Onesimus

The book of Philemon in the Bible is a letter Paul wrote to Philemon concerning his slave Onesimus, of whom Paul met in Rome. He gave the letter to Onesimus and told him to go back to Philemon.

I wrote a story from Onesimus' point of view. I took as much as possible from the bible, but because the Bible never says what happened after the letter was delivered, it has a lot of "Kennedy-flair."  

Onesimus' Journey

I awoke the day of my departure from Rome, where I had sought refuge after running from my master Philemon. Paul, a good friend and mentor, whom I met here in Rome, shared the gospel with me and urged me to go back to Philemon. He had written a note that he wanted me to take to him. Today I embark on my journey back. I am scared at what lies ahead for me, for escaping from your master is a crime and punishable by imprisonment or death. Philemon will certainly report me and send me to prison. But, I must do what is right. So, snatching up my letter and sack I leave. I stopped by the city well to quench my thirst and splash the cool water on my face. I look around and my flesh screams from inside me telling me that I should be free and I really shouldn’t go back to Philemon. It taunts me constantly of what is at the end of my journey. Slavery…the complete opposite of freedom. I don’t belong to any man! I’m my own man! It screams so much it hurts. I don’t want to live the rest of my life doing another man’s bidding. I say a prayer to God asking him to please help me go through with it and to give me peace. I ask the Lord that if he’s willing that Philemon would have grace and mercy upon me. I couldn’t do this without the Lord’s help. The Lord calms my spirit. Walking away from the well, I continue down the road.
Arriving at my destination, some days later, my stomach does flip flops. I can look down from the hill on which I stand and I can see Philemon's prosperous land. I look down and I can see my fellow workmen tending the south garden and the lady of the house Apphia resting in the grove and for a moment I feel like running again. My selfishness screams at me again. I could run and it wouldn’t change anything. “No,” I yell to myself. This is what the Lord wants and I live to serve Him. He is my ultimate master. Though I will go and serve my earthly master, Philemon. I am free in Jesus! He is my one and true master and that will never change. I pray and the courage of the Lord swells inside of me as I walk down to hill towards Philemon. I have changed since I left Philemon's place. Paul shared a lot with me and I am so grateful to him. I now know the Lord as my precious savior and he has changed my heart so much. Nearing he house, some fellow workmen smile and nod to greet me, some look at me with worried eyes as they wonder what may happen to me, some just stare in disbelief. “Here I go,” I tell myself. Without the Lord, I wouldn’t have the courage to do this. I walk in….

It’s evening and I lie here in my quarters. Philemon greeted me with gladness. Although he was glad I’d returned, he was upset and scolded me of my wrongdoing. Taking the note from Paul, he told me to go to my quarters so that he might read the letter. While being her I have already shared the gospel with a few slaves that share my quarters. They asked many questions that I myself had trouble answering. I do believe that the Lord will melt their hearts.

Philemon read the letter and took Paul’s words to heart. He decided that if he was to have slaves, that he must treat them well and value them. He said that some slaves could go. I, Onesimus, was one of them.

 

K.K.M.D
Romans 15:13

 

Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

Who doesn't love foaming soap? I love the stuff!
Foaming soap you can get from the store is already 90% water,  and of course 10% yucky, bad, gross, earth damaging, gunk! SO.... Let's make it ourselves!!
Because everything eco-green and natural is awesome...


p.s. the foaming action is all in the bottle...not the special soap.

Check this stuff out!!

 

 

~What You'll need~

 

Foaming bottle (We just bought a bottle of foam soap from the store and dumped out the junk and rinsed the bottle, if you can find an empty foaming bottle somewhere....that would be better...but....whatever)

Olive oil, coconut oil, or vegetable glycerin

Water

Castile soap

Essential oils, if so desired

 

 

1 Cup Water

1 1/2 Tbs. Castile Soap

1 Tsp. of the choice oil or vegetable glycerin

Essential oils if so desire

 

 

You have to put the water in first!! Add castile soap to water, not water to castile! Otherwise you'll get weird flaky castile chunkies. :) So, just put the water in first then add all the other stuff. If you are using scented castile soap you could either drop the essential oils or make it blend beautifully. ;) We used lavender castile soap and didn't use any essential oils. Although some lemon would be great with the lavender...hum...I should try that. Anyway...once it's all added you can just shake it up a bit and pump that baby....voila!! Awesome foamy soap!!! Now go impress somebody......

 

 

 

K.K.M.D

Eph. 2:8-9

I've been awarded.....

Laura over at Princess in Mudboots awarded me with the Liebster Blog award.
Thanks so much!

 

Here are the rules:

1.) list 11 things about yourself.

2) Answer the 11 questions that the tagger has set for you PLUS you MUST create 11 questions of your own for the 11 people you will nominate with this award.
3) Choose up to 11 bloggers linking them to your post.
4) Go to their page and inform them of the nomination.
5) Absolutely NO tag backs.
6) Remember to ONLY tag bloggers with less than 200 followers



Here are the 11 facts about me.
1.) I play the piano, bamboo flute, melodica, and guitar.
2.) I've moved 20some times.
3.) I love photography....
4.) I have 2 adorable siblings that are adopted
5.) I don't wash my hair. :) yah...really...it's clean I promise you...I just don't wash it with shampoo. :)
6.) I make my own gel, hairspray, shaving cream, and make-up. 
7.) I'm pretty hippy...as you can tell by the above comments.
8.) I snowboard.
9.) I'm short.
10.) I'm a military brat
11.) I love hanging out with friends and family.

