Love

"When we love, it isn't because the person's perfect, it's because we learn to see an imperfect person perfectly."

"It's not who you are to the world, it's who you are to me. It's not how many times I say I love you... it's how much I really do." "If you love someone, let them go. If they return to you, it was meant to be. If they don't, their love was never yours to begin with..."  "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."  "I thought I loved him, but he had to break my heart for me to know what true love really is."  "No matter how ugly you think you are, that special someone that loves you believes you are the most beautiful and irresistible thing on earth and nothing can ever change that." "To love someone is to die for them."

100 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Me #1

1. I like climbing trees.
2. I'm a cuddlebug.
3. My feet are getting smaller.
4. I've always had a crush on Zac Efron (like, I think he's super cute!)
5. I don't like dogs very much.
6. I've only worn liquid eyeliner once (and it looked terrible)
7. I'm scared of airplanes.
8. I've fainted 7 times in my life.
9. I'm scared to drive.
10. I love making snow angels.
11. I'm a terrible painter.
12. I've never ran more than 4 miles in one time.
13. I take vitamin supplements every morning.
14. I used to be obsessed with barbies.
15. I like vacuming.
16. I've tried to make myself throw up.
17. I've always wanted to be a radio announcer.
18. I don't know what half the road signs mean.
19. I think super short dresses look ridiculous.
20. I've only been in a lagit jewelry store once in my life.
21. I used to love building things out of wood.
22. I suck at video games.
23. I fell asleep in the bathtub once.
24. I've been all my boyfriend's "first girl" (cept one!)
25. I once got a 4% on a test.
26. I sleep with my mouth open.
27. Gum always gives me a headache.
28. I love the song "Ordinary Girl" by Miley Cyrus.
29. I never wear shorts to bed.
30. I love green foods.
31. I'm fun to shop with.
32. I love the name Greyson for a girl.
33. I loved "Where the Wild Things Are" as a child.
34. I'm obsessed with brushing my hair.
35. I can't whistle.
36. I calibrate my eyes.
37. I walk really fast.
38. I have a phobia of elevators.
39. I like to go fishing as long as I don't catch anything.
40. I've never had the chicken pox.
41. I love the smell of old barns and gasoline.
42. I have four scars on my knees from when I was 3.
43. I love Tobymac.
44. I wanna buy a motorcycle when I'm old enough.
45. I've never experienced illegal drugs.
46. I love fruity drinks.
47. I was a soprano in my school choir.
48. I can rap. (But in a very, very funny way)
49. Some neighborhood kids asked me if I was a homo sapien or a homosexual when I was five. I didn't know what they meant, and refused to respond, guessing that they would make fun of me if I answered.
50. I've always wanted to be in a music video.

Books For 2011 #4 "Wintergirls"

The intensity of emotion and vivid language here are more reminiscent of Anderson's Speak (Farrar, 1999) than any of her other works. Lia and Cassie had been best friends since elementary school, and each developed her own style of eating disorder that leads to disaster. Now 18, they are no longer friends. Despite their estrangement, Cassie calls Lia 33 times on the night of her death, and Lia never answers. As events play out, Lia's guilt, her need to be thin, and her fight for acceptance unravel in an almost poetic stream of consciousness in this startlingly crisp and pitch-perfect first-person narrative. The text is rich with words still legible but crossed out, the judicious use of italics, and tiny font-size refrains reflecting her distorted internal logic. All of the usual answers of specialized treatment centers, therapy, and monitoring of weight and food fail to prevail while Lia's cleverness holds sway. What happens to her in the end is much less the point than traveling with her on her agonizing journey of inexplicable pain and her attempt to make some sense of her life.

What's the Big Deal About Halloween?

