Satan, It's On!!

Can I just say that maybe, possibly... I am struggling with God right now?

Well, I can't really say that I am struggling with God, but with my relationship with God.

Yesterday was kinda a turning point for me in realizing my distance with God lately. I recently found a guy, who you can say is my boyfriend, and ever since, I was spending time with him and not with God. I haven't read the Bible, went to church once, and barely go to youth group. I'm behind on my bible courses, and I just don't feel as happy as I used to be than when I had this love and passion for God. I haven't prayed lately, asked for forgiveness for my sins, or really had a conversation with Jesus. Anyone can tell you; I'm a whole different person when I'm close to God. I will admit, I haven't been that person lately. I've been frustrated with people and life in general and I hate it. I know Satan is tempting me and he's winning a battle against my soul. Am I just gonna let him win and take over who I am? Of course not!

Satan is not gonna win this time like he has before. I let Satan get to me because he know I'm vulnerable and weak right now. Time for that to stop! I'm better than that. I want to be strong and have a great and wonderful relationship with Jesus. I want to have those conversations with Him through prayer and tell Him how much He is to me through music. I had my eye on a Christian university in California for when I graduate high school. I don't want to throw away everything I have worked for because of Satan. That's just what he wants.

My Bible is my shield and my faith is my armor. If Satan wants a fight, then a fight is what he's gonna get, and I will guarantee, he is not gonna win.

Satan, I'm waiting for you. Whatever you have for me, I'm ready to throw it back in your face.

Peace.Love.Happiness.Smiles
SammyJane <3

A Night in the Hospital and 23 Staples Later...

My sister Kimmy had realignment surgery on her knee yesterday. I asked in my last blog post that you all keep her in your prayers.

The power of prayer is phenomenal to me! Although she had to stay overnight last night, she came home today and I'm happy with how well she's doing already. She had a lot of support yesterday. So I wanna say, thank you very much! Everything seems to be turning out really well.

Yesterday I also tried something new.

My friend Josh and I were getting Taco Bell while Kimmy was in surgery, and he kept talking about deep fried oreos. At first I didn't think it was all that appealing; maybe it was because I never had them before. But we found a restaurant that served deep fried oreos and Josh ended up buying some through takeout. Turns out that they are really good! LOL! =D

See? I can be bold and try new things. =P

Well, all I ask is if you keep praying for my sister that her recovery will go by really fast. I wanted to make this post a little shorter to update on what's going on.

Peace.Love.Happiness.Smiles.
SammyJane

A Late Night Post...

It's around midnight right now, and I'm enjoying Doritos and chili cheese dip. It's really good! LOL.

My birthday is on Monday (Oct. 25), and I'm so excited that I'm turning 17!!! I feel old.. nah, just kidding!

I have so much going on that I didn't get to write a post in a while. The Bushman World Ukulele Video Contest is coming up, and I have no idea what 3 songs I wanna do. LOL, it's driving me crazy!! And I want to win... SOOOOO BADLY!! =P

Another big thing that's going on... as some of you may know, I have a gap in my front teeth. Well.... on Tuesday I'm getting them FIXED!!! I've been waiting for this for a long time! I can't wait!

Getting ready for cheer is crazy! My friend Raine went over some stretches and jumps I gotta do for cheer, and my legs hurt already! But I'm excited to get going into the season, then it will be easier. =D

God is doing some incredible things in my life! With getting ready for a ukulele contest, my teeth getting fixed, my birthday, preparing for cheer, and getting straight A's in school, I honestly don't know how it can get any better! I have the best family in the world, the greatest friends ever, and a Savior who loves me and is guiding me to bigger and better things. I am even blessed with the best penpals ever who I write to.

I'm trying to get more posts done whenever I have time.

My new favorite poem: "How Doth the Little Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll.

Yeah, I had to add a little random fact there.

In AP Literature, we've been doing a lot of poetry, and I mean A LOT!!! We were learning about ballads and I thought of that poem. =D

God Bless everyone, and Have a great weekend!

Peace.Love.Happiness.Smiles.
SammyJane <3

WHOA!

Today I thought it was Wednesday.
I will admit, it was pretty weird, because Mondays are my late-start days for school, so we start at 9:30 instead of 8:30 in the mornings. So I woke up wondering why my alarm clock said it was 8:35 am.
Then I realized that it was, in fact, a Monday and I woke up on time. =P

What an interesting way to start off the week, huh?

During my PE class, I wrote a poem.
This poem wasn't really a happy poem either.
You know when you have those times when you just don't feel happy, and instead of letting it out on someone, you write it down? Yeah, I had that today, so it was pretty depressing.
I get home from school and read it over again. And at that time I was feeling much better, changed a bit of it, and made it not-so-depressing. About 10 minutes after that, it turned into a song.

So, I guess I didn't write a poem today after all. LOL.

Last week I brought my ukulele and guitar to school to work on songs and play a bit.
I planned on bringing them home today, and I ended up forgetting them in my 6th period english class. So now they're probably sitting there in the classroom...

Kimmy just came home from practice, and now I gotta make spaghetti.

I have an idea for a blog topic I wanna do. I'll probably go over some Scripture tonight and start writing it. I love to write. But I bet you already knew that. =D

Hope everyone is having a good Monday.

Peace.Love.Happiness.Smiles
SammyJane <3

What Do You Wanna Do Before You Die?

If you have ever watched MTV's "The Buried Life", you would know that the show is about 4 guys who travel across America to achieve everything on their list "100 Things To Do Before I Die". Some of the things include asking Megan Fox to go on a date, playing basketball with President Obama; while on the road, they help other people who have a wish they want to come true before they die. I'm not sure what happened to the show but I guess they stopped making episodes, which is a shame.

So my question for YOU is what the title of this post is: What do you wanna do before you die?

Your list may contain many things, some serious or some just plain nonsense.

I'm making a new page on this blog, and it's gonna be a little different. Instead of things I wanna do before I die, I'm gonna make the goal to achieve all these things before I graduate high school. I'm gonna be a junior this year so I will have about 2 years, and I will keep track on my progress on my blog. You will find the page where my "About Me" and "Contact Me" tabs are at the top of the blog. It is called "Before I Graduate...". A lot of these are gonna be serious, but some are gonna be funny as well.

If you have a list of what you wanna do, or there is something you wanna do, go out and achieve it. The only thing that is stopping you from doing it is yourself.

Peace.Love.Happiness.Smiles.
SammyJane <3