My Sweet Sixteen

Hello all my readers! Today is my sweet sixteen! I just wanted to post a poem that I wrote for my birthday today.

My Sweet Sixteen

My life is a vapor soon ready to pass
My days are fleeting just like the withering grass
The Lord has given me another year to celebrate what He has done
Of how He’s given His wondrous grace when I deserved none
This day is very special, but yet just like everyday
God has been longsuffering and kind in every way
I can recall what He showed me to flee
I will always remember what love He has shown to me
That day He took me and showed me my sin
My filthiness and wretchedness He showed to me then
“There is none that does good” I read in God’s Word
But that was something I had not even heard
I thought I was good enough to please a God so holy
But I didn’t know He required every deed that I thought was so lowly
From every lie to every thought was seen before Him
There was nothing before His eyes that was even dim
I’ve broken every commandment and now I see my fate
I was headed to hell where my judgment awaits
But look, it’s the cross where my Savior was bruised
Jesus hung on a cross where He was accused
He was accused by God for my sins and unrighteous deeds
Yet He had not broken God’s Laws nor one of His creeds
He was perfect and holy in every way
But was crushed for my sins and my fine He did pay
The wrath of God that was due to no one but me
Was put on God’s Son for everyone to see
He cried, “It is finished” with His final breath
That cry was a testament to what can happen to me after death
He then rose from the grave victorious on the third day
Christ defeated death and hell and made the Only Way
Next He showed me what I must do to me saved
I must turn from my sins and trust solely in Him, from whom salvation was paved
So repent and trust Him is what I did do
I was then given a new heart and new desires too
Now I’m forgiven and can go to heaven because of what Jesus did
My filthy unrighteous deeds from before Him He rid
I now praise Him and thank Him for His beautiful love
That is why I celebrate another year given from above
Jesus is the only reason I celebrate another day
Oh, how I love Him for paying my penalty and making a way
A question I will leave to end this at last
Where will you spend eternity when your time on earth has passed?

In Christ,
~Kirsten~

I got to see a Harlem Globetrotter!

^ My million dollar bill, signed by Seth Franco!

Hello my fellow blog readers! Well, the title says it all! So, some may be saying "What is a Harlem Globetrotter?" Wait a minute, you don't know what a Harlem Globetrotter is??!!! huuuuh, I'm speechless!

Good! At least I'm not alone...lol. A Harlem Globetrotter is a basketball player who does all kinds of tricks while he plays basketball. For example, spinning a ball on your finger for a long amount of time.

So anyway, my mom and dad decided, two weeks in advance, that they we're going to surprise us and take us to see a former Harlem Globetrotter. This man had actually became a Christian and goes around sharing the Gospel with people. So on the way up, me, my brothers, and sister were trying to figure out what the surprise was. You know how it is when you don't know where you're going. So, we get there and mom says, "We're going to see a former Harlem Globetrotter, guys!" And my brothers go "Cool! Wow!".

So, my response is like my brothers, right? Wrong! My response is like, "What is a Harlem Globetrotter?" Yep, that's me!

So, anywho, we watched Seth Franco, the former Globetrotter, do the coolest tricks EVAH! It was like so totally awesome! But...that's not the best part! The best part was all the Gospel tracts given out and how it happened.

Before Seth went up to do his tricks and talk, a friend of ours handed him a million dollar bill tract, which you can find at the Way of the Master website (don't worry, I'm not a radio host...lol). So Seth puts the million in his pocket and walks up to the stage. After awhile, he asks the audience to guess how old he is. He then states that he has CASH to give away for the person who guesses the right answer! Yep, you guessed it, he gives the million to a little boy who guessed the right answer.

That opened the door for the Gospel! Then everyone wanted one of those millions that the Harlem Globetrotter had. We were handing out millions left and right when it was over. AND, not only that, but everyone wanted their million dollar bill SIGNED by Seth Franco. That was sooooooooo awesome! God is absolutely amazing! That means that the millions will be kept and possibly read over and over again! WHAT A GOD!!!! Oh, and I even got a million signed!

Seth, after he did his basketball tricks, told people about Christ. But, as Todd Friel says, it was a total dog's breakfast. He led people in the "sinners prayer". It broke my heart to pieces! BUT, another amazing thing happened! My mom gave him "True and False Conversions", which you can also find at the Way of the Master website , and he also got a Paul Washer sermon!!!!
So, please pray for Seth, that his message will be changed so that sinners will understand their sin before a holy God. You can find him at his website here: http://www.sethfranco.com/.

In Christ,
~Kirsten~