What If

Here is a song that I've found quite inspirational in the past. It's called 'What If' by Nicole Nordeman;

What if you're right?
And he was just another nice guy
What if you're right?
What if it's true?
They say the cross will only make a fool of you
And what if it's true?

What if he takes his place in history
With all the prophets and the kings
Who taught us love and came in peace
But then the story ends
What then?

But what if you're wrong?
What if there's more?
What if there's hope you never dreamed of hoping for?
What if you jump?
And just close your eyes?
What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise?
What if He's more than enough?
What if it's love?

What if you dig
Way down deeper than your simple-minded friends
What if you dig?
What if you find
A thousand more unanswered questions down inside
That's all you find?

What if you pick apart the logic
And begin to poke the holes
What if the crown of thorns is no more
Than folklore that must be told and retold?

You've been running as fast as you can
You've been looking for a place you can land for so long
But what if you?re wrong?

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Just something to ponder.

Happy New Year and God Bless

Purpose

Wow... this week has gone fast. In two days, it will be Christmas. I really need to do my Christmas shopping...

Anyway, at church on sunday, a guy that gave our mini sermon was speaking about the birth of Christ. He was saying that Jesus's sole purpose for being born, was so that he could be put to death 30 years later. I have never looked at Christ's birth from this perspective and it has really got to me. Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph as their son, just so he could save the world 30 years later by being crucified. Crucifixion was a punishment for criminals and Jesus went through that horrible death so that we could be saved. That was his sole purpose in life, to save us from death and to give us another chance. This has just blown my mind over this past week. Another thing that this guy was saying was that God/Jesus was not just saving us through his death but the whole universe. EVERYTHING is in UNIVERSE. Now, I don't know about you, but I thought that that was pretty awesome.

May God bless you over Christmas and may you remember him and what he has done for us through this christmas season.

Merry Christmas

Peace

God is a giver of peace. Actually he is the giver of peace.

I have just gotten back from a couple of days camping with my friends, and I am completely at peace about everything that is happening in my life at the moment.

Last night I was speaking to a couple of my friends and it became quite a big deep and meaningful that I actually joined in with, something that I had no intention of doing and really didn't want to do. But there I was starting to pour out these feelings that I have been feeling over the past couple of weeks and I was starting to make sense in all ways. You see, the night before, a group of us went to see the sunset and I became so angry at God that I almost left my faith at the swings that I was sitting on. But, for some reason I didn't. I ca,e close but I didn't. And as I sat there having this deep and meaningful with my friends, things started to make sense. Something that I thought was part of God's plan for me but didn't turn out the way that I expected it too, has ended up being a valuable lesson. God filled me with peace last night. He came through for me.

One last thing to think about before I sign off is something that I think Joni Erikson said. "In every situation, heaven and hell are working but each for different reasons."

God Bless

Another week with holidays

This week hasn't been as slow as the last but has still been pretty slow. God has decided to take me on a journey that I don't particularly want to go on, but I've decided to follow him and see where I end up. I have a feeling that over this particular journey, my life will change for the better, but we'll just wait and see what the Lord has in store for me.

I was talking to my Grandma last night and we started talking about how every christian is meant to witness to non christians. Personally, I am not a fan of the standing on the street and trying to have a conversation with a complete stranger about whether they are saved or not. Don't get me wrong, I have heard of times when it has worked, I just don't think that it is the best way to be doing things. I was telling my Grandma this and she said to me "The best way to witness to them is to love them." It is so true. If we continue to love our non christian friends, like God loves us, then in their own time, God will spark something in them and they will come to us and ask us about God and faith, and sometimes the smallest conversations are all that is needed to help them along. So I want to challenge you to love those in your life, whether you want to or not. As long as you love them then God will do the work through you. This is a challenge for me as well, so don't worry, I'll be trying to do it too.

I won't be blogging next week as I'm away with some friends, but when I get back I'll try and post something.

Have a great week and God bless

A Wondering Christian

A Long Week

So here I am, a week later, and I'm writing another post. So far, my goal is still working.

Psalm 40.1-3

I waited patiently for the Lord;

he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

out of the mud and mire;

he set my feet on a rock

and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,

a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear the Lord

and put their trust in him.

Over the past week, I have been reading this psalm. God gave it to me and I have been finding real comfort in it. It's just nice to know that someone else feels the same as you sometimes.

