Beautiful God

Let's talk about what's beautiful for a little bit. first, outside. The outdoors is so breathtaking to me. The sky gets so blue. The trees get so green next to it, and the flowers so bright with so many different colors. It is so relaxing to get outside and just look at God's beautiful creation.

Second, art. It is just amazing to me how God gave us the ability to create beautiful things. Art isn't just something you hang on the wall. Everyone has their own kind of art, whether that's dancing on stage, or singing in your bedroom, God gave each and every one of us the ability and passion to create art. 

What is beautiful in your life? Has God done something in your life that you are blessed by? 

The verse I want to share with you today is Ephesians 2:10: For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. [NIV]

God has a plan for everyone, and he is truly beautiful.

Scales

Today I want to give you guys a memory verse to challenge yourself on, Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be kept safe. [NIV]
I want to share that with you because I have been struggling with having a fear of man. There are several different ways you can struggle with this, but I have been trying to parent my siblings so that they will not bother Mom and Dad, or so Mom didn't have to spend her time being exasperated. That just made things worse. A few days ago I would not have called it fear of man, but now I realize that is exactly what it is. I was unintentionally revolving my life around trying to keep Mom and Dad from getting mad. That is not what they want, and neither do my siblings. I picture it as a scale, I try to keep the peace by balancing it, but instead, it just goes up on the other end. If I just do my part in obeying Mom and Dad and not worry about my siblings, it will balance itself out.

Birthday week!!!

Hi guys, as some of you may know, this month is birthday month for our family. Seraiah had hers on October 12th, I had mine on the 16th, and Curry's is coming up on the 28th. 

I am starting a book that I highly recommend. It's called Inspired evidence. It's about proving that there was a creator of creation and disproving the theory of evolution. I have only read a little bit, but I love how it puts science and God's truth together. 
O.K. so I read these amazing verses today, James 1:2-5 says, "Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity or great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking." I love the whole chapter of James 1 and I definitely recommend reading it. 
Oh one more thing, in previous posts I have mentioned me wanting to do gymnastics, well, I am going to be doing it at the middle school in Holmen, WI. I am going to be the only one in our family doing so because Seraiah, Sami, and Jax are doing soccer, and Curry is doing wrestling. 

Living Waters

Hey everyone! I had the best time at Living Waters Bible Camp last week! We went there as a church for our fall conference. There was only one thing that I did not like about it, I was really sick the whole time! Other than that, it was a perfect time. There was a fifty-foot rock climbing wall with a zip line at the top! From what I heard, only about five people reached the top. It was that high! You had to be twelve to do the zip line, so I'll have to wait two years to try it out. As sick as I was though, I decided to try out the rock wall. On my first try, I couldn't get very far, but I decided to keep going. I had tried it about five or six times and then I found myself at the top of the tower! I couldn't believe what I had done. I was super sick and I had just been one of five people to climb a fifty-foot tall rock wall! I had to pray to God the whole time for him to help me keep going, but he answered my prayers every time and I reached the top with his help. After that clime, I was really feeling sick, I asked Mom to take me back to our cabin. As we were coming back Mom kept telling me how proud she was of me and how I could use that clime in my life. She told me that might be something God will use to motivate me throughout my life to keep doing what He wants me to be doing. Now I am really glad I was sick that week.

This is a video of me at the top of the tower

Quick post

  Hi guys, just a quick post this week. I am beyond excited about the YMCA in town. Today we went there and did the gymnastics open house. I have been praying a long time for God to open a door to gymnastics. We're still not doing it this year, but we might another year. In the meantime, we have the opportunity to do the open house on Wednesdays.

  Mom had a birthday on the 13th and we invited some friends for dinner. We had a really fun time.

  A quick update about me is, I want to learn photography, so if you have any pointers, leave a comment. 

A fun week

Hi guys, Sorry for being so late. I have two reasons for this. First we moved and haven't unpacked the computer I usually use yet. Second, I got a new Chromebook and didn't know how to do it from there.
As some of you may know we moved to Wisconsin on August 19th. We did this because Dad is a pastor and he is going to work at Coulee Rock, a church in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
We have two weeks to unpack and explore our new town before Dad starts work. On Wednesday, August 22nd we went to The Mall Of America. We had a blast!! We had Dinner there and looked around. My favorite part was the American girl store. Have you been to there?

This is us at The Mall Of America eating dinner in front of a window.

Today we went to the Holmen library for the first time. It was really fun. I hope you are having as good a time as me this week. The verse Mathew 7:11 talks about how God loves giving good gifts to his children. I feel that I have really experienced that this week. Leave a comment and tell me a way God has shown you that.

A crazy Summer!

   OK, this week has been crazy!! We had nine house showings for our house. We also found a house in La Crosse. God is so good!! My Dad and my sister, Seraiah, went to Minneapolis and at the same time I had a sleepover with Jorie Miska, who is seen on the right.
    I've had fun going to the pool, playing with friends, and riding my bike to go visit friends. I have had fun practicing taking pictures on my camera of patterns and plants. Notice the picture or the tree and chairs from church.What are you guys doing to enjoy yourselves this week?

   This week God has shown me to really rely on him and his word. I really like Psalm 147:5. It says, "Great is the Lord and mighty in power." To me it means God has the power to be in control of everything and everyone, that is really reassuring to me.