Another Perfect Day,,,

Man oh Man it has been awhile since I have posted on here last! Good news is that God has been doing some awesome things in my life in these past 2 months!

I'm not really sure where to start and I would probably take up like 900 pages if I wrote it all so I will give you a synopsis of what has been happening.

Well first off, let us just start by thanking the Lord for letting me pass calculus...sounds silly but it was seriously such favor from God!
This semester went super well, Younglife is such an amazing ministry. It's truly a blessing to see kids who want nothing to do with God, come to club and hear the gospel taught in a way that is applicable and FUN! Seeing those kids realize that God doesn't hold you back but instead allows you to live to the fullest is such a blessing!!

Next up- I was blessed last week to go up to Pagosa and hung out with my two best bro's that go to Baylor University in Waco, TX. They are seriously the most God loving, People loving, Joyful hearted people I have ever met, and let me just tell you they challenge the heck outta your faith! They're such role models for me and my walk with Jesus, so it was amazing to get to spend a week with them just hanging out, worshiping, digging into the word, and hitting the slopes with them!  I was also SO blessed to catch up with and hang out with my favorite Sonlight crew.  Geeze it was so refreshing to see all of them and even more awesome to see how they have truly let Christ take over their hearts and lives! Watching both Natalie and Jessica living sold out for the Lord seriously brings JOY to me heart, and I'm so blessed to call them my friends!

I guess that brings us to Christmas! I mean what can I really say, I experienced Christmas in a totally different light this year.  Yes the presents were awesome and such a blessing, but that is not the REAL meaning of Christmas.  Christ's birth was the real meaning of Christmas and I had my eyes opened to what that really entailed.  I was humbled by the realization that the SAVIOR OF THE WORLD was born in a manger in a stable....WOW!
I have really felt God putting me through the fire since I got back from Colorado, just trying to burn away all my impure foundations and false idols.  It has been tough to be honest, but I thank Him for putting me through that because I am going to be a changed person after He is done with it! So for that I rejoice!!!

Lastly, during quiet time/worhsip time today the Lord brought me an amazing picture! It happened while I was on my knees in worship during the song "nothing but the blood" by Jesus Culture. I saw a picture of myself on my knees with my arms raised, and from behind me came God's arms and he wrapped a red blanket around my back and covered me with it! Honestly I didn't really know what to think of it at first...I was sorta confused i would say as to what it meant! But as I started to think about it, I realized that I have really been letting sin take a toll on my heart and letting that get me down and keep me down! That blanket was his blood washing me clean and He wanted me to draw near to Him and take refuge in the shadow of His arms, not to let past experiences affect me today because He has already taken care of them on the Cross!!

Well that's a brief overview of what's been happening in my life lately! Hopefully I will have sometime to update this more frequently this semester!

You are all important and loved! We are all needed in this fight for Christ!
Romans 12:1-8

Be Blessed.

Come & Live...

I have so little to lose, compared to what I have to gain through Christ. What I have to lose is every ounce of my material possession; my job, my social status, etc. I would count all of that loss ten times over, 100 times over, i would do this again and again and again if just ONE single soul would come to know Jesus. Then giving up my job and potentially giving up my home and cars and all that stuff. None of that matters compared to the possibility that for all eternity even ONE person was able to know God and experience God the way that I have and the way that so many others have.

This is the cry of my heart Lord.

Use me as a vessel of you love.

Isaiah 12:3.

True Love...

This is true love between Husband and Wife...This is Godly love!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oWEw6dYdKU&feature=player_embedded

There is a fire inside of us....

But if I say, "I will not mention him or speak any more in his name," his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
Jeremiah 20:9


Why hold in the greatest love story ever told?!
HE is an all consuming fire, HE is life, He conquered death, HE is our purpose, He is Love, He is Joy, He is Peace, HE IS ALL!!!

JESUS IS ALL!!!
Living to spread His name, Dieing to make Him know!

Blessed...Joyful...Chosen...

Well lets just say I got a little side tracked from updating the blog.
Man oh man, God did some amazing things this summer and continues to do some amazing things in my life right now!

Let's start off with some of the highlights from my summer that I can remember.

I would say the most impactful moment all summer was seeing a high school kid accept Christ into his life one night after closing campfire.  When I first heard that he was making the decision I started to cry tears of joy, knowing that I now had another brother in Christ that I would spend all of eternity with! After listening to his story it made me thankful for the family that I had grown up with, although he is such a strong man now because of what he went through at a young age!  It's such a blessing to continue to walk with him in his walk outside of camp, just being able to encourage him and support him in anyway I can. 

