FAITH is the decision to trust in something. EVERYONE has faith in something, but what is their faith in? BELIEF is when we hold something to be true. TRUTH is just your socially convicted view of reality. TRUTH is when we find out something is the way we thought it was. FAITH isn't tangible. CONVICTION is something you would break a friendship over. BELIEF characterizes how you live your life.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.
Philippians 4:8

Why spend time thinking and doing the little things that you know are not right... If God's telling you right there in Philippians what to think about, why think about other things... Why do things that you flatout know are not right? If you have to hide something from your parents, you know it's wrong. And you can't hide anything from God, and I'd be more worried about God's opinion of me than of my parents and friends...

Brother Spot Needs Filled

Applications are now being accepted for a new brother in our household.

I keep adding more to the list lol

Because... One of my favorite brothers...

Has been disowned.

Actually, he was dissed and owned.

In order to be a brother in this household

- You must feel comfortable in our house - even on the uncomfy sofa

- My parents must feel comfortable with me being around you alot, even in the house without anyone else

- I must not roll my eyes when you ask me to drive you somewhere

- You must have a cell phone - and I need to be able to easily have a conversation with you on it for over an hour

- I need to smile when I see you calling, not sigh and roll my eyes (unless it's 3 AM and I'm sleepy. But, I still answer)

- Your parents must like me

- You must know how to read me

- Inside jokes are good

- You must have your own name for my mother, or else, you can just call her mom

- You must know something about me that no one else knows

- We must feel comfortable teasing each other, but we also don't push the limit

- And most importantly.. You must think that the daughters in this house are beautiful.

Please let me know if you meet this criteria.

Disowned brothers may re-apply, but sucking up may need to occur, and you may have to wear sandals.

Dan had an interesting topic the other night. And I keep thinking about it.

Why do I believe what I believe?

It's harder to explain than I thought. I mean, I know what I believe, and I know it's my faith, not my parents. It's just an interesting question. Why do I believe?

I like to think "Why not?" believe. There's no doubt in my mind about God. Why should I abandon something I believe in and know to be Truth? My new phrase about my faith is that my faith is a flawless faith. There's nothing wrong with it. It's a very plain and simple, black and white belief. I don't have to do good deeds so that they outweigh my my bad things. I can talk directly to Him, all the time, not go through His mother. I can pray however and whenever I want, not 5 times a day facing a specific direction. I don't have to go to a religious school and learn another language. I know for sure I'm going to Heaven. I have to believe in Jesus Christ and I'll be saved. That's it. And from that belief, it turned into a love and desire to learn more about God and what He did for me.

How do people go through life not knowing where their going? Are people really okay with living life with no purpose? Living their lives for themselves? Doing day to day activities, just to do them, not knowing what will happen when they die?

How do people celebrate Christmas without knowing about Jesus and His birth? People celebrating Christmas without knowing Him is like some stranger celebrating my birthday, without even knowing who I am. I'd be insulted. If I were Jesus, I'd probably be ticked off. If you don't believe in Jesus and His incredible story, then why don't you just celebrate Christmas in like, March? It's just a day for you to give presents to each other, right? I think if you're gonna celebrate it without knowing the reasons... Just do it on a different day instead of His birthday....

I wouldn't want to be invisible.
I wouldn't want to fly.
I wouldn't want to be stretchable.
I wouldn't want to shoot spaghetti out of my finger tips.

I'd want to be able to know the right thing to say to cheer someone up.
To be able to fix all of someone's problems with a smile or a hug.
To just kidnap someone for the day and have them forget all their troubles.

I think that'd be the best super power in the world.