies [by Scott Westerfeld] is a book I just finished reading recently about a girl named, Tally. Tally is almost sixteen years old, and what does that mean? She's turning from ugly to pretty.
On the day of your sixteenth birthday all uglies from Uglyville must have an operation (basically like plastic surgery) in order to turn pretty and live in New Pretty Town.
This is one of Tally's dreams. To turn pretty and finally reunite with her friends, because she was the youngest. As a trickster, she decides to play a prank and meets a girl named Shay along the way. They become great friends, until Shay communicates her feelings that she does not want to turn pretty and be like all the other pretties and not unique. Tally doesn't understand this, so she and Shay quarrel. But then they make up.
*BASICALLY the whole book is how Tally and Shay rebel against the Specials (which is the government), and decide not to make everyone equal.*
I find this very coincdental now with our lives this moment. After the presidential candidates were voted in and out we finally have a president. Some people are happy and some people are sad.
What I've been hearing is making me sad. As a Christian homeschooler, I've been listening to people go on and on about forcing all kids into school. If my parents needed to send me to school, then I would go. Or if they gave me the option, I'd think about it more. But if someone forces me to go, it'll just make me want to rebel.
I've also heard that there are groups that want to take religion away from families. Or at least have parents stop teaching about Christianity.
Um, what is the point of all this?
Well, it's our goverment taking control--trying to make us al equal PHYSICALLY. Going to school, no religion [Christianity], and so forth. Yep, we'll be pretty equal.
It reminds me of that book I told you about up there. I was talking to a friend of mine, and she thought of it the same way. The government in that book wants to make everyone equal. You go from normal and no one looking alike--they're called uglies-- to this teen looking like an absolute model living in luxury just like everyone ese after sixteen.
It's insane. And I don't want to sit waiting for this to happen.
In the book, there are certain gadgets that everyone has to wear. Those gadgets actually speak to you and tell you where you can and cannot go. They report to the government where you've been and where you're gonna go.
I already see something like that in Cuba, ok?
I'm definitely not gonna be happy if that happens here.
But all we can do is pray, and TRUST ME, I'll be praying.

~Bookie

When life brings you down, remember, you're in the perfect position to pray...

I've seen an icon that says my post title so many times. I have that icon on some sites, I LOVE those words.
Wanna know why?
BECAUSE it's so TRUE. SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO TRUE.

Ho-hum, guess who one?
Obama.

I was singing "My God is so Big" yesterday, and I'm not done singing it today.
But guess my new song right now?
Since it's all in God's plan I'm singing, "My God is an Awesome God" and "The King is Exalted" (or maybe it's "He is Exalted"?).
Anyway, I'm sad that Obama won, it's very unfortunate that McCain lost.
But what we really need to do for our nation is PRAY.
PRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
Can you read my billions of y's in my PRAY?!
It's cause I really mean it.

I stayed up really late last night. And I did think maybe McCain was going to win, but that's ok. I'm going to continue to pray for my nation. I'm going to continue to pray for Mr. Barrack Obama. I'm going to continue to pray for the rest of the leaders of this country.
Most of them are Democrats, did you know? --PRAY--
And this is absolutely not to offend anyone, but this is my blog. Guys, you know I'm Christian, you know I post my thoughts. I am a little lunt about it, but for real.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO?
Sing "He is Exalted" and "My God is an Awesome God". OVER AND OVER AGAIN. And...
PRAY.

When life brings you down, remember, you're in the perfect position to pray.
Goodness gracious.
Usually I would have put up links to my friends' awesome blog posts, but I advise you to go to all of them in the blogroll. Not just because they might be about elections (but I know for sure Twin4God and A Girl of Many Colors' is about our president), but they're really great. Better than mine, I can tell you that.

JUST 'CAUSE OBAMA's president right now, doesn't mean he wil be forever. It's best not to "flee the country", like my friend's mom wants to do (though, it's really funny how she's acting about it).
So we're going to have a hard time for these first 4 years. But what if it turns out kind of bad, and EVERYBODY decides for McCain?
That'll be real good.
But for now God has a plan for him, our country, and the whole world.
We're not sure yet, but I'm sure we'll see. :)

Praying,
~Bookie

What Song Are You Singing?

