Hi There!

I'm Everett. Most people call me Evie. I'm a kid who's crazy for God. I needed a place to blab about all the cool things I see in life, and my contemplations or "Ponderings" about them. To post quotes from the bible, books, or wherever they may come from. A place to funnel my "Jesus Musings" to. A place where I can tell stories longer than 160 characters.

But I suppose it'd do a bit of good to give my story.

I was raised in a church, and have been a "church Kid" all my life. That was about all for a while.

In January of 2010, I went with my youth group to a large conference, Resurrection. The speaker was Justin Lookadoo (Amazing dude) and the band was Kristian Stanfill and his gang. The weekend consisted of 4 sessions, and the 3rd, of course, was when you rededicated your life, cried a bunch, and all that. I did, and it was powerful, but I didn't know what to do after that. My fire went out. I fell back into a normal teenage life full of bad. Stuff I shouldn't be saying, stuff I shouldn't be thinking, looking at, yadayada. I had some crap happen between me and some people, and I was just in a bad place. I had no passion, for much of anything really. There were indeed days where it seemed like dying would be better than living. I never thought much worse than that, or did anything, but it was in my head at a point.

But around September or so, things changed. I fixed the crap I had with people, (I can not stress how important it is to fix grudges while you can) I made friends with people, and I started realizing how amazing God really is.

By the time November rolled around, I was on fire again and felt good. I had gotten to become Best Friends with probably the best Best Friend I could ask for, Jules. I got closer to Sarah, who is now a sister to me. I got back on track. But I had no idea what to do with this fire I had.

Intense "God Moments" with friends, and the holiday season among us, I was getting there.

Then we decided to start a bible study.

So now, Jules, Sarah, Matt G., and soon Becca, will be reading "Do Hard Things" (See sidebar), and discussing all things God related and having just a good weekly Jesus session. This is what I needed. Resurrection 2011 was happening between all these things, but that's another post.

Point is, I changed. For the better. I've seen epic differences in the way I socialize, how I think, how I see the world, and how I react to it. We're gonna do something this time.

I am a Jesus Freak.

This has been very choppy, but I had to give a slight background. I, along with my Sissy and my Best Friend, are gonna do something this year. We're not gonna sit around and be lazy, we're gonna learn and share. That's why I'm here, anyways.

Apologies for such a badly written post, but that's my hello. Let the God Moments commence.

Currently blasting: NeedToBreathe - The Outsiders.