God Sightings

I was thinking back to the summer when I helped at a VBS at a local baptist church. I had a group of about 10 kids that 5-10 that i was leader of. One of the things that we did with them everyday when they first showed up, was we had paper and had them tell us their God sightings.

Whats a God sighting you might ask? How it was described to the kids is a God sighting is when you see God during the day, in everyday things. Some of the kids said their dogs, the sky, the trees, and one little boy even told me I was his God sighting.

I have many God sightings. For example, during the summer I would go and play my guitar everyday outside. It was dark, I was alone, and I just talked with God for hours letting it all go. One day I was frustrated and upset. I screamed at God, "Give me a sign! Let me know you really hear me!." Just as I did that lights in the sky began to blink. I had been staring at these lights for hours now. I thought they were just stars. Then with tears in my eyes, I saw them light up. That was a God sighting for me. I knew God did hear me when I spoke with him and he did answer my prayer. When that happened its like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders.

Another example of a God sighting for me actually happened last night. My sister, her husband, and my 2 year old niece have came down to visit for the week. (: Last night we were all sitting in the living room ready to watch a movie and eat dinner together. I was about to take my first bite and my niece stops us. She had to say her prayers. She bowed her head and closed her hands, then she said Thank you God, Thank you Jesus, we love you. It nearly brought tears to my eyes. My two year old niece left me breathless. Up until 2 years ago I hardly ever prayed. Here was my baby niece praying like she had been doing it for years. I saw God shine through during that moment.

Those are just a few of my God sightings. God is everywhere. He is in the air we breath and the ground we walk on. He is by our side through thick and thin. Never will he leave us, never will he forsake us. During our hardest times he will reveal his self to us. During our joyful times he will smile down on us. He holds us while we cry and brings the right people at the right time into our lives. He shows us that we are worth more then Gold. He shows us the light and leads our path. God does everything and is everywhere.

Next time your outside, look for God in the clouds. Look for him in your niece or your dog. (: You can find God anywhere and everywhere.

I would love to hear some of you guys God sightings (:

                                                      God bless <3

                                                          Love,
                                                             Heaven April

God. Payin. Our. Sins. Everyone. Life

I just wanted to share this video that I was shown at Church camp this past summer. Just please watch it and really listen to what he is saying.

Watching this really opened my eyes up to some things. God is everything. He is the reason we are alive. He is the reason for our breath. We can try as hard as we want to fix ourselves, we will fail each time. There is only one person who can fix us and make us whole. That is God. He gave his only son to die for us. You can not find anyone right now who is perfect enough to take your sins as their own and die for you, so you can have an everlasting life.  We shouldnt worship fake Idols, we should worship Jesus and God.

God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life.

That is one siple sentence that can change your life. This video is truly an inspiration. Can you take 5 miniutes our of your day to be inspired?

Praise God always! <3

                                                           God bless <3

                                                                       Love,
                                                                              Heaven April

Serenity Prayer

So I just wanted to share something that has really gotten me through a lot. This prayer is on that I can say no matter what and instantly feel relief. I hope it can do the same for you. <3

God can work miracles. He can heal the Broken hearted and fix the blinded eyes. He can give us courage and wisdom and serenity. With God no obstacle will be to tough! God is worth of our praises day and night. During the bad and the good lift your hands to God.

I know that I haven't been updating lately, for that I am sorry. I guess I haven't been inspired lately. Then again God inspires me everyday to keep moving forward. I am going to work harder on updating my blog more often. I have a lot of cool ideas to come and I hope they work out (: So be patient with me please! and keep checking out my blog! (:

God bless <3

Love,

 Heaven April

Music Within

Ps. 150

Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the soundings of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre.

Praise him with timbrel and dancing,

praise him wit the strings and pipe,

praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath prise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Music is one of the many ways we can praise God. This happens to be the most natural way, for me, to praise God.

Music is something that has been there for me since I was 10. Actually earlier then that, 10 is just the age I picked up my guitar and I haven't put it down since then. I cant sing to save my life, but that does not mean that I cant praise God with music. The trumpet, harp, lyre, strings, cymbals, these are just a few of the instruments we can use to praise God. My instrument of choice is strings.

My favorite thing to do is sit outside on a nice night with my guitar and look up to the stars and play guitar. Music is a powerful thing. I believe that music can save your life. I know it saved mine. The first time I truly felt God and let him in was during a song called Glory to God. The moment the singer sang 'take my life and let it be all for you and for your glory, take my life and let it be yours' I felt God telling me to give my life to him. To let go of all the pain, anger, confusion, that I felt and give it to him.

There are many ways to praise God. When I'm sitting outside playing my guitar, that's when I feel Gods presence stronger then ever. I know he is listing to me, and he loves it, no matter how bad I play.

We all have that power inside of us to Praise God. Find the way that you feel closest to him when praising. I have found mine. Have you?

Praise God always!

                                                             God bless <3

                                                                    Love,

                                                                       Heaven April

Patience

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 12:12

Being patient and knowing God has it all figured out can be frustrating sometimes. I know how this is. Its hard, life is hard. Trouble times come and it seem like the wold is against us. Ive felt this way for a few weeks now and it got to the point where I took my anger and confusion out on the ones I love. I had the rejoicing in hope down, its the patient in tribulation that I'm struggling with.

