~Never Settle~ - Homeschool Blogger

Engagement

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:36:00 -0500

Hello all!

WoW! I havent been on here in a LONG time! Time sure does fly when you enter the world of an adult!

Just a little blog to catch ya'll up on my life...

I graduated...well...that happened last year...

I started a new job working as an interpreter in the public high schools...I am actually interpreting for my foster sister...which by the way is amazing considering she has decided to take a path that could easily turn into something worse...So having the oppurtunity to be with her at school everyday, and setting an example of a christian, and loving her in a practical way with the Love of Christ is making more of a difference in her life right now than any counselor ever could. I am also able to be involved in the lives of some of my former mentorees while they are at school and I have the oppurtunity several times a day to encourage them...and love them as well.

I am engaged!!!!!! I met the man of my dreams back in Janurary, and we started a courship in Feburary. We were engaged in April, and are getting married in December. And let me tell you ladies...waiting is the best thing in the world!

When I was only 14 I made a vow between myself and God that I was going to remain single until God brought somone into my life that was ment for me.I made a list of things that I required in someone before I would even consider them for marriage...and I kept that, and I never had a boyfriend, never courted...Though there were plenty of oppurtunities to do so. In October of 2007 God had laid it on my heart ot start praying for the man He had for me...but God had also brought me to a plce in my life where I was completely content in HIM. And so, out of obedience to what I felt the Lord leading me to do. I started praying. At the same time across the US in Aspen, Colorado there was a guy name Justin Keppler. He was working at a dude ranch that was owed by his cousin. Around the same time God had started working in his life to bring him to Lynchburg, Va. Justin was off on a particular day when the bussiness had some new wranglers that were leading a trail ride. Justin's cousin had asked Justin to follow along and make sure that these new wranglers did their job since Justin was well aquainted with the "ropes" of leading a trail ride. So on Justin's day off, he was willing to tag along.

There was a man in the rear of the trail ride that Justin was riding next to, and they struck up a converstation. The man, come to find out was actually from Lynchburg, Va. And owned a large contacting company that is well known in the Lynchburg area. This man told Justin thatif he decided to move to Va, he had a job. So Justin, not really thinking anything else about it, went home. Justin decided to look and see if he would possibly be able to find a place to live...He applied on the Liberty University website for an apartment. in 15 minutes he was contacted regarding an anpartment. This whle time I am still praying. It is now October, and Justin moves to Lynchburg, but goes back and forth beween his parent's home in NJ, and here.

I had never seen Justin's roommates before, but apperantly they had been attending my church for a while. Justin decided to tag along with them, and saw that there was a youth ministy...something in which he had a passion for. so in January, Justin approached the youth pastor and asked to try the youth ministy out to see if it was something that he was interested in. This was the first time that I noticed Justin. He was hard to miss! He is 6'11''!

Justin became a youth leader, but I was a youth leader in the JV, while he was working with the highschoolers. So I didnt really know who he was. But as I usually do, I simply watch an individual to see if they are really genuine, I watched Justin..He introduced himself a few weeks later. And we started a freindship. We started to become good friends, and talked alot. He shared with me that He felt the Lord leading him to start a ranch....(Hmm...what a coincidence! that was what I felt the Lord leading ME to do!) And He was into horses (as am I) He loved kids (hmm...) He had a passion for youth (check) ...The more I got to know Justin...the more I realized that this man was the answer to my prayers...Justin then asked my dad (Yes...Justin learned signlanguage in order to ask him...my dad is deaf) for his permission to court me, and so began our courtship. 2 months later we knew that we were created for each other. We prayed about it, and Justin asked my father for my hand in marriage. At the time I had a horse, and I had to feed her one night while Justin was with me. we were done feeding Kai (my horse) as well as the rest of the herd and we were in the barn getting ready to leave...when I turned around...ans Justin asked for my hand in marriage! Talk about a perfect oppurtunity, especially considering we both are "horse people" And so began the next stage of our courtship....engagement...It has been a wonderful, tough, hard, beautiful, learning, and growing experience for the both of us. But it has been a time that would not ever trade! We are excited to announce that we will be getting married on December 6th, 2008 at 1pm!

~Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your Heart.~

By: Sarah Payne...This is one of the most powerful stories I've read...hope ya'll like it as much as I did!

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:41:00 -0600

"The other night I took a walk down into the slums of my heart. I do not go there often because of the high crime rate and the rise of and pride gangs. A few thugs named Jealousy and Bitterness slipped down into parts of the slums I could not enter without feeling the effects of looking too deeply. There was scum everywhere and the stench of rotting, unspoken sins filled the air. How had it gotten this bad? I was overwhelmed with the slanderous air that left a flithy scum over everything, and I saw a named slip into a small dark door. She was dressed in treacherous clothing of seduction. Her perfume was a fragrance I tried to not recognize but I could not help it. The stench of perversion. I dared not look in to see what other persons waited there. A dirty looking man homeless man lay on the ground as if asleep, but he was very much awake, looking to see who was watching him. His name was Pride and in his desire to have others look at him, he had not seemed to see the terrible effects upon his body. Infected sores of self-righteousness plauged his legs and lower arms. Maggots of vanity were crawling around in raw flesh. He was a disgusting sight...I would not look at him any longer. I could not take it anymore--being there any longer was unbearable. I started running as fast as I could out of that terrible, morbid place--I had to get out of there! In my haste I tripped over a rusty can of hindrance that had been left on the sidewalk. Falling I scraped my knee and stained my khaki pants with the sewage of a nearby sewer system. People were lined up in a near-by alley way all of them carrying some sort of baggage. They had watched the whole scenario. I could make out some of the things they were holding. One woman clutched tightly to a wailing baby named Fear in her arms. Another man was helping Bitterness, who had by this time shot himself in the foot, with the very weapon he intended to hurt another with. A young boy of about seven held a suitcase with the words and Predjudice on the side. Their eyes met mine. I knew where they were all going: to the center of the slum where a house had been erected in their honor. They had lived there many years and would stay there...until I had the courage to tell them to leave...but I could not in my own strength. I got up and continued to run until I reached the suburbs. I caught my breath and settled into a slow walk. This was the part of my heart I did not mind sharing with others. It was an inviting place, thanks to all the work the Lord had done there. Beautiful manicured lawns, adorable little houses, and my neighbor's children Faith and Hope playing on the sidewalk. There was even a beautiful house I had built in the hopes that my Savior would live there. By no means did I want HIM to ever enter the slums. Sometimes people from that nauseating part of town would try to come up into the suburbs and people would see a piece of the slums of my heart. However, for the most part I tried to keep that area of my life hidden. I would only show the most beautiful areas of my heart to those who asked me to tell about myself. 'Look at my beautiful garden filled with the fruits of the Spirit. In the center is the fountain of love,' I would tell them. Or, 'You must come see the library of memory verses! There's no place like it.' But to take them to the slums...what would people say if they really knew who I was? I could hardly bear it myself. I never expected HIM to ask me to take a walk with him down there one day. "O no Lord!! Anywhere else is fine--how about a walk on the Prayer boardwalk? or the church down the road? We could go eat at The Daily Bread...? I looked at His eyes and gave in reluctantly. I had known He known all along, but I didn't want to face Him with the grim reality that lived in the slums of my heart. We walked down...it was one of the hardest walks of my life. I felt sick because I didn't know what I would tell Him once he saw the condition of things. He could not know how bad it had gotten...I was sure he would leave and give up on me once he saw the downtown area. I couldn't blame him... He had done so much work in my heart already, I had surrendered many things and he had transformed a truly filthy area into something beautiful. This was the only reason the suburbs existed. But, I was sure nothing could be done to repair the slums...this was beyond hope, beyond fixing. I looked up...we had arrived. I wanted to meet His eyes but I could not. What was He thinking? What would He say? Then his hand lifted my head and His eyes met mine. I was overwhelmed with the deep love and pain I saw. His next words gripped me: "I gave my life so you could be set free from the slums. You do not have to hide the deepest parts of yourself from me. I already know the condition of the slums of your heart. Yet I love you just as you are. Confess and I will be faithful to forgive you and it will be just as if you have never sinned. All your addictions and sins, you cannot overcome them in your own power. Through my power in you, I will enable you to rise as a victor over this area of your heart. But are you willing to surrender this part of your heart to me?" It would not be easy. I knew some people would be harder to evict than others...but with the help of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the slums of my heart would be transformed. They are being transformed even now, but only because I now take the time to walk down into the filthy areas of my life with my Lord. My question to you is what is in the slums of your heart? And if you know, then my next question is are you willing to be honest and vulnerable enough to let the Lord walk through them with you? You will never be changed if you live life behind a mask...be honest with the one who knows you and loves you for who you are right now. Let his mighty power transform your life."

