The Christian life is full of ups and downs. One day we can be like, "Praise the Lord" and the next day the complete opposite. I think sometimes to myself, "hey Lord, since I'm a Christian now, isnt my life supposed to be easy?" God never said life was going to be easy once we got saved. He told us in His Word that there would be trials and tribulations in our life. Ha, I thought of a small incident that happened today.
Saving money...I am not the best at it, and have a really hard time with it. I am trying to get on the ball with that, with the help of my family and friends. "I am trying to get on the ball.." See that phrase right there. Here I am realizing that I need to start saving money and I take the steps to do so like, opening up a savings account, not spending money where money doesn't need to be spent...Yep, everything is right on track...things are looking up!
(Knock, knock)
Satan knocking at my door.
"I hear everything is going well for you. Saving money finally? Listening to your parents and friends? Well, I don't like that, so here is a broken computer screen where you will need to use money to spend to fix it."
Yep, that happened today. Just when I got home to type something up, the screen cracks. Well not the screen. The plastic part around it. I tried to fix it...just wasn't working, in fact it got worse. Ha! I can laugh now. But 20 minutes ago, I wasn't.
I'm not going to lie, I was a little upset and I was thinking, "where in the world am I going to get the money to fix this?" Well, then it occurred to me, that this was the devil trying to pry his way back in my life and see if he could discourage me. Well, when I realized that, I told Him:
"Hey Satan, you think you have one this battle but you haven't. I see here you broke the outside of my screen, but there ain't nothing like duct tape to keep it together, until I have the money to fix it. So you can go to someone else and bother them, because your not having defeat over me."
I realized as soon as I told him that, there was a huge smile on my face. Yes, my screen is messed up, but there is nothing that tape cant fix. So Satan, you think you have won? I don't think so! For you see, I am on the Lords side and that's the winning side.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Who Said Saying Goodbye, Was Easy?
This past week, I have been saying goodbye to all of my friends that are heading back to Hyles-Anderson College..Who said saying goodbye was easy (I often remind myself). Man what a great summer I have had with all of my friends, and I truly hate to see this fun summer end. Well praise the Lord for memories, and memories I will cherish of the times we have had. My friend Mayra left on Tuesday, my friend Emily left Saturday, and the rest of my friends (Nicole, Whitney, Jerry, Elizabeth), they all leave tonight. Its gonna be a bittersweet moment, but I know they will be back either for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I guess for now I have to wait!
Yeah, those friends have either already left or will be leaving...But praise the Lord I have my very best friend, Jesus Christ, who never leaves me and is always with me, no matter what I may go through, through my ups and down...man, "what a friend we have in Jesus!" But, I have a great church family that I still get to be with...a church family whom I truly love. I have my dear friend Shelley whose still here, and I am truly grateful for that as well.
Who said saying goodbye was easy? No one. Life goes on, and we must live our fullest for the Lord! That's what my plan is. No matter what life may throw at me, I must keep a positive attitude, and keep my focus on the Lord, and He will carry me on!
Yeah, those friends have either already left or will be leaving...But praise the Lord I have my very best friend, Jesus Christ, who never leaves me and is always with me, no matter what I may go through, through my ups and down...man, "what a friend we have in Jesus!" But, I have a great church family that I still get to be with...a church family whom I truly love. I have my dear friend Shelley whose still here, and I am truly grateful for that as well.
Who said saying goodbye was easy? No one. Life goes on, and we must live our fullest for the Lord! That's what my plan is. No matter what life may throw at me, I must keep a positive attitude, and keep my focus on the Lord, and He will carry me on!
Friday, August 26, 2011
"Even In the Valley, God is good"
Wow, its been a long time since I have written on my blog, and alot has happend. I was going to say I don't know where to start, but what better way, than to give a summary of what God has been doing in my life since January 2011. Now, I know some of you are saying "come on Cassie...not from there..." but, stay with me. God has been doing a lot in my life, and still is.
God has been showing me this year, how important it is to lean on Him and to trust Him, even when I dont feel like it. At the beginning of this year, God had been dealing with me in my heart, about attending Christian college at Hyles-Anderson College, in Indiana. For the longest time ever, I didnt want to go to that school. Why you ask? For a lame reason. The reason of not wanting to go there because "everyone" in my church went there. Well God over the past few years had been really working on me, and not having a heard heart toward there. Well in March of 2011, God showed me that Hyles-Anderson College, was the place to go. I was soooo excited. I was able to visit the college twice since march, and I have totally fell in love with it! The people there (students, faculty and staff) truly love God, and want to serve Him with there all.
Like I said before, I was supper excited to attend Hyles, in the fall.I knew this is where God wanted me so I was ready to go. I came home, told my parents I wanted to go there, and started to get everything ready. I got accepted to the college, and I was then applying for one of the colleges scholarships, The Jericho Plan. I knew there was going to be a long time before I heard if I got the scholarship or not. I kept emailing people there and calling, to see exactly when we would find out. After weeks and weeks, a lady said that the week of July 18th, we would find out.
The week of July 18th was the week that my church was attending Youth Confrence at Hyles. I was really excited about it, so I signed up to go! We had a blast and heard some very convicting messages about the Cross. The cross...where Jesus bore His blood for me, and took away all my sins. The cross...where they guards pierced nails into His hands and feet for my sins. The cross...where they the stuck the crown of thorns into His head, and pierced His side, and He did for me and my sins, in hope that I would recieve salvation....
The week was coming to an end, and i knew that when I got home, I would find out if I was accepted to the Jericho plan or not....
