Amazing love

Somewhere, on a cool winter night, a song fillls the air. A sweet, soft, joyful call. It echoes throughout the trees, by the waters, up the mountains and in the heart of every rescued captive.

It's a filling cry.

A warm cry.

A cry that makes you shiver and tickle on the inside.

It's what positions the stars in perfect spots. It's what urges the seeds to reach for the clouds. What keeps the sun beaming, the clouds flittering, the birds chirping.

It's what keeps all of nature in perfect balance. God's love is the backbone of all of nature. His love is indescribable;perfect;amazing. God expressed his amazing love in the only way He knew; He gave life.

He created the perfect paradise with a paintbrush and paint. He gave the ability to think, to breath, to run. He gave us all of the world to enjoy for ourselves. But, because of our pride and our selfishness and our ignorance, we took God's amazing love and we destroyed it. We dirtied our hands and blistered our feet.

We distanced ourselves by thousands of miles. This made God very sad. His children would be forever locked in chains. But, it didn't end there. He humbled himself and took the form of a stinky, filthy human. He died on a cross on top of a hill and all of God's wrath was weighed on his shoulders. He broke the chains of sin with his blood. There was nothing left.

No wrath.

No guilt.

No sorrow.

God's children were free.

Forgiven.

My claim to fame

My name is Paige Elise Phillips; Author of over 5,000 published books, Art extrordinare, Julliard graduate, star actress, 12 time grammy award winner, official mayor of Paris, model, stylist, extreme architect,
Yes, I'm famous..............In my world.
In real life, I'm Paige Elise Phillips; Author of over 5,000 unfinished books, art extrordinare wanna-be, 6th grade homeschooler, star actress for Word of Life (I'm hoping to make broadway), 112 time mommy kissy award winner, dreamer of Paris, shoe size model, doodler, and HGTV veiwer.

But......What's wrong with that?

I'm a middle-schooler on a mission to fullfill god's plan for my life. I may not have much of a real "Claim to fame" but I'm determined to see myself the way God sees me; as a super cool author, an amazng painter, a famous actress, a champion, a traveler, a great example, a missionary and a servant, all for his glory.

And that, is my claim to fame.

Vanity of vanities

Well, feels great to be writing again. I'm sitting on my couch, nibbling on candy corn and enjoying the chilly weather.

My life has changed so much. I find it almost unbeilevable. We're off the island now. This was our last summer. it seemed so...sudden. To watch that special place fade away before my eyes as the boat rocked away. The summer had seemed to have slipped through my hands like sand. I lost track of the time. I didn't know what I had until it was gone.

My dad is at the inn now. I don't see him too often. I miss him. It's been so hard to adjust to this new life and job. My heart grieves for my Dad. His heart is still in pastoral ministry. My mom, Morgan and I have seen his longing to be a pastor again. That is his dream. But, God has called him here, to Word of Life Inn. He didn't even think to go his way. He was set on God's will alone. I think that shows a lot of good character.

I've been learning a lot lately. God is teaching me a lot about Humility. He has really revealed a lot of selfishness in my heart to me and setting a path of humility beforeme. I've really been questioning my faith in God a lot. I've tried so hard to make God number one in my life. I've started to dig deep in his word every day and get ivolved as much as I can in clubs and youth grou in my church, but most importantly, I've been trying to spend much time in prayer. Wendall Calder read this quote in his message once;
"If you have everything but Christ, you have nothing. If you have nothing but Christ, you have everything."
I really want that to be my mindset.

"Vanity of Vanities all is vanity."