Happy New Year!

I pray that everyone would have a blessed New Year, a year of new beginnings. I just got back from a Missions Conference in Pigeon Forge, TN put on by a group called BCWE ,unofficially, (Baptist Committed to World Evangelism). It a official group who's slogan is 'Our Generation' or reaching the world in our generation. These are people who are committed to doing just that. Businessmen, preachers, missionaries, churches doing all that they can to save the world in this generation. It was so exciting being around people who were so filled with the Spirit and so ready to change the world. Their lives had purpose and they knew what that purpose was. I know now ,too. I am called of God to go into the world (Matthew 28:19-20 and Luke 16:17-18). Just to clear up any confusion, I have not been called to preach but to go into the world as a missionary (unless the Lord intervenes otherwise then I would follow Him). I know that the Lord truly has worked in my life these past couple of days! And again, Merry New Year!

Merry Christmas!

''Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto youis born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the LORD. '' Luke 2:10,11

May Christ truly be the center of everything this Christmas.

Narnia

It's been so long I can't even remember how to work this thing. I published my title without any words, go me! I saw The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe today with some of my family. I am no movie critic unlike some who I visit this blog, but I enjoyed the movie. I had read the first three of four books but it has been several years. I wasn't saved when I read the books so when I saw the movie it really reminded me of what Christ did on the Cross for me. God sure did bless C.S. Lewis with an awesome imagination. It was amazing to think that people who wouldn't normally expose themselves to anything overly religious would come to see this movie. I don't think Disney knew what they were doing when they made this movie.

God bless!

Greetings from a far away country (Florida)...

...forgive me if I have offended those from Florida...but you know they would say the same about Tennessee...on with the post...I think this has been one of my most memerable trips , and it isn't even over, yet. It is only the beginning. I'm still a little weary from the drive. We left at 7pm and got a hotel room around 3am. I certainly wasn't bored,well, at least not today. My brother and I have started this goofy tradition that when ever we go on road trips we bring what I will call Billy-Bob teeth along with us. We have the most fun when we are in trafic jams and all the cars are traveling at a crawl. We were only about thirty minutes from our final destination when we got stuck in the trafic, which brought great joy to me and Bergerboy ( just to let you know we were not joyed at the fact that there was an accident, but as far as I know no one was injured.) Anyway, I will go ahead and seek forgivness for giving all you Tennesseans out there a bad name. The teeth don't seem to ease the aweful reputation we have as being country. Two of the funniest things that happened was a trucker who said just that," Don't you know your giving Tennesseans a bad name." He was just kidding though. The other was a couple of guys from California decided they would take a picture of two crazy hill-billy's from Tennessee. Great memories!

God's blessings to all,
and Happy Thanksgiving
that is if I don't post again tomorrow!

May I Quote a Quote

It is short but sweet.

"Our Heavenly Father never takes anything from His children unless He means to give them something better." ~George Mueller

God bless,
ETM

Beauty

Praise the Lord for what awesome beauty He showes me everyday! Yesterday as I was driving home, the sunset was so beautiful. I wanted to watch it , but I had to keep my eyes on the road. There were clouds all around but as the sun set its rays got underneath the cloud. It put a red-orange glow on everything that it touched. What magnified the beauty was the colors of the trees, which(some) were also red, orange, and every color inbetween. The clouds that were once gray were now orange, blue, and a majestic purple. I thought of how unworthy I was to see such glory created by such a glorious God.

"When I consider thy heaven, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitist him?"

Psalm 8:3-4

PTL!

My First College Trip...

I visited Crown College with a few other high school students. Considering it was my first college to visit, it was amazing. Just being around all those college kids on fire for the Lord got me excited. Their standards are extremely high, but anything that will raise my standards I'm for. The degrees at this college only involve Christian service. The college is currently in its fifteenth year. It started with about 60 students and now has over 900 students. The pastor/president of the church/college is also on fire for the Lord. It is wonderful to see how faithful he is in trusting the Lord with everything. I can't wait to visit another college, which might be PCC in the spring. I pray that the Lord would guide me to do his will. Blessings to all! Thanks for all the happy birthday wishes ,too.

