Relationship With God First

   You've been fighting with your best friend, family member or significant other. Maybe you feel the need to mend your relationship with someone who used to be a huge part of your life but who now, seems like a distant memory.
    I think most, if not all of us have been in this situation before. One thing you need to consider before trying to mend any relationship is to think to yourself. "How is my relationship with God?" I'm not here to lecture you on how if you have Jesus you wont have any of these problems because that's not true. John 16:33 says that you may be a Christian but you will face some trials. What I'm trying to get at is that before you fix anything you have to have that relationship with God first. Their are several reasons for this.

1) You have someone (God) to give you comfort.

2) If you can't fix a relationship with the one who holds your life in his hands how can you fix a relationship with someone on earth?

3) God can give you guidance on how to handle the situation.

4) God will be there when that person who you are having a tough time with is not.

  Their are much more reasons on why you should establish a relationship with God first but those are the ones that entered my mind first. To establish that relationship with God you can read the bible more, attend & become active in church, start a prayer journal, listen to christian/ inspirational music and soo much more!

THAT is What Prayer Can do!!!

I've been praying for about a year and a half for doctors to find the inflammation in my body that has caused me much pain and emotional burden. I went in for a EGD and Colonoscopy and had SO many people pray for me across not only my county but the COUNTRY. People I didn't even know were praying for me! Before going into the operating room I prayed for a few things: That God bless those who have prayed for me, for me to not worry so much, that my family members not get stressed out and that their personal needs be met, God does his will, God giving doctors wisdom to help me & for God to give me an opportunity to wittness to my doctor, most importantly. God gave me what I asked for. He showed the doctor my inflammation and other issues in my GI tract and he was able to get biopsies of those lesions so in a few weeks I get the pathology report and hopefully I get treatment for whatever has been ailing me soon! God has blessed the people around me so much and I have the idea of writing my doctor a thank you letter when all is said and done, mentioning how amazing it is God put him in my life. The doctor & I have very simmilar personalities: sarcastic, monotone, funny, serious, not serious & smart. I honestly don't know whether he's saved or not for sure. God has put me in a position that I can share my testimony with others and I know I have helped others. My medical journey is no where near over so neither is my testimony but I'm proud to serve God through pain!

Come forth with Thanksgiving

Be Thankful

It's not Thanksgiving, I know. God has put this word on my heart to kind of express(it's theraputic for me too).

      I have been ill for years, in and out of hospital visits in horriable pain, feeding tubes, the whole big shabam and no doctor knows what's wrong with me. Don't pity me. That isn't the point. I keep seeing people take things for granted like being able to eat things like wings or cake and keep it down. People complaining about taking notes in class, driving their kids to practice etc. I have had a habit of doing that too. Trust me, I am not perfect. It just kind of makes me jealous when people aren't thankful for the simple things like that considering I have trouble doing all those things. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 talks about giving thanks in all circumastances because it's God's will; that is so true! Someone always has/had it worse than you it seems. That is no reason for you not to care though for those who are sick or hurting in some other way. God commands us to pray, help and love others. If their is anything that this illness has blessed me with it is the gift I now have to emphasize with people who are in pain both emotionally and physically.

Philippians 2:4- Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

God bless!