God Has Given Me My Purpose

      God has been so amazing to me lately. My relationship with him has never been stronger and my whole world revolves around him. He has been moving an working in me so much and it is so humbling to grasp the fact of how big he is. The more he uses me the more humble I am. My small group on Wednesday night went really well. The words I spoke opened up the girls hearts and God gave me an example of how my words were all his.

     In small group I was talking about the difference between good and bad gossip. I used the example of being older and your best friend told you she was pregnant with her and her husbands first child. You were so excited and wanted to tell everyone but she said not to because she wanted to announce it at another time. If you told people anyway, that would be gossip. Someone in the small group then went home to watch the movie Grease (my second favorite musical) and she texted me and told me that it reminded her of what I had said. To anyone that has seen Grease, you know the part where Rizzo tells

  Marty she thinks she pregnant? Rizzo says “Hey, promise you won’t tell anybody?” and Marty says “Sure Rizzo I’

ll take it to the grave, okay?” [Yes, I did that from memory, I know every word to that movie] and then Marty walks back out to the Drive-In and tells EVERYONE till it gets around to Kenickie in about point three seconds? Well as soon as she saw that she was reminded of it.

     Then God has really been laying one of my girl friends on my heart. She is going through tons of stuff and I heard a new song from Stellar Kart called Jesus Loves You. I sent it to her and she appreciated it so much. A few weeks ago she admitted to me that I was her hero for being so committed to church and God.

     God is just so good and his plan for me has just been unraveling at my feet. He has given me my purpose and he has told me what he wants out of my life. I can't wait to grow up so I can start full time ministry and just love on people in the name of Jesus. I thank the Lord everyday for giving me my purpose.

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Support The U.S. Marine Corps.

 

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. – Ronald Regan

      All my guy friends want to go into the service. Now let me tell you, I thought I would be mad or upset when they left…but that was until a teacher of mine showed me different. The Marine's are unlike any other. Now, I want all my friends will go, to will fight for what’s right, and have pride in doing so.

      There is a geometry teacher at my school. His name is Mr. Prince. He is a Christian who loves God…and he’s a Marine. He is one of the best people I have ever met. He loves being a Marine, and not many people were happy when he announced he would be leaving for Iraq in a few months [meaning today]. Mr. Prince is a role model. He stands up for what he believes in, and that is a true Marine.

      So I want to take this time to thank him. Mr. Prince, you are truly my hero. You have showed me that to make a statement, you are to stop at nothing to get that point across, no matter what that point may be, or what it takes. Thank you for everything, go kick some Iraqi BUTT! The FEW. The PROUD. The MARINES.

Marine's die, That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps live FOREVER. And that means YOU live forever. - GySgt. Hartman

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Preparing My Future

       Lately God has reminded me of something completely huge that I mostly forget about on a day to day basis. Times have been tough for me lately. Between school, friends, home, myself, and my relationship with Christ, I am burned out. I didn’t know what to do because I would get upset everyday and didn’t understand why I couldn’t catch a break. Then, I remembered camp this past summer…

      I promised god I would dedicate myself to full-time ministry. I knew that was God’s will for me, as did everyone else around me. I love to see people coming to Christ, I love to see people growing in him, and being with my brothers and sisters on Christ is what makes me the happiest. Somehow I thought that road would be easy, but since when is God easy? Never! And that’s a good thing.

      God makes things hard so we can learn, and not just that but it gives us a reason to draw near to him. I know for a fact that I’m going to go through a lot of pain in my life and am extremely happy about that. The more I go through, the closer to God I will become. The closer I am the more I will enjoy what I do, and hopefully my story will affect the lives of other people in this world.

      This is my prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, God I thank you for this life you’ve given me. I thank you for putting me where I am, so I can bring people to you. Lord, I pray for the worst pain in my life starting now Lord, whatever is in your will let it happen. I want to be prepared so when I’m older I can help teenagers to grow with Christ or come to know him. I already have a passionate love for them Lord and I have yet to meet them. God where ever you place me, I will follow you because I will remember the girls I want to help God. I pray for them Lord. They are probably very young now Lord, I pray they are getting brought up in a good Christian home. I pray their loved by their parents Lord. I pray for their futures. I pray the older they get, that they may impact our community is such a way Lord that our doors at church are bursting from the seams, just to hear God’s word. Lord I pray for success for you, in not just my life, but all the people that make up the broken body. I love you Lord. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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