Have I ever told you guys that I love to sing? Maybe not in public, because I'll get insanely nervous and shy, but I do. I've heard I have a nice voice, but the songs I'm singing is what means something.
I share a room with three other siblings. I'm part of five, and there's only one boy. He has his own room--blessed child. :P Well, I share it with my twin sister, and two other little sisters. The moment I woke up was when my mom knocked on the door, trying to get me up, and so we did. WE got up and the moment my twin sis sat up, she said, "I have song stuck in my head right now. And I've been barely up for a two minutes. Though, I only have the tune, I forgot the title and the words."
So we asked her to hum it to us, and right after that, I knew the song.
So I started singing it, very groggily.
"My God is so BIG, so STRONG and so MIGHTY, there's nothing my God cannot do!"
Coincedence?-- I think NOT!
I've had the song stuck in my head all day since this morning, and it's already one. I don't plan on it leaving, and right now I feel like singing it.

HAS ANYONE THOUGHT ABOUT, NOT JUST THE VOICE OF THE SINGER, BUT THE WORDS HE/SHE IS SINGING? Or MAYBE the what the song is ABOUT?

I find my self listening more and more and MORE to people say, "WE WANT CHANGE!" or "NOT TOO MUCH CHANGE!"
The first time I really got into this whole Obama and McCain thing--this whole election thing, I heard that there was just the MORE EVIL and the LESSER EVIL. I quoted it. Yes, I really did. I quoted it a few times. But now I've stopped.
ISN'T EVIL just PLAIN EVIL?
Why say that. Mine as well not vote at all if that's what you're thinking.

This post isn't to offend you. I'm a McCain supporter and so is the rest of my family. Maybe I can't vote, but I do tell people I'm for McCain.
Supposedly he's the lesser evil. And I guess that's okay, but come on guys...
We keep saying, "I hope ____ is gonna win!" (For me, that blank spot is McCain.) But how about we also say/sing, "My God is so Big!"? (It's fun too!-lalalaa)

I'm praying now for God to just pick the right person, and of course He's gonna do that. Which one is that one? We have no clue, but it's all in His plan. :)
What Song Are You Singing???

Myyyyyyyyyyyyy GOD is so BIG!....
~Bookie

You and I, I and You--US!!!

OH. MY. GOODNESS. DID you SEE the title of my blog? Okay, that's a line from Pirates of the Carribean, and you might already have seen that movie and have known that line from anywhere, and you're like "My gosh, who cares?" BUT what a coincdedence!!!! <---I'll tell you why...

My post is about the elctions and what we did last night. What is really cool, is that I randomly just wanted to put "You and I, I and You, US" from Pirates of the Carribean, because You and I represents all of us in this country, but what I didn't realize till right after I put it in my title was that if you put periods right after 'U' and 'S' it makes--get ready for it-- U.S.!!!
Random I know, but I'm one of those people that get really excited over the stupid coincedence. :P
I just had to tell you guys that.
Ok, back to my topic.

Yesterday I was typing away with my NaNoWriMo story after church, and I found out that my dad was holding a prayer meeting here at my house at 6:00 pm. What NO ONE (but T4G and my twin sister) knew, was that I was kinda behind in my writing. --Check out my NaNoWriMo blog "Bookie's Nano" in my blogroll--
And so I was trying to rush, but take my time and whatsoever, but I also had to clean the house with my mom and sibs PLUS other stuff. I had no idea how many people were coming, but my mom bought a lot of food for a lot of people.
How did it go, you ask? Well, it went:
AMAZING.
A PRAY-ER MEET-ING. Those kinds of meetings are fun and nice, but sometimes they get really tiresome. We hadn't had one in a while, so doing this one was cool. But what was amazing was that we were all crammed into my living room and dining room. Why is that amazing? Was that there was that many people. PRAISE GOD!
We were all sitting there and praying for our nation. No, the women did not pray out loud (that's not our jobs when there are men there), but we were praying along. The age range was at least from 50 yrs old to 16 yrs old men.
That was cool.
We were all either sitting tightly on a couch or shoving chairs right next to each others.
WE prayed and prayed for about an hour at least for our country to do the right thing. For the right president to be voted in. For our nation to be saved.
The Pledge of Allegiance says "In God We Trust", guys. NOT "In Man We Trust". NO.... It's not that.
Do you know how off we are? How a LOT of the U.S.A. is unsaved? In God We TRUST, In GOD we MUST, IN GOD--HE'S JUST.
Merciful.
Kind.
Loving.
All-Powerful.
Amazing.
He's better than all of our presidents. Whether it be Obama, McCain, or our current one, Bush.
Whether it might have been Romney, Clinton, or Huckabee.
He's better. God's better than any of them.
And all we have to say and do is "In God We Trust".

