What's New With Puma

1. I'm such a huge klutz. I wonder why God intended for me to have such trouble doing everyday normal things. I fall down the stairs on a regular basis, I run into things, I trip over nothing, I hit my head on our ceiling beams, etc. Take tonight for example.

I was at the park. My brother, my boyfriend, and myself were standing outside of my car, preparing to say our farewells. As Jesse and Ryan were standing off to the side saying goodbye, I took that time to straighten back up my reclined driver's seat. Dummy me leaned in much too far and pulled the lever, thus making the seat swing up FAST and smacking me hard right in the shnoz!

It hurt sooo bad, and I honestly thought my nose was bleeding. It's still throbbing at this very moment, and it's been more than 2 hours since I was whacked! Point of this random story? Don't be me.

2. This week is going to be super busy, and I'm looking forward to all of it except for Wednesday. That morning, I will be taking a COMPASS test in Hartsville to see if I can get into LPN classes this January. I am SO SUPER NERVOUS! If ya'll could pray that I somehow manage to get through that test alive and do well, I would greatly appreciate it. I think I'll go study some more after this...

3. I have a $10 iTunes gift card that I have yet to use, because I haven't got a clue as to which songs I want! I mean, sure, there's about a thousand and one that I WANT, but which ones are the ones I need to have right this minute? Choices, choices...Maybe some Nevershoutnever? A little Buddy Holly? Some Jason Mraz, perhaps?

4. I have decided to decorate my computer monitor with all of my old theater tickets. It's pretty sweet looking, not going to lie. In order for me to completely cover the sides though, I'm going to have to go watch some more movies. Sigh. What an expensive decoration!

Adios! -A

Life, and All It's Rad Happenings

Christian friends are the bomb.

It's pretty much the most awesome thing ever to be able to talk to other people about God, what He's been teaching you, and stuff like that. This summer has been so amazing because our youth group is so much closer, and I learn way more stuff at church than I did before. We've gotten to the point where we are actually sharing what God is doing in our lives, and it's SO COOL! I love that almost all of our conversation consists of Godly things. The other stuff we talk about seems so petty and useless, that it honestly bores me and makes me want to leave.

God is so incredibly amazing. 'Nuff said.

-Kirstin

A Blog of Gratitude

God is so good.

That's really all I can think whenever I think about the youth group at my church. Lately, we've all been growing so much in the Lord and as friends, and it just makes me so happy.

I'll be honest; I think of myself as a mediocre Christian, and that's not how I want to be at all. I want to be on fire for Him always, but that's not an easy thing to do when there are so many distractions going on in the world. That's why I love how my youth group has suddenly had this spark set in their hearts and minds. A spark to become a better group as a whole and to do more to share His love with others.

My friends have no idea how much they help me with life. Guys, thank you.

Love, A.

This is a random post.

Today, I want people to feel good about themselves. I want to hear positive comments, pleasant ideas, and joyful feedback.

I want to hear happy stories, sunshine-y thoughts, and spiritual uplifting.

I want to make today an extraordinary day like God intended it to be.

Make the most of today, my friends; Do something inspiring. ♥

-A.

A Restless Evil

James 3:3-9

"3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. ⁴ Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. ⁵ Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. ⁶ The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. ⁷ All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, ⁸ but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness."

"No human being can tame the tongue." That is so extremely true, especially in this day and age! All the time, we're so surrounded by harshness and gossip, that it's tough to guard your tongue. I have a MAJOR problem with keeping my mouth shut. Sometimes I'll just be talking and nonchalantly say something rude to someone, without even thinking about it first. Most of the time, it doesn't even bother me. I didn't even realize how bad it had gotten until the about a month or two ago. When I realized how I could be totally rude, and not care a bit, I felt so convicted. Since then, I've been trying to talk less and less, and to actually think about what I'm going to say.

I guess with learning to guard your mouth, an easy way to get better at it is to practice around your family. I don't know about you, but sometimes I am so mean to my family. But I don't want to be one person at home and a different person with my friends. I've seen people do that and I don't want to live my life that way. If I can be all nice and sweet to my friends, then I can try being just as nice and sweet to my family, even though it's kind of tough at first.

I'm going to ask for your help in this, more than just praying for me. For all of my friends who read this, please just help me in this area. If you hear me say something rude to someone or about someone, PLEASE say something to me about it!

Basically, I was just rambling in the above. Sorry about that! But yeah, that's my two cents for the day!

Kirstin

My God is Mighty to Save

Basically, I've been failing at keeping up with my blogs. I've been so stinking busy this summer, which is a blessing, but it has it's rough moments.

If I could say one thing that I really want to say right now, it's this. God has really been working in me this summer! He still has a lot of work to do with me, but my thought process has changed so much in these past two months! This whole entire summer has been such a blessing! With going to the AMAZING Totally His Youth Conference, having the S.P.L.A.S.H. thing last week, and just a bunch of other awesome stuff, it's like life couldn't get much better!

In a week and a half, I'm going to Grace Baptists church camp! I'm going to be a CIT (Counselor In Training), and I couldn't be more excited/freaked out! It's definitely going to be a good learning experience. I'll have to lead at least one devotion with the 8 girls in my cabin, and I'm so excited about it, if not a little nervous. I hope I can be a good influence in these girls' lives, and that I can be a blessing to them! Pray for me, please!

Well I'm off to bed to hopefully sleep off the sickness I recently acquired!

Kirstin

SPLASH!!

So i'm at our SPLASH retreat at our church. I am having so much fun it's insane! We just got back from our mission project for this morning. We are having backyard bible club for the kids, and let me tell you, they are so stinking cute!! ^•^ we only had 3 today though. Yesterday my team went door to door trying to raise money for crisis pegnancy center. It's really interesting sometimes to see how people treat you and how they live. It helped me come out of my shell and get used to talking to people I don't know. I love our college team. They are so funny! But since I haven't posted in a while I thought I'd tell you about SPLASH. I hope God works in our lives and helps us grow more in Him. So that's all I have to say. If anything awesome happens I'll be sure to post about it!


~WonTon~.

(by the way that is my nw nickname dubbed by David Dooley)