Have you ever felt this way? Torn apart, down to nothing, like one wrong move and your going to loose it. I think we all have. Patience is a lesson that's hard but very rewarding when we learn it.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Romans 8:25

Have you ever noticed that when hard times come, we pray and hope for a better day? That better day may not come right away but it will come. We cant see it, or tell when it will be, but wait for it with patience. The days get easier one moment at a time.

Don't let those bad days, those tough moments turn your eyes from God. Don't let that pain and confusion take control of your life. That is when you are most vulnerable, and that is when the devil plays his little games. Don't let him have that satisfaction. Be patient. Rejoice in hope and be patient in tribulations.

Its easy to praise God when all is right. Can you do it when all is wrong? No matter what people take from you there is one thing they will never get. Its the most important. They will never take God from you. Pray. Pray for a better day, pray for a clear mind and open heart. Pray for God to take the pain away, and He will answer. It says in Matthew that if we ask we shall receive.

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Matthew 7:7-8

Be constant in prayer and patient in tribulation. Praise God in the good, and in the bad. In the light, and in the dark. Give it all to God and, in his time, everything will work out. Better days are just around the corner.

                                                God bless <3

                                                       Love,

                                                           Heaven April. 

Here is a link to some more scripture on patience (: Enjoy.

http://www.openbible.info/topics/patience

permanent solution to a temporary problem

So I got this off a post on facebook and I just wanted to share it with all of you.

Permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Wanna kill yourself? Imagine this. You come home from school one day. You’ve had yet another horrible day. You’re just ready to give up. So you go to your room, close the door, and take out that suicide note you’ve written and rewritten over and over and over You take out those razor blades, and cut for the very last time. You grab that bottle of pills and take them all. Laying down, holding the letter to your chest, you close your eyes for the very last time. A few hours later, your little brother knocks on your door to come tell you dinners ready. You don’t answer, so he walks in. All he sees is you laying on your bed, so he thinks you’re asleep. He tells your mom this. Your mom goes to your room to wake you up. She notices something is odd. She grabs the paper in your hand and reads it. Sobbing, she tries to wake you up. She’s screaming your name. Your brother, so confused, runs to go tell Dad that “Mommy is crying and sissy won’t wake up.” Your dad runs to your room. He looks at your mom, crying, holding the letter to her chest, sitting next to your lifeless body. It hits him, what’s going on, and he screams. He screams and throws something at the wall. And then, falling to his knees, he starts to cry. Your mom crawls over to him, and they sit there, holding each other, crying. The next day at school, there’s an announcement. The principal tells everyone about your suicide. It takes a few seconds for it to sink in, and once it does, everyone goes silent. Everyone blames themselves. Your teachers think they were too hard on you. Those mean popular girls, they think of all the things they’ve said to you. That boy that used to tease you and call you names, he can’t help but hate himself for never telling you how beautiful you really are. Your ex boyfriend, the one that you told everything to, that broke up with you.. He can’t handle it. He breaks down and starts crying, and runs out of the school. Your friends? They’re sobbing too, wondering how they could never see that anything was wrong, wishing they could have helped you before it was too late. And your best friend? She’s in shock. She can’t believe it. She knew what you were going through, but she never thought it would get that bad… Bad enough for you to end it. She can’t cry, she can’t feel anything. She stands up, walks out of the classroom, and just sinks to the floor. Shaking, screaming, but no tears coming out. It’s a few days later, at your funeral. The whole town came. Everyone knew you, that girl with the bright smile and bubbly personality. The one that was always there for them, the shoulder to cry on. Lots of people talk about all the good memories they had with you, there were a lot. Everyone’s crying, your little brother still doesn’t know you killed yourself, he’s too young. Your parents just said you died. It hurts him, a lot. You were his big sister, you were supposed to always be there for him. Your best friend, she stays strong through the entire service, but as soon as they start lowering your casket into the ground, she just loses it. She cries and cries and doesn’t stop for days. It’s two years later. The whole school talks to a counselor/therapist at least once a week. Your teachers all quit their job. Those mean girls have eating disorders now. That boy that used to tease you cuts himself. Your ex boyfriend doesn’t know how to love anymore and just sleeps around with girls. Your friends all go into depression. Your best friend? She tried to kill herself. She didn’t succeed like you did, but she tried…your brother? He finally found out the truth about your death. He self harms, he cries at night, he does exactly what you did for years leading up to your suicide. Your parents? Their marriage fell apart. Your dad became a workaholic to distract himself from your death. Your mom got diagnosed with depression and just lays in bed all day. People care. You may not think so, but they do. Your choices don’t just effect you. They effect everyone. Don’t end your life, you have so much to live for. Things can’t get better if you give up. I’m here for absolutely anyone that needs to talk, no matter who you are. Even if we’ve NEVER talked before, I’m here for you.

 

 

I know times get hard, and it seems like no one cares or no one love you. Ive been there before. Suicide is never the answer. Not only to you take your life but you take the lives of those who do care and who do love you. Dont ever give up on life. There is no turning back once you get to that place.

If you know anyone who feels like this, or you feel like this, don't wait until its to late to seek help. Talk to someone who can help you. Talk to God <3 He will listen. There is always someone there who cares and loves you. There is always someone there who feels your pain and listens when you cry out for help. God is always there. Never does he leave you.

                                                                  God bless,

                                                                          Love,

                                                                              Heaven April