In the spirit of the holidays..

Thanksgiving has just pasted and Christmas is drawing near! This year is passing by really fast! I can't believe that I'm almost finished with my first semester at Valor. Finals are coming up which means study study study. But I know God will give me a peace and take away the worry. 


This year I have a lot to be thankful for:
My family
My friends (All the new people I have met at Valor. Some of the best people I know<3)
Valor
Teachers
My job
My church (especially Evolve!)
Opportunities that will impact my life
Food.  (I LOVE FOOD)
Worship, so glad I can sing whenever I want!
And most importantly I am thankful for having a Savior<3 Jesus Christ. 


Just think of what your truly grateful for. I promise you will smile:)


"Give thanks in ALL circumstances."
1st Thessalonians 5:18 

Everyone has something to be thankful for. Don't take for granted what you have. 


I would just like to ask for prayer! I sent in my application for a Nicaraguan mission trip at Valor! If God wants me to go, then I will go! 


" I will go for you, wherever you ask me to. I'll be your voice speaking hope to the world. Your hands giving help to the broken. I will go."




Peace and Blessings <3

Is enough ever really enough?

How much make up will you put on until it's enough?
Will you ever be pretty enough?
How much money will you make until it's enough?
Will you ever be successful enough?
How much fancy clothes can you buy until it's enough?
Will you ever have enough nice clothes?
How many new iphones can you buy until it's enough?
How far can you run until it's enough?
Will you ever be strong enough?
Is there an enough?
What amount makes you satisfied? Will we ever be satisfied with ourselves? 
The answer is no. There will never be enough earthly things for us. It's because of one reason, we aren't just earthly beings. There is so much more that is waiting for us. The things on this earth will NEVER be able to fully satisfy us. So why do we try so hard? We want to feel successful and happy and we think that striving to be rich or pretty enough will do it. And yet once you hit your goal, you feel like there is something better than that. There isn't anything on this earth that will ever satisfy your hunger for attention and love. There is only one person that will ever be able to satisfy us, and his name is Jesus Christ. We try so hard searching for satisfaction in money, drugs, sex, and friends. And yet those things will never be enough. You will learn once you hit that high in life, and yet it still doesn't feel like quite enough. But look to Jesus to fill your life. With him you will find satisfaction. He is the only way to ever fully be satisfied. All earthly things will pass away. Jesus is eternal. He will always be there. Money, clothes, iphones, grades, makeup, drugs, won't be. So stop putting your faith in things that just won't be able to give you full satisfaction. Put your faith in something that lasts forever! God will always satisfy those who are hungry. Trust in him, and you will feel what full satisfaction is really like:)

John 3:35
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger and whoever believes in me shall not thirst." 

Are you hungry? 

We all talk to God differently.

I believe that everyone talks and communicates with God in different ways. For me it's through music. I love singing a song that is exactly how I feel and says exactly what I want to say to God. So I thought I would share a few lines from some of my favorite songs:)

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You<3

You are Lord of Lords, you are King of Kings, 

You are Mighty God Lord of everything, 

You're Emmanuel, You're the great I am,

You're the prince of peace who is the lamb.

And I realize just how beautiful you are and

 how great your affections are for me.

 Oh how he loves us so. 

Oh hows he loves us, How he loves us so.

Show us what the world is like behind the eyes of grace. 

Poor out your power and love, as we sing,

Holy, Holy, Holy. 

You are holy, great and mighty

The moon and the stars declare who you are<3

I'm so unworthy but still you love me.

This is prayer in the hunger and need, 

My God is the God who provides.

Raise a shout to let all the world know that Jesus saves.

I will bring praise, No weapon formed against me shall remain

I rejoice, I will declare God is my victory and He is here.

ALL of my life, in EVERY season, YOU are still God I have a reason to SING:)

I will go for you, wherever you ask me to.

I'll be your voice speaking hope to the hopeless,

Your hands giving help to the broken. 

Shine your light in let the whole world see, 

that we're singing for the glory of risen King.

"Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord."

Ephesians 5:19

A slice of cake...

Attention ALL girls. 

