Poem For Singles

Being a teenage girl, I often dream about my future. I wonder if I will get married or if I'll have kids or just what will happen. I came across this poem and I fell in love with it. It reminds me that God has a plan for me even if it may not be what I envision. I highly recommend it. =) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igCj3jsbcqs&feature=player_embedded

"Look At Me"

As I was sitting in Holy Thursday Mass, I was overcome with many emotions. Everything was so beautiful yet I felt that I couldn't enjoy it, like something I had done was holding me back. I kept trying to figure out what was wrong so that I could make it better but I realized that I could not fix it on my own. I knelt down and prayed to Jesus asking Him to help me. As I was praying I heard Him say, "Look at me." I looked up and upon doing so, my eyes met up with Jesus who was hanging limp on the cross. He addressed me by name and said, "I love you this much. I love you, I love you, I love you." I felt a flood of love pouring out from His arms. At that moment I realized that His arms are always wide open for me. Nothing I do will ever cause Him to close His arms and push me away. When I look at the cross, Jesus' arms are nailed there, He isn't going anywhere. His unending love is there forever and the arms that conquered the world are never to big or far away to hold you and I.

Running Away

At first I started tiptoeing away but now, I don't care. I am running away. I am going to get away from it all. All that I thought I was and all that I thought I would be, are being shed as I run to You. My broken state will be placed in Your hands and in my broken state, You will step in and transform me. I will become more of you and less of me and that is exactly what I want for You are the one who can make me into the me I am meant to be.

sI yteicoS

During my internship at school, I am able to work with the freshman. Having it be a public school, there are students are often labeled as being this or that. Out of all the groups, the 'troubled' kids aren't looked at in the best way, especially by the 'smart' students. I have had a chance to work with both groups and both have been great. However, in the beginning I was a little reluctant to work with these so called troubled students. Once I got to know them, I've realized that they are actually one of my favorite groups to meet with. You might ask, what changed? It's me. I found out that these kids come from broken homes, poverty, and tragedy. Through my talking with them I realized how great these kids are. Despite their situation they still press on and live life from day to day. They take care of themselves and if they have a family they usually have to take care of them as well. Just talking to them made me realize that people are more then the labels society dons on them. In my opinion, these are the smart students. They might not be book smart but they are smart where it matters. They realize aspects of the world that the 'smart' kids do not. Things I never realized before, they have shown me.

*nope, the title isn't misspelled -it's a puzzle :P