Praise God For Spring!

Well it surely is Spring outside now, Praise God! I am a Winnipegger and I always have been, but there is just something about the freezing cold, that I could never miss.

And with spring, comes spring break for myself and many of my friends. Not much has really changed for me concerning my daily schedule, the only thing that is really different is that instead of waking up early for school, I'm sleeping in. It's a very nice thing though, the rest and relaxation was very needed.

I've been trying to spend a lot of my time with my friends, but kind of dividing it up nicely so that I fit many different friends into my social events. I feel pretty good about being able to manage my time so that I can see my friends and spend time with them. I thank God for all my friends, they each bring such a gift and blessing to my life.

I've become "obsessed" with a song by Chris Tomlin recently, "Indescribable" I listen to it constantly and I've replaced my former song on my Myspace with it. I little piece of it kind of flows into this blog about spring...it goes like this:

"From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea

Creation's revealing Your majesty

From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring

Every creature unique in the song that it sings

All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable,

You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.

You are amazing God

All powerful, untameable,

Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim

You are amazing God "

When I was first listening to the song and reading the lyrics along with it, I noticed how it mentioned "the fragrance of spring" and I just loved that, because I know that every year when the seasons change, I notice the change in the scent of the air, it's just breathtaking.

What an amazing God we have, to give us these wonderful gifts of beauty and nature. It just leaves me in wonderment and adoration.

Until next time, God Bless.

Saturated In A Flame

Praise God! He is an awesome God full of love, mercy, grace, etc. I am so not worthy of His love for me but I accept it and I appreciate it and take it completely in with my whole heart.

I was going to blog last night after I got home from Saturate, but I was so tired and I had a feeling that I should maybe sleep on it and wait.

Saturate was amazing. There was a fire lit in my heart that I had not felt in a long time, if at all. I pretty much went through every emotion I could have. I was excited and pumped at first, and then I got emotional and upset and I cried, and then I was so pumped and so happy that I sang so loud and jumped up and down and smiled and laughed and held my hands in the air and just worshiped our wonderful God.

That's how I want to live. That's how passionate I want to be about God everyday of my life. I want to feel that fire burning through me everyday and I pray that others had the same amazing time that I did and that more and more people will experience something like that and give themselves to God and realized just how wonderful it is to be a child of His.

"I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High." (Psalm 7:17)

Thank you to my dear friends who gave me the opportunity to experience such a night. I can't wait to do that again. Light The Fire!

Until next time, God Bless.

Prayer List

"I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer." (Psalm 17:6)

Dear Friends,

I have started a prayer list in my journal, it was out of inspiration from my friend Jamieson, I think it's an awesome thing to do, and I know it's going to help me remember all those important people and things to pray for when I do my daily devotional and prayer before bed.

So, I ask you, if you have anything you would like me to pray for, I will definitely add it to my list and pray for it every night. The Lord hears our prayers, and when a group is praying for the same things, I think He hears it even more. So please let me know.

We all have things that we need prayer for, and it's so heart warming and encouraging to know that others are praying for you.

A friend from church came to me on Friday and pulled me away from the group and asked me to pray for her and her friend. As sad and concern as I was, it kind of made me smile inside that she would feel comfortable enough with me, in order to talk to me about something important and ask me to pray aloud for her while holding hands. It was really intense, she even started crying a bit while I was talking to God.

I'm not going to go in detail of course about what my friend needed prayer for, but I'm going to put it out there and ask you all who read this, to put her and her friend in your prayers, God will know what it is for. Thank you.

Until next time, God Bless.

Unfailing Love

I thought I would update all of you on my dad since we kind of got an update ourselves. My dad went to the doctors yesterday (Thursday) to get some results on a test he had but they ended up telling him nothing because the test came back "inconclusive" or something like that.

So now, they say that instead of doing another test that could probably give them no answers again, they are going to get him to have an MRI and then schedule the surgery to take out his kidney. My dad said that while he is asleep on the operation table, they are going to take out the infected kidney and run tests on it to see what kind of cancer is on the kidney because depending on what kind of cancer it is, depends on how much they have to remove from his body, like just the kidney, or the tube that leads to the bladder, and also a little piece of the bladder where it could have affected.

