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| Wow...I haven't written on here in forever!! Life has been incredibly busy over this past year and sadly, many things have gotten neglected. I've been thinking about the fact that I have had so many amazing friendships with people I've never met in real-life. They have made me laugh, given me advice, listened to me, prayed for me, comforted me, and pointed me to Jesus through it all. I have so many amazing real-life friends, but I think both kinds of friendships can be awesome - and I've definitely experienced that. So, I'm trying to revive my Internet friendships and hold onto them. It may take me some time to get used to getting on here often, as I've kind of let that slip...but I'm determined to do it, cause there are so many amazing people on here that have added so much to my life.
So just know that, if I've been talking about you in this entry, my lack of communication over the last year isn't due to a lack of desire to communicate. It's called the busyness of life getting in the way of what really matters. So yes...I really do care about you all...I know how blessed I am.
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| (yes, I am actually posting! :))
Wow. It's 2007! It still doesn't feel right to type that. It doesn't
feel like it's really been a whole year since I was celebrating 2006.
Time has flown by this year.
2006 was an interesting year for me. It was a really hard year...and
yet a really joyful year. I guess it was pretty much a roller coaster.
Up and down and up and down.
Here are some of my memories from the past year:
~Singing my first solo in church
~Tough times at my church
~Going on an awesome vacation
~Making my first movie
~Being really hurt by a friend (and no, it's not anyone reading this)
~Turning 16
~Getting to go to a church "dance" type thing...and learning to swing dance!
~Getting to help with VBS and Sunday School
~Deciding that I want to be a teacher
Those are a few things that happened to me. As I was looking back at
the past year on the 31st, I saw something I hadn't seen as well.
Sometimes, my eyes are so focused on the part of the picture that I'm
in, that I don't see the rest of the picture. As I was looking back, I
saw how God has been working in me. I saw how He's been using the good
and the bad things for my good. I saw how He has been walking beside me
every step of the way, even when I didn't feel Him as close as I wanted
to. And I saw His fingerprints in everything.
And I praise God for a new year...for a brand new chance. His mercies
truely are new every morning. I can't wait to see what God's got in
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| Hi everyone!
Wow...it's been forever since I've last been on here! I don't have time
to write much now, but I will write a longer entry soon. I just wanted
to say that I am alive and I've missed talking with you all. Hopefully,
we can talk soon!
Have a great day!
~Libby
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| Hi everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted in awhile! I just wanted to let you know:
1. I'm working on the 2nd Purity post
2. I've had some problems with my computer and so I'm behind on commenting. I will be working on that in the next few days.
Have a great day!
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| I'm in a thoughtful mood right now (that is, thinking a lot). I went to
find statistics for the post I'm about to write and I'm really sad
about what I found out. I couldn't find one of the main statistics I
was looking for, but I did find that about 45% of all teens are
sexually active. By graduation from high school, an estimated 60+% of
all teens have had sex. 1 out of every 5 teens has had sex before their
15th birthday. I couldn't find what the statistics were for Christian
teens, but I remember it being that about 52% of non-Christian teens
were sexually active and 43% of all Christian teens were sexually
active. It makes me so sad to look at those numbers and know that these
statistics aren't just about people in other places...they're about
people all over, including people around me...people that I know.
They're people my age. It especially makes me sad because Christian
teens aren't really that different and it's clearly stated in the Bible
that sex outside of marriage is a sin. It makes me so sad.
I've also been realizing something else. Purity is about so much more
than just remaining abstinent until marriage. It's about purity of the
mind, of the heart, and of actions. It's about choosing purity on a
daily basis in many different ways. It's about setting boundaries and
not crossing over them. We're not always perfect, but God offers
forgiveness to us.
I can't write all of my thoughts on this, because I have to go, but I
will write more later. I just think that it's time we start living with
purity in mind more than we do. And maybe, if we do, others will follow
our examples. After all, it only takes one person to start a
revolution. I think it's time we start a pure revolution. | | |
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