Keep my heart in PURITY.

 Today I woke up and the first thing I did was turn on my recorded episode of Glee from last week. Quite a few people had been talking about it, I figured it was about time I watched it. Well, this episode was flat out about sex haha. The title, up to the songs they sang, and their conversations.
- Ive been waiting to write a blog about this, I guess this gave me an outlet haha.

For a practicing Christian teen [or even adult] we should know that sex is a gift from God for those who are married. NOBODY ELSE!  God knows what he's talking about regardless of how in love you think you are with your boyfriend or girlfriend! As a teen exposed to the real world,I've seen temptations for those our age and how a lot of people have given into having sex before they're married.
NEWSFLASH: 70% of High School students are virgins contrary to "everyone's doing it" myth.  
It also seems that confiding in THE lover of your soul by reading God's word makes that temptation so much more easy to resist. - sure teens will still have it, but they'll know right from wrong by reading what God has to say about it.
My brother tends to remind me of 1 Corinthians 7.  
1 Corinthians 7:9 states that  if "two cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion."
Along with that, we must also be pure in our hearts and our minds.


Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God!

That little beauty in the middle is my purity ring. It's my promise to most importantly God, and myself that I will remain pure until my wedding day, so that when I marry my husband I can start a life with him not having any regrets as far as him having all of me.


This past episode of Glee made people who wanted to save sex seem like total nerdbombers. When in reality, we have the better end of things and we won't have that emotional baggage that comes with relations with another person.


Marriage is such a beautiful thing. Why not make it more special by giving the one you love something so important.  


Friends, I know some of you have already embarked on this road. I just ask that you respect your bodies. They're God's temple! He loves you, despite what anyone else makes you feel like you need to accomplish. Anyone who makes you go through something before you're ready isn't worth it. There ARE people out there who will respect you.                                                                                                                                     -You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His.


 Psalm 51:10
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

The Flip Side

 Thursday ended on a pretty bad note, as you can tell from the previous blog. I was so ready to just get away from everything. Luckily the day after Thursday is Friday which means .. BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND!  Ben had never been to Gruene, which is sort of a regular spot for my family. So we decided to do date night a little earlier in the week than usual and we took a little road trip.

That definitely made me feel better. Spending time with my boy seemed to help get my mind off things.
So thankful for those little blessings God has provided me that I call friends.  - Thank you to those of you who checked up on me. In just a couple weeks things will be rolling in a new direction, prayer is always welcomed.

Saturday consisted of grilling with the family and the Martins. - who I pretty much consider family. So that was a chill night.

Sunday had a WONDERFUL morning. Then in the afternoon We had tryouts for my church's Easter service. Which was something new, so we'll see how everything with that turns out!




This weekend was definitely a flip side to my lame end of the week.   I'm looking forward to making this week a great one!

Steal. Kill. & Destroy the enemy

  Yesterday was a pretty rough day. Made some huge decisions. I felt right about it in my heart, but when the time came to confront these problems, it didn't turn out as smoothly as I planned. As a matter of fact, it didn't turn out smoothly at all. - Apparently that was confirmation that I was doing the right thing. I shouldn't have been so upset, but I was and that was wrong.
Though the turnout wasn't as I was hoping .. I'm trying to see the brighter side. With this hard day satan tried to "Steal, kill and destroy" what I have that he doesn't like : JOY. What I've been writing about the past few weeks with my Bible study going on. The second part of John 10:10 , and the best news of all is that even when satan tries to steal such a great thing .. Jesus came so that we could enjoy life!

It's hard to find joy in the messy situations sometimes.    My Joyce Meyer devotional ended with this today : "Joy and enjoyment are available just as misery is available. Righteousness and peace are available and so are condemnation and turmoil."    -- YES! We have good and bad things set in front of us, it's our choice what we choose as far as our attitudes go.   I tend to pick the wrong one sometimes. I need reminders that even though the going gets tough,  there's just as much joy waiting for me as there is difficulty.
Please continue to pray for me and my future as it starts to take a turn. 


"your life does not have to stop so you can "go through" something. 
that would be a miserable life." - Misty Jones


It's time to pick things up and start truckin'..

