Why I love Because of Winn-Dixie

Like some people already know , and like I have already said, I love children’s movies.                                            

                                              

You know, those innocent childrens movies in which nothing really happens but very much does happen anyway!

“Because of Winn-Dixie” is one of those.

                 

It’s about a little girl, India Opal, whose mother left her and her dad when she was just 3 years old. Her dad is a preacher and doesn’t give her very much attention. He is, like Opal says ‘just like a turtle, hidin’ inside it’s shell, not ever lookin’ out into the world’

They move often,and they have just moved again to a little town ‘Naomi’ (smile)

There are a lot of sad people there; Gloria says the people in Naomi have forgotten to share their sorrows, Opal says they have forgotten how to share their joys.

That summer Opal finds a dog, and she names it Winn Dixie. That summer she brings the people in Naomi back together and Winn Dixie brings her and her dad together again.

I love it because it’s so sweet.

                          

 A lot of people have forgotten how to share their joys and sorrows. People just live for themselves, work to get rich, buy a fancy car…but really, is that what life is about?
I’ld rather be a little poorer and know how to share my joys and sorrows with others , then be rich and care only for myself.

And just be glad about the little things in life. Enjoy it…together,not just alone!

Sweetie Pie (Elle Fanning) and Opal

Annasophia Robb, who plays India Opal, does a great job…like always…:)

http://www.annasophiarobb.com/

Celeste in Belgium.

We had a lot of fun, and also some unfun,when Cel was here.We brought her to the airport this morning…said an untearful and cold goodbye and got in the car…

Veerle banged on the windows, ‘I don’t want Celeste to be gone’ and for the rest no one said a word for almost an hour.

She will be missed.

Doesn’t that sound funeralish?

I do wish I had painted my nails red again..I was planning on it… ‘cry’.

I know,I’m dreadfully silly…get over it…that’s just me.

So what else can I say…ow yes…we had a lovely time in town…Celeste actually got her ears pierced.

She insists that we made her do it but that is not true.She was planning  on doing it anyway, and we just pushed her in the right direction a bit.

You know, a person has to move on in life. That’s unavoidable. And the only reason she tries to blame us is because she is a bit insecure and needs to believe someone made her do it to be more secure.

Now that is what I call pure naomical logic. And mind you…that’s just the kind of logic a person needs in life.

A person also needs another thing in life. relativational laughable logic which means you relativive things in life,or just life itself I guess,and laugh your troubles away.

One does need one vital ingredient for this,though, and that is: friends.

That’s just why Celeste came…so we could all do that together. It always goes better together then just by yourself. When you’re by yourself … sometimes you tend to start thinking about your troubles… and feel sorry for yourself… so,

the solvent to this problem is: friends.

I love friends…

although sometimes I do feel like killing some of ‘em …when they leave me out, or when they don’t take nearly enough videos and pictures of me.

Or when they laugh at me.

So now I shall go to my room so I can properly feel sorry for myself.

I greet thee, whoever thou art, in the name of laughter, relativation, misspelling, and sorrynesses.

~naomi the terrible~

Something to remember!

You really should read this post….it’s something I and maybe you,too, need to be reminded of constantly!!

In the Father’s Hands

I looked on google images ‘in the Fathers hands’ and these are some of the pictures that came on:

                          

                                                                                   

When you feel uncertain, just know that you are in the Father’s hands.He is right there for you…and you can just hold on to Him, trusting, like a little child.

Sometimes life is hard and confusing…but don’t give up, just hold on to your heavenly Father’s hand!

 Even when it seems like everything is going wrong, or when it seems like life doesn’t make sense:

 Don’t forget God stopped the sun for Joshua and moved it back for Hezekiah.He opened the sea and the river for His people.He’s still here for us.We might not get to see miracles like that, but the miracles He does today are still as special.

 Awhile ago I felt quite ‘inspirationless’ and I asked God to just let me know He’s still there.When I was reading in my bible with a devotional book,He just assured me He’s right there beside me,and when I saw those pictures they just really expressed how I felt!

God is in charge of everything,everywhere…never forget and always remember

                               

                                                                                                                                     

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Good memories are the most precious gifts friends can give each other

I am home from a simply wonderfull delightfull time in Ireland.What would a person do without friends?

It was soooo much fun…what did we do? Nothing spectacular.Just all the things friends should do.

We giggled,talked,painted our nails purple,went for gorgeous walks,laughed,gossiped,shopped,watched movies,made noise,annoyed each other,stayed up way to late,went ice skating, (or plastic skating)…and so on and on.

It was quite refreshing to be around friends and do stuff together..the last time I did that was when Celeste was over here,in August.

I’m going to be really busy so don’t kill me if I don’t blog for a while,although I’ll try to…

And I’ll get some pictures on here from my ….excruciatingly fantastic time in Ireland…

Love you Cel,El , and Verily..miss you soooo much…

Some sentimental sentences for the sake of memory…

*Rory o’Shea in the house*

*He’s a Lion he’s like a lion!’*

*These mashed potatoes are so creamy*

*this is for after you watched your movie tonight girls: ‘I would say..World peace’

‘ that would be…harsher punishment for parole violaters, Stan…….and world peace’

‘Hold it,I’m gliding here!’

