Wooooow I haven't posted in forever!
Anyway, I deleted almost all of my posts that were just about random junk, so now this is just gonna be to glorify my Savior. No more random crap(:
Anyway, to get back to the point, how do you celebrate Christmas? I'm not talking about presents and bows and Christmas trees, that's all great, but how do you really celebrate Christmas? In my family we always read the Christmas story & pray before we open our presents. Some families just "observe another holiday," as my pastor/father says often. (; If you haven't truly been saved by the Lord Jesus Christ, you are observing a holiday. Don't get frustrated or stressed because of the "craziness of the holiday season," but remember Jesus and enjoy the Christmas season. Celebrate it. Be happy, not upset. Smile at a few extra people in Wal Mart(;
CHRISTmas is about, if you can't take a hint, Christ. The birth of our Savior. God's one and only Son, Jesus Christ coming to earth to be born of a virgin. Presents and bows and Christmas trees are nice, but we can't forget the real reason for this marvelous season. Remember Jesus, and His birth, and celebrate Christmas. I hope you never observe another holiday, but always truly celebrate Christmas.
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year(:
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thanksgiving
Do you believe it? I sure don't. What the heck am I talking about? (: Thanksgiving, November 25th, is 15 days away. Two weeks and one day. That means Christmas is 45 days away. Even harder to believe. Anyway, I'll get to the point. Have you counted your blessings lately? Little everyday things, things that you should be so thankful for, but take for granted just like I do? How about a house and a safe place to live? How about a bed to sleep in? How about the privilege of having 2 pillows that you've probably trained yourself not to be able to sleep without just like me? How about more than one pair of shoes? Have you thanked God lately for any of these things? Try this little challenge: every day from now until November 25th, take at least 10 minutes and pick a few things you take for granted every day, and thank God for them. Count your many blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings see what God has done. (: You might be surprised. Have a great holiday season this year guys. Most importantly, thank God for sending his one and only Son to be born of a virgin, perform miracles only to be explained by God, die for our sins, and rise again after 3 days.
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay(:
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay(:
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Oh, my. Has it been a year since...?
...we moved out of a neighborhood and into the country? since we came to pastor that little church I love so dearly? since I met those amazing people that made me feel so at home? since I made those amazing friends in that youth group that made me feel welcome? WOW.
Am I ahead of myself? Maybe a little. If you don't know already, one year ago tomorrow we moved out of my little city and into this pretty little country town, to come be the pastor's family of an amazing sweet little congregation. It doesn't feel like a year since that moving day. It doesn't feel like a year since that night I gave myself a headache wondering if the church would vote "yes" and my dad would be a pastor again, and they did. It doesn't feel like over a year since I got excited when the church asked my dad to guest preach for the first time. But it has been, and it's been a great year at that. I'm so thankful that God put us here on the little hill, one year ago tomorrow. I remember tomorrow one year ago, which was a Sunday, like it was yesterday. I remember fidgeting with the new bed I got and trying to put those dumb dresser drawers together, which still to this day get stuck. I remember my friend staying over all day helping me. I remember it all perfectly. That day, I believe was one of the very best days of my entire life.
I would definitely call myself a city girl, but I have never felt more at home in the country with my awesome church, ever. I love living in the country, it's so pretty here. I love the leaves changing and the view out my window. I love it. I love my house, and my awesome room, and my church that's right next door to me, and my area. I love it.
I guess that's the end of this story. I'm sorry for the lack of posting lately, I've been pretty busy. Hope you guys have a great week.
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay(:
Am I ahead of myself? Maybe a little. If you don't know already, one year ago tomorrow we moved out of my little city and into this pretty little country town, to come be the pastor's family of an amazing sweet little congregation. It doesn't feel like a year since that moving day. It doesn't feel like a year since that night I gave myself a headache wondering if the church would vote "yes" and my dad would be a pastor again, and they did. It doesn't feel like over a year since I got excited when the church asked my dad to guest preach for the first time. But it has been, and it's been a great year at that. I'm so thankful that God put us here on the little hill, one year ago tomorrow. I remember tomorrow one year ago, which was a Sunday, like it was yesterday. I remember fidgeting with the new bed I got and trying to put those dumb dresser drawers together, which still to this day get stuck. I remember my friend staying over all day helping me. I remember it all perfectly. That day, I believe was one of the very best days of my entire life.
I would definitely call myself a city girl, but I have never felt more at home in the country with my awesome church, ever. I love living in the country, it's so pretty here. I love the leaves changing and the view out my window. I love it. I love my house, and my awesome room, and my church that's right next door to me, and my area. I love it.
