Weekend!

It's been an eventful week. I'm too tired to really write anything substantial right now--but be assured, a better post will be on its way!

Tomorrow-- Hiking at Turkey Run !!!

~sarah~

Update after a looong time....!

I am a terrible blogger. Since I last wrote so much has happened. That's kind of cliche but it is true!

I won't bore anyone with details. (I can just hear the sighs of relief) What I've been up to:

I loved our church's Country Jamboree that ended about two weeks ago now. It was so fun--the skits were hilarious. The music was great too!!

I have been loving our new Single Focus group. Eating at new places, doing fun activites, and enjoying edifying Christian fellowship!

I'm in training for running the Indianapolis Mini-marathon. The thing I've realized during this training: I love food. Kind of a sad realization.

In October I'm planing on going to The Wilds in North Carolina for a conference. I'm super excited! Can't wait!!!

Hmmm. I think that a pretty good update. Will try to post once a week and build my blogger fan base up. Hah! =)


 ~Sarah~

Signs of Spring

I love taking pictures of nature--even better than of people. Spring is bursting at the seems here. Sweet smells and sounds encompass me everytime I step outside. Here are just a few peeks at what I see everyday:

~sarah~

The Gospel

Hi. It's me again. I had a blessed Easter meditating on the risen Savior! Found this video and it was so good! I just had to share it! I get goosebumps watching it. Do you?

Ps. To hear the video without interference scroll down (its a looong way down) to the bottom of the blog to pause the music. Thanks.

Procrastination

Yep. That's me... the #1 procrastinator. I'm supposed to be working on a paper for political science class. But my mind is numb and I need a little break to get those brain juices flowing again. Maybe.

On Monday, a few girls from my Sunday School class got together for a Bible study that we will be doing twice a month. It is wonderful to have a sweet time of fellowship where we can discuss fun things, eat good food and most importantly talk and learn about God's Word. One of the girls hosted the study in her condo. I was so lost trying to find it though. I went up and down the street about a million times and I waved at the same lady walking her dog up and down the street about about a million times too. It was embarrassing and I thought for sure someone was going to call the police on me for loitering. I'm beginning to think I need to invest in a GPS.

Aaron had a fun April Fool's Day at school. For a joke, his whole English class went up on the roof of the school building. Miss M. was wondering where her class was and someone said "Oh! They are having class on the roof." I think one of the guys brought sunglasses, sun tan lotion, and such. I hear it was quite a funny sight. I'm wondering how Miss M. liked it...

April showers bring May flowers. I'm hoping this week will be less rainy and more sunny!

Ok. Back to my paper...boo.

~sarah~

Whirlwind

Life has been flying by. So much to do and so little time to do it. This month has been full of exciting things!! First of all exciting things is that spring has officially started. Yay!

Can't you see the BUDS !!

...And delicate green shoots emerging from under the leaves...

                

My brother had his b-day too...

I was able to get a lot done today. I cleaned the refrigerator, took 3 huge bags to Goodwill, took a test for school and planted some Italian Parsley seeds. Praising the Lord for His goodness to me!

sarah



Genesis 8:22

"While the earth remaineth,

seedtime

 and harvest,

and cold

and heat,



and summer

and winter,

and day

and night

shall not cease."

What a wonderful promise!! Spring will arrive!

~Sarah~



ICE

We have had some good snowfalls since December, but now we have been hit by ice. Today and tomorrow ice accumulations are possible. I decided to go out and investigate and snap some photos for proof ;-) . However, in my haste I realized ice is, after all, slippery-- uunfortunately, the hard way. So, enjoy the evidence of my venture to iceland.



Not looking forward to travelling to work tomorrow!! Thankfully, I had the day off today! 

Until next time..,

~Sarah~

I am still here!!!

I am still alive! =) Hopefully I will get up a post this weekend. Maybe. ;)


~Sarah~

This is beyond neat...

I got chills while watching this. LOVE IT !!!! Can't you just imagine being there???!!!  Just a very infinitely small taste of the heavenly choir.                                                                                                             

P.S. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to turn off my music so that it does not interfere with the video *thanks*




Waiting for that day...
Philippians 2:10-11 ~  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

~Sarah~

My day off...

