OMGZ FREAKING OUT WE'RE ALL GONNA...

Okay, so if you're reading this, you've probably heard the whole hubbub about someone predicting the end of the world and OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE TOMORROW AT NOON.

I have the feeling that very few people actually believe it, probably because it's ridiculous. Apparently this same person predicted the same thing would happen years ago- and we're still here.
Let me tell you why else it's ridiculous.

Last time I checked, our God is not an equation or a science experiment that performs the same way every time. He is huge, not bound by time, unpredictable, and oh yeah, did I mention He does what He wants?

All the people of the earth
are nothing compared to him.
He does as he pleases
among the angels of heaven
and among the people of the earth.
No one can stop him or say to him,
‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Daniel 4:35

Oh yeah, and by the way, He also said that nobody knows the time. Do you think He'd really make it that easy to guess if He didn't even tell the angels (or Jesus Himself?)
No, I'm sure all of you are saying no. I just felt like blogging 'bout it.
I'm disappointed with those scholars who think they've studied the Bible enough to predict this kind of things. If they truly believe it, and have studied the Bible that hard, why don't they seem to notice the Matthew verse?

Silly scholars. I'm trusting God to send Jesus back on His own time, and I'll be surprised. :3

This will be short.

DDR is gone. Just gone. I deleted it from my iPod.
"Why, Claire? You love that game!"
Exactly. I played it too much. It pretty much became my car rides and when I'd close my eyes sometimes I'd see nothing but arrows flying through my vision.
I was just stimulating my brain with mindless entertainment while completely shutting off from the world around me and from God. There was no way I could have been listening to God well in that time when all my thoughts were 'beat half beat beat beat up and right' ect.
So last night God told me it had to go. Pretty much out of the blue. I cried. I tried to protest but I knew He was right. And I wanted it gone.
He told me to wait till this morning to delete it, I'm still not sure why. But at least it got me out of bed! (Actually it was the alarm clock but that was the first thing I did.)maybe that was the reason. But I deleted pocket god from my iPod last night. It didn't make me sad like DDR, just the fact that 99 cents were pretty much wasted. (iTunes money is hard to come by! D:)
The 99 cents I spent on DDR (I got it on sale ^^) weren't wasted, I learned to play DDR. but from now on I'll play on arcade machines and consoles where it might actually do me some good. XD thumb exercise doesn't count, it makes your fingers hurt.

Honor for a Father (Finding God in The Little Mermaid)

Just give that song a listen real quick. By singing their own names, these girls are honoring their father.

Do we honor our Heavenly Father even when we are talking about ourselves?

That's all. :3

A common question (or excuse)

The question many people ask: After we're saved and we're already forgiven, and nothing we do can separate us from God, why can't we do whatever we want? Why should we obey God? Well, I mulled over it and collected three simple reasons.

1) It's the 'fruit' of our salvation, the proof we're really growing. When we asked God to save us, it was because we needed a fix to sin, and we couldn't fix it ourselves. If we don't even make an effort to improve now that Jesus has taken care of the impossible part, how else do we show that we really cared in the first place?

2) Our actions are what an outsider will see first. Unless you go around telling everyone that you pray all the time (which depending on the way you say it could make a very bad impression), people are more likely to see you acting like Jesus before they get close enough to see that you pray, too.

3) Obeying God makes our lives richer. Just read the Psalms, you'll see how much David bragged on God's laws! They were so good and satisfying that David wrote about them all the time.

Psalm 19: 7-11 (NIV)
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the LORD are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.
By them your servant is warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.

Like a chore (Finding God in a toothbrush)

Talking to God one day, I felt compelled to look deeper into a certain everyday object, specifically, my toothbrush. Upon some thought, I discovered that I treat my quiet time in a way similar to how I treat brushing my teeth.
It feels like a chore.
At the time, it feels like it's doing next to nothing helpful, though on days when I know there's dirt, it might feel like it's doing more.
Despite that, it is doing more than it seems like.
Without the habit of brushing our teeth, we're prone to cavities and nasty looking teeth.
Without the habit of spending time with God, we're more prone to attacks from the devil and nasty looking lives.
Even if it seems like a chore, it does us good.
:3