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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Everything...I can't even begin to explain


Our God, Almighty, is a God of Everything. He is One of power. A God that chooses to use His power for our good if we believe in Him. A God that never fails in love or His promises.
This week I felt like I was missing something...I couldn't figure it out. I would wake up at the crack of dawn for no apparent reason and start talking to God or reading the Bible. I received amazing blessings each and everyday so much that I started to see a trend. But yet, I was missing a feeling inside. A feeling of unshakable joy. But after today, I think I realized that I was just too busy in my mind to just focus. I wasn't too busy "doing things" but busy "thinking things". I couldn't focus this week and that was my problem. I was thinking about friends and changes in my life and big decisions. I wasn't disconnected with God, but I was disconnected with who I was in God. My friend who lives in Indiana now also felt the same way. After his description of his world spinning, it dawned on me that my world was spinning but not in an uncontrollable way, rather I just wasn't able to focus. I wasn't able to truly take in what God had in store for me because I was focused on earthly things. But I know and have known all along that NOTHING could ever take His place. NOTHING could ever supply me more joy. NOTHING could ever instill dreams and make them come alive, even myself no matter how hard I tried. It is so hard to explain because people say that you don't always get a feeling when you spend time with God or you are doing what He wants you to do, but I do. That is how I know when it is missing.

I encourage you to pay attention to that inner feeling. I encourage you to pursue Him all the more. Find the feeling of contentment, peace, and sometimes a subtle or loud voice from within. It's there. In fact the book I am reading now explains that everyone should be able to hear the voice of God. It should be normal. But, when we aren't focused enough we can miss it.

God never left me this week. That is a thing I was sure about, but I had covered that inner feeling with worldly feelings and I focused too much on a typical teenage life. I am not typical. I am not just ordinary. No teenager has to be ordinary because of this one thing: With a sincere focus, the natural people ( us) + the Super (God) = Supernatural.

Focus. That's what it takes. Focus on the goal.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. " Hebrews 12:1-3

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Africa...is but a dream away


What do you think of when someone mentions Africa to you? Sometimes it is so overlooked that it is considered a country. *It has 52 countries to be exact.
I came across the website that I have become very interested in over the last week. It is called www.mochaclub.org. It is similar to Blood: Water Mission; however, it is specifically directed to all of us coffee fans. Instead of spending $7 a week on coffee send it to them and the will supply education and nourishment for these people.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAB-zJPsJjs

This video explains it all. It explains what we don't see everyday on the news. It explains what we try to put in the back of our minds because it really can't be happening. But, it is. It is happening write now. In fact, if we were to gather a group of 100 people from the world(keep in mind this is 100 out of the world's population, 6.7 Billion!). Then these numbers would follow:
- 16 don't believe in God
- 18 can't read or write their own name
- 50 barely live above the poverty line
- 19 lack basic sanitaition
-16 can't even get a clean glass of water
- And something as light for us as the common cold becomes deadly without any medicine.

I believe that we all have dreams. No matter where we are, whether we can hear it or not. I think we all have dreams. Dreams that may already or not be aligned with the very will of God. I think one of God's dreams for us is to serve humanity rather than a dream of something like skydiving. A dream that is enriched with so much more than a one time rush of energy. A dream of compassion and joy that doesn't come from our circumstances.

Currently, I am trying to find that destined dream within me. The dream where I am so close to God's will that I can't help but say, Here am I. Send me.

If we don't, who will? Find that God destined dream in you to serve humanity in everyway we can from across the world to right where we are now.