The Door

Hey there. Okay, its been a while since my last blog, and you can tell that. Ha. School's been crazy, volleyball just ended, so I haven't had much computer time. Anyways, here's why I decided to write now; yesterday I had my biology class; we've been discussing biological evolution. My teacher decided to ask the question, "If I were to teach a class on how the world began by a belief system, which religion should I choose?" Everyone in my class decides to shoot out random answers. My school is very diverse; we've got Jewish people, we've got Christians:), we've got Muslims; very diverse. Anyways, people just decide to shout out different answers. (and here is where we go a little off topic) Over the summer, I went to a church camp; and we have a night where people can stand up and share their testimonies and say what they want to say. Anyways, I got this feeling; I could barely feel my legs, I had gooseskin on my arms, my hands were shaking, my heart was pounding, honestly, I thought I was going to puke; right then, I knew had to stand up and share my testimony, when I did, it was awesome. (now we go back to the biology room) I got that feeling as soon as he said that question, I knew had to say something. Everyone is yelling out answers so I decide to raise my hand and answer instead. He called on me, and my answer was, "Christianity." He asked me why I said that, I took a deep breath and said, "Because the Bible is the very first piece of evidence that we have of how the Earth was created and how man was made."---thats what I've learned in the past few months. He looked at me and goes, "That's not true. There were plenty of religions before Christianity came around that had theories on how the planet was formed." I was absolutely humiliated. I turned around in my seat and thought I was going to cry. I had to blink because my vision kept getting blurred. I honestly wanted to run out of there crying; and I was close to doing just that. But we've been doing these bug trap things; sticky traps is more appropriate. Anyways, I thought my day was going to be crappy after that. It had totally dropped my day from an A letter grade to an F. His one statement made my day miserable. But as soon as I walked outside with two of my friends, telling them how I felt, I heard a horn honk. I turned around to see my dad sitting in his car right there. I wanted to burst into tears of joy. I was so thankful that he showed up; right then and there. Perfect timing. I came home and told my mom about it; and she told me that my dad had no idea that he would be going to my school that day. Total God thing. That night at youth group; our lesson was on how God wants us to open the door to our hearts for him. This morning; our lesson at FCA was on how God never abandons us; never leaves us, even though the door in our hearts seems closed to Him when we're down, He'll pull us through the thickness of the destruction. So no matter what life throws at you, opinions on evolution, divorced parents, abuse, addictions, conformity, no matter what it is; the door to God is always open as long as you leave it open with your choice. God will always be there to pull you through. Avalanche, drought, thunderstorm, God's always there. When other people have abandoned you; He's still there.

Galations 2:20 "For I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God; who loved me and gave Himself for me."

I've Got a Hero, Living in Me.

Okay, I haven't blogged much lately. Schools been making everything hectic. Anyways, my all-time favorite band, Skillet, released a new album a couple of weeks ago. It broke and set a TON of records. I mean, the album is absolutely amazing. Anyways, back to the point. 9-11 was yesterday. People remembered what happened the day perfectly, but some of us only remember some things. Really the only thing I really remembered was I was at school, and the secretary came down to our classroom and told my teacher. They were both in tears, and none of us knew what was going on. I don't remember whether or not they let us out early, but I think they did. I came home; my mom was watching the news and her face was stained with tears. I've seen the pictures, heard the tales of people that lived through it. 9-11 was a big thing that crushed our nation. The only thing I really remember is the destruction it caused our people and our nation. The devestation, the depression, and the anger towards the people who did it. Some would say because of what happened to the Twin Towers is why we are in war, some would say it is for oil, and some would say that we are in war because the president was prejudiced. Who knows the real reason? No one on earth really knows. Not that I know of, anyway. Anyways, this all adds up to heros'. We've got police, firemen, marines, navy seals; everything to protect us. But only some people in the US have the True Hero inside them. Which would be our Lord, Jesus Christ. Now this is where Skillet comes into this blog. They just released their new music video for Hero yesterday. Perfect date, I know. But the words of the song make it even more perfect. I don't care if you like Skillet; if you like rock music, but the words to the song are ABSOLUTELY amazing. Just focus on the words and the video. It could change your life.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/Skillet/Hero--217276434

