Lemons make Lemonade!

     Sometimes we don't have a choice.  Sometimes things just happen to us, and we can't do anything about it.  Nothing at all.  We just have to accept it.  But sometimes that's not very easy.  Sometimes we think, "What if I just did this..."  Sometimes we are just born into something, and no matter how far you try to get away from it you just can't.  So what do you do?  Go crawl in the corner and cry?  Nope.  Make lemonade!!!!  (Not literally)  Have you ever heard the saying, "If you have lemons, then make lemonade."  Well sometimes we get into a sour situation.  And there's nothing we can do to fix it.  So what do you do?  Accept the fact and move on.  Pick up the fallen pieces and move on, then if you are ever in that same situation you know what to do. 

I am

     This is the last post for the Names of God series.  So for the last one I decided to do my favorite name for God, which are the "I Am's"  God is so many things, He is the vine and we are the branch, He is the way the truth and the life, He is the light of the world, He is the sacrifice for our sin, and SO much more.  He is everything that we need, "I am what I am" that's what He told Moses.  He is everything that we need, if you need a comforter He's there, if you need a friend He's there.  You need a strong foundation He's there.  You need a redeemer He's there.  You need a savior, life,or a miracle, He's there.  He will always be there for you and He will never leave you. Never ever, ever, ever, leave you.  He loves you,and He is everything that we need, and more.

Your Size

     So many girls these days worry over their weight.  They worry about how they look and what their body weight is.  Sadly, some consider starving themselves or throwing up there food, so they can loose weight.  This is called an easting disorder.  It is never right to starve yourself or throw up on purpose to loose weight.  It will turn into an addiction.  Yes, you can become addicted to loosing weight.  You can become addicted to pretty much anything. 
     God made you the way you are for a reason.  He knew you since you were in your mother's womb.  He knew how many hairs were going to be on your head, He knew how tall you were going to be, He knew EVERYTHING about you.  So God made you this way.  Now, it's a completely different story if you're eating unhealthy things.  If you are not taking care of your body and eating unhealthy then that is why you are gaining weight.  But in the other case, God made you the way you are.  And starving yourself or throwing up your food does not help.  Not only will it hurt you in the wrong run, but it will also hurt your family members.  They see you suffering, and want to help you.  Even if they don't notice it now.
     If you really think you need to lose weight then talk to you parents and then ask your doctor for the best way.  When dieting make sure that you are doing it for the right reasons.  And make sure you are dieting the right way.  There are wrong ways to dieting, one of those ways is by starving yourselves or throwing up your food after eating.  To learn more about these eating disorders please look at the labels to the left, scroll down until you see the label Eating Disorder, click it and there should be the post.  If you have any questions feel free to comment or if more comfortable e-mail us at leeparkgals@hotmail.com

Savior

  This might be the most obvious name for God.  He is our Savior.  He saved us from Hell.  If He did not die on the cross then we would not have hope for a better life.  Life would be pointless and no use for living.  BUT, He did die on the cross and He did raise again on the third day.  And now that He has done that, we can be forgiven of our sins.  Now some people think that they have sinned to much, or they did a really bad sin that can never be forgiven.  But that's NOT the case.  When God bled and died on the cross, He was able to forgive EVERYONE of EVERY sin.  No matter what you have done.  Weather you do drugs, have sex with multiple people, kill someone.  Anything, God CAN and WILL forgive you of your sins.  John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
     If you confess with our mouth our sins, God will forgive you of your sins.  All you have to do is believe in Him.  If you have any questions then e-mail us.  We love to get e-mails from you guys.  Our e-mail is in the top right hand corner.  If you think you sinned to much read this verse.  Romans 5:20  "The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.  But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,"  So no matter what you have done, God will be your savior and forgive you of all of your sins. 

Deliverer

     1 John 1:9 says,  "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"  So what does that have to do with God and being a deliverer?  He delivered us from sin.  So what does deliver mean?  In this case deliver means, to help or save someone.  God saved or delivered us from sin.
     Have you ever read the book of Judges?  It's all about the Israelites not following God's commands, then they have a consequence, and then they need help.  God then delivers them from their trouble.  But they do it AGAIN!!!  (My teacher gave me that example, thank you Mrs. Carmen!!!)
     That's how we are.  We sin and then we repent, but then we sin again, and then we repent again.  Over and over and over  again.  But as the verse said when we confess our sins, "He is faithful and just to forgive us or sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."  We had a problem.  That problem was sin.  Sin was what separated us from God.  But then God became our deliverer and now we can be with God.

Redeemer

     God is our redeemer.  To understand what a a redeemer is you have to know what redeem means.  Dictionary.com says, "to buy or pay off; clear by payment:"  So how is God our redeemer?  Well Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  We have a debt in sin.  From the time we were born till the time we are saved that debt keeps piling up, higher, and higher.  And we can do nothing about it.  There is no payment you can pay, no labor or work you can do, or ANYTHING.  You cannot pay of this debt.  The ONLY way you can, is by being redeemed by Jesus Christ.  He redeemed us from ALL of our sins when He was nailed on the cross.  And now and FOREVER more you can be forgiven for your sins.  No matter what you do or did.  God can and will forgive you of your sins.  That is how God is our Redeemer. 

I can do all things thorugh Jesus Christ our Lord!