My 15th year

Today is officially my 365th day being a 15 year old....in other words, I turn 16 tomorrow! Wahoo! In honor of this past year I've decided to make a list of the MANY things I've learned this year...


-Being forced out of my comfort zone can be a VERY good thing.

-Mother was right...my sisters actually CAN be my best friends.

-I really enjoy watching the news.

-There's some pretty intense parties on the beach in Florida during spring break....don't worry, I didn't join :)

- When I'm weakest, He is strongest.

-I STINK at coming up with cabin cheers for camp beautiful.

-Keeping a pure heart is so much harder than I imagined it would be....

-Friends will let you down...God won't.

-I am tremendously blessed and need to learn how to be a blessing to others as well.

-I want to live in Denver at some point in my life.

-God wasn't kidding...He has revealed Himself to us in nature.

-Not all relationships are beneficial.

-Hard work, and I mean really hard work, feels so good!

-My parents are right WAY more than I would like to admit.

-Not everything with God's name in it is God ordained.

-Sometimes, caring for people can be reallllly aggravating.

-Although it sometimes doesn't feel like it, I have the best family in the world.

-Although chemistry is SUPER hard....I strangely love it.

-Chocolate is so chocolatey (:

-I have been blessed with amazing, supportive friends who I'm praying God will keep in my life!

-Sometimes God asks us to let go of the things we love to make his glory shine even brighter.

-In order to be the woman God created me to be I need to continue surrendering myself to His will.



......Being 15 has taught me ALOT!! And as my 16th year comes right around the corner, I have to say I'm pretty darn excited to see what God has to teach me this year!!

A Pet Peeve of Mine...

Hi, my name is Jordan Hallam. I come from a family of nine and live in Osceola. I'm a sophomore in high school and I love to ski. Oh yeah....and I'm a Christian.
HOLD UP!!
AND I'm a Christian?! Can this even be placed in the same category as everything else?! One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is when people diminish Christ in their lives. They'll push him aside and act like he's just another thing to manage on their plate. He's not just another thing on the plate....He's the whole plate!! Chrisitianity isn't just an extra curricular activity or another thing for our list of 'to do's' and quite honestly, it bothers me when people act as if that's what it is. I believe that when we truly let Christ into our lives, he'll invade every part of it and won't let us belittle him to just another aspect of our life. He isn't just another thing.....He's the only thing.

Eye-Opener

Avoid worthless, foolish talk that only leads to more godless behavior. -2 Timothy 2:16

Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge. -1 Timothy 6:20

But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. -Matthew 12:36

After reading these verses I've come to realize I talk WAY too much.....
So Lord, may my words be few.

Just a Thought...

Pain and suffering- the world is filled with it. And no matter how hard we try to avoid it- everyone of us is destined to experience it in one way or another during our lifetime. The question is, how will we respond to it? People say that trials either pull a person closer to God or further and further away from Him. My question is, what view of God and His word did the person puller further away have to begin with? All the time I hear of people getting angry with God and shaking their fists at Him when tragedy or trials occur. Honestly, this has always perplexed me a little. I mean, it'd be a little more understandable for people to become angry if God had promised us a life of sunshine and roses and then poured rain down on us, but that's not the case. In fact, he warns us again and again that we will experience rough times...."Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. " - 1 Peter 4:12....."In this world you will have tribulation, but take heart, for I have overcome the world." -John 16:33.....This world is a fallen and broken place and he can't promise us roses and daisies. What He can (and did over and over again) promise us is to be there with us and hold our hands through it all....."When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior." -Isaiah 43:2-3.....He promises to comfort and nurture us through it all...but not to shield us from it all together.
This is why, to me, its never made sense to get angry at God for what he already warned us and provided comfort for. Wouldn't you rather hold the hand of the ultimate comforter in your time of need than shake your fist at Him? Just a thought....