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Katie Bekah

New Blog

I will no longer be posting on this blog anymore. I have gotten sick of it and rather embarrassed, even. Therefore, started a new blog some weeks back, whilst I was sick. The first post on that blog will tell you why I started it and am bringing this one to an end. There are some posts on here that I will be re-publishing on my new one (already have a couple), after which, this will probably be deleted. Please visit my new one: www.icomebytheblood.blogspot.com.

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

A Favorite Quote

I, once again, asked someone whom I consider to be a queen of blogging for an idea on what to write and she suggested a favorite quote so, here you go:

 'There is no fear of crooked walking

While the eye is fixed full on Jesus'

     ~Ruth Bryan

I highly encourage you to read her books: "Handfuls of Purpose" & "The Marvelous Riches of Savoring Christ".  They are both very excellent books of her letters and pages from her diary.

I hope you all are having a blessed day.

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of Jesus' Blood,

Katie Bekah

Christmas/Birthday Gifts From One Of My Best Friends

Hi-ho!  It's highly unusual for me to post again so soon but I'm hoping to fix that.
So, the 16th is my 21st Birthday and, yesterday, I got a package from my 'sis', Monica, containing both my Christmas and Birthday gifts so I wanted to share pictures with you.

A gorgeous snowflake ornament!

Body lotion and shower gel which smell divine!

 Pumpkin pie candle (which also smells divine!).

A make-up brush set.

Gorgeous and soft afghan she and her Mom made for me.

Beautiful ruffle edge which her Mom did:)

Y'all don't reckon I LOVE pink, do you? ;)

God has blessed me with the best friends and family ever!

Hope you don't mind my short post.  Ciao!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Sad Examples For Young Girls

I would imagine that most of you have heard of the singer Katy Perry.  New Year's Eve, my Uncle Randy and cousin Randi Michelle visited my Memaw and Grandpa so my Mommy and I went there too :)
Randi and I spent the day together and we got on their computer 'cause she wanted to show me a Katy Perry video for her song "Firework".  Oh.My.Gosh.  Now, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be but, it wasn't nice, that's for sure.
First, they show this girl take off her clothes to reveal a terribly small bikini (not that any bikini is right in the first place) and then what made me go crazy was zooming in on two guys kissing.  There's everything wrong about that.  First the fact that there are young girls (my cousin is only 9!) that like her music and possibly look up to her and what the heck is a 9 year old supposed to think when she sees two guys kissing and doesn't know what it means?  
I was glad when she said that it was 'nasty' and she'll never watch it again.  
I mean, come on?  Don't people think before they go putting that trash on a video or anything for that matter, that a child might see?  She didn't understand why they did it.  I couldn't tell her, just told her that's one of the reasons I don't like Katy Perry, because she's 'nasty'.  
Another singer is Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus.  Wow, first of all, she claims to be a Christian, so far, I have never seen Jesus Christ in anything she has said, done, sung, or worn.  She might (that's a big 'MIGHT') have been cute at the start of her career but she totally went downhill as, it seems, most Disney actors and actresses do.  
So, this is the Miley that parents are letting their little girls be like:

Nice, right?  Wow, so wrong in every way.  There were other bad ones I saw but thought this would be fitting.


I looked for Katy Perry pictures but, honestly, it was too sickening and I couldn't bring myself to use any of them.  They were either (oddly enough) not revealing enough (for this post) or trash beyond trash.

