WE LOVE YOU LILLY!!!!
Yesterday was so hard for my family....Our wonderful, beautiful, sweet, and loyal baby girl died. Her name was Lilly Elaine Stacy....She was born May 12th, 2004 and died April 24th, 2011. My parents got Lilly when I was 10 because I was having such a hard time dealing with my brother (my best friend) being gone away to College. My dad never would allow us to have an indoor dog, but Lilly was the dog that made my dad eat his words. I remember the day my mom and I went to Missouri to get Lilly. She was so scared, she peed on my mom's favorite pillow before we even got out of the driveway. After experiencing a ride in the car...Lilly decided she loved it. If we went anywhere, she wanted to go. My family loved Lilly so much....We didn't see Lilly as a dog, we saw Lilly as a member of the family. Even though we miss Lilly so much, we know she is now in a better place. We are so glad she is not suffering anymore, and we are looking forward to the day we will see her again in Heaven!
WE LOVE YOU LILLY!!!!
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Its amazing how great God is! He can show us things that no one in this world understands. ok....the 21st century world... This past week God has showed me so much! He has filled my heart with such a love for Him that I can not express how great I feel!! God has blessed me this week by giving me a passion for His word!! He has lifted my burdens and given me comfort. I believe I was supposed to come to the mountains for these two weeks because I am able to get away from all my distractions at home, and finally be still and listen to what the Lord is telling me. You want to know what the Lord has been telling me and showing me??? He has been telling me to Trust and have Faith in Him....Don't try to do things on your own...Wait on me....Follow me and my plans....Obey me...and I will give you the desires of your heart....I have been struggling with pain and heat ache....I wanted to take things into my own hands...but all that did was hurt me even more. Now that I have finally surrendered everything to God...I feel that everything is going to be ok...I have seen God work already and I know that it is because I took my hand out of it and gave it to Him....I don't know the plans God has for me....But I do know that I am going to wait on Him and Trust Him!! I am going to lean on Him and Listen to Him! I am tired of doing things my way...I am ready to do things God's way!!! For His ways are far better than mine!!
P.S. The picture below is one I took yesterday from the car...It displays the peace I feel! Like they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." Yesterday was such a wonderful daty!!! I got to sleep in and my grandfather made everyone breakfast...We even went to Toccoa Falls College so my grandparents could see the school...We had a blast. While at the school, my Meme noticed a building called Bandy Hall. She was so shocked because that is her maiden name. When we went to the water fall, meme's mouth dropped...She thought it was so beautiful, and she is right, it was!! After going back to Toccoa Falls yesterday, I really got to see how beautiful it was and how great it will be when I attend there in the Fall....Last month I was determined I would be going to Atlanta Christan College, but after meeting with the Counselling Professor at TFC, I knew I had a tough decision to make...But God made my decision clear to me and I believe I am making the right choice by choosing to go to Toccoa Falls. God has given me confirmation after confirmation...Even down to meeting some of the teachers in the counselling department at a play in Franklin, NC. God is amazing and He has opened my eyes to see the wonderful things He has for me. I am excited about what God is gonna do in my life and I am looking forward to the great adventures He has planned for me!
P.S. The picture below is a picture of Toccoa Falls that I took yesterday. Since mom left...I have been forced to work...lol, but it is not really that bad. I actually enjoy it...some. The mountains are beautiful today and the weather is nice...not to cold and not to hot. I have made some good friends here. We had to clean with each other yesterday and today we had to clean again, but we made it fun. We will be going to see The Sound Of Music tonight at the Great Smokey Mountain Center and we are all really excited!! I do have to say though, I miss home. I miss seeing my dad because I am a daddies girl, and I miss spending time with my mom because she always knows how to cheer me up when I am down. I am blessed to be here with my grandparents, though. They are amazing people and I love them so much!!! They always make me feel loved and they give me lots of hugs....which I like!!! We are about to go do prayer and communion and my Meme and I are going to find me something nice to wear tonight....We will be on the front row!! So to wrap things up, I just want to say I am thankful for this opportunity to be here at the Christan Training Center and I am blessed to be able to see God work in my life as well as many others!!
Today is such a great day. I feel so blessed and I have a peace that I did not know I could have. The Lord has given me such a passion for His word and I am so excited about the days ahead. My mom always told me the mountains always bring healing and peace...and I am here to tell you they do....Being away from the stresses of life and the frustrations of the world allows people to really focus on God and what He has planned for them. This morning when I sat to do my bible study...I didn't want to stop. I was having such a good time and I was enjoying the time I was spending in God's word. I have never felt the drive for God's word like I do right now. I am finally going in my word and trying to seek and understand what God is saying....and after praying to God for that wisdom and understand....like it says in Proverbs 2:1-5....I am able to see things I never saw before. I am so thankful for this great opportunity to be here in North Carolina with my grandparents because I am able to seek God and learn more about Him....without the outside worlds distractions.
