Happy Thoughts

Words have power

I'm frustrated and quite upset. Words are so powerful and even when they're not said to you they can still affect you. I believe my frustration is more of a built up thing... I've been angry about this same subject many times but every time it came up I would let it slide. I'd just say to myself that it wasn't worth confronting. It turns out it was. I didn't confront this problem so it has come up again and again. I've hit a point where I can't let it slide anymore though. Now I'm not the only one being hurt by this so it has to be dealt with.

I'm not sure how I'm going to do this though. I'm very afraid of damaging a friendship. I know that leaving this alone will damage it even more than confronting it will though... So, I'm not really sure why this fear is here. I was hoping for you guys to pray for me.. Pray that the words and the courage needed will be given to me because right now I have none of that.

Proverbs 13:3He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
Psalm 141:3Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Proverbs 12:18Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Outer Appearance

I often find myself "needing" things. The truth is I don't really need many of the things I feel I need. I was thinking about that the other day... My mom said that I was being vain, which I was... I've been caring so much lately about what I look like and what I'm wearing.. It takes quite a bit of persuasion to remember that God doesn't care about those things at all.. they don't matter. It's how I look on the inside that matters.

Mosquitoes

I went camping.. a while ago now but I still went camping. Mosquitoes love it when you're camping. They find you every single time and attack you. They swarm and attack. They know exactly when you want to relax.. They strike and they suck majorly. I found something that they couldn't deal with though. They all left my area and swarmed the unprotected kids in my family. I found something quite special. If you're asking what it was then I will tell you. It was the super great invention called "Mosquito Repellant." Now, this was my first time camping with this strange contraption and truthfully I never want to leave my house without it again. So when I started writing this I was going in a totally different direction but God has changed the way things have been written. He's quite cool in that way. Well, would anyone like an interpretation?

I'm giving it to you anyways.

Well the Devil is quite the guy... he swarms, he attacks... he's very annoying.. You know, he kind of reminds me of someone... I wonder who?

Umm well theres This God Fellow... He repels the Devil...

So now God is Mosquito Repellant and let me tell you, there are mosquitoes everywhere and at all times so I'd be immersed in mosquito repellant all the time if I were you.

So... this blog went a way different way than I meant for it to go... It was goign to be about self control... a very important thing... It's one of the fruits of the Spirit! that shows how grand it is...