Friday, November 3, 2006

   Look who's here!?!?!
Cheerio chaps!What has been going on?Nothing much here other than a TON of exams that I had to take this week!>.< >-< I don't like exams!!Oh! good new!!!I have a 97 average in my chemistry class!Last report card I had a 87 or something like that!I just know it was a B.But I was proud of myself for making it better!But yet I do not understand that class!!It confuses me SO bad!!!>_< @.@ Well I just wanted to post and wish everyone a Blessed Thanksgiving!!(although it isn't here quite yet..I just wanted to say that!)So everyone have a blessed and good month!!!I hope you all have fun!^-^
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

   What about Halloween?
What do you really know about this holiday?Do you all just celebrate it for candy or the fact you get to dress up in a costume?I bet you never thought that there was an actual history behind Halloween and the traditions that many of you do.Here is the history of Halloween provided by www.kcm.org
I hope you guys grasp what is being said here.

In order to understand Halloween, it is important to understand the history of this fall holiday. Halloween, which directly stems from Irish, Scottish, Welsh and British folk customs, was celebrated as the Druids' autumn festival. The Druids were an order of priests who worshiped nature. They were accomplished magicians and wizards at the height of their influence some 200 years before the birth of Jesus.
This holiday was originally celebrated to honor Samhain, lord of the dead, on October 31 (the end of the summer). The Druids believed that on this date, Samhain called all the wicked souls that had been condemned within the last year to live in animal bodies. He was believed to have released them in the form of spirits, ghosts, fairies, witches and elves.
According to Druidic tradition, these souls of the dead roamed the city on Halloween night and returned to haunt the homes where they once lived. The only way the current occupants of the house could free themselves from being haunted was to lay out food and give shelter to the spirit during the night. If they didn't, the spirit would cast a spell on them. That is where the phrase "trick or treat" comes from: They would be tricked if they didn't lay out a treat.

The jack-o'-lantern was also a part of this belief system. The carved pumpkin symbolized a damned soul named Jack. According to the tale, Jack was not allowed into heaven or hell. So, he wandered around in the darkness with his lantern until Judgment Day. Fearful people hollowed out turnips (and later pumpkins in the United States), carved an evil face on them, and a lit candle inside to scare him and other evil spirits away.
The Druids had other outlandish beliefs which have since turned into tradition. For example, they were afraid of black cats because they believed that when a person committed evil, he would be turned into a cat. Cats were thus considered to be evil. To scare them away, the Druids decorated their homes with witches, ghosts and the like. They also decorated with cornstalks, pumpkins and other goods in offering of thanks and praise to their false gods.
In addition to being Halloween, October 31 was also the New Year's Eve of the Celts and Anglo-Saxons. To celebrate, they built huge bonfires on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits, and often offered their crops and animals to them as a sacrifice - sometimes they even offered themselves or others.

The Romans began the conquest of the Celts around A.D. 43 and ruled much of what is now the United Kingdom for about 400 hundred years. During this period, two Roman autumn festivals were combined with the Celtic festival of Samhain. One of them, called Feralia, was held in late October to honor the dead. The other festival honored Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The practice of bobbing for apples became associated with Halloween because of this festival.

Some people have thought that Halloween's only significance was as the evening before All Saints' Day, a festival of the Catholic Church honoring all Christian saints. The Mass said on All Saints' Day was called Allhallowmas. The evening before became known as the Eve of All Saints, the Eve of All Hallows, All Hallows' Eve, or Hallow Even, which has given us the name Hallowe'en.

Although All Saints' Day contributed to the naming of Halloween, All Saints' Day itself did not exist until A.D. 700 when it was instituted by Pope Boniface IV. Originally it was celebrated in the spring on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Its date was changed to November 1 by Pope Gregory III (reigned A.D. 731-741) in an attempt to add a Christian influence to the traditional pagan customs still being celebrated on October 31 by Celtic converts. When sending missionaries to convert native peoples, the Catholic Church encouraged the redefinition of local customs into Christian terms and concepts. Therefore, All Saints' Day and Halloween became unified, because of the same ties to reverencing the dead.

The combination of these customs eventually became the traditional celebration we call Halloween. It is important for parents to consider these "harmless gestures of enjoyment" and the distorted images they make in a child's heart. We must realize Halloween is a holiday centered around fear and death.

Modern day witches and wizards believe this night to be the most suitable night of the year for magic and demonic activity. In Deuteronomy 18:10-11, God forbids us to participate in any kind of occult practices or witchcraft. Further, in the New Testament, we are told to abstain from the appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22).

As Christians, we should not celebrate Halloween, rather we should recognize October 31 as the day the Lord has made - a day we can rejoice in (Psalm 118:24). And we don't need to be fearful, for God has not given us a spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7).


Parents should teach their children faith in God. Children can have just as much fun on a Halloween centered around the Word of God and family fellowship. Make a commitment today to give your children the Word of God instead of the fairy tales the world offers - it will help them grow in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4).



Here is a prayer of safety you can pray for your family on Halloween:



Father, in the Name of Jesus, I thank You that You watch over Your Word to perform it. I thank You that my family and I dwell in the secret place of the Most High and that we remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty, Whose power no foe can withstand.



Father, You are our refuge and our fortress. No evil shall befall us - no accident shall overtake us - nor any plague or calamity come near our home. You give Your angels special charge over each one of us, to accompany and defend and preserve us in all our ways of obedience and service. They are encamped around about us.



Lord, I will train my children in the way they should go; and according to Your Word, when they are old, they will not depart from it. And I bind the devil from trying to influence them in any way this holiday.



