Friends

Who agrees with me that Friendships are awesome??
Did I just see a room full of hands go up?
well i definantly thnk that friends are the one thing that gets us thru life. And trust me I know. Even when you are not on your best your true friends will forgive you and lift you right back up!
Yesterday that happend to me. I had jus been feeling so awful bout stuff i had done which i regret or just how i had been feeling, when I got a phone call from one of my mates I hadnt talked to in ages! And that phone call really did me make feel SO much better!! Thankyou Hannah!!
I believe that God gives us our friends, because He knows what life is all about and that we will need them one day.. So treat them right and you will have the most fullfillment and joy you will ever experience!!
Thats all.. Lundi

The rented room

Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. "Why, he's hardly taller than my eight-year-old," I thought as I stared at the stooped, shriveled body. But the appalling thing was his face, lopsided from swelling, red and raw. Yet his voice was pleasant as he said, "Good evening. I've come to see if you've a room for just one night. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there's no bus 'til morning." He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success; no one seemed to have a room. "I guess it's my face. I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments..." For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: "I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning." I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch. I went inside and finished getting supper. When we were ready, I asked the old man if he would join us. "No thank you. I have plenty." And he held up a brown paper bag. When I had finished the dishes, I went out on the porch to talk with him a few minutes. It didn't take a long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her five children and her husband, who was hopelessly crippled from a back injury. He didn't tell it by way of complaint; in fact, every other sentence was prefaced with a thanks to God for a blessing. He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the strength to keep going. At bedtime, we put a camp cot in the children's room for him. When I got up in the morning, the bed linens were neatly folded, and the little man was out on the porch. He refused breakfast, but just before he left for his bus, haltingly, as if asking a great favor, he said, "Could I please come back and stay the next time I have a treatment? I won't put you out a bit. I can sleep fine in a chair." He paused a moment and then added, "Your children made me feel at home. Grownups are bothered by my face, but children don't seem to mind." I told him he was welcome to come again. And on his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and a quart of the largest oysters I had ever seen. He said he had shucked them that morning before he left so that they'd be nice and fresh. I knew his bus left at 4 a.m., and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us. In the years he came to stay overnight with us there was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden. Other times we received packages in the mail, always by special delivery; fish and oysters packed in a box of fresh young spinach or kale, every leaf carefully washed. Knowing that he must walk three miles to mail these and knowing how little money he had made the gifts doubly precious. When I received these little remembrances, I often thought of a comment our next-door neighbor made after he left that first morning. "Did you keep that awful looking man last night? I turned him away! You can lose roomers by putting up such people!" Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice. But, oh! If only they could have known him, perhaps their illness' would have been easier to bear. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude to God. Recently I was visiting a friend who has a greenhouse. As she showed me her flowers, we came to the most beautiful one of all, a golden chrysanthemum, bursting with blooms. But to my great surprise, it was growing in an old dented, rusty bucket. I thought to myself, "If this were my plant, I'd put it in the loveliest container I had!" My friend changed my mind. "I ran short of pots," she explained, "and knowing how beautiful this one would be, I thought it wouldn't mind starting out in this old pail. It's just for a little while, till I can put it out in the garden." She must have wondered why I laughed so delightedly, but I was imagining just such a scene in heaven. "Here's an especially beautiful one," God might have said when he came to the soul of the sweet old fisherman. "He won't mind starting in this small body." All this happened long ago -- and now, in God's garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand. Friends are very special. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear and they share a word of praise. Show your friends how much you care. The only thing that will happen if you do pass it on is that someone might smile--because of you.

from www.promiseofgod.com

dear friend, Did You Know??

~Did you know that when you envy someone, it's because you really like that person?

~Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart, are really weaklings and most succeptible?

~Did you know that those who spend thier time protecting others are the ones that really need someone to protect them?

~Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are: "I love you" "Sorry" and "help me" The people who say these are those that actually need them or really feel them, and they are the ones you reall y need to treasure, because they have said them.

~Did you know that people who occupy themselves by keeping others company or helping others are the ones that actually need your company and help?

~Did you know that those who dress in red are more confidant in themselves?

~Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those who enjoy their beauty?

~Did you know that those who dress in black, are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

~Did you know that when you helpsomeone, the help is returned in two folds?

~Did you know that those who need more of you are those that did not mention it to you?

~Did you know that its easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someones face? but did you know that it has more value when you say it in the face?

