Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello blogging world!

Unfortunately I have not blogged in a long time, but I decided that today I would.

I just wanted to wish all of my Canadian friends a Happy Thanksgiving. Please be reminded that this should NOT be the only time we are thankful for what God does for us. Please reflect every day on something to be thankful for!

1 Thessalonians 5:18 :"In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

I will leave you with the lyrics of the hymn: "Give thanks" by Henry Smith:

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks unto the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son.
And now let the weak say, "I am strong,
"Let the poor say, "I am rich,"
Because of what the Lord has done for us.
Give thanks

God Bless and I hope to blog soon!

Everlasting Love, SAY WHAT!?

Hello Everyone, not sure who the 55 people that saw my last post are, but thanks for viewing (well, I might know a few)!

So when I've being going through my walk with God I have been writing a journal about it (as I quickly mentioned in the previous post). One of the things I read about on Tuesday, January 22nd was a verse on identity. At "The Well" we called that a "Who Am I?" This one focused on "I am loved." The passage is probably well known to many who read their bible, or perhaps just heard of it somewhere: 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16 NIV).

When I wrote, I asked my self what it meant to love/ be loved. I said "To feel accepted by someone or something..." That's how I do feel about God, I feel love and accepted. I also noted that many people get caught up in the wrong meaning/ kind of love. The big thing in this verse is that God loved us so much that he send his son, Jesus to die for our sins. Let that be a reminder for us.

So now let's fast forward to today. I have been going through some of the "Who am I?" things through the past few weeks. Today's was "A joint heir with Christ." The verse was Romans 8:17 "and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him." This is another reminder of how great God's love is. As followers of Christ, we have inherited his eternal kingdom.

As I closed this devotion the song about God's love enduring forever came in my head. The verse it is based behind comes from Psalm 139:1 "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever." Sometimes that's all we have to do, even if we are having a hard time, thank God because of his everlasting love!

Until Next time

Feel free to comment your thoughts if you like.

God Bless!

(Edited June 10th, 2014)

The Well

Recently I went to a Young Adults retreat called "The Well." I went here because I needed time away from the busyness of school, work, and personal life. I know I am posting about it about 9 days later, but better late than never!

This weekend taught me a lot on how to strengthen my faith and walk closer to God. A point of this weekend was to narrow down out of many things, ONE thing that would help lead to transformation in my relationship with God. This one thing was to SLOW DOWN, LEAVE TIME FOR GOD (GOD SPEED)!

Since then, I have been writing a journal on what I've been doing as a part of the ONE thing. It has definitely taught me to draw closer to God. One verse that I just thought of right now related a bit to this is Philippians 4:13- "I can do all this through him [Christ] who gives me strength." (NIV) This is definitely a thought to continue each day and remind me that because I am going further in my time with God, I am being strengthened by him :).

That is all for now.

Feel Free to ask me about the weekend if you'd like, I'd love to talk!