Hey
everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything for a while. But today, I am
Channelside
Academy is a great school. It has seriously changed my life. But one particular
teacher is not exactly on my favorites list. Mr. Aparicio is my Spanish
teacher. The language was a thing I have had to take for a while and Mr. A
joined the staff this year. I know I am supposed to respect my authorities but
when you have a teacher whom you just hate because of his personality? Let me
tell you, his evaluation scores in the behavior section was not exactly what I
think he could have hoped for from me. Romans 13 talks all about how we are
supposed to submissive to our authorities. Romans 13:5 says “Therefore, it is
necessary to submit to your authorites.” Mr. Aparicio is a hard teacher to deal
with because of his bad discipline. One time I got in trouble for doing
nothing! But you know what? I realized that in that very situation, I was doing
exactly what Romans 13:5 says to do. I dealt with the consequence because my
authority said to and if I was one of those people who argued, I would have
probably brought home a behavioral notification that day.
Ok,
y’all. Bayshore Baptist Church is now my prime hang out spot. I love this
church. The church is amazing and everyone is so nice here! This week, I have
volunteered to do VBS here and work at a station. Previously, I had thought
that it was going to be fun and I was going to fit in just right and all the
youth would notice me and I would make some friends. Well. I was wrong. I
pretty much just sit in story time all day and help the leader. Yesterday, I
had to be queen Esther and be stuck in a costume and a light up tiara most of
the day (Thanks Tom!) The snacks were held in the Loft. (Oh yes, THE Loft.
It is one of the coolest youth rooms I have seen. Its cool and boring at the
same time.) But my mother said something that I realized that I was doing this
for my love of ministry. She said “You just have to do your best for God.
Don’t care about what anyone else will think. Just do it for God.” I’m here at
Bayshore cause I delight in serving God, not just impressing anyone else. I
have met some great, amazing, unique people at this church. And I come back
because of the people who make the days I spend here AWESOME!!
So
yes. I have this thing I like to call Bible problems. I am a good Christian
girl. I pray everyday. I go to church pretty much and almost everyday of the
week. I go to youth group events. You know, the normal. But the one thing I
skip every single day that pretty much every single speaker I have heard
stresses about is to read your Bible every day. Listen, guys, I am most
certainly NOT a morning person. I would rather sleep in till 9-10 o’ clock than
wake up at 6:30. I also used to think that the Bible was just a big boring book
and that I knew all the stories. But recently, I have started seeing all these
new perspectives on new stories and I realized the Bible isn’t such a boring
book. It is filled with so much and I have only dug a tiny bit into His word. I
hope to fix these Bible dilemmas.
This
summer is jam packed with things to do. This week I am finishing VBS here at
Bayshore, then I’m headed to Bigstuf again next week!! (I have a blog about
last summer at Bigstuf; you should go check it out!) Then the week after that I
have Lake Aurora. Then I am off to Texas with my grandparents, and Monday’s at
NBCC with the Upward Soccer Clinics. Stop by and say hey or sign your kid up!
It’ll be a awesome and fun way to get your kid into sport and my dad will be
running the whole thing. Hope you guys have an awesome summer and I will blog
again sometime soon.
Through
My Eyes…respecting authorities is important even though you might not like that
particular authority, volunteering for God has benefits, and there is so much
more to the Bible than you think.
-
Abby
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