As some of you know, my super awesome sister lives in Australia with her husband Kebin. I will dedicate this post specifically to her because I miss her so much. She has been such a big influence in my life: I have avoided so many mistakes by not copying hers :P .. no really. Many times she steered me away from pitfalls and deep enticing temptations; she warned me often of dangers that many people fall into. We also always had a blast together. She was my silliest companion; everyone always thought that she is so serious but I am one of the few that truly knew her crazy side! And it was such a joy to be silly with her. That is probably what I miss the most. All of the nicknames, the zerberts, the crazy scratch fights!... oh the joys of sisterhood! I truly cannot wait until she comes back or I get to visit her. It has only been a few months but I don't know how much longer I can last because no one can replace my sister in my heart. Crasnola I miss you so much! ~Kref-T
Last Sunday's youth sermon was truly convicting. And not just a "yeah, that was important" type of convicting, but really a "wow, I need to change my whole perspective and really hit the root issue here, truly repent and ask God to change my heart in this regard" type of convicting. The whole time I felt as though the sermon had been specially crafted for me- to really get me to analyze my own heart and realize how little I love the people that are truly my brothers and sisters. By nature I love to critique everything- I always thought it would be awesome to have a career where I get to criticize companies or stores and tell them what they are doing wrong. Unfortunately my sinful nature brings this into the way I deal with people. As I was listening to the sermon I realized that judging people was just my default setting. In my own head, to myself, I always concealed this as honest assessment or analyzing- instead of downright, sinful judging. When I would be c