A Child's Heart, page 6

Rylen gasped and Wendol looked shocked. They both began to talk at once. Justace held up his hands for quiet and explained. “I have an old friend who owns a barn that he doesn’t use. It’s no mansion, but it would be a good, safe place for us.” When Monday morning came, Rylen awoke and found that the others were already up and out of the house. She got up wearily and made her bed. As she stepped outside, she could hear Justace singing. “…The bleeding sacrifice,” He sang out. “In my behalf appears…” “How can you sing at a time like this?!” Rylen blurted out as she approached him. Justace raised an eyebrow. “Why not sing at a time like this? God knows our needs. He will take care of us.” He replied. “He’s always been there for me, and I know this time will be no different.” Rylen said nothing. “…Before the throne my surety stands, before the throne my surety stands; my name is written on His hands.” Justace continued singing happily as she walked away. Late the next afternoon, the three sat quietly in the shack relaxing. “Wendol, would you go and fetch some water please?” Justace asked the little boy. “Yes, Justace.” Wendol said as he set down the scrap of paper he was drawing on. After a while Justace started to get a little worried. “I wonder what’s taking him so long…” he said to Rylen. A few seconds later, a tearful little face appeared in the doorway. Rylen jumped up from her seat with Justace close behind her. “Wendol, what’s the matter?” Justace asked with a concerned look. Rylen sat him on her lap as he told of his trouble. “When I was out getting water, some big boys came and stole my pail.” He sniffed. “They knocked me down and I scraped my elbow.” “Aww, let’s get you a bandage, poor thang.” Rylen said. Justace handed her a clean scrap of cloth. “Why are people so mean?” Wendol sniffed as Rylen gently wrapped his wound. Justace patted his back. “It’s probably because they don’t know Jesus.” He said softly. After putting Wendol to bed, Justace sat down to talk to Rylen. “Do you remember Romans 8: 28; the verse that says all things work together for our good?” He asked her. Rylen nodded. “Well, it goes right along with what is happening. Wendol got hurt by bullies… this town really isn’t very safe. Maybe this is why God is having us move.”

Right Now

I have absolutely no idea what to post (again) so I'm just going to tell you everything that is going on as I am writing. In the window, a fly and a spider are like, fighting. I am cheering for the spider. My hair is un-brushed and quite a mess, I'm sure. It's lunch time. But I'm not hungry because we had breakfast late. (Half of which was a candy necklace.) If there's nothing exciting to have for lunch, I shall eat cereal. Okay, that's all for now.

A Child's Heart, page 5

Rylen and Justace walked in with huge grins on their faces. “Wendol! Guess what!” Rylen knelt down as Wendol ran to her. “I got saved! And now I’d like to ask fer your fergiveness. I’m sorry for the way I acted. It wun’t right.” Wendol’s little face broke out in a happy smile. “Of course I forgive you, Wylen. I’m so glad you know Jesus now.” The next Sunday started out with Rylen waking the boys up. “Up and at ‘em, folks, time’s a wastin’!” Wendol sat up and rubbed his eyes sleepily. “What’s going on Wylen?” He mumbled. “Today is Sunday!” Rylen replied happily. Justace chuckled as he got up and grabbed his Bible. They all sang some songs, and then Justace read Romans 8. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” He said. “That’s one of my favorite verses, by the way.” When he was finished, he asked Rylen and Wendol if they had any questions. Wendol raised his little hand and waved it in the air. “Yes?” Asked Justace. “I want to be a preacher when I grow up.” Wendol said proudly. Rylen giggled, and Justace’s mouth twitched as he tried to hide a smile. Later that afternoon, the three went out for a walk. The weather was beautiful, and they had a great time talking and laughing. “Look at this flower!” Exclaimed Wendol. “What is it called?” Rylen was just about to answer, when suddenly, she froze, then quickly grabbed Wendol and took Justace’s hand as she ran to the nearest shop and ducked down behind a tall stack of boxes. As she pulled Justace down beside her, she motioned for them to keep quiet. Wendol and Justace exchanged puzzled glances. The three could hear some men talking nearby. Carefully peeking out from their hiding place, Justace could just see the gruff men’s faces. One of them was Rylen’s father! As he quickly ducked back, he realized why Rylen was acting so strange. “I heard there was some young’uns livin’ in the old fishin’ shack.” One of them said. “Well I’ll be sure an’ check it out.” Rylen’s father said. “Once I find that girl…” He grumbled. Justace glanced over at Rylen. Her eyes were wide with fear. As soon as the men left, they solemnly trudged back home. “Just when everything was going so well!” Rylen wailed. “What are we going to do now?” She asked Justace. He looked down for a moment before replying. “Well…” He began slowly. “It looks like we’re going to have to find somewhere else to live.”

