Bish Bash Bosh

Last Update: New blog(s) location!

2011-05-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

So, this is the bittersweet end.

I won't say goodbye, but instead leave you with this and this! My two new blogs! :D

I've only eighty days until I arrive in Florida for the Disney College Program! I've completed my cookbook's manuscript and as soon as I log off of blogger (and tear myself away from facebook) I'm going to complete my cover letters and send them away to publishers!

Also, only one month and nine days until I turn 18! Where did the time go?

I praise God for His many blessings! Again, thank you for following this blog. I hope it encourages anyone who stumbles upon it!

P.S. Make sure to follow my new blogs! ;)

Disney Collge Program

2011-03-23T10:18:00.001-07:00

I'm amazed at what a horrible blogger I am. Really, I'm just an exeptional procrastinator. :)

I think that I'm either going to start vlogging or I'm going to shut down this blog and start up another one. Which means that yes, I've sprouted an amazing idea for an on-going blog topic/blog post! Actually, it's two ideas and I'm even thinking about putting the two ideas together .. hmmm ...

Readers and friends, I've some very, very goood news! Drumroll please!

I got accepted into the Disney College Program!

I leave in four months to stay in Disney World for five months. I leave late summer and I won't be back until early next year (2012). I have mixed emotions about this because I've never been far away from home by myself - I've always had a parent or guardian with me, but now it's just going to be me holding myself accountable. I only pray that the Lord will help me to flee from sin and keep me strong and grow me in the faith!

I've been on the computer almost every single day researching what my exprience might be like and so far I'm very much liking what I hear! I applied for the DCP last year, but God kept me away for a reason - I just wasn't ready to be on my own. And now, even though the thought of being away from my family for almost half a year scares me, I'm REALLY, REALLY excited!!! I don't know where I'll be living or working, but I do know I'll be working in Merchandise (which is basically saying you could work anywhere in any of the Disney parks, resorts, hotels, and Downtown Disney). I hope that I get to work somewhere cool! I also hope that the last five months of the year will be the best five months of the year working in Walt Disney World! If it goes well, I'm thinking I might apply for Disneyland next year.

So, that's amazing idea number one for the new blog (or vlog). I'll be writing (or video taping) about my exprience at the DCP and just my life in general.

Idea number two is writing about a little project I've been working on. I'm not leaking information just yet because the project is still in a rough stage, but I think it's one of the best ideas for success that my father has ever given me! I'm very grateful for a father who's made his life about serving the Lord by taking care of his family. :)

Also, just for kicks I've been trying to learn French and pick-up a little bit of Japanese. And, I am looking into starting ballet classes!

This probably won't be the last blog post for this blog - I have to post on here the link for my new blog (or vlog)! I don't know when I'll be starting it, but it'll be sometime this year, I promise.

Again, thank you for reading my blog and keeping up with little ol' me. ;)

Bish Bash Bosh's,
Kyndel 8)

Hello Out There!

2010-12-21T10:55:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged in a very, very long time! I feel guilty despite that fact that I don't have many readers. :P

I'm not even a writer or one to come up in super intelligent ideas for blog posts - I just thought it was interesting to see what this whole blogging thing was about and I can't say that I don't like it! Yet, the only reason why I started this blog doesn't even blog anymore, and I keep my blog up because I like to keep up with other blogs (I know: I can add the blog's urls to my Internets favorites, but going to blogger and looking at the blogger newsfeed is easier for me, believe it or not.) and I was hoping that one day I would sprout this amazing idea for a on-going blog topic/blog post, but it hasn't happened yet.

Well, readers, much has changed within my life since I started this blog only last year (Oh my lanta, I was fifteen!). God is molding me and shaping me into a Christian woman, giving me the desire to want to know and learn Him and His Word, revealing things in all areas of my life, opening my eyes to how He wants me to see the world and giving me the desires of Christ's heart. Can I say that I feel like I'm finally getting some answers? Is that a proper way to put it? Because that's how life is folding out for me. I'm forever asking God to give me more of Him and He's answering my prayers and not holding back at all. I'm at this stage in my life where it's God and me: I'm single so I don't have a man to distract me, I don't have many friends to distract me and I don't have a demanding life style to distract me. He's growing me spiritually and I can't, for one second, say it's nothing short of a breathtaking experience - to be called to be His elect. :)

I'm still struggling with the decision to start the blog up again or to shut it down (again). I think I'm going to let it hang in the air for a while longer or start up another blog with a different approach to blogging altogether. I can't say that life has been super exciting for me lately (I'm in school online, going after my B.A. degree, at the moment.) and I'm thinking that if I blog, I need an exciting idea to engage my readers (and to gain more traffic on my sad, empty blog).

