So I haven't been on in a looooooooooong time mostly because of school, broken bones, and just life, but hopefully I will be back now. I will explain all that happened in another post, but for now, let's move on to the day number 5.
When you feel unheard, choose to believe that He's listening. Psalm 116:2 says, "Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!"
Wow, I should have read that verse a long time ago. As friendships start to break apart, it often feels like I have no one to talk to. No one to listen. But God is there all along waiting for me to talk! For me to pray to him! I struggle with not having time to read His Word and listen to His voice, and it gets harder and harder as I don't read the Bible, to pray. So basically, this feeling of being unheard could all go away if I would only take the time to listen to Him, to pray to Him.
It can be sooo hard though. This last year has been really hard for me. School has been so rough and my parents and I were even thinking of sending me to public school next year. It was also hard seeing a lot of my friends get girlfriends and boyfriends and not being able to spend time with them anymore. Stress levels were high, and to top it off, some people at a co-op I used to go to were being hateful. It was just so hard to keep on going. I would struggle with my relationships with family members and friends and said a lot of wrong things. I was really hurting. The deep root of the problem was that I had been falling away from God. That is the main reason I have been gone so long to speak the truth.
Through this whole experience I have learned a lot. I really should have turned to God as soon as it got hard. I should have turned to God throughout the year, instead of only when life was good. I know I am not the only one out there who will/has face(d) this problem. Please don't be like me. If it hard to find time to read the Bible, try getting up earlier or beg your parents to stay up later. But don't use that time to read maybe a verse or two and go back to school. Really dive into His Word. Take up your prayers to Him, the one who will always hear you, will always love you.
One thing that has really encouraged me this year is the song, "Shoulders", by For King and Country. When I first heard the song, I thought about the Psalm it comes from Psalm 121, "I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth."
When you feel unheard, choose to believe that He's listening. Psalm 116:2 says, "Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!"
Wow, I should have read that verse a long time ago. As friendships start to break apart, it often feels like I have no one to talk to. No one to listen. But God is there all along waiting for me to talk! For me to pray to him! I struggle with not having time to read His Word and listen to His voice, and it gets harder and harder as I don't read the Bible, to pray. So basically, this feeling of being unheard could all go away if I would only take the time to listen to Him, to pray to Him.
It can be sooo hard though. This last year has been really hard for me. School has been so rough and my parents and I were even thinking of sending me to public school next year. It was also hard seeing a lot of my friends get girlfriends and boyfriends and not being able to spend time with them anymore. Stress levels were high, and to top it off, some people at a co-op I used to go to were being hateful. It was just so hard to keep on going. I would struggle with my relationships with family members and friends and said a lot of wrong things. I was really hurting. The deep root of the problem was that I had been falling away from God. That is the main reason I have been gone so long to speak the truth.
Through this whole experience I have learned a lot. I really should have turned to God as soon as it got hard. I should have turned to God throughout the year, instead of only when life was good. I know I am not the only one out there who will/has face(d) this problem. Please don't be like me. If it hard to find time to read the Bible, try getting up earlier or beg your parents to stay up later. But don't use that time to read maybe a verse or two and go back to school. Really dive into His Word. Take up your prayers to Him, the one who will always hear you, will always love you.
One thing that has really encouraged me this year is the song, "Shoulders", by For King and Country. When I first heard the song, I thought about the Psalm it comes from Psalm 121, "I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth."
