Rediscovering Him !

In the past couple of months A LOT has happened. I've lost my closets friend, I've been missing church, not praying like i should, getting back to my old habbits, and i have done stuff im not proud of.. and a lot of tears have been shead. But i am going to try my hardest to put a stop to it all. Rediscovering You by Starfield, Father Will You Come by Unhindered, and O Praise Him by David Crowder Band have really gotten to me ! And i feel like i need to become something of myself through Christ and start living in HIS purpose for ME. Even with all this that happened the pain i've felt, whether you saw it or not, i still know* it happened for a reason , and that ive already grown stonger because of it . I made a to do list to keep me in check !

My To-Do List of the new me :
1. Get My LAZY BEHIND Up and Go To Church :D           I know I make a lot of excuses to miss church in the morning, but starting now im going to bed early, setting a alarm, staying home saturday nights whatever it takes to get up and go !! This is most important thing for me to do and it WILL happen (:
2. Read Bible with Youth Group
           I know im farrrrr behind, but after today im picking right back up with everybody and am sticking with it !
3. Pray every single day !
           I am going to pray throughout the day but at the end of everyday im going to write in my prayer journal (:
4. Start/ Find a Devotional (:5. Just because someone else does it doesnt me I will !          If someone swears, smokes, drinks, or anything. Im gonna say No, convince them not to, if that doesnt work leave, then pray about it !
6. Spreading Gods Love and Word (:7. Volunteer to help work at places ! * I know for sure there is way more but this is all i could think of so far ! Please pray for this to help me !
To help myself im putting up my favorite bible verses the places i mainly look at and is around so hopefully that will help (: Wish me luck !!! :D

Random Blog !

I really don't have much to say .
Except .... my birthday is coming up in a few days , I'm not all that excited ,  but oh well ! March 17 , Saint Patricks Day, put it on your calendar (:
And my daddy and uncle are takin me boar hunting tomorrow ! That , however, i am excited about (:
I loveeeee them ! And mom , your pretty cool too . lol (:
But yeaaa .
Oh ! heyy , its spring break too ! Whoo Hooo !!! I could use a break ! Staying up late , sleepovers, hanging out with friends , my birthday (:  I am also excited about that !
Otherwise ... i have nothing to blog about .

WAIT ! Wednesday night Nathan gave an awesome preaching thangy !! This part I really thought about !!
That if you know a Christian who is not doing Christian-like things and is actually makin Jesus look bad and you wana help you gata :

1. First talk to them one on one about it and if they still keep doing it you
2. Then get 3 or 4 friends to talk to them about it and if they keep going
3. Then you take it to the church , you tell the church about the matter and they will all talk to them , if that dont work you
4. Then treat them as a non-christian and try them to come to God and become a Christian

*I happen to know someone like this, and ive tried talking to them one on one , but that seems to be not working so im going to the next step !! Hope it works !!

**Also , I have a really close friend from Maryland , Courntey , and i have recently found out that she has brain cancer , so please pray for her
Thanks,
Ashton (:

My Addictions!

OK, I have some major addictions! None that people need to worry about, just funny ones. For Example :

1. Face book!! I get on like at least 3 times a day !
2. Texting, I must have my phone at all times ! I text sooo much !
3. Saying either, haha, bahahah, lol, or something of that sort in EVERY* message I send !
4. Popping my gum, whenever I have gum I pop it non-stop
5. Wanting to be early, whenever I have to go to like ANYTHING* I leave around 30-15 minutes early!! (including sleepovers, meetings, church, ectr.)
These are just a few! 

**And a special thanks to my friend who realized #3, and my dad who realized #4  and my mom who #5 . Thank you for giving me something to blog about (:

Revival Week!