I guess that's the end of this story. I'm sorry for the lack of posting lately, I've been pretty busy. Hope you guys have a great week.
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay(:
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Thermometer vs. Thermostat
I should have posted this earlier this week, but for some reason I thought of it just now.
Wednesday night in youth group we had an amazing night. Our message was called "Thermometer vs. Thermostat," I think, at least that's what we were all calling it. Anyway, my youth leader talked about two types of Christians, Thermometer Christians and Thermostat Christians. Which one are you? A thermometer only reads the temperature, it blends with it's surroundings. A thermometer Christian just does what everybody else does, it changes depending on the people around it. A thermostat changes the temperature, it sets the temperature. A thermostat Christian doesn't blend in with it's surroundings, it does the right thing even if it's hard, it sets a fire for Jesus. See the difference? I think we should all try to be that thermostat, setting a fire for Jesus, changing the temperature. So, let me ask again, which one are you? Think about it.
Love in Christ,
Karlee Kay
Wednesday night in youth group we had an amazing night. Our message was called "Thermometer vs. Thermostat," I think, at least that's what we were all calling it. Anyway, my youth leader talked about two types of Christians, Thermometer Christians and Thermostat Christians. Which one are you? A thermometer only reads the temperature, it blends with it's surroundings. A thermometer Christian just does what everybody else does, it changes depending on the people around it. A thermostat changes the temperature, it sets the temperature. A thermostat Christian doesn't blend in with it's surroundings, it does the right thing even if it's hard, it sets a fire for Jesus. See the difference? I think we should all try to be that thermostat, setting a fire for Jesus, changing the temperature. So, let me ask again, which one are you? Think about it.
Love in Christ,
Karlee Kay
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wordless Wednesday-I'm a dork ;)
The glasses are 3D movie glasses, with the lenses popped out ;)
Have a wonderful day!
Love in Christ,
Karlee Kay
Sunday, September 5, 2010
In 2 weeks...
....I will be 13! Wow, that doesn't even seem possible! My 12th year was the best year of my life I think. Other than when I was 9(and got saved...), it was definitely the best.
Why?......because, I moved just a half hour away from my house to this gorgeous country place, to this place I had never been before, didn't know anyone, but I thank the Lord for the reason why. What is that reason you ask? My church! Somewhere around late October/early November my dad came to be the pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in our city. I was a bit scared at first, honestly. I was also excited, my dad was gonna be a pastor again! But, I didn't know anybody. Well one Wednesday night I went to youth group at my(at the time) future church and met a girl, just one girl, but she was so nice to me we became fast friends(and to this day still are). She was kinda the only one I hung out with for a little while, then I met another girl and we kinda hung out a little bit too(this girl is now my best friend). There were a few other people I knew but never really connected with them as much...until this summer.
*fast forward until....June*
June, 2010.
Our youth group was kinda struggling, there was really only one girl that was doing great. 3(me and 2 others) girls went on a youth retreat in the middle of June, and that was really cool. We're still kinda having problems in the youth group until....
*fast forward until July*
The first 2 weeks of July nothing much is really happening....
The 3rd week of July I am sick, Wednesday night I don't go to church, and I hear that it was soooo amazing and that some people were really changed, particularly this one guy I had been praying for for so long. It was really amazing to see the change in him and we became good friends, but wait I skipped the whole week. Saturday(the same week) we had a youth group from Jacksonville, Florida come in and do a mission trip at our church, at first we didn't really get to know anybody, but while working together with them we became really close fast. It was such an amazing week of fun, serving the Lord, and fellowship. Monday thru Thursday we had a day camp for kids 3 yrs old to 6th grade, we all helped with that and it was so much fun, and we saw 11 kids get saved, and 2 youth, one from their group and one from ours. It was awesome. Friday night we had a youth rally. We had invited several youth groups from churches in our association but guess how many came? You got it...none. Everybody was pretty bummed, I(am