Sex And Frustration

  Catchy title eh? It goes along with our culture pretty well i think. It's something that has jumped out at me not too long ago, its also a question that needs to be answered. Why Do our lives constantly revolve around the glorification of sex.
  Sure its been around since man has been placed on this earth by God, but are we making it out to be something that we think we need more that just a want? Many people in my age group, ages younger and above have this strong sexual desire, to pretty much plow anything that they think is attractive (men and women). It's heart breaking to see how much it takes control of us, how it destroys us, it was meant to be beautiful and completely meaningful. Instead of that, it turned into a casual activity you can have with a friend, in my own opinion i don't like that. God made it to be something amazing and heartfelt between a married couple, its not supposed to be the thing you do in highschool because you think you love someone. Ask yourself that question as well, what does love really mean?
  It's seen everywhere, and its pretty much impossible to escape, it takes focus to keep yourself from sex before marriage. I think i have it in, but of course ive came through my share of struggles with it, but with Gods help i was able to overcome.
  The frustration part of the title comes from how frustrating it is to watch our generation (believers and non believers) crave sexual desires like rabid animals. I wanna see people withhold from it, save things like that for marriage, but i feel like that has long passed many of us.
  To keep this hopeful, i wanna say you can do anything with God with you, somethings will always be filled with struggle, but you as a believer can do it. Put faith in God and now the things this world throws at you (sex being one of them).
  Carry on and overcome, pray and love God like he loves you. Dont let a sin like this over take you.

Be The Change

  In today's world where hope is slowly being lost through everything that you see around you that is worldly, people are losing faith in what matters the most, and what matters the most is following God. Where we all live we face hard decisions and temptation everyday, many of us accept living a half fulfilled life where you're only a follower at church or when things start looking bad. My question to those people is, why would you turn your back on someone who loves you so much.
  God loves you, and there is no if or buts in that statement. God sent his son to die on a cross for YOU, yes you. As followers of God, we have been given guidelines to follow, but some people decide they want to pick and choose what to believe and they call it right. We shouldn't live lukewarm where we say Jesus you are everything than two seconds later have sex with someone that you aren't married to, or drink and party till we arent even functional. With me saying this, im not looking down on anyones decisions but instead being disappointed at the choices they are making. Holding out on the temptations we want so bad will pay off later, instead of thinking everyone sins and you cant stop, think about what you follow and resist the sin or at least try.
  We need a strengthened people filled with Jesus, us as followers need to stop living where we think sin is okay, and we can do whatever we want. When you accepted Jesus, you accepted Gods will, now let it be done instead of fighting it. Do not be ashamed of your faith, do not worry about your friends, your pride or how much money you're going to have or even what you look like. Instead worry about how you're going to spread God word in this dying world. Destroy your pride, destroy anything that stands in the way of YOU living for God. We are here to live for him, now lets start acting like it.

 “Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be“Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2

Take Another Step

 This week has thrown me many curve balls you could say, but through the tough of things im finding out i can learn from anything bad. I mean you can learn anything from a bad situation, from learning how to deal with something new to just letting the situation bring you closer to God.
  Earlier this week, i met someone who im actually becoming pretty good friends with it, but it didnt start as just friends. I started talking to her, and i began to fall for her, pretty hard actually. Even though i barely knew her i still had those feelings. Now, i only hung out with her once, and it was amazing and everything i wanted it to be, but it ended up not working a day or so later. She ended up liking someone else, which now i am completely okay with but at the time i wasnt too happy.
  That night i stayed up all night thinking about things and walking home from my friends house at 5:30 in the morning to catch a sunrise. After sleeping and waking up later in the day my emotions were just a wreck. i felt like being alone, i felt like i wasnt wanted by anyone, so i layed in in continuous thought of an answer of why, why did this happen to me again? I found answers in the angry music i listened to, but most of all i found an answer in God and my friends. I had friends telling me to fight for what i want, but in all honesty, why fight for something when it can cause unhappiness to the people that will be effected by it.
  This questioning went by for a few days until last night, when i sat here just talking to the the girl that i liked, or maybe still do, but at this same time, i was talking to God. I started listening to all the worship song ive learned to love, the ones we played and sang at porch. I felt joy and hope, something i havent felt in a few days. It was amazing, i was crying and just praying. The song Everything by Tim Hughes got me the most.
  I think in this life we focus on too much of what we want instead of what we need. I found the hope that he was giving me all along, and it was mind blowing. Our focus should be on the positive things in this life, mine specifically is praising God. That is something i will never give up. So with this new hope, i will become better. My hurt is still there, not from just this week, but life. We need to push on with this life, dont fall into the negative.

                     [Ezekiel 36:26-28] - I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put My spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws. 
You will live in the land I gave to your forefathers.
You will be my people and I will be your God.                           
 

