God's Perfect Will

I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. -Psalm 40:8

I need to be ok with whatever the Lord's will is for me. There has been times where I want a certain thing to happen, and I plan on it that it will. I don't even stop to think what God's plan is for me. Or theres something that I want to do, or places I want to go when I get older. I need to take time, and pray continually to see what God wants me to do. As Christians, we can't do it on our own. We need God to give us strength, and we need to fulfill his commands. An example right now for me, is Masters College. I want to go there so bad you don't even know! Anyways, I know what I have to do, and what it takes, and I will do anything to go there. BUT, the first thing I need to ask myself is, "is this what God wants me to do?" It may be hard at first, but God's will is always the better one. There have also been times in my life where I looked forward to something, and God's will came out of it. Our plans are always subject to change though. This is why it is important to give everything up to God and not to try and do it all on your own. This has always been hard for me, but I have definately improved.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11

Like Masters College, I have a lot of things I want to do in my life, but if it is not what God wants then I have to be willing to give it up.

I got Baptized!

Yay, I am now baptized! The day I will never forget. Wow, there were 61 people who got baptized, how amazing! and 34 of them were highschoolers, such as myself. It was so so so great! Even though I didn't exactly share my testimony as i should have, I got baptized knowing that I'm a true christian who has a desire to follow and obey God for the rest of my life and that I repented of my sins and put all my faith and trust in Jesus Christ! I remember how nervous, yet excited I was to get baptized. And yes, I did fall going down the ladder to get into the pool haha, for those of you who were wondering. But afterwards, I realized that I was nervous for nothing because in my heart I knew I was ready to do this. Plus, I had my best friends comfort and pray with me before which really did help. I was so happy to share this day with all my christian friends who were also baptized. Congratulations everyone who took the Lord's command and got baptized! Not only was this major event something I wanted to do, but it is what God commands. Getting baptized was great! After getting dunked, I knew it was out with the old, and in with the new.

Revival 07!

Wow, Revival 07 was the best! I got to know people so much more and even meet new friends! Going up to Lake Isabella, you just leave everything back at home, all the temptations and unholy things and focuss all on God. I also grew an incredible amount and when I went back home, I had that desire to read my Bible everyday and go on godsong and catch up on commenting on all the scriptures of the day, and praying constantly like a prayer warrior, and not a prayer wimp. Anyways, we had amazing worship by Ty Sager! Hoorah! And also great messages from Pastor Mike which every one of his messages im pretty sure taught everyone, and me personally something new and wonderful. Very convicting and long. We had free time as well, such as just chilling with everyone, rock/cliff jumping, water skiing, tubing, wakeboarding and so much more! It was so fun, and the best part of that is that you were with all your christian friends. During Revival, people got saved and became true christians. There were smiles, there were tears, and there was great happiness and joy. While up there, we were also on awesome teams: Caltrans... You Know! Big Red, Pain Train, and the Ninja Turtles. We had gnarly cheers and cool colors! Also with games and challenges against the other teams. It was all such a blast! The breakfast, lunch, and dinner was always so good, and everyday we got served wonderful meals. If I didn't go to Revival, I don't know where I would be in my faith and walk with God. It was a chance for me to grow more and getting that personal relationship with God, and that is exactly what happened.

Mexico!

Going to Mexico with a good sized group of people from True North was the best experience ever! Not only was there great fellowship, but I grew so much in my faith. We were outside of Ensanada at an orphanage and it was truly incredible. We spent time with the orphans everyday, and worked hard on buildings, such as dry walling and painting. It was so much fun and all for the glory of God! We also had amazing messages from different Pastors everyday including our very own, Pastor Bobby! They were all great and convicting. We also went outside of the orphanage in a community and did some outreaches, handing out these braclets we made, each bead meaning something. We spent the Fourth of July up there too and that was nice. Drove somewhere and watched fireworks, great burgers, fellowship, and it was a fun experience up in Mexico on the 4th of July. We also had time to also play some good B-ball, play board games, and fellowship, getting to know our brothers and sisters of christ more. On our last day, we drove out and had a fiesta where we set up tables with a lot of crafts, food, and amazing worship music! It was so awesome. A lot of people came and some even accepted Jesus Christ for the first time! Mexico was amazing and I loved it! I learned a lot and went back home realizing so much. I would go back to Mexico in a heartbeat!