So Jeni my sister is way better at this blogging thing then I am, and she always writes something about us when its our birthday. So....... who writes for her when its her birthday? Well.... here I am laptop on my lap and fingers ready to type. Stay with me okay? Thanks, you're really the best!
Jeni- she's 26 now and she doesn't look a day older then 19 :). Jeni is a great big sister, she helps when needed, is great with kids, super pretty, loves God, a good wife, a excellent friend, and its said that she looks like someone we all know :). A great singer, super smart, a awesome daughter (so I have heard), a scary driver lol :D, funnier then Jason ( I will give that to you 'cause its your birthday), creative, a great home maker. The list goes on, I mean it, it goes on and on.
One of the best things is she is one of my best friends. Jeni came along beside me when I had a really hard time in my life, she took time to give me cds, notes, texts, letters and to some that might not seem like much, but to me it was the gift of someone that let God work through her to me. It meant the world. She is so loving and willing to let God work through her. I look up to her and would like to be like her one day.. so Jen thanks for being such a great role model and I love you so very much. Happy Birthday!! Here's to many more birthday posts!!
soli deo gloria,
Annie
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Testimony.
So I have been planning on doing this for a while now but just have not had the time to do it, well I have found the time, so here it is.
I have grown up in a christian family my whole life, the Bible was read to me, we sang Bible songs, prayed and memorized the Bible. We were, and still are, very involved with church, my mom plays the piano for church and my dad runs the sound system. You know, the kind of people that if the doors were open, we were there.
I always considered myself to be a Christian, I had prayed "the" prayer like a million times a matter of fact every time there was a alter call I was there. When they asked you to say the prayer I did. I did it all the time, every time and anytime I could. It just seemed like something was missing, I was empty of something I felt so desperately that I needed. It was during the night of November 2006 it all changed. I was laying in bed and was like, "What am I doing?" "What if I die?!!" "Where would I go?" "This has to change!" So, I got up, woke up my mom and asked her if she could pray with me, and THEN and THERE my whole life changed for the better! Until that January, two months later, when once again, everything changed. God had a plan. That January I started the most intense spiritual battle. I was scared out of my mind for 3 months straight. I prayed so many times for God to take me out but He did not. He decided on not taking me out of what I was going through because HE was going to bring me through. In March while visiting my family in Tennessee I prayed that last time for God to take me out and He determined that the trial was finished and it was done. I let that time define me for a very long time. Every time something would come up reminding me of that trial I freaked. I didn't know what to do and I would panic. I would beg God saying "no, no, no, please don't let me go through another trial like that, please!" He is faithful and I didn't go into a trial for another 3 years. I learned many things with that trial, many thing that now I know God was using to prepare me for what was to come.
Last year, 2009, to be exact, was what He was preparing me for. Starting that December I went into another trial and spiritual battle, which would in turn make my last trial seem very easy. This trial lasted 5 months. Those months were filled with fear, doubt and more intense fear. For 3 months I cried everyday, asking God and other people in my life why this had to happen, why me? What did I ever do? I was so filled with fear that sometimes eating was a challenge, sleeping was a major challenge and life seemed to be more than I could handle. I can not tell you how many people came beside me to help me get through. There were countless emails/texts of people sending me Bible verses and words of encouragement. But, as much as I am thankful for the people that came beside me, the major thing that sticks out in my mind is the way GOD held me the whole way through. Little things made the impact on me. An example would be the one time when I was going through a great deal of fear and I was praying and asking God to show me that I would get through and be all right, well in that very instance I heard the very quiet sound of wind chimes. I can not tell you how beautiful those chimes sounded to me, it was like an instant peace. God did not take me out of this trial this time, He wanted me to fight and He wanted to take me through and show me that He would do it, and He most definitely did. I fought many thoughts, doubts, and fears in that time. When the the final test was to come in May when everything that I ran from I had to look at it in the face and I did and with God's grace I was able to get over it. A bunch of things that have come more and more clear to me everyday, and one of the things during the trial, I would ask God, was that if one person could profit from the trial I went through, just one.
Just a week ago a very good friend told me how she was blessed that I could share with her what God had done in me and I was so blessed that God took cares the wants of my heart and that He loves me so! Now there is much to this story but if I put the whole thing down it would be a very very very long post so this is a summary of my life. It is now October and I still deal with some of the things in the past but with God I am working everyday to overcome. but through that trial God has shown His joy in my sorrow, His strength in my weakness, His peace in my restlessness, His hope in my fear and He has loved me every minute of my life and I am forever greatful and humbled. My life in a nutshell= God is great! Ps. 18:1 The Lord lives!! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted! I hope your weekend is blessed, Love Annie.
I have grown up in a christian family my whole life, the Bible was read to me, we sang Bible songs, prayed and memorized the Bible. We were, and still are, very involved with church, my mom plays the piano for church and my dad runs the sound system. You know, the kind of people that if the doors were open, we were there.
