Busy Busy Busy

So yeah I'm totally busy these days. I didn't even get a break on the weekend..I was busy all the way through. So when I woke up this morning I felt even more tired than when I laid down last night. Ugh! It's just oh so frustrating and I hate starting my week like that. So I just had to do a reality check and get over it. I can't slow anything down but, something else I can't do is let my relationship with Christ suffer because I'm so busy. I need to find time daily to spend with him, he deserves it. Actually he deserves so much more but hey I'm human so my life is all I have to give. This is super difficult for me though. I just get caught up in my little life and wrapped up in being a highschool senior that I just don't give all I have to my Savior. Well after a pretty bleek weekend filled with very little time spent with my Savior, a friend of mine reminded me that I am only here to serve God and let his light shine. We are called to be the salt and light of this world and there is a lot of meat out there in the darkness waiting to be salted.(As funny as this sounds, think about it) Lets not forget why we are here. I challenge you who are reading this to not let your relationship with Christ fall away and make a difference in the world,your schools,your family, anywhere, for God.

Almost Friday!

As a senior on highschool I find myself anticipating Friday even if it's only Monday. Tomorrow starts football season at my school and we're playing our cross town rival. Now if you know me you know I go to football games to socialize mostly but, as a football coaches daughter I find myself concerned for the outcome of every game. If we win it means Dad is in a good mood, if we lose it means a not so fun week in my household. And its not just in my house that winning matters. At my school winning Friday night football games is a big deal. We like to win so that we can say we are the best. I mean really who likes to lose? Winning is fun, it makes us feel important but, do we make to big of a deal out of winning? I find that my best learning experiences happen when I lose. Lets look at Peter, He was a really awesome dude who took up his cross and followed Jesus. He loved Jesus and Jesus loved him but, when Peter was faced with having to choose sticking with Jesus or denying him, he denied him! Now I know you're probably thinking what a loser! I know that's what I thought when I read that the first time but, Peter took it as a learning experience and it strengthed his witness. He devoted the rest of his life to following Christ and telling others about him. That's pretty cool and what I would call a lessoned learned. Lets see what Jesus can teach us today and not think of every losing situation as a loss but, instead as a chance to learn a lesson for Christ.

Friends!

Okay so when I think about writing about myself there are a lot of things I could tell you about. I could tell you about my school but, seriously it's highschool, it's awful enough said. I could tell you about my family but, my mother might kill me for telling everyone about how crazy we are(not saying that will stop me from sharing it with you guys later:)) There are tons of other subjects that could be fun to explore but, I thought I would tell you about the people God has surrounded me with..my friends:)
So, I have had lots of friends in my 18 years of life but, none like I have now. Seriously these guys are awesome. When they met me I was someone completely different. I was surrounded by darkness and sin and these awesome people reached into my darkness and pulled me out. They seriously get me, which makes our friendship a true gift from God because I can be a rather complicated person.
How often have you considered the fact that who you surround yourself with influences you? The fact that my friends love Jesus and shine for him daily really got my attention and changed my perspective. They helped me realize that I needed the unending love of my Savior. John 15:12 says "My command for you is this: Love each other as I have loved you." That's a tall order my friend! Jesus died for us and that's exactly how we are called to love! WOW...can you say scary? But it's really not when you think about it. I love my friends and I praise God for giving them to me, so yes I would lay down my life for them. I encourage you to check out John chapter 15 and consider your own friendships and how you're being influenced.

Welcome to my blog

So I have no idea why your on my blog, either you just happened on it or your someone I told about it in my excitement of starting a blog but, no matter who you are or why you're reading it welcome! I'm nothing more than your average girl living in the South but, seeing how I'm now a senior in high school i decided to start a blog, I mean really there is no time like the present.
Today I was reading in Genesis in my bible because me and some of my best friends decided that while we are seniors we would embark on a year long journey to read God's word cover to cover and let me just tell you, easier said than done buddy. In the midst of struggling through another chapter of endless names and random places I have never in my life heard of, I came across the story of Abraham. Now Abraham was a really cool dude and God loved him in a real and intense way. Well in Genesis chapter 22 God tests Abraham. He tells him to take his son Isaac up to the top of a mountain and sacrafice him. Now if you're anything like me you're thinking no way! Dude that's Abrahams son, he isn't going to sacrafice him! Well that is where you're wrong my friend. Abraham takes his son up to the top of the mountain and ties him up and is getting ready to kill him when God calls out and tells him to stop he tells Abraham "Do not lay a hand on the boy, do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son" v.12. Okay so WOW! I have to tell you, I have a hard time giving God everything. There are things that I like to take care of alone but, after hearing that how can I with-hold anything from him. He loves me, he is protecting me. I want to fear God as Abraham did. Not in an "I'm terrified of the Lord" way but, In a "My God is the creator of the universe and he is with me" sort of way. I encourage you to read Genesis chapter 22 for yourself and see what Abba will reveal to you through it.