An Amazing Day

I had an amazing birthday. You would of heard more about it ,but the post just disappered. God bless!

Sunset

I took this picture while I was in Flordia for my Grandmother's wedding. Who knows how many pictures I took of this particular sunset. You can see more of them if you go to my site at flikr.com. Enjoy!

1 John 4

Labor Day...

...didn't include much any physical labor but my brain was in for it. It is not a very great idea to save all your homework on your last day off. I had a lot of fun, but I'll be dreading it by tomorrow. Friday I went to Australia( sort of, ask and I will explain ) . My Saturday was wasted aside from the the time period from 5pm-9pm which was sooo much fun. I am fearing something though, well it is in God's hands now. Sunday, Bergerboy's b-day, was awesome as Sundays usually are. Today I did homework ( still not done) and then some friends came over with thier atv which we rode for probably four hours. Talk about fun! I also got to ride bergerboy's bergermobile. I almost had a wreck on that thing. I think it scared B Boy more than it scared myself. My Mom wanted to ride with me on the atv so I only went up to the third gear. She was afraid. Now fifth gear is when it gets scary especially in my yard, and yet it is so much fun to go that fast. My friends let there kids drive the four-wheeler for the first time. It reminded me of the first time I ever drove my mom's little white toyota. I had never drove a stick shift(manual) before. It wasn't pretty. I hope everyone else had a great holiday! God Bless!

MY Turn?

I guess it is about time to put up a post! Well, now that school has started I won't be able to post as much(excuses ,excuses, I know) but maybe I'll post more than a month at a time. And all that you've read about church camp has been true. It was the best year yet in my five (or six, I can't remember) years of church camp. God blessed once again in allowing me to attend my church's Christian school for a second year. I was able to get a lot of work done last year so I can only imagine how much work I'll get done this year, seeing that I'm not sitting inbetween . . . . anyway. We're going to have a great(and if not great a large) volleyball team we have 13 girls ages eleven through sixteen. I'm not sure if there all playing though. Happy blogging to all! God bless!

John 15:10-17

~ _T_

It's A Picture!

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Originally uploaded by tessiegirl.

Hopefully this picture and post will end up on my blog. I couldn't get the pictures to upload on my home page so I couldn't post them so I got a site at flikr.com. Maybe you'll see more pictures now!?!

INDEPENDANCE DAY

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYONE! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND AMERICA!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye...

My brother is now an official blogger! And he would just love it if you visited him. His blog is bergerboyb.blogspot.com. He also wants me to tell everyone that he accidentally put the 'b' at the end of 'boy' when he was creating his blog. God bless!

Talk About Embarassing...

I went to the grocery store after church. There was a little guy in there who looked like he was about ten. I'm about 5'6'' and this dude came up to my shoulder. I knew he had to of worked there because he was bagging groceries and had on the uniform for the store. After Dad, I and three girls that we were taking home were done shopping I talked to him for a minute. I started," You seem awful young to be working.'' Joshua ( his name) answered," I'm sixteen." By that time I was thinking what in the world did I just say! I asked where he went to school and if he knew a guy named Jessie who goes to the same school and attends my church. Joshua didn't know Jessie. I think I was trying to keep the conversation going so I wouldn't look completely stupid. I dug the hole even deeper when I asked if he was going to be in the tenth grade and his reply," No, I'll be in eleventh." And to finish it off I invited him to visit our church sometime. He actually said he might come, too. On the ride home every time I thought about it I could feel my face turn red. It was like asking a large woman if she is pregnant and finding out that she is just big, not pregnant. That's about how embarrassed I felt. And then I call Steph when I get home and probably woke up her whole family. What an interesting day. If I ever see Joshua again I'll apologize for being such an inconsiderate, slow blond. I hope everybody is having a wonderful week! God bless!
God's still teaching me, and will be all eternity. No doubt about that!