I always considered myself to be a Christian, I had prayed "the" prayer like a million times a matter of fact every time there was a alter call I was there. When they asked you to say the prayer I did. I did it all the time, every time and anytime I could. It just seemed like something was missing, I was empty of something I felt so desperately that I needed. It was during the night of November 2006 it all changed. I was laying in bed and was like, "What am I doing?" "What if I die?!!" "Where would I go?" "This has to change!" So, I got up, woke up my mom and asked her if she could pray with me, and THEN and THERE my whole life changed for the better! Until that January, two months later, when once again, everything changed. God had a plan. That January I started the most intense spiritual battle. I was scared out of my mind for 3 months straight. I prayed so many times for God to take me out but He did not. He decided on not taking me out of what I was going through because HE was going to bring me through. In March while visiting my family in Tennessee I prayed that last time for God to take me out and He determined that the trial was finished and it was done. I let that time define me for a very long time. Every time something would come up reminding me of that trial I freaked. I didn't know what to do and I would panic. I would beg God saying "no, no, no, please don't let me go through another trial like that, please!" He is faithful and I didn't go into a trial for another 3 years. I learned many things with that trial, many thing that now I know God was using to prepare me for what was to come.
Last year, 2009, to be exact, was what He was preparing me for. Starting that December I went into another trial and spiritual battle, which would in turn make my last trial seem very easy. This trial lasted 5 months. Those months were filled with fear, doubt and more intense fear. For 3 months I cried everyday, asking God and other people in my life why this had to happen, why me? What did I ever do? I was so filled with fear that sometimes eating was a challenge, sleeping was a major challenge and life seemed to be more than I could handle. I can not tell you how many people came beside me to help me get through. There were countless emails/texts of people sending me Bible verses and words of encouragement. But, as much as I am thankful for the people that came beside me, the major thing that sticks out in my mind is the way GOD held me the whole way through. Little things made the impact on me. An example would be the one time when I was going through a great deal of fear and I was praying and asking God to show me that I would get through and be all right, well in that very instance I heard the very quiet sound of wind chimes. I can not tell you how beautiful those chimes sounded to me, it was like an instant peace. God did not take me out of this trial this time, He wanted me to fight and He wanted to take me through and show me that He would do it, and He most definitely did. I fought many thoughts, doubts, and fears in that time. When the the final test was to come in May when everything that I ran from I had to look at it in the face and I did and with God's grace I was able to get over it. A bunch of things that have come more and more clear to me everyday, and one of the things during the trial, I would ask God, was that if one person could profit from the trial I went through, just one.
Just a week ago a very good friend told me how she was blessed that I could share with her what God had done in me and I was so blessed that God took cares the wants of my heart and that He loves me so! Now there is much to this story but if I put the whole thing down it would be a very very very long post so this is a summary of my life. It is now October and I still deal with some of the things in the past but with God I am working everyday to overcome. but through that trial God has shown His joy in my sorrow, His strength in my weakness, His peace in my restlessness, His hope in my fear and He has loved me every minute of my life and I am forever greatful and humbled. My life in a nutshell= God is great! Ps. 18:1 The Lord lives!! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted! I hope your weekend is blessed, Love Annie.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
First post- Kristis birthday!!!!!
So who is the birthday girl you ask? well the one up there ^ yup! the one in the picture, you know.. the one wearing the green shirt and the red headband. well I now must explain why there are two girls up there in and one barely able to contain herself. well the one giggling, with the bleach blonde hair.. thats me and the other girl, well I would like you to meet Kristi! Kristi is 4 years older then me and today just so happens to be her birthday! She turned 20 today and here are some thoughts about my older sister. Kristi is the smartest, prettiest, most talented 20 year old I know! Kristi is super talented, she plays the piano incredibly and her art, well if you put in stores they would be sold out in a matter of minutes. She is good with kids and is like a A++ student in school. To tell you the truth Kristi and I haven't always been super tight but through the past years and some incredibly hard times Kristi has become my best friend. I know she is my sister and so we should always be each others best friends well in the real world.. its not always like that, but Kristi has been there for me in ways that I cant even describe, she has prayed with me and stayed awake with me when I was to scared to go to sleep. She also is the one that keeps me in check cause if you know me, then you would know that I can get a little crazy sometimes and she will be the one to be like Annie your being a dork. hahaa and I'm eternally grateful to have a older sister that I can talk to and be totally myself around! well HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTI!!!! I love you!!!
oh yeah and the picture. well I have always wanted to be like her and well this is some proof. even tho we were not born twins I have worked it out so that we can be as close to twins as possible! well report writing time.. I Hope your week will be blessed! Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD Psalm 31:24. with love, Annie
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