known to try to look on the bright side) was trying to cheer everyone up by saying it's not about numbers anyway, It's about what God wants to do in our hearts, which is totally true. But can I tell you a secret? I was bummed too. I never told anyone that, I was just trying to cheer everyone else up. We started singing, guess what? Instant bum relief, for most of us, if not all of us. Definitely instant bum relief for me. It was an AMAZING worship service. Followed by an amazing message about Job and what he went through, but he still kept looking to God. Followed by an amazing invitation in which the person from their church got saved. Followed by an amazing testimonial time, in which, your's truly actually spoke in public, I was sitting in my seat, but still, I was speaking in front of at least 50 people, probably many more, which is something I do not do. Nevertheless I did, I talked about how the guy who made changes really surprised me and made me proud and gave me hope. I really don't remember most of what I said, I know it must have been totally jumbled up and not make much sense, because I was very nervous, I don't talk in front of anyone! But I did, and it was great. I could go on and on about the great testimonies, the great tears of joy flowing from probably everyone in the room's eyes, but I won't. I'll just tell you about how that was followed by my youth leader getting up and saying "I want everyone to get everything out of their pockets, leave it in your seats, your purses, cell phones, anything and follow me, come outside." We took everything out, got up and left, and he said "Did anybody hold out on me? About anything?" He was referring to leaving your cell phone, etc. in your pocket, but one girl from my youth group raised her hand, and said, "I need to be saved" and he hugged her, and talked to her after this, he said this was an illustration of how sometimes we just want to hold on to all our sin, and not just leave it at the cross. We prayed in the middle of the parking lot, and suddenly, after "amen" was said, something was flying at us. Water balloons. Come to find out the whole illustration was a trick to get our cell phone's out of pockets so they wouldn't get wet when we got attacked with water balloons. God had a bigger plan, for that one girl in my youth group to get saved that night, and she did. Is that not awesome? It was a GREAT night. But, it was also a night we had to say goodbye to all the friends we met, it was sad, but we're talking about taking a mission trip down there next summer! I'm confident we will see them again someday. That week was awesome, and totally impacting and reviving in our youth group. We are forever changed, and we will never go back! The next week was VBS, we were told we were gonna have a youth class this year. How lame does that sound? Totally lame. But, we did our own thing, and had SO much fun it was unbelievable, and 5 of our youth got saved! It was another awesome week. Summer 2010 totally rocked. It's over now, but I will never forget it.
*fast forward to NOW*
Everyone, BUT me is back in school, doing great. We're a changed bunch of kids now and forever. I love my youth group and have so many great, irreplaceable friends.
Sounds like my year was pretty awesome huh? I thought so. (:
I hope and pray that my 13th year will be even better.
Hope you guys enjoyed my re-cap of summer, I promise I thought I had written this all down before, but I guess not.
I'll be back soon!
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay
Why?......because, I moved just a half hour away from my house to this gorgeous country place, to this place I had never been before, didn't know anyone, but I thank the Lord for the reason why. What is that reason you ask? My church! Somewhere around late October/early November my dad came to be the pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in our city. I was a bit scared at first, honestly. I was also excited, my dad was gonna be a pastor again! But, I didn't know anybody. Well one Wednesday night I went to youth group at my(at the time) future church and met a girl, just one girl, but she was so nice to me we became fast friends(and to this day still are). She was kinda the only one I hung out with for a little while, then I met another girl and we kinda hung out a little bit too(this girl is now my best friend). There were a few other people I knew but never really connected with them as much...until this summer.
*fast forward until....June*
June, 2010.
Our youth group was kinda struggling, there was really only one girl that was doing great. 3(me and 2 others) girls went on a youth retreat in the middle of June, and that was really cool. We're still kinda having problems in the youth group until....
*fast forward until July*
The first 2 weeks of July nothing much is really happening....
