I made a head-band and scarf all from an old t-shirt today! I plan to discover more fun things to make to get my mind off things... Use what God has given you! :)

What can I do, but sing His praise? Everything else feels like a waste of time now. What can compare to the love I feel for Jesus and the love He gives me? And when others complement me, what can I say? For it is God who is everything good in me! I had no part in what I look like, or what I am talented at or anything else for that matter.

My God is awesome and He reigns in our hearts. He is (and will be) alive and well, forever. And He is jealous for me and He will come back for me. He will not forsake me. For I know that whatever happens, my heart is His forever. He is the love song I'll sing forever.

How can I contain this joy? I hope His love is shown through me, and that I am showing others a tiny bit of what God is like. Because once you find Him, it shows.

Today, is a new day.
Full of new opportunities. Full of new chances. Full of new ways to show God's love.
Today, I want to explore those new places. I want others to feel how I feel about Jesus. And I want to be used by God.
But enough of this talk! How many times have I said I was going to do something and failed to live it out? No more!
Today, I am a new person. Living out what I dream, seeking the lost, and finding the ones. The ones I'm here to love.

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:18

Lately, me (and a few of my friends) have been talking crazy, as my dad calls it. Hours and hours have been spent studying, and talking about God's word and His plans for our lives. I have noticed a change in my life, even though it hasn't been very long since we started talking as a group, and I know he has BIG plans for us! I can feel a pull towards mission work in Africa and I don't know how to handle the excitement I have about my future. When my friends and I come together and speak of His love, compassion and grace I am filled with an everlasting joy that can not be replaced by anything of this world.  Knowing God and His love, then realizing so many people don't know what they are missing out on breaks my heart! For some ignorance will mean death and I am not content knowing I could do more for those people. God tells us to love others as we love ourselves. That's that. It doesn't say, sometimes love others as yourself. It doesn't say, when it's convenient to you... Myself doesn't want ignorance to be the death of me, so why should I let others fall when I could have prevented it? 

'...“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."' Hang in there everyone! You are one of God's favorites! (But then again, aren't we all!) How great is the Father's love for us?!?! ♥ Matthew 9:37