God is All I Need

On Monday, May 9th, I went to get my braces at the orthodontist at about 1:30 in the afternoon... We turned the radio on (AM, Hope 1000 where we are), and All I Need started playing by Bethany Dillon!! I love this song... We heard of it a while ago, and now every time I listen to it, I just... *love* it all over again! Well, I needed to hear that that day, I guess...


On Monday, the 16th, I was going in at 9' in the morning to get my spacers out, and my braces put on... We had gone a little ways, and my mom turned up the radio... Guess what was just starting to play at the exact moment she turned it up?? All I Need.... Mmmm! Wow! I was.... *amazed* (no, not really... I know God wanted me to hear that song again for some reason). I definitely did need to have that reminder, knowing that God is all I need...... He is all I need *When I'm surrounded.* He is all I need *If I'm by myself.* He *Fills me when I am empty.* There is *nothing* else.... for *HE is ALL I need!*








These are a couple other songs that I listened to today, and I just.... *love* them... so much!




Mmmmmm.... He is *Everything* to me!

Mmmm!

*I love you, Jesus*
And that's what I am going to

end with! :)

Have a great weekend, and

remember,

God is *ALL* you

will

ever need!

Sister In Christ,

Karissa :)

Giveaway, When I say... "I am a Christian", and Pictures :)

Love Unawakened (http://jenniferandkathryn.blogspot.com/) is hosting a Giveaway! The winner's will receive a free subscription for a Teen Girl's Magazine! If you have the time (and are a teen girl :)), head over there and check it out! :)

This is a poem that I read on Love Unawakened (http://jenniferandkathryn.blogspot.com/)... I really liked it, and wanted to share it with you!

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."

I'm whispering "I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say..."I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride.

I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong.

I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success.

I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect,

My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain...

I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou,

I'm just a simple sinner Who recieved God's good grace somehow!

Now for some pictures! These are pictures from various times, some pretty recent, and some from a while back that I have been wanting to post, but haven't gotten the chance! :)

Mmmm... Praise God for His marvelously wonderful, and amazinly awesome creation! :)

I love you, Jesus! :)

Which one is your favorite?

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen! ~Doxology~

Ephesians 1:2,

Karissa :)

P.S. I get my braces on Monday! I'm pretty excited, but not looking forward to pain! Oh well! It will be worth it in the end! :) I got spacers this past Monday, so I have had to be careful with what I chew which is annoying, and my teeth have been sore, but... You know what can I do? And like I said, hopefully in a couple years when I get them off, I will be able to say it was worth it, even if I don't feel like it will be when I am going through the pain! :) haha :)

life in 2010

Hey everyone!

This is my first post of the year 2010! Wow! It's almost the end of January....I can't believe it. Any how, today is my mom's birthday!! We had a party the other day!! Happy Birthday, mom! I love you! I am helping with dinner, and getting ready to eat, but just figured I would give a little update on what we have been doing!

We went to a teen party (the meltdown) on January 15th. That was really fun, and one of the best teen things we have went to so far, I think, in a lot of ways!! (we haven't been to a lot, just a couple)! Anyways, we started off by playing "melt the ice", and you had to melt a piece of ice in your hands. Yikes! It was freezing. There was first second, and third place, but none of us girls won :( haha. After that we did this thing, where you split up into teams and go around the Church and find stuff, to make up a "commercial" about how to stay warm in the winter. It could be serious, funny, or just plain dumb! Anyways, that was pretty fun, and I hope that I can find those videos, and show to them to you! After that we had ice cream and watched the videos, and ended the night by playing a game of dodge-ball (not really fun for the girls, but...eh we didn't really play, just stood there. lol ;))!

Uh, I'm trying to think what else......I got denied on my braces; AGAIN! Boy! I guess, I'm not meant to have braces, even though I really want them.

We have found some new texting friends, and I don't know if you want to know how many Caleb had in the first month of texting...............drummeral please..........lol.........7400!! I had around 3000. That is quite a lot. Ha-ha!! But, more people have texting than you really know I think, and it adds up REALLY fast, when you don't know it.

