"Jesus paid much too high a price for us to pick and choose who should come..." --Casting Crowns

so. it has come to my attention that i have been much too arrogant in the past few blogs. i have come to realize that even if i am right or basing these things on my beliefs, it does not give me license to be cocky about it, as though i came up with the ideas or anything. so please forgive me for coming across so rudely. i am just very passionate about what i believe, but i have gone about it in the wrong way. i am really asking God to make me less judgemental, because that's His job, not mine. this does not, however, mean that i am apologizing for anything that i said, just apologizing for the way i said it.

so, this morning Bro. Dean's sermon was really good. He was talking about the story of Tychicus and Onesimus, which isn't really well-known, but it's just an example of what kind of servants we are supposed to be. it really encouraged me to serve in a way that is joyful, not begrudgingly.

in other news, i really can't wait for Fall Retreat. i know it's still June, but i LOOOOOOOVE Fall Retreat. like, the beach is great, but my heart lies in the mountains. nayways, yeah. life is good. 

question: do any of you feel called to be single for life? i think that God may be calling me to that. not that i'm not wanting to be patient, but i was contemplating marriage and children and all that, and i don't know that i am necessarily being called to get married. i don't even know if want children, which is nothing like anything i've grown up thinking. who knows? i'm sure as soon as i think that that's what i have to do, God will end up bringing me a husband. He's funny like that. nayways, just a thought. i am only 16, but ya know...never too early to start thinking about it. much love to all of you! --Cari