I would say the second most memorable part of my summer was an off day camping trip/ 4 wheeling trip that I went on with Blake, Tim, Katie Mac, Heather, and Sophi.  Just being out in God's beautiful creation in the mountains of Colorado was such a blessing by itself. Then add in the company of fellow brothers and sister in Christ was probably the biggest blessing I could ask for.  Fellowshiping with them, cruising the 4 wheelers, running in rivers, and late night campfire talks  about our God was such an amazing and unforgettable memory! 

Overall I think my heart was transformed in so many ways, God especially taught me that encouragement for other brothers and sisters can have such an amazing impact on their life!

Now fast forward a couple months, God is still moving and doing huge things in my life! 
Recently, I started a new journey in life. Leaving the college young life position that I had been doing the last 1-2 years and started doing high school young life at Eldorado/La Cueva high schools. It is such a blessing to be able to see kids get changed by the love of Christ week in and week out. It seems like God is changing hearts weekly, and I'm so blessed to be His vessel of love to these kids.  I see who I used to be in a lot of the kids that come to young life, really just trying to fit in and find there place and sadly looking for it in a lot of the wrong places.  Just knowing that there is such an amazing hope for these kids and that what they are going through right now is exactly where God wants is amazing to me. 
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to a Young Life camp in Williams, Arizona for a leaders weekend.  Hundreds of leaders from all over the southwest showed up for a weekend to learn about, worship and spread Jesus! For me the weekend was exactly what I needed, it brought light into some dark parts of life that I had just been pushing away! I was just reminded how powerful God has made us to be, we are equipped to go out daily and spread the gospel to those who we are around. We shouldn't be afraid of what they think because he already have victory, we cannot loose in this life.

Then most recently I have been blessed enough to have the opportunity to play on the women's basketball teams practice squad at UNM. 1) It is awesome to get in shape again. 2) Awesome to be playing ball daily again 3) A blessing that I get to encourage and love on more people at UNM!

I guess overall there are a couple things that God has taught me in the past few months!

1) Love and encouragement! 

It goes leaps and bounds father than you could ever imagine! Just calling out something awesome that you see someone doing, or encouraging somebody in their walk with Christ is such an awesome way to bring Jesus to others! 

2) Guarding/Purifying My Heart and Transforming my mind!

The lord has been teaching me to just constantly be aware of where I am letting my thoughts go and making sure that they are staying obedient to Christ and what He taught.  Learning that I need to prepare myself now as a man who will treat a woman correctly and learning how to guard her heart for her, not drawing it out so quickly as I have done in the past! (Ephesians 5:25-28) That scripture is something that I have been and will be meditating on and letting sink into my heart in the upcoming months! Just learning that woman's heart is not something we as guys should mess with, but we should guard it so that we can be spiritual guiders and not heart breakers! 

3) God is Able! 

Lastly, God is ABLE! He will come through even when you might not be ready for it.  He is so faithful and He can do anything! He will answer prayers and He won't answer prayers, either way it is for the best and so we should know that He doesn't have plans to hurt or harm us but to prosper us!  He just wants us to trust that He will come through and heal, restore, change or whatever we ask Him to do in our lives or the lives of others around us. 

I hope if you are reading this that you are having a fantastic day and that you know that you are loved by your maker! The One who wove you together in your mothers womb, you were made perfect and created in the image of the creator of the universe! He loves you and He wants to know you more and more everyday! 

He will not fail you...Give it a try! All else fades away, JESUS is staying for eternity! 

You are Loved!

Amazingly righteous quote...

"The fact that you were okay yesterday has nothing to do with whether you are going to be so today. The fact that you were close to God yesterday has nothing to do with whether you are going to be close to God today. All Satan needs is an opportunity. You don't even have to open the door for the devil. Just leave it unlocked; he knows how to turn the knob" -Tony Evans

love that quote when i read it so i thought i would share with you all!

Camp info/stories/life stuff coming soon hopefully!

love you and praying for you all!

It's time to rise up...

I need to become BOLD. I need to stop hiding behind a mask, a share Jesus with everyone I come across. I need to stop caring about what the world thinks about me, and worry about making Jesus known throughout the earth! It's time to RISE UP and start a JESUS movement on the UNM campus!

