Sin

Today I went to a restraunt with some friends of mine I hadn't seen in a long time. It was one of those restraunts with a BYOB polocy (bring your own beer). We were sitting there, and a man walked in carrying two six-packs of beer, and two little girls probably the age of 4 or 5. We ate our food, and he ate his. No one joined him except the two little girls. We finished, got up, and went outside. As we stood outside, chatting and catching up, we saw the same man walk out. He was holding the two little girls' hands, but had no beer with him this time. The two girls skipped and chirped happily to him-"Daddy, Daddy"-rambling like little children do. But what the young girls were completely unaware of was the fact that the man was so drunk, he could barely keep his eyes open. As my friends and I watched him, I wondered where his beer was. Then it hit me-he probably drank them all. And now he was getting in a car with those tiny girls? He was drunk, yet he was going to risk his daughters' lives behind that wheel? It made no sense to me. My Dad followed the man to his car, got his liscence plate enumber, and called 911 as the man was getting in his car. Meanwhile, the man turned around and took the girls into a Blockbuster down the street. Within minutes, police were there and talked to the man. As my friends and I wrapped up our evening together, said goodbye, and got in our car, my sister asked my mom. "Mom, why do people drink so much? Don't they know that if they drink so much, they'll be drunk?" My mom explained, saying "You see, that man was probably an alchoholic, and his mind is so messed up, that he's brainwashed himself into thinking he can 'hold his liquor'." I began thinking about those words. That man had convinced himself that he could drink 12 beers and not be affected by them. But he is effected by them. Not only is he affected by them, but he affects those little girls' lives too. I got to thinking about that. Isn't that how we are with sin? We think sin doesn't affect us, but it affects us and others around us. We think we can "hold our sin"-like that man thought he could "hold his liquor"-but we can't "hold our sin". It only turns around and hurts us. We think we can control it. But we can't. I know that, because I've been there. A while back, I had some hard times. And I turned to self-mutilation. I began cutting myself. I thought for awhile that I could control it. It started out as just something small. I would just cut myself a little bit, just when something big happened. Just a small cut to make myself feel better. I could control it-for a little while. Then it got to where I was not only doing it when I had a big problem, but I was doing it everyday. It got to where I felt like I had to do it. It became an addiction. And I thought it only affected me. But alot of people worried about me. My friends, my family-I made alot of people suffer because of what I chose to do to myself. We think like that alchoholic man did-we think we can "hold our sin" and control it. But we can't. It only comes back to shoot us in the foot. What if that guy had gotten in his car? What if the cops hadn't stopped him? You know what had probably happened-he would have probably gotten in that car, drove off, and gotten hurt. All because he thought he could "hold his liquor". He thought those 12 beers wouldn't affect him. But had he gotten in that car, they would've affected him and those two little girls. Those girls were innocent, but because of that man's sin, they could've died tonight. Their lives could've ended-all because that man thought he could control his beer. But he couldn't. Can't. Nobody can. We all think that we can let Sin slide into the backseat and we can still drive. But Sin always wants to become a backseat driver, and once it can be a backseat driver, it slides into the driver's seat and slowly takes control.

Music...

So guys. Music. Lets talk about it. I love music. I mean, what teenager doesn't? I fyou know me, you never see me without my Ipod blaring. I wake up to music, hang out with music playing, sleep to music...I pretty much do everything with music. I love all types of music. Rock, rap, techno, regae, pop, country, screamo...as long as it has words, I'll have some apreciation of it. I know for a fact that when we get to heaven, there will be music playing. In heaven, there will be an abundance of 3 things: music, books, and peanut butter. :) God created music as a gift to man kind. But one thing I don't like is the fact that Satan took it and perverted it. I mean, seriously. All you have to do is go to a store and listen to the music, and you hear about everything from sex to fireflies. :) You know, like look at these lyrics:
"I'll take you home if you don't leave me at the front door. Your body's cold, but girl we're getting so warm...She touches like this when you touch her like that, she moves like this when you move her like that, she does like this when you do he rlike that. Shake shake shake shake shake it." (Quote taken from Metrostation's song, Shake it)
"I'm taking a moment just imaginin' that I'm dancin' with you-I'm your pole and all you're wearing is your shoes. You got soul, you know what to do to turn me on until I write a song about you and you have your own engaging style and you've got the knack to vivify and you make my slacks a little tight, you may unfasten them if you like.That's if you crash and spend the night." (Quote taken form Jason Mraz's song, Butterfly)

So if we were to analys those songs, they both have the same message. "Let's have sex." Great song, right? You know, in my peronal opinion, those are good songs-music wise. They have good music to them, but you won't find those song son my Ipod. I mean, I have my standards, and they might be different from your standards or your friend's. But I don't chose to put music in me that says things like that. I don't listen to music that has lot's of cussing or talks about sex all the time. Sure, I have some songs that say d*mn once, but I don't continuosly fill up my mind with music like that. Think about it this way. Your spirit is part of you, and you feed it, just like your physical body. So lets say music is a food for your spirit. Lets compare music with lots of cussing or music that talks about sex to dirt. And lets compare good music (maybe not nessicarily Christian music-but just normal music without a ton of cuss words or sex-talk) to vegetables. Yeah, if you eat some dirt, it won't kill you, and maybe it might taste good for a second, but it's bad for you. But you can eat vegetables all you want, but it won't hurt you one bit. And don't say "Well I'll get bored of the same type of music all the time." Cause there are lots of vegetables out there. But only one type of dirt-dirty dirt. You understand? And if you look on my Ipod, you won't only find "Amazing Grace" and "how great thou art" on it. I listen to all types of music-christian, secular, rap, rock, pop, techno, country, screamo-all of it. But I can garuntee you this-all of my songs are vegetables. :)

Valentines Day!!!

