Being Uniquely You!!

      It has been a while since I wrote a post and I am very sorry. College has been a challenge this semester, but I am officially finished with my finals! Today I feel like talking about being unique.  I think this is so important in our society, to be you and not be shy about it.  If not all of you know, I am left-handed.  This is something very unique about me that I am proud of.  Earlier this year at a Barnes and Noble store sale I bought this book that I have a picture of, and its all about and for left-handed people.  I am never ashamed to be left-handed no matter what anyone says (uh hem...brother and sister) and am always standing up for left-handers. I learned some very interesting things from this book, some of which I will share later on.
      Not only am I unique by being left-handed, but because God made me unique, even though I am a twin.  Sometimes people think just because we are twins my sister and I are exactly alike, which in some cases is true, but not in everything.  God made us unique. My sister and I have a poem in our room and it goes like this:

                  Twins 

So many good things come in pairs,

Like ears and socks and panda bears.

But best of all are sets of twins,

With extra laughter, double grins.

There's so much fun in having two

With twice as many points of view.

So much alike, forever linked,

And yet they're also quite distinct. 

They share a birthday and a name, 

But moods and tempers aren't the same. 

Although at times they may dispute, 

Their loyalty is absolute. 

From days of youth till life is done, 

It's one for both and both for one. 

We're all quite novel and precise, 

But special folks God made them twice! 

   I like the poem but like the line, "so much alike, forever linked, and yet they're also quite distinct", my sister and I are two different people. In the end my sister and I have different purposes that God created us for.  In the Bible, "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well." (Psalm 139: 13-14).  
        Thank you God for making me unique and into the person you created me to be.

   

Last post for this year!!!

        Wow, I cannot believe that it is already almost the end of the year already!! Time really flies by when your age increases, its crazy.  Well the first order of business is to apologize for taking so long to write my next post, but school does push this back to the back burner sometimes.  I will try this year, though, to write a post every month although I cannot guarantee it.
        There are so many things that I want to say...let's see... I'll start with school first, I guess. God has helped me tremendously this past semester of school.  I had so much going on, but God was always there for me.  I saw that alot of my school friends looked up to me because of my God-given talent of doing well in school, and it really opened up my eyes to how much everything I do affects what people think of me.  Next semester I hope that I can witness to some of my friends, so that they  come to know God. 
        It was a very merry Christmas this year! I am very thankful for my family that I saw on Saturday. I look forward to that gathering every year!! Thank some of you (you know who you are) for reminding me to keep writing posts, I appreciate it!
        One song that has been on my heart this year has a chorus that goes, 

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  More of You

  Less of me

  Make me who I'm meant to be

  You're all I want all I need

  You're everything

  Take it all I surrender

  Be my king

  God I choose

  More of You

  Less of me

This chorus come from the song "More of You" by Colton Dixon and has such wonderful words.  This should always be our song and I hope that all of you will take this chorus to heart. I pray that God will continue to guide all of you in the next year! Here is the full song:

Back Again...

        Hello, everyone!! Sorry I have not been posting recently, but I have been really busy with college (it is my senior year!).  This year is going to be tough, but I know that God will pull me through. Recently for King and Country put out a new CD and one song has been playing in my head recently.  It starts:

When confusion's my companion
And despair holds me for ransom
I will feel no fear
I know that You are near

When I'm caught deep in the valley
With chaos for my company
I'll find my comfort here
‘Cause I know that You are near

[Chorus:]
My help comes from You
You're right here, pulling me through
You carry my weakness, my sickness, my brokenness all on Your shoulders
Your shoulders
My help comes from You
You are my rest, my rescue
I don't have to see to believe that You're lifting me up on Your shoulders
Your shoulders . . . .

        I thank God, that he is always there for us no matter what is going on in our lives. I know that I have not been the closest with God this year and I pray that all of you who read this would pray for me. Since I am busy, sometimes I put God aside, even though I know I shouldn't. Grad school is also something else that has been on my mind and I pray that God will direct my path in the future and show me what I should do. 

        I am thankful for what I have been hearing in church on Sunday's.  At the beginning of September, we had a lesson in 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 about how we are supposed to be examples and help those who are trying to come to God.  We as Christians ought to strive to be the best example for new and younger christians. I thank God for my pastor and all the older people in the church congregation, being that example for me.  I hope that I can shine brightly for new chrisitans and those trying to reach out to God.

Here is the for King and Country song I mentioned above for you to listen to:

I will try to post around Christmas or before but I cannot guarantee that!! Thank you for Luke and Joel for writing this song, this song has touched me and I will hold onto it for this coming semester along with God's love for me!

Keep Making Me!!!

     As the new year comes into full swing and Valentine's Day approaches I feel I should write a post.  I feel that this year I really need to be touched by God.  The coming senior year of college is coming and I need strength from God to help me get through it, which I know he can give.  When I saw a music video on YouTube, I saw this verse attached to the video, 1 John 1:7 which says, " But if we walk in the light,as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."  We not only have fellowship with one another when we walk with God, but also his blood, that he shed on Calvary for all of us, cleanses us from all sin.  This is the ultimate act of true love.  So when you are celebrating Valentines Day this year, with or without some significant other, think back to what God did for us.  

     This act was the ultimate act of TRUE LOVE! No one, not even your significant other, would ever think to do anything like what Jesus did. Jesus died a slow and painful death on a cross for a whole world of people that didn't even deserve salvation.  He gave us what no one else could: a life with him eternally!  Some people, be honest a lot of us, get so caught up in the holiday (Valentine's Day) and forget the act of love that was given at Calvary so long ago.  This year I want to make sure God gets the praise he deserves on this day.  This year every time you show love to some one on Valentine's Day, praise God also and thank him for his gift to us.  God is our FOREVER VALENTINE, no matter if we are single or not.

Here is a song that has been on my heart the past two days:

     God I pray that this song blesses everyone who watches this and that you make us all into who you want us to be.  Help us to follow your will and not our own.  "Keep making me...'til you are my desire, 'til you are my one true love, 'til you are my breath, my everything, Lord please keep making me"  AMEN