Pray for our nation either now, tonight, tomorrow, or everyday. It doesn't just have to be for Election Day on Tuesday, even though that's what we did pray for.

You and I, I and You, U.S.

In God We Trust,
~Bookie

What's up? Oh, nothing much...! *winks*

Whew! So this is an actual (not like my other posts weren't, but you get what I mean) post that will tell you what's been going on in Bookie's life.

Want a hint? My title of this post? VERY sarcastic. Just to let you guys know :D lol

Everytime somebody asks me what's up, I always answer with either "Nothing much" or "School". But doesn't everyone have school, so that's not much is it? I should just go with the N/M. WELL, I've decided to let you guys know what's the deal and why I haven't been posting very long and thoughtful posts.
NOTHING BIG, trust me. I just need you guys to pray for me and whatever.
Let me list some things in my everyday life, or is going to enter my everyday life.

1) School (Present-FUTURE [March?]). <_< Oh, the stressful and constant mosquito in my life. Biting me till I'm scratching ALL over! lol, well, just a figure of speech. But yes, I do have school that's been making me stressed. So at the end of the day, I decide to check out the DioM forum and other sites. I'm so not having my priorities straight, am I? SORRY!
2) NaNoWriMo (November 1-30). WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD I BE STRESSING OVER THAT, you ask?! Well, my answer should be short and simple (hopefully). I'm really serious about my writing--or I try to be. Sometimes I tend to be the opposite. But right now I haven't had the WANT to work on Blinded. And you seee my word counter there sitting all lonely and not updated. I keep telling everyone I have writer's block, and I'm not so sure that's the case. So, maybe if I do NaNoWriMo (a new story), then I don't know. It'll all come back to me.
3) Church events and such. We just had a really awesome Bible Geography Conference this past weekend. It was really cool.
4) My health. I saved this for last because I'm not so sure how to explain it or such, but this is kinda bigger than all the rest. And it's kinda stressful alongside school.... So-- I think I've mentioned somewhere inside all of these posts that I thought I had an acid-reflex problem? Am I correct. (I sure have no clue). Well, that's what I still might have.
STORY!!! :
But I went to a sleepover the other day, and it was 2 nights long. Longest time I've been away from my parents, and the farthest I've been from them in distance. It was because my friend was turning 15, and with hispanics/Latin people, the 15th birthday is one of the most important birthdays of them all. (I s'pose because --as my twin says-- "you're halfway to thirty"). Well, the days were going by quickly and I was having a blast! We went out to dinner, and I was finally eating a lot. (Just to briefly let you know, ever since my reflex problem has started, I don't eat as much as I really should. I throw up a lot, so sometimes I just eat small amounts so I don't get sick very often.) I was ate and ate till my heart was content, AND GUESS WHAT?! I got reallllllllllly nauscious. I can't even explain the feeling. I get nauscious sometimes, but not BAD unless I really am about to throw up.
HERE I AM.
MILES AWAY FROM MY PARENTS.
AT A PARTY.
AND REALLY, REALLY SICK.
Ho-hum, this is life for me.... I didn't want to ruin the dinner for the other girls and so forth, so I decided to just tell ___'s parents that I was gonna sit down on a nearby couch. (The restaraunt was really fancy) So I did, and I didn't want Tums right away (I usually take those for my stomach), because I HATE feeling dependent on pills. I pray and pray to get better, but it wasn't happening right away. So the, FINALLY, everyone decides to go home, and we go back to where we were staying. This girl was reallly nice to me. She decided that she wanted to stick with me until I was settled comfortably on a bed.
I was really sick, and almost sure I was gonna lay out the steak I had right before everyone. EXCEPT everyone was watching movies and I was in the bedroom--so never mind. One of my very good friends said that I could use her cell phone (which I don't have by the way), for whatever use I wanted. So guess what I did?
I CALLED MY PARENTS. I knew they were at this graduation I really wanted to be at, or coming home from one, but--
I MISSED THEM SOOOOO MUCH!!!! And I was in a LOT of pain. Finally, I was in so much pain that I jsut wanted to close my eyes and turn everything out of tune. I fell asleep. And when I woke up--IT WAS 4 something in the morning!!!!! But I was feeling soo much better.
Well, previously, that whole dilemma has happened to me TOO MANY TIMES to just be food poisoning or a virus.
It's got to be something wrong with me. I can't eeat till I'm full--which makes me really sad, and I throw up or get really nauscious if I do.
I'm slightly underweight for my age. I know I don't need to, but I will tell you-- I'm at least 94/95 lbs. And most girls my age are a hundred something. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? Most KIDS/TEENS my age are at least 10 lbs. heavier than I am. But it's honestly not my fault. It's not supposed to make you feel all weird inside if you weigh more, NO I"M JUST TELLING YOU TO PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. This is a whole lot, and I can't really take that much of it in.
I have no idea if it's acid-reflex. I've been taken to the doctor plenty of times.
Remember when I told you of my fear of shots? Well, I've been having blood withdrawn from me plenty of times.
I'm now gonna get tested for Chrone's disease and celiace disease. For the celiac, they have to draw blood (but I think that was in my last doctor's app.), and they have to stick a video/tubwe down my throat. For Chrone's, I"M NOT EVEN GONNA SAY. All I'm asking for is prayer for me to find out what's wrong. It's not fun to be sick, I'm sure you know that.

