Parents

     Ugh.  Once again your parents have nagged at you for not putting your clothes away, cleaning your room, or doing your chores.  Don't you hate it when your parents nag at you for little things?  Do you sometime feel like your parents are out to get you?  Well I will tell you something.  There not out to get you. They love you, and they only want whats best for you.
     I know that some of you are thinking "Are you insane?  They are always nagging me!"  But did you know that they nag you to do the right thing for a reason?  If they did not love you then they would not care what you do.  They would just let you do anything you want.  Now that may sound pretty cool, but it's not.  "A man who has half of his wishes doubles his troubles" Benjamin Franklin   Like what Benjamin Franklin said, if we did almost all that we wanted we would get in a lot of trouble!  Even if it is something small like cleaning your room, yeah it might seem unimportant.  But what if your looking for something and it is lost in Mount. Clothes Everest.  So everything your parents tell you to do has a reason.  Now do something really crazy for me pleeeeeeeeeeease! I will do it too, I promise. Tell your parents "Thank you for loving me so much even though I am hard to get along with.  Thank you for getting on to me for the right reasons even when I roll my eyes and stomp up the stairs.  I love you." 

A Note from God

     Some of us may be suffering from a heartache since someone did not ask them out or surprise them with chocolates and roses, so I want everyone to read this.  I have to give thanks to a very special teacher, Miss. Charity.


Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone-
To have a deep soul relationship with another-
to be loved thoroughly, and exclusively.
But God says:
I want you to be satisfied, fulfilled, and content
With being loved by me alone-
With giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me-
With having an interesting personal and unique relationship
With Me alone.
When you discover that only in Me is your is your satisfaction to be found,
Then will you be capable of the best human relationship
That I have planned for you.
I want you to stop planning, stop wishing,
And allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing-
One that you cannot imagine.
I want you to have the best-
Please allow Me to bring it to you.
You just keep watching Me, trusting Me-
Keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am.
Keep listening and learning the things I tell you.
You just wait.
That's all.
Don't be anxious.
Don't worry.
Don't look around at the things
Others have gotten or that I have given them.
Don't look at the things you think you want.
You just keep looking at Me.
Or you'll miss what I want to show you.
And when you're ready, I'll surprise you with a love
Far more wonderful than any you would dream of.
You see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready,
(I am working even this moment to have both of you ready at the same time).
Until both of you are satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I prepared for you,
You won't be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me.
And this is the perfect love.
And dear one, I want you to have the most wonderful love.
I want you to see in flesh a picture of your relationship with Me.
And enjoy materially and concretely the everlasting union of beauty, perfection, and love,
That I offer you Myself.
Know that I love you utterly
                                                    God
                                                           Author Unknown

Valentines Day

Some teenagers get so worked up on Valentines Day.  But why?  So kids our age can't wait to see the gift they get and some hope for a romantic guy or girl to ask them out.  But why?  Why do you want to start dating or get gifts from a "girlfriend" or "boyfriend"?  I think of dating or if you court like this.  I will date or court when I know I am ready to get married, and it would be illegal if I married right now!  So why even bother?  Now I know some of us can't help but have your hopes up, that I understand.  But don't get all worked up about.  Don't start daydreaming about how someone will give you something.  So if you are near my age which is very young ( also to young to drive) then don't start thinking of love and dating.  You to young, trust me.

Alcohol

     I was flipping through my Bible trying to find a verse, when I came across this one.  Proverbs 20:1 "Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise."
     Well I believe the verse explains what this post is going to be about.  "...Whoever is led astray by them is not wise."  What do you think that means?  What it means is that if you are led astray or have a problem with beer and wine, then you are unwise.  Now I know some of you are thinking, "What me? NEVER!"  But, there are some people out there that so struggle with this problem.   Drinking alcohol can give you a lot of problems.  I believe it is obvious what those problems are.  But, whenever you find yourself being tempted by this sin remember this, what good will come if I do this?  Will Satan be laughing saying, "You fell into my trap!"  or will God be smiling saying, "Great choice!"

Trials

James 1: 2-4  "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."
     So what does that mean???  Whenever we go through times and trials be grateful?  Now I bet you are already saying "What!  Be grateful?  Why would I be grateful that I am going through painful situation?!"  But look closely at what this verse is saying..."because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance..."  Perseverance is a good thing to have, what is perseverance?  Perseverance is to keep on, to persists.  So when God gives us trial some of us eventually have perseverance.  Sadly some people break down and turn away from God when hard times come.  They think that God has turned His back on them.  But that is NOT true, and never will be true!  God is always with you!  He will never leave you.  He is just testing you faith, to see if you truly love Him.  Because if you did then you would never leave Him.  So consider if PURE JOY when God gives you testing in the faith. 
     A saying that I have heard many times is that "God will never place you, where he cannot reach you."  Aren't you glad that that is true?  So I bet your saying "Then why did some people leave God?  Why would He let those things happen if He knew they would not take the pain?"  But, here is another question.  Did they really love God and trust Him.  Mrs.Carmen my Co-op teacher, (A co-op is a homeschool group)  says "Through the whole entire Bible, God says 'I love you', and we are suppose to trust and obey."  We are suppose to trust God and obey all his laws. So if we truly love God then we would not leave God or think that He has left us.  Another question you might be asking is, "Then why did God let those things happen to people who don't know God?  Won't that make them more lost?"  You see the cool thing about God is this, He can see everything that will happen.  When we only see a piece of the puzzle. 
     For example,  God is the puzzle maker and the pieces of the puzzle is our lives.  God knows everything so He know exactly what the puzzle is going to look like, and in the end He will put you in a beautiful frame and admire His work, forever.  We don't see what God is doing but, all we do is trust and obey, and in the end you will be a beautiful art work for all to see.

Being Mature

Hebrews 5:11-14 says, "We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.  In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!  Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.  But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil."
     Wow, that is a really bad insult!  I mean in other word in other words that is saying, "Dude!  When you are suppose to be teachers you are little babies still learning the most simple things.  Your not even mature enough to eat solid food, you drink milk!"  I would be insulted if someone told me that.  So what does this passage mean?  It means that the writer wants to tell these people so much, but he can't, because the people are not mature yet.  They would be able to understand yet.  That's really sad.  But we are the same way.  People want to tell us so much but we won't be able to understand.  Why?  SOME okay remember I said SOME!  Some of us are not mature yet.  So we are not able to learn more and more about God, and SOME of us are not even seeking God.  If we are not mature enough and if we are not even seeking God then how would we know good from evil?
     Now I know you are thinking, "Heck yea!  I still would know what to do.  Trust me just listen to my parents!"  But what happen when your on your own and nobody is there to tell you what is right from wrong?  What if something might not be illegal, but it is still wrong?  That is why we need to study God's word.  I mean yea everybody knows telling a lie is wrong, and stealing.  That's obvious!  But, you will find a time when you really don't know what's right and what wrong.  And that's when you will remember something the Bible says and you will be grateful.  Yes, there will be times when you still chose wrong, but we're not perfect.  But, still one day you will come upon a problem and when that day comes will you be eating solid food or still drinking milk?

Question of the Month!!!

     Hello everyone here is the Question of the Month!  Answer honestly!
     Okay, you are talking with your friends and you talk about how good God has been to you, and how you are so thankful.  But then your friends start picking on you calling you a "Jesus Freak" and other things.  What do you do???
A.  Run away and never talk to them again.
B.  Try to change the subject.
C.  Ignore the names.
D.  Say, "I am glad that I am with Jesus and if you want to know more about him I would be glad to share."