"Beware of false teachers who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are wolves and will tear you apart. You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles. Different kinds of fruit trees can quickly be identified by examining their fruit. A variety that produces delicious fruit never produces an inedible kind. And a tree producing an inedible kind can't produce what is good. So the trees having the inedible fruit are chopped down and thrown on the fire. Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit produced. "Not all who sound religious are really godly people. They may refer to me as 'Lord,' but still won't get to heaven. For the decisive question is whether they obey my Father in heaven. At the Judgment many will tell me, 'Lord, Lord, we told others about you and used your name to cast out demons and to do many other great miracles.' But I will reply, 'You have never been mine. Go away, for your deeds are evil.' (TLB, Matthew 7:15-23)
This is the "TLB" teaching of Matthew 7:15-23, and I think it paraphrases the orignal verses well. Here is the KJV. 
What do you think God likes? Think about it for a second. Do the words gloomy, dark, vile, corrupt, evil, scary or malevolent come to mind? Of course not! Well, first what are some things God hates? God hates divorce, arrogance (the world tells you the opposite), lying, killing of the innocent, plotting to do evil, perjury, the causing of discord in a family, religious hypocrisy, the desire of violence or evil. 
"Abstain from all appearance of evil." (1 Thessalonians 5:22.)
There God said it. If we are Christians, we will love the things God loves, and hate the things God hates..AND we will run from evil. Notice it says "the appearance of evil." What does that mean? Imagine this: You're walking into the bathroom of the church building, and notice something smells really, really weird. As you look around, you notice some of your youth group friends huddled around in one of the stalls. You know what their doing, and you want to be with them...but your not going to smoke anything. So you go in with them. Then, the pastor walks in, and sees what's happening. Have you sinned? Yes, because you were in the "appearance of evil." The best thing to do would be to walk out and tell someone.
Now, what does God love? He loves a cheerful giver, the world, justice, the righteous, those who love Him, those who obey Him, those who pursue godliness, those who fear Him. 
When you picture God, do you picture Him in a dark room, with an evil look on His face? Do you picture Him having dinner with vampires? Oh course not! Most of us, when we picture God, first we get a comforting feeling in our hearts, and we see Him sitting on a bright throne, in a place of light and color...Him smiling down at us. (Or at least that's how I picture it.)
What would God think if you participated in what you know is evil? How do you think God feels about Halloween?
I'm not going to tell you what to do this year when it comes to Halloween, but I want you to try to get a picture of what God thinks about it and what He would want you to do about it. Know that when you see a vampire or monster, no matter the excuse you might come up for it, those things are always considered evil. Would God want you to partake in evil?


If you want to know more about why Halloween is considered "evil," look here.


God Bless, 
Hannah

10 Things I Like In a Guy

1. Must be my best friend. If he doesn't know how to just be my friend then he doesn't deserve to butter me up! 


2. Must love pickles. I'm an ultimate pickle person, and I would hope my boyfriend is too!


3. Must be able to make me laugh so hard I cry. Most of you know it's really easy to make my cry, weather its being mean or being funny. A guy should have good humor!


4. Must be comfortable watching chic flicks with me.  Alot of people know I'm a big chic flick girl, and it's always fun to watch them with someone else! If he really can't stand it, I'll play Black Ops with him as a trade :)


5. Should surprise me every once in a while. A relationship and marriage can be boring if couples get comfortable with the way things go everyday. It's always great (escpecially for the girls) if there are some surprises in there!


6. Must be liked by my family as much as by me. If my family isn't comfortable with a guy I'm with, then chances are he's not the right guy for me. I normally date for the purpose of looking at the future, and if a guy I'm dating doesn't appeal to my family, it won't look good in a marriage!


7. Must be okay with me taking pictures with him. If there's anything I can't stand, it's when a guy doesn't like taking pictures with me...his own girlfriend!


8. Must accept me for who I am. If a guy is gonna love the way I  look, yet critisize me for my beliefs or concerns or ideas, I simply can't be with him. A good relationship can't work that way!


