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#4-Wrapped Up Hose

Very simple one today. Hard things don’t have to be big, there is such a thing as small hard things too and this is one of them. Anyway, about the hose…
It’s a long story but we spilled ketchup on our driveway, it looks like someone died on our driveway so my parents, not wanting to be accused of murder asked me if I could clean the ketchup off. I was glad too. I took the hose and cleaned up all the ketchup. No biggie! When putting the hose back though, I decided to take the next step and coil it nicely. It would be easy to leave the hose lying all over the sidewalk, walk away and never think about it again. But that would be easy, not hard. Everyone has a chance to go above and beyond expectations and take initiative. My parents once did a “initiative program” with us to instill in us the habit of not leaving things half done but rising up to do more without being asked. I want to thank them for teaching us skills and character traits like that. Thank you Mom and Dad!!!

Priscilla

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#3- Apologized

It was late, I was tired, but it was still no reason to snap at my sister. While lying in bed I thought, “the easy thing would be to go to sleep right now, but I’m taking a hard thing challenge, so…” I did the hard thing, I apologized. Apologizing can be hard. Who wants to admit that they are wrong and shamefacedly go back to confess to the victim of their sin . I was wrong. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Sweet words. They show humility, not pride. Apologies are precious.

Priscilla

P.S. My sister and I have a habit of after we apologize we have a pillow fight. I don’t know why. Maybe it just helps us get out any last emotions that we have. (not really) We always leave the room laughing and best buddies again. 🙂

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Genevieve Saves Paris: Teen Does Hard Thing

While reading about Attila the Hun I came across this story of a teenage nun and thought it would be inspirational for all of y’all…

“As Attila and his army approached Paris, at that time a small fortified town on an island in the Seine River, the inhabitants panicked in the knowledge that many cities had already been destroyed by the Huns. Many residents had gone to church to pray for protection. Among them was a teenage nun named Genevieve who from the age of seven had dedicated herself to a life of faith and good deeds. Standing before the congregation of frightened Parisians, Genevieve offered to go alone or as the leader of a group of young women to confront Attila. She also prophesied that the town would be spared for destruction. After rallying the Parisians, Genevieve met with Attila at the walls of the town, and according to the legend, she convinced him to spare the city. The story of her brave act spread and became a symbol of courage for those who resisted the Huns. Genevieve was later named a saint by the Catholic Church and today is the patron saint of Paris.”

cited from “Heroes and Villains: Attila the Hun” by Marilyn Tower Oliver

Cool story of a teenage girl doing a very brave thing and putting her life in danger to save the town and church where she lived.

Priscilla

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#1- Accepted the 100 Hard Things Challenge

Hey all,
Today I accepted the 100 Hard Things Challenge. This is a challenge to do 100 hard things that put you out of your comfort zone in 3 months. About 1 hard thing a day. This hard thing can be super simple like doing the dishes or super big like raising money to stop world hunger. The challenge is based off of the book “Do Hard Things”.
“Do Hard Things” is a book by Alex and Brett Harris that encourages teens to do hard things and break the myth of adolescence. You can read their book or their blog (therebelution.com). Both are really good. 🙂 For more info on the 100 Hard Things challenge click the link below:

http://therebelution.com/about/get-involved/#.VA9YYkj32F9

Each day I will post my hard thing on this blog, so keep checking!!! If you want to do the challenge, I encourage you to just go for it!

Priscilla

1 Timothy 4:12

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Lukewarm

Lukewarm. Sounds like a word that describes that plate of mashed potatoes from yesterday night. (That isn’t actually the best illustration… mashed potatoes go pretty quick in our house 🙂 But you get the point. The warmed up plate, not the hot and fresh plate. Mediocre. The just OK. Not great but yet not terrible. The fire is not out, nor is it blazing, just simmering. My question is are you lukewarm? I think Christians, especially in the USA can fall it the trap of being a Christian, not a Christ-ian. Little do we think of our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who are dying, being persecuted and imprisoned for Christ in countries far away to us. Too often our world is made up of the 30 miles around our houses. Too often our “fire” dies down. We read books with titles like ‘Radical’ and ‘Do Hard Things’ and we get all pumped up and ready to go and our fire blazes for a while like someone dumped some gasoline on it and…then…we….die…….down. We go to church and put Jesus stickers on the back of our car and call ourselves good. Christians, let us not grow lukewarm and mediocre, let us look at examples like Peter, Paul and Stephen who lived, breathed, ate, drank, and even died for Christ. In King and Country’s new song “Fix my Eyes” the chorus says:

I’d love like I’m not scared
Give when it’s not fair
Live life for another
Take time for a brother
Fight for the weak ones
Speak out for freedom
Find faith in the battle
Stand tall but above it all
Fix my eyes on you

Let this be our prayer. And like the Sovereign Grace song “As Long As I Have Breath” sings, let us praise God as long as we have breath. We have as Christians in the USA a special chance, we don’t live in total poverty like South America and Africa so we have materials to help others. We have time, 24 hrs a day to serve and proclaim. And, we have freedom to be Christians, to go to a church, to vote for Christian leaders. We are living on a battle field, we need to pick up our weapons and start fighting. Let us not be lukewarm but let us live wholly for Jesus.