Lots of random stuff...

If you don't watch American Idol this guy Chris Medina (Cris?) is awesome! He got cut, but he recorded this song and it's AMAZING!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQY4dIxY1H4 I'm also obsessed with Colbie Calliat if anyone cares. Lol =)

Haven't posted much lately. =) SUPER busy in the Jennings' house! Been babysitting alot lately, and hanging out with friends. Went to Chili's with Kamryn the other day for a Valentine's "Date" hahaha! It was fun =) I have the most amazing best friend in the world!!!!

Saw "I Am Number Four" with Tate on Saturday Night. SO good!!! It's definitely a movie you either hate or love I think. I know a handful of people who didn't like it. I however thought it was awesome!!!

Having to write a short story in Creative Writing. Usually not a problem, but I just can't seem to sit down and actually write it! >:(

Right now I SHOULD be doing my Math homework but I'm procrastinating because drawing Tessellations does NOT sound like fun.

I bought my first Justin Beiber song the other day...Never Say Never Acoustic Version

I also bought The Crocodile Rock from Gnomeo and Juliet...what possessed me to do that? I have NO idea. What makes me listen to it repeatedly? I don't know...

I'm taking AP English, Honors World History, and Honors Spanish next year! Yay? Haha I think I can do it!

The whole "being diabetic" thing isn't too bad right now. I've kept my sugar under 150 for the past 3 days!!! SUPER excited! It was 90 the day before yesterday!!!! WOW!!!!!!! So it's going pretty good.

I just ate Potato Soup and a sandwich from Subway. Pretty tasty. =)

I went bowling with the 5th and 6th grade kids yesterday. It was fun!!! Glad I was able to go. =D

I'm ready for summer even though it'll be extremely bitter sweet. =(

Hiya

Just wanted to say that I changed my blog background...I thought that was post worthy. =) K bye!!! <3

What's going on in my world?

So here are some updates

I have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. At first, I was awful. Like I mean I went and saw a psychiatrist awful. COMPLETELY depressed. Truly, I couldn't get much lower than that. But it's gotten much much better. I have the most amazing family in the entire world, incredible friends, and I have the sweetest boyfriend ever. =)
So here's the most important thing about Type 2: It's curable and preventable, so it's all going to be okay. If you had asked me 2 weeks ago what I thought about diabetes I would've broke down into hysterics. So believe me when I say I've done a complete 180 about it all. I lose some weight, exercise more, eat better, and the symptoms will go away. In just 2 or 3 weeks, I've lost 5 lbs. =D So I'm actually excited about it! Is that weird? Hahaha yeah. My mom is probably reading this right now and saying "Alright, fine. I'm printing this out and showing her what she wrote next time she freaks out on me." Lol I love you!!!
I'm going to be ok.  <3

I have a friend who isn't a Christian to my understanding. I had been inviting this person to church for over a year until one day I just gave up. We got into an argument and I used that as an excuse to "never speak to this person ever again" This argument was at the end of my 9th grade year. 10th grade rolls around, and I say hello in the hallways every now and then. Nothing major. Still friend on FaceBook, but no biggie.
Well this person starts posting some pretty scary things as his or her facebook statuses So I start to pray for the person. (From here on the person will be referred to as Hermin...I don't know anyone named Hermin.) For 2 or 3 weeks I prayed for Hermin. Still have no idea what's going on.
Now get this: Hermin calls me randomly on Monday evenning. Hermin asks me if he could catch a ride to our youth service next Wed. night! I am soooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!! Prayer is amazing. mind-blowing amazing.

So it's been quite an adventure these past fewweeks! God has thrown me some curve balls I definitely was NOT expecting. Some are ones that were very very scary, and some of them were wonderful surprises! He's taken care of me and I know He will continue to do so! <3

Holy is the Lord, God Almighty! The Earth is filled with His glory...

I wrote this a while back, but for some reason I never posted it...
My youth minister once said in a Saturday Night sermon

