Monday, November 11, 2013

Create a Character



Brittney Johnson is doing a link up at Daughter of the King. I am super excited to be participating in this. I hope you join too. :-)
 
 
 
Name: Sierra Rose
Age: 16
Lives: Woodland, Fergus Falls, MN
Loves: A great adventure
About: Sierra Rose lives with her grandparents in a cabin, in the middle of no where. Her favorite pass time is running through the woods at sundown. (It's very boring where she is) What she finds there is usually the same, until the night of her sixteenth birthday. She went out into the woods and never came back. Never say never though. What she finds in the woods on that dark and lonely night, is something no one would ever believe possible. She wakes up on a re-peat of that same day. And like nothing ever happened, her grandparents greet her with another breakfast in bed. Confused, she goes along with the day, except this time, she bumps her head on a rock on the way back out of the forest, and wakes up with dwarfs looking things drooling down above her. Is this all a dream? What happened while she was sleeping? She is more confused now than ever.


By the way, my character does not actually have dread locks like the photo shows.

God Bless, Amy
P.S. If this book gets finished, it would possibly be called Freedom Calling.

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us and eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, and what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18



Thursday, November 7, 2013

Raindrops on a Sunny Day

 
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Genesis 8:21-22
 
Day after day I'm more confused. Looking back at my life and wondering "Why did that ever happen?" And yet, I have no answer. Is that because there is no reason? Of course there is a reason. God has a reason for everything, even if you don't understand it now, you will soon. I have to keep reminding myself of that too. There is a reason for everything. Maybe if I set a reminder for it to go off every ten minutes I'll remember. But of course, I never read the reminders I set on my IPod. So that won't work.
 
Speaking of reminders, remember the bible story about Noah? He built the ark at God's command. He got funny faces from his neighbors, but boy did he show them. The rain came, and the waters were rising quickly. The rain lasted for about forty days. And 150 days after that (forgive me if I'm wrong), but with no rain. Soon the dry land came into view and they then unpacked the ark. God came to them and promised He will never flood the entire earth again. And as a reminder He gave us the rainbow.
 
How great is that, right? Well, when the rainbow comes after the rain, do you remember? Not usually. Make it a goal to remember to thank God every time you see a rainbow. That is how I start a habit.
 
So maybe that's how I can remember that there is a reason for everything. I am going to try to make it a habit, when I look out the window, and see the seasons changing, I am going to remember reason. Because reason and season rhyme. It may not work because I look out the window a lot, but it's worth a shot. After all, I wouldn't mind remembering there is a reason for everything all the time. :-) Try it with me. Then you can comment and tell me how it went for you, also comment and tell me if you made a habit of remembering something, just by looking at something. Maybe I can try things your way too.
 
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith..."
Hebrews 12:2

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Holy by Nichole Nordeman

How many roads did I travel before I walked down the one that led me to You?
How many dreams did unravel Before I believed in a hope that was true?
How long? How far?
What was meant to fulfill only emptied me still
And all you ever wanted...

Chorus:
Only me on my knees
Singing holy, holy
And somehow all that matters now is
You are Holy, Holy

How many deaths did I die before I was awakened to new life again?
How many half-truths did I bear witness to, til the proof was disproved in the end?
How long? How far?
What was meant to illuminate, shadowed me still
And all you ever wanted......

Chorus
Only me on my knees
Singing holy, holy
And somehow all that matters now is
You are Holy, Holy

and all I have is gratitude to offer You. . .

Chorus
Only me on my knees
Singing holy, holy
And somehow all that matters now is
You are Holy, Holy