Well guys, it's Valentines Day...or as I heard someone say, it's "I'm-gonna-shovve-love-down-your-throat" Day. :) I thought that was funny. So anyways, since today is all about love, let's think about this. What does God say about love? What is love anyways? My friend posted on her facebook one time that "The bible says 'Love is patient, love is kind' and the stores say 'Love is chocolate and flowers'." That comment really got me thinking. What is love? So I started thinking, What does the Bible say love is? After finding that out, I can garuntee you this, whatever the world says about love, God says the opposite. The world has twisted the definition of love. So accourding to the Bible, here is God's veiw of love Vs. the worlds. Take what I have typed and put it in this sentatce:
If GOD says that love is _________ ...then the World says it is _________.

-...patient (1st Cor. 13:4)... ...gimme it now!

-...not envious (1st Cor. 13:4)... ...jealous of every other guy/girl that lays eyes on your gf/bf.

-...sacrificial (John 15:13)... ...getting what you want.

-...waiting for the right person... ...a one-night-stand.

-...to be shared with everyone... ...only to be shared between a man and woman.

-...shown in many ways... ...only shown by a romantic relationship.

-...a beautiful thing... ...a dirty thing.

-...an action with emotions attatched... ...and emotion with actions attatched.

-...not always happy... ...always happy, and if it's not happy, it's not real love.

-...sticks around through thick and thin... ...says "If we're fighting, we don't love each other."

-...real... ...infatuation

-...faithful... ...easily moved.

-...treating others as you would treat yourself... ...having your best intrest in mind first.

-...MORE than making love... ...ONLY making love, and if you don't do it, it's not real love.

-...lasting forver... ...not there once the "butterflies in your tummy" go away.

-...sometimes rebuke... ...prideful and says "if you rebuke me, you don't love me."

-...God is love... ...love is a god.

See what I mean? Like did you ever think about how much the world has warped our view of love as teenagers? I hope this helped your view of love be changed. Some of them I couldn't find specific verses for, but the ones I could, I wrote down. :) Well, that's is. I love you guys. :) Happy Valentines Day!

First Blog :)

Well well, bloggers...today, I have made a blog for Christian teenager. But before you begin to read, let me give you a warning: to read this blog, is not for the faint of heart. This blog is for true Christian teens, who are not ashamed to proclaim their faith to other teenagers. Now, maybe you have become new to your faith or recently devoted yourself to God. That's okay. Just know that to be nervous to share your faith is normal and okay-to completely hide it is another story. Since I'm on this topic, lets go for it. You know, I get frustrated when I know a teen is strong in his/her faith, yet when I suggest we go talk to someone about God, they become timid and afraid. Maybe it's just because I'm naturally a brave and outspoken person. I will tell you what I think if I know it's good for you...and sometimes what I think is good for ppl isn't always best. But anyways, I really want to challenge you teens who are out there today, reading this. Like I said, sometimes what we think is the best advice for ppl isn't always the best. But if you really care about your friends, wouldn't you save them? Okay, do this. Imagen a friend you have that's not a Christian. I'm doing it too. Okay, got it? Alright, now picture that friend dangling over a cliff, about to fall to their death. Now, what would you do? Would you say, "I'm not gonna save you, cause I'm scared of what you might think of me." NO! (And if you would, you need to become a better friend!) I know what I would do. I would get on my stomach and put my hand out and try to save them. Wouldn't you?! So if you would physically save that person's life, why wouldn't you do the same spiritually? Why don't we as Christians do everything we physically can to save people's souls? Why does it bother us so much what people will think? You know, I understand-I'm a teenager too-how it feels to have people call you names and poke fun at you for your faith, and I even go to a "Christian school". But Jesus said "They persecuted me, they will also persecute you." (John 15:20) But he also said "BLESSED are you when people insult you and persecute you..for GREAT is your reward in heaven"! (Matthew 5:11-12) It doesn't feel good to be persecuted at the moment, but in the long run, when we get a reward in heaven for it and when God says "Well done, my good and faithful servant", I think it's worth it. And if you don't think that sounds cool, what about the fact that you could influence your friend and save their soul from hell? I'm not gonna preach "fire-and-brimestone" at you, but if you don't think that you get something out of the persecution, don't you think your friend is worth it? I think that if everyone persecuted me, at least if I affected one person's eternity, it would be worth it. So that was just my thoughts. Hopefully it helps you guys out some. :)

Love,
A Christian Teenage Girl <3