My sweet and beautiful sister turned 5 on November 3rd. She is growing up so fast, I’m afraid if i blink she’ll become a teen!
Definition Of Christian
Sorry I haven’t posted in a long time. I have been quite busy, my life is a little crazy right now.
So I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes someone a Christian… Some people say that if you believe that Jesus died on the cross and rose again then that makes you a Christian. BUT, if you don’t follow the ways of the Lord and are continuing to walk down the path of evil then you can’t rightly be called a Christian. Yes people mess up, I’m not saying you have to be perfect. But if you are living a life filled with sin and you’re not trying to stop sinning, or praying for forgiveness, then how can you call yourself a Christian?
My definition of a Christian is someone who knows Jesus as their Lord and Savior and is living their life FOR Him. Christians mess up, we make mistakes. But we get right back up and ask for forgiveness. God knows we mess up, he’ll forgive our sins, no matter how great. This world is full of fakers, people who use the Lord’s name to do evil. I can’t even begin to explain how mad it makes me when people do evil and when i ask them why they say “God told me too”. God would never ask us to sin. NEVER. I hate it when people use the Lord’s name in vain.
I’m not here to judge. All I’m saying is God sees you. He knows your every thought. He knows if you’re a faker. So don’t be a faker.
Fun In the Sun
A few weeks ago me, my seven siblings and my parents all went down to the ocean. We had a blast out there in the sun with the waves licking our feet. We saw kites and found a bunch of shells. It made me realize how important family is and I’m really glad I was blessed with such a loving family.
Step By Step
My family has been through so much in the past two years. We lost our house in Ohio and moved down to Oregon. We have struggled for a year now, trying to find a place to call home. We have battled through many hardships, as a family. We have made friends and lost friends and we have hurt and we have laughed. Today our goat, Blackjack, died. He was a part of the family and there were many tears shed. In all the tears I think we all realized that we have dreams that were pushed aside. As we stood around our little grave my dad asked: “What is it we want to do?”
“Own a farm.” Was one answer.
“Travel!”
Those were our dreams when we made the 5 day trip from Ohio to Oregon and now those dreams are hopefully going to be reality. Today i realized that my family’s dreams and even my dreams are really important and we should never ever give up on our dreams.
So dream on and never give up on your dreams. Keep going, step by step, till you get to where you want to be.
Church
The defenition for church in the dictionary is “A building for public Christian worship.” So it should be a place where you feel safe and comfortable right?
Well in many cases Church is the last place on earth people want to be. Why? Well i’ve been to some churches where i felt more judged than out in the supermarket. Churches come up with there own little rules on how you have to worship and how you have to pray and soon it becomes more about rules then Christ. I believe that church should be a place you can go for refuge, safety, peace. It should be a place where arms are open and hearts are loving.
So many people walk into their church and sit there thinking “I’m a better Christian then her… I love more than him… The way he dresses is unchristian!” They judge and they judge and they forget who Christ really is!
The defenition for Christian is: “of, pertaining to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings” So basically being a Christian means you are following God’s teachings. Did God teach us to judge? Did he teach us to feel better than everyone else? NO
As Christians our job is to make disciples for Christ! We need to open our arms and hearts. We need to make Church a safe haven for those who need one. Please if you consider yourself a Christian then step away from your selfishness and open your arms to those who need it. Let’s change the world one church at a time.
Dreams…
Dreams are like stars. We have a thousand and one of ‘em and we just have to choose which one to follow. I know that a lot of people might read this and think “what a silly little girl” and I gotta say. So what?! I am silly but I’m not dumb. I will make my dreams come true.
Dream # 1: Become a professional actress… Ok so this is a pretty big goal. I would have to work my butt off! Plus only some people make it in the theatre world… And i prefer small community theatre. So i’m not sure this is the right career for me.
Dream #2: Become a theatre teacher… This would be the best job ever. I want this because there is a lack of teachers in this world who understand kids. I also love working with them so much.
Dream #3: Travel all the time… To travel the states in an RV would be so amazing. Hopefully with a husband and kids. But i’m not sure how I would get income. I could be like a traveling missonary.
Dream #4: Adopt a bunch of kids… I want to give kids a good home. I want to help them. I love kids so much and the idea of being able to help these kids who dont have homes… It’s something that would make me so happy.
I’m really struggling with what do with my future. Truthfully i would love to get married right out of high school and have a family. I would also love to Major in Theatre and Minor in Dance. I dont know what i want. I dont even know why i’m posting this. I guess i’m just wondering what you all think i might do good at. Whoever reads this, please just tell me what you think might be good for me to do. Or just read this and say “what a silly little girl.”
~Michaela Jo~
Family
Just this last weekend I went on a 5 hour drive down to my cousin’s house and attended her graduation party. It was my dad’s side of the family and there were a lot of people i hadn’t met yet. Aunts and uncles and more cousins… I was pretty scared of all these people who I was related to and just now meeting. I soon came to find though that they were all so welcoming! They kept telling me: “Dont worry, we’re family.” I felt like i belonged and soon enough all of us were laughing and making fun of eachother and we acted like we had known each other for years.
I got to thinking. Shouldn’t everyone be like that. Shouldn’t everyone make eachother feel like family. We are so quick to judge. I want to make everyone i meet feel as loved as i did when i was with my family.
Ecclesiastes 4: 9 says- “Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do.”
Friends can be family and family can be friends. God says we are his all his children which means we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Show the love.
~Michaela Jo~
Love, Life and Loving Life.
Most teenage girls in this day and age are centering their lives aroung what others think of them. They spend all their time trying to be better. They always have a boyfriend and they always wear expensive (and mostly inapropriate) clothes. Hair has to be perfect, they cant live without makeup…
And then they become adults and they look back on their teenage years and think “What a waste of my time.” Because now they have to live with the fact that they dont even know the names of everyone they’ve kissed, that they focused so much on getting ahead that they forgot to stop and enjoy themselves.
I’ve done this before. I’ve focused on being just as skinny and pretty as everyone else in my school. But you see… its all a waste of my time. Someday i’ll be in heaven and I want to look back and say “I had a pretty good life.” I want to be able to say that I only loved one man and that i spent my high school years striving to do my best. Lets face it, dating in high school is pointless.
I do however believe that you can like someone during your high school years and maybe have a relationship after high school. Now just because you like them doesn’t mean you two have to kiss and be with eachother all the time. But if you get to know eachother as friends and still like eachother by the time your 18 or 19, then you can date.
I am only 15 so I’m not really the expert on love, but I hope that someone will get something out of this.
~Michaela Jo~
Let’s Talk
I have the sudden desire to sit with someone, a girl around my age preferably, and just talk about God. I’m sitting here listening to some grownups talk about there views on the bible. There are things I want to say but i keep my mouth shut. It would be cool to start up a group of people, christians and non-christians, and just talk. It would be good. I wonder if anyone would show up… Sometimes people just need to talk. Tell people about there week. The ups and the downs. Now I am excited. I really hope I can get some small group going…
~Michaela Jo~
Shaking and Quaking
My heart pounds as I take another step. I’m almost center stage. I look out at the crowd and the lights are blinding. My hands are shaking and my knees are quaking. I can’t breathe… I say my name, the title. Then I take a deep breath and begin. My voice comes out like music, flowing beautifully. My arms move dramatically. My feet step into the rhythm of the words. I’m not me anymore, I am a completely different person. This is what I call an adrenaline rush. This is what I call theatre!
~Michaela Jo~