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Your name.  Your Kingdom come, Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven.  You have shown us Your will through the Scriptures as revealed to our hearts through the Holy Spirit.  You have called us to be bold, to be strong, and to be of good courage as we face daily obstacles and spiritual conflicts. May the truth of Scripture be our guide and may the Holy Spirit empower us to be a faithful and bold witness for the gospel, we pray.  Amen.

Your Love Is Strong

So I have kinda been slacking on the whole blog thing for the whole month of April, but im still alive and still just trying to glorify the Lord in everything I do! One thing I have been dwelling on lately is His love for us! It's so unfathomable yet it's so specific and personal I absolutely love it! I have been listening to a song lately by Jon Foreman called "your love is strong", and every time I hear it I am reminded of what true love really is...it's Jesus! So here are the lyrics for the song, I would encourage you just to dwell on them and listen to the song no matter what kinda day you are having!


Heavenly Father
You always amaze me
Let your kingdom come
In my world and in my life
You give me the food I need
To live through the day
And forgive me as I forgive
The people that wronged me
Lead me far from temptation
Deliver me from the evil one

I look out the window
The birds are composing
Not a note is out of tune
Or out of place
I look at the meadow
And stare at the flowers
Better dressed than any girl
On her wedding day

So why do I worry?
Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need
You know what I need

Your love is
Your love is
Your love is strong

The kingdom of the heavens
Is now advancing
Invade my heart
Invade this broken town
The kingdom of the heavens
Is buried treasure
Will you sell yourself
To buy the one you've found?

Two things you told me
That you are strong
And you love me
Yes, you love me

Your love is
Your love is
Your love is strong

Our God in heaven
Hallowed be
Thy name above all names
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
Forgive us wicked sinners
Lead us far away from our vices
And deliver us from these prisons

Power of Worship and Serving...

I don't think that there is a more amazing thing in the world than getting to worship with thousands of people who are all lifting up the name of JESUS CHRIST!  Tonight I was blessed with the opportunity to work at the chris tomlin concert here in Albuquerque. I never knew how many people in the city were so on fire for the Lord, and its so uplifting to know now that there are thousands of people who are living to bring glory to His Holy and righteous name! It seems like everytime I have a great worship session the Holy Spirit fills me up so that I can overflow into others. I also feel so content after amazing worship sessions like the one I had tonight, although there is a part of me that wants more Jesus. I think that is the way its supposed to be, we should never stop longing to be closer to the Lord but at the same time we should be content with what the Lord has blessed us with! Overall what an unforgettable night it was, definitely one I will always remember.
Not to mention I got to meet Louie Giglio and Chris Tomlin while I was helping after the show. What perfect role models of what people who are living unashamed for Jesus look like, you could just see the joy and their love for the Lord over flowing in the short conversation I had with the two of them.
The moral of the story is God is good and He was so present tonight! I guarantee that people were moved and stirred up just by the presence of God tonight!
He is mighty, and He is worthy of Praise!

I <3 JESUS.

Sing, Sing, Sing...

Hebrews 10:22

"let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water."
Hebrews 10:22

The last couple of days have been some of the toughest I have had in a long time. It feels so hard to draw close to God recently, Why? I have no idea. I have never really experienced anything like this in my walk with the Lord. Continuous prayer and communication with the Lord has never been more of a struggle than it has the last couple of days. For some reason, I am having problems feeling His presence at all.  I also know that if keep dwelling Proverbs 3: 5-6 and continue to acknowledge Him in everything I do, I will be just where He wants me to be.  I know that He never has and never will give up on me, and that is the most comforting thing in the world right now! This is test to strengthen my relationship and trust in Him, seeing if I will fully abandon myself to Him in EVERY aspect of life. James 4:7 comes to mind, talking about how if I resist the devil and his schemes, that he will flee from me.
Lord draw me close to you, let me dwell in your house all the days of my life.
Restore unto me the JOY of thy salvation.

I would appreciate any and all prayers :)
You are loved!

Through the Storm...

These last couple of weeks have truely been as all consuming fire, I honestly don't know how I would have made it through them if the Lord was not right by my side the whole way! It's wierd though, because at the same time I feel like I sort of lost track of God in my life throughout the past two weeks, it's like he was right by my side and miles away. Now that last week is past and the school work has somewhat subsided for the time being, I have been able to reflect on what God did in my life the past few weeks.

