This is really worth taking the 5 minutes to read...

THINK

There was
a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend.
He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend,
'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'

One day,
someone donated a pair of eyes to her.
When the bandages came off, she was
able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.

He asked
her, Now that you can see the world,
will you marry me?' The girl looked at
her boyfriend and saw that he was blind.
The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her.
She hadn't expected that. The thought of
looking at them the rest of her life
led her to refuse to marry him.

Her
boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote
a note to her saying: 'Take good care of
your eyes, my dear, for before
they were yours, they were mine.'

This is
how the human brain often works when our
status changes.
Only a very few remember what life was like before,
and who was always by their side in the
most painful situations.


Life Is a
Gift

Today
before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Before
you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat..

Before
you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone
who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today
before you complain about life - Think of someone who went
too early to heaven..

Before
whining about the distance you drive
Think of someone who
walks the same distance with their feet.

And when
you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those
who wish they had your job.

And when
depressing thoughts seem to get you down -
Put a smile on your face and think:
you're alive and still around..
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I PRAY
THIS MOVES AROUND
THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.....


Enjoy life now - it has an expiration date.

I am Thankful For . . .

...Life/Breath...

...The Bible...

...Friends and family...

...Yummy food...

...Texting/emailing/chatting/blogging...

...Sweet tea...

...Dessert!...

...Slippers...

...The Freedom to worship...

...My youth group/small group/youth Pastor...

...Memories and fun times...

...Music...

...My cozy bed...

...Clothes...

...My Salvation...

...Books...

...Prayer...

...My new baby cousin that is going to be born sometime around next July ;)...

...My Alton Bay friends...

...The piano...

...My violin...

...Cameras/Photography...

...God's creation...

...Hot Chocolate...

...Flip flops...

...Time spent with my Jesus...

...Games...

...God's love...

...Good deals...

...Encouragement...

...I could go on and on all day, but I am going to end with this one...

...YOU! My faithful followers and blog readers!...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you had a great day, and ate lots of food! I better go and get some dessert before everything is gone! :)

In Christ,

Karissa

1Thessalonians 5:17-18

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Psalm 100

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PS These are some quotes I read on a blog, and I really liked them. (: Enjoy! (:

Oh, and read the whole blog post where I found these quotes here: (it's really good, please take the time to read it.) (:

https://http//foreverhisservant.blogspot.com/2011/11/rejoicing-in-him.html

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"Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself."

"A wise lover regards not so much the gift of Him who loves, as the love of Him who gives. He esteems affection rather than valuables, and sets all gifts below the Beloved. A noble-minded lover rests not in the gift, but in Me (Christ) above every gift." -Thomas a Kempis

"The optimist says, the cup is half full. The pessimist says, the cup is half empty. The child of God says; My cup runneth over." -Anonymous

"God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them." -Max Lucado

"We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country." C. S. Lewis

"Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint. I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak about goodness and beauty, even when my inner eye still looks for someone to accuse or something to call ugly." -Henri J. M. Nouwen

"The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you." -Robert Louis Stevenson

"It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness." -Charles Spurgeon

"Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now." -A. W. Tozer

"Gratitude is our ability to see the grace of God, morning by morning, no matter what else greets us in the course of the day." -Craig Barnes

"No matter what happens each day, at the end of the day I'm one day closer to heaven."

Pictures Galore!

Hey Blog readers,

Wow, these pictures took sooo long to upload! I had to have so much patience with them. It was quite annoying, but here they are...finally!

These first ones are of us goofing around and having some fun with the camera!! :)

~Me~



~Micah~


~Kristianna and Susanna~




~us 4 girls~

~Julianna~

~Kristianna~

~Kristianna~

~Kristianna and Micah~

~Micah~

~Kristianna and I~

~Me~

~Kristianna~

~Julianna and Micah~

~Julianna~

~Kristianna~

~Susanna and Julianna~

~Julianna and Micah~

~Julianna and Micah~

~Susanna~

~Julianna~

~Julianna~

~Susanna and Julianna~

~Susanna and Julianna~

~Julianna, Susanna and I~

~Julianna, Susanna and I~

~Julianna, Susanna and I~

~Julianna~

~Susanna and I~

~Susanna and I~

~These pictures are taken by: Julianna (first 12), Myself (next 17 except for two which specify), Kristianna, Mom, and Susanna~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel and Micah~

~Micah~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Micah~

~Daniel~

~Daniel and Micah~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel and I~

~Daniel took this picture *future photographer* jk! (aka Firefighter Daniel)~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel~

~Daniel taking a picture of himself~ (he wanted to, and then after I showed him he was like "Oh, keep that.") :)

~Me~

~Me~

~Daniel and I~ (check out the face, haha)!

~Julianna, Daniel and I~ (love the faces) :)

~Julianna~

~Julianna~

~Kristianna~

~Micah~

~Julianna and Dube (neighbor's dog)~

~Julianna, Kristianna, and Dube (neighbor's dog)~

~Micah~

~Micah~ (love this one)!

~The four girls~

~The four girls~

I didn't know which one was the best of these. The sunlight wasn't the best the time we took them at, so the ones in front of the red bush weren't great, but oh well!

~All of us~

~All of us~

~All of us~

~All of us~

~All of us~

~Daniel and Caleb~

~Daniel and Micah~

~The boys~

~Daniel and Julianna~

~Daniel and Julianna~

~Julianna and I~

~Me~

~Julianna and Susanna~

~Me~

~Me~

~Susanna~

~Susanna~

~Me~

~Random photography pictures from the last couple days (the first one is from the RI trip, more below)~

~These are some pictures from over the summer (Mount Major are the first ones).~

~During the summer we went to a park, (coggshall park), and took some pictures of the swans, ducks, and loons. :)

~Isn't this duck so cute? (*below*) This was my favorite shot of the day!~

~A beautiful sunset we had a while back.~

Isn't this a shiny red apple? We went apple picking a while back with out cousins, and I was so proud of myself for finding it. Haha :)

~I forget what these are called. Burning sticks or something... They smell good!~ :)

~This picture is upside down. (*below*) Haha.~

~We went to RI a couple weeks back, and so these are some pictures I took while we were there.~ :)

~We found some Roses on the road one time, and took some pictures with them. (I also had one of me with the Roses, but forgot to put them on. Oh well, next time.)~

These are some pictures from that random snowstorm that we had when our power was our for four days. Yeah, so, I just like got this random idea to go out and take these. Random snowstorms, bring random ideas. Okay, that was really random. I'm feeling random. :)

Well, there ya go!! I hope you enjoyed them all, and thanks for sticking around. :)

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

~Karissa

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.