Father, You are our confidence, firm and strong. You keep our feet from being caught in a trap or hidden danger. When we lie down, You will give us peaceful sleep. Father, You give this family safety and ease us - Jesus is our safety!





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Prayer References: Jeremiah 1:12; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, The Amplified Bible; Psalm 34:7; Proverbs 22:6; Psalm 112:7, The Amplified Bible; Proverbs 3:26, The Amplified Bible; Proverbs 3:23-24; Isaiah 26:3; Psalms 3:5, 4:8, 127:2, 149:5; Isaiah 49:25, The Amplified Bible.



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Saturday, October 14, 2006

  

WHAT UP CHUMS?!?!?>,< Sorry I haven't been around been playing the same game as SweetTart25783.(Radiata Stories)It is SO fun!!!!I love it!!!!!>.< Oh!Have you notice on:
DayDreamerAngel35
DreamerAngel
SweetTart25783
and my site that we all have put some banners for our sites?Yeah I made them. I know how sweet am I to help my bud's.^-^ Well if any of you want one I can make one!!Or just a image with a quote like most of the one's I have made!Just give me the quote and the pic or what kind of pic you want and I will try and make it!Well I must be going!!!!!Hope to hear from you all soon!!!!^.^

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

   I AM BACK!!!>,

SORRY I haven't updated!!!school has been keeping me busy!Phew!So the only time I get to rest is on Saturday's..Which I don't really get to rest all that much because I usually run errands....Well so how is everyone?Good I hope!!!
^-^ Well I have to get going so...Cheerio!^-^


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Saturday, August 12, 2006

   You don't know who the people in my BG are?!?!O.O


That is Haru and Elie from Rave Master.It is a pretty old cartoon.But I love it!I wish I could find some clips of the show..*sigh* T-T Oh!I have a funny picture!!!Here it is!:

BWHAHAHAHAAHHA!!!Penguins in....COSTUME!!! ^,^ HAHAHAHAHA!!!! That is grand!Well anyways the rest of this post is deticated to Elie and Haru.So enjoy Rave Master fans!












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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

CELEBRATION!!!!And a question!

WHOOT!!!! ^,^
100 + visits on my site!!!!Thanks everyone!!!!! T.T I love you all!
Oh! right!My question!Most of you know of quizilla.com and I am currently searching for some good KH stories.Do any of you have any suggetions? ?.? I would like to know if you do!!!Please tell me A.S.A.P!Thanks!!!!



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Sunday, July 9, 2006

   I have some scriptures that my youth and SweetTart's have been saying over themselves and I am sharing them.
For the Girls:
2 Cor. 10:5
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
Girls.As girls our minds just keep running and don't really stop until we sleep.So this scripture is to BRING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY.Meaning that we take the AUTHORITY and bind that thought of profanity,lust,etc.Girls start to say this were you can hear it if a thought comes that isn't holy.
For the Guys:
Proverbs 27:17
17 As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Guys this scrpiture means that you should bring up your fellow guys in your youth.Don't put them down ALWAYS lift them up and pour your wisdom into them.Be there for them in there trials of problems or just when they need someone to talk to.Keep providing them with the word of God.
I hope this helps you both guys and girls.
God bless!
~+~JesusFreak27~+~
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YFN
I just came back from a camp.A church camp.It was awesome!!!!It changed my life some much!I feel so much happier now and more confident.^-^ It really was awesome to see what God was doing through the youth at the camp.There were over 1,000 teenagers from across the nation there.It was extraordinary.The camp was called YFN.YouthFortheNations.It was a life changing experience and I encourage any that would want to have info. on this camp to PM me.Or if you don't want to you can just go to www.YouthFortheNations.com
I hope you youth are ready for what is about to take place.There is a mass revival that is taking place and will you start to stand as a leader or will you just cower away in intimidation?We need warriors.to stand up and start to spread the word of God through out our church and our school.This isn't a time to be cowardly.Jesus is coming soon and I suggest that you start to get on track and start being a warrior for Jesus Christ.
For many of you reading this message you probably are going ?.? or something along those lines.Well I don't care what you have to say about this post but for one thing I know I will feel better for saying all that I did.I wanted to and so know you now.And for some of you that our confused and are like "who is Jesus?" I am going to give you the opportunity to ask him to come in to your life.Now you don't have to.I am not pressuring any of you.So if you don't want to that is fine with me.But for those that want a Love that will feel that empty feeling in their hearts I am going to give you this prayer.And I want you to pray it out loud:
Dear heavenily Father,
I ask you to come into my life.I confess you as Lord and Savior of my life I believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and I believe in my heart I am saved.
That is it it is simple.But you have to CONFESS it and BELIEVE that in your heart that Jesus died on the cross for YOUR sins.
I know most of you our offended by this.But I could care less if you are.I am just being the warrior I was created to be and am doing what I should be doing.Reaching out to the lost.Well I hope you guys get something out of this.I know it isn't organized and it may sound like jumble but I hope you understand that I want our youth to rise up and start to become and act the way they were created to be. Thanks and God Bless.

Do you have questions?Just PM me or JesusFreak27 for anwsers.Or if you just need prayer or concil on something going on in your life.We are here for you.But always go to God.And your bible.Your bible is your weapon and God your comfort.We cannot give you that comfort.But just provide you with wisdom. Take care!
God bless you all!
~*~SweetTart25783~*~ & ~+~JesusFreak27~+~
(~*~DayDreamerAngel35~*~)

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Friday, July 7, 2006

   HOW CUTE!?!?!?!^.^











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Friday, May 19, 2006

   Out of school!WHOOT!!!!!!^,^!Everyone have a great summer!
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