My Dear Friends

I haven't talked about one of my dear friends for a while......so i would like to tell you about my friend Sam. My friend Sam is an amazing person. One of the coolest guys i have ever met and the most caring person too. He has influenced me in a ton of areas and i am so very thankful that God brought him into my life. I know that the Lord has incredible plans for this guy's life and i can not wait to see where He brings him. Sam is the type of person that will always make you feel welcome if you are new and always make you laugh. But most importantly, he has an incredible heart for God and to bring people to Christ. I look up to that so much and wish i had that much passion. I can always tell that He has a lot of wisdom to share with others. About God, situations in life and just anything. He is also super humble about things he does. He give credit to God for everything he does, which is such a wonderful thing. Something that i need to work one. I know that Sam has impacted many people lives. He has touched so many people including me. I am so blessed to know Sam and be able to get to know him so well. He is one of the greatest people i have ever met and i am very thankful for him. i will miss him very much when he goes of to college and i pray huge blessings over him and that he would be an incredible influence on people just how he was here at home.

Incredible Love

It has been a long time since i have written on this page. I feel like "life" is slipping away. I cant believe summer is almost over and another year of school if left. My last year of high school. Crazy. I never thought this day would come to be honest. I cant believe how fast my life is going. So when God says our life is but a vapor in the wind....He's not kidding.
I just got done with camp last Friday and i was amazed once again by my God. It is incredible the love and power that He has. Reggie Dabbs was our speaker and he is such a man of God and such a great preacher. I learned so much from him and God used him big time. The one thing that really stood out to me was on Wednesday night we were doing worship and towards the end of it Reggie came up and had us sing The Power of the Cross again and look up at the screen. When we started singing it again, the Passion of the Christ started to play. The part that Jesus was being nailed to the cross. I couldn't help but cry and just worship my King that die for me. I just couldn't stop crying. As we were singing this song, Reggie pointed out that if i was the only person that has ever sinned, He would still have been beat, whipped how many times, spit on, kicked, carried a heavy cross and then nailed to it and suffered on that cross for me. He would have done that ALL for me if i was the only one. And the crazy amazing thing is, He did. That's the God i serve. I cant process that in my mind. That type of love that He has for His children.
But camp is always a high light of my year and i am always so blessed by it every time i go. I am on fire again and once again am ready to tell the world about this Jesus with incredible love.

Marriage

This is a topic that most girls sit up talking about at a slumber party. We dream about our prince charming sweeping us off our feet. Telling us that we are captivating and that he will love and never leave us. This is a desire for every women in this world. Including me. When i think about this desire that i have i wonder why God created me with this feeling. I know that God created a man and a women to become one and love each other and be there for one another for as long as they live but there has to be more. This must be the heart of God. I mean He created us right? I believe this is God's desire for us. He longs for us to love and cherish Him and never want to leave Him as well. It even says that we were created in the likeness of Him. I don't know. Just thinking about it makes me sometimes get super excited to find my husband and have a family of my own that will be totally on fire for God, but yet there is a part of me that gets super nervous and i wonder if God even has someone out there for me. I wish i could just fast forward time, it seems like it would be so much easier. My heart just feels a little heavy right now. I feel super confused on where i am suppose to go. Where God wants me to go. But....i know that right now God has everything under control and my future in the palm of His hand, so I'm not going to worry.

Prince Jonathan

"Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few." - 1 Samuel 14:6

This is such an incredible verse. This explains the power and the confidence that He has in His children. God doesn't need our strength or wisdom. He just needs us to be instruments of Him. He wants to use us for His glory. The story of Prince Jonathan defeating the Philistines with just his armor bear and himself. An army of 100,000. That is ridiculous. But Jonathan has incredible trust in God. He said in verse 6, " Perhaps the Lord will act on our behalf." Wow, he was just going on a perhaps that God will save them and help them. But the thing with Jonathan, he was ready to serve God no matter the cost. He trusted God with his life. He was going through life with a mind set, i will die trying or don't try at all. Jonathan took a risk. A leap of faith. A risk means you don't know what is going to happen or how it is going to turn out but you trust God anyway. I mean when you look at it, Jonathan's risk was to defeat an army of 100,000 people. That is a pretty scary risk. But yet He had faith in God that He would fight on their behalf. That is the kind of faith that God is looking for in His children. Child-like faith that depend on their Father.
God is able to do impossible things. He doesn't need us to do miracles or amazing things. He wants to work through us, especially our weaknesses. So whatever your risk in life today is, trust God with it. He will act on your behalf if you have faith that He will. God will do amazing things through your weaknesses.( 1 Corin. 12) Just trust Him. That is my biggest thing in life right now. So this story really inspired me to trust God with the things that seem impossible right now. He is able!

Psalm 91

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom i trust."

Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers and under His wings you will find refuge, His faithfulness will be my shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror or night or the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilences that stalk in the darkness, nor the plagues that destroy at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but they will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you make the Most High your dwelling, even the Lord, who is my refuge then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
"Because he loves me." says the Lord, "I will rescue him; i will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. He will call upon me and i will answer him; i will be with him in trouble, i will deliver him and honor him.

With long life will i satisfy him ad show him my salvation.




This is my all time favorite chapter in the bible. It talks about the love of God that He has for His children that love Him. It is such a great reminder for me whenever i get worried about my future i can look at this promise that the Lord has for me and know that my Lord has everything under control. So i just wanted to share this and tell all of you that the Lord will protect and rescue those who love and follow Him. What a wonderful thing that the Creator of the world loves me enough to protect me and be there when i call on His name. He says that when i call, He will answer me. Maybe not on my time but on His perfect and wonderful timing. That is the greatest feeling ever.

