Today, I realized that I've had this blog for a year!! Though I haven't been keeping it posted as often as I should. I've had a lot of fun, making posts, trying to make posts, and reading other people's blogs! There are other people's blogs that are 10x better than mine! So here is a look back at some of my favorite posts:
Best of the Blogs! -- This post was about other blogs that you should check out! And believe me, they are worth checking out!!
Awesome Week -- This was a blog post about another blog that you should read, and one of my random posts that tell what I did that week!
Toddler Mischief -- This post was about Grace. And her mischievous self. Giving herself a hair-cut.
Outgoing Grace -- This is yet another post about Grace, and how she has her embarrassing moments. ;)
Perpetua -- This is one of my favorite posts. I got this story right out of the Bible Bee book. :)
Well, I again apologize for the many times this blog wasn't posted in for awhile. That's all for now!
~JD
Monday, April 1, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Good Friday...
Hey Everyone!
Just thought I would do a blog post today. Today is Good Friday!
The day where we remember Christ's crucifixion. I'm so thankful for a loving God, who even though we deserve to go to hell, saved us. Through the death of his only son. I remember learning from our pastor, that the worst part wasn't the physical suffering. Although the pain I'm sure, was unbearable! Isaiah 52:14 -- As many were astonished at you--- his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblence, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.
Mar - Impair the appearance of; disfigure.
So I'm sure the pain was unimaginable for most of us. But the worst part of it all was the burden of sin of every human, being laid upon Jesus Christ on the cross. Here is a video that we watched tonight that I thought was pretty cool:
Isaiah 53
Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.3 He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their face;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
He Lives!
~JD
Just thought I would do a blog post today. Today is Good Friday!
“What
is good about Good Friday? Why isn’t it called Bad Friday? Because
out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the
good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good
is eternal.” -Randy Alcorn
The day where we remember Christ's crucifixion. I'm so thankful for a loving God, who even though we deserve to go to hell, saved us. Through the death of his only son. I remember learning from our pastor, that the worst part wasn't the physical suffering. Although the pain I'm sure, was unbearable! Isaiah 52:14 -- As many were astonished at you--- his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblence, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.
Mar - Impair the appearance of; disfigure.
So I'm sure the pain was unimaginable for most of us. But the worst part of it all was the burden of sin of every human, being laid upon Jesus Christ on the cross. Here is a video that we watched tonight that I thought was pretty cool:
Isaiah 53
Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.3 He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their face;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely
he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He
was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it
was the will of the Lord to
crush him;
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
He Lives!
~JD
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Homeschoolers....
Yes, I am a homeschooler. And I do hear the
occasional: Homeschoolers are socially awkared. Homeschoolers are shy. And that is simply not the case! I would tell you some rumors to homeschooling but I think Blimey Cow does it best! So watch this video:
occasional: Homeschoolers are socially awkared. Homeschoolers are shy. And that is simply not the case! I would tell you some rumors to homeschooling but I think Blimey Cow does it best! So watch this video:
LOL! I laugh everytime I watch that video. "Wait you said I have no life, let me get this straight you spend 8 hours a day in a class room and I have no life?" One of my favorite lines. Well, I just thought I'd post a little something. Thanks Blimey Cow for covering my blog post in better words than I could have put it. ~JD
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Really?!
Dear Readers,
It's been a month-and-a-half since my last blog post? Well, there hasn't been much that has happened since my blog post. But here are a few things that are happening right now that I'm excited about.
1) Drama! Drama Class for high-schoolers started up at the beginning of this month. This year's play is going to be awesome! We have an awesome director, and awesome producer, and an amazing cast and crew! I can't wait to hear the laughs from the crowd.
2) I have started my first book of the year! I really hope that this book goes smoothly, most of my books/stories that I start don't get finished. But I am truly hoping that this one will be finished and to get another one done by December 31st. :) I'm not going to mention anything about the book, what it's about the title or anything of that nature. Mainly cause I don't have a title for it. That is one of the hardest things for me to come up with is a title, and creative names.
3) I helped with Awana for my first time a couple weeks ago! First time ever experiencing Awana. Never been it. But it was a lot of fun helping and seeing all the kids memorizing their verses, playing games, singing songs.
4) I want to start memorizing some more scripture. We listened to a lady talk the other night about how God really convicted her to memorize scripture. She could recite whole chapters right off the top of her head. She had the whole book of Ephesians memorized and more. It was pretty cool, to hear her just recite Ephesians 1 off the top of her head.
Well, that's just a few things have been happening the past few weeks. I'll try to post again soon,
~JD
It's been a month-and-a-half since my last blog post? Well, there hasn't been much that has happened since my blog post. But here are a few things that are happening right now that I'm excited about.
1) Drama! Drama Class for high-schoolers started up at the beginning of this month. This year's play is going to be awesome! We have an awesome director, and awesome producer, and an amazing cast and crew! I can't wait to hear the laughs from the crowd.
2) I have started my first book of the year! I really hope that this book goes smoothly, most of my books/stories that I start don't get finished. But I am truly hoping that this one will be finished and to get another one done by December 31st. :) I'm not going to mention anything about the book, what it's about the title or anything of that nature. Mainly cause I don't have a title for it. That is one of the hardest things for me to come up with is a title, and creative names.
3) I helped with Awana for my first time a couple weeks ago! First time ever experiencing Awana. Never been it. But it was a lot of fun helping and seeing all the kids memorizing their verses, playing games, singing songs.
4) I want to start memorizing some more scripture. We listened to a lady talk the other night about how God really convicted her to memorize scripture. She could recite whole chapters right off the top of her head. She had the whole book of Ephesians memorized and more. It was pretty cool, to hear her just recite Ephesians 1 off the top of her head.
