Simply Believing YOU are Able

Laat night I realized that I would be going on a drama tour today during which I was to perform a skit I didn't know the lines for yet. I had to learn five minutes worth of lines in an eveving, but I was able to do it. Often times the world wanted to beat us down and make us feel like we are not able.

God gave us all special talents, but that doesn't also mean that we are not able to do other things as well. Especially when it comes to school, I know many people can feel like they just can't get all their homework done. If you prioritize though, and work hard you are able to do anything! Besides you can do anything with God!

Simply Believing YOU are Able to Persevere

Sometimes it is easy to just want to give up. There are so many bad things that go on all around us that we just don't even want to deal with it anymore.

Today, one of the girls in my dorm chose to leave this school. She felt as though she just couldn't handle all of the things happening around her and that is okay! Sometimes things will get bad and we just need to get out of that situation and find a new and better one.

The trick is if God is leading you to be somewhere you need to persevere. Allow God to lead you and He will show you wonderful things you have never seen before. I also want you to realize that ending your life is never the answer. You may feel as though your pain will end, but for everyone else the pain will increase. It is never worth it!

God is guiding your life and He created you for a purpose. Persevere and allow Him to lead your life to do great things for Him!

Simply Believing YOU are a Winner

This evening our school held class on class volleyball games. My class hadn't really won anything so far, so we were not super pumped. The first game was between the juniors and freshmen. The freshmen unfortunately lost, and the juniors won. This meant that the juniors would go on to the championship.

Next my class played against the sophomores. The sophomores had a lot of good people; they even won the first set. During the end of the second set I scored 7 points for the senior class and we ended up going on to the championship!

Everyone wanted me to continue playing, but I was really nervous. Luckily though we ended up winning the entire game! This taught me a great lesson; even though we don't always win that doesn't mean we never can. You won't always be a winner, but you won't always be a loser either.

God created us all with unique talents to glorify Him. Tonight I give all the glory to God for our win! Without Him it wouldn't have been possible!

Simply Believing YOU are Wanted

It is easy for many girls to feel unwanted. I am especially reminded of this as my school's Christmas banquet rolls around. All of the girls are wondering who will be asking them or if they will even be asked. As everyone sees their friends getting dates, many girls feel like they are not wanted.

Feeling unwanted can happen anywhere too. Whether you feel unwanted because you weren't chosen to be a part of a team; maybe you feel unwanted because you were chosen last.

Something everyone should remember though is that they are wanted by the King of Kings. God wants us. He wants to chase us. God loves us!

Simply Believing God Has YOUR Back

Recently I have been very discourgared. I have been socially, emotionally, scholastically, and physically drained. I must admit I have shed some tears and vented to my mom many evenings this week.

Sometimes it is easy to feel like the whole world is coming down on you. It can feel as though there is no one else to help you carry your burdens, but God is right there. He is literally waiting and urging you to allow Him to help you carry your burden.

For many of us we want to keep that burden to ourselves. The silly thing is, why would you want to carry that all by yourself? There is an almighty God that is literally looking down on you as you struggle with life. He is just simply waiting to be called upon. He is right there. You can literally just throw everything onto Him!

I urge you to lean on Him. To know that He is right there and you can ask for His help. God can perform miracles and He has something special planned for you. Give it all to Him and I'll try to too!

Simply Believing YOU are His

Recently I have had a very difficult time with accepting what is happening in my life. Things seem to have been going wrong and not going my way. Something I need to remember is that I am God's!

God has a wonderful plan for my life. I am His child and He cares about me. He wants me to be happy, but sometimes we just have to be patient and wait for His plan to pan out.

We all need to learn to lean on God more because He cares for us. He is our heavenly Father and He has great plans for us even though we may not be able to see them yet.

Always remember that you are His and He cares about every aspect of your life!

Simply Believing YOU are Smart

I just recently got back from a bell festival and because of it I had to miss classes. I missed several tests which I now having to make up during this coming week. Sometimes it can become very stressful thinking about all of the homework and tests and it's easy to feel like I am not smart enough.

Especially as we hear about other people's great accomplishments in school it is easy to get frustrated and feel l like we just are not smart enough. When someone gets an A and you get a B it can be hard to think about.

Sometimes I like to think of it this way. Everyone has struggles but the struggles God allows to happen to us are the struggles we can handle. If God didn't think we could handle not having schooling come easy to us then He would not allow it to happen to us.

The Lord has a plan and a purpose and He knows what we can handle. He also believes that we are all smart and capable of reaching our goals.

One last side note I would like to add: work hard in school because your grades now will matter later even though it may not seem like it at this time.

"'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 a hope and a future.'" Jeremiah 29:11