9. Must respect my space and be willing to keep the relationship pure until marriage. I've had circumstances when a guy is really trying to push me to do things that could potentially damage my reputation as well as his and it can sometimes be hard for me to say "no." A guy needs to respect me enough to know what I want and treasure purity.


10. (Last but NOT LEAST) Must have a proper relationship with God. God designed relationships and marriages and tells Christians to be with Christians only. All relationships and marriages alike will crumble if God isn't the centre.

BIG NEWS!

Hey everybody! Sorry....I actually don't have BIG news, but isn't the fact that I'm back big enough? :)


So due to certain circumstances, I have been unable to log onto my Gmail (which I use to log onto my blog) so therefore I have not been able to post anything. But I'm back now in full force with my blogs. Now I will share with you some of my latest obsessions.


My first is beautiful pictures. If you haven't noticed, the last several blogs have had some kind of picture at the top. I just feel like they kind of catch the eye and get you excited about reading my blog (yeah..no). So I pretty much just search the internet and find beautiful pictures that catch my eye. I'm actually pretty much obsessed with taking pictures (not just of myself) and I would love to get involved in some really photography. Now, I'm not trying to sound like a nerd or anything, but the art of taking perfect pictures at certain angles to give a picture a particular feeling or approach facinates me! This year I was actually considering taking a photography class. Well, not just "considering." I actually joined a photography class, just to find out my digital camera does NOT qualify! I needed a USL or DSL or RSL or what not kind to be able to participate in that class. When I found that out, I was like poopy! That would have been awesome! Oh, well. I guess I'll just have to stick with taking pictures of myself....(hehe). 
My next obsession is biology. Okay, I don't want to sound like a complete trekkie, dolt, weirdo girl..(Actually I AM being a nerd for Halloween) but I must express my latest preoccupation to you. Okay, most of you know, I am a complete math genious (hahahahahahahaha did I just say that!?) ...no I bet I can't even tell you what 5 minus 4 is...or the recipricol of 4/4 (ha just kidding) but no, really, I am horrible at math! I'm a sophomore taking pre-algebra again! (I know, pathetic, right?) I'm just not a math girl. My mind doesn't work in numbers. My mind works in pictures. (Not bad pictures, mind you.) I hear people talking about things like "prime numbers" or "critical numbers" or "rate of time" and the whole time I'm like "Uhmm.....what the heck?" So yeah, I think you get my drift on that. So, aditional to that, I am not a "history/literature" person. Now, I'm also not the kind of person that will throw up at the sight of a chapter book or the story of Christopher Columbous (I think that's his name...) but I just cannot grasp all those dispensations and time periods and geography. I mean, for all I know, the egiyptians were making hyroglpyics while Jesus was dying on the cross. People tell me "to just put yourself in the story" but I really don't want to imagine myself running around with a cloth over my body rowing a boat in a swamp with croccidiles running away from an african elephant in the rainforest or getting hanged by an evil King or something. Nope, I definately don't do stuff that like. But contrary to that, I do quite enjoy writing. It's kinda my thing. You know, songs, poems, stories, jokes, novels, etc. I actually think I'm pretty good at it, and stuff like that comes easily to me. In addition to that, I cannot stand spanish. Oh, that terrible word, spanish. I will die before spanish people take over the world. I couldn't tolerate it! For all I know I'm a "chica." Which, I think is a girl. Yeah, so spanish I can't do. But you know what I can do? As I already pointed out, (which was supposed to be my MAIN point) I'm in love with biology. Yes, I just confessed...I will probably marry it. It like, my life now. I find myself spending hours on the computer just taking random biology quizzes submitted from collages. My family and friends tell me to "get a life," and I'm like...this is my life! (Haha, get it? The study of life?) Yeah, I crack myself up...Anyways I love learning about DNA and the different Kingdoms and the way photosynthesis works and all of the different animals and how their classified and all of the different plants and their cells and I could go on and on and on. I'm like, addicted to my biology book. I take it everywhere. It's like, my new best friend. I swear, I'm gonna be like some famous biologist something like that (probably not). I'll probably actually go into something like a nutritionast or dietitian or nurse or Biology teacher or something in that catagory. I don't know what it is, but the way life works and is built just amazes me!
My next obsession is chocolate milk. Yes, chocolate milk. I have at least two glasses a day. I know that sounds HORRIBLE considering all of the corn syrup and everything else that's bad about it. But I really don't like soft drinks at all (out of all I'd prefer DP), and I don't really care much for gatorade unless I'm working out. And lemonade is good...but not as good as chocolate milk! I don't know, there's something about it that just gives me chills and shakiness and mouth watering and everything else that comes with that craving. For my birthday I think I want like, a whole bunch of containers of chocolate milk powder. (Is it weird I'm always asking people for food for my birthday?) But yeah, I wouldn't drink anything else or eat any junk food ever again if I could have chocolate milk. :)
My next obsession is PLANNING MY SWEET SIXTEEN! I know, that's like six and a half months away, but you can never start planning too early! I always knew I was gonna have a big party for my sixteenth, cuz you know it's the age when you get to drive and you get a cell phone and you get to hang around with the cool people and your not considered a little girl anymore and so on. Plus, I've met so many amazing people over the past two years because I have been to so many different churches and schools and other events, and it's hard to see all of them individually, so a big party seems like a good solution. But I need help planning for it! It's in April, so I don't know about an outdoor swimming party. But there will obviously be no illegal stuff there, and it will be supervised. I want it to be fun and I really need some help planning it. You would think I've already had most of it planned by now, but every year I've come up with something, I've changed my mind! It's gone everywhere from having a sleepover with my friends to watching high school Musical movies all night to bomb fires to all nighter hide and seek around the neighborhood! I just cannot decide what to do. Maybe I should get invited to other people's parties so I can get an idea on what to do for it.
My last current obsession is playing guitar. Okay, I know your probably rolling your eyes, but lately I have really, really, really been getting into the guitar and trying new styles and transposing screamo to country and rap to lullibyes and rock and roll to hip hop. All with my guitar! I'm also working on writing songs and playing them and posting them on youtube. The problem I have with that is I don't have a camera. I know I keep saying that I'll get one, and I will, but I just can't come up with the money. I'm only fifteen and I don't have a job or anything. Hopefully soon I'll be getting the iPod Touch 4 which has a camera on it and I can just use that. So yeah, my favorite style of music to play to is country because it's obviously the easiest style to play to. Right now I'm working on some Lady A. and The Band Perry and Keith Urban. If you have any songs you want me to play (for you?) then just let me know in the comments!