Hmmmmmmm ...

I'm keeping the blog up, but just for a little longer. If I can't find something to blog about within the new year, I'm taking it down and starting something new. I hope that the new year will be just as refreshing as the new blog. Until then, I hope, whoever is reading this, that you liked reading my blog! Thank you for reading it - you don't know what that means to me. :)

Bish Bash Bosh's
Kyndel 8)

God With God

2010-08-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

Ephesians 5:15-17 ~ Be very careful then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

This verse just about wraps up my whole year at Le Cordon Bleu. I was a young Christian girl in a school of many older un-Christian people that were my influence five hours a day,five days a week. I was defiantly set apart from my classmates - being the youngest student in the entire school, having a different lingo than my peers, having a different style all together and to top it off, I was Christian! No one tortured me about it; they thought it was kind of cute ("Awh! This little girl believes in Jesus!"), but they were less likely to listen to what I had to to say, so that meant I had one other alternative: I had to show my Christianity in the way I lived. Walking not as unwise, but as wise and making the most of every opportunity to represent Christ.

But even as I made friends with the world, I'm not saying that I didn't have fun. I had a lot of fun! Probably the most fun I had in my life! It was like highschool for me. :) It was a life changing experience that I will never forget, and I grew to love the people there, but getting close to them meaning standing firm in my believe and being a confidant Christian and not falling into sin. Yet, even as I was trying to set a Godly example, I wasn't perfect and of course,I had a lot of weak times, but God wouldn't let me fall low enough to ruin my life. Simply put, He kept me! That meant that I had to keep my eyes on God, not falling into evil but remembering the Lord's will for my life which gives me hope from day to day.

As of now I'm out of school, moving on to the next adventure in my life (My B.A degree, actually!). I'm thinking about a whole new set of temptation, but I'm not worried because I'm sticking with God. :)

God is always there ... even when we're not. :)

2009-10-03T19:17:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder: God is always there, even when we're not. How comforting. I've had trouble remembering that lately - with the rush and hustle of every day life and the influence of non-Christian people, God is the last thing on my mind. That sounds horrbile, but it's horrbily true - for most of us! But God is always thinking about us especially through the times that we think He's forgotten us. :)
There have been times where my faith has faltered. There have been times where I asked God for something and He didn't give it to me or I asked for God to take something away and He left it with me. All for His reasons and glory. Trust Him! Think about what He has done for You. Having faith in something that we've only ever heard of and read about is an amazing thing. But God proves our faith by being faithful to us. He loves us. He said so! He'll never forget us. Therefore, I enjoy living each and everyday for Him. :)

Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will notslumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD watches over you— the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Siezed by Sin

2009-08-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

"Yes ... Or no ... Maybe so ...": that always seems to be the my thoughts of temptation. Should I do this? Is it really worth hurting God? No, never, but ...

Knowing that I sin is baffling. Not because I think I am holier than thou and not because I think I'm the perfect angel, but because it's simple: don't sin. Don't sin. Don't sin! That's all I have to do! Obey my parents: easy, they know what's best for me any way. Don't lust after that boy: fine, because that's probably not the boy God has decided for me to marry. Don't do that ... whatever it is that I'm not suppose do. Just don't do it! Good! Because I don't even really want to do it. But I find myself falling again and again and again ... and some more. Over the same silly things I vowed that I would never do again. Romans 3:23, anyone? ... It's when temptation comes that I try to back like a scared cat into the corner of the wall. Yes, I said I back away from the sin that's calling me. It's when my faith is at it's weakest that I find myself hurting God, repeatedly and even more so, over the dumbest things and not feeling any shame for my wrong doings.

Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

I pray for a conscience. I pray for God to forgive every single one of my sins; I pray that God would please judge me with His everlasting mercy. I love reminding myself that Jesus died on the cross for all of our sins. All. Every man on this earth and who has ever been on this earth and who will ever be on this earth ... Every man's sin. Every single one of them: Jesus died for them (beaten beyond recognition because we "just couldn't help ourselves").

Even though I am a filthy sinner, He blesses me abundantly - He forgives me evey time I ask sincerely Him to forgive me. I rest in knowing that God is faithful to us. He claims us when we don't act like we are His children. He never gives us any excuse to be seized by our sin. His truth is the way out of every sticky situation. When I get the itch that I'm not suppose to scratch, I run to Him knowing that all He wants is for me to live for Him - I strive to do His will with a joyful heart.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

So the next time you feel tempted into sin, ask yourself: What would Jesus do? ;)

"Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep... Okay, God?"

