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We hope you enjoy this section in our site about all the spiritual advice we all need! We encourage you to pray and stay close to God!

Ellie & Ashley

 

Why Me God?

September 14, 2009
 Have you ever had something bad happen and ask God why He did that to you? He loves you more than words can explain and you should always know that. I know its hard to keep that in mind when something bad happens, no matter what its effect. We often blame God for not making us do the right thing, but that is not what God does. Its amazing, God lets us make our own decisions. (He will often let us make a bad choice so that we learn from it. Or so it seems.) Thats how much He loves us, He cares about us so He lets us make our own decisions. Why do we blame God for our mistakes? We are human but cant use that as an excuse. God will also put us in a situation in which we dont like but He will put us in the end at a better place spiritually. He loves you to much to not give you a challenge. By becoming a Christain you might not have knew what you were getting into. If you look at it the same way I do then, you will see a fork in the road one marked anti-God the other marked Christianity. The anti-God road is flat and wide and runs through flower beds, but it ends at a giant ,elegant, black door. The road marked Christianity is thin, made of dirt, right on the side of a cliff,rocky and up hill, but at the end there is a gigantic golden bright gate. The giant, black, elegant door ends up in eternal death and suffering. The other road marked Christianity with the golden gate puts you with God. The road to God is much harder to travel upon then the road to death. When God puts a bad thing in your life He is just challenging you, to see if you will stand beside Him. If your looking for an example for the extreme challenges God has in store for you in the future I highly recommend that you read Genesis 22. Its really amazing how much Abraham trusted God. We can all do this, we can trust in Him, just like Abraham did.
 

Breaking it Down

September 3, 2009
So to be a Christian, you have got to be able to forgive because people around you are going to make mistakes all the time, even you will fall but you may be the lucky one because you have Jesus to catch you. The Bible says...
"If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.''
Matthew 6:14-15
This verse is pretty easy to comprehen but it means if you forgive the people around you who make mistakes, then God will forgive you, but if you don't, then God won't forgive you. Pretty simple, right? Sure you may say "But what about my brother/sister! They drive me nuts all the time!''
"The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him."
Daniel 9:9
Why can't we try to be Christ like? Isn't that what we are supposed to do as Christians? The next time you and your sister or brother are fighting, just forgive your sister for taking your ipod or forgive your brother for using your new cool skateboard, you set an example for them and who knows, maybe next time they'll beat you to the punch! (for forgiving)
 

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