So that was a lot to type and I hope I didn't bore you. I probably really need to break down my blogs into different sections so I don't overwhelm you too much. Let me know if you like my "Latest Obsessions" blogs because I really enjoy writing them! Talk to ya'll later!


Hannah

Worth It - Franscesa Battistelli

Love's not a feeling

Love's not convenient

But I know love will change your life

Love takes sacrifice

Love cuts like a knife

Sometimes love will make you cry

Love's not easy

But it's worth it

Love is a hunger

But love won't leave you empty

See it's the language of the heart

Love can steal your pride

But love won't let you hide

It takes everything you've got

Love's not easy

But it's worth it

(Chorus)

What you gonna do when the bottom falls out

And you're left with nothing but your fear and your doubt to hold to

Who will hold you?

Where you gonna run when it's all on the line

And you're looking for someone to save your life

To save your life

Love can hear you

Love can heal you

If you let it inside

Oh, remember now

Love's not easy

But it's worth it

(Chorus)

What you gonna do when the bottom falls out

And you're left with nothing but your fear and your doubt to hold to

Who's gonna hold you?

Oh, where you gonna run when it's all on the line

And you're looking for someone to save your life

To save your life

Love can hear you

I know love will heal you

If you let it inside

Oh, remember now

Love's not easy

But it's worth it