I have really noticed taht God uses our lowest of lows and the toughest times to benefit us and make us stronger.  While you are weathering the storm, it sometimes feels like God is no where to be found. But is it really God not being close to us, or are we not drawing near to Him in the storm like we should be? I like to look at the situation almost like a slingshot.  While we are in the middle of the storm we keep getting pulled back and God is testing us to see if we will fight forward or if we will rely on His strength to guide us where we need to go.  Then when we realize that we cannot get through it without God, He lets the slingshot go and we realized that we have shot forward in our walk with Him.  We realize that we have grown so much in such a short amount of time. Personally it has been awesome to see how God used a packed and stressful week of school to strengthen my faith and my walk with Him!  I am grateful that the Lord used the last week to test me faith, my strength, and my relationship with Him!
I now feel so re-energized and ready to do what God has planned for me in the future. I'm excited for what the Lord is doing not only in my life, but in the lives of my closest friends, and the campus and ministries at UNM.  Just seeing some of my closest friends being so on fire for the Lord and seeing that they want to make a difference brings pure joy to my heart! It makes me so thankful for what the Lord has done in my life, and what he will do in the lives of my fellow believers!
We as followers of Christ are looked up to in so many different ways. God uses us as vessels of his love when we don't even know it, so whether you are in the middle of the storm of you just got out of the storm, we are called to share the Love and the Joy that Jesus has blessed us with!

"It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded." 2 John 1:4

This song is such an amazing reminder that no matter what storm or struggle we have gone through or are going through, Jesus will heal and restore us so that we can walk in His will once again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvIEJ_PmqJ8

Break time...

This break has been absolutely fantastic in every area of life except for one, and unfortunately it's the one that matters most.  I always seem to put my relationship with Jesus on the back burner when I come home. Why? I have no idea, it could be one of many things.
 It is so weird how Satan knows your weakest points and whenever you give him a chance to attack that spot he will, and he will do it in the best way possible.  I feel like coming home might be one of my weak points just because when I'm home it feels like its not only a break from school but its a break where I don't have to be in communication with the Lord.  Seeing this weakness over the last week has been really hard to deal with now that I look at it, and it is not going to be easy to fix.  I know with Christ however, all things are possible!  I find it amazing how we as humans are always focused on non-heavenly things and we turn our backs on Christ daily, yet he still accepts us right where we left and wants to grow with us.  It really blows my mind how convicted you can get when you pray for conviction and ask the Lord to show you the weakest points in your life.  It honestly sucks to be convicted because that feeling in your heart of betrayal and turning on Jesus is awful.  On the other hand, the feeling of repentance and knowing that we are washed clean is hands down one of the most comforting things anyone can feel! 
I have really learned lately that as followers of Christ it's important to think of Jesus not only as our healer and our redeemer, but also as the person that allows everything to happen. He puts us through all these tough situations in our lives for the sole purpose of making us stronger.  If we are able to focus on Christ during our weakest points, we can break those bad habits and become stronger in our relationships with Jesus! 

We have to know that we will fail but we are restored by the grace and the love of Christ alone. 

^"7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." James 4:7-10

Honesty...

This last week has been interesting to say the least...The Lord definitely put some HUGE obstacles in front of me and challenged me to stick up for His kingdom.  Through prayer and time meditating on His word this past week, I really just asked the Lord to challenge me, change me, and mold me into the person He meant for me to be. 
Lets just say that He definitely made all of those things happen...in very difficult ways! 
The obstacles that I went through this past week really challenged my faith and honesty.  The Lord put so much on my radar this week it was kinda hard to take it all in to be honest.

I guess it all starts with the honesty part. All I can say is it's such a looked down upon thing in today's society its hard to be completely honest with someone now a days.  Especially with someone you love like a brother/sister. Having said this, things in life sometimes require blunt honesty and usually when it comes to that point its not something enjoyable to talk about.  We as followers of Christ are called to hold our brothers/sister in Christ accountable for their actions. Telling someone you care about that they are doing something that is contradicting what the Lord has called us to do, is one of the hardest things I think I have ever done in my life.  It is so hard to do because we don't want to hurt our friendship with that person we love, but when I thought about this later I realized that having the mindset of "hurting feelings or hurting relationships" is not the mindset we should have.
That mind set is something that I think gets a lot of people into trouble.  Not having the courage to tell your friends because you don't wanna hurt their feelings is ridiculous.  As I was thinking about this whole honesty thing I started thinking about the future and what could happen if we as Christians aren't honest with those we love.  It came down to a "tell your friends now, or loose them later" type of deal.  Are we courageous and caring enough to call them out on their ways now so that they can again see the light, or are we gonna wait and watch them lead a life that is not what Christ would do?  After thinking about this, I realized that only after much prayer and meditation on the word should we confront someone about their lifestyle choices.