The Right Way

Okay, so I was sitting downstairs on my futon yesterday and I was texting one of my friends. He asked me what I had done that weekend and I said I just stayed home and chilled for a couple days. The normal response after that is, what did YOU do this weekend. So I asked him that. He'd been over at a friends house all weekend. They had smoked hookah(flavored tobacco). I told him that it was wrong. He then called me a "goody goody" because he has been doing stuff like this lately. To him a "goody goody" is a person that stands up for their beliefs and what is right. For instance, I stood up to him saying, smoking is wrong. I could stand up next to a doctor and say, abortion is wrong. Or you could stand up for the stupid reasons, "I WANT to do this," "It MAKES me feel good." You can see that those are selfish reasons. I stood up to him because its bad for HIM. I was thinking of him and how he is going to be when he grows up if he keeps living this way. Anyway, to the point. He started PERSECUTING me because I told him that smoking was bad. He started critizing me because I am a Christian. He drilled me with questions like, "how could one man make everything around us?" I have no idea where that came from, but thats what he asked. I then told him that God is MUCH bigger than all of us. Its hard for our mind to wrap around that fact. Then, he brought up perfection. He called me, Miss Perfect. Immature, I know. But I told him, that I was NO WHERE near perfection. God was and IS the only thing that will EVER be perfect. After this, he asked me why I strived to be like Jesus. I told him that we were made in His image, but because of Adam and Eve, we were thrown out of the way to reach God. But that is why God sent His son to die for us! For us! Wretches that would NEVER deserve His love like this. But that He loved us SO much that He wanted to be with us for eternity. But God is perfection. He can't have ONE, one single imperfection anywhere near Him. Thats how perfect He is. You're probably thinking, "Wow, I'm NEVER going to be able to see God." But there is a way. The ONLY way to Him. Invite Him into your life. Ask Him to take away your sins. Cleanse your soul. You go from being drenched in sin to cleansed with purity. Dirty to clean. That is the only way to get into Heaven. Living the Christian life is not easy; like I explained earlier. You have to constantly stick up for God. Its difficult. But you'll be rewarded in Heaven someday. We cant even fathom how amazing God OR Heaven will be. But we can guarentee that it WILL be amazing and it WILL be worth every second we put our lives into living for Christ. What'll it be; Heaven or Hell?

We Need Change

This is my first blog; if you hadn't noticed. So here's my opinion on the world. Its crumbling. The people are destroying themselves and our planet. Personally, I believe that Jesus Christ is coming back very soon. Even though no one knows the exact moment He'll return, I think it will happen soon. Maybe not in a day or a week, maybe not even a year. But it'll be soon, I've got this feeling. Reading Left Behind changed my perspective on many things. How God works in our lives and through others. What it'll be like when Jesus comes back. And that God is real. If you're an evolutionist, I ask one thing. What are we here for? Everthing is created for a purpose. Plants were created to give us oxygen, food was grown from the plants which give us nourishment. If humans evolved from an animal what is our purpose? If you're not living a Christian life, then you're just taking up oxygen and putting carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. We didn't just all of a sudden come from a frog or a monkey. We wouldn't have a purpose. We'd just be born, then we'd die. There is no point. But the universe is made from a creative mind. Everyone and everthing is unique, therefore, there MUST be something bigger than us human beings. And we MUST have a purpose. Yes, we all have different talents and passions, but we were created to live for Christ. He didn't just die on the cross for nothing. He died so that we could be forgiven and spend eternity with Him and His Father. Coming to this conclusin makes me wonder; why aren't more people doing something to change peoples' lives? Yes, we have missionaries overseas, we've got youth groups and churchs here. But teenagers think they are to young to change the world. Thats wrong. 1 Timothy 4:12 says, "Dont let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity." Bible talk can be very confusing; so I'll make it simple. The first part is understandable. "Dont let anyone look down on you because you are young." Easy enough, eh? "But set an example for believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity." Which means, you should have Christ in every aspect of your life. Friendship, love, your passions, the music you listen to, the way you use your words. Everything. No matter what, God should be the center of your life. The Most High God, The Almighty; you could say, The All Seeing Eye because he sees everything.

The reason I share this with you is in my most interest that it will effect you in some way to get out there and do something. Change someones life. Even if its just saying hello to someone you barely know, you have no idea how that might affect someone.
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