‘come along muffin’

*bRRRRilliant*

any I  forgot…I think I did….?

Let God tell you about Himself!

 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. John 5:39

 

When you’ve just met someone and you ask ; ‘How old are you?’ ,‘what do you like to eat?’ ,‘do you have hobbies?’…,you don’t answer those questions for them yourself , do you?‘you are 20, you like to eat ice cream and you hobbies are swimming and reading’

No, you let them tell you themselves!

Then why do we often tell God who He is and what He does (and is supposed to do)?

Why don’t we take the time to read the bible, God’s word,and let Him tell us all about Himself?

And you don’t go to English lessons with your french book, would you? So go to God’s lessons with your bible and let Him teach you and tell you about Himself.

(dear me, I sure wouldn’t, I would even gladly leave my french book at home when we have french lessons )

Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.Psalms 86:11

 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.Psalms 1:1-3

 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.2 Peter 3:18

1st John

We’re reading 1st John on Celeste’s blog Stepping Heavenward.

Please come and join us

Florence nightingale

 

Florence Nightingale was a nurse in the 19th century,I’ve always thought her life was very interresting ,and read several biographies on her.

She was a nurse in the 19th century,but this post is going more about her as a person then  as a nurse.

 Her family was very rich and their life consisted of visiting,socializing,and so forth.

Florence wanteed something more. She didn’t want to spend her life enduring society and doing nothing more than to : run the household,plan parties and go to parties.

When she was 17 God spoke to her.

She wrote in her journal:

“on February 7th,1837,God spoke to me and called me into His service.”

“But God” She said “You have not told me what I must do.”

And for years,that was how it was to be.Florence struggled to find meaning in life.To find something she could do for God.

 Again she wrote in her journal:

“I think it is mistake to say as Carlyle does;that the end of life is to know ourselves and what we can do,because we may lose all interest in ourselves so often we wish to forget ourselves,but to know God and all His ways and all His intercourse with us,surely is the ind of all our experiences and what really constitutes the “dark mystery”of life and its desolate emptiness is the veil which He has hung over His face.Oh,the blessing of a pure heart,for it can only see God.”

to know God was all for Florence.

I just love the way she never gave up courage.She kept on going,searching for the truth,searching for God,waiting for God,wanting to spend her life for Him.

~~Florence did eventually find her calling, though she became “The lady with the lamp”

Comforting sick,wounded,and dying soldiers,fighting for their rights.

From the Scutari hospital in the Crimean war in 1854,she turned the medical world upside down.Florence Nightingale’s efforts revolutionized the care of hospital patients and elevated nursing to the rank it holds today.Most importantly,it clearly demonstrated Jesus’s teaching of service “unto the least of these my brethren.”~~

Here are some links on Florence Nightingale’s life:

 Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale-tribute-

Knowing the Stealer of Hearts

 

Lately this song “For the Beauty of the Earth ” has been playing in my head almost constantly .

This morning when I was biking to school I started looking around me and everything was SOOOOOOO beautiful ! “For the Beauty of the Earth “started playing louder than ever  It was misty , the sun was shining through the mist and made everything  look like in a fairytale .Especially when shining through the trees .I got this big smile on my face and I couldn’t even help it ! Boy , I just so much felt God’s love for me …and mine for Him .

Several hours later when sitting in my classroom (not such a lovely place anymore) our teacher mentioned something about Jesus’ birth .I heard this girl sitting not too far from me mutter something like ” get rid of that Jesus for all I care  “ OUCH ! That hurt so ! I felt like crying . How could she , didn’t she know what He means to me ?!

But then I realized , the only reason why this girl is saying this is because she doesn’t know ANYTHING about who Jesus … the real Jesus is .She couldn’t say something like that if she would know!

Maybe all she thinks she knows about Him is that He was this pale-faced boring “do-gooder” that lived ages ago .Maybe she went through so many disappointments in her life that she doesn’t even want to believe there’s a loving God somewhere …

I don’t know why she said it but I do know that I felt this deep longing for her to realize Who Jesus really is , to feel God’s love for her and hers for Him . Just like I had felt that morning !

 I also realized that I still have SO much to” look for “and find in Jesus myself !Maybe she doesn’t know Him at all …but I don’t know Him as deeply as I could either .There are so many more treasures to find in Him if I go and dig deeper .

So…let me(us) first of all choose that good part,to sit at Jesus’ feet and receive there what will not be taken from me(us).And then …while looking into His wonderful face and listening to Him , I have no doubt that the real Jesus will shine through me(us) to…maybe that very girl in my classroom!!

Let’s (me too:)please be desperate to have our hearts totally stolen by Him so He can shine through and steal many more hearts .

                                   

                                 With the cross of Jesus going on before . 

*Note. Drum-rolls Drum-rolls! Veerle has posted…behold,her very first post.We,by which I mean me,are very happy to celebrate this auspicious moment in the history of ‘hallelujah lass’ ! Thank-you very much out of the bottom of my heart,Verli! ~naomi~*