That Crazy Pentecostal Girl

"Live, Love and Learn": A movie made in the 1930's that coined the popular phrase now used in cute little quotes, but I think the movie had it all wrong. One must first Learn , then Love , and then and only then can they Live ! Last weekend a group of my friends and I went to a youth rally in Tampa just for the heck of it, and I'm so glad we did! Obviously it was a great service, but your never ganna believe what Bro. Joey Campatella spoke about!!!!???? "HOLINESS" 1 Timothy 2:9 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; The way he spoke about it just made you have so much more respect and love for it! On the way home we had a discussion about holiness. See I feel like a view holiness differently then most Pentecostals, but truth is I feel the same way. Some people just don't know it yet. See ever since I was a li...

So, I told you about the lady in Johann's. If that wasn't weird enough I had 3 more people come into my life quit randomly and strangely this past week. Thursday I had class and after I had planned to go out to eat with my mom then go shopping with some of my girlfriends. Well, my mom and I got done eating earlier then I had mapped out so I had a couple extra hours on my hands before I had to meet up with the girls. I decided I would go to the Books-A-Million in town because I had really been wanting a good student study bible. So, Im standing there, looking at the bibles, minding my own business when this young man, nearly my age asked If I was a christian. I looked at the bible in my hand and then looked up at him and said with a grin, "Uh Ya". This kid starts making conversation with me and Im friendly so I make conversation back. Get this, he eventually tells me his life story. How he hasn't always been in church, but he knows this is where he belongs blah bla...

This week has been one of the worst and life evaluating weeks of my life, and it probably didn't help that the little devil that visits me once a month decided to visit me this week:/ I can't go into detail what came to surface early this week because it's family business and not anyone else's, but I can tell you it was difficult to believe, once i believed it, it still didn't seem real, but it became real and I was angry - I let the sun down on my wrath-Ephesians 4:26 I eventually forgave this person, well at least to their face, but to be completely honest I'm still bitter about the situation and Im hurt All this went down on Monday. Tuesday I had class. Afterwards I went to my friends work, had lunch, and went shopping for several hours. All this to stay away from home as long as possible. I went to johann's during those several hours, which is where this story really begins. I went back to the patterns table, sat down, looked through some books, minding ...

So after hyphen a lot of us college and career kids are pumped! If thats the word you wanna use...i don't know. All I know is we've been talking and talking about making a difference and now we are finally going to do it! Its ganna be OFF THE WALL! It started off with My friend Amber and I just chit chatting about how we need change in this church, especially the youth group, over a cup of coffee. We came up with this brilliant idea of having a bible study type thing where we just get together and basically do what we were doing now, talking, but with more people and throw are opinions and idea's out there and just see where it would go from there. So friday night it was set, her house, 7pm... it didn't end till 11! So, there we were, Amber and I, Lauren-Ashley, Troy, Garison, Chris-Ann, and Bro. & Sis. Barnhill, sitting in the living room talking about...well everything. We really touched base with how this generation, the college and career age, needs to b...

I was a little hesitant this week about going to this function my church held! It didn't really sound appealing and it was $25 that I didn't really feel like spending on something I wasn't sure about, but I was talked into and then my church offered to pay for everyones way so I went and I am soooooo glad I did! It was a little awkward at first, but by the end it was one of the best services I've ever been to! I mean it wasn't a jumping around, shouting and getting crazy service. It was chill, quite, but very informational. It was broken up into 6 speakers each of which talked on a different subject. Dreams, Roots, Exposition, Sexuality, Money, and Them! The first subject made me start thinking of when I was little and how I thought I was ganna be a missionary to Australia, and how now that looks just crazy, but what if it wasn't? The next one Roots, the speaker Jody Wells for one is awesome second it made me want to read the bible more, fast more, and...

I could sit here and go on and on for 3 to 5 paragraphs about how pathetic my life is, but I rather not~ I was sitting in my bed a week or so ago crying about how pathetic my life is! Sometimes I feel so useless like there is nothing I can do about it. I wish I could help my church more, get them more into it, but I don't even know where to begin with a church of 1000 people, give or take! I wish I had more money for school, the only reason I was going to a secular school to begin with was because I thought it was paid for, but its not completely and now I feel like I shouldn't be spending money on something God hasn't even called me to do! I wish I was more of an example to people around me, from family, to friends at school and church! AND BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!! Like I said I can go on forever! But as I was sitting there freaking out about everything it hit me, a little voice, telling me to not be afraid and to stop worrying, "For God has not given me the spirit of fear...

My boyfriend is always telling me I'm too negative! Most of the time he's being sarcastic, but I have noticed at times I complain way to much! I started noticing every time I would say something negative and the thought about what I was saying. What if instead of complaining, I fixed whatever it is that is wrong!!!???? *****LIGHT BULB***** I was reading a book the other day about some of the worlds greatest known people. It mentioned Abe Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and my favorite Helen Keller. I started realize while reading these stories, I have no reason to complain! In fact I have all the more reason to rejoice!!!!! I have sat on the pews of church complaining for way to long about how no body here cares about God, or about the youth and blah blah blah and Im not the only one. A few of my friends have done the same so I went right along with them every time, but IM DONE! I don't know what I can do to fix this situation exactly, or s...