The day after I had prayed, the Lord gave me the boldness and courage I needed to talk to this person.  It is pretty sweet to look back on the conversation and see that the Lord gave me the perfect words to say to confront the situation.  Its crazy how when you are honest with someone the result of the talk can be much better than you may have anticipated.  Although I know my words cannot change this person, I have faith that through continuous prayer the Lord will change the heart of his child!  Its also amazing to see how the Lord has increased my ability to love on this person through this experience.

I guess the whole point of this post was to just show that if you have faith and you ask the Lord to give you the words, you can make that difference in somebody's life!  Honesty may hurt up front but in the end it will pay off!

"Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart!"

Romans 8:8
"Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God."

Carrying His Name...

Often I am presented with opportunities to share gospel and I wimp out.  Often I have the opportunity to share where my happiness comes from, and I wimp out.  I have been blessed with the opportunity to tell everyone I come in contact with about Jesus, and I bail a majority of the time. 
I have realized that if I do not carry the name of Jesus with me everywhere I go, what am I carrying? Well I look at myself and realize I am carrying the name or brand of numerous different companies....nike, adidas, hurley, polo, vestal, apple, vans, new era, microsoft, hp, puma, gatorade, acura, the list could go on for hours. All these brands, companies, and names will fade away yet I all to often choose to carry their name over the name of Jesus.  I support this companies over supporting my Lord and Savior.  Every single one of these companies rely's on us to carry their name.  Jesus is the exact same way!!! If we as followers of Christ are more worried about what nikes we will wear today instead of who we will share the gospel with, there is a problem.  Jesus fully rely's on us, his children, to carry HIS name out into the world.  Without these carriers His name will start to fade. If we choose to carry these other names over His name are we really being obedient to what the Lord has called us to do?!

I'm not trying to say don't buy these brands or you are a bad person.  What I'm trying to get across is, are you more worried about a swoosh and three lines, or are you worried about the cross and what happened at Calvary? Choose to carry the name of JESUS CHRIST with you everywhere you go! It needs to be carried anywhere and everywhere, whether you are at McDonald's or you are at Church! 
Everyone can always use a little more Jesus in their lives! 

Ephesians 6:19-20 

Death & Dying...

For some reason the thought of death has come up a lot recently.  I had not really noticed how much it was coming up until it was mentioned in my small group on monday.  Another one of the guys started to talk about how he had just been thinking a lot about what happens when we die, and we don't know when our time is coming to leave this earth.  That really got me thinking, am I really doing what Jesus has called me to do? Am I worthy of entering His kingdom when my time has come? Am I spreading the name of Jesus broader and deeper?

I think the thought of death for most people is a scary one, and to be honest I was terrified of death for 17 years of my life. Only within the last year or so have I really started to understand the whole idea He brought us into existance to glorify His name.  In the last month or so as I have been reading the word or having my quiet time I have come across Philippians 1:21 many times.  It says "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain."  Of course I had heard this verse a thousand times before, but it's one of those ones I always just thought to myself "yeah cool, I've heard that a million times whats the big deal." But then monday afternoon after our mens small group discussion I came back to my dorm and opened that verse and really started to dwell on it's meaning.


As I started to dwell on this verse I started to understand the power of the word 'gain'.  This world sometimes seem so amazing and everything seems perfect, yet the life after this one is going to be a GAIN! We will leave behind everything and everyone still here on the earth and we will be seated in heavenly places. That got me to thinking if my time comes soon, will I have impacted one persons life? Will I have spread the name of Jesus Christ broader and deeper? Have I served wholeheartedly so that Jesus can be seen through me?  Have I loved and cared for those who aren't unloved and abandoned?


Live every breathe as it's your last, every smile as it's your last, every step as it's your last!
Be thankful! Be Blessed! Be loved!
You are sons and daughters of OUR KING!

To God Be the Glory...