Basically, that's all the new information we got, so he'll probably be going for his MRI in the next week or so, I'm assuming, and then we just have to wait for the surgery to be scheduled.

"May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you." (Psalm 33:22)

My hope and my faith is still very strong, God's unfailing love has given me such strength during this difficult time, but things aren't that scary to me considering all that is going on. I know that everything will be ok as long as I just keep praying and hoping for the best. Thank you to all of you for your thoughts and prayers, they mean so much to me.

Until next time, God Bless.

Prayers and Blessings

Ok, so yesterday I was on MSN, which is nothing new of course because I find myself on there everyday, and I was talking to my friend Jamieson. He is such a blessing to me, I really wished we spent more time together because he is just so awesome and every time I talk to him, I learn something new and amazing about God.

He told me two very awesome things yesterday and the first was that he was feeling not so good about his prayer time and stuff like that and that he felt he needed to work on his praying so he has decided to make a prayer list and use that to develop his praying, I guess. He was even kind enough to ask me if there was anything I'd like him to prayer for and I just felt so touched by that.

Since he told me that, I've decided that it would be a great thing for me to do as well, so when I read my bible last night and wrote in my prayer journal, I kind of wrote an introduction for my prayer list that I'm going to make and start getting together.

Jamieson also told me that this Sunday he is getting baptised. I'm so happy for him! I think I might even go because it is on Sunday evening and I don't think I'm doing anything then, I really hope that I don't work because I'd love to go and be there and watch.

Praise God! The Lord of wonder, amazement, and love. I'm so truly blessed to have the friends that I have, I'll be praying for all of them.

Until next time, God Bless.

His Princess

I was looking around on the internet and kind of stumbled upon this, and I really liked it. What an honour it is, to be His Princess.

Dear Little Daughter,

This is your Heavenly Father, God, I just wanted to tell you how much you mean to me today. I bless you my beautiful daughter. I want you to know you are beautiful, I made you, I mentioned your name at your birth. You were in my thoughts before the beginning of time. I formed you in your mother's womb. I chose the color of your hair, your eyes, your smile, your voice, your body shape, the way you think, the way you walk. I gave you your personality, your skills, your gifts, your passions, your ability to love and be loved.

I am your Father. I love you with an everlasting love. I love you - you are mine! I am jealous for you and your heart. Guard your heart! My eyes never leave you. I carry you in my heart. I cover you under the shadow of my wings, so you can be covered, feel safe and secure. I am your tower of strength, run to me, let me be your refuge. I am your comforter. Run to my heart. I am the lover of your soul. Rest in my love. Let me love you. I smile when I watch you laugh. I know every tear you've ever cried. I've engraved you in the palm of my hands. I adore you, my daughter.

I send angels to watch over you and minister to you. You are my princess. I crown you with loving kindness and life. I ALWAYS have time for you. I will never, ever, no never leave you or let you down, NEVER!

When you feel alone, sad, angry, depressed, or empty inside, I'm right beside you, loving you and gently holding you. You are my beloved treasure, my creation, my delight and the fragrance of my heart. Come to me. Let me love you. I love you my beautiful child.

Your Heavenly Father,
GOD

I just thought it was something nice to share...Until next time, God Bless.

Divine Nature

Ok, so I was looking for a verse to blog about or to find one that would go with how I was feeling, so I read "the verse of the day" on BibleGateway.com and it just totally worked! Yesterday it was so gorgeous outside and I just really felt like I needed to go for a walk and be with God. So I went to St. Vital Park, and just walked around with the beautiful nature and the lovely smell of fresh air and trees, it was wonderful.

So I stumbled upon this verse;

"Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." (2 Peter 1:4)

The verse might not exactly show how I felt with the need to be outside and walking in nature, but when I read it, I just picture everything being so crazy and constant in my life, and then when I was walking through the park, with the sun setting over the frozen river, I just felt so peaceful and relaxed.

Praise God for His wonderful gifts of beauty and nature for us to enjoy.

Until next time, God Bless.

Going, Going, Going...

