hey, i was searching for crafts online...and found a site that has a sermon by Spurgeon and he was speaking on The Wordless Book!!! how awesome. if you have time, you should read this. it's good.

http://www.berean.org/bibleteacher/spurgeon.html

anyways. We start VBS soon, and i'm Head o' Crafts! how exciting. Elaine Butler made the 3 other woman in the meeting, subtly, realize that i'm an "artistic" person. (in elaines words..."Carina is Crafty!" :) THANKS ELAINE!!!! :) HAHAHAHA.....

Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful.
Romans 12:12 NLT

like the picture? there's a pretty cat. :) anyways. i'm watching "Bob the Builder right now"....well, it's for crystal.....

i really like that verse. sometimes when a i read a verse i notice one part and try to understand it, but the rest of the verse i just zone out...but this verse really stood out to me. sometimes, i feel like i should get depressed because i don't know what God has planned for me...or other times i get really upset when the Lord "Closes a subject" (or at leaste that's how i see it...) but it's quite obvious that God wants me to be GLAD!!!! so i guess i need to change my additude about some things...

and then i should be patient in troubles. the only reason why i would be patient is because....i suppose there is an end to my troubles (Duh). but alot of times when i'm experiencing troubles, i'm aren't focusing on the end, i'm wallowing in self-pity and pain...(i'm also pretty sure that that's how Most of the world is....) so instead of "being self-ish" keep looking ahead and be patient and endure it. the way i always see, or view, personal hardships and "troubles" is God is Obviously using them for future good. it's not like He's pinning you down and watching you squirm just to laugh at you! His plan is far greater than we can "think or understand". every little trial that God puts before us will mold us into a more beautiful creation. it's mind boggling to try to comprehend, that God can turn evil, disgusting, vile and painfull things and turn them into "things" that change us for the better. it's like those water purifiers. somehow, they take disgusting dirty water that could hurt you, and changes it into water that's clear and fresh and ready to drink...and in all this be prayerful. keep praying. sometimes... some people feel like God has completely abandoned them through these hard times...but keep being prayerful. God's the opne putting you through this, He's obviously in control. so...if you were awake during an operation, would you freak out and leap off the table and scream at the doctor who's operating to STOP!!!! no way!!!! the Guys Fixing you!!!!! (duh....)

anyways...now that i've just....talked alot.....i have nothing else to say. that's an awesome verse.

well...not much to say. today i did a ton of art, four pictures to be exact. two really big ones and two really small ones. and when we paint our living room, i'm going to hang them up on our fresh walls. :)

so to celebrate this happy moment in my life, here's something really funny.

Dear Mrs. Fenton,
Over the past six months, your husband, Mr. Bill Fenton has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this type of behavior and have considered banning the entire family from shopping in any of our stores.
We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. Three of our clerks are attending counseling from the trouble your husband has caused. All complaints against Mr. Fenton have been compiled and are listed below.


MEMO: RE: Mr. Bill Fenton - Complaints - Things Mr.Bill Fenton has done while his spouse was shopping in our store:

1. June 15: Took 24 bottles of pepto-bismol and Randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5- minute intervals.

3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the restrooms.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, 'Code 3' in housewares..... and watched what happened.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and asked to put a bag of M&M's on layaway.

6. September 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.

8. September 23: When a clerk asks if they can help him, he begins to cry and asks, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?'

9. October 4: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.

10. November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are.

11. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously loudly humming the"Mission Impossible" theme.

12. December 6: In the auto department, practiced his "Madonna look" using different size funnels.

13. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"

14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumes the fetal position and screams "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"

And; last, but not least!

15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door and waited awhile; then, yelled, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!"

hahahaha!!!! i hope you enjoyed that. gives you some ideas...!!!! :)

Life and Self

During a Peter, Paul and Mary concert, in the middle of a comic skit, Paul made an insightful and disturbing observation. In the 50s there was a magazine called Life. Then came People magazine. Now we have one called Us. What next? A magazine called Me? And now there actually is a magazine called Self. How indicative and indicting of a world infatuated and preoccupied with self. How contrary to the example and lifegiving principles of the Christ. He came to bring life. He revealed and demonstrated the principles of life. He clearly taught that life is not to be found in living for self, but rather in GIVING OF SELF in the service of God and others! He said in Luk_9:23-25

"If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?"

Happiness is not found in the pursuit of happiness. Life is not found in the pursuit of life. Both are found in a pursuit of God and His righteousness. As Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied" (

Mat_5:6). The end of our current emphasis on SELF is not life, but disappointment and ultimately death! If we would discover TRUE LIFE, then we must pursue the things of God and the spirit! "...whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things" (Phi_4:8).

...oh, and i did not write this. :)

Happy Mothers Day...

Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: [29] "There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!"
Proverbs 31:28-29 NLT

http://www.nemr.net/~poppy1/female.htm

these are such pretty persian cats, and they stay really small! i want one, but they're like 200 dollars. they're miniature cats! :)

anyways. i feel like my life is on hold right now. waiting for a job...but i have to wait about a month and a half...and while i'm waiting i'm doing nothing. honestly, i'm itching to take another drawing class. i learned so much in just one class, imagine how further i can expand my understaning of art by taking another one!...ok. that was randomly dumb to say. forgive me. but i won't hide my...skwirmyness to do something. beleive it or not, i'm like all the other kids my age, without a job and college life...I'M going to go crazy. urg!!! well...what should i do. i feel like being a slacker in counseling and just not show up...no. to drastic. have you ever felt like you've just completely gone against what God had initially planned for you...like you've just completely ignored all His road signs? that how i'm feeling right now. and because of my stupidity...and my inate ability to Not turn people down, joy has to wait like three more months before she can move out...(now granted she doesn't have to wait for me, she could move out on her own...but that'd be just a little harder than moving out with me...)

awwww!!! i don't know what to think....

(stupid, stupid stupid stupid!!!!)

urgh!~!!!!!

now that i've written out the feelings that are deeply settling into my mind and gut....i'll go.