Short and Simple

Psalm 40:8 is my favorite bible verse because it's something that is actually simple to understand.  "Your law is within my heart." This bible verse just says in plain English what it actually means, and that is that within everyone's heart they have feelings, morals, and other things that help them follow God's law.

Summer Reading

The book that I chose to read over the summer was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. I actually really enjoyed reading this book. This book taught me a lot about strong friendships that are more like families. Adam Pardue and I did a project using google presentation about internal and external conflict in The Outsiders. The external conflict that we talked about in our presentation was the violent rivalry between the Greasers and the Socials. The internal conflict we talked about was Ponyboy dealing with the loss of Johnny.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ei4CXQvdYCJMC9KTg5CQimCyaLN2xTIVtSced1Ku2L8/edit?usp=sharing

This year I would like to accomplish 4 major things. The first thing I want to accomplish is making A's all year long. I want to make A's this year because last year I was able to do so. The second thing I want to accomplish is to stop procrastinating which is what I did before I started writing this. I usually wait until late at night to do my homework, and sometimes I even wait until the morning to do my homework.  The third thing I want to accomplish this year is winning first place at one of our band competitions. I play bass guitar in marching band, and we didn't do very well in our competitions last year. The fourth thing I would like to accomplish this year is learning how to play the mandolin. My uncle gave me a mandolin over the summer, and I was able to learn a few chords and play a few simple songs. I would really like to be able to play more challenging songs such as Battle of Evermore.

Picture by AJ Cann