"...Jesus knows our loneliness, our anxiety, our frustration, our weaknesses, and even our temptations. But the good news is that in Hebrews 4:15 it says "He did not sin" He's not just another Adam. He passed the test. Because of that, He is our savior and our redeemer. You say "What does matter if he can empathize with us? He didn't sin! What does it matter?!?" Here's why it matters: in verse 16 it says "LET US THEN APPROACH GOD'S THRONE OF GRACE WITH CONFIDENCE." With confidence. When we know that when we come to Jesus and say "I am weak and broken, and I am tempted to do these things I hate to do and it's overwhelming..." We don't have to be embarrassed when we stand before God. We can come to Him and say "You know. I'm not saying this to a God that's far removed. You know. You were weak like I am; you faced these same weaknesses and temptations. You know." So we can approach the throne of grace with our sin and things that make us feel shame about ourselves. With the things in our hearts that bring us down and hurt us to even think about! We can approach the throne of grace with confidence. Because we have a high priest who can empathsize with us. Who can say "I know your weakness, and it's OK" And what do we get when we approach the throne with confidence? Keep reading in verse 16. It says: approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may recieve mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need... Do you get this? So when we come to God with confidence and we say "I am weak. I am broken. I am messed up and I am hurting..." Jesus is saying "IT'S OKAY!" He doesn't ridicule you, he doesn't judge you, He doesn't point to you and say "I'm very dissapointed in you." It says we find mercy and grace in our time of need. Jesus said to the Pharisees once that "The healthy don't need a doctor. I came for the sick." Jesus isn't waiting for you to clean up your act. He isn't waiting for you to get a handle on your alcoholism. He isn't waiting for you to fix your marriage. He isn't waiting for you to be a better husband, dad, or brother. He isn't waiting for you to be employee of the month. Or to get out of debt. Or stop gambling. He isn't waiting for that..."

(emphasis added. =) I know I left quite a few words out, but that's most of it I believe...)

That's from time  "Humanities of Jesus" that you can get on iTunes if you want to hear the rest of it. That one is my absolute favorite. =D
I've been trying to solve SO many problems by myself. "Forget God...He wouldn't care! He has enough going on in the world without me adding to it." WHY do I think like that? Ugh!!!! I do it ALL the time!!! In the back of my head and in my heart I KNOW it isn't true but it's like Satan is just poking at me saying "Hey! Think like this because you aren't good enough..."
Without God we aren't "good enough." But this guy named Jesus, died for us. He knew we were sinners, but He lived this PERFECT life and then DIED for US! If we accept that, then God forgives us! He takes us in and He cleans us up because He loves us THAT MUCH!!!! He's by our side and he CARES and He LOVES us! I am overwhelmed by these thoughts of grace and mercy!!!!! It's so easy to forget that. =(

God's unconditional love. It’s so insanely crazy amazing. I use the words “awesome” “amazing” “insanely crazy” all the time to describe things, but the only other word I could possibly think of is HOLY. Our God is perfect and holy. I truly didn't know what that word meant literally five minutes ago. I'm so tired of using this word and making it seem so great when I don't even know what it means!!! I hear pastors and people, and singers use it ALL the time but I don't know what it actually meant. But now that I do, TRUST ME this is the most brilliant (I just threw in a new adjective into a blog post! lol) perfect, amazing word to describe God. According to this smart little dude named Webster "holy" means: exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness. (Exhalt means to "raise in rank, or power. To elevate in praise or to glorify." I looked that one up too.)
That's God!!!!! Like that song says He is "worthy of our praise." (Big Daddy Weave and BarlowGirl!!!) God is worthy of our complete devotion because nothing on earth matters compared to His perfection. He is good and He is righteous. (Righteous litterally means free from guilt of sin. Webster's online dictionary is pretty cool) God is perfect and God is HOLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologize. This is one of the longest posts ever, and I know I'm probably just saying the same thing again and again. =) But what I'm really trying hard to say is that I LOVE this guy named Jesus!!! I absolutely ADORE Him!!!!!!!!

An amazing writer and a Melissa Moment

  If we want God to teach us, to reveal his plan and purpose and will for our lives, we have to show up. We have to meet with him daily. We have to study his word; pay attention to what it teaches us. We have to sit and listen to him; we have to talk to him. We have to practice living as he calls us to live. We can no more expect God to give us his good and perfect will without earnestly seeking it, as we can expect our Spanish teacher to give us a 100 on the test without genuinely earning it.I know when I fail at something, as much as it hurts me to fail, it hurts my father even more to watch me fail because he knows if I had just listened to him, I would have succeeded. God has a plan and a purpose for all of us, but as much as he wants us to seek him so he can give us the true desires of our hearts and fill us up, he allows us to choose for ourselves what voices we will listen to and what path we will learn from and follow. -Jessica N.

Jessica is an AMAZING writer! =) I had to share it with the handful of people that read this. <3

So, it's been a while since I posted a "Melissa Moment" hahaha here's one:
I was getting a hairbrush out of my mom's bathroom and the shower door was open. Let me describe this door...it looks like this
 That's not the shower, but that's kind of sorta what the door looks like. It's clear and it opens towards the entrance to the bathroom. Hope that makes sense.

ANYWAY, I was walking and looking straight ahead. STRAIGHT AHEAD, Then suddenly, SMACK!!!!!! I ran into the door. How I didn't see it, I don't know, but I ran into the door.