WELL, enough about me!
Comment on my blog if you've updated and I don't know about it. I'd love to read your posts.

GOD BLESS,
~Bookie

------God ROCKS, and I love Him very deeply. Any of this, if I do have a disease or just acid-reflex, is all in His plan. I won't complain anymore, and I'm sorry about that in this post. I praise Him in everything, and this won't be a curse, it's a blessing so I can tell everyone that it's ok to have problems, still trust in the Lord.

NEW NANOWRIMO BLOG!

OKAY!
I made another blog that's just about the NaNoWriMo thing.... But since NaNoWriMo is only really for Novemeber and once a year, it's not like a "replace Bookworm4God's old blog".
NO WAY!
And I promise I'll do one of my important posts, or something other than my really broing-lately posts!!!


SORRY!!!!

THe blog is under "Bookie's NaNoWriMo" and it only has one post so far.

~Bookie

NaNoWriMo

WOO-HOO! A new post!!!

:D

Not intense and just for fun, at that, too!

ALRIGHT, so here's the thing. I'm still writing in my story Blinded. But, I'm having writer's block, and I decided, after a few friends of mine (through the forum and other places), that I would join this contst called NaNoWriMo. It stand for National Novel Writing Month, and it's only in November. You have to reach the 50,000 word goal, otherwise you don't win. The prize is a certificate (if you do pass 50k words) and self-satisfaction that you did it :D
I've already gotten a story idea and a lot of my friends are doing it.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT, TOO! It's great practice. Even if you don't want to become a writer when you grow up (or now). You can practice grammar rules, spelling, and all other sorts of junk. (whoops, did I just say junk? my bad :P )

November is all from writing scratch. You may outline, but no starting, unless you're restarting without help. You edit in DECEMBER. No editing in November. Not really allowed. So yup!

If you want more details, ask moi!

~Bookie

(P.S. If you are already on there, my user is bookworm4god . !!! Super creative, eh?)

I will continue...

Alright, so this will be a very short post for right now. I have tons of stuff to do, but I decided to continue the contest. My brother has really gotten into it, and even though everyone else is sorta busy, I think there might be enough time do it at least a picture andverse a day :D

I won't put a deadline, I'll ask later if everyone's finished or not quite, but thanks for all the encouragement!! :D

I'll post soon, and it'll be longer--PROMISE :D ,
~Bookie

It's been a while... :/

Whoa! Sorry for not having been on in so long! It's been forever, but I've been so busy. There's been lots of school going on, then forgetting about the blog when I can, and then music, and such.

It's been a while ;)

Well, since I've kinda forgotten about the contest till now, I think I'm just gonan stop it.