Ever since I started following the Lord the word worship has meant one thing to me, singing along with a song by Hillsong, Chris Tomlin, etc. It was always that rush of the Holy Spirit that I associated with the word worship, but recently I have realized that worship is so much more than lifting your hands and singing.  I have learned that Worship is anything that is bringing glory to God.  It can be anything ranging from serving your neighbors to helping your grandma clean her house. To me Worship is not about the action, worship is about the mindset behind the actions.  If you have the mind set of "God thank you for allowing me to do this" or "Lord let me do (blank) to the best of my ability", to me thats when I am worshipping.  It is about the mindset of giving the glory to God in everything you do throughout your day! That continual act of worship will in return bring joy and peace to your day!
I have recently started playing the guitar, so obviously im not the most talented musician in the world and as a result I get frusterated easily. I have this kinda pedestal that I put my favorite musicians on, like man I wish I was as good as they are, or if only I could be half as good as them.  Then I realized, the reason I started playing guitar wasn't to be the best guitar player ever to live but instead to worship Christ through music.  As I thought about it one day when I started to get frusterated, I realized that any music that is gloryifying God is a beautiful in the ears of the Lord.  No matter if it is Christy Nockels rocking the mic, Shane & Shane harmonizing perfectly, or its me breaking strings on the guitar, God knows that the reason you are playing is to bring Him glory!
I have been listening to this song called "closer" by Shawn McDonald lately, in one part of the song he is just calling out to Jesus about how he wants to be closer to God in everything he does.  Lately I have felt this exact same cry from my heart to want to be closer to Him!

"Where ever you go

Where ever you are

I just want be there with you

I just want to be closer to you

I just want to be closer

I am yours

You can have all of me anything everything

I just want to be closer

I just want to be closer to you

I just want to be closer

For I am yours

You can have all of me anything, everything

I just want to be closer"

Love, Joy, Peace through the Father!
Love you all :)

Romans 12:1



Taking a step back

The things I have learned in the last week have changed who I am, lets just say the Lord rocked my world.

I always knew I was on facebook way way way too often, but I never really thought about how it affected who I am.  It seems like I was on facebook 24/7 wanting to know what was happening every single second of every single day. Then it hit me, there is more to life than sitting on a computer creepin' on people's lives (lets be honest, thats what facebook is all about).
So a friend and I made a spur of the moment decision that we were going to stay off facebook for a week. And instead focus on being in the Word,  building relationships with people, and spending more time alone in prayer before the Lord. It's amazing to see how giving up an internet site for a week gives the Lord time to open up SO many new doors in your life.  There are numerous different things that the Lord taught me throughout this "facebook fast" but I just wanna share a couple that really made the biggest impact on me.

1) Guard your heart.  Throughout the week I just kept being reminded that God wants us to guard our hearts because from our hearts flows life (Proverbs 4:23).  It seems like everytime I read this passage, it's a reminder that God is the controller of our lives.  If we have the willingness and the obidience to seek Him and delight in Him alone, then we will be given the desires of our hearts like it says in Psalms 37:4. 

2) Happiness and Love. Every second of the day is a chance to show someone Christ through your actions.  As you seek Christ and as He fills you up with joy and love, you then have the ability to overflow into others and show them the source of your happiness.  It's amazing what a simple smile or hello can do when you have the love of Christ flowing out of you.  No matter how bad of a day or week you might be having, somebody else is having one just as bad if not worse. If you are there to support that person and love on them, Christ will work in mighty ways!


3) Relationships and Friends. This last week God showed me how blessed I am with the people in my life.  I got to reconnect with friends I hadn't seen/talked to in months, pray for people who I miss and love, and continue building relationships centered around Christ with some of my closest guy friends.  I realized that life is never about me, it's about Christ and the people that surround me daily.  I am called to serve others before myself, and when im doing that, Christ will bring happiness.

 

"Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier."

-Albert Schweitzer

 

Ephesians 6: 6-8

 

 

 

 

Blogging! who woulda thunk it...

Who in a million years would have thought that I would be writing in my free time, definitely not me that is for sure!

 I have read countless blogs/articles that last couple months that seem to be full of nothing but negativity.  It seems like people today will bash on anything and everything they can, just for the simple fact that they can.  Things as pointless as the final score of a basketball game, todays weather, or even new music.  
It amazes me to see that people really care about arguing over the numbers on a score board more than they care about loving their family, friends, and Christ.

My intention of this blog is not only to keep everyone updated with what God is doing in my life, but to show everyone that there is a positive side to every situation no matter how good or bad it may be.  Christ has put you where you are for a reason and that is to show others who HE is, whether its through your actions or your attitude towards life.



Philippians 2:5-11