~Did you know that what is most difficult for you to say or do is much more valuable than anything that is you can buy with money?

~Did you know that if you ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted?

~Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and if you really knew youd be surprised by what you can do.

"One day, we mad people will change the world.. or we're already changing it" THE BALL IS NOW IN YOUR COURT.. If the world were to end in 24 hours, all the phone lines, chat rooms and email will be saturated from people sending messages to others, saying :"I regret having made you feel bad," "Pardon me", "I love you", "I hold you in high esteem", "take good care of yourself" and sometimes "I have always loved you, only i never told you."
Today the ball of FRIENDSHIP is in your court!!

he he my little Chippi man.. made from descreeted ketchupp.. mmm pi
Lundi

Jesus- Rocfish lyrics

Sometimes you might feel left out
And it seems your all alone
Inside you want to cry
And you think nobody knows
But there is some one
Whos been through it too
And He'll be there no matter what you do

Jesus I love you
You will always be there for me
Everyday I'll live my life for you
Jesus, Jesus

There's nothing I could do
To make you love me more
Im everything to you
Im the one you died for
And i believe there's
A special plan for me
Cos you are all I want your all I need

Jesus I love you
You will always be there for me
Everyday I'll live my life for you
Jesus, Jesus

Nothing could compare
To the love you have for me
And all because of you Lord I will sing

Everyday I'll live my life for you
Everyday I'll live my life for you
Everyday I'll live my life for you
Jesus, Jesus

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This song meant heaps to me when my mate Hannah played it to me over the voice mail.. Thanks heaps!!

Untitled- A Poem

Dark shadows cover my mind
An intrusion of the head
Haunting my every whim.
Yet there is a glimmer
A glimmer of light
A glimmer of hope.
Now the dark can not conquer
For it now has a powerful enemy
An enemy that will rise and fill this heart with a shining light
A light that will conduct my every movement
And I will embrace this light with joy
For it has been Jesus' love for me that has saved me.

A different view
Lundi

Be at peice
Lundi

Peaceful Sleeping!

I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O LORD,
make me dwell in safety
Psalm 4 : 8

Next time when you are scared of the dark or are tossing and turning or just can't seem to sleep, just remeber this verse and know that our Father is watching over us and keeps us safe!

Yeah, these girls show definate Girl Power! I dont think theyr ashamed to call themselves female.
Lundi

Why Its Cool To Be a Girl

We can wear guys clothes. If they wear ours, they get funny looks

Our friends dont say hello to us by punching us on the arm.

Yea- PMS suckz, but at least we have a good reason to chow down on chocolate for a week!

If we're on a really big ship that happens to hit an iceberg we'll get first dibs on the life boats

We get the bigger apartment in Friends

Girl talk- You know how we just understand each other without having to explain stuff.

We never have to stand at a urinal and have others stare at us.

Dark circles under eyes? We can just cover them up with a little concealer.

We dont have to shave our faces.

We can jump around alot, and shake our hair and it looks like we know how to dance.

We get yummmy chocolates and pretty flowers from guys.

We dont have to dowse our food in tobassco sauce just to look tough.

That whole Circumcision thing!- OUCH

When we get married we get to keep our own name or choose one that we like better.

We dont have to deal with sideburns- what up with that any ways?

At least one girl always survives in horror movies.

We can take stuffed animals to bed no matter how old we are.

SLUMBER PARTIES!! Guys just dont know how fun they are.

We dont have to worry about getting hurt- um- down there.

We dont feel the need to slap our teammates butt when she makes a good play.

We give really really good advice.

Its entirely possible we will marry Orlando Bloom one day.

Its not required that we learn how to spit when we are young.

We are called Tom boys, guys are called girlie or gay.

We have nicer handwriting than guys- well it is true!

Girls with guys names (like Joey) sound cool, but it doesnt work the other way round.

wandering eyes.. I think I see a fairy..
Lundi

Just Me

I am who I am.
I shall be who I was meant to be.
Just Me.

Thirteen- a poem

I am thirteen now
Not long ago I was twelve.
But a year has gone by
And I have grown.
My friends have changed too.
I still go through bad times
But now I know because of them I am stronger.
I still love the same.
But now I am thirteen.
I am going to grow still
And I am going to change
I'm looking forward to it
It will be my challenge.
I'll still love the same
And I'll still smile the same
But now the only thing is
I am thirteen.