Whoa! I just looked at my stats page and the last time I posted was November 5th. Exactly three months ago. I have to say I have missed it very much, and I'm ready to come back to posting regularly. Posting on my blog is something I believe helped me become closer with God in our relationship. Whatever made me have a break in blogging, it must have been silent. Maybe it was that it was the holidays and I had too much going on, or maybe it was that God focused me elsewhere, there's definitely more I needed to be focused on for a moment. That's what I'm going to talk about today.
The past three months are no a blur to me. I can't even begin to explain what has gone on. In November, my grandmother came home from Florida for Thanksgiving and my mom revealed that she was planning a birthday party for me and needed my help!
In december, I began my relationship with my lovely boyfriend and had that birthday party I was talking about, which I'll get to later. I turned 17 and had a lovely christmas with my family. However, the two weeks before christmas were a bit rough for our household. We got some sad news about an illness to an immediate family member and a very inspiring and loved family member went home to Jesus. So needless to say, it was hectic and a little devestating if you ask me but we're getting through it together.
In january, I rang in the new year sitting on my couch by myself, but it wasnt as awful as it sounds. I started the second semester of my junior year (3 semesters left, whoo!) and looked at more college letters and campus visit invitations than you could imagine.
So now that you're informed on my life, like you care, now is the real deal. Ready? I want to talk about my past posts and get ready for the future of my blog. It's about to get real.
Remember my first post? About being a young girl and growing up, wishing I was perfect. It's a difficult thing for girls. Some people say that girls need to get over it and "Put their big girl panties on." But that just means they've had it too easy to understand. God made you for a reason, don't forget that! He will never put you through something you can't handle. Take time to yourself and talk to God, he's listening I promise.
Once you find yourself and establish a strong relationship with the big man upstairs, be a role model to someone else. Help them in their walk with christ. You might be helping them a lot but in the midst of being there for someone else and mentoring them, try to see how helping someone else is also helping you, trust me it will.
Despite the new great things in your life, there will be the negative points and days you feel down. It's totally normal, it's a teenage girl thing. Give all the pain as well as the glory, to God. Pray and don't give up and the only thing he can do is deliver. He is the main man to go to for the good and bad. When something goes your way, praise him. When something seems totally unfair and wrong, pray to him. Some things may hurt along the way but in the end, who is the one man that is going to matter?
"When life gives you a hundred reasons to be down, give life a million reasons to smile." I love this quote. I think too much these days people are negative about everything around them. They find something wrong even with the sweetest things. People will even complain about about something being too good, just because they're jealous. Remember my three tips to being happy: Do what you have to do, Stop comparing yourself to others, and Be YOU and only you! You don't have time to be someone else...
And when it does come to other people, accept them for being themselves. You may not agree with their opinions or choices but that doesn't mean you should hate. That's what makes us all different, are those opinions and choices. Respect other people because you don't know what's going in their life, they might not have it as easy as you do. So Stop judging and start listening to what others have to say.
The best way to conquer the world is of course through the man who oversees it, God himself. Keep your faith and if you've lost it, pick up the pieces and he'll give you a brand new one. I can not wait to see what God has planned in my life. He promises in the bible that it will be better than we could ever imagine. All of this stuff he's seeing you go through is a part of his plan. Just don't let it drive you away from him. I like to think that Earth is God's science project and he's testing us. Seek him, find him, live by him and you can't go wrong.
He made you a beauty queen and that's all that matters!
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