YOU and God

Nowadays people's idea of a strong and serious Christian is someone who regularly goes to church and religious gatherings. Somehow the meaning of the term 'Christian' have been changed for the worse. You see Christians living off of what they heard at church. You see people believing that they can't have a close relationship with God like their pastor does.... Many times, I've heard people admire powerful men/women of God and say that they can never be like them.

Okay just so it's clear, no one is better than the other. Realize that everybody started from the bottom and worked their way towards a close relationship with God. You have your own chance, you have as many hours as those people have in a day. Spend time with God. Yes! Have some quiet time with Him.

Honestly, I've found that my most beautiful times with God were not in the church, but in my room, where it's just me and Him. There was no pastor, no preacher, no choir, nobody..just me and God. You learn firsthand from God, straight from His mouth and you don't have to depend on Sunday sermons. This is also how you learn to worship because the Holy Spirit comes and fellowships with you. You create your own bond between you and God, you experience Him yourself. You come to know Him for who He is and then you'll have no doubt about the true existence of God.

And this is the problem with Christians, a lot of us haven't truly experienced God for ourselves. All we know is what we have been told by other people and if that's the case, we can't defend our faith before other people because we are shaky and are not solely rooted in Christ.

We also have to understand that the Christian race is a personal race. Your pace is different from the other person's, it's not a competition. When you stand on the final day, you're going to be alone. You won't be judged in comparison with other people. So why not go for it? Get to know God personally! I give you my word, He's the sweetest person you'll ever encounter.
Love and peace always. <3

One Summer, Two Virtues

So since it's summer I'm doing this thing that I started a few summers ago. I mean you can do it all year round but personally, I think it's more effective when I don't have to worry about school and other stuff.

For each summer, I pick something that I'm really struggling with and work on it. For example, in the past I've chosen jealousy, anger, lying, pride, etc. These are the areas I know I need to work on, so I choose them and decide to better myself in these areas.

How it goes is, I choose about two for each summer. I put them in my prayers, then I go on with my day. For example, anger. I find myself in situations that require me to become angry, and I try my best to not be. For the first few times, it will be hard. I mean it's always hard to break a habit. But if you keep up, with God's grace, you'll overcome it. You'll see yourself slowly becoming less angry and after sometime, it will become a habit, you just won't let things get to you.

This is what I do every summer. Been working and it makes me a better person...I'm working on myself. And people emulate, when they see something about you that they like, they follow suit. So choose areas that you want to work on. Give it a try, hope it works for you.

God's grace.