Is this what we want then?  Our little girls to show everything?  Let guys like Miley's up there touch them in certain places?  I would hope your answer is 'no'.  
I'm sure that Katy and Miley and all other trash singers know that little girls look up to them: have they no intelligence? no common sense?  The pictures I saw, well, those things are quite clear.  They don't know so they don't care.
They don't care that little girls look at them with thoughts like, "I want to be just like her!", "I want to dress like her!", etc.  As long as it's about them, who cares, right?  Wrong.
The Bible tells us that, the older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine.  We are to teach what is GOOD. (Titus 2:3).  Train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled (Titus 3:4-5).
You know something sad?  Katy Perry used to be a Christian singer.  That's a complete turn around if I ever heard one.  The pictures, songs, videos, outfits, none of them say 'I'm a Christian'.
Not only is it awful that girls want to be like them, they look at them thinking they're not good enough and try to change to feel good enough.  
What about our men?  What about when they see a girl dressed (or barely dressed in most cases these days) like this?  It stirs up thoughts in their heads that no one should ever think.  It's the woman's fault that causes these thoughts and emotions.  I honestly don't understand how any parent could find it ok to listen to such trash and let their children see such trash.
Parents, how do you feel when your young men see girls dressed like that?  You can't possibly tell me you think it's ok.  How on earth would it be ok for a young man to see that?  How?
How do you feel when your little girls say they want to dress like these singers?  Do you mind that they go around 'showing off' everything?  Do you honestly, honestly not care?  How could you not?
Moms, even if you're not a Christian, you cannot honestly deny the fact that we are to teach young women what is good.  
Oh, Satan will do anything to warp our minds into thinking it's alright but deep down, we all SHOULD know, it's not.
You've no doubt heard of the show, "Toddlers In Tiaras" or something goofy like that.  What is that supposed to be?  Entertaining?  In my opinion, it's a sad show.  It's truly sad to think that those idiot parents encourage such absurdity just for money.  And, it's not for the little girls, it's for the parents, ALL for the parents.  They don't mind that their little girls are getting all messed up at such a young age just so they can get their money and fame.  As long as the parents have what they want, who cares about the child?  Let them scream, cry, whine, and whatnot, the audience will like it (for some strange reason), they'll enjoy it and think it's cute and continue watching.  Parents will get what they want, the little girls will miss out on being an actual child because they have to pretend to be grown up all because that's what their parents, make-up artists, and whoever else tell them to do.  Nice parents, eh?


Anyway, I've veered from my original subject:
Are we, as the older women, proud of the way younger girls are these days?  Are we doing everything we can to teach them what is good and what is bad?  What is right and what is wrong?  Does it bother you when you hear a little girl say, "Oh!  Katy Perry's new music video!  I love that song!!"?  Because that's pretty much what Randi Michelle said to me and I did not like hearing it at all.  I was relieved, though, when she had said earlier that she really doesn't like Miley/Hannah anymore.  She used to love her, so thankful that faze is over.


Katy and Miley are just two of the singers that I can't stand.  I'm no better than they but there are some things that a person should just know what not to do and say, especially if you're someone that almost every little girl knows and many look up to...and every guy sees.


There is probably still more I could say but this is already rather long.
Good night.


God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

I Changed My Blog Background For My Birthday!!

Hello, been awhile.  First of all, I just wanna say that I have the best friend in the world, we were chatting on Facebook and she got excited that I was going to write a blog post and is looking forward to it :)  She's awesome :)  Then again, there are many reasons why she's awesome :)
Anyways, I wanted to share with you all pictures of Christmas, my Christmas gifts, and snow.

Our Christmas tree.  The prettiest one we've ever had!

 

32 inch flat-screen HDTV Tommy bought us for Christmas :-D

 

Me holding Charlie :)

 

My Christmas gifts: 

 

Snowglobe my Aunt Nana gave me :)  To this day, I LOVE Winnie the Pooh! :-D

 

Aren't these boots adorable??!!  Can't wait to wear them!

 

Bracelet my cousin gave me :)

I hope you all had a blessed and wonderful Christmas with your loved ones!  God certainly blessed us and I look forward to seeing what He has planned for us in this New Year.

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Charlie & Alyssa

As promised, please meet my new little cousins:

Charlie:

In my Mommy's arms.

Alyssa:

In my arms:)

Aren't they adorable????  How can anyone say there's isn't a God?  Just look at those beautiful little creations He has given us!  So perfect:)

Bye now:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Family

It occurs to me that I never did share with you all my Mommy's and my adventure down in Kentucky to our Family Reunion so I thought I would share it now and with pictures:)  
On October 15th, we went out for awhile to get some things ready for the trip and we had rented a car, we had a really fun day!  Then on the 16th, we finished up our packing and stuff and then headed down to where our Reunion is held, stopping a few places along the way and getting a few little things.  When we reached our hotel, we were amped because there's a Starbucks literally right next to it, in the same parking lot!  After resting in our hotel for a bit, we went to Cracker Barrel for supper (Mommy got chicken fried chicken and I got country fried steak, YUM!) it was SO good!  We ended up having to take some of it back to the hotel.
Unfortunately, it was warmer than we thought it was going to be so we had to go to Wal-Mart and get cooler tops and pick up a few other things too.
Back at the hotel, we decided to warm up our food (unfortunately, we had to use a microwave, blech!) in the little dishes we had gotten at Wal-Mart.  Well, wouldn't it figure, we didn't have utensils so we had to use our fingers to eat our meat and mashed potatoes, haha!  That was all just a part of the fun of it:)  
Anyways, the next day was the Reunion so after we got our showers and then everything all packed, we went out to the car and onto the Reunion.
We had a really fun time with everyone.  I just love listening to them all talk because they have that country accent and say some things that I don't understand (LOL!) but I love it!
Now onto the pictures:

 Our room:

 

Wonder who's bed this is? :p  My Pooh Bear and Nani bear 

   and camera case.