1.) What is your favorite genre of music? probably christian pop.

2.) What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you? Oh...um....we flipped while white water rafting once. That was pretty scary. But, I'll probably think of something scarier when I'm done with this. ;)
3.) What is the biggest injury you've ever had? I've never broken a bone...or anything major. The biggest thing would be....One time, when I was about 7ish, I was chasing a friend and she closed a door and I ran right into the door handle and hit my head really hard. There was so much blood they had to get a mop. :P
4.) How would you describe yourself? Go with the flow, Happy go lucky....laid back...adventurous.
5.) What's your Favorite wild Animal? A white tiger!
6.) What's is one of your pet peeves? Soft cover book covers all bent back.
7.) How many siblings do you have? 3
8.) What do you want to be when you grow up? A wife to an awesome farmer living in the mountains having no care but to grow our garden, move our cows to the next pasture, play music, and snowboard. With all my friends living right next to me. :) Ok, that was a long-winded answer. :)
9.) Favorite Hobby? MUSIC!
10.) If you could have 1 wish what would it be? Um...A billion dollars. Is that greedy? :)
11.) You are trapped on an island, what item would you wish for? A nice big sharp knife.


My 11 questions for the ones I nominate.
1. Do you play a musical instrument?
2. If you could travel in time, what era would you visit?
3. What's you favorite color?
4. Favorite pastime?
5. What's your dream car?
6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
7. What's scarier to you, Fire or flooding?
8. How many houses have you lived in?
9. If you had to be a bug, which bug would you be?
10. You are going on a week trip and can only take 1 thing, what would you take?
11. What's your worse cooking experience?



I nominate....
Alyssa at Alyssa Rose
Sarah at His Beauty
Mariah at Our Fine Days
Melody at Rejoice Always
Amy at A Heart Surrendered



K.K.M.D
Psalms 143:10

Photo challenge winners...

Alrighty...this is long overdue. :)
But, we just traveled around the world (literally) and we just got back the other day.
Because there were only a few pictures entered...I figured I'd just do 1st and 2nd place. :)
Thanks to Sarah, Melody and Sami for entering
Next photo challenge I'll have some awesome prize or something. :)

1st.
Melody B.
Yay! Your picture is beautiful and wonderfully composed. The focus is really pretty.

2nd.
Sarah K.
Whoo-hoo! :) I love the colors and vibrance of your photo. The "plant-holder-thing" adds some pretty texture.





Keep up the photography skills!

K.K.M.D
Isaiah 48:17

Some of my newer creations....

(This post is for you Cousin A.H. :) )

My skirt I made from an old button up of Dad's.

On this skirt I didn't straighten the bottom. But on my other one I did because the length difference was way drastic.

The other one I made.

How would you match navy blue? Both of these skirts were just testers really. I would love to try it some more and try new things. Like maybe you could sew up the middle and put a zipper on it...that way you wouldn't have to worry about the buttons revealing too much (my reason I wear leggings).

This one was straightened and hemmed.

Yep, that's my twin. :)

This hat is a bit big...but if the hair is right it doesn't look too bad. :)

Here's the blue yarn!!! Yay. :)

There's a little bit of a closer view on the pattern...which was a lot of fun. :)

What's your newest creation?

K.K.M.D

Psalms 119:130

Nature photo challenge....

Hey everyone!

I'm hosting a photo challenge. The category is "nature."

Hopefully everything will work out fine....this is my first time hosting a photo challenge. If you have any problems with the link or whatever just leave a comment and I'll try to figure it out. ;)

Rules~

1. The picture must be taken by you.

2. You can edit...but lets not get crazy. :)

3. You have to link it back to my blog using the button below...or just a link.

4. Lets just stick to one entry per person.

5. The picture must be nature. It can be animals...but they have to be wild....you know..nature. ;)

6. Have fun and be creative!

Depending on how many people entered I might pick finalist then you can vote or I'll just pick winner and runner-up. Whichever...the winner will be chosen soon after. Winner will receive bragging rights. :) Have fun!!

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K.K.M.D

Psalms 119:61

Beautiful blog award....

Amber over at A different kind of girl-God's girl!! awarded me with this beautiful blog award! Thanks so much Amber!

#1. Thank the person who nominated you and give the link.

 Amber  at A different kind of girl-God's girl

#2 Tell us how the idea of having a blog popped up and why you continue it.

Well, I really though of it for school. Stuff like what I'm learning and fun things too. As the discription says, "The musings, essays, and otherwise intelligent thought from a 16 year old girl."
And I just enjoy having it...so that's why I continue it. :)

#3 Describe a usual day of your life .

Well, I wake up at around 7am. Do all that morning stuff after that follows breakfast, then school, then lunch, depending on the day...chores next, then free time. At around 4ish-5ish Dad gets home with the mail...I jump on it like a wolf. :) Then we have dinner, devotions....nightly stuff....bed. :)

#4 The best collaboration with a blogger?

Um....Probably Alyssa over at Alyssa Rose..I think....that's a confusing question. :)

#5 The worst collaboration with a blogger?
 None. :)

#6 Explain what having this blog means to you.

I love sharing with others.....does that answer that question? :)

#7 Now nominate 5 bloggers for this award.

Alyssa

Sarah

Laura

Amy

Mariah

Now all you have to do is what I did...answer the questions. :)

K.K.M.D

Pslams 119:30