Very good

Foes Become Friends

The day was December 25, in the year 1914.  There was a war going on, a war of such size it would be recorded as the "Great War".  It was Christmas day and, suddenly, the bombs stopped and were forgotten.  Then everyone got up out of the trenches and cubbyholes and went over to each other and shook hands. They now approached the ones a day earlier they would have called their enemies.  What had possessed them?  They were talking peacefully to their adversaries. They summoned up the courage to actually talk to them in hope that they would not shoot at them instead.  It was Christmas Day and they were going to celebrate with each other.  There were eyewitness' accounts of it.  There were Germans and Scottish, Americans and British, and several other nationalities.  It was a  peaceful Christmas and a happy one because they individually were able to put away their differences and communicate.

Now after hearing that true story how many reading this have ever gone to their enemies and forgiven them on a much smaller scale.  They were talking to the ones who had possibly killed their best friends.  Your enemies at the worst lied to you, made fun at you, tripped you.  And yet why is it that we can never manage the courage to go over and forgive them on any occasion.  This year lets make sure that we can make peace with our enemies.

Take Heart, Have Courage

"Take Heart, Have Courage"

There is a tool that our enemy uses
that is more powerful than most others
that tool is called discouragment
and it does its job well

It knocks us down so low
we feel we can't get up
but there is One who can help
there is One who can lift our soul

We can choose to stay down
or we can ask for His help
When He comes down He'll say
its alright...Take heart Have courage

Dakota L. Covey

The Wild West

Welcome to Dakota's National Tours.  I will take you to Arches National  Park, Yellowstone National Park,
 The Grand Tetons, and several other wonderful places in our Nation.  Have fun :)

                                                                       Scenery

                                                                          Fins

                                                                 Arches National park

                                                                    tough terrain

                                                               Landscape Arch

                                                             Grand  Teton Mountains

                                                              Home on the prairie

                                                                     Uphill

                                                              Where  the buffalo roam

 got pretty close

 Old Faithful

                                                          Yellowstone Lower Falls

                                                           I think Yellowstone River

                                                                 Good day gents

                                                        Yellowstone Upper Falls

                            I think my grandma said it was a Mountain Blue Jay

                                                         Salt Lake City off in the distance

                                                                     High in the sky

                                                      Authentic ruts of the Oregon Trail

                                   Like literally 8,000 some feet above sea level

                                                                            Partly cloudy

                                                                        Nice view

                                                                Off in the distance

                                                          Rocky Mt. National Park

                                                                   Oh. the open road
                           

He Is No Fool

This quote by Jim Elliot was found in his journal after his death.It is a great, but yet simple thought for us all.

That's My King! - SM Lockridge

Thought you might like this :)

Wounded But Not Slain

A personal favorite.


Wounded But Not Slain

I’m wounded now, but I’m not slain.
I’m bruised and faint they say
Just let me lie and bleed awhile;
I’ll not be long this way.

My Spirit’s low and my eyes flow.
My heart is sad and sore;
But when my pen’ent tears are gone,
I’ll stand and fight some more.

I’ll bind these wounds; I’ll dry these tears;
I’ll close this bleeding vein;
I’ll not lie here and weep and die:
I’ll rise and fight again.

‘Twas yesterday I bowed so low,
Was weak from tears and pain;
Today I’m strong; my fears are gone;
Today I fight again.





Author Unknown

Farewell by Lincoln

The speech you see is the farewell speech from the White House by President Lincoln.  I think it is good(as does as my sister who recommended it).


My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.

New Year's

Well my blog has begun and it is the new year.  My New Years Day post came a little late(sorry).  Lets serve the God who gave us 2013.

Hey!

Hello my name is Dakota Covey I am thirteen years old and have a great sense of humor(I think).I have been tought the the standards and beliefs of a independent, fundamental, baptist church.I love God and try to serve Him to the best of my ability.

The Christmas Story

The Christmas Story

“What is the Christmas story?” you might ask.  Is it just a myth?  A fairy tale made up by some crazed maniac?  Or could it be just a pack of lies?  A story told by one man in order to make the whole world believe something that could not possibly be true. Well, what do you think?  How about a story told by a good man, who wanted to give the world a higher calling or a desire to live?  I don’t think so.

How could a crazed man come up with such a wondrous story as the one of Christ?  Would a wicked sinner curse others that were the same as he is?  Surely a good person would not have told this story.  For in doing so, they would make their own goodness to be a lie.

No, I don’t think that man in any aspect could begin to imagine the glory and honor that the Christmas story contains.  That the Lord that made the heaven, the earth, you and me would come down to this sin filled world with pain, sorrow and broken hearts.  He did this so he could dry the tears of the sorrowing and mend those whose hearts had been broken.  No, no man could conceive that story, but I know the One who did.  The Highest being of all ages, the Creator God, the Ruler over the entire universe, it is the story of the Lord Jesus Christ.

So, I really have not answered your question.  That is because I can’t answer it completely, because it isn’t finished yet, we are part of the story.  The story won’t be finished until He comes back to take us home with Him.  Why are we part of that story?  We are the reason that the story began so long ago.  The reason He came down to live among sinful men was us.  Why, WHY, did He care about us all so much?  He wanted us to live with Him in eternity, because He loved us with a greater love than we have ever known or seen here on earth.

That is the reason.  Now you know why.  What are you going to do about it? 

While we were born with a silver spoon in our mouth, He was born in a manger, in a stable!  What can we do to repay Him who loved us so much?  We can do nothing.  We can do nothing to repay him.  The price is greater than our human minds can conceive. 

But what can we do?  We can try to hide our belief in Him like some do.  Or we can live our life being a good person, but never really telling anyone else about what He did for them. 

Or we can show His light, share His news, and give Him the glory that is His due.  What will you do for the One who gave you your life?  Don’t push Him away as you have done so many times before.  Let His light shine from you.