                          My handsome cousin, Dougy, and me.

 My cute little cousin, Randi Michelle, and me.

 I thought this was cool :)  I was gonna put my camera in there a little more to see if I could capture a picture of a little creature or something but was afraid there might be something in there and then jump out at me, lol.

                 Dougy's beautiful wife, Angie, and me :)  Spent most of the day  with her and we had a really good time together :)

 My Uncle Randy, Randi Michelle, and me.

I took LOTS of pictures of the scenery on the way down and back so, I really shouldn't look through those 'cause there are too many pretty ones.  I just have them on Facebook.  Maybe sometime I'll put some on here :)

I'm just so thankful to God for the wonderful family with which God has blessed me.  I never get sick of them and miss them TERRIBLY when we're not together.  I wish we could all get together more than just once a year!  

On my next post, I'll have to 'introduce' you to my new 2nd cousins in my Daddy's family:)  Charlie and Alyssa.  Please pray for them as they were born on November 16th and are still in the hospital.  I think they are improving though, praise God.

Talk to you later:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Long Day

Hi-ho!  So, I have like 4 or so ideas for a blog post so I don't know why I haven't written any of them.  I thought I would share with you my most recent idea since it just recently happened.

On Saturday night when Mommy was in bed, her left hand started itching really bad.  In the morning, she noticed her hand was swollen and red, and the left side of her tongue was swollen.  She called her Dr. but they never called back so she called the pharmacy and they told her to go to the ER because a swollen tongue would eventually lead to a swollen throat.  So, we got there and they took her back and got her all situated and stuff.  A little while later, we called Tommy and he came also.  It turns out it was an allergic reaction to some new medicine she had been taking but they were going to admit her overnight just to keep an eye on her. 

A little while later, Tommy and Chris left to get Chris' Birthday gift (we had planned to have Tommy come over that night to celebrate their Birthdays and we were going to make dinner but, obviously, our plans changed) while Mommy and I waited for someone to take her to a room.  After about 4 hours of waiting, Mommy decided she wasn't going to stay there overnight.  I went to get a nurse so that Mommy could tell her (apparently those people there are like stupid or something because it didn't seem like they really knew what I was saying) and it figures a few minutes after I did that, the dude came in to transfer Mommy to a room.  She told him she didn't want to stay overnight so he went and got the Dr. and she came and told Mommy she didn't have to stay!  OH MY GOSH!  So, we basically waited for four hours just to find out we could go ahead and leave.  So, yeah, Mommy was fine, the swelling was down completely and she's all fine and stuff now :) 

One cute thing about the boys was that while they were gone, they got Mommy and me Peppermint Mocha's from Starbucks:)  They're so sweet (speaking of our boys, not the mocha's;))!  Anyways, all was not for naught: when we found out Mommy could leave, we tried calling Tommy but his phone was turned off so we were going to wait in a parking lot but as I was pulling out (I had to drive), the boys were pulling in, thankfully they saw us and then got behind us real quick.  We went to an empty parking lot and discussed what to do about supper.  Tommy suggested we get Chinese and then go home and eat...so, we did:)  Oh, and by the way, for Chris' Birthday; Tommy got him an Xbox360, an extra game paddle, AND the new FIFA11!!  Chris and I have been havin' fun with FIFA:) 

Those weren't all the events of the day though:

Later that night, Mommy and I had to go to the grocery store.  Well, after we got home, we had just barely gotten out of the car when the neighbor's dog across the street bolted over here (the gate on their fence in their backyard was open) barking and growling at Mommy.  She was closer to the front door so she was able to run up there real quick after Daddy came outside with a bat ready to swing at the dog, however, I had to kind of hide behind the car so she wouldn't see me (it was dark outside) and when Daddy got her far enough away, I ran to the front porch whilst he guarded me (though, if the dog would've come near me, I had a grocery bag with two 2 liters in it and if I had to whack the dog with it, I would have even though I was hoping I wouldn't have to).  Well, she still wouldn't leave us alone so, when she ran back over to their yard, Daddy guarded the driveway while Mommy called the police.  A few minutes later, an officer arrived and between he and Daddy, the officer was able to get to the neighbor's front door (before, the dog wouldn't even let Daddy get in their yard).  The owner came outside with his daughter and she put the dog in the backyard and he closed and locked the gate.  Anyways, the owner apologized and said he was taking the dog to the pound yesterday. 

