Saturday, September 6, 2008

We Need Each Other

I'm at that point in my life where I am tired of the constant drama that is always floating around. I try not to create it, but it always seems to find me and drag me in when I don't care. I always feel like I am the one responsible for fixing it, but I am tired of always having to be the mature one. I still feel like I am in seventh grade sometimes, gossiping about the girls sitting at another lunch table.

Everyone in your life is there for a reason. They are there to teach you things and make you a better person throughout the good and the bad. So get over all the lame stuff you are fighting about and learn from it. I'm done with drama, it's not worth my breath. I'm on this Earth to do a lot more things than to waste my time with such nonsense.

"Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful" (2 Tim. 2:23-24).

"It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel" (Pr. 20:3)

"Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out" (Pr. 17:14).

"A hot tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel" (Pr. 15:18).

Listen to Sanctus Real's song "We Need Each Other"

Friday, September 5, 2008

Desert Song

This song has hit me at a time when I really needed to hear it.

"This is my prayer in the desert, when all that's within me feels dry. This is my prayer in my hunger and need, my God is the God who provides."

I feel like I am in the desert right now. It got me thinking about Matthew 5:6 which says "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." I am more confused about life right now than I have ever been. I know God can satisfy all my needs, but I need to be patient. I want to be righteous and live for Him, but I feel like I'm being suffocated by those that are surrounding me. I just moved away from home for college and I am in the process of finding a new church and pray that God will lead me to the right place.


"I will bring praise, I will bring praise. No weapon formed against me shall remain. I will rejoice, I will declare, God is my victory and He is here."

Isaiah 54:17 "No weapon formed against you will prevail" This is something that I really needed to be reminded of. Nothing in this world can bring me down when I have the love of the Father. It is so reassuring to know this fact.

"All of my life, in every season, You are Still God, I have a reason to sing, I have a reason to worship."

This is the most striking part of the song for me personally. We go through many different seasons in our journey of life, but in each season we must still praise Him. A situation that reminds me of this is when my friend's grandmother was dying of cancer. She was extremely ill, but everyday she still lived to glorify Him. She had reason to be mad at God, but she wasn't. She taught me a lot about faith and I feel like she was an extremely huge blessing in my life.

The rest of the song is amazing as well, but I don' t have time to write anymore right now. I'm going to try to start blogging more regularly, but my class schedule might keep me form doing so. Thanks for reading. Praise be to God.