hey yall. i decided that i need to leave a post. in case anyone still reads this thing.....

PLEASE pray for my friend Jacob. He was hit by a car on halloween night. he's in ICU and in a coma. just pray for healing of his brain and that he will wake up. to read more about his condition go to this website http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/inputSiteName.do?method=search&siteName=jacobsterenberg

Well i just wanted to get some of my thoughts and feelings about this whole thing out...Lately i have been feeling very apathetic towards God. I didnt really read the Bible as i should, and life was good so i didnt really depend on God for anything, i had this attitude of i can do it all myself. Well since jacob got hurt the ONLY thing i can do is rest in God and totally depend on Him. I hate that this has happened...it hurts so bad just to think about it. But God is definitely working throught this situation and bringing it all to His glory (i know He is in my life at least).I saw him last night it was good to see him in his air jordans, he looked normal other than the machines and stuff hooked up. I wonder if he can hear me, whats going on in his head right now? I pray that He can totally feel God's presence right now. Its just so weird that at this time last week i saw him and he was totally fine and now everything has changed. It's hard feeling so hopeless, there is nothing i, the doctors, medicine or anything/anyone else can do to heal Jacob. I have to rest in the fact that God has the power to heal him. God just keeps pushing me forward and giving me strength. I have been praying soooooooooo much for Jacob and his family, more so than i think i have ever prayed before. I wish jacob could just wake up and become the good old jacob i love. but that is not what God wants right now. hmmm so He is teaching me a lesson in patience too. Also through all this, i can see our church family really becoming a family. We are all rallying together and praying for Jacob just as the Lord commands us to do. Its also amazing how many people are praying for Jacob all over the country and even throughout the world. That really comforts me. So therefore this whole thing STINKS! but to God be the glory, He will work out everything for the good of those who love Him. Here are some verses.....

  James 1:2-4--> Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Phillipians 4:7--> And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:18--> I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Romans 8:28-->And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

some pics of jacob are on my yahoo pics at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/courtsport891/album?.dir=6cf7&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

ya sooo PLEASE keep praying for jacob and also his mom and dad and brothers (Justin, Mike, Benjamin, and Nicholas) 

love ya jacob!

-court

ok... if u havnt noticed already. im not really gonna write in here anymore. unless im bored out of my mind or something! 

 leave me love....

-court

hey yall sorry its been sooo long.

this past week has been extremely crazy. early morning dramam rehearsals then after school i had track and basketball. i was sooo ready for the weekend, and even then i had to babysit, i had bball games, and i had to go to the one act plays. sunday was fun. we had a guest pastor and he was really good, i especially liked his point on godliness, it is not being more like God, it is admitting your sin to God. i had never thought of it that way but it is true. and then sunday school we had pizza (yum) and talked about the vine and the branches and went into depth on that. then that afternoon we went to mckinnish park and filmed a movie. it was pretty funny. then we went to the concert of prayer and then went to the ponds to hangout it was fun (but benj wasnt there so we didnt laugh quite as much) and we ate pizza again. and i played some bball. then i went home and got ready and went to bed. monday i had to be at school at 630!!!!! and then we had a track meet all day, i did ok in my events (considering i had practiced a total of 3 days haha) and then i got home around 6:45 ate dinner then went to babysit. and then came home at 9:30 and took ashower and got ready and then tues i got to sleep in b/c i had an ortho app. at 9:15 so i just went straight to that and then to school. and school was ok today. i have alot of junk to do for geometry man im sooo glad that class is over in 6 wekks! oh and ive finally decided that next year im not going to play bball, im going to play soccer. why? well theres lots of reasons, including a certain coach, and just that bball isnt that much fun anymore, its wayyy too intense, also i would be sitting on the bench most of the time. so im excited to try a new sport and coach carter is sooo cool! i think it will be fun and alot less stressful. so anyways thats some news. and im really glad i made that decision b/c ive been thinking about it for a long time, and i feel like God has just told me what i need to do and so ya. theres nothing else really. leave me nice comments and stuff.

love yall,

court

oh ya by the way. on sunday night me and maggie and warren were talking about how on fridays at my school we wear jeans and a "christian" t-shirt if anyone has any funny/sarcastic christian t-shirt ideas leave a comment.

hey everyone! sorry its been a while. ummm i last wrote on my birthday... soo

wednesday- got my license and drove to school. then after school went to my dads apartment.

thurs- school. then bball practice.

