REALizing Your Place!

Its kind of crazy at times. I have noticed that most people say that their goal in life secretly is to fit in. Now whats the point in that? The word of God tells us to seperate ourselves, to be sanctified, and that we live in this world but we are not to be of this world. When I first got in church if you asked me what this meant I would say "We are to have the Holy Ghost and baptised in Jesus Name and thats what seperates us."

But now as I sit and look back on where i was to where i am... I was the world. How can you partake in what the world partakes and be seperate? Praise the Lord I knew the importance in the Apostles Doctorine, but where was the total seperation?

I was but a shadow to every person who did not know baptism. I followed what they did. I cut my hair, wore make-up, desired their fashion and most of all desired their fame. The lust of the world was what i truly desired. I wanted to be different but i was shadow following behind everyone else. Shadows are dangerous. You see though a shadow does not take the whole form it has the reminants of the form. It has the outline and figure though its silent.

In order for us to REALize our place we must first REALize that we can no longer be in the shadow of the world. In order to make a Shadow there must be a light reflecting off of the form. We must desire to be the LIGHT.

The Lord said we are to be a light in the world of darkness. When we take on the world we are covering the light he is trying to create in the world of form and shadow. SO HOW DO WE DO IT? By living a HOLY, Sanctified, and seperate Life from the world that surrounds us. We can no longer desire those things of the world. We have to strive to be different from the things of the world. Please take it from me, You cannot serve two masters. Its impossible to live for God and

still live for the world. I no longer have a desire to be a shadow i desire to be a LIGHT in this dark and dreadful world. I want to stand out. I want to stand for Holiness.

The world tells us that Showing your body is beauty but in closing i will show you Gods Beauty.

REALIZING YOUR PLACE!!

Poem To My Brothers..

B-Brendan

R-Respectable

O-Outgoing

T-THALERS

H-Helpers

E-Energetic

R-Retarted

S-Sean

To The World...

This is Dedicated to My Sissy's....

To those who look at us and think that we are weird because we never cut our hair...

To those who think its strange that we always wear a skirt (Yes even in Rain)...

To all the guys who never appreciated us for the true women of God we are (Don't worry we found some who do)...

To all those who feel its necessary for us to cover our faces with paint inorder for us to be considered beautiful...

To those who dont understand why we serve God rather than drinking or partying...

To those who don't understand why we run, jump and dance during church...

To everyone who does not understand why we live why we do, just listen to what God can do for you...because He has done it for us...

He can heal you from cancer, deliver you from drinking, depression, and so much more. He can be your best friend when all your friend leave you. He can be your father when yours lets you down. He take away all your hurt and all of your pain. He can give you joy (the unspeakable kind). He can save your family. He can Bring you sisters that you always wanted...And most importantly He and only He ( Jesus ) can fill you with the most precious gift...HIS SPIRIT!!

That is why we live the way we do and why we strive for holliness everyday.

Why Today

Sissys,

Why does it seem when you are most tired that people insist on being mean, rude, annoying, iggnorant and everything else that drives you up the wall. I feel like I could just run outside and scream at the top of my lungs. I know that the party was so necessary for my friend and I had an amazing time and God truly blessed me from it. BUT...I wish i would have slept during the process. I am still paying the price of sleep depervation.

For example last night I gave some people a ride to church and they were a witness to how tired I was. Well when I wanted to leave they gave me attitude. Totally hurt my feelings which were super sensitive because I super tired.

Another example I had so much work to do and had no time for rest.

Another example my boss/teacher was ooober rude today. To top the cake she was only mean to me. I am like are you kidding me. She made me cry but only because i am super tired and it just hit me that much harder.

As i am writing this I begin to look at all the great moments. Getting texts from you, praying, meeting a person out of the blue who had a word for me, talking to Little C on the phone, talking to my history teacher and seeing she is a person too, talking on the phone with mom and of course going to church. I realize truly life is about the good moments and not about all the bad. The good stand out so much more than the bad and thats what matters. God is doing such great work and i see that but i know the devil is distracting me by throwing the small stuff in my face. Man the Lord is so good. I look up at the scripture on my wall Psalm 126:3 The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. So, i am glad for all the good things He has done in my life. Lets forget all the bad!!!

Love you both!!!