She had done this to us a few times before and finally she did it when the officer was actually HERE! 

Yeah, long day:-D  Praise God, everyone was ok!

So, looking forward to a wonderful Thanksgiving with my Mommy's family!  My Daddy's Mom (Mawmaw) will be joining us as well and hopefully my cousin, Rachel can make it too! 

Oh, please keep my new little twin cousins Charlie and Alyssa in your prayers.  They were born on the 16th but are still in the hospital.  Pray that they will be ok and will be able to come home soon, if the Lord is willing. 

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Favorite Songs That Begin With 'S'

My latest status on my Facebook is: 'why is it that when I have time to write a blog post I can't think of anything to write? Anyone got any ideas?'  My bff, Guitargirl, commented and told me to write a list of my favorite songs that begin with the letter 'S'.  Since she's so cool (and bossy, LOL, jk:)) I am going to do so:

(Not in any particular order).

1.  "Somos Novios" by Andrea Bocelli

2.  "Supersonic" by Family Force 5

3.  "Shine On" by NEEDTOBREATHE

4.  "Something Beautiful" by NEEDTOBREATHE

5.  "Signature of Divine" by NEEDTOBREATHE

6.  "So Close" by Bethany Dillon

7.  "Surfer Medley" by Celtic Thunder (Keith Harkin)

8.  "Share It With Me" by Family Force 5

9.  "Some Might Say" by Oasis

10.  "Stand By Me" by Oasis

Looks like that's all.  Well, hey, at least I got in another blob post.

Bye now:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Happy Reformation Day!

Yes, my friends, this is the day when, back in 1517, Martin Luther (the great reformer dude) nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, which started the Great Reformation.

Seeing as I love this song and video I shall add it to this lovely post:

"Reformation Polka"

  Enjoy, my friends!!!

"I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen."

-Martin Luther 

"I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist."

-Martin Luther 

May we all learn from Martin Luther's courage and his trust in God to live our lives in a way that pleases God and brings honor and glory to His Name no matter what the cost.

I highly encourage everyone to watch the movie "Luther", it's an excellent movie about the start of the Great Reformation.

Once again, I wish you a Happy Reformation Day!!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Prayer For Haiti

The people of Haiti are suffering in nearly every possible way right now: cholera, earthquakes, and whatever else.

I've read that they are the poorest Country in the Americas: 90% of their children have terrible diseases: 5% of their adults have HIV and so on.

My heart yearns for these people, these children.

Think of all these people that have passed away because of cholera, all the families left homeless because of the tsunami and earthquakes: children left orphans or all alone, parents left childless.  I've seen pictures of men carrying coffins of the people that have passed because of the cholera outbreak, hear about the deaths and can't help but wonder: can they even afford whatever might be needed to help the people with the disease? are we, as America, doing everything we can to help them? 

I know our economy is suffering and thousands of people are thousands of dollars in debt but, what about all of those much-too-disgustingly wealthy people that can provide for them: I wonder how many of them are helping.

I realize there are poor people in America but, right now Haiti is suffering with so many things placed there at once, now, what can we do?

Has anyone ever thought about going there to help and then your second thought is: "Oh, no, I don't want to be around a bunch of sick and dying people, then I might get sick, plus it would be so depressing.  Never mind."

I read a 'tweet' on Twitter that said something like, "pray for Haiti and that the disease doesn't spread."  While I understand what they were saying, it brings a question to mind, "Do they truly and honestly care about Haiti or are they just concerned for themselves?"  I mean, seriously, do people think like that?

I am in no way trying to make myself sound good or better than anyone else (because I'm not), I've just developed a love for these people and wanted to share my thoughts.

I would love to go there and hold them, cry with them, feed them, help them.  My heart hurts for them.

Now, saying all of that, I know God has a reason for everything that is going on there and it is all for His Glory.

With other things that happen in other places, I've read that some Christians say things like, "This is God's punishment on them because they don't worship Him, they worship idols", whatnot and so on.

Well, I suppose that could be true but, you can also argue: why aren't bad things happening to everyone that isn't a Christian (not that I want them to)?  Why do good things happen to people that aren't Christians?  Why do bad things happen to Christians?