What a beautiful day it is here in the mountains. I am able to feel peace and calmness. All the stresses of life have blown away in the wind. In our lives we allow the world to overtake us. We get so caught up in our busy schedules, we ignore the great things God is doing in our lives and the beauty of his creation. I am guilty of putting God aside because I think I am too busy to sit down and read my bible or pray....But the truth is, spending time with God is more important than anything I have planned to do. Sometimes I think, well..... I have to go to the store because there is a really great sale and I don't want to miss it or I have to eat because I am starving and I am sure God can wait till I am done. Have you ever thought about what you could miss if you don't read your bible, you may miss something great He is trying to show you. Something that could change your life, but you decided to go to the store instead because you might miss a great sell. How about thinking of God's word as food. In our minds, we can't live without food... we HAVE TO eat or we will starve. Well God's word is food. When we go without reading our bible, we become spiritually anorexic We get ill because we lack the great words of our Heavenly Father. I have experimented with reading my bible to see what difference it made in my day. I would read my bible first thing in the morning one day and the next I would not, I did this several times.....You know what the result was? The days I started my day out with God's word, I had peace and a positive attitude. The days I skipped reading my bible I was ill, negative, and angry. Every day that I don't read my bible I feel it is the worst day of my life. The sad part is I still struggle with picking up my bible and reading it every day, even though I know that by reading my bible I have a better day. The drive to pick up your bible instead of shopping or eating food is hard, but we have to be disciplined in it. Christ went through so much in His life but He always stayed in prayer and He was always sharing God's word with those around Him. He made it through everything that came His way...Even when He came around people who hated Him, He did not stop spending time with God. Another person who would not stop praising God was Danial. Danial prayed and worshiped God even when He knew if he was caught he would be thrown to the lions. Even after Danial was caught, Danial stayed faithful to God and God protected him by sending angles to hold the lions mouths shut. God honored Danial because Danial feared the Lord. Danial did not let anyone or anything keep him away from praising his Father.We should be more like Danial...We should not let anything or anyone tear us a part from our Father. April 6th, what a great day.....you want to know why? Today is my brother's 27th birthday!!!! He is growing up so fast. My brother is very special to me. When I was growing up, I considered my brother to be my best friend. He always played with me and he even took me out on dates with his friends...even though it was because he didn't have anyone else to take. He taught me how to be strong and to be tough when I got hurt. He even came down from college (7 hour drive) to see me on my birthday because he knew I missed him so much. My brother is such a blessing to me and I am honored to be his little sister!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! ~Chelsea~ well it has been a rough couple of days without the internet, but everything else has been going great. Last night was a good night. I got to spend the night with my sister and she had me bleach her hair so she could put pink streaks in it; to bad it didn't take.... I also had a great time Saturday evening because my best friend came to spend the night and I got to see my other mother and father...Ginny and Danny...(I adopted them). They were celebrating a birthday and I got to come and hang out with them and meet some new people and enjoy some nice company. Sunday was pretty good for the most part. I got to see my cousin who is stationed on Canada, but the happiness ended when we had to go to a funeral viewing for someone my family knew and loved. Today I am going to have a positive attitude and I am going to go and see my dear friend Granny. I will be staying with her a while and then tonight I will go home and spend some time with the most amazing woman in the world, my mom. I am so blessed to have such amazing people in my life and I can't wait to see what else God has in-store for me! I hope everyone has a blessed day and I will try to write some more when we are able to get internet again.
~Chelsea~ Today is a new day...The sun is out, but the internet is down. Celebrate Recovery tonight, but I have to get gas in my car. There are always positive things in our lives, as well as some negative. Today I started my day out negative. I was worried about a friend of mine and I could not get on the internet to see what things were going on in the world. After I decided to have a better attitude and a positive outlook, my day started to brighten up. I got to hear from my friend who lives in Honduras and I was able to go to McDonald's so I could get on the internet. It is amazing what a change of attitude can do for someone. God has been with me all day. He has taken away the worries I woke up with, as well as the worries of how I was going pay for the gas in my car so I could go to Celebrate Recovery tonight. He blessed me with a sunny day so I could go on a nice walk with my dad and nephew. I could not ask for more than all the great things God has done for me. He always knows how to make me smile and He is always there for me, blessing me and loving me!
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