The Melissa Ann

This month being Thanksgiving month, I thought I would start writing a little series called, "Thirty Things I am Thankful For." I will post one thing for every day of the month.

Nov.1-#1~

"My Church..."


Of course everyone knows that yesterday was Halloween...this has got to be my least favorite day of the entire year!!! It amazes me how much more horrible the costumes become every year. What's even worse is that the ADULTS now partake in this holiday, and the costumes that they chose to wear are even creepier and more filthy to me. I was sooooooo happy when a couple of weeks ago I found out that our family wasn't going to have to spend another Halloween trying to hide from the SCARY trick or treaters, instead we were going to be safe inside our beautiful church!!! If that wasn't good enough, we were going to be enjoying a delicious Harvest Dinner together. We had such a wonderful time together, as always!!!! It's my opinion that we should do this every year. I have been attending Long Island Baptist Church since I was baby. I have been raised in this wonderful church, and taught about God, how to develop good character, that our sole purpose here on earth is to bring glory to God, that all are sinners and need to be saved, etc. Through our church I realized my personal need to be saved and receive Jesus Christ as my Saviour. I have learned invaluable lessons that I can carry through all of life with me. Recently in our girls Sunday school class,with our teacher Mrs. Graf, we have been learning about how to prepare for marriage. Mrs. Graf has been teaching us how as young girls we should be keeping our hearts for the one we are going to marry one day. That we should not just give our hearts to anyone that comes along, how strange this must sound to so many. But, why should I just settle for anyone, why shouldn't I wait for the one that God has planned for me??? To me this only makes sense. And as my Pastor would say, "If the plain sense makes common sense seek no other sense or it becomes nonsense!" SUCH WISDOM I think!!! So to sum this all up, my church is one of God's greatest blessings to me; where would I be without it!!!

~Thanks for taking time to read this, I hope you enjoy my posts for November!

Melissa~