Faith and Trust

When you ask God to come into your life and change you, you are willing to put your faith and trust in God's hands and letting Him control where life takes you. Galatians 2:20 says I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Yes, it is a very big chance to take, but in the end it is worthwhile.


I recently learned in my life, that when you ask God to come into your life and change you, that not only do you have to ask for it but you have to willingly open up and give Him a chance. 

I used to wonder why God was not listening to me, I had asked for Him to come into my life, but He never did. God did come into my life, I just wasn't giving Him the opportunity to start making changes. I finally realized that God uses our own voice, our own words, and our own  actions to determine our future. I wasn't giving God a chance to come in and give advice. I was blocking Him out. But now, I ask myself Whom Shall I Fear? 

Matthew 19:26 says, But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 

With God, All things are possible... But you have to be ready for God to take control.

Sometimes God Knows Best

No, I'm not the perfect Christian Girl that I want to be, no one can be that perfect Christian because we all sin each and everyday. 

Many people at my school comes to me for Christ-like advice. Do I question why me? No. I just accept that is where God needs me to help out so I just give them advice. 

I recently went through a emotional time. I tried out for the school play, and didn't get the part that I wanted. I prayed to God asking that He just let me do the very best that I could...And He did. 

But throughout auditions and casting a really close friend of mine reminded me not to be mad at God. Ok, so maybe acting isn't one of my talents, but singing is. God gives me the courage to get up on stage at Church and at school and to sing and worship Him. So why should I be mad at God??? She told me, "No Matter what happens in the end... Always remember your Gods Girl and No one can ever change that." 

I have realized in life that not everyone has the same talents and were like that for a reason... God made us to all be unique. So while I was so upset about not getting the part that I wanted God just sent a message and He said, "If I had made you just like everyone else that did get the lead parts then you wouldn't be the person that I know you are."

I got to thinking about it and No, I don't want to be like everyone else, I want to stand out like God made and wanted me to. I don't have to have every talent in the world to be me. God gave me the ability to sing, dance, and give advice. There is probably a whole list of what God did and didn't give me that I haven't figured out but that I will find out in life sooner or later. 

So No, I am not that perfect Christian girl that I want to be but God doesn't want me to be perfect.... He just wants me to be me.  

I Hunger, I Thirst

I delight in Your Word

I Hunger

I Thirst

Your Word sustains me

Your blessings flow

The Word sows it's seeds

Fruitfulness abounds




Your Word revives me

I feed

I draught

It brings to life my heart and mind

Enriches my very being

Overflowing to your purpose

It speaks into my soul

New Year New Me

Happy New Year!!!

New year resolutions is very common during this time. I remember this time last year I set my new year resolutions and one of them was to improve my relationship with God. I knew before I could improve my relationship I would have to confess to God that I didn't enjoy reading THE WORD. He very quickly taught me how to have a love for THE WORD!!!!

This year I am still wanting to improve my relationship with Him so I am participating in the 2015 SIESTA. SIESTA is where you memorize two bible verses a month. One the 1st and 15th of each month you share them with others. I am not only doing this for me but I am wanting to share Gods Word with others.
If you want to learn more about SIESTA you can follow this link -

http://blog.lproof.org/2015/01/siesta-scripture-memory-team-2015-verse-1.html

http://blog.lproof.org/2014/12/siesta-scripture-memory-team-2015-instructions-and-spiral-information.html

First verse for 2015
Proverbs 3:6 ESV

In all you ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your straight paths.

LIFE                    LIGHT           HOPE

                      I FOLLOW

Imagine that you have someone really close to you and one morning you leave to go to school or work, you come back home later that night expecting to see that person but quickly learn something serious happened to them such as them passing away. Honestly, we as humans don't have to imagine that tragic story, because it eventually happens to every one of us, we just don't never expect it to be us or our loved ones. I've learned in my short life span that everything happens for a reason. When a loved one passes away we say we don't want them to go, but you have to think about them and exactly how they feel. Why would you want them to be in pain and suffer? If you truly love them, you will accept that God has taken them home where there is no suffering or pain. We adapt, we accept, but we never get over it! I am often asked, when will the pain go away, my honest answer is never. It changes intensity, like the waves in the ocean, as we all struggle to get to Grief Beach. Often times when loved ones passes away you want to say I'm sorry or I understand, but you honestly can't say you understand because you honestly don't know how that person feels. And, I'm sorry just makes that person even sadder. I've recently experienced this, one of my sweet friends dad passed away, I had know idea what to say or how to feel. I quickly felt the need to seek God and His advice. Even though today this sweet friend and I are still very upset, but I can say that God let me words come out as if I never had a problem or a fear of talking to them. I quickly told my friend to seek God, and He can help you, because He will never forsake you. That dearest friend knows who they are and I want them to know that I Love Them!!!

Songs

Hey! So most of you know that I'm a singer and love love love listening to music!!!! Music is my way of escaping life for those few minutes  and letting the lyrics to that song take my feelings over. Sometimes that can be exciting and others it can make me cry. I love listening to christian music because I feel as if it's a genre that lets me get close and closer to God each and every second of the songs. I love singing but I don't use my singing gift to compete with others, I use my gift to praise and worship God. The talent show last year in 8th grade was my first time showing others that God has given me a gift and I know myself that I'm not the best but why would you want to put down the gifts that God has chosen for you to have? This past summer I decided I want to share the gift God has given me, I made a HUGE step and sung at church with one of my closest friends, De Anna Morris. De Anna has showed me in life that even though times get hard you have to go along with them because God puts you through these situations to lead you to the good in life. God has definitely showed me some bad things in life but the outcome has always come out great! God has brought     De Anna into my life as a sister in The Lord as well as a mother in The Faith. I plan on using my singing gift to sing with De Anna very soon. God gave each and every person a gift somewhere and somehow, but it's your job to share the gift with others.

Blessings!!!!

Something Amazing!

Hey there! Haven't posted in a while because I've been so busy with school and such. I'm trying to get back into blogging. I have recently started leading a Bible Study Group at my school called MOSAIC. MOSAIC stands for Making Our Souls Alive In Christ. MOSAIC has had a great turn out and recently we have started a new book by Bob Goff called Love Does. As a New York Times Bestseller, Love Does simply lets you discover a secretly incredible life in an ordinary world. With Donald Miller writing the foreword, Goff takes his readers on such a journey through his life. As a college student he spent sixteen days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became to Uganda consul. He pursed his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has became something of a legend, and his family and friends considers him the worlds best kept-secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book, and he finally did. It's full of paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the worlds most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob is convinced love takes action. Bob believes Loves Does. When love does life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance to make faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life, And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible to.  I recommend you read this book that's packed with every idea that you could think of that truly says, Simply Love Does. I believe reading takes your mind of some sort of roller coaster that at least everyone can refer to. Happy Reading!!!! 

Goff, Bob. Love Does. Nashville TN: Nelson, 2012. 224. Print.