Nicole

Hey guys so about that story I told you in my last post, her dad has actually created a blog for her http://nicolesrecovery102613.blogspot.com/2013/10/102613-evening-started-out-fun-dressing.html 
that is the link for her blog also I am in the middle of creating a video for her I'll post it when it is done! :) let me know what you think about the blog and send me any other comments thanks!

Weekly bible talk week 9, faith not fear and going forward in your faith

So every wednesday at my church there is this youth program called Uprising. It is amazing and we have the best youth pastor ever and his name is Morgan. Morgan talked about faith instead of fear. In life we tend to stick ourselves right where we are because maybe it is comfortable or it seams like that is where everyone else is. You are failing in school, your family is loosing money, you have depression because you are lacking trust in God! So often we blame God asking why it is he has brought us this far to run into a wall? But hardly ever do we take the blame for not trusting God. Often times we go back to the depression, the loneliness and not being in church and we stick ourselves in pools of bitterness. We settle ourselves where we are because we find it comfortable and so we stay there but we need to GO FORWARD!!! When you are in the seasons, MOVE! GO FORWARD! Don't just sit there trying to be comfortable; but let me tell you that you won't be comfortable. Instead you will actually be more miserable! If you stay right where you are you will drown, if you go back, you are going back to slavery! You have one option. Go forward! There is an enemy back there waiting for you to turn back but don't go back! Go forward, go to Jesus. No one says things like " I like being depressed, I like being alone, I like being so far away from the church but often times we act this way because we strangely feel that this is comfortable. We know God is here to save us but we feel sometimes that we have no other option than to move back or stay where we are. Only a few short months ago, I was lacking trust in God and I became very depressed and I felt that there was no other option than to be the terrible person I had been or to stop my whole life! But let me tell you THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION!!!! Now you might ask; how do I change the way I am? How do I get back on the right track?
step 1: STOP LIVING A FEARFUL LIFE! -god did not call you to be fearful! NO! He called on you to be strong and courageous! Don't just sit there being "comfortable"! Move and your faith will change for the better!
step 2: GOING FORWARD KEEPS US FROM BACKSLIDING!- If you take your foot off the gas, you go backwards very fast! Often times if this happens you will crash! If we are not moving forward in our faith, we are moving backwards. We start looking over our shoulders once we stop going forward.
These are the two steps you take to get your life back on track! Take them! I DARE YOU :). Guys keep moving forward! When the past starts to look good you know that you have stopped moving forward! When you stop going forward, you fail to see the miraculous! - Little side story:
So a few days ago my best friend had a cardiac arrest, (I'm not naming any names). Honestly I was so scared. Instantly I began to pray and I prayed and prayed and prayed. At this moment I am still praying! When this happened we were at a restaurant for my birthday party actually. We were in the back of the restaurant in a tucked away little room - (that's the first miracle!) There were maybe three other tables of people in that back room. At one of those three tables was a Pediatrician who actually happens to be on staff at the same hospital that my best friend is at!!! - (second miracle!) At another table was a lady who was a nurse!- (third miracle) They gave her CPR and they later took her to the hospital. My mom later found out that not only was the pediatrician on staff at the same hospital my best friend was at and only worked 1 floor up from where she was. But my mom told me that both the nurse and the pediatrician changed their plans that night just to go to that particular restaurant! The weird thing about this was that my mom was supposed to drive us to a restaurant further away but we had changed our plans to go to that particular restaurant! I saw the miraculous! you will too!

this is another amazing miracle story!

My story is actually about my son. On August 3rd 2009, my 12 year old son R. rode his bicycle through a red light and was hit by 2 SUVs. Against all odds my son survived.

My son lost; 1 kidney and half his liver, broke his pelvis, crushed 1 lung and lost 46 pints of blood through surgery(platelets, plasma, and red blood cells). My son has been nick-named “The Miracle Come Back Kid” by his friends and teachers.

Many good things have come out of this Miracle of life my son was given, such as; lectures on bike safety, interviews, commercials, blood drives, video, cartoon book, clothes line, and we were invited to go on the Maury Show. 

weekly bible talk week 8 showing others christ through the real you.

As you know I have recently gotten saved again and have given my life back to Jesus after walking down the wrong path for a while. I been happily back on the right track for a little while now and I am finding my way and searching for God's calling for me in this life. Two weeks ago at church, pastor Brandon was talking about how important it is to be you all the time and be real because you never know who is watching and you are then showing them how christians behave and live. How does it show to others that God is real by the way we live? This is one of the questions that brandon asked us on sunday; this made me think, what in my life proves that God is real? I thought about this for a while as I sat in church and I realized this is a big thing that I need to work on. I need to work on being a beautiful christian girl all of the time not just at church and home but at school and everywhere I go. I then got to thinking, why on earth would anyone want to be like everyone else when you are all called who God made you to be and we are all completely different but we are all loved by the one that makes us one. People who are in those third or fourth chairs, the ones that don't know Jesus or have walked away from him; these are the people that watch christians and they pay attention to see how they live their lives. This is why it is so important to show these people what God is about and what Christians are called to do and to be. We do this by being kind and caring even to the meanest of people; just to show them that there is a god and he loves us all very much. Sometimes God puts someone in your life who isn't necessarily the nicest person. He does this not because he is picking on you but rather that he is testing your faith. God is calling each and everyone of us to something; we don't always know what this thing will be and sometimes we get frustrated because we don't see what the calling may be but sometimes all it takes is for you to give something to God and he will in return show you his calling for you. Also please don't forget that God loves you very very much! Remember if you need a friend or a person to talk to, my email is michaelaw98@gmail.com feel free to email me anytime and i will get back to you as soon as possible.