MERRY CHRISTMAS

I hope that everyone is finding this post after having an awesome Christmas.  

I must say that mine has been pretty different this year.  Not really in a good way.  

I spent half of my break in the bed because of my tonsil surgery.  My little cousin Macey Belle helped out with my recovery a lot by keeping me company when she came over.  She is absolutely amazing!!  I have a BIG attachment to her because she was born just a couple of months before I left home for college.  So we kinda both began a new life.  It is also been a growing time.  She is growing physically into a beautiful girl and I have been growing spiritually in the Lord.  So I am very thankful for that today.

Back to Christmas...

It has been different this year because my brother and his fiancee went to New York this year to visit her dad so they were not here which was weird.  Then my Dad's sisters have been in a feud of sorts and are not speaking so it has kinda split the family down the middle.  So that was obviously different this year.  Going to my mom's family for Christmas Eve was the same as always though so I guess that is good.  But anyways.  It has just been me and Mama and Daddy today and they have been asleep almost all day.  So I've pretty much been alone for Christmas this year.

However in the midst of it all I am still very thankful that I am able to celebrate Christmas and that Christ came into this world so that not only I may have, but that you may have life as well.

I hope and pray that the rest of you have had an amazing Christmas and that the Lord will bless your New Year beyond what you could ever imagine!!

Merry Christmas!!!!

 

IMAGINE

So it has been almost a month since I posted a blog. It doesn't matter because no one has left comments at all so... But that's not why I have it. Anyways. Since my last post, IMPACT has been all over the place. We had Christmas Spectacular and Finals at school. Then today I had my tonsils taken out. I am in my dorm room with my mom. We had the surgery done here and then we are going home tomorrow. So far I am thankful that the pain has been very light. I still think that the medicine may not have worn off all the way though. God really worked over the last month. I was sooo stressed and He brought me through it. Last night I went to my church's Christmas concert that I wasn't able to sing in because I was having surgery today and it was amazing!! It was such an awesome display of God's love for us throught the Christmas story. There was a song in it that we also did at out Christmas Spectacular at school called, "Imagine A World Without Christmas" It asks us to think about what it may be like if Jesus had never come, then it says, "but Jesus is real" AMEN!! Then this morning on the way to surgery I was a little nervous and scared. But God reassured me that my time is not done here and He still has a lot more to do on this earth before I leave.

The scripture Jer. 29:11 came to mind that says...

"I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future."

Think about that verse and what it means. Then think about how much God gave up for us by sending His Son Jesus to this earth to live among us and to save us all. It is truly amazing to think about it huh?

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT CHRISTMAS

Imagine a world without a Christmas

A place without holiday cheer

Where we'd never find the most wonderful time of the year

Imagine a world without Jesus

Just tell me where would we all be

No Son of God born and

Believers no more who believe

But Jesus is real

For we can feel

The peace in our souls

This blessing we know

Tell everyone

Messiah has come

We believe still

We always will

Jesus is real

Jesus is real

O praise Him

Messiah has come

Jesus is real

Jaime's Senior Recital

Family
Me and My Sis
Me and Beth
Beth Tearin' It Up At COVERS
Mer Tearin' It Up At COVERS
Beth's Piano
Stage for Christmas Spectacular

Before They Came Out

Sarah Feeding Me a Popsicle After Surgery

IMPACT singing Revelation Song at Christmas Spectacular

FALL - The Season

Earlier this week I noticed for the first time how pretty all of the colors and everything was around campus right now. I have been soo busy that I haven't even taken the time to notice it. I went on a walk and took my camera with me to take a few pics. God really has created a beautiful place and I'm so glad I was able to be apart of it. ENJOY!!
Caleb :)

This is out of my dorm room window



This is what I see as I drive into campus

Wired for Worship

Today IMPACT led worship for River of Life Ministries here in Mobile and the pastor spoke a message about being Wired for Worship. I forgot my note journal in my dorm so I was only able to take a few notes but the ones that I got were the main points that stuck out to me about worshipping with our lives. He reinforced the fact that everything, EVERYTHING that we do should glorify God, and if it doesn't, stop doing it.
The scripture was ,

1 Corinthians 10:31

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."

The next verse talks about how we shouldn't cause anyone else to stumble.

The points that I wrote down said,

-Worship - anything that you do that glorifies God
-Stay in a constant mind of worship
-One of the greatest acts of worship is doing a good job at a bad job
-We want to be representative of the King

Basically all of those notes can be summed up into the same thing. We should live our life as a life of worship. He also talked about how people watch you. People are always watching you. I know I am always watching people to see how they do things, how their attitudes are, and how they react to things. As a Christian, I know that it is part of my duty to live a life of worship so that the people that may be watching me will see God in me. That's where the scripture about not causing people to stumble comes in. If I do something wrong or "un-Christian" and could have handles it differently, it may cause someone to stumble. I would rather be an encouragement to others with my actions that to do something dumb and cause someone else to fall. It happens to people all the time.

Anyways, we also had an amazing time of worship. They also gave us breakfast w/ COFFEE!! They are the first church all year that has given us coffee which we really need at 8 am in the morning!! It was amazing. God really moved in the service and there were several salvation decisions as well which is AWESOME!!
After the service we went to eat lunch at the China Ocean. Put IMPACT together with Chinese food and you get some pretty crazy outcomes. Especially by the time we got to our fortune cookies. It was so hilarious. And after today I have officially decided that I am going to make an album on my computer that is called "The Many WaCKy Faces of Bethany and Jackie" examples below...

God Bless,
Caleb :)


The girl that took this thought we were dating... LOL :)




Three of the "Many WaCKy Faces of Bethany and Jackie



Our car group

It's just a ride...

It's just a ride, it's just a ride...

One of my favorite songs ever. Some people look at life as being "just a ride" in many different ways. They all say that life is "just a ride" but there are many different variations of the "ride." I too have my own look at life's "ride." My way of looking at life as a ride is of course what I just said, "just a ride," but I see it as a ride on my way to the place that God has prepared for me in Heaven. As I have stated in my little "about me" section, I am a Christian. I accepted Jesus as my Saviour when I was in 7th grade on February 21, 2001. I was later baptized on March 21, 2oo1. Since then my life has been spent doing the best that I can to live for God and do what He has called me to do. So I look at my life as a ride that will end when I finally reach Heaven. On my ride, I am doing my best to keep God's will the focus of my life, and seeking out an intimate relationship with Him. Now of course I am human so I DO stumble. Boy do I stumble, but I know that I the Lord is always with me bring me out of anything and I don't forget that. I continue to praise Him through all of my trials and don't forget His benefits.

Just like Psalm 103 says...

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all you iniquity
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love
and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the
eagle's.
Psalm 103:1-5 ESV

So sure my "ride" is bumpy just like everyone else's but God is there for me through it all and my prayer is that anyone that reads this will seek the same "ride"

What do you describe your "ride" as?

I would love to hear comments from you, so feel free to respond.


It's been a really long time since I kept up with a blog, but I always find something about it that I like. One thing I like is all of the interesting comments that I sometimes recieve and all of the interesting people that I meet and correspond with. I also find something very intriguing about sharing my thoughts, feelings, and life with people that I have never met and/or may never meet in person. So that is why I guess that I have decided to begin a new blog here. So leave me comments so that I can meet you.
God Bless,
Caleb :)