Thankful

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I encourage you to find ten things to be thankful for just before you go to bed. You don't have to share them with anyone but, as you are falling asleep thank God for things HE has given you. I am trying this with yall so please give some comments!

1. Healthy Grandparents/family
2. Safe town to live in
3. Woody
4. Clothes and Food - ( did you ever think about how many people go whithout????)
5. Music!
6. Bed (refer back to # 4 )
7. warm house
8. good Christian friends
9. Church
10. Dr. Pepper ( just a fun one but hey , be thankful )

I dare each and every one of you that from now until Thanksgiving you list at least 10 things a day, (they don't have to be general ) that you are especially thankful for.

~E~

Risk It All

How many of you have ever been on a zip line or skied down a steep slope? Its exilerating isnt it? But what about before you start? When you're standing all harnessed up about to jump? When you get off that ski lift and look down the hill? Its kinda scary right? You're going to risk life and limb on something you know absolutely nothing about!
God has called us to leave our lives behind and come follow Him. To risk it all on something we know nothing about. Its scary! Sure everyone says its worth your while, but really how do we know that? We've worked hard to get where we are today and now we're told to throw it all away and trust a flimsy little zip line! What if it breaks? Do you realize how many trees there are on that ski slope! It could be disasterous and you want us to try it! Or maybe you really want to follow God to give it all over to Him. But when you get up there and look down that slope fear floods in. What if it wasnt what they say it is? what if i get hurt? Have you ever been in a spot like those? I want to ask you what it was like when you finally decided to trust the zipline? was it worth it? Even if you tumbled on the way down the slope wasnt the rest of it worth it? Once you got going you found it wasn't as bad as you had expected was it? God is most definately worth it! Today i finally decided to make the jump onto the zip line. Ive been scared to death as to what would happen when i decide to start down the hill. The fact that ive started is in itself worth it.
I challenge you to right now, before you do anything else, to take a deep breath and trust your zip line. Dont think about it dont worry about how safe it is just jump I know it will be worth it!

And he saith unto them,
Follow me,
and I will make you fishers of men.
And they straightway
left their nets,
and followed him.
Matthew 4:19-20

Busy, Busy , Busy

Have you ever been so busy you can hardly think? I think everyone has been. You feel caught up in a whirlwind and it feels like it will suck you under. Lately especially Homework, chores, school, church, activites, animals, and obligations are keeping me on my toes and have made me fall a few times from the overwhelming time commitment involved. I like for things to be perfect alot , so , usually that means I spend longer on things than I probably should. While you are having a "Whirlwind Day" as I have dubbed alot of the days gone past, remember, the most inportant thing to do is to have your daily quiet time with God. Without it, you Will be disfunctional and will probably make desicions you will later regret. If you want to have a quiet time , but dont know how, start in proverbs and read 1 chapter a day and pray. Or if you will go to a Christian bookstore there are usually bible study books specifically made for your age group , these are extremely neat to go through, one I found inspirating is called Pure by Rebekah St. James. ...

Know that I am God

This Sunday I was asked why I am Christian. I replied "because I know God is real". "But how do you know He is real?" they asked.

How do we know God is real? How do we know this isn't all just made up? I say look around you! There are miracles happening all the time. People who had deadly diseases woke up without a sign that they were sick! Disasters happen and no one gets hurt! Don't tell me those people were just lucky or that its coincidence. How can God not be real? Just look at creation! That did not happen by accident!

We are told in Psalms 46: 10 to Be still and know that I am God. when was the last time you took time out to look around at Gods work? You may find His hand in places you never would have expected.

How do you know God is real?
plz share you thoughts

Eek! talk God! Scary

Why is it that we all seem afraid to talk about God? Everything goes fine until we are asked question about our faith. Where im from there is a church on nearly every street you can literally look out a window and see two or three churches. most people attend church and more still claim Christ. You would think we would have no problem talking about our Lord but yet whenever a question is asked the whole room falls quiet. I think for me its cause God is personal. To talk about Him is like sharing many of my deepest secrets. I'm scared about what people will say. I recently went through a time in my life when I wasn't sure about some stuff. I often sought my Bible but i never told anyone. When i finally did I found out i didn't need to fight this fight. A friend of mine is going through a similar struggle she has shared and has received the same advice I did but with half the pain. We are called to live a life as a community we can not do this on our own. Part of being a Christian is supporting others. How can we support the lost when we never get a chance to practice on the found? I want to urge you to share with others your hurts and pains and that when someone else shares theirs that you would be the first one to comfort them. This is what Faithblog-ej is about, being a community, this is supposed to be a place that you can pour out your hearts to fellow believers. no one can point and laugh at you no one will ever know who said it but they will reach out and support you. who else can we turn to if not our sisters and brothers in Christ? Please share your thoughts .