Do You Still See Me As Beautiful?

  So ive gotten to spend about 80% of this day bottled up in my room, free to sit in boredom all day. Towards the end of this day though, ive gotten around to thinking about some things. I sat here and listened to Hundredth's album called When Will We Surrender, and i thought as people, why do we always fall face first and pretty much dig ourselves in huge holes we cant seem to escape.
  Thinking about that, i always realized that we are all loved. Through all the dirt and garbage in our lives we are loved, and that goes for any person in this world, God loves us all. It also seems though its so hard to look past our own defeats. I know how hard it is to be down and how hard it is to pull yourself back up, its something that nobody thinks about when they're in such a slump. It would be great to see through all pain and say things will get better, even in all seriousness it will, but we fail to see past the bad.
  I think we are all seen as beautiful in Gods eyes. Yes we may do wrong, but we are by no means perfect. This world fills our minds with what it tells us to be instead of us choosing what we want to be. With that its nearly impossible to see past our imperfection. I want to be able to spread the joy of Christ, so the people that find Christ see past all this imperfection and realize we arent perfect. I want people to see themselves down and be able o get back up on their own two feet and push forward with God with them. I want hope to be spread to those who need it the post.
 Lets not let this world bring us down, instead lets stand together and bring it up.

Remove our worthless idols, wreck our pride-Hundredth.

Hang In There Bobcat

 Today while on a bike ride things werent going as well as they usually are for me and my group of friends. Issues started popping up, a chain breaking miles from home, falling off a bike, having a peddle fall off miles from home, even hurrying home to give some need to a kitten we rescued from under a bush( pretty eventful day i know). Through all of this though, my mood was just dropping from good to bad, i was getting angry, i was tired and i just wanted to be home. This all didnt hit me until my peddle fell off, how mad i was getting and the stupid things i said.
  I hate getting angry, but its a trait we all carry. I yelled at my bestfriend over a band audition. I may feel like our friendship dwindles sometimes but i still love the guy and will always be there for him. Walking my one peddle bike up the trail i was able to get in some thinking time.
  Thinking time is great, i thought about as much as i could. I prayed walking up this trail, i prayed for everyhing to get better, that this whole anger thing just go away and leave. I felt relieved i was able to just have a little time to talk to God on that bike trail. My life isnt terrible, but when things keep pile-ling up as they were i tend to start feeling like im hopeless. I love God for everything he does, i love him for simply existing. I love my friends, i may have my bad times with them but the good times always outnumber the bad. So even though i may have considered today bad, it was also good.
  Got to love rambling blogging.

 John 3:30-He must become greater, and i must become less.

Messing up

  We all mess up, sometime in our lives. For me there is not a day that goes by when i don't mess up. It's a constant thing that we are all going to have to deal with in our lives.
  Now a lot of us strive to be this perfect imaginative model that we see in our minds, we push ourselves to be something we're not while hiding everything thats inside of us. As a people with so many temptations in this world, i can tell you from experience that you are going to slip, you are going to make big, little or whatever size mistakes you make. The thing is though, whatever the problem may be, you should build up the will power to pick yourself up and carry on.
  I see so many people everyday that strive to be perfect, and to me, that is a mistake. People trying to fit in, hiding themselves with these walls that are so thick they let no one in. As a person who see's this everyday, and as a person who see's everyone's mistakes, i can say i make the same mistakes as everyone else.
  So heres a new goal, push yourself to be more of who you really are no matter the situation. Also, no matter what the mistake is, pick yourself up and carry on, don't let it weigh you down.

  Acts 2:28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.

This One Is For Highschool

  So in my school, a lot of stuff seems to go around. People are always sticking their heads in something, always being unhappy with themselves and all that useless stuff that comes along with school. Now as much as i have come to almost hate my school, i still find something there that is worth writing about.
  Im about to use a word i hate, and that word is drama. Hopefully im not the only one who thinks that word is a tad immature on its own. So many younger people like myself, have their heads on half backwards. By saying that im simply saying they dont think hard enough about what they are doing. Some people, butt into other peoples business, some think fighting solves every problem, some probably think burning their enemies house down is a probable option. I really wish people would just think about how dumb some situations they get into really are.
  People lose friendships over things that arent even important on what you're going to be doing into the future. As young as we are, we have no idea what is going to be coming our way, so my advice for everyone who loves to get into something, is to simply stay out and focus on what you want to do. Also, to those who get caught in the middle of it, just ignore it, that stuff shouldnt be worth a minute of your wonderful day.
  So to my very few followers, the ones in high school still will understand this, and the ones in college might laugh and say yeah i like being older and away from all that. So yeah bible verse time? I think so.

Philippians 4:1 Therefore my brothers and sisters, you whom i love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!