A Little More of My Story....

Hi guys!

It's M. here. I just wanted to talk to you for a few minutes about what Christ means to me, and how He's worked in my life.

I grew up in a Christian home, and I have an awesome family.  I accepted Christ when I was three or four; I don't remember the exact day. But for a while, I was okay with Christianity being just another thing for me. I would go to church on Sunday and AWANA on Wednesday. That was all.

Three or four years ago I went to a Christian conference called the Rebelution. The speakers asked some tough questions and challenged my faith. I realized that I called myself a Christian, but I lived MY life, the way I wanted to. That day I realized that I needed to live for Jesus, not myself.

The next day, I went back to normal life. I began to learn more about Jesus and act more like a "Christian." But looking back, something was still missing. That something was a relationship with God. Over this past year, I've realized the importance of a daily quiet time to talk AND LISTEN to God. (The listening part was - and is - difficult for me.) Now I try to make it a priority to spend time with him every day.

For the past three years, I've attended Worldview Academy in the fall. The camps have greatly affected my outlook on the culture and my outlook on myself as well. I'm blessed to have had these experiences.

Well, that's most of the story. I've struggled this year with lots of things, but those struggles have caused me to grow. I've been in awe, and I've been confused. I've had some really rough days, but I'm super thankful for how God walks with me on those days. The path in front of me right now - well, I won't say it looks pretty. But actually, I don't want pretty. I'm trusting that God will lead me where I need to be.

Talk to you later! 
-M.

Costume dilemma

So this week I've been debating what costume I should wear for the harvest festival (halloween) and I've fallen between two choices. 

The first is to be a Dalek (shout out to all the doctor who fans out there!) 

The second is to be the mad hatter from alice in wonderland (Jonny Depp style!). 

But I can't decide between the two so I'm giving the choice to you guys! So from now till October 20th i'm open for comments and votes!! Please help me decide!

-E.

(Personally I think that E. is crazy and should be a minion from despicable me... But I won't go there! -M.)

Our First Post...

Hi There!

If you're reading this, we probably know you. This is our first blog post. 

Definition: We don't really know what on earth we're doing. :)

Anyways, we decided to start a blog to kinda talk about whatever we want. Random jokes, how our day went, deep theological issues, global warming, you get the idea. (Just kidding about the last one!)

For example, earlier this week, before P.E., I was thinking about how painful it would be to break your middle finger. I thought about cutting my fingernails because they were super long and I didn't want to break them playing Frisbee. I kind of ignored the voice in my head, cause I didn't really care.

Funny Story: I broke my middle fingernail playing Frisbee at P.E. that day. So, the moral of the story is to at least pay attention to the little voice in your head sometimes!

Our blog is called Mystery of the Simplex. Those things we said we might talk about? They're all simple. They're all complicated. We'll explore why things are Simplex here. If you ever want to ask us about anything, or to blog about a certain topic, feel free!

We might post once a year, we might post ten times a day. Did we mention that this is our first blog post? 

Talk to you soon!

-from M. and E. (get it?)