An Idea

I have an idea. How about a name for our little group of believer bloggers. I have something perfect the FCB, The Fellowship of Christian Bloggers. We could also ask other fellow believers bloggers to join the fellowship. Please leave any comment, constructive criticism, or additional idea that may cross your mind. May God bless and keep us all under His unfailing love!

It's about time I posted...

Something. There are you happy now. I posted "something". Wow it really has been a long time since I posted. What have I been doing? Nothing that would be a good enough excuse for not posting. I have been busy doing stuff, but that hasn't prevented my fellow bloggers ( aside from...cough... Lukolas and Volleychick ). I'll try harder next time and hopefully it won't be another two months. If I was taking a summer break from blogging I haven't been taking one from anything else. I have been doing house work, school work, and working. Sounds like a wonderful vacation does it not! And God continues to be so very good through it all. I pray that through all my busy-ness that I would stay focused on Him and that I would remember my real purpose on this earth to be a living sacrifice, to be sold out on Christ, to be recklessly abandoned to Him, to be a missionary on the mission field God has given me, to be a prayer warrior, and so much more that I can and will be with Christ as my Shepherd and God as my Father. I am looking forward to the rest of the summer and especially church camp. I'll most likely be a C.I.T.,but if counselors are needed I could possibly be a co-counselor. I'm sorry for taking such a long break. Please forgive me. Grace To All!

"I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep." John 10:14-15

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Romans 12:1

Here's a Quote to Ponder and Take to Mind...

... This book ( The Bible ) contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts binding, its histories are true and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe to be safe, and practice to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword and the Christian's character. Here paradise is restored, heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is the grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, test the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory and a river of pleasure. It is given you in ife, it will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the greates labor and condemns all who will trifle with the sacred contents. ~Robert Chapman

Where's The Sunshine?...

... More like where's the snow! Trust me I really don't mind having a day off of school, but having a snow day with no snow, this is what I do mind. At least at shcool I can actually interact with human kind(my brother is a human but that's about all). He likes to spend the day watching tv and talking to his friends on the phone. Right now I so bord I'm actually considering doing 20 pages in O.T. Survey ( the only pace I brought home). I'm praying that we will still have a volleyball and basketball game so I can at least get out of the house today. 1 Thes. 5:16 " Rejoice evermore." I better start rejoicing! God Bless! Tessie Oh yeah, happy March.

What A Game!

I haven't been to many basketball games in my life, but I must say the one last night (2/11) @ Bowling Green was most exciting. The Southside Soldiers won by one single point! The guys did great at least to someone who knows nothing about basketball (like me). What makes the win even greater is that the team we played beat us by 40 points last time we played if I'm remembering right. It was a wonderful blessing to see the Soldiers play ,and an even greater blessing when one of the parents of the other team came up to us and said that they don't mind winning to nice teams. She even said she was glad that we had won. So, congrads Soldiers on your first win, and way to represent Christ!!!!!!!!!! God Bless!!!!!!

Blessings

How have you been blessed this week?

Question Time

I'm very sorry that it has taken me sooooooooo long to put up a new post. Life is going just a little to fast for my liking, but on with the post. I've thought this many times before, and now I am going public with it. If you could ask God any question what do you think you would ask? Would it be about your future, your family, or maybe something that happened quite awile ago? If this question would effect your future would you still ask? Even though I would really like to know my question I'll just wait until that part of my life comes along to find out. If you would not like to share your question that's ok.

My Blog of Globed Thoughts

Wow, I actually have my own blog! This is a miracle in it's self. I open this blog to all those who may wander upon it. I am not a very creative writer, and I shall never be compared to some of those I have seen in this wonderful world of blogging. Maybe I'll get better at it someday(hopeful wishing). I pray that I would bless you with my thoughts and above all that God would be glorified. I hope my thoughts and ideas will make you think, and don't be afraid to leave a comment.Welcome all to my blog!