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Recipe for Cheerfulness

Ever have one of those days where it's just hard to be cheerful? I sure have! There doesn't have to be a specific reason for that feeling, but it just seems harder to be cheery than sad. Or maybe you do have a reason, maybe you are extra sleepy, or someone said something to upset you, or you found out you did bad on a test, there are thousands of possibilities!

Today when I felt like there was no reason to be cheerful, I remembered that I DID have a reason to be cheerful! Jesus loves ME!!!!! While it seems simple, to know that the Lord of All loves little me, is pretty spectacular! Once I had remembered this simple truth, it made me realize that God is so much bigger than anything that I could be going through, and He will keep me safe and protect me! After I thought about this, I decided to keep my eyes and ears open for something that would cheer me up. (See, I do this thing where I ask God to show me things to show His love for me! And you know what? He ALWAYS shows me something! I just have to keep my eyes open!) So, on my way to my next class something happened that made me smile, and then someone said something that made me laugh. God is so good! And even when we feel like there is no reason to be cheerful, if we keep our eyes and ears open, God can point out something little that can turn our day into a day full of cheerfulness!

LIfe and Music

Today, I was asked the question: What if all songs were sung to the same tune? Well I think that music would be very useless! I mean, imagine singing Jingle Bells to the tune of Amazing Grace. It just doesn't fit!! After that question, I began to think. Human beings are kind of like songs. We are all different! Our Creator definitely made us with some of the same features, but we are all unique! We are especially designed for one purpose: to honor and glorify God! He made us and deserves all the glory!! We should give honor to whom honor is due!! Remember that the next time you feel like you do not have a purpose. Christ made you for a specific reason!!

One Day @ a Time

God's Will. It's a beautiful thing. As Christians, we have the amazing opportunity to follow God, and complete His will for our lives. But sometimes it can be very overwhelming. The sheer thought of serving a God who created the entire universe is rather daunting. I mean, me, a simple, little person trying to glorify the Almighty Creator! Wow! Then if you take it to the next level of following God's will for your life, it gets even scarier! To me, the scariest part of fullfilling God's will is the fact that God doesn't speak to us in an audible voice, so we never really know what God's exact will is!

As a senior this year, I have had the opportunity to visit several Bible colleges that I am considering attending. If I am completely truthful, I don't think I'm ready for college! But it is such a wonderful opportunity to continue my education, I am looking forward to the new challenge. But before I can take that next big step, I have to make a decision on which Bible college I attend. And I can say that I am totally scared to death to make that choice! What if I think one college is God's will, but it's really just my top choice?

This question really got me thinking about God. So many times, I tend to think that God's will for my life will be boring, and terrible. Which is crazy isn't it? Because God wants the best for us! I mean, He died on the cross to free us from everlasting punishment in the lake of fire! So why do I believe He would choose something for me that I would hate? After thinking about this for a while I decided that it was because I'm leery of the fact that I wouldn't be in control. And I really, really like being in control! Control is a funny thing though, it seems like any time I think I'm gaining more control I lose it.

Then the thought came into my head that the God who holds the universe in His hands wants to control my life! Not only does He want to control it, He wants to walk beside me and be my Best Friend through it all! How amazing is that? So really, who am I to think that He is trying to destroy my plans? All He wants is the best for me. And we don't have to try to figure out God's plans for the rest of our lives at this very second. We don't even have to know what His will is for us for tomorrow! If we just commit ourselves to doing His will for us today, then He will lead us to the places where He will reveal to us His will!