Weird Things About Me

1. I like tucking the tips of my Chihuahua's ears inside so it looks like she's a terrier or something.

2. I talk to my little brother with a southern accent most of the time.

3. I find hot glue guns very entertaining.

4. I have a certain way in which I always eat ice cream sandwiches: lick the ice cream down around all the edges, then nibble off the chocolate part which is now sticking out, repeat the process twice more, then eat it normally.

5. I like drawing on my face with washable crayon.

6. I cut out pictures of little kids from magazines and pretend they are exactly what my future kids will look like.

7. I have something against tiny ceiling fans for no reason.

8. When people suddenly startle me, I slap them out of reflex.

Dream Land

Last night I found out that the night before, my sister had been sleep-walking. Dad told her that in the middle of the night, she came down stairs and kept telling him, "The beads go on the light. The beads are on the light. The beads go on the pony." LOL And she told me that she remembers dreaming that she said that to him, but that she sure didn't know she did in real life! How embarrassing. And one time, about a year ago, for some reason I was looking for her in the middle of the night, and I searched all through out the house, but couldn't find her. Guess where I finally found her? Underneath my brother's bed, asleep! I woke her and asked her what in the world she was doing there, and she said she didn't know. Then one time I woke to the sound of my brother loudly saying, "Mommy, where's my cupcake?!" in his sleep. LOL Then one Sunday morning, I was having a dream that we were all hillbilly pioneers, and my mom was talking to me out side of our wagon, and then all of the sudden, she told me to wake up. I (in my dream) said, "But I already am awake!" puzzledly, until I woke up and realized my mom was calling for me to wake up. Her saying that in real life got transferred to my dream world! Weird. I thought that only happened in movies! And recently, I was having a really, really creepy dream where I was in a haunted house, and the me in my dream said, "You know, this is just going to keep on getting scarier, so I might as well wake up now." And then I woke up! That is so strange! A character in my dream actually woke me up! Stuff like this doesn't happen often, but when it does, it always amazes me. On Star Trek they say space is the final frontier, but I'd say the human mind is!

If My Life Were A Song

If you could pick a song to describe your life, what would it be? Mine is definitely "He Is There". And I think that's Zeruda's song, too. So, here's how it goes:
"I hope that you will never have to go through all I have been through.
I hope that you will never have to know the pain of your heart breaking in two.
I, too, have been surrounded by the darkness, as I walked through the valley of despair; and as I crossed each stream of rushing sorrow, I realized I was in my Savior's care. And He is there in the midst of the darkness, He is there when you're down in a valley, and you feel like you're all alone, He is there. And He is there, oh just like He promised, He is there; I have found He is faithful, if you ever have to come this far, He is there." Best song ever! I've been through so much stuff that I didn't have to go through. And so much stuff that was very hard, because I didn't trust in God to see me through it. Why on earth do we try to handle problems on our own? We weren't meant to, so no wonder life is so hard! Why don't we simply hand things over to the One who CAN and WILL solve them? I feel that when I am singing this song, I am telling people that I hope they never go through what I've been through. But that if they do ever have to come that far to realize they can't do it on their own... God will be there. (End of sentence, He will be there.) Never forget that He's always right there beside you in that dark valley. :)