Things Are Looking Up!!!

It has been a fairly good day today! We really have not done anything in school today but work on our banner for the pep rally! The kids have been so funny to watch! They love having this distraction, but what they don't know is that the teacher loves it too! :-) I told them this morning, "If you do not work on your seatwork, you will not be allowed to color on our banner!" Well everyone of them had their spelling words and Bible verse written by recess and right now most of them have ALL their pages done! It is a miracle! I need to have something like this everyday!

Last night's revival was good! They sang two songs that I had never heard before this week and I feel in love with them! Here are the lyrics to both songs!

Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord

As the sun rose that morning on the day of Job's trials,
He rose up to serve God as any other day;
Bound and determined to live in God's favor,
And nothing would stand in his way.

But then the messengers came one by one with their story,
In just a few moments Job lost all he had;
Great wealth and riches the health of his body,
And even his children were dead.

Chorus: The Lord giveth, he taketh away,
Blessed be the name of the Lord;
I served him before and I'll serve him today,
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Then his wife came before him to voice her opinion,
She said, "You should end this, just curse God and die."
But Job he rose from the ashes, he looked toward the heavens,
He brushed back the tears in his eyes.

And He said:

Chorus

When troubles come suddenly,
Blessed be the name!
When strong winds blow violently,
Blessed be the name!
When Satan comes oppressing me,
Blessed be the name!
I'll still serve God faithfully,
Blessed be the name!

Chorus

Help Is On The Way

A woman in the Bible days
Her last meal almost gone
But God sent Elijah to make His Word known
He said woman don't you worry
For God sent me today
And before you even asked Him
Help was on the way

Just hold on a little longer
Help is on the way
A brighter day is coming
For those who believe and pray
Help won't help tomorrow
If you give up today
Just hold on a little longer
Help is on the way

Troubles of this life come by
And burdens get you down
You think no one is listening
You think no one's around
Just remember what His Word says
Trust Him and obey
Keep your eyes towards the Heavens
For help is on the way

Just hold on a little longer
Help is on the way
A brighter day is coming
For those who believe and pray
Help won't help tomorrow
If you give up today
Just hold on a little longer
Help is on the way

A Good Week but A Stressful Weekend....

A good week...

I had the most amazing week last week! A ministry, MinuteMen Ministries, was at church. Here is a little bit of what I was able to participate in...There was a lot more that the high school was involved with

Monday: school, recruiting, dinner, hanging out with Amanda

Tuesday: school, recruiting, dinner,
Wednesday:school, relax for a little, dinner, then the war began between the Marine Recon, Navy Seals, and Army Rangers. (but i was in Jrs. for part of it)

Thursday: school, relax, dinner, the war continues

Friday: school, relax, dinner, the war's final night (My team did not win...but i have the cheer stuck in my head still....it will not go away!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Seth...)

While they were here, the teachers and I saw such revival in the hearts of our high school students! I personally got to lead one girl to the Lord on Wednesday night of the revival! It was so much fun to have them here and to get to know them!

A stressful weekend

I do not know what has been going on with me this weekend...I cried for three days straight...just for random stupid things...I have been under so much stress in the past three weeks that I think it finally caught up with me.

It started on Friday at school...we had a very hard day of work with some problems that went on and then in stemmed into an e-mail I got....it was really hard because i had to be around people all night long and that was the last thing I wanted!

Saturday Morning was great! I had the privilege to go to the beach and watch the sunrise for the first time with my friends! Amanda, Seth, Jeremy, Jordan, and I had awesome time just walking on the beach. But later that afternoon I got REALLY grumpy at my friends and decided I needed to go back to bed...I ended up crying myself to sleep.... Then I headed to a friends house to play some games and that did not turn out so well either...By the end of the night I was crying again.

Sunday was good...Church was awesome.... I did not really cry until after church that night. After church I went and hung out with Amanda, Jordan, and Jeremy at Taco Bell..

Monday was good and bad....I went to the chiropractor and my back felt AMAZING after I left. Then I headed off to revival meetings with The Parkers. I cried pretty much through the entire service...I went straight home after and got a phone call from Amanda and then made a fool of myself on the phone with her cause I could not stop crying!

Tuesday was so much better!!! I did not cry at all...though I wanted to many times! But got to talk to some people and that made me smile...then I was made fun of for it.. LOL Revival services were great again last night!

Can't wait till Thursday night revival services! Also can't wait till Saturday!! :-)