 ~wow i have a really boring life~

friday-left for austin at 7 w/ the speech team. the bus ride was somewhat amusing. for a good part of the ride me and meg bugged mrs. marchant. that was fun. we were like hmm mrs. marchant we have 3 hours on a bus lets give you a makeover! haha shes like no absolutely not are you saying im ugly? it was funny. then we played mafia and noel made up really weird stories about how people died. and then we just kinda hung out. then we got to austin and ate subway. and we found out that we didnt have to stay in the la quinta megs dad had somehow gotten us 13 rooms in the marriot!! it was really nice! but we had to wait a lil while before our rooms were ready. so went went back over to the campus where the competition was. and we played tongues most of the time and omg noel was hilarious he was sooo bad. and ya lots of fun stories from there. then we went back to the hotel and me and rian and dede and larona and kristina kinda just walked around and stuff. then my dad came and we all ate dinner. then i went over for prelims and i thought i did pretty well. and i was in a room w/o anyone from cca there so it was scary. i ended up getting 2nd in prelims in my room and the guy who beat me was really boring and weird.grrrr so then we went back to the hotel and went to bed.

saturday- we got up early and stuff. and we packed up and rian and dede and i went to go eat breakfast but the restaurant was flipping EXPENSIVE!! so we decided to walk to CVS pharmacy to see what was ther to eat. so ya i got some juice and we were all proud of ourselves for being so thrifty and we come back to find that most everyone went there too. so ya i guess we're not that smart. anyways. then we went over to concordia and did a whole lot of nothing until 3 and i performed and then me and meg rode back w/ colleen and mrs. bloss and we found out that meg got first in poetry and rian got 3rd and i got 7th  grrrr i thought i did better. but oh well i was the least experienced one there, and i guess it was good just to make finals. so then i went home and unpacked and slept.

sunday- youth sunday. i had to be there early.... so ya everyone did a really good job!!! even though some people say they did bad *cough*jay*cough* yall did soooo good.and pastor ron's sermon was really good! it was about how God calls us to do what He wants us to do. i really enjoyed it.and then we had sunday school and we went outside b/c it was GORGEOUS so that was fun. and then we went to kentacohut and ate lunch and then i went home and watched raising helen and did some homework. then went back up to youth group and that was fun. and went to the williams and ate and played mafia. then i took daniel home. then i went home and got ready for school and went to bed.

monday-SAT's (stanford achievement  tests) and then 1.2.3 period. man i have sooo much to catch up on. i think friday was the absolute worst day to miss this year. so i better go study for all the tests and stuff.

i love yall!

heres a verse that i really really like and try to remember during tough times

Romans 5:3-4-->   Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perserverance; perserverence, character; and character, hope.

-court

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!! I'M 16 NOW!! WELL ACTUALLY NOT TECHNICALLY TIL 8 PM AS MY DAD INFORMED ME.....BUT YA SOOO I GOT MY CAST OFF SOO IM VERY HAPPY EXCEPT IT SMELLS A LITTLE STRONG.... AND THEN IM GOING TO JAYS BASEBALL GAME AND TO DINNER W/ FAMILY AND SOME FRIENDS! THEN TOMM MORNING BRIGHT AND EARLY I WILL HOPEFULLY OBTAIN A DRIVERS LICENSE!! WELL OK LEAVE ME NICE COMMENTS!

LOVE YALL!

-COURT