Yes, it was my day off today. Aren't you happy for me?? =)

 Today was the very 1st day for beginning piano lessons with Mrs. R. Let me just say it was wonderful. I must mention she has a...ahem...Yamaha baby grand! I was shocked. I have never ever had lessons on a baby grand before---so exciting!! Mrs. R is very lovely, godly woman. I am blessed to take lessons from her. Oh, and I play for church on Wednesday night sometime in January. Ugh. This will be nerve-wracking...but the Lord is with me through everything.

#2. We have been helping a couple at our church with organizing a ministry at their home. It is plain to see they love the Lord and love to serve Him. How refreshing! My mom and I helped most of the day with organizing book shelves, painting, and sorting. I so enjoy being around them both and gathering as much wisdom from them as I can!

What else?  ..... ?

I have not posting pictures in awhile. And of course, there are no people in these pictures. I am always getting picked on for not taking pictures of people. Almost every photo I take is a picture of God's marvelous creation. These three are from a month or so ago:

 taken at a dear friend's home

some pretty purple flower from a bouquet



a rose from a bouquet

And there you have it. A very brief and condensed update! There are so many other wonderful things to tell...but I do not have enough room on this page to type every detail!

One more thing...(I know this is random). Here are words to a song to get in the Christmas spirit!

A Christmas Wish

As we come to this special time of year,

May our minds still be focused, may our vision be clear.

As we ponder the meaning of this season,

We understand the reason that You came to earth as man. It was love.

It was love that made the sacrifice. It was love that paid the awful price.

Oh, may we not forget; Lord, help us to remember

That Christ came down to earth for more than just December.

His birth prepared the way for His work on Calvary.

Our Christmas wish is that we not forget God's love. Amen.

~Tim Fisher



~Sarah~

Oh yeah. It is winter out.

Yup. The first snow has fallen. Just a dusting...but I still love it! I am praying for no ice though. Life has been so very busy! I know it has been awhile since November 2. Yikes!! Hopefully, I will get a better update than this...however it will have to do. =)

Christmas is 25 days away!!!!!


~Sarah~

Election DaY and other miscellaneous items

I voted today! Did YOU?

Besides that...

I went to the Ladies' Bible Study at church. We are going through a newly published devotional book ( Divine Service ) written by a wonderful lady (Betty Henderson) who goes to my church as well. I am enjoying it very much and learning an incredible amount of information from the book of Mark. You can check out Divine Service here. I also believe it is on http://www.cbd.com/ too.

Anyway...

All the leaves are off the trees now. I am sad about that. The trees look very bare--but never fear Christmas will soon be here and that means---SNOW!! I know. I cannot wait!! =)

Hmmm...

Nothing else exciting is happening right now. EXCEPT! ! ! ! one thing. I am going to be playing for our music pastor's wife tomorrow night. She just wants to hear me play the piano in order to get a feel for where I would best fit in the church music program. Uhh...I am nervous! She is so very nice and patient. I am happy about that because I am going to be a wreck tomorrow night. =)

~SaRaH~

Uh-oh...the leaves are falling...

"October gave a party;

The leaves by hundreds came-

The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,

And leaves of every name.

The Sunshine spread a carpet,

And everything was grand,

Miss Weather led the dancing,

Professor Wind the band."

~ George Cooper, October's Party

Fall is definitely here!! I love this time of year...the smells, the tastes, the sounds....the time when God paints the trees with beautiful color.


~SaRaH~

Busy as a Bee (except I don't like bees...) maybe butterflies??

Life has been going by so quickly I can't keep up lately!! We just finished with a revival week at our church with the Steve Pettit Evangelistic Team. Let me just say it was fantastic!! The music was phenomenal, the preaching was convicting, and several people came forward each night to commit their lives to Christ! It was exciting to see the Lord work! I bought 3 CD's and one of their piano books. Each team member is incredibly talented--they are truly blessed. Their first night here (last Sunday) the ladies sang a song entitled 'God of Heaven'. It was so beautiful! They are doing a recording of it very soon. As soon as it is on CD I am going to buy it. I feel as if I am going to cry every time I hear it performed. The song is playing at the bottom of the blog--it is the first song. But honestly, this particular recording does not do it justice. Just the ladies by themselves is much better with a piano and violin accompaniment. I can't wait to hear it again!!!!!!! =)

School is going well. Not too much to report there. I do have HUGE final in Accounting 102 this week. I am very very very nervous about it, but inspite of my worries the Lord is with me at all times. Please pray for me though!

Hopefully, sometime I will get some fall pictures up here. The leaves are just starting to look pretty, but I have a feeling the wind will come and they will fall off before they really look beautiful. Oh, well. That's just the way it goes I guess. Until next time I blog....


~Sarah~

An Update !!! (don't get too excited)

I know I haven't posted in awhile, but life has been going very quickly for me and the days are just slipping by. Anyway, I'm not sure that anyone out there in cyberspace reads this poor little blog or not, but to those who do I will try to post later this week. It is going to be full week tho!!! I have to work just about everyday on top of school and running here and there for church activities. Inspite of of my busy days, the Lord is so good to me. He keeps me safe day and night, provides for all my needs (even little ones), and comforts me when I become discouraged (which seems to be more frequent with school). I have a great burden to grow in Him. I'm taking it day by day. The only thing is....it's difficult!! But, the Lord knows that all ready. I am thankful for His infinte understanding. What would I do without it???

An added thought: I have not posted any hymns in awhile, however I think next time I will post one!


~Sarah~ <3

My Violin

Patriot Day—September 11th

 

“This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and  peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time.

None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night and God bless America.”

~President George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, September 11, 2001

Lisa Jefferson, the 911 operator who spoke with Todd Beamer on Flight 93:

“He said, in case I don’t make it through this, would you please do me a favor and call my wife and my family and let them know how much I love them. He told me he has two boys, David and Andrew. Then he said his wife is also expecting. So we talked.

When the plane was flying erratic he thought he had lost conversation with me. And he was hollering in the phone, ‘Lisa, Lisa.’ And I said, ‘I’m still here Todd. I’m still here. I’m not going anywhere, I’ll be here as long as you will.’

After that he had a sigh in his voice, he took a deep breath. He was still holding the phone but he was not talking to me, he was talking to someone else. And I can tell that he had turned away from the phone to talk to someone else. And he said, ‘You ready? OK. Let’s roll.’”

Moments later, screams, commotion.

“Then it went silent. I didn’t hear anything else from him. I kept the phone line open for about 15 minutes, hoping he would come back to the phone. I was calling his name. He never came back to the phone. About 10 minutes later, we had heard that the plane had crashed in Pittsburgh and I knew that it was his plane. It was United flight 93.”

An excerpt from my diary at 10:28 pm on 9/11/01:

“…I think we just made history today. Today at 8:49 am two jetliners crashed in the World Trade Center towers. Both towers have now crumbled to the [ground]. Also, the Pentagon has been attacked by a jet liner also. Another jetliner was on its way to Washington D.C. but crashed in Pennsylvania…Many think more is to come. Thousands were killed. May God protect us all.”

I am remembering September 11th, 2001 today. I remember distinctly where I was and what I was doing. I remember feeling afraid of what was happening to my country. I was 12 years old—I am now 21. In spite of that terrible, horrific morning and the weeks to follow, my Lord and Savior was still on the throne. He still is. He was in perfect control and was loving and sovereign that day. Guess what? He still is!

The saddest part of that moment in history? Not every person was prepared for facing death. Some thought they were, some didn’t care. Many did not know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. They had rejected Him. And then it was too late. It was a somber day and in ways it was even more so. Every day, every second, a human soul is danger of eternal separation from their Creator. What am I doing about it? Am I spreading the Good News? Reaching my friends and neighbors for Christ?

Not only is this a day that I remember those who lost their lives in the line of duty and as victims of terrorism, but also to reflect on what I am doing to tell others about Jesus Christ and what He did for them on Calvary. 

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23

 

Flowers

Christina inspired me to do a post about flowers too. I LOVE flowers and gardening. Here are some of my favorites!!!

Pink and yellow snapdragons

Victoria Blue Savlia with a funny looking moth (kinda ugly in fact...)

my absolute favorites...

Heavenly Blue Morning Glories!

~Sarah~