Whew! Revival week was both amazing and tiring!(: I loved it! We had a gueas, Brother Don from Mississippi, come and preach and he was hilarious! I took notes about a lot that I know will help me in the future! And this week, I've learned a lot and what I should and shouldn't be doing as a Christian!
  And a great thanks to Megan Volnoff! She really has helped me this week! I have a cried a lot this week, and prayed to God. Praying to God really helped get things off my chess and cleared my mind. I thank God everyday that he placed Megan in my life and MBC to help me solve my problems! Now, I pray to God a ton more, I'm such a better Christian, and I know whats good for me and what will help me progess even more! 
  Revival has most deffinatly made achange in my life, and boosted my love for Jesus even more. I just can't wait to start spreading my love for God to everyone else and start working for the Lord. 
  *Something I learned that has worked a ton!! When you have a bad thought or about to do something bad, your giving access to the enemy. So don't be embarressed, but say "Access Denied" And think of something else, and POOF!(: its gone! It works for me every time, and theres a lot more, just ask me if you need anything(: I'll be happy to help and spread the word of God!

God your Amazing(:

Okkk, so Revival is coming up and I'm so pumped!! Today I got a taste of what it will be like! And man, I'm like ..hooked..? No, hungry for God!! I guess is good? During Youth I prayed along with Megan(: And it felt GREAT! I loved it, at first I was a little nervous, but then I just did it and ..WAALAA! Now, I just wana pray, pray, pray, and get it all out! and spread or "SPLASH" the word of God and how awesome, holy, mighty, and great he is!! I wana lift people up to him, show them him so they can feel the way I do! God, your just absolutly, incredibly Amazing! I just want everyone to know that you are. And trust me I will spread my feeling allll around school and everywhere I go, yall should too! And a special thanks to Megan Volnoff, and MBC(: For helping show me the awesomeness of God!
 Prayer* Man now, especially after the mission trip and this Wednesday, and the up coming revival, I find myself praying a lot!! Even at school, in 3rd period me and my group...were supposed to be doing work (which we finished)... but in the middle we just got talkin bout God, and we had a mini group prayer!!(: We all prayed some for the people confused about there path to God and for the people that are now on it and need to stay!!(: It was great!! And I have some friends at school that are hungry for God like me, and we are working together to spread it!!(: I'm so proud and happy too! Yall should for real try it!!

Fighting Friends

*Ever got in a fight with a friend and don't know what to do?! Well I'm here to help! 1. You have to realize what great friends yall are and all the good times, and would you want to loose them? 2. Then you got to be the mature person and go to them and even say sorry first, and ask if yall can talk about it. ( It doesn't matter whos right or wrong just focus on the friendship) 3. Don't try to put eachother down, try to make eachother feel better!! 4. Then hang out or do something fun!!
*Fighting with your friends is only natural, it's apart of life. Once and awhile your gana get mad, annoyed, or just sick of eachother. And when it does don't freak out!! Trust me, the fight won't last forever and yall will be friends again.
*Holding grudges is bad to, "Forgive and Forget" is always the best thing.
*Even if you don't wana be friends again, it's not good to be eneimies and hate eachother. You should solve the problem and be cool, but just not friends. Just because your not friends doesn't mean you have to not like eachother!
Once me and my bestfiends all got in fight and split, and my best friend, "sister", stayed together and began disliking the other two. We couldn't stand eachother at all!! We didn't talk to the others for months. But we both admitted we didn't like the feeling of hating someone for some dumb reason, and would rather be "cool" with them, but not be close friends to save the drama. What do you know? They felt the same, and now we're all friends! And let me tell ya, its 100 times a better feeling then before. *But are you afraid of drama?
Well, we made promises to never talk behind backs, always be truthful, and try not to hurt or leave anyone out! And me and my "sister" made promises too, and maybe we won't be as close with the others as we used to be, but it's wayyy better than hating eachother. and God has helped keep us together by doing the right thing!(: Hope this helps!

Meet Harley!

Hmmm, I'm thinking my new dog, Harley, shoule be named Katrina! Cause shes like a hurrincane... she's leaves a path of destruction everywhere!!

(*My brother, Terry, says hi.)

She also is very cute and playful,  and just lovesss leaving us "suprises" to find and clean up!! She likes chewing.. on everything and mistaking the house for the bathroom. She loves playing with my other dog, Rusty, which can get noisy.

 But Harley is quite the character, is a great addition the our family, and is blessing(: