Chocolate Cover Jesus

So here is one thing that really annoys me about Christians: They try to chocolate cover Jesus. They try to make Him look good so that everyone will want him. I have been noticing this a lot lately--mostly at one of the camps that I go to. They talked about 'How much Jesus loves you that He died on a cross so that you didn't have to go to hell. All you have to do is say a prayer!!" Can't you see it? It sounds just like a commercial. They tell you everything great about it and how it will make your life so much easier. Yet that is NOT the way that Jesus works. He told people that they had to give up everything they had, carry a cross, and die to them selves daily. Can't you see? Words have to be followed with actions. I think a lot of why people leave this part out is because they don't want to take people out of their comfort zones. Because let's be honest, giving up everything, carrying a cross, and dying to yourself really doesn't sound like fun. But we have so much more to gain than we could ever lose.

More Random Pictures :P

The title basically sums it up. More random pictures. 

                                                       Check out these awesome clouds!!

                         One of my new favorite things to take pictures of is running water :P

                               My family went to California last week. One of the days we
                                went to the Newport beach. It was really pretty and blue :)                          

                                                                I despise sea gulls.

                                                               The Grand Canyon

                                   Some of my friends have this random piano in their back yard.
                                                         I couldn't help myself :P
                                                                    
                                                                    ~Mary        

Pictures from Forensics....

I just got home from a forensics tournament. I had a good time hanging out with friends, running away from tornadoes, and taking pictures on my camera, Fred. Here are some of the pictures that I took at the tournament. :) 

                                                             

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                                 

                                                                             

                                                                       ~Mary

Random pictures.....

our barn

                                                                      random fence.....

                                                                  more random fence

                                                                   our barn, again

                                                          these really hurt to step on..:P

                                                                    our piano.......

<3

Small town U.S.A

You know that you live in a small town when....

• Your front page article of your news paper is called 'Fungus among us.' The picture next to it had a picture of a couple guys holding fungus the caption said, 'Will they eat it???' 
• The library closes down for your sisters wedding.
• You have two stop lights because the third one fell down and no one ever fixed it. 
• The only vehicles in town are big cars and pickup trucks. 
• If any new restaurants move to town they only stay for.....maybe two months before they are out of business.
• They put whoever got pulled over or got a speeding ticket in the news paper. 

   You gotta love living in small town U.S.A :)

You know your a nerd when Dictionary.com is one of your favorite websites. Yep I'm a nerd but I just found the most amazing word ever in the world! It's hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliaphobia. I kid you not it means 'fear of long words.'