One word: Blizzard.

So it's been a while, eh? I'm alive. Currently I'm sitting in my study at almost 2 in the morning, due to a restless, boring couple of days. It FINALLY stopped snowing this afternoon, after we got about 30 inches. So here's a very long overdue update...

Despite a serious case of senioritis (which hit me halfway into my first class on my first day...) I've made it through another semester of highschool. 2nd semester of my senior year awaits me, and I'm excited to see what God has in store. As of now, I feel a calling to be a spanish teacher. God's hand is consistently in my life, showing me the way...opening and closing the right doors. From the looks of things, I might just end up teaching back at my current highschool. It would be amazing to work alongside my mentor (who just happens to be my AP teacher(which was a complete "God thing"))

Theater's alright. In the fall, we put together a look back on the last ten years of musicals. We relived scenes from Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, Pucks Potion (an original), Secret Garden, Charlie Brown, Into the Woods, Working, My Favorite Year, Clue the Musical, Once on this Island. Les Miserables, West Side Story, and Bye Bye Birdie. Once we wrapped that up, we began work on the talent show. Honestly, I didn't enjoy it much, but I learned a lot about perseverance. I originally auditioned to be an MC, but completely bombed my audition.

At the beginning of the semester, we will begin work on Beauty and the Beast. Everyone's very excited about it. I'm on light crew again, so that'll be fun. Unfortunately, it will be my last show, because my theater teacher has decided to put on a play called "the diviners." After a bit of research, I've found out that, in it, a pastor looks for a reason to recant his faith, and in the end, does so. I refuse to work on that. So if you'll please pray for me, I'd appreciate it. It's going to take a LOT to not even touch that set.

Not much else, really. I'm just excited to almost be done with highschool. A lot has changed, and I've deffinately left a lot out. But I don't feel it would be right to go so deep into my life on an internet blog that no one reads.

Goodnight, God bless, and Merry CHRISTmas!

Amy

Does anyone read this anymore?

Life. Isn't it crazy how one moment you can be on cloud nine and the next you can be near rock bottom? Life. What a word, right? I mean, it could be a blessing or a curse. It can be a death sentence or a promise. We can know our purpose or wander aimlessly without one. Life, the 4 letter word that can explain everything you've ever wanted to know and yet, it's so simple that it's complicated. Most will never solve the mystery of life, though the answer is right in front of us. Most of us will spend our lives wondering how to make ourselves feel good. We look in all kinds of places, but never the right one to find the "cure" to an imaginary problem. The cure: a lasting inner peace that will almost never come. So we look for the next best thing. We all spend our lives looking for that special something. Something we're good at, maybe. Anything that will win us recognition as anything more than an insignificant spec. knowledge, looks, talents... something...anything that will make us desirable to others. However, at one point or another, sooner or later, we will find that we're not good enough. We will all be challenged and pushed to the edge. We will all feel pain and one day look straight ahead and face the new found knowledge that we cannot go on alone. Although everyone is faced with the same fate, some will deal with it differently. Some will take their own lives because they couldn't handle the idea of failure, others will deny its very existance. Some will turn to alcohol or drugs, as an escape of this life into a so-called "Happy place," that in reality, isn't very happy at all. Most of us will sleep around, some getting pregnant for the sole purpose that, for once, they will have someone to have, hold, love, and be loved by. Some will make an effort to keep themselves busy so as not to face the truth that seemingly always stares them in the face. Some will bottle up their anger, and release it all behind closed doors... on themselves or on others.

All of these people have something in common. They all need Jesus. No matter the transgression...whether they're rich, poor, lovable or repulsive, angelic or a criminal. Look them in the eye, and know....that Jesus shed blood for even them. We are all God's creation....and NOTHING will ever change that. Know this...and fight for love.

Embracing my purpose,
Amy

Think about it....