Goodness me. It seems lately as if I just haven't stopped going. I mean, of course it's been my own choice, if I really wanted to you I could have not gone out and saw people or hungout at all and just sat home doing nothing, but I've just been so social lately, that I can't just sit at home and do nothing.

I do feel as though I have been lacking in my prayers though and I'm not too happy about that. I guess it's just because I'm going, going, going all day that I just don't make time to pray to God while I'm out and about in public and with other people and then I'm gone all day and night until I get home and I'm so tired that i just barely read some of my bible, possibly write a little journal entry about my lastest thoughts or feelings, and then completely just pass out.

An update on my dad:

Things are going alright at the moment. I don't have much information to share, but he is going to see the doctor again on the 15th and I guess we'll find out more about stuff then. Thanks again so much to all those who are praying for my dad, my family, and me.

Well...That's all I can really think about blogging right now, tomorrow is my food competition with school, I made an eagle out of white chocolate, it's actually pretty cool, I'm pretty happy with it. So I hope everything goes good with that tomorrow.

"but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

Until next time, God Bless.

My Grey Cloud

"My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word." (Psalm 119:28)

Lately, I'm feeling very emotionally and physically exhausted. My dad has been weighing heavy on my mind, even though I know that God is with me and my family, but I just can't help but worry. Today he went to the doctors again for another test. They know for sure that the tumor on his kidney is cancerous and that it needs to be removed as soon as possible, but he needed to go for a test today to determine just how much has to be removed. The good news is, that it hasn't spread at all, so as soon as they can get in there and remove it, he should be on his way to recovery, and everything should be fine. Praise God!

But I'm also feeling quite stressed over some other things going on in my life as well. I have a competition for school this weekend, I'm making a chocolate sculpture, and last week when I was putting it away, it tipped a bit and I broke some of it, so this week I'm spending most of my time fixing it and trying to make it look decent again.

Also, I'm busy with regular school, making time for friends, and working, which is really crummy for me lately, because it isn't really that busy and I'm not getting a lot of shifts so I'm not making a lot of money and I'm kind of in debt pretty bad with my parents, so it just seems as thought things aren't going too great for me right now.

But none-the-less, I still praise God everyday for being with me and all the blessings and gifts He has provided me with. I know I must stay strong and keep going and smiling, because it will all get better soon and my worries and weariness will be no more. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Until next time, God Bless.

Always With Me

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9)

I just wanted to say a thank you to all my friends who are praying for me and my family, especially my dad. With your help and encouragement, it helps to keep me strong and helps to keep my eyes and heart on God during this tough time.

I believe my dad goes for more tests this Tuesday so we might get some more information on the tumor or the next step that has to be taken in order for things to get better, so I will post about it and keep those of you who are praying for me, updated.

I also have a friend that I would like to take a moment to mention, she isn't feeling too well in her faith right now, and she has quite a big decision to make regarding her relationship with God. She has some friends who are kind of pulling her away from God and her faith and I just hope that she does realize that God does want her to stay strong and keep looking to Him and not to give up, even though things are kind of hard for her right now. So my thoughts and prayers are with her.

I know that God is always there for me, through the sunshine and the storms, and I will not give up. I will keep going, keep praying, and continue to love and praise Him for all the blessings and gifts I have in my life. I ask Him to heal my dad and I ask Him to watch over my family and friends, and I know He will.

Until next time, God Bless.

In Need Of Prayer

If there was anything I ever needed in the past, it has never amounted to this...

I just found out this afternoon that my dad has a tumor on one of his kidneys. They have to run some more tests and stuff but they are pretty sure that they are going to have to remove the kidney. My family is really upset of course with worry and sadness, no one would feel alright with this kind of news. I guess there is a bright side to it, because it is completely possible to live with only one kidney, and they also did some bloodwork tests and they came back looking good, saying that it hadn't spread anywhere else.

My heart is really heavy right now and my dad, my family and I are in need of prayer. I know God's love and grace will help to keep me strong, and I will look to Him and send up my worries. I have hope and faith that everything will be ok, but please my loving friends, please keep my dad and my family in your thoughts and prayers, I need you all. Thank you.

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)

Until next time, God Bless.