Well, I have decided that I am not a very frequent blogger. I dared to think when I first created this blog that I was "going to blog at least every week, if not more often". Well, that didn't happen. :P I really have been meaning to post for a long time (over a month to be exact), but it just hasn't happened. :)
What things that are happening to make me so busy? Well, my baby brother (Nathanael) is now almost eleven months old. He is getting to move so fast! You can hardly turn your back on him one minute, before he's into something. :) He is so adorable, though; all the ladies love him because he smiles at them. :)
This month was my flute performance and contest month. First I had my Federation music contest, on the 5th. On the 19th, I performed in an MSU Flute Day competition and on the 26th I had my recital. All of these require lots of practice, which I do late at night, after the baby is in bed. :)
My mother and I are having a Preparing to be a Help Meet class at our church. It is a lot of fun! Currently we have 9 girls attending ranging in age from 12 to 19, but mostly younger girls. We are also doing a modesty section, in the class, where we learn what clothing that we wear would be a stumbling block to guys. It is very interesting, and has been quite an eye opener for me.
My verses for this month are 1Peter 1:13-21
Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
But as he which has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written: Be ye holy; for I am holy.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Forasmuch as ye know that ye are not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by the tradition of your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
I was supposed to memorize two verses a month, but I decide this would be a good passage for the whole month. In our "Preparing" class at the beginning of the month we were doing a word study on conversation. In my study I was surprised by the fact that conversation means your whole mannerism. Your attitude, mood, actions, words... pretty much everything that has to do with yourself. So, when the Bible says be ye holy in all manner of conversation, it really means all. Just imagine, if all Christians were holy in all manner of conversation, what a different world we would have. If every Christian's attitude, actions and words were holy, how could anyone fault us? Don't you think that people would see Jesus in that? Anyway, that has been my thoughts for the month. :)
What things that are happening to make me so busy? Well, my baby brother (Nathanael) is now almost eleven months old. He is getting to move so fast! You can hardly turn your back on him one minute, before he's into something. :) He is so adorable, though; all the ladies love him because he smiles at them. :)
This month was my flute performance and contest month. First I had my Federation music contest, on the 5th. On the 19th, I performed in an MSU Flute Day competition and on the 26th I had my recital. All of these require lots of practice, which I do late at night, after the baby is in bed. :)
My mother and I are having a Preparing to be a Help Meet class at our church. It is a lot of fun! Currently we have 9 girls attending ranging in age from 12 to 19, but mostly younger girls. We are also doing a modesty section, in the class, where we learn what clothing that we wear would be a stumbling block to guys. It is very interesting, and has been quite an eye opener for me.
My verses for this month are 1Peter 1:13-21
Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
But as he which has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written: Be ye holy; for I am holy.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Forasmuch as ye know that ye are not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by the tradition of your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
I was supposed to memorize two verses a month, but I decide this would be a good passage for the whole month. In our "Preparing" class at the beginning of the month we were doing a word study on conversation. In my study I was surprised by the fact that conversation means your whole mannerism. Your attitude, mood, actions, words... pretty much everything that has to do with yourself. So, when the Bible says be ye holy in all manner of conversation, it really means all. Just imagine, if all Christians were holy in all manner of conversation, what a different world we would have. If every Christian's attitude, actions and words were holy, how could anyone fault us? Don't you think that people would see Jesus in that? Anyway, that has been my thoughts for the month. :)
