a thought to gnaw on...

I heard this story a the other day that that made me stop and think that I thought I'd share.

          "On a normal day at the Japanese POW camp the American prisoners were working with shovels,but it turned into a not so normal day there after a Japanese guard went around and counted the shovels then made all the prisoners line up,then with his gun pointing at them yelled angrly in his broken English, "A shovel is missing and one of you took it,the soldier who took it step fore ward." The men stood in their straight line. Again the Japenese guard yelled in his broken English, "If the man doesn't step fore ward,I will shot the each of the men in line one by one." after a small pause full of tension the guard raised his gun to shoot,but before he did a young man stepped forward and spoke these simple words, "I did."
The guard clearly angry  took the man and beat him to death. At the end of the day the rest of the men put away the shovels took the dead man away. It was only then at the end of the day that the guard recounted the shovels and realize it was a mistake all the shovels were all there."

Now I don't remember the story exactly,but thats the story reworded in my own words.

                                               Isn't that story impactful.
          I wonder what went through thats guards mind?! Or his fellow prisoners minds?!
                   What an amazing, yet sad example of showing Christ's love.

John 15:13
    "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends."

Dogs make me smile

                                                          when they have cameras.........

My favorite photo that I've taken with Toby,so far.

linking up HERE for a sunlit photo challenge. I took this photo in the evening when the sun light came through the window providing me with lovely lighting.

p.s. Thank you sis for having a dog that is in the modeling mood at the right time.

                                            

your book diy

    I know A LOT of bloggers also love to write stories I usually plan it all out in my head and by the end of the first chapter I usually stop and never finish,but I thought up one and I'm GOING to finish it no matter how long it takes. So heres a sort of DIY on how to make a ordinary notebook into your book.

                         
                                               Things you'll need:
                                                      a notebook
                                                           glue
                                     colored paper/scrapbooking paper
                                   a special pen/markers/or colored pens
                                    Whatever else that catches your fancy
                                              

        Step 1 : Get a notebook you can get them pretty cheap and even cheaper on the back to school sales.

Step 2 : Plan your design,find your color scheme you want to go for,get the paper and other accessories that will flow with it.

Step 3: Cut out your paper and lay it out how you'll want it and look at it a while.....try to find places that look to empty or to cluttered,think of creative things you can change or do to enhance your design. for instance instead of cutting a nice straight line how about ripping the papers edges to give it a nice touch.

Example:

Step 5: Decide on look, write your title, etc.... then glue on your design.

 

{ Dear Hero }

Ta Da...

Now you can write in it and begin your story.

 You can even change the direction and make it a journal instead. =)

Enjoy making your own book.

music....

                                  I had a recital yesterday; I went well despite my jitters.
                    I haven't done a recital in my 8 years,so it was kinda nice to do it again.
                                  It was nice to hear songs from other sutdents as well.

lol,I don't look very good while playing do I??

And to other who play the violin that are reading this I know my one hand is bent it has the tendency to do that'I need to work on it. :)

My teacher and I did a Irish jig as a duet called Irish washer woman.

Its fun to play and dance to. 

I DID it!!!

        This was last sunday at Orchestra which went well,but I must admit,I'm glad to be no longer doing it.
          
                                 
                                What do you all think of bloggers new set up?
                                                       I do not like it at all!
              When they were first offering it I changed it and after two days I decided I didn't like it.
             So after a week I found out how to revert back to the old template,which relieved me.            
                            Until they changed it in the middle of April spoiling my day.
                                        Today I took the time and reverted back again.
        (In the new template in the right corner above your blogs it has 'English' a down arrow and a tiny box connected that has nothing on it [if you move the mouse over it says blogger options]click on it a drop down menu should appear and click on something that say 'old blogger interferance' and it changes it right back.)


                                    Well,thats all for now stay tuned for a craft tutorial.