2009-06-02T22:09:00.000-07:00

Sound familiar? Or "God, thank you this food we are about to receive for the nourishment of our bodies in Christ Jesus, we pray. Amen."

Matthew 6:7 And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard of their many words.
I know I have been guilty many times of repetitive prayer. Not caring if God hears and how He feels when I have "prayed". I'm not saying that God bans all repetitive prayer. Genuine, honest and sincere prayer is not what bothers God, it's the mindless and indifferent repeating of prayer that offends Him. When praying to God, our heart and mind should be fully on Him and what we're asking of Him. Not just a mumble here, and grumble there "God why didn't you give me what I asked for...?, Amen." Praying to God should be refreshing and new moments of expression to our Father. Also, when praying that sincere prayer, don't badger God to make sure He knows that you're trying to be honest or to try to speed up a certain prayer request. He heard you the first time, I'm sure! And He always answers. Not saying that we can't share our emotions, thoughts and burden's with God, even though He already knows. And not to say that God gets tired of hearing us: God loves to hear us talking with Him, more than we love talking to Him. John 14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. Just don't wheedle the Father. Our privilege and only bond with prayer is to be honest with God, and to have a true devotion of glorifying Him.

Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
When we pray, we should pray for the right reasons. To glorify Him. Our only audience is of one: God. We shouldn't pray to be noticed holier than others; such a self-glorifying act is a perversion of the privilege of prayer! Do not pray to be impressive, praying for other people to hear. Fancy words and expressive hands. Now, Jesus doesn't rule out public prayer. He too prayed many times with His apostles and in the hub of larger crowds, but His intentions where only pure and His attention only to God.

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
This verse here not only tells you about location, but also gears your thinking about who you're really suppose to be praying to. The location of this prayer gives us a place to be exclusive with God. Being "in secret" doesn't mean that God can't hear you wherever you pray, surely God is wherever and whenever, and even public prayer, if done right, will be just as intimate, but being "in secret" turns your focus away from yourself and others and brings your attention only on God. It shuts the world out and brings God in. It's not about the words in our prayer, but the private emotions we share with God in our heart. When God is the true audience of our prayers, He will unfailingly and willingly bless us.

Wrath

2009-05-12T17:06:00.000-07:00

Psalm 37:8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Job 19:29 you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment.

Leviticus 19:17-18 "Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

Wrath provokes impatience. The desire to seek revenge and generally wishing to do evil or harm others. Jealousy can lead to wrath. And wrath can lead to murder. Suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of rage directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts. Trying to revenge the world and also telling God that He's isn't good enough.

Wrath blinds you, making you feel no compassion towards others. It can drive you to do the most barmy things that you never thought you'd be capable of doing. For a common example, Cain and Able. [Genesis 4:5-8] Which is why we should examine ourselves daily. Not forgetting that we can also make others angry as they make us angry. Also, we should think about what's making us angry. Is it such a big deal? Don't sweat the little things. Thinking before we act will also help. It teaches us self-control. Looking inside ourselves and asking God to help us as angry humans. Be consistent with practicing the Fruits of the Spirits. Finding a joy in being obedient. Learning patience and tolerance for other humans. Sincere love towards your brother and boundless forgiveness. Approaching an anger-provoking situation with peace and gentleness. And, or course, being kind to one another.

Galatians 5:22-30 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

Envy

2009-04-23T15:29:00.000-07:00

Envy blinds us. It makes us want things that the Lord doesn't give us at the moment or want us to have at all. God has His very ideal and exclusive plan for your life: His will. We shoudn't envy others for what God has given them or compare our blessings to theirs. God allows us -Christians- certain things for a reason. His will for your life keeps you in balance with His laws. We can't go around looking for what we don't have, it takes away the gratitude of what the Lord has already given us.

Job 5:2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Proverbs 23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
Psalm 19:9-10 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb
Proverbs 14:30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Envy isn't just one of the seven deadliest sins, it can lead to other sins like back-biting your neighbor because your jealous of what he has leading to hatrd and deceit. Another sin envy can lead to is the even more common, adultry. Instead of thinking about what God hasn't given you, think about what God has already blessed you with. Thank Him for the things you have now. You never know: someone might be envying you. Pray for them. And the next time you think about envying someone or something, think it through: Would this really be what God has for you? Is it really worth commiting the horrible sin of envy? How would having this -whatever you want- affect you in your becoming closer to the Lord? The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Pride

2009-03-27T09:29:00.000-07:00

pride [noun] - sense of one's own dignity or worth

There are many verses in the Bible that tells us to turn away from pride. Here are a few I found during my weeks of personal devotion.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Psalm 10:4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
Deuteronomy 8:11-14 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Deuteronomy 8:17 You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.