The 3rd week of July I am sick, Wednesday night I don't go to church, and I hear that it was soooo amazing and that some people were really changed, particularly this one guy I had been praying for for so long. It was really amazing to see the change in him and we became good friends, but wait I skipped the whole week. Saturday(the same week) we had a youth group from Jacksonville, Florida come in and do a mission trip at our church, at first we didn't really get to know anybody, but while working together with them we became really close fast. It was such an amazing week of fun, serving the Lord, and fellowship. Monday thru Thursday we had a day camp for kids 3 yrs old to 6th grade, we all helped with that and it was so much fun, and we saw 11 kids get saved, and 2 youth, one from their group and one from ours. It was awesome. Friday night we had a youth rally. We had invited several youth groups from churches in our association but guess how many came? You got it...none. Everybody was pretty bummed, I(am known to try to look on the bright side) was trying to cheer everyone up by saying it's not about numbers anyway, It's about what God wants to do in our hearts, which is totally true. But can I tell you a secret? I was bummed too. I never told anyone that, I was just trying to cheer everyone else up. We started singing, guess what? Instant bum relief, for most of us, if not all of us. Definitely instant bum relief for me. It was an AMAZING worship service. Followed by an amazing message about Job and what he went through, but he still kept looking to God. Followed by an amazing invitation in which the person from their church got saved. Followed by an amazing testimonial time, in which, your's truly actually spoke in public, I was sitting in my seat, but still, I was speaking in front of at least 50 people, probably many more, which is something I do not do. Nevertheless I did, I talked about how the guy who made changes really surprised me and made me proud and gave me hope. I really don't remember most of what I said, I know it must have been totally jumbled up and not make much sense, because I was very nervous, I don't talk in front of anyone! But I did, and it was great. I could go on and on about the great testimonies, the great tears of joy flowing from probably everyone in the room's eyes, but I won't. I'll just tell you about how that was followed by my youth leader getting up and saying "I want everyone to get everything out of their pockets, leave it in your seats, your purses, cell phones, anything and follow me, come outside." We took everything out, got up and left, and he said "Did anybody hold out on me? About anything?" He was referring to leaving your cell phone, etc. in your pocket, but one girl from my youth group raised her hand, and said, "I need to be saved" and he hugged her, and talked to her after this, he said this was an illustration of how sometimes we just want to hold on to all our sin, and not just leave it at the cross. We prayed in the middle of the parking lot, and suddenly, after "amen" was said, something was flying at us. Water balloons. Come to find out the whole illustration was a trick to get our cell phone's out of pockets so they wouldn't get wet when we got attacked with water balloons. God had a bigger plan, for that one girl in my youth group to get saved that night, and she did. Is that not awesome? It was a GREAT night. But, it was also a night we had to say goodbye to all the friends we met, it was sad, but we're talking about taking a mission trip down there next summer! I'm confident we will see them again someday. That week was awesome, and totally impacting and reviving in our youth group. We are forever changed, and we will never go back! The next week was VBS, we were told we were gonna have a youth class this year. How lame does that sound? Totally lame. But, we did our own thing, and had SO much fun it was unbelievable, and 5 of our youth got saved! It was another awesome week. Summer 2010 totally rocked. It's over now, but I will never forget it.
*fast forward to NOW*
Everyone, BUT me is back in school, doing great. We're a changed bunch of kids now and forever. I love my youth group and have so many great, irreplaceable friends.
Sounds like my year was pretty awesome huh? I thought so. (:
I hope and pray that my 13th year will be even better.
Hope you guys enjoyed my re-cap of summer, I promise I thought I had written this all down before, but I guess not.
I'll be back soon!
Love in Christ,
-Karlee Kay
Thursday, August 5, 2010
A broken leg, A stronger faith
Hellooo,
I would love to tell you that children's camp went great, that no one was hurt, and that 10 kids got saved. But, I'm not, because that would be a lie, It did go good, and I think it was productive. But, there were lots of minor injuries between the kids, you know, a scraped knee, etc.? Well there were no salvations as far as I know all week. But, there was one major injury, my mom fell and broke her leg. These have been an amazing 3 weeks past. God has done some amazing things. Guess what? Now it's satan's time to attack. My little brother is 10 years old. He pointed out something really smart the other day when it happened, he said "This is like satan trying to hurt mom and make us mad at God" Is that not a great point? Sorry satan, not gonna work, my God is stronger than you and a broken leg. My God is bigger than you and your attacks. I will trust my God through anything and everything.
Please be in prayer for all of our family as we're trying to do everything mom normally does around the house, and she is in tremendous pain. Thank you!
Love,
Karlee
I would love to tell you that children's camp went great, that no one was hurt, and that 10 kids got saved. But, I'm not, because that would be a lie, It did go good, and I think it was productive. But, there were lots of minor injuries between the kids, you know, a scraped knee, etc.? Well there were no salvations as far as I know all week. But, there was one major injury, my mom fell and broke her leg. These have been an amazing 3 weeks past. God has done some amazing things. Guess what? Now it's satan's time to attack. My little brother is 10 years old. He pointed out something really smart the other day when it happened, he said "This is like satan trying to hurt mom and make us mad at God" Is that not a great point? Sorry satan, not gonna work, my God is stronger than you and a broken leg. My God is bigger than you and your attacks. I will trust my God through anything and everything.
Please be in prayer for all of our family as we're trying to do everything mom normally does around the house, and she is in tremendous pain. Thank you!
Love,
Karlee
Sunday, May 16, 2010
A new blog
Hi, my name is Karlee. I'm 12 years old, in 7th grade, and homeschooled. The purpose of my blog is going to be to glorify God and to be an encouragement in my daily life to people all around the internet. I need to go now but there will be more posts here soon! (:
-Karlee Kay(:
-Karlee Kay(:
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