Written by: Sarah Payne

"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, , ery, immorality, theft, false testimony, slander." Matthew 15:17-19

My Grace is enough for you....

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:38:00 -0600

"Don't look at me Lord, I am not the beautiful princess you deserve. My eyes are dull and lifeless after many years of tears My face is disfigured and ed from all of my shame My hands are tired and unsure from the trials they have endured My feet are now dirty and rough from trailing through all sorts of stuff My body is wretched and worn from the sins that I have borne My heart is torn and empty from wounds that never seem to heal I'm covered in scars I'm coated with dirt I'm filled with every kind of hurt." As tears slide down my unsightly face I close my eyes and turn to walk away¦ "My most lovely child", His voice almost breaks "Do not turn away Have you not heard, have you not seen? My grace is all you'll ever need. Come, walk awhile with me. He leads me to a shimmering lake and bids me to gaze at the reflection of my face. "My Darling, look and see what I see in you, Your eyes are glistening, sparkling blue Your face shines with my mercy and truth Your hands are my servants ready and able to work Your feet have never been so dirt free Your body is gorgeous , well rested and strong You heart is full of my peace Your scars are stories filled with My grace You are coated with my life-saving You are filled with unimaginable love Beautiful Princess, You must always remember that my grace is enough." ~by Sherie LeAnne Boling

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:58:00 -0600

A girl needs to hide herself so deep in God that a guy has to go through God in order to get to her...

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:37:00 -0600

My beautiful Momma and I!

This is my "baby"...her name is Brooklyn! We were at the beach this summer for family vaca! needless to say we had a blast!

My sister and I decided to go to the top of one of the mountains around here, and watch the sun rise...this is when we first got there!

The is me, on a cliff...waiting for the sunrise!

This is my other hard earned baby! and this is the sunrise!

"The Prince"

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:11:00 -0600

She sat on a chair by the window looking dreamily beyond the horizon. Her father the King, had told her since she was but a little girl that one day her Prince would come riding over that horizon on a white horse, and that he would be everything she could ever have dreamed of, and he would come when she was ready for love...but not just any love, this was going to be true love. And so everyday she would sit by her window and patiently wait his coming.
After a while she got tired of waiting everyday, and never seeing anything but a bird or two flying by. And day by day her focus on the horizon became less and less.
There was a boy in the town below that noticed how the princess would stare out the window, and everyday the boy would go under the window and wait until he could get her attention. For many days he got no response, but he noticed also that everyday her attention became more broadened. Until one day she looked away from the horizon entirely and noticed him sitting under her window.
The princess and the pauper boy developed a relationship, and before long they were in love. Daily her father, the King, would remind her to wait, but his voice became less and less noticable to her.
One evening the pauper boy came to the princess' window and asked her to marry him. She said yes, and that same evening they eloped.
1 year later the princess was sweeping the front porch of her humble one bedroom house, with her husband yelling in the background...He was drunk...again. She felt the baby kick inside her abdomen, and wiped her forehead of the dirt. She looked up to the castle just ahead. Oh how she missed the pleasures, and love that was there. She missed her father's hug, his smile, and how he always made her feel valuable. But she could never have that again. She had made the decision not to wait for her prince, and now she would never have him. She had settled for something less than the best. And now, she was pregnant, and married to a drunk.
She looked up again, and just then she saw a handsome man galloping to the castle on a white steed...Her prince.