Pride has been something that I have been dealing with, without conscience of knowing that it was a problem of mine. But as I listened to myself, I noticed that I lacked humility and modesty in how I presented myself to others and before the Lord. Humility is -in a sense denying one's self. Being humble and also being grateful and thanking the Lord for what is given, because we deserve nothing.

Pride is self-admiration and self-glorification. It's amour-propre. It's an ego. It's plain old vanity. It's UGLY. Once something good happens to us, we instantly say how good we did, not how good God has been to us. Pride boosts the ego, and it makes us feel superior. Pride can sometimes stop us from getting the blessing God has for us. We feel that we've got what we wanted all by ourselves, forgetting that instantly God -who gave it to us in the first place- could take it all away. We need to stay very close to Jesus and learn humility. The closer we are, the more we're aware that there is nothing good in ourselves. We need Jesus to produce the real beauty that we often try to reach through boosting our self worth through pride.

Modesty

2009-03-10T11:53:00.001-07:00

Hello Visitors of BBB! Lately I have been pressed with the subject of modesty. Those of you who know me, I have been seen with clothes that revel [low cut shirts] and hug the body [skinny jeans]. Also, holding myself in a boyish fashion, not thinking about how I'm affecting my witness to those around me. When I looked up "modesty" in the dictionary, I found this: modest [adjective]: having a modest estimate of oneself 2: observing the proprieties of dress and behavior.

A woman should have a spirit of Godly-grace. Also, a woman should have the decency, holding on to her virtue, and setting a standard for herself in conduct and in apperance.

1 Timonthy 2: 9-10 I also want women to dress modestly, with shamefaceedness and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

When people look at you, there should be no doubt that you are a Christian young lady, not only in the way you dress, but most importantly, what's in your heart. Not being daring and dauntless but having a modest attitude.

Proverbs 11: 22 As a jewel of gold in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

Isaiah 40:28-31

2009-02-27T18:10:00.000-08:00

Hello Visitors of BBB!

The past few days have been rough for me. I've been sitting at home bored -literally- to tears. I've been drowning in my own selfpity, feeling worthless. With no extra activities and no real means on physical contact with my friends or family [because we live so far away from everyone], I am afraid that I'm not taking advantage of the opprotunities the Lord has laid before me. I thought that if I had something to do I would be happy, but happiness is fleeting. And when I broke down in tears in front of my Grandmother, it had to be something bigger than "just having nothing to do". The emptiness I was feeling was where God was suppose to be. Instead of being grateful, I was being selfish and was growing weary of the world thinking that God had nothing to do with my troubles and doubting His power. His tests are the perfect reminders that He is Almighty. He renews our strength and brings us out stronger in the end. Don't doubt God.

Isaiah 40:28-31
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Proverbs 31:10-31

2009-02-23T18:05:00.000-08:00

Hello Visitors of BBB!
Blogging is LONG overdue, and I apologize.

Two years ago, my cousin, sister and I were doing an interesting expriment: we decided to make a list of qualities that we would love for a husband. It was more like a prayer to the Lord. While doing so -and being so young- I was making up wild fantizies of perfection not accpeting the fact that people have flaws -no excluding myself. My mother once told me, "To get a good man, you have to be a good woman." I looked at her in confusion, dug around in my tote for my notebook and threw the whole "husband prayer" away not starting it up until now. Remembering my mother's words while reading Proverbs [31:10-31] was an encouraging conviction.

Proverbs 31:10-12
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

Continue to grow as a woman in Christ to become a good wife. No woman is born with that raw talent! And next time you think about praying for someone else's flaws take a look in the mirror at yourself. You're not as merit as you think.

Bish Bash Bosh's,

Kyndel 8-

Bish Bash Bosh

2009-02-17T18:49:00.001-08:00

Do you see this? >
This is an Colloquy Alligator.
He is always very hungry.
When he's hungry, he will eat your punctuatio>.

Hello visitors of Bish Bash Bosh. 8-}
Starting this new blog has been the most difficult. Not knowing what to blog about is what stops me and not knowing how to put all the blogrolls and other things on here discourage me! So, I've decided to make it as random as possible and put, well, ANYTHING and EVERYTHING on this blog `o mine. While my blog will be fun, it will also glorify God.
Your care to comment makes me happy and make sure to critique my blog [it's thoroughly appreciated].
Bish Bash Bosh's creator,
Kyndel 8-}