Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-22

21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord,

how oft shall my brother sin against me,

 and I forgive him? till seven times?

22 Jesus saith unto him,

 I say not unto thee, Until seven times:

 but, Until seventy times seven.

Forgiveness for me is something that I struggle with daily. From the little things, such as someone stepping on my toes to the bigger, more hurtful, harder to forgive things. This verse really speaks to me. I find myself often in the same "boat" or so to say as Peter. I find myself saying to myself "I forgave such and such for doing this particularly hurtful thing to me already twice so if they do that same thing again I will now forgive them." But that is the exact opposite of what Jesus Christ instructs us to do. Not only are we to forgive others but we are to forgive them no matter what. "I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." We are to forgive many times not just once or twice. It is only with Gods help though that we can forgive others fully. I myself am going to try my hardest to work on forgiving others easier and not holding those terrible things they call "grudges". I urge you to do the same.

Jessemily



Home-Keeping Hearts Giveaway!

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Jessemily

Busy Busy Busy

So...I honestly thought that since school was starting and I would have a "schedule" that I would get to blog more..that is oh so wrong. I'm to the point I just want to completely get rid of this blog. But I'm going to stick with it. Today we bought 30 lbs of tomatos from the Amish because our garden didn't grow anything..at all. The rain turned it into a big muddy mess this summer and the corn (the only thing that did grow) was eaten by some very lucky Racoons. Hopefully next year will be better. Anyways we're canning the 30 lbs of tomatos that we did buy into spaghetti sauce. YUM!! We are planning on canning even more so I hope to get step by step pictures that I can post! However..we'll see. I really hope to get my life under control soon and get into the habit of posting every now and then!

Long Time No Post

Yes..it has be a VERY long time since I have posted anything. I apologize for that. This summer has become so hectic!! However I am enrolled at the public school this school year and as I get into more of a routine I hope that I will find more time to blog. We'll just have to wait and see what happens! I really hope to get to blog more because I REALLY like to blog. I'm hoping to post some recipes soon. We'll see what happens though! So no I'm not dead I'm still alive I've just been extrememly busy!!

Waiting For Your Prince Charming

*Sorry this post is mostly for girls..but I suppose some boys could get something out of it.* So..everyone knows that waiting is a hard thing to do right?? I don't think waiting is easy for anyone. But one thing that you really need to wait on is your prince charming. You know that special someone who you want to spend the rest of your life with?? Well let me tell you that they are worth waiting for. Now, as ashamed as I am to say this I am telling you so you don't make the same mistake that I did. I got caught up in the "dating game". So there was this boy and I told him that I don't date, he said he understood. I told him that if I was ever "with" someone I would be "with" them because I wanted to spend the rest of my life with them which included getting married and so on. Now he said that that was fine, that he REALLY liked me, that he wanted to spend forever with me. Now I realized that I was only 14 at the time. Normally you don't find your true love at 14, but he said he wanted forever so I believed him. So I was "with" him but we weren't dating. I gave my heart to him..I loved him with as much as I could. However later I found out something. Since we weren't "dating" he thought it would be alright to be with other girls and he wouldn't feel guilty about it since it wasn't "cheating" since we weren't "dating". To him being "together" was not the same as dating and it gave him the right to be with whoever else. And here's where I fell for the dating game. I wasn't aware that he was with other girls while we were together, so I decided, well I guess dating isn't that bad it will still be the same as when we were together right?? Wrong. Very very wrong. Within the first couple of weeks of us "dating" I realized something wasn't right. I'm not going to go into details but it just didn't feel right. He stopped promising forever and started saying "Well you never know what will happen with us, you can't start forever now". I was devastated..completely devastated. He decided to end it in a most devastating way for me..by "dating" someone else. Now my story is just one of a thousand. I can't explain why people think its normal to jump around from one person to the next, why its considered alright to just "date" instead of try and find the person your going to be with forever. I won't fall for the "dating game" again I can assure you. Don't make the same mistake that I did...its not worth it. In God's time if it is meant to be he will show you who you are supposed to be with..if your even supposed to be with anyone. I have to accept the fact that I was wrong..and I have to start over. I have to ask God for forgiveness (which I have and still am) and I have to let him lead the way with my love life. Its hard to give over all of your control to someone else..but its worth it. I already know that I have learned from this experience..but its also changed my life in some negative ways. I'm already noticing that I'm having a harder time trusting people. I'm not as easily convinced anymore either. So maybe these are good things to have..but I find them to be quite negative in my life right now. Anyways I just wanted to share my story and I hope that someone got some good out of it. I don't want ANYONE ever going through what I had to go through. I will also say that the hardest part of all of this is that I still have feelings for him. I gave a part of my heart to him..and its not as easily returned as everyone would think.
Jessemily

Tennessee Post

So I just got back from Tennessee!! What fun that was! This is going to be a short post..I'll have pictures of my trip coming soon!! I took lots of pictures with the help of my mothers camera that she let me borrow. *Thanks Mom* Just wanted to stop in and let ya'll know that I will post pictures of my trip when I get the time!
Jessemily

Update

I normally don't post on Sundays..but I haven't found any time this week to post. Next week I will not be posting at all I'll be in Tennessee with my Girl Scout troop...yes I'm still in Girl Scouts, there is nothing wrong with being in Girl Scouts at my age! lol We're going white water rafting and to a circus and we're also going to a Titanic reenactment museum which should be a lot of fun! I can't wait! We're leaving tomorrow morning at 8 am..I'm not a morning person so this part might be difficult! I'll post about my trip with pictures as soon as I get back home!
In Christ, Jessemily