Welcome! This blog comes from the veiw of a teenage girl trying to live for God in todays world. I hope that this blog will be an encouragement for you to grow and live out your faith. -Jess
Yesterday was a VERY busy day. School went by really fast! I was very happy to come home after school yesterday because my mom's parents were coming for a visit! It's always fun when we can get together with them! I love them SO much! The only bummer about this visit though is that I won't be here (at my house) very much because I am going on a short trip with my church. At least I got to hang out with my grandparents for a little bit of their stay! The church trip that I am going on is called Aquire the Fire. It's a big Christian youth event where we listen to some great Christian song artists and then many wonderful speakers! This event has been going on for many years but this is the first time I have ever gone! I'm super excited! I hope that this event will help me remember to keep my trust, hope, & focus in the one who saves me. I'll keep you all posted as the weekend progresses! ~Living4Him~
Today has been such a great day! Way better than yesterday! Let's start at the beginning. I woke up late so didn't get to have my devotion time in the morning. It was ok though because I woke up to this awesome Christian artist called TOBYMAC!!!! (my favorite) His song "Hold On" helped me start my day off great! Once Phy. Ed. started I got kind of nervous again because I didn't want it to go the same way it had went yesterday. (See last post) But praise God, I told one of my teachers how I was feeling about swimming and that teacher was really understanding! Then during class I found out that we were dividing into two groups, one advanced swimmers and the other beginners. This helped a ton! I am now feeling much more confident in myself and not near as worried! The rest of my day went SUPER well and I am SO thankful! I needed it to be a good day today. Yesterday was terrible...ok I need to just forget about yesterday and stop bringing it up. :) I am really filled with so much JOY that God has a perfect plan for our lives, He helped me make today wonderful! He is so amazing in all He does and all He will do! God is the only one that will always be with you no matter what choices you make! Isn't that amazing? Well tonight is my youth groups kick off at our new building so I should probably go get ready for that. I hope everyone is having a great day and I'll catch ya'll later!!! ~Overflowing with JOY~
What a day, what a day! Today was the very first day of the new semester at school. This means that there is mass confusion and lots of tension everywhere! I'm really happy that it only takes about 1-3 days to get back into the way of life at my highschool. If it took much longer than that I think I would go even crasier! :) Anyways sense today was the start of a new semester that means that sometimes you'll have new classes. The new class I have is Intro to Business. I also have different teachers for Physics & Phy. Ed.. In Phy. Ed. The teacher that I now have was starting the swimming unit...I was NOT excitied. Swimming is something I'm not really good at and don't do much so this was not a unit that I was looking forward to...AT ALL! I was brave and made it through the class but am so not looking forward to it tomorrow! Swimming first thing in the morning was not a very good start to my day so I'm thinking that maybe I'll need to have my devotion time in the moring so I start the day off on the right track. After Phy. Ed. I had Physics and my day didn't get much better from there on. Though my mom was willing to pick me up from school so that was a plus:), normally I ride the bus. Once I got back home my day was better because I was with the people I love. :)
Over all today was a tough day and what I'm realising now is that I didn't put my trust in God. All the worry I had about the day, I kept it inside or told people who probably didn't even care. If I would have asked God to help me with all the worries I had about the day I would have been much more relaxed. In Jeremiah 17:7-8 it says, " Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." I feel that this verse is really talking about when we put our confidence in the living water, God's words, we will be able to stand tall even through the ups and downs of life. We won't worry when bad situations come our way because we are replenished by what God has spoken. And when others around us see that we are calm they will ask about the peace that we have.
I'm putting my TRUST in the LORD to help me make it through the upcoming months of school because without Him I would be SO lost. I know that I surely wouldn't be the person I am today. If I want to continue to build a strong relationship with Christ I need to trust in Him because He is the only one who will never leave our side and I am so grateful for that! ~TRUSTING IN HIM~
Whew! I made it through finals! Here's how my days went:
Thursday 1/26/2012-
Today was my first day of highschool finals EVER! I was really nervous but put my trust in God to help me through. My first final of the day, Physics, was harder then I expected. I had studied lots but still had a tough time with it. Then came my Phy. Ed. final...it was going good, I felt confident in my answers , but then about half way through I started having a panic attack! I don't really know why, it just all the sudden got really bad. I left the room, got a drink, walked around and it finally started to go away. I'm praising God that it went away quickly, because then I could still have time to finish the test. This attack was my first one that has happened at school. Normally I would get less severe ones at sports events, these I could handle. It isn't uncommon of me to get extremely nervous for tests or competitions but I had never had a panic attack like this. Like I said I am so thankful to God that it passed quickly! After this final it was lunch...which was absolutely wonderful! My mom picked me up and we went out to Olive Garden, one of my favorite restaurants. We talked about so many things, I had a blast! My next class was a study hall in which I didn't have attend and so my mom and I went to Michaels(craft store). I got some new canvases and am very excited to paint on them! I'll post pictures when I finish them! :) When 1:30 started to approach we headed back to the highschool so that I could take my final final of the day, Geometry. That final was a breeze! So happy! That pretty much sums up my day! I'm thankful that I(with God's help) got the panic attack under control!
Friday 1/27/2012-
Another day of finals...what a joy! ;) Today I was taking the finals for my advanced classes, American Studies and English. I also had my final for Spanish which I was nervous for because Spanish is still a new language to me. At 8:15 I sat in my American Studies classroom and whizzed through the test! I felt very confident in all my answers! It was truly a blessing from God! I had been stressing all night that I was not going to have one clue about the test, but God reassured me that he was in control. I got done with American Studies and then went to Spanish. The Spanish test went really well too! I had to speak about myself and then answer questions about a passage I read. When I have to speak to the teacher for testing I get really nervous. After I had spoken, my teacher said I did very well! I was so happy! Once Spanish was over I went to English and took that final...the last full final of the day. This is the other one of my advanced classes and so I was very thankful that I felt like I new every answer. After English it was lunch time and so my mom picked me up, we went and met my dad at Subway. It was really fun to be able to see my dad at lunch time because normally I am in school! So we finished our sandwiches and then my mom took me back to the highschool so I could finish the last 5 questions I had on the Physics final from the day before. I finished those up and then was OFFICIALLY DONE WITH 1st SEMESTER FINALS!!! WHOOHOO!!!!
Looking back to Thursday and Friday I can see Christ thoughout each day. He was there when I had the panic attack. He was there when I took my American Studies test...the one I had been SUPER nervous for. He was there when I took the speaking assessment for Spanish. He was there when I finished up the last 5 questions in Physics. God is always with us no matter where in this crazy world we are! HE NEVER LETS GO!!!! I am so grateful that He cares for me enough to never let go of me! PRAISE GOD!!!
