Good Morning!

Hey All!

It is a beautiful morning out there! Snow is coming down.... Everyone is sleeping late, what a relaxing way to start a day. :)

As some of you know I began reading through the gospels recently and I must admit, there is a lot that I didn't know. I would of thought growing up in church that I would know the stories pretty well which I do! It is the in depth life applications, that I never noticed. Such as in Mark 11 when Jesus cursed the fig tree. Later in the chapter the disciples, specifically Peter, Say, " " Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou cursedst is withered away." Jesus replied, "HAVE FAITH IN GOD." I know that I know God will do what He says but there is still that AMAZEMENT of His working. I MUST have Faith in God. I remember the time when J and I needed a new computer. We prayed and asked our parents to pray and one day on the way home from Church what was sitting on the curb? A Mac computer. My Dad looked and said, NO WAY. :) Understandable considering the fact that we had amassed a total of  around 4 towers and way to many computer parts. We had a computer building idea which didn't work out in the end anyway. :)and my dad didn't want to add to the pile.  Back to the story, Now after some conversing and sharing opinions with my Mom, my Dad decided that we could have the computer if we went down and knocked on the front door, asked if anything was wrong with it and brought it home. J and I shot out that door faster than you can count to 3. :) When it made it home we found that it was everything we needed. Praise the Lord! Having Faith in God...  but yet there are times that I struggle too. It isn't easy for me trust anyone in such a way. I like my independence in some areas. God has shown me though that he is ssssooo much greater! Greater in the sense of wisdom and love, not "squash you like a bug kinda greater." Having Faith.....

That all reminds me of a song that I am going to accompany someone in the near future. It is called By Faith. Here are the words.  ( Thanks Miss B. :)

BY FAITH


By faith we see the hand of God
In the light of creation's grand design
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness
Who walk by faith and not by sight

By faith our fathers roamed the earth
With the power of His promise in their hearts
Of a holy city built by God's own hand
A place where peace and justice reign

We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We'll walk by faith and not by sight

By faith the prophets saw a day
When the longed-for Messiah would appear
With the power to break the chains of sin and death
And rise triumphant from the grave

By faith the church was called to go
In the power of the Spirit to the lost
To deliver captives and to preach good news
In every corner of the earth

We will stand...

By faith this mountain shall be moved
And the power of the gospel shall prevail
For we know in Christ all things are possible
For all who call upon His name

We will stand...

What words. Maybe when the time comes to "do" the song I'll put up a video of it.

God bless and have a great day! Don't forget to check the new poll. Also, I worked on my commenting settings so see if you can get it work.

Audios!

~JT

Answer to Poll #10!

Hey all! 

As this is my tenth poll I thought I'd say thanks to all who have voted and I hope you all keep up with it!

Here is the answer,

Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar! 

You all were correct! I'll try and get on later and put up a new poll but today we have some things to accomplish. Mom says, " You are off school but doesn't mean you sit around and do nothing. You are "off" school ( although learning doesn't ever stop. :) and you are "ON" chores." :) So I am off to chores!

God bless all!

~JT

Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas!

Today has started very well. I love spending time with my family... It is a joy to share our love in the form of gifts.

I have attached a couple of pictures of the happenings. Big J refused to have pictures of him in his Christmas "PJ's" so you unfortunately won't see him. :)

During the one picture I was telling my Mom to please wait until I got done pulling the sweater on. :) No... I wasn't sticking my tongue out despite what it looked like. :)

Oh yes. I was testing with the Panoramic features and thought I'd throw up the first one I did. It isn't perfect but it was surprisingly easy to take. You just take the picture then move the camera and there is a little dot that moves across the screen and you just line it up in this box and the camera takes it. You just keep going until you are done.

Gotta run. Breakfast is calling!

God bless your Christmas,

~Jacob

LJ with his gun. Boy, I thought it was just a little toy gun that shot rubber bullets. I was wrong. That gun has enough stuff to it to make me stay out of his way. :)

My Amazing Dad and Mom. Dad is just so funny... :)

My once again Amazing Mom!

Here is a video with an Accordion! It was about the 5th time I tried to get it right and this one passed. :)

Christmas!

Hey all!

Merry Christmas to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thank God for your fellowship,

Through the Christ of Christmas,

~JT.

Sledding

Well, Today we attempted to sled on the sand bank out back. It was very fun even though I could not make it as far as LJ could. I instead took up the role of instructor and taught LJ how to go farther and ect. It was a fun day. I am excited that tomorrow is Christmas Eve and can't wait until Candlelight service. I will be playing some music in a bell ensemble. Praise the Lord for opportunities to serve him.