We were talking about how we hadn't been to many funerals in a while (it seemed like last year or a year and a half ago, we had been to a lot, in a short period of time), and we went to two within 5 days!!!

Well, I guess I better go and eat. Nice getting caught up! lol. I hope to have some pictures on here soon (I haven't posted any in a while)!

In His Arms,

♥♥ Karissa Noelle ♥♥

Psalm 37:4-5

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him: and he shall bring it to pass.

p.s. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR WINTER CARNIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

December post

Hello everyone, how are you all doing? I am doing well, and finally feeling I think 100% better from when I was sick. I think everyone else is also.



What's new? We got texting yesterday on our phones!!! It's sooooooooo fun to text. We are so excited! Caleb (i.e.) received 110 texts yesterday! lol That is a LOT. I got a bunch too, but only 52! Ha-ha. Susanna however only received about 15 or so. Oh, well....she just didn't do it as much as us. She'll catch up! haha


We are getting ready to go to a nursing home at about 10:00 to sing and play our instruments for Christmas. Then , I don't know what we are doing the rest of the day. Actually I do know that we are going to a living nativity tonight (I think). So, that will probably be fun.


I went to the orthodontist the other day and they took the pictures for me to send in, to see if Mass Health will pay for my braces. They already denied me once (about two years ago), so we'll see what happens this time! Also earlier that morning we went Christmas Caroling with the Home-school group at our Church. Then we went back to the Church for a pot-luck, and had to get out of there pretty quick after to go to the orthodontist.


I thought of another thing we did that was fun recently (I really haven't blogged in a while. haha). We went to a cookie swap a couple days ago, and got 96 cookies there! We had to bring 6 dozen, and then we would get 6 dozen back. But, there were a couple left over, and one lady didn't want to take "her cookies" back, cause she had some left at home, so we got to take a couple extra dozen....so that's how we got so many!


Well, that's all for now. If I think of anything else that happened exciting that I forgot, or if something else exciting does happen....I'll try to post something about it! Oh, and I have some pictures that I want to post sometime also!


'Til next time,
Karissa Noelle <3

October is almost over? No.......it couldn't be?

I can't believe that October is already past......and I also can't believe that it snowed a couple times already. That's just not even funny, I mean I know it's bound to happen sooner or later, but snow in October? It's not unheard of, but I don't like it! lol. Anyways, We went to the Dentist the other day (6 of the children), and we had NO cavities. We barely ever get cavities anyway, I don't think I have ever had a cavity in my life. Ok, is it weird that I am talking about that? Whatever! lol


When we were at the Dentist, they said that they think I need braces! They already told me that before, and I went to the orthodontist, and they said I needed braces too, but then Mass Health who would pay for it, denied me. Oh well, I am scheduled to go again December 3rd, and we'll see what they say this time. I'm not so sure about the whole idea about braces?


Julianna still hasn't won any soccer games or scored anymore goals :( but, her and her team did come REALLY close to scoring a goal in the past two games! Well, even if they didn't win any games, it was still a good experience for Julianna, but it's still not fun to lose all of your games :(


School is going ok, but it still comes down to the same story........I don't like school! haha Well, I guess that's all for now.........I just felt like posting something for some reason! lol 'Til next time..............


Proverbs 25 (the Proverb for the day)

Snow!

More sledding pictures......

Caleb sledding at Winter Carnival.

Papa sledding at Winter Carnival.

Daniel, and Daniel (Uncle Dan).

The four girls ready to go!

Daniel blowing his nose!

In the last post I said the snow was almost gone, well it was and yesterday it was really nice, but today when we got up, the ground was covered again! Only covered though, no more than that, and I think it will melt fast, since it is not that much! Right now we are getting ready for lunch, and Caleb, Julianna, and Micah have to leave for piano lessons, and Susanna has to go to the Orthodontist to get more spacers, so she can have more braces put on (sometime soon)! I don't think I have a lot more pictures to put on, but I had a few. They are at the top as you can see. I wrote this first, and when you put the picture on to blog it, it goes at the top, so I made that mistake, but at least I could still put them on. Well, I have to go get ready to go to the Orthodontist with Susanna (and Kristianna, and Daniel).