So, me and one of my friends were talking about relationships. ohhhlalalalaa. And last year I read a book called redefining beautiful.It has so much great advice on boys. Hahaha. And it talked about how you should never force a relationship just to have a boyfriend. I feel like so many girls in high school just want to be loved and feel accepted that they will take any guy that wants them. But it's like God the ultimate King already loves and accepts you. God is never late and girl all you have to do is wait. The hardest part is the waiting. We all want our prince n.o.w. But it's quite a bit early for the majority of us. Another thing is like every girl wants herself a man. At age 15 I'm pretty sure not one of these boys is a man. And why are we trying to force them to be?! They aren't ready yet. And why are we making is so easy on them?! They need to build up muscle and courage so that when they do find a girl, they are the ones who pursue her. No princess has to work for her prince. When we make it too easy by making ourselves too available, how are we helping boys to become men?! We're not!If anything we're causing them to stumble! As girls we need to help them become men! If we make it too easy on them, they aren't ever going to grow up. So ladies let's do our part! And sweetheart if you expect to find a prince, then you better be acting like a princess. Classy=Classy. Trashy=Trashy. Classy boys want classy girls. Trashy boys want trashy girls. Don't expect to get something that you aren't. 
And as girls, we get very emotionally attached. So it probably isn't smart to date a toooonnnn of guys. And think about it, every time you date a new guy, that means another piece of your heart taken away from your true love (husband) Here is a great analogy that helps explain it perfectly:)
Your heart is like a piece of cake. Every time you date someone, they are taking a bite out of your cake. Then when it comes time to give your heart (cake) to your husband, then the whole piece of cake isn't there anymore...Who wants a piece of cake with bites taken out of it? not me! No one does! The more you try to protect your heart the better it's going to be in the long run, and you will have wayyyyy less baggage. 
And girls let's stop settling for guys that aren't our princes. I mean like why waste time? Set standards and stick to them. There still are princes out there! The age of shivery is not yet dead. Don't give up hope! Let God place him in your life, because God is the only one who knows which prince is perfect for you<3


True love waits. 


" I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God."
1st Timothy 2:9-10


"Dance with God and he will let the perfect man step in."


<3 

Homecoming!:)

Adjusting to a new school was a bit hard at first, with knowing only few people it's hard to not be a little awwwkkkward. Haha but the students at Valor are so nice and very welcoming! The hardest part is learning everybody's name. Heyyyy you! haha I mean they only have to learn one new name, I have to learn a bagillion. I'll get it eventually:)

This last week was Homecoming! Megan and I signed up for Powder Puff and it was like the most fun thing of the week for me! I was a starting defensive corner back, and I'm proud to say I pulled 2 senior girl flags:) Hahaha although we lost, it was an extremly close game. And it was so awesome getting to know more sophomore girls, great bonding time:) I didn't have a date for the dance and I was completely fine with that hahah. It's wayyy more fun going with a bunch of friends. I went and got my nails done with the girls, and then we met up at Tessa's house for pictures! We also got a Limo! hahaha classy Valor kids<3 I was afraid that the dance was going to be lame, but it was really cool! They had like a mechanical bull, and I rode it:) yyeeehhhawww! hahah the theme was A night on the Town, so there was a bunch of little stations set up. We danced the night away and now my calfs hurt from all of the partying. It overall was a crazy hectic week for me, but so much fun and I miss it already. And I'm really starting to feel like I'm making friends and finally finding my place in this crazy world. I'm really enjoying Valor so far and I'm happy with my choice to come here:)

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the holy spirit."

Romans15:13

Changes changes everywhere!

Hi my name is Jess! And I've decided to start blogging because i love to read other peoples blogs! sooo well, here we go:)


My life has never changed so fast as it did these last few months. I have now switched schools, a family friend has died of cancer, and my church has lost some awesome people.


 I now am attending Valor Christian High school. We did not know that I was going to go there this year, it was totally a Wow God thing for me. My dad had saw online that Douglas county was giving out "vouchers" which would help pay for students to go to private schools. I applied for the voucher this past summer and we had found out that i was one of the 500 to get it! we were so excited until we found out that Douglas county wasn't going to give the money anymore because of controverisal issues with private christian schools. Something to do with church and state, i don't really know hah. All we knew is that we weren't going to get the money. By this time, I had already applied to Valor and was getting everything I needed so that I could get in. But since the voucher didn't go through, I kinda just accepted that I wasn't going to go to valor. I was a little bummed but I knew that if God really wanted me there, I would be there. My mom picked me up the next day from school and told me that Valor had called her saying that some annoyomus donator was going to give me the money that the Voucher would have covered! I had never been so shocked. Someone who I didn't know and maybe never will, was going to donate money to me?! me! Wow. All I can say is expect the unexpected from God. He is SOO good. I of course broke down in tears haha because
I had never been so grateful and so thankful for someone I didn't even know. We still had a few loose ends to wrap up with Valor, and even with the donation we didn't know if I would be able to go because it didn't cover all of the tution. We applied for financial aid and waited to hear back. I had already started school at mountain vista so it was three looooonnnnnngggg days. But finally we heard back and they were going to cover what we needed them to! I have learned now to never stress about money. God is so faithful and he is bigger than ANY amount of money. And since everything came together so perfectly, I started Valor the next day. If God's will is to have you go somewhere. He will get you there. Trust:) 


I will go for you where ever you ask me too<3

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." 
Proverbs 3:5-6