A Perfect Gift

Every good thing and every perfect gift 
comes from the mercy of the Father. - James 1:17

I don't think I've ever written a full out blog about this kid,[partially because I've been scared to, not gna lie.] so I figured today of all days would be extremely appropriate since it's pretty special and he is too.
This summer I was in a Bible study that discussed the topic of dating and something that I stuck out to me, even to this day was that God doesn't create perfect people, but he does create and give you perfect gifts.
Meet Ben,.You've probably heard of him by now ..
I've pretty much known him the majority of my life as I have with quite a few kids I've grown up in church with. I never really thought much of it.     -until last year.
We started hanging out more and then bam . Sort of out of nowhere after a night of playing lazer tag and other fun games with our friend Austin Law we discovered our like for one another. The rest is history. It wasn't long before he became my best friend. I mean, the kid was just as weird as I was .. it was bound to happen. We texted eachother from the time we woke up until the time we went to bed, every day [We still do some days.. we never run out of things to talk about. It's kind of ridiculous.] and we basically  hung out every weekend from then on.

Then there was the semi-awkward Prom stage. We  had just recently started dating and were still trying to figure the other one out. The night ended up being pretty fun though. Definitely a significant and memorable night, really glad we decided to go :)

Now back to the topic of discussion. Ben himself is not perfect, neither am I .. or ANYONE on this earth by any means.. but after about 3 months of dating he became that "perfect gift"  that is mentioned in James. When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, God couldn't have put a better person in my life than this kid and his family. His family had also gone through the battle of cancer, coincidence? I don't think so. That was totally God's doing. When people say that God is always on time, they aren't kidding. He had been in the same situation as me at one point, which not a lot of people can say they have been.   Even when he didn't know what to say, he knew what to say. I am extremely blessed that my best friend was such an encouragement to me during that time.

As if that alone was not a blessing, it's great having someone who shares your faith. It's a lot harder finding people who share your morals and follow through with them in public school than you would think. I even had friends who I went to church with, but when we were at school they were completely different people. It was extremely frustrating, but having someone I could talk to, like Ben, about stuff was something I really enjoyed. Someone who loves Jesus takes on a whole new meaning to the word friend.

I have so much fun with this kid, I can't even tell you. We have got to be the weirdest people ever, it's great. I enjoy every minute of it.  There's so much more I wish I could say, but even then it wouldn't do this kid justice..

"Dear Jesus, thank you for ducks Ben."

Love you.

JOIN MY FAMILY IN RACING FOR A CURE!

JOIN ME FOR THE 14th ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO RACE FOR THE CURE ~ APRIL 30th, 2011 at the Alamodome. PLEASE - Check Out My Mom's Race For The Cure Personal Page and Sign Up For Our PINK Hope & Love Team!! This Is Going To Be A Victorious Day...I Hope You Can Join Me & My Family!!

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In honor of the fight my mother continues to fight everyday, LOVE YOU.

So wonderful in all You do.

In June of 1996 my baby sister was born. The Doctor's thought she had Polio, and told us she would probably never be able to walk. Along with those complications she had muscle issues elsewhere and had to receive eye surgery at a very young age. The little girl who was expected to never take a step competed with a dance solo at Texas State for a Showmaker's Of America competition this weekend.

Just goes to show that God has bigger plans for us than we could ever imagine. She even used a song, which she stumbled upon by listening to her older sister's ipod *cough cough* You Are For Me- Kari Jobe. She got to minister to people through her God given talent. She did so well, and I'm a proud big sister. Dance is a big thing in our family, all of the girls in our family are dancers so we mean business.

Her team, Churchill Pep-Squad ended up winning the state championship :) 

What a great feeling knowing all that hard work payed off! 

Joy comes from the Lord.

Alrighttttt. Well it's been almost a week since I posted last. I am slowly easing out of my little emo teenager stage. That night and days that have followed are helping me and I am slowly returning to a better place.

Last Tuesday in week three of the Joy To The Girls Bible study, we talked about how we can't put our joy in other people. - ummm I love when God puts things in front of my face that are EXACTLY what I need in that point in time. It was seriously just what I needed to hear.

There are times when we get things that we want and sometimes we tend to focus more on those "things" than the person who blessed us,God. Blessings should symbolize our relationship with God. They should not replace God, but remind us of Him.  "Appreciate the gift, worship The Giver." -Bre'anna Emmitt

We read Hebrews 13:5 which says, "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
- Don't dwell on the things of this world, they're not going to be going with you anywhere once you're dead. Instead, focus on The Maker of all good things who will be with you until the end of time.   We absolutely cannot let ourselves rely on others to be our joy. Joy comes from the LORD. If we entrust those around us with such a big task, we have set ourselves up for dissapointment.

I'm trying to focus on that concept, and keep telling myself that there's a light at the end of this tunnel..