By: Heather Wyble

Forever Prince Charming

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:15:00 -0600

Here is a song I wrote for my dad... tell me what you think!

~Forever Prince Charming~

A little girl-sits on her daddy's knee-as he tells her another bedtime story-He talks about sleeping beauty, Cinderella, and Snow white- How they all had that special boy in their lives- He said his name will be Prince Charming- And He'll sweep you off your feet- but you dont have to worry Darlin'- Cause' He'll be everything you need-

Chorus

Daddy you are my forever Prince Charming-You're already everything I need-Cause' Daddy you have swept me off my feet- Daddy you are my forever Prince Charming

She turned 16 today- and It seems like Yesterday- When she would sit on her daddy's knee- and He remembers what she used to say-

Chorus

Daddy you are my forever Prince Charming- You're already everything I need- Cause's Daddy you have swept me off my feet- Daddy you are my forever Prince Charming

She'll change her name today- And her daddy'll give her away- And as he tells her it's almost time- He feels the tears gathering in his eyes-Well she looks at him and says

Chorus

Daddy you are my forever Prince Charming- You're already everything I need- Cause' Daddy you have swept me off my feet- Daddy you are my forever Prince Charming

A little girl sits on her daddy's knee...

*Dedicated to my wonderful dad- I dont know where I would be without you.
To My Jesus- Thank you for gaurding my heart, without You, my heart would be shattered.
and to my future husband... I'm waiting for you.

My Handsome Daddy!

John 3:30

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:47:00 -0500

~He must Increase, and I must decrease~

In order for God to become Lord of our lives...in order for people to see God in us...We MUST decrease...We need to stop putting ourselves back on the throne in our lives, and start putting God there, where He belongs...People see the thing that we exalt in our lives...and if we are exalting ourselves or other things we 'worship'...what are they gonna see? ...not God.

This is my Battle Cry...

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:07:01 -0500

Hey Ya'll!

How ya been!?!

Okay enough with the bad grammer! I hope everyone is doing well! I appologize for not returning comments in an appropriate and timely manner! And I hate makeing excuses...but I'm going to do it anyway!

Here is my excuse: I've been busy!

With what you may ask: School(trying to graduate), work (Which I am still trying to put together a bussiness) Chruch (choir, worship leader in the youth group, Children's church, and Nursery), working for other people, my youth group's servant evangelism project (for more info, ask me) Tutoring, Piano lessons, teaching Guitar lessons, babysitting, training my horse,

There is more, but I decided to not overwhelm you too much!

Anyway!

I found a really cool blog site a few months ago, and I really like it...Has anyone heard of the "honor academy" or Battle Cry? I personally have never been to any of their activities, or confrences...and such. But now they have a blog site...If you want to see mine you can click HERE

So if you want to see how I am doing, I post mostly on there...

But anyway!

Kai is doing well, she and I are riding a lot, and she is really coming along nicely...we took a "photo shoot" of her the other day, but I still have yet to download the pictures! But as soon as I do, I will put them on here for you all to enjoy!

I have been going thru the book of Proverbs for my devotions, and I was in chapter 8 yesterday (hence it was the 8th day of March) and it talked about Wisdom. wow! I love Proverbs!

Anyway, I really dont have time to post a whole lot, because I need to go, and do school...but Have a blessed day!

By the Way, How was everyone's easter?

till next time

.::Heather::.