Well, that's just a few things have been happening the past few weeks. I'll try to post again soon,
~JD
Thursday, January 3, 2013
2013.....?!?!
I can't believe we're in the midst of a New Year! :) Time is going by so fast. But we had a blast staying up with some awesome friend on New Years Eve, and blew our ear drums out at midnight. :D But all in all, 2012 was a great year! Now with the new year, lots of people are making New Year's Resolutions, including me! This year I want to:
1) I want to read the whole Bible completely, and entirely, in the year 2013, so many times I have tried this and failed, getting off course, but am really hoping that this is the year, that I will complete my goal!! :)
2) I want to read at least one book per week: Now this doesn't seem like a lot to some people. Not a lot at all. But with me reading is fun, but I'm weird, cause I have spurts of reading. At times I will read like 6-7 books a month. And other times (like now) I will barely read at all. But in 2013 I'm trying to make it a goal to read at least one book per week. Reading is fun, it gets your mind going, and gets you educated in some things. One reason why I do want to read a lot will make more sense in the next resolution.
3) My last resolution is I really REALLY REALLY, want to write and finish 2 books this year. Completely! I rarely finish my stories due to writers block. So that's why I really like to read, I get to see what other authors do with their books, how they come up with clever plots,.and they actually get their characters out of those plots. (That's my trouble) But, I have started many stories, without finishing them. So my goal for this year is to get 2 books written completely, hoping for a goal of 75,000 words each! Which I've totally never done that many, but will try. :)
Well, I hope you guys had a great Christmas and remembered the reason for the season, in the midst of the business of Winter. And hope you have a great New Year! If you have any New Year's Resolution's of your own made, I hope you will complete those too! :)
~JD
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
How Great Thou Art
Been really, really, blessed by this song lately. Makes me think about how awesome God is. From creation, to sending his son to die in my place on the cross. Where I deserved to die. We talked tonight in Bible Study tonight about Jesus Christ who knew no sin, became sin.
2 Corinthians 5:21 -- For our sake he made him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (ESV)
Really love the lyrics to this song.
2 Corinthians 5:21 -- For our sake he made him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (ESV)
Really love the lyrics to this song.
That's all for today, ~JD
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
It's time....
Hey everyone,
I finally decided it was time to update my blog. Well, since the last post a few things have happened:
1) I had to have surgery a few weeks back, it was kind of sudden, but no worries. It's done, I've healed, never felt better. :)
2) Me and my Brother started a new school class with some other homeschoolers. It's a speech class. It's an ok class, in my opinion. The part that I dislike the most is writing the speeches, I have a hard time thinking of things to write about, and when I do think of something it's hard for me to get it to the amount of time it has to be. All in all, it's a pretty good class. :)
3) Our cousins came down for a few days. Our cousins who only come down a few times a year or less, got to come down this weekend, and we celebrated Thanksgiving a little early. But never fear, we are celebrating it again tomorrow. ;)
I have soo much in my life to be thankful for and tomorrow is just one of the 365 days a year I should be thankful for them. We take so much in life for granted. All things are a gift from God. So I thought I'd share some of the things God has given me that is I'm thankful for.
1) I'm thankful for a loving God, who sent his son to die in my place, so that I may have eternal life. Thankful for his grace and mercy, on someone like me who deserves nothing.
2) I'm thankful for an amazing family, who help me, encourage me, make me laugh, love me, and who I can have the best of times with.
3) I'm thankful for my friends, my amazing friends, who encourage me, and make me laugh. :)
4) I'm thankful for God's Word. Too many times have I ignored this great book. It's such an amazing book, with such amazing truth. I know sometimes I can read the Bible and not really think of it as true. Reading it like a fictional book. But I have to remind myself "Wow! This really happened!" And stand in awe of what God did for me, and is doing in my life daily.
Well, I just wanted to come here and give you guy's an update on life. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. :)
~JD
I finally decided it was time to update my blog. Well, since the last post a few things have happened:
1) I had to have surgery a few weeks back, it was kind of sudden, but no worries. It's done, I've healed, never felt better. :)
2) Me and my Brother started a new school class with some other homeschoolers. It's a speech class. It's an ok class, in my opinion. The part that I dislike the most is writing the speeches, I have a hard time thinking of things to write about, and when I do think of something it's hard for me to get it to the amount of time it has to be. All in all, it's a pretty good class. :)
3) Our cousins came down for a few days. Our cousins who only come down a few times a year or less, got to come down this weekend, and we celebrated Thanksgiving a little early. But never fear, we are celebrating it again tomorrow. ;)
I have soo much in my life to be thankful for and tomorrow is just one of the 365 days a year I should be thankful for them. We take so much in life for granted. All things are a gift from God. So I thought I'd share some of the things God has given me that is I'm thankful for.
1) I'm thankful for a loving God, who sent his son to die in my place, so that I may have eternal life. Thankful for his grace and mercy, on someone like me who deserves nothing.
2) I'm thankful for an amazing family, who help me, encourage me, make me laugh, love me, and who I can have the best of times with.
3) I'm thankful for my friends, my amazing friends, who encourage me, and make me laugh. :)
4) I'm thankful for God's Word. Too many times have I ignored this great book. It's such an amazing book, with such amazing truth. I know sometimes I can read the Bible and not really think of it as true. Reading it like a fictional book. But I have to remind myself "Wow! This really happened!" And stand in awe of what God did for me, and is doing in my life daily.
Well, I just wanted to come here and give you guy's an update on life. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. :)
~JD
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