Reverb!

I absolutely love going to Reverb. When I first went to my youth group, I wasn't sure what to expect. I went because I knew people there, but didn't really have a purpose. That was four years ago. Now I look forward to every Thursday so I can learn about God and about becoming a better Christian.

The first time I was at my youth group, and we did worship, I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't sing. I just stood there kind of taking everything in. Now, it's nothing like that. I sing all the songs and close my eyes and concentrate on the words that I'm singing rather than on the music, or the people, or whatever else is going on. Now, it's about focusing on God and everything he has done for us.

When I wear my Reverb sweatshirt to school, people ask me what 'Reverb' is. I tell them that it is my youth group and then they ask me if my parents make me go to it. Then I tell them no. And then they ask me this, "Why?" And for the longest time I didn't have an answer; Up until about a year ago. I realized that it wasn't just a fun thing to do but a way of growing with God and learning things I didn't learn in Religion class.

All I know is that I'm going to be VERY sad when I graduate and won't be able to go to Reverb anymore.

My Brother, Ian.

Everyone always is asking me, "Are you and your brother close?" or "Do you and Ian get along well?" And the truth is, Yes. We do. Sometimes we argue but at the end of the day we will always be there for each other. My dad always says that if we get mad at our friends or if something bad happens, we can always rely on each other. And that's true. I've heard of stories where families fall apart because siblings stop talking to each other but I know that will never happen between Ian and I :D

You may hold my hand for a while, but you hold my heart forever.

I was at the mall the other day when I saw an old couple sitting together. The man looked over at the woman and said,

"Jane, we did it. We grew old together."

The look in her eyes GMH.

I have read so many posts from the GivesMeHope.com website. This is by far one of my favorites. It teaches me that love will last forever and that it isn't only in fairytales.

Middlebrook Farms

Whenever I go to Middlebrook Farms, an assisted living home in Trumbull, I see people there who feel lost and abandoned. Once, I was told by one of the residents that her daughter was tired of taking care of her so she put her in a home. I almost started to cry when she was telling me this story. Right then and there, I made a mental vow to myself to never "throw" someone close to me into an assisted living home if they didn't want to be there.

Around ten minutes to five, some residents are coming down to go to dinner. I love seeing them walk out of the elevator holding hands and smiling. This shows me that love can last forever. One time, I had to help Betty reach Gus when he was in the hospital. The nurses wouldn't even tell her why he was there or when he was going to get out. I stayed in her apartment for half an hour calling Gus. He finally picked up and she was relieved. Right before she hung up, she said, "I love you Gus, I miss you." It was adorable. Seeing true love for eachother will always Gives Me Hope.

Hebrews 11:1 - Faith

Having Faith is important to me in many ways. Faith is believing. This brings me to one of my favorite Bible verses: Hebrews 11:1.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

Some people out there do not even believe in God. In school last week, one of my classmates went on and on about how STUPID the Bible is and how the person who wrote it must have not had a life to still there and make up that stuff. When they said that, it really hit me hard. Whenever the subject of religion or God comes up in school, teachers try to sweep it under the rug and move on. I understand the teachers point of veiw and the position they are put in. I just don't think it's right for teachers to let their students go on about how "FAKE" God and the bible are when they can see others are being hurt by these remarks.

Like I said, keeping the Faith is a big deal to me and I will never, ever lose that.

Ambitious Me.

Well, this is my first blog. I was inspired by my good friends, Katherine and Kerry. I have decided to do this because many times I don't outwardly speak what I'm thinking or feeling and I feel I should change that. About Me? I am 14 and I am a freshman in high school. I love love love to swim and go to my youth group, Reverb.

I used to want to be a teacher, then a vet, then a doctor. I think a doctor would be cool but today while I was watching house, I decided that helping people like me would not be as interesting as this other idea I had: I want to be a doctor in a poor country where supplies and medication are scarce. That would be awesome. I want to start an organization when I grow up, that would benefit people that need medication that they can't quite pay for.

Since I started going to my youth group four years ago, I have grown in ways that were unimaginable to me in 6th grade. Because I started out not really knowing all that much about God, I have come to realize there are many people out in the world like that. I feel the need to find all of them and just teach. That will be another part of my organization: curing illnesses and speaking God's word.

I know these are big ambitions and I have no idea how I'm going to do this but I think it can happen.