James 5:6 - Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. 

 I Peter 1:8 - Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. 

 I Peter 5:7 - Cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.

Suffering can refine believers and give us an opportunity to prove our faith, the result thus working out for our benefit. I Peter emphasizes: Suffering is temporary, to be endured only for "a little while". 

  I Peter 1:6 - In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 

 I Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.

"You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times. And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you. But the reason why I'm broken. The reason why I cry is how long must I wait to be with you? I close my eyes and I see your face. If homes where my heart then I'm out of place. Lord won't you give me strength to make it through somehow. I've never been more homesick than now. Help me lord cuz I don't understand your ways the reason why I wonder if I'll ever know but even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same. cuz I’m still here so far away from home. In Christ there are no good-byes. In Christ there is no end. So ill hold onto Jesus with all that I have to see you again to see you again. I close my eyes and I see your face. If homes where my heart is than I’m out of place. lord won't you give me strength to make it through somehow. I've never been more homesick than now."  -Homesick by  Mercyme   Undone

Yes I wrote this all by myself. Mike is the one who told me to read I Peter and I figured if it helped me...it could help other people too. This is mostly for when I get upset about Jake. Which has been alot recently. Not quite sure why...but what can ya do? Well that's all I got for right now. Sorry. I love you!!! =D

J-Dub

if you get a feeling the next time you see me, do me a favor, and let me know

I need a guy who can make me laugh just by the way he says hello when I pick up the phone. The guy who makes my hands shake when I'm sitting right next to him. & the guy who isn't afraid to keep hugging me when I'm not ready to let go

Know that no matter what, wherever you are in life, I'm only a phone call away.

I couldn't help myself. On the drive over. I knew you would be there. I couldn't stop smiling

Did you know that her favorite color's blue OR that she's terrified of the dark. that she can't sleep without her bear or blanket next  to her OR every time she thinks of  you she smiles. she  doesn't  want   to  care for anyone she thinks it's just a way of getting hurt..did you know she hates  arguing but  is good at it, that  she  hates  to  go  a  day  without talking to you did  you  know she loves the way you look at her OR  that  she finds it crazy that people can say one thing  but feel completely different But  what bother's her most is when someone walks into her life knowing they won't stay

No matter how bad of a day I had, you always seem to know just how to make  everything better

and sometimes i think that maybe it'd be so much easier if i were just pretty

You may feel alone when you're falling asleep, and every time tears roll down your cheeks. But I know your heart belongs to someone you've yet to meet. Someday you will be loved

You make her happy which is something she hasn't been in a long time

Only you can make me smile and mean it

I don't know what it is...I just cry sometimes. Maybe I’m just so oblivious to the things going on around me that I don't realize that I’m hurting as much as I am. So when the tears start streaming down my face. I don't have anything to say, so don't ask why I’m crying. I don't know. Just hold me.

She wouldn't care if you called her and woke her up just to talk. She hates arguing, but she's good at it. Scary movies make her paranoid. She hates it when people don't call her back. She envies every couple she sees walking around showing their happiness. She only wants to be happy and lately... all she thinks about is you.

He doesn't just give me sparks. He gives me the whole firework show

I took some advil to see if it would make my heart stop hurting; I'll try anything at this point...  <heck yes I made that up! And its for Jake Thompson!

Hey guys!!

Whats up? Not much here just bein extra bored. So today is finally friday. I'm sooo excited. So if anybody wants to do anything you should definitally call me. And if you don't have my number...take that as a hint. Haha just kidding. Anywho. Well gotta go clean. CALL ME!!!!!

J-dub

Do you see that self-conscious girl? ...she's only seventeen. She’s unaware of what letting go means. She thinks she's ugly, stupid, and fat but she needs someone who will tell her she's anything but that. the more they say she's pretty, the uglier she feels and the more they say she's wrong, the feelings seem more real when she looks in the mirror, she can't seem to understand. She can't find what others see in her and why they claim that she's pretty. Maybe one day somebody will walk up to her and take her by the hand. Then they'll tell her she's lovely and help her to understand.

She doesn't have to be your entire world. But she should at least be a tiny village. Or somewhere. Anywhere. On your map.

that's why they call them crushes. if they were easy, they'd call them something else.

I could relate to every single one!! Its crazy!

Anybody under the age of 14 should not repost this. ;D Just 'cuz you were born in '92 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid. It's not like you could remember the original Simpsons.

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

YOU'VE WORN SKORTS AND FELT STYLISH

YOU YEARNED TO BE PART OF THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB

You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

" Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back..."

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare"

You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder"

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger

You owned a Skip It

You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and NINJA TURTLES

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

Yikes pencils and erasers were amazing.

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

You know the Macarena by heart..

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain would finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"


These are soooo true!!! LOL

Hey guys!

How's it goin? Its goin okay on this end. I just got back from my friends dads funeral about an hour ago.  It was really really sad. But I felt bad cuz I wasn't just crying for her. I was also crying because I'm still not over Jake being gone yet. This is the poem that was on the inside of his pamphlet thing we got this morning.

Remember Me by David Harkins 1981

Don't shed tears when I have gone but smile because I have lived. Don't shut your eyes and pray to God that I come back. But open your eyes and see all that I have left behind.

I know your hearts will be empty because you cannot see me, but still I want you to be full of the love we shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live only for yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of what happened between us yesterday.

You can remember me and grieve that I have gone or you can cherish my memory and let it live on. You can cry and lose yourself, be distraught and turn your back on the world. Or you can do what I want, smile, wipe away the tears, learn to live again and....Go on.

It made me cry when I read it because it made me think of Jake. I couldn't finish reading it til I got home and was done with all that. But I wanted to say that I'm very thankful and grateful for all the people who have been there for me through all of this stuff. I appreciate it very much, and without you I wouldn't have made it through. Especially with 2 funerals less than a month and a half apart. I love you all very much.

J-Dub

Breaking down is easy.

it's those feelings... the ones where you get the good kind of goosebumps in 90° weather. you sit there thinking about him and you can't help but smile whenever you see him, the need to kiss him takes your breath away. you'd rather spend the rest of your life sitting with there with him than winning the lottery or becoming famous. because when you're there with him, you have everything.