Grace does not grant permission to live in the flesh;

it supplies power to live in the Spirit. So today was a really good day. I have found myself not having very many of those good days where I can really smile and be happy. So last night at Uth I was like this has to change I need to be back to that happy person that God has created me to be. So this morning when I woke up, I woke up and said today shall be a good day with a smile on my face. You know what I spoke that good day into existence because my day was wonderful. I mean nothing out of the ordinary happened but when I can smile and just enjoy the day it makes it wonderful. You know everyday should be a wonderful day because God has actually given us another day so therefore we find that to be wonderful so it makes our day wonderful. Ahhh wouldn't it be nice if we could just see it that way. I know I wish I could. But today Masters was pretty laid back. I got to go to city conquest with Grant we went to Wilson school which is 7^th and 8^th graders it was my first time at the new building. We rented a movie for tonight called Hanna which was really good it was an action movie very interesting. Also a lot of us play Fruit Ninja and the ones that do are very competitive and we found out tonight that Josue has a high score of 948 which is a bummer because I'm not sure if I can get that high of a score. But I'm going to try for it.

Okay so I just finished reading Judges because we have a book report due tomorrow on it and I just want to talk a little bit about Gideon and also about God's grace for us. I think that Gideon was a pretty cool guy because no matter what God asked of him and no matter how crazy it sounded Gideon trusted God's word and did what seemed to be impossible. Gideon has even said to God my clan is the weakest and he is the least in his fathers house but the Lord said “I will be with you and you will defeat the Midianites”. Gideon did as the Lord had asked he didn't doubt his weakness because he knew that God would be with him through it all. We as Christians need to be like this. We are never to weak to do anything that is of God. We need to not doubt our abilities because where ever God is leading us then he must believe in us. We may seem like we are not as able as someone else but the thing is, is if that is what God has asked of us then why wouldn't we be able? Sometimes it takes a heart full of trust in God to do the things he has set out for us. Another thing about God that we can see in Judges is that no matter how many times we sin, fail, or turn away from God he will never leave us. His grace for the Israelites is astounding. They served other gods, they sinned so many times and not matter how many times they let God down when they realized they truly needed him and they cried out to Him he was there for them. Just like he is there for us today. Now who do you know that loves you this much? The only one I know that loves me this much is God. I hope you can pull a little something out of this. I really liked learning about Gideon you should read Judges 6 starting a verse 11 that is where it talks about Gideon or you could just read all of Judges. :) I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day tomorrow. Much Love, Maegan

Yay for school work. :)

Always having fun together.