Tell me what you think. No one really has been that into it, and I think I know what they mean by being super busy. :/
I feel bad, but you guys tell me if you still want it or you don't care.

I'll post more soon!!

~Bookie

Twin4God's contest and mine

ALRiGHTY!
For my contest I have set a deadline to finishing up their work!

Your pictures and verses should be done and given to me on Oct. 28. That should give all of you participants enough time to work :D

ALSO, my friend Twin4God is having a contest, it's very easy too! She's in my blog and roll list so check it out!
It's probably the msot easiest one I've ever been in ;) lol

Check out my blog soon for more updates!!!

Bookie

Motiv8 Tour

I'm so excited!!!! =D

Review of Enoch's Ghost

WOW! That's just one word of many that I have to say about this book. Amazing. Awesome. Cool. Great! I just loved this book. It's probably my favorite in the whole Oracles of Fire series. Not only do Ashley, Walter, AND Thigocia come back, but so does Karen, the never-ending outrageously funny computer-- Larry, Gabriel, Sapphira, and Elam! I was so amazed at how complex, yet simple this read was! I could understand the concept of when Hades and Earth combined, and usually I just have trouble with my math homework!
Super-genius Ashley and her sister Roxil are trying to find the love of God, while Gabriel, Karen, Sapphira, and Walter are trying to figure out what's happening between earth, heaven, and Hades!
In this exciting and adventurous book you'll find everything you want. A Christian Sci/Fi book that will entrance you in it all the way through.

Review of Last of the Nephilim

This new addition to the series Oracles of Fire was awesome! All of your favorite characters come back! Billy, Bonnie, Ashley, Walter... And your favorite dragons too! I was amzed at how this book turned out. Each one just gets better and better even when you think it's absolutely impossible!
In this spellbinding book you will find so much adventure! I laughed, I cried, I smiled. I felt like I was practically inside of this book! It's one of my top favorite books that I've ever read. It has mystery, a love for God, friendship, humor, and just baout everything else. You will never be disappointed with this book!
I recommend it to any Christian, whether you're young or old, it doesn't matter, you'll love it anyway!

It's Started! :)

The contest has officially started!
If you'd like to enter (even if it is a little late and after the deadline) you may :) Just post a comment or find someway to tell me =D

So far:

1)Princess S.
2)Zoe
3)Bryce
4)DoT
5)Paris
6)Allison
7)Santi
8)and possibly Annabella :)

Well gracias [:

The starting post (just in case you need to review) is this link.

Bookie

En Memoria De Jesus

Alright, so I've been back to my "thinking hard" lately =D And I'm going to post my thoughts again, like I usually do...

Info: The title in English (for those of you who don't know much Spanish--like me) is "In Memory of Jesus", though I'm sure you smart people figure that out already ;)

Topic: I've been thinking of people who act Christlike, and people who don't care, and so forth--you'll see.

Here we go: So yes, I've come back to my regular posting of "important to me" things. And so when today I was stuck on not knowing what to post to a sudden brainstorm of "I GOT IT!" I was really happy. It was really at a store I went to, and I guess this has nothing to do being Christlike or such, but it was really of being kind. I was leaving the store when I saw this little girl around 5 or 6 sticking a hand in her pocket, and she was walking next to her dad. I was curious as to what she was holding and so I sort of slowed down to watch her for a second. But I was leaving, and I wasn't about to tell my mom, "Hold on, I wanna see what this little girl has in her pocket." No, I just turned me head and I saw her take out the reciept and hand it to the man who was checking the receipts and items (that's what, at least, this store does). And then I had a flashback of me doing the exact same thing when I was her age. I would ask my mom (who usually is the one to grocery shop) for the receipt to hand to the "man with the highliter". And my mom would always give it to me, or my sister, or someone, and we would give it to the guy or lady (whoever it was that day). And you all are thinking, "Why in the world would she want to hand a receipt to some dude? Only because she feels grown up?" And that was it at first, but then the person would ALWAYS draw happy faces or something cool, but mostly happy faces, and that made US happy. Someone actually felt like doing some stupid thing that would make us happy. Stupid as in not important, not dumb.
SO can you now guess why I was looking back? Yeah, I was looking back to see if the guy was drawing a happy face, and I never did get to see, but usually they just make a slash on the receipt and hand it back, but he actually put the receipt on the wall and took some times, so i'm pretty sure he did do something like that. AND THAT MADE ME SMILE.
Okay, yeah it sounds strange, but I was actually amazed that someone wasn't actually bored with their job. I always see someone with a sour look on their face, or tired, or something and they never enjoyed what they were doing. What they were there for.
But what does the title "En Memoria De Jesus/In Memory of Jesus" have to do with this. WELL I've pointed out three things so far in someway, think about it.
1) Kindness/Thoughtfullness,
2) Wanting to do something right, and
3) Not wanting to do something right.
Now, yes, most people who don't care or don't have the right attitude aren't Christians, and the majority of this world aren't Christians either, but when you ARE Christian and you ARE eager to do work or something nice it shows, and it feels nice to not only any other person you'll affect, but yourself. Remember my post about Honduras? How I so want to go back and help, or I felt closer to God over there, I think it had to do something with all of the other people surrounding me.
There wasn't just the people and their poverty, but there were the people WITHOUT the poverty too. Yup, I did want to help because there were people who barely had homes, but it was also the effect other people had on me. Most ALL the people in the place that I was staying at, MEDA, were joyful to do work for the Lord. Maybe there was a kid or two who didn't feel like it, but the rest of them and all the adults, sweating, tired, and stressed, were still perfectly happy to be doing the work they had started. And so NOW, even here in the States, I've become joyful.
I used to be all upset at--
doing chores
practicing my violin,
and whatever every other kid here complains about.
BUT, since I've come back, I always think about the others that worked around me.
Who says nobody pays attention. Who thinks someone like me would pay attention to those around.
"Pff, that girl wouldn't care in the world that I've been helping out."
You've got it wrong. ANYTIME you think that, remember that there's a HUGE possibility that you've made a mistake.
Because I did. I payed attention. I listened to their songs, sang with them too. I really LOOKED at the attention spans of some people. I REALLY saw everyone there. And I really HEARD and SAW the joy that everyone had. It made me happy to do the Lord's work, and I wish so many other people would have that joy too. Believe me, see it, and know it for real. I know a lot of friends and other kids wouldn't look at that, because
1) they may not be Christian, and
2) they don't really have that kind of attitude.
It's not in memory of Jesus. It really isn't here. It's not msot everywhere, even in Honduras. No, but it is in somewhere.

Well, I hope that made sense. I hope my post was organized enough... Sometimes I feel weird doing this because maybe it does sound strange, or odd, or whatever. But it really feels good to actually share it and I'm glad I do post my "imprtant thoughts". I know some of you do enjoy them =D

ALSO, En Memoria De Jesus was engraved on a table in the church I went to for those two weeks I spent on my missions trip. I'm pretty sure those were the exact words. I should be at least... ;) Since I didn't really understand the spanish sermon, I was staring at those words forever :D

~Bookiella

YES! 3 more in a day!

ahha, so I'm excited, I got 2 more participants in one day =D
List of people:
1) Princess S. (would the other Princesses like to join? They can each do their own =D, but only if they want to)
2)Zoe (she's in my blog roll too)
3)Bryce --blog "Twin4God"
4)DoT --blog "A Girl of Many Colors"
5)Paris (in my blog roll)
6)Allsion
7)Santi (lol, my little bro =D)

so yayyy :D

I'm so happy =D lol

~Bookie

EDIT: Whoops, I just realized I had Zoe in there twice. My bad, I fixed it though.

5 Participees

lOl, so we have another participee in my contest so far. *Sadly just one more* I thought maybe a bunch of people loved photography and drawing-- oh well :P

So in all we have:
1) Princess S. (would the other Princesses like to join? They can each do their own =D, but only if they want to)
2)Zoe (tell me if you'd still like to do it :D)
3)Bryce --blog "Twin4God"
4)DoT --blog "A Girl of Many Colors"
5)Paris (in my blog roll)

Yay, it's still open to join anyone. This is gonna be really fun and i can't wait till it starts so i can see everyone's creativity in photography and/or drawing skills =D

For more information this is the post that has started it all: New Contest. And this one too: Participants and Participating.

Gracias!

Bookiella