I made it home and found one letter on my dresser. It wasnt the letter I wanted to see...It wasnt till about 5 weeks later, I got the letter....and it said...I did not recieve the scholarship...I tried to be strong, and I kept saying it was okay...but it wasnt. I was so sad and dissapointed. I started to question God on why I didnt get it..I should have known better. Well, I emailed my Preacher, and he wanted to meet with me and my parents about what was going to happen. In my head, I was expecting the meeting to go one way, but it so didnt go the way I thought it should.
I wont go into all the details that went on in the meeting, but I will tell you the end result. Preacher left me with two choices. He told me I could either go right now to college, or step back and try to save money to go at a later time. Everyone in that room agreed that they believed God was and has called me to attend that college. Preacher said that I need to listen to what God said, but to also listen to what my parents said. My parents suggested that I stay home and save money. I have to admitt something. I was not happy about that at all. After I have been accepted to the college I wasnt even going to get to attend? A couple days later I called the school to let them know, and the lady said she would just move all my stuff for next year. Thats a blessing :0)
The next few days or months....werent easy... I was going through a valley....a valley were I didnt see the light at the end. Friends and family were telling me that it is going to be okay, and I...I just didnt see that at all. People kept tellign me that He has me here still for a reason. I just didnt see how that could be, espically since I know He wants me at Hyles. On tuesday (8/23/2011), I was talking with a dear friend, and she just talked to me and reminded me again, that God has a reson for me being here. She than began to open her heart to me and just share some things, and through that, God used her to open up my eyes. He reminded me that He has blessed me and has allowed me to work in different ministries. Piano, Patch the Pirate club, Nursing Home, Jr Church, Choir, Teaching piano...blessing from the Lord. He reminded me that I need to give my all, and hey maybe Hes not finished. But I must keep going on. That night I began to see the light at the end of the valley. "Even in the valley, God is good, even in the valley, He is faithful and true, He carries his children through, like He said He would, even in the valley God is good."
God has been showing me this year, how important it is to lean on Him and to trust Him, even when I dont feel like it. At the beginning of this year, God had been dealing with me in my heart, about attending Christian college at Hyles-Anderson College, in Indiana. For the longest time ever, I didnt want to go to that school. Why you ask? For a lame reason. The reason of not wanting to go there because "everyone" in my church went there. Well God over the past few years had been really working on me, and not having a heard heart toward there. Well in March of 2011, God showed me that Hyles-Anderson College, was the place to go. I was soooo excited. I was able to visit the college twice since march, and I have totally fell in love with it! The people there (students, faculty and staff) truly love God, and want to serve Him with there all.
Like I said before, I was supper excited to attend Hyles, in the fall.I knew this is where God wanted me so I was ready to go. I came home, told my parents I wanted to go there, and started to get everything ready. I got accepted to the college, and I was then applying for one of the colleges scholarships, The Jericho Plan. I knew there was going to be a long time before I heard if I got the scholarship or not. I kept emailing people there and calling, to see exactly when we would find out. After weeks and weeks, a lady said that the week of July 18th, we would find out.
The week of July 18th was the week that my church was attending Youth Confrence at Hyles. I was really excited about it, so I signed up to go! We had a blast and heard some very convicting messages about the Cross. The cross...where Jesus bore His blood for me, and took away all my sins. The cross...where they guards pierced nails into His hands and feet for my sins. The cross...where they the stuck the crown of thorns into His head, and pierced His side, and He did for me and my sins, in hope that I would recieve salvation....
The week was coming to an end, and i knew that when I got home, I would find out if I was accepted to the Jericho plan or not....
I made it home and found one letter on my dresser. It wasnt the letter I wanted to see...It wasnt till about 5 weeks later, I got the letter....and it said...I did not recieve the scholarship...I tried to be strong, and I kept saying it was okay...but it wasnt. I was so sad and dissapointed. I started to question God on why I didnt get it..I should have known better. Well, I emailed my Preacher, and he wanted to meet with me and my parents about what was going to happen. In my head, I was expecting the meeting to go one way, but it so didnt go the way I thought it should.
I wont go into all the details that went on in the meeting, but I will tell you the end result. Preacher left me with two choices. He told me I could either go right now to college, or step back and try to save money to go at a later time. Everyone in that room agreed that they believed God was and has called me to attend that college. Preacher said that I need to listen to what God said, but to also listen to what my parents said. My parents suggested that I stay home and save money. I have to admitt something. I was not happy about that at all. After I have been accepted to the college I wasnt even going to get to attend? A couple days later I called the school to let them know, and the lady said she would just move all my stuff for next year. Thats a blessing :0)
The next few days or months....werent easy... I was going through a valley....a valley were I didnt see the light at the end. Friends and family were telling me that it is going to be okay, and I...I just didnt see that at all. People kept tellign me that He has me here still for a reason. I just didnt see how that could be, espically since I know He wants me at Hyles. On tuesday (8/23/2011), I was talking with a dear friend, and she just talked to me and reminded me again, that God has a reson for me being here. She than began to open her heart to me and just share some things, and through that, God used her to open up my eyes. He reminded me that He has blessed me and has allowed me to work in different ministries. Piano, Patch the Pirate club, Nursing Home, Jr Church, Choir, Teaching piano...blessing from the Lord. He reminded me that I need to give my all, and hey maybe Hes not finished. But I must keep going on. That night I began to see the light at the end of the valley. "Even in the valley, God is good, even in the valley, He is faithful and true, He carries his children through, like He said He would, even in the valley God is good."
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