Happiness in Ignorance

I have a lot of friends who are not Christians. I have been asking myself the question lately: Why did I ever become a Christian? I had found some sort of happiness in my ignorance before I ever came to know Jesus, why was I seeking anything more?

I remember talking to Renee Mosely, wondering why she cared so much that I come to realize what Jesus did for me. I saw this thing that the Riverview community shared, and I wanted to be a part of it. I saw people trying to please God, instead of the world, and it made me wonder if there was more to life than my social ranking at Holt High School or how many goals I could score at my soccer games. I remember when I finally realized that I wasn't in control of my own life, that my life wasn't even my own. The main thing that lead me to realize that I needed to put my faith in Jesus Christ was one person really caring about my salvation.

But I am still struggling with this like crazy every single day.

Old Pictures

I just came across a bunch of old pictures on my old computer.. they made me happy/sad:

Girls, come on now.

Sorry this post is kind of self explanatory but I still feel like writing it.

One thing that God has put on my heart lately is the way that I dress. Seeing some of the girls I know, especially the younger ones, show off their "goods" with the way that they dress honestly hurts my heart. WATCH WHAT YOU WEAR. Lets have respect for ourselves and for each other by keeping our bodies sacred. The world's attitude says to leave as little to imagination as possible and our minds are being flooded with images that tell us to flaunt what we've got, but God said:

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. -Romans 12:2

I know that when I first became a Christian I never really thought much about this, I just wore what I thought was cute, but if you have that attitude, you should change it, NOW. We have to remember who sees us when we dress like that, and we need to help our guy friends out by not putting temptation in their faces.

I suggest wear something like this all of the time:




or this would work too:



Not really, but GIRLS, COME ON NOW, we can do better than this Hollister, Abercromie, what the world wants you to look like kind of crap.

Lj's/Xangas of my fellow high school girls

So Audrey and I were looking through the live journals and Xangas of High school girls, and some of them made us chuckle. We decided to make our own example of one.
This basically sums up the typical high school girl's Online Journal:
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heres a few picz of me just playin around being bored, I look really bad HAHAH LOL, I like just woke up from a nap, so I mean my hair is kinda messed up and my eye lashes are totally not curled.

This is Auderz, she was like totally not ready for this pic. hehehehe. This is me and Auderz hehehehehehehehe. Kisses, muah LOL. We are so CCCCuuuuraaaaazzzyyy! OOOMMMMGGGG we look so bad!

"all a Girl really needs:

are her best friends * a

closet full of clothes

and* a cute boy to kiss."

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Requirements for a high school girl's online journal:

1) You must have a bunch of pictures of yourself hitting seductive poses.

2) Each picture must have an explaination of how bad you look in them, when really, you spent 3 hours getting ready to take them.

3)The colors of the text have to change frequently enough to give the reader a seizure.

4) You must only use internet grammar. On plural wordz, replace the "s" with a "z".

5)Each entry must be topped off with an extremely touching and meaningful quote, like the one in my example.

LT

We just got home from LT and I definetly got what I prayed for. It was an amazing experience. I was almost disappointed to come home because I loved how intense the worship was and how easy it was to believe and worship when everyone around you feels the same way you do. It is hard to come home but then this is where God is needed the most. I met so many amazing people and made some really great friends. I can't wait to go back to BOB wednesday and see them all. Oh yeah If you are reading this and you don't already, you should go to BOB, it's gonna be awesome. I will write more later.

More excited than electricity!

LT is in 3 days and I am soo excited. I'm really looking to find God in a way I have not yet. Please pray for me and everyone going that we will have a fufilling experience. Thanks!

We are the Champions!

I love this sport

DISTRICT CHAMPS!!! We defeated Okemos after double overtime and a shootout! We play Portage Central on Tuesday.

This week has been impossible

Mission Impossible



I have been so stressed lately with school and soccer and life in general. AHhhh! I slept in until 3pm yesterday because I was so tired out from the whole week. We beat both Okemos and EL in the CAAC tourny which makes us tournament champs, but we played like crap in the regular season so we took third overall. So now we start districts on tuesday and we will most likely be playing okemos in the finals. I'm excited!

Ouch, I feel so bad... you little twerp

Bet that hurt...


My little sister is suspended from school for tomorrow (Which is her birthday). A boy was making fun of her at her track meet and saying some really mean things to her, and she got so mad that she kicked him in the jewels! I don't want to laugh, but I don't feel bad for this kid at all. I know it wasn't right for her to do what she did, but what a little jerk. I hate it when kids are bullies. Luckily, my sister is the kind of girl who will just teach him a lesson and forget about it, other kids don't forget it when they are bullied, and it drives them to do some scary crap. So the moral of the story is don't bully people.

I've got a game Vs. Everett today, but I'm not playing in it because I'm still sick. I have to go get ready though, Have a nice day!

My lovely car

This is what MY 91 buick looks like.



BUT... my wonderful parents are getting me a NEW CAR for my birthday (July 6th).... YAY!

It has been a good year, many memories in the "Blue beast", also known as "the blueberry", the "blue bombshell", and "the hurricane".

Buick Without Rust

this is what a nice 91 buick looks like.

Erika and I 

Audrey and I on New years 

I'm sick

I'm pretty sick so I feel like crap. Mom thinks it is the flu. I'v got the chills and my head really hurts. I've been out of school since monday afternoon and I don't know if I will be going tomorrow even. We play Everett tomorrow... so its not really a big deal for me to miss that game. I hope Ryan doesn't catch it.

I can't describe how anxious I am for school to end. I'm so sick of waking up early. I got a babysitting job for the summer and its every other week from 8:30-4. Nicky and I are going to switch weeks. This way I will get a week of downtime, and if I want to go to the cabin or up north with Audrey it will work out good.
I'm going to go take a shower now, see ya.

Panama City here we come!

I leave for Florida in 2 days. I can’t wait to hear that ocean!
We beat St. Johns yesterday 3-2 and we play Lumen Christi tomorrow… they are a good team. It is kind of weird playing outside mid now after I have played in the center my whole life but I think it will be a good adjustment once I get it down. From how we played yesterday, I think we are a solid team.

Meaps are OVER! They were so hard! These past few days have gone by so slow… I just want to be on the beach sipping a cold drink.

Well I’m going to go pack for FLORIDA and do some other stuff… See ya!

Meaps are fun!

Today we took the math meap and it looks as if there will be no money going to miss Frances Dejongh for college because she can't stop daydreaming and didn't pay attention in Algrebra II. I will definately have to retake that one. I was in the MIC room for an extra hour finishing the test up. Math is hard!

We got our uniforms at practice today and we have a scrimmage tomorrow in Ann Arbor so we'll see how that goes!! Hopefully good... Go Rams!

Sorry this is so short but I have to get some sleep, i'll update later... hah well prolly not.. I like writing these but I never have any time!

-Francesca-