Bigger Than Me

For those of you that don't believe God exists, I have a list of miracles that He has done in my life to show you He is real. Not only are these really amazing things, they are things that could have only happened by a power much bigger than me. Today was one of those days where I felt the amazing love of the God of this universe. He has provided once again in a crazy way. Not only one time, but over and over again. I couldn't help but be overwhelmed by His grace and goodness to me. Some ask why God allows bad things to happen in this world, but I know that He has given me salvation, the best gift of all, and He showers us with good stuff all the time if we just took the time to sit back and watch.

Good Friends

I am lucky to have such great friends. My day was....lets just say it was not one of the best days ever! I was tired, sick, and just not feeling very excited about what life has to offer right now. I spend a lot of time encouraging other people and there are days when I wish someone would encourage me. I wonder if God puts me on anyone's heart like He puts people on mine. It was one of those days. In the middle of it all, I was very encouraged by two of my friends. I am so blessed to have great friends. There are some that I can call, even after months of not seeing them and I still feel like we can talk about anything. Then there are others that I see all the time that encourage me more than they know. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

Suicide

What makes someone get to the point of their life that they feel like they want to take their life? I had a 16 year old girl pour out her heart to me in an hour and a half conversation over the phone. She was in another state and all I wanted to do was drive the many hours it would take to see her and "make sure" she was ok. Tonight she was in a better frame of mind and God has began to work on her heart to stop taking pills, doing drugs, and quit with wanting to run out in front of cars to end her crazy life.....like I can do anything? God can only change the hearts of people and He is the only one I know that can truly change a life, cause someone to think different, feel different, live different. She knows it will be hard, especially with her surroundings and her mom not really living herself. Why do these kids have to face this world with their parents involved in drugs, in jail, gone all the time, abusive....I wish I could just build a huge house that they can all come to and just show them Love. Good thing God is a loving God and I hope and pray that they will see that despite their situation. Oh Lord, to you alone do I cling. The world will show me devistation and despair, but you Oh Lord are my Hope and my Salvation.

Amazing Love

I am facinated by the love of God at this moment. I can't understand why He would die on a cross for me just so I can be with Him, but I am so grateful at the same time. I often write the miracles of God down in a journal. When I doubt, I look back and see that He is always there working through my life in really crazy ways. What an honor it is to be a daughter of the King. I pray and hope that He is glorified in my life and that I would never take for granted His Love for me.

The Power of God

I have been on a lot of mission trips and each time I long to see God work in amazing ways. Somehow He seems to do something incredible in my undeserving heart each time. There is something amazing about being in a different place that takes you out of your comfortable bubble and allows you to see the world for what it really is. Why is it that in the life I live day to day- here in this town-I am so distracted that sometimes I miss God working in amazing ways where I'm at here? I can only hope that He will open my eyes so that I will not miss what He is doing. We pray and pray for God to do these Great and Mighty things here on this Earth, but if we can't even appreciate the things that He is doing daily, right before us, why should we think He would do more?