I, myself, cannot support Haiti financially, nor can I go there and help but, I can pray for them and will do so.  Will you join me in lifting up this poverty and disease stricken Nation to the Creator and God over all the earth in prayer?

Let us also remember the people of Indonesia in our prayers as well for they, too, are suffering greatly. 

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

I Must Say Something

On the 17th, my Mommy and I went to her family's Family Reunion.  We had a blast, hangin' out with all the family and stuff!  Plus, we stayed in a hotel the night before and it was really, really nice.

Anyway, at one point I was outside talking to some 2nd and 3rd cousins and was asked if I had a young man yet, my answer: look away, giggle, and say no.  Totally the wrong answer.

Instead, I should've said something like, "Nope, I believe in courtship and am waiting for God to bring my future husband and me together".  Ever since then, I've been so embarrassed about the way I answered him.

That was such a worldly way to answer that question and I hate that that is what I did.  If I could go back and respond the right way, I would. 

God has put me into this world, but, I am not to be part of it, and, that, is how I acted when asked that question.  I am so ashamed.

Not much in this blog post but, I just felt like I needed to say this.

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

GRRR!!!

Ok, I was going to write a review for Hayley Westenra's CD "Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2" but, recent developments have caused me to write something else.

So, on Tweeter, Thanksgiving is a trendy topic.  Well, to be FUNNY, I said "Thanksgiving is a trendy topic & it's next month.  Might as well make Christmas one too for those that don't celebrate Thanksgiving". (meaning people in Europe!) Little did I know people would take offense at that.  These two Canadian chicks said something mean to me and I honestly don't know how I could've offended someone by what I said.

One said something about if I knew there are Countries other than my own and that they have holidays too and the other was like, "Ugly American.  Party of one.  I guess only the States celebrate Thanksgiving...my mistake...I'll go return my turkey".  What the heck?  Do people have no sense of humor??

I would never, ever want to offend anyone!  Honestly, I've read the tweet over and over and still cannot figure out how it could make someone think along those lines.

.......Later.....As it turns out, it's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, well I didn't know that.  You'd think someone would be nice enough to explain that to me instead of say cruel things to me.  If any Canadians are reading this, I am terribly sorry and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

I mean, like seriously, couldn't someone have thought, "Hmm, I wonder if she knows it's Thanksgiving here" and then tell me....in a nice way.  I do feel bad about saying it before even looking to see why it was a trendy topic but, still, can't people just say something nice.  I mean what the girls said was really rather cruel.  I shan't repeat exactly what one of them said, but it was very, very, wrong.

I'm just the kind of person that likes to be goofy and funny.  They just totally went overboard over what I said.

I know there are other Countries, I know they have Holidays and ours isn't more important. 

It's interesting to actually offend someone online.  It was never ever my intention and I'd never want to do it again or anything (never wanted to do it to begin with), but it just shows me how easily people can throw something way out of proportion.

We are all God's creatures and not one of us is better than the other.  I have nothing whatsoever against Canadians or anyone else.

If I ever offend any one of you, tell me....in a nice way!

Now, I am going to finish my Angel Food Cake, with strawberries, and homemade whipped cream while watching a Hayley Westenra video, so if you'll excuse me, goodbye.

God bless and keep you (no matter where you're from)!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Pictures

Howdy peeps!
Yesterday, I got all dressed up in my opera outfit and Mommy took some pictures of me so, since I said I would show you pictures, here they are:

                                       My Sandals!

                                                The earrings I made for the opera!

I am so thankful we found this top!  It's the most beautiful one I've ever seen!

             Mommy asked me to look over my shoulder at least once so, I did.                        

Mommy curled my hair:)

Oh and by the way, the reason our grass is so brown is because of a drought.  We haven't had rain in weeks!

So, there are those and now onto my piano!

Oooohhh!  Look at all the pretty signs!!  Mommy made: "Simplify", "Country", "God Bless America", and the little "Simple Country Living" stitchery!  She's soooo talented!

Yes, I have a little Football rubber duckie sitting on my piano.  I didn't put him there but, I like him so, he stays.  His name is Javier Hernanduck (after Jaiver "Chicharito" Hernandez who plays for Manchester United....whom I also like to call Chicharito-The Little Burrito, because I'm weird and it rhymes:)).

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the pictures :)  I love my piano that my Aunt Nana gave me, she's totally the BEST Aunt ever!!

Hope you all are having a blessed Sabbath!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah