hey

wow im SO bad at updating this xanga! lol well lately things have been okay for my family and i cant think of anything HUGE that i feel needs to be said....cept that i love u all God does too!!!

love always

~lauren

hey

things have been hard for my family lately, but my mommy gave me some really good advice so i though i'd pass the information on....

so yea my lil sis is having a really hard dealing with all this stuff with our new *sister* and i guess we all are....and my mom told us that things might be really hard right now...but think about the reward in heaven....she told me that God is smiling right now for what we're doing for ashley...and i just thought that it was so great and i finally thought ya know what...im not just doing this for ashley, im doing it for God. and when i get to heaven i really do want him to be smiling at me....and its really hard for me to be nice to ashley sometimes because she is quite a pain, but what i learned from my mom really makes me want to say u know Lord i don't really want to this, but this is what you want me to do, so im going to.

so yea...i dont know if anything i write down helps anybody, but it sure does help me lol just to get out what im feeling and yea hopefully people will read it and get something from it!!!! so yea i guess what im saying is that even if your put in a horrible situation, if you look at it from a good perspective and handle it the way God wants you to, you'll be rewarded and i just think that is SO awesome!!!!

i love you all!

~lauren

hey

My sister has been suffering with some serious depression...or at least thts wht i think it is....she has changed so much over the past few weeks...shes not the same little sister i used to have

i was reading my bible and i found some verses in the bible, 1 kings 19:4-9.  its too long to write out but in my bible i have a lil o i dont know what its called, but it says that even people in the bible suffered from depression, like Elijah in 1 kings, but no matter what God still loves you. And getting closer to him and talking to friends...all of those things help

i just wish my sister would relize that...

here are some verses that just helped to remind me that God is great and he is always there for you

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For greart is yout love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.

Psalm 86:12-13

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my delieverer; my God is my rock, in whom i take refuge. He is my sheild and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:2

i had some more, but now i cant find them.

i'll find them later i guess lol

love

Lauren

hey

its been awhile since i've updated just cause i've had some stuff going on...but yea if anyone does read this.....i am still here LOL

love u

~lauren 

hey

these are some of my favorite Bible verses...somw of them really helped me

The Lord gives strength to this people, the Lord blesses his people with peace.  Psalm 29:11

"Peace i leave with you. My peace i give to you, not as the world gives do i give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful." John 12:27

Jesus looked at them and said,"This is something people cannot do, but GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS."

^those are things that i try to remember whenever im going through a hard time...God is always there for you no matter what...

*nothings going to happen today God, that you and i can't handle togther*

i got that from my bookmark and it is SO true God knows what you can handle and he won't give you anymore then u can take...

Dear God,

Please give me the strength and the peace of mind to deal with everything that you've given me because i know that u gave my family Ashley for a reason...so please just help me to relize what that reason is

~lauren