Refreshing

Wow. I haven't been on this page for a while. So many things have happened and i have felt God so clearly again! I love being in the presence of my God. I have been out at Lake Geneva Bible Camp and there are so many incredible speakers that i have heard. I plan to write some of the things that i have learned from them here on this page. I hear all theses speakers and all of them are so on fire for their King and love people so much. I can see the compassion on their faces for the lost and the excitement to tell them about God. It is soo amazing to see that and experience the message about what God is telling them to share and what God is teaching them everyday. The one thing i love about camp is it is a refresher. Its a breath of fresh air and everyone there is sooo welcoming. I love being around people who are so in love with Jesus Christ. Its like one big happy family. I just cant even imagine what heaven will be like. I bet it will just blow my mind. Well, i know it will. One thing i have learned that is so true, God is always doing more then we think. God is sooo big and He is soo beyond our imagination, so His plans and thoughts are far greater then mine.

Dear Friends

Now today i would like to talk about my wonderful friend Nikki. I feel like i haven't seen her forever and i miss her so much. She is such a wonderful people and i am so grateful that i have gotten to know her. Her personality is amazing and so fun to be around. She is a type of person that just makes you laugh and smile. I also love the way she seeks after God. He drive to want to please Him and passion that she has for Him is so inspiring. Her deep thoughts that she has about God is also something really special about her. I have never thought of the questions that she has and it just makes me all the more want to know more about God. Nikki is also soooo beautiful. She is such a gorgeous girl, inside and out. I really want her to know that, and every girl for that matter. I know that God has created her for such a time as this. For a task that only Nikki can fulfill. I know that He has great things in store for my great friend and i am so excited to see where He takes her.

The Golden Jar of Manna

My day was pretty great. I went to work today and i worked with Rosie. She is such a sweet lady and is so fun to work with. My work has been going by really slow lately, so it was nice to work with someone that makes time go by a little bit faster.

I also went to the Family Camp night service with my mom and sister. It was super good and it got me more pumped for senior teen camp coming up. God moves in such powerful ways there and I'm so excited to see what He is going to do this year. The pastor talked on the ark of the covenant and how people are looking for it here on earth ( like Noah's ark) and some people say that they have found it, others say that they have it and are guarding a cave that they say it is in. Anyway, Pastor Denny said that he knows where it is at for sure. He explained to us that it is in us. We have the ark of the covenant inside of us. The presence of God is no longer in the ark but dwelling in us. He talks about it in Acts 2 on how the Lord came as a wind in the presence of these men and filled them with His presence. Then they were amazed and looked at each other and saw a flame above each one of them. Pastor Denny thinks that God right there said that you now have my Spirit with you.

Also, the ark of the covenant has three items in it:
1. A golden jar of manna
2. Aaron's staff that budded
3. Tables containing the commandment

So today he talked about how we carry the golden jar of manna with us since we have the ark of the covenant living inside of us. I guess the history behind the golden jar of manna is when the Israelites were in the desert, God provided manna for them to eat. So the Lord told them to place a golden jar of manna to be a testament that God provided for them in time of need and rescued them. It was a reminded that the Lord was there for them and provided. So we carry that jar of manna inside of us as a testimony that the Lord provided in our lives. If the Lord healed you, He can heal you again. If the Lord saved you from danger, He can save you from danger again. If the Lord comforted you in time of sadness, He will comfort you again. The Lord is the same, yesterday, today and forever. If He parted the Red Sea, He could part it again if He wanted to.
So when we need God in our time of need, show God your golden jar of manna and tell Him that He provided here so He could do it again. Its all on faith that He will bless you. And if it doesn't happen, then we need to have faith that He is doing the right thing for us. This is just what i learned today and was excited that i learned something new about God. That was my prayer for a while and the Lord answered it once again!

My Dear Friends

This has been on my heart for a while and i just want to write down some thoughts that i have on my dear friends. I love them all so much and i want them to know how important they are to me. So i will choose a friend each day (well try to) and write about them and the things that i have learned from them and why i love them so much.


So i would like to tell you about my friend Shanna. I went to St. Cloud today by myself for the first time and i brought her a long. She is such an amazing woman of God and has such a heart for people. She always makes people feel special and always wants everyone to be happy and comfortable. I look up to her so much for the standards that she has. I love her so much and i have known her all my life pretty much but have just started hanging out with her. I am so glad God has brought her into my life and always will be blessed from being her friend. Shanna also has amazing inside and outside beauty. Her beauty from the inside is so beautiful and it is how a woman of God should look like. Her heart is so pure and so sweet and that is something that i look up to so much. I know that God has incredible plan for that girl's life and i cant wait to see where God brings her.

Thinking...

Today was a pretty good day. I worked six hours today. Which is kind of a lot for me but to some people that may be little. haha but i realized that the Lord is always watching out for me on the littlest things and the big things. I can always tell that He is right there beside me, which gives me so much comfort. I realized that one of my favorite artist, Kari Jobe, went to the college that i really want to go to. She was saying in a interview how worship has always been a huge passion of hers and that it was her dream to lead people into the presence of God through worship. So she said that CFNI helped her so much with that and has had many opportunities through her experience there. She said that she has learned so much about who God is and about His Word. That just made me all the more want to go. But i know that it is just a year away still and i need to always bring all my thoughts to God first to see if this is where He wants me to go. I learned that SO much can happen in a year. So who knows where the Lord wants me, but at this point i am thinking CFNI.

Lord,
i come before you as your daughter and i am asking that you will keep reveling yourself to me in a new way each day! i pray that you would keep showing me where you want me to go and what you want me to do with my life. I want to please you and bring a smile to Your face. So please guide me in the way that you want me to go. Help me to have the courage also to where you want me and obey what ever you ask of me. Thank you for supplying my every need. You are so good! I love you so very much.
In Jesus Holy Name.
Amen.