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It’s funny how much the tiny things mean to me. Catching you grinning at me instead of watching the movie, the shiver that extends through my arm when you circle your thumb in my palm, the completeness in that first embrace after not seeing each other… those are the moments that seem insignificant, but define us and who we are together.

Last Night.

I meant to make a post about this last night, but I had a headache(still do) and never got around to it.

Anyways, for the past two weeks at BCM, our former worship leader Trey has been speaking to us about Decision Making and the Will of God. He basically went over how the church teaches us to make decisions and where the teaching comes from, but how it’s not actually true(if I get some of the notes, I will totally share them with you all). And that was last week’s BCM. This week he talked about the way the Bible does instruct us to make decisions. 

Anyways, after he finished and the band played “Like a Lion,” his girlfriend Rachel came onstage to read the announcements since there was no BCM news filmed for this week. Normally, the speaker(no matter who it is) doesn’t come up on stage with Rachel when she does this, but Trey did.

He waited until she was finished with announcements and said that if anyone had any questions that they could talk to him about it and then led into how making the decision of who you’re going to marry is very important and then got down on one knee and proposed to her.

It was seriously the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Need I mention there was probably roughly 200 people in there, so they were all clapping and smiling and a few people were crying and it was just adorable all around.

Just thought I would share.

I am a closed book. I need you to take both sides of my cover and pull them apart to get to the pages. I need you to not only read, but to study, what’s inside. And I need you to keep the contents to yourself and keep me even closer. That’s what I need.

This is my sister Mary. She looks like any normal fifteen year old, but there is more to her than you can see. In 2004, Mary was diagnosed with type one juvenile diabetes. This means that her body cannot produce insulin, a hormone that aides the process of moving sugar from the blood to the cells, because her body attacks her pancreas, where insulin is produced. Because her body cannot produce insulin, she has to inject it(via a shot) into her body in order to maintain a regular blood sugar and stay healthy several times a day. Not only is this painful and inconvenient, but Mary is often teased because of her diabetes. And the worst part about it is that there is no cure for diabetes. That’s why JDRF was established. JDRF stands for Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund, and their mission is to find a cure for type one diabetes. Each year throughout the nation they host the Walk to Cure Diabetes to raise funds for this crucial research, and ever since Mary has been diagnosed my family has participated in the Walk. This year, our team, Mary’s Melodies, is trying to raise $1,000 to donate to JDRF by the walk. My personal goal is to raise $500 because I desire to see in my lifetime a cure for diabetes. I love my sister with all my heart and I want the best for her. I want her to live a completely normal life without constant doctors appointments and shots and sacrifice. Would you consider donating to JDRF in our teams name? There is no minimum amount to donate, and every penny you donate goes directly to the research for a cure for diabetes. You can donate towards my personal fundraising goal of $500 by clicking here.  If you have no money to give, please reblog this post to raise awareness of type one juvenile diabetes. The warning signs can appear suddenly and knowing these warning signs can help to save a life. 

This is my sister Mary. She looks like any normal fifteen year old, but there is more to her than you can see. In 2004, Mary was diagnosed with type one juvenile diabetes. This means that her body cannot produce insulin, a hormone that aides the process of moving sugar from the blood to the cells, because her body attacks her pancreas, where insulin is produced. Because her body cannot produce insulin, she has to inject it(via a shot) into her body in order to maintain a regular blood sugar and stay healthy several times a day. Not only is this painful and inconvenient, but Mary is often teased because of her diabetes. And the worst part about it is that there is no cure for diabetes.

That’s why JDRF was established. JDRF stands for Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund, and their mission is to find a cure for type one diabetes. Each year throughout the nation they host the Walk to Cure Diabetes to raise funds for this crucial research, and ever since Mary has been diagnosed my family has participated in the Walk. This year, our team, Mary’s Melodies, is trying to raise $1,000 to donate to JDRF by the walk. My personal goal is to raise $500 because I desire to see in my lifetime a cure for diabetes. I love my sister with all my heart and I want the best for her. I want her to live a completely normal life without constant doctors appointments and shots and sacrifice.

Would you consider donating to JDRF in our teams name? There is no minimum amount to donate, and every penny you donate goes directly to the research for a cure for diabetes. You can donate towards my personal fundraising goal of $500 by clicking here. 

If you have no money to give, please reblog this post to raise awareness of type one juvenile diabetes. The warning signs can appear suddenly and knowing these warning signs can help to save a life. 

“Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ and become one with Him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God’s laws, but I trust Christ to save me.”

-Philippians 3:8-9