Have a great week

A Wondering Christian

Life

Life. A very broad subject for the title of this post, but hey, what better way to start back into blogging then with a broad subject.

God has been taking me on a journey this year. Whether I like it or not, he has been and it's been pretty interesting. Life has thrown me twists and turns that I haven't expected and most of the time I want to forget these moments, but the unexpected hard times that happen in life are what make you stronger right? Even though I may not want to believe it, God has been with me throughout this year. It's one of the many, many things that he promises to do - to never leave your side. The thing about me though, is that I sometimes don't want to believe it because it would make reasoning the stuff that is happening a lot easier. But, God has never left me. I may have left his side once or twice this year, and possibly even ignored him a bit as well, but the most awesome thing is, he hasn't stopped loving me and he has never left my side. I think that is something to be thankful for.

So, I am going to try my very hardest to blog once a week. I'll just warn you, whoever you are, that my goals sometimes, actually scrub that, most of the time fail. So be prepared there may be long times where I don't post anything, but hey, I'm sure God will somehow nudge me back here.

Have a great weekend and God Bless

A Wondering Christian

Future

In church today, the speaker spoke about giving up everything and following Jesus. She was saying to follow him all the way, you needed to leave everything and just focus on the future. I sat there taking it all in and thought about my own life. It wasn't easy. The things that have happened to me haven't been the greatest but the speaker talked about a verse, I think it was in Galatians, about forgetting the things of the past and just focusing on the future. It takes a while to take stuff like that in. You know that God is saying something through that just to you.

Something else that caught my attention was her talking about raising your hand to do something for God but then saying 'Hang on a minute... You want me to do what?! Uh... sorry Lord but you've chosen the wrong person, John Doe is so much better then me at stuff like that. Maybe next time?' Have you ever done that? I know I have. I have stuffed up so many times that there are too many things to count. But I'm realising that God uses imperfect people all the time to do amazing stuff. Take Saul/Paul for example. He went around persecuting Christians but once God met with him, Paul went on to be an amazing man. God forgives us as long as we want to be forgiven. AND he doesn't keep a record of our wrongs. Great huh?

Anyway, time to go, but think about the future today, don't stick with the past, because God has greater things in store in the futre.

God Bless

A Wondering Christian

Jeremiah 29.11

Isn't it hard sometimes to not get what you want? When you want something to happen but it doesnt't? God has everything in control, even if it doesn't seem like it. It's hard when you ask him for something to happen that you really really want, but then he says no. We need to realise though, me included, that he gives the answer he gives for a reason; because he loves us and he cares for us. We may not see it now, but when we look back in the future, we will see that God was working on something so amazing, that we had to let go of the things we wanted in the past for it to happen.

'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

Hope your week is going well
God Bless

A Wondering Christian

Just Sitting and Listening

I'm reading a series by Sandra Byrd at the moment and I've found that the main character, Lexi, goes through similar issues with her relationship with God as I do. She finds it hard to hear God. I don't know about you but, but I, like Lexi, find that it's hard to hear the voice of God and what he wants me to do in the different situations that I find myself in. Somehow though, I do find his voice amongst the chaos of everyday life (cliche I know but true :)). I fond if I just sit and listen to the things around me, that is when I hear his voice. He speaks to us in so many different ways, like through the Bible, through music, through worship, through others, the list could go on forever. But whatever way that you find you can hear his voice, pursue it with all your heart.

Just sit and listen for a while, maybe he has been calling you for a long time and all you need to do is listen...

A Wondering Christian

Hazlenut Spread

As I take another teaspoonful of Nutella out of the jar, I wondered, what God would have thought of the hazelnut spread. I personally thinl he made it just so we didn't have to eat a whole block of chocolate in one sitting. Maybe not because I'm sure a whole jar of Nutella could be eaten in one sitting. I believe though, that hazelnut spread is one of the small pleasures in life that He has given us. When it is in the house you always know that you're sanwhich or piece of chocolate slice is going to be the tiny bit more special then it is when you have the usual peanut butter or chocolate icing on it. The tiny pleasures in life are the things that God gives us to keep us going. They are the small miricles in everyday life (and who says God doesn't perform miricles anymore!). I think the thing about miricles is that we have forgotten how powerful God really is. He can do anything if we truely believe with our heart of hearts.

Just a thought to ponder on.

God Bless
A Wondering Christian