Hunger Games

After seeing the Hunger Games this past Friday, I have to say that they did an amazing job! The movie  was just like the book! I cried a lot! :) I give it 12 stars out of 10!

I've been hearing a lot of controversy about the Hunger Games and the "bad message" that it portrays about teens killing each other. But, most of the people I've been hearing this from are people who haven't even read the books or seen the movie! That's a definite no-no if you're going to be critical about something. But what may surprise you (if you haven't read the books) is that the Hunger Games is not about the Hunger Games. It's about the Capitol. The Capitol is a horrible government that forces two tributes from the ages of 12-18 from each district to fight in the annual Hunger Games to show their power. The Hunger Games (the first book), merely explains what's going on and why this Katniss girl is going to do something that no one has even done. (SPOILER ALERT- don't read the next sentence if you don't want any spoilers!) She's going to bring down the capitol... and her first step is showing the Capitol that she's not just a piece in their games. She showed them by burying Rue in flowers, and bringing out the night lock when Seneca Crane reversed the rules at the end. 

If your going to have an opinion about the Hunger Games and you're going to say that its worldly and that its a horrible book series and movie... you should read the books or see the movie first. It's not two and a half hours of killing (more like 15 minutes or so if you add up all the killing scenes!) and it's not just some fad. It's a real story with real characters that you will understand and get to know. If you'll give them  a chance and lay down your opinions, these characters just might change your thoughts about the Hunger Games. 

The day I met Brit Nicole

This was Britt preforming live 2 years ago! I got to meet her after the show. Awesome girl. I'm looking forward to her new album, Gold, that comes out March 27, 2012! :)

Rejoice and be glad!

"Today is the day the LORD has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!"- Psalm 118:24

I love reading this verse on one of those mornings that the sun peaks through my shades at just the right angle to wake me from the best dream I've had all week. I'm sure everyone loves to read that verse on the beautiful mornings! But, what about the mornings when you're tired? What about the mornings after a long night? What about the mornings with no sun in the sky, instead gray clouds? 

This Psalm does not say "Today is the day the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it only if it meets our standard of beauty!" or "Only if I feel like rejoicing in it!" This Psalm says, "Let us rejoice and be glad in it!" Period. So today... when you feel like screaming, when you feel like you've lost, when the weather gets to you... REJOICE and BE glad! Because THIS is the day the Lord has made! 

"And I'll praise You in this storm

And I will lift my hands

For You are who You are

No matter where I am

And every tear I've cried

You hold in Your hand

You never left my side

And though my heart is torn

I will praise You in this storm" 

     - Praise You In The Storm - Casting Crowns

Hair Secrets from The Hunger Games Shared by Lead Hairstylist Linda Flowers | The Hunger Games Trilogy Fansite

Hair Secrets from The Hunger Games Shared by Lead Hairstylist Linda Flowers | The Hunger Games Trilogy Fansite

If you're a Hunger Games fan...you need to check this out! :)

"...for they have nothing else."

"They need their money, and their palaces and their fine clothes and 

handsome equipages, for they have nothing else. "

Quote from Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth E. Prentiss

When I read Stepping Heavenward, this quote was the one that I respected the most. She was talking about her friend, Amelia, and her husband, who was actually planning to marry Katherine in the beginning of the book. Amelia strayed form the Lord, and relied on her husband's wealth. 


In today's society, and even in the church, I see people who would bury their money with them in the grave. But, after reading this line in Stepping Heavenward, I realize that these people don't have anything else... they only have their wealth. 


People will not understand how important it is to place Jesus first in their life until they loose what they do have. They then realize that Jesus is forever and money isn't. 

• Proverbs 23:4-5 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;  do not trust your own cleverness.Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
• Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
• 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.
• Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
• 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world nor the things in the world If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
• Psalm 62:10 ..if riches increase, do not set your heart on them

The very first post: What I intend for this blog.

Here's my very first post! This blog is first and foremost to honor God! Secondly, to influence someone's life. And thirdly, to share my most recent discoveries and interests. I hope that it will be a blessing to anyone who will read it!

Sincerely,
Shellbee