eLiSe kAtHeRiNe: April 2006

Quote of the Day

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (uncontrollable laughter) ...okay well I thought it was funny."

-Josiah Serra

Book Study Girls

This picture pretty much says it all. This group of girls is just amazing! They aren't like any normal group of friends...we truly are sisters in Christ! This past weekend was incredible!! For the past few months, we have been reading the book Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge. The book itself is great, but the time spent talking with and really getting into the hearts of all these girls is beyond words. God has shown us how beautiful and captivating each of us really is. We are the Zenith of Creation! He has created us to be exactly how He wants us to be and He wants to have personal and intimate relationships with us. We have revealed the lies that the Devil has been feeding us and gotten rid of them through encouragement, Scripture, and most importantly praying with faith! God has come in and healed the brokenness in our hearts and reminded us of who we really are. "He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds." Psalm 147:3

Sunday after church we had lunch together. Kristi made us some delicious spaghetti, bread, salad, meatballs, and cake! It really felt like a big family! For awhile we goofed off, danced and sang, and just had a blast together. We ate the amazing meal together all scrunched around one table. Lin said it best when she said that there was nowhere else she would rather be. We all agreed without a doubt! Then we dove into the book and were blessed once again by the encouragement of each other and covered in Jesus’ love for us. We watched a video called “The Father’s Love Letter” which was a letter written to us from God backed up completely by Scripture. Did you know that God loves you as much as He loves Jesus!?!? And that He dances over you covering you with His love?!

"The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing."
Zephaniah 3:17

After the book study, we went to church for Upper Room Wonder Night! All you can eat ice cream with every possible topping, including jalapenos haha! We had so much fun playing kickball, having ice cream eating contests, and just being together with our youth group. It was hard to leave the weekend to come back to school this week, but I will see all of them again tomorrow!!

I love every one of them so much and each in different ways! God truly is dwelling in each girl’s heart and guiding her steps daily. Every person has allowed God to change them and mold them through experiences. He has brought us through and we are made new and alive. He has given each person the strengths (and weaknesses) that she has. It’s amazing that we all see characteristics in each other that we want to be like. That just shows how God has made us unique! It’s very evident that the love that we have for each other stems from the love the Father has given us and that we have for Him! He is the center of our lives and is our everything!