I also did some last minute shopping today with my Mom. IT WAS CRAZY! My goodness... everyone was going everywhere and I was glad that I wasn't driving because I would of been rather nervous. :) 

God bless your Christmas and remember, Christ is the reason for the season. Not the presents, ( ALTHOUGH they are really nice. ) Not the Family gatherings, ( ALTHOUGH those are even better with all the great food. Do you sense a weakness? :) but the Son of God who came to Earth as a baby to save his people from their sins. Praise God for his Love and Mercy!

God bless and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

~JT

The Poll #9 Answer

Oh yes. The Answer to Poll number #9 is,

The Pale Horse!

Thought that be helpful.

Be sure to vote. If you don't know how here is my previous post on, " How to Vote."

HOW TO VOTE,

Poll 5 Answer

Okay, here we go! ( Drum roll please )

The answer is, THE PLAUGE OF DARKNESS!

I was very disappointed when I saw that there was only one vote.... I used to have many more voters. Some have expressed difficulty while attempting to vote, so I have created a little tutorial.

Step 1. Go to the blog.

Step 2. Scroll down 'till you find the poll and think. ( and think and think and think... ect. :)))

Step. 3 Check the box beside your answer.

Step 4. Click on Vote

Step 5. Your vote has been cast! You can go back and change your vote and you DON'T need a google account.

I hope that this helps to clear up any and all difficulties!

Have a great day! ~J~

Hope this helps!

Here we go!/Winter has come!

Hey All!!!

We got our first BIG snow. If you have followed the weather or the news you'll see that the whole East Coast is getting dumped on. I would say that we have at least 6 inches as of snow with a whole bunch more coming. LJ and I were out there earlier and it is going to really pile up. I wouldn't be surprised if Church is canceled in the morning. I just hope that the play isn't canceled. Whatever God wills though.

Whatever God wills. That is something that I know that I could use to learn more. I started reading the Gospel of Mark 2 days ago and I have noticed something. If you have a study Bible or any Bible with an "introduction" to a book they will probably note that Mark uses the word "immediately" ( or straightway. ) 45 times. Such as in Mark 1:20-21, "And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Mar 1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught." After reading the intro those "straightways" really stuck out. Jesus didn't hesitate to do what was right. He did it IMMEDIATELY. How many times I have hesitated and procrastinated from doing what I KNOW I should do. What about you? God doesn't say that doing it right away will be easy.... Look at Mark 5:2, "And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit." This guy was a crazy, outcast, possessed man. As soon as Jesus stepped out of that boat, "But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him." Then Jesus said, "For he said unto him, Come out of the man, [thou] unclean spirit." It took courage to stand up to help this Crazy Maniac but Jesus had compassion. I pray that God would give me that compassion and the obedience.

Well I am going to throw up some pictures of the snow and I hope you enjoy!

Isn't the Snow just Beautiful?

Snow Angels!

God bless!!!

~JT : )

Howard!

I would like to formally introduce,

HOWARD!!!

Adios!

Ps. I am going to try and get on here once a week and at least put up a couple of lines. Please remind me and be like a gad fly. Sting me until I post. :) ( That's a play on words. Don't really sting me. :)

The Second Snow and an update

Hey All!!!

Okay. I know it has been a LONG time with no post but I finally have time to hop on here. Forgive my absence.

Things are going well here and I am enjoying the cold weather. I would like to formally introduce you all to my good friend, Howard. He is the first of his kind this season and I think you will enjoy meeting him. ( To anyone named Howard I apologize for the coincidence. :) His picture shall come up shortly. Little J, Big J, and I made him after a snowball fight. :)

God is good, amen?!? I had the privilege to go to an Leaders in Training conference in the beginning of Dec and it was just a blast. I attended a session on Leading through fear and God really spoke. What stood out to me though was in the Last message by Evangelist Rich Tozour. Mr. Tozour was speaking on The Mantle of Leadership/Elisha and Elijah. I found it very interesting that Elijah went up in the Whirlwind not the chariot of fire or the horses but Elisha had to keep his eyes on Elijah and it would have been sssooo easy to watch all that was going on around him but Elisha kept his eyes on his goal. The most important part though is when Elisha reached down and picked up the Mantle of Elijah. I know... your thinking, "big deal with the weird turban okay?" But it is so much more than that. God had a plan for Elisha. He wanted to use him but it was up to Elisha to pick up that Mantle of Leadership and use it to be used by God. What about you? Has God given you a job to do? Are you willing to pick up the the "mantle" left in your local church, school, or just your sphere of influence as in your friends, family, and for some, co-workers? I know that God really spoke to me on picking up the job's that are there. God can use you. You don't need a bible college degree or anything like that. ( although those are good things and can help you serve even more. ) Pray and ask God what he would want you to do. It will change your life. I know it has changed mine.

Well I must go for if I kept going I wouldn't have anything left to type for future posts. :)

God bless you all as you grow closer to him in your life,

Adios Mé Compadres.

~JT