This to shall pass

Seeing your best friend crying out for help and guidance and feeling useless is a tough feeling to have. No matter how much pain I am in or how I am feeling, seeing my friends hurt, tears me apart. I saw that tonight. I saw that cry for help and I felt helpless. 

I found out that I was not completely helpless and in helping her I helped myself. Well.... actually God helped us we had nothing to do with it. He worked through us to help one another. I just want to share a verse of scripture from youth group tonight that I think really helped us both regain that hope and patience we cried out for. 

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 

Romans 12:12

This scripture brought me that peace, and hope, and joy that I have been longing for all week. Be joyful in hope. Be joyful in God and in his miracles and blessings. Rejoice that we get to spend eternity with Him and that our days of suffering and fearing are numbered. He restores us and makes us whole and He never gives up on us. 

Be patient in affliction or tribulations. Trouble times come. God never promised there wouldn't be storms. But at the end of the storm a beautiful rainbow will shine for us. Patience produces endurance and we need to be patient during these hard times. They will pass and better ones are yet to come. 

Be faithful in prayer or another translation I have is be constant in prayer. Pray to God in your struggles and in your joy. Talking one on one with God is amazing and He listens even when we feel no one else will. God longs to talk with us and to have our hearts. He already knows us better then we know us. He created all that we are and He will help us through those hard times. Pray to Him. Talk to Him. Let Him in and He will give you the desires of your heart. 

For myself to be hurt, angry, or just on the verge of falling apart is one thing, but to see my best friend who I love is another. I came to the realization that we can be there for each other and we can hold one another when we cry. We can talk and encourage, build another up but only God can heal us. We need him in our lives. We need to put our faith in Him and give Him our all. God will calm the storms and produce a beautiful sunlight. We just need to believe and to never lose hope in His plan. Never lose hope in His strength, His might, His love, His mercy, and His love for us. 

For those of you who are still crying out and starching for a life greater then your own. Come to God. Give Him your heart and your troubles. Sometimes life seems like its to much to handle, it is during those times that God will hold you and get you through the roller coaster. Trust in Him. Believe in Him. If you are searching for that way out of this life then search no further. God is always near, with open arms. He will give you a life worth living. God is the breath you are breathing so be the light He is shining. 

God bless <3

Love, 

Heaven April 

New Blog

Hey guys, so I have created a new blog! (: But don't worry! I will still be updating this one and sharing God's word! <3

This new blog is called Heavenshareshislove and It's kind of like a journal that I am writing. Everyone who knows me, knows that its not the easiest thing in the world for me to open up to others. Holding everything inside, I have noticed, is beginning to affect me in a negative way. So this new blog is me letting everything out and opening up to all of you! Ha. 

I am not using this new blog to complain or be emotional. While I will be letting some built up pain out I will also be sharing God's blessings and Love with all of you. I will let ya'll know how during my darkest times God is near. 

I want to show all of you, that you are not alone. That we all have pain and struggle but God will build us up. He will be that strength when we are at our weakest. God is bigger then our problems and that is something I am learning as the days go on. 

So If you would like to check that out the link is below! (:

I also wanted to thank all of you for your support and love during the process of my blogging experience! I'm just a 17 year old girl who loves God and has a burning passion to spread His word and share His love. Thank you for taking this journey with me! Its been a blessing! 

Here is that link to my new blog! (: Check it out and let me know what ya'll think! 

heavenshareshislove.blogspot.com

God bless <3

Love,

Heaven April

Armor of God

Armor of God 

Ephesians 6:10-13

"Put on the full armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil."

*Ephesians 6:11*

          The Devil will attack you when you are at your weakest. He will attack you when you are at your strongest. The devil tries to turn us against our God. There are ways to stand against all his games and schemes. God gives us direction in which we should follow when the devil is attacking us. 

1. Vs. 10: Be strong. Sometimes it gets tough to stay strong, especially when you fell that your world is falling apart. We are told to stay strong in the Lord, and He will help us through. He will be the strength that we need. 
2. Vs. 11: Put on the Armor or God. If we have the armor of God on ,we will be able to stand against the devil and his schemes. We will be able to fight though what  we are going through. 

               The Armor of God is not your normal kind of armor. You can have the armor of God on, but that does not mean that you need to go and let your best friend stab you in the gut and say "oh God will protect me!" don't do that..... The armor of God contains what normal armors contain. Including a very powerful weapon that is sharper then any two edged sword. 

Contents of the Armor of God

Ephesians 6:14-18

1. Belt of Truth- The devil tries to deceive us and that is one of his greatest schemes. He will try to tell us lies and his goal is to get us to turn from God. The belt of truth protects us from those lies. It gives us the knowledge to know what God's truth is and what the Devils lies are. It gives us the ability to see the difference between the two. 
2. Breastplate of Righteousness- Righteousness means being in right standing with God. Righteousness is something that we are given for free. Its a free gift from God. Righteousness is also something that Christ works in us with our cooperation. So putting on the breastplate of righteousness is like putting a guard around your heart and letting God work through you. 
3. The shoes readiness by the Gospel of Peace- The Gospel is God's word, its the bible. To put on the shoes of readiness means to be in the word and to have peace with Jesus Christ. Just as the breastplate was to be right with God, the Shoes ensure that we have peace with God and walk according to His word. 
4. Shield of Faith- The shield of faith defends not only us but our armor as well. We put on the shield of faith to extinguish or dodge all the flaming arrows the evil one throws at us. The shield of faith puts that guard up that protects us against whatever the devil throws our way. 
5. Helmet of Salvation- The helmet protects our head. Just as a warrior has a helmet to protect their head we are called to have one as well. We have to protect ourselves from the devil trying to tell us that our faith and belief in God is wrong and untruthful. We also need to protect ourselves from the world who hates God therefore hats us, His disciples. The world will tell you that your beliefs are wrong so put on the Helmet of Salvation and know that God's word is truth. 
6. Sword of the Spirit- The sword of the spirit is the word of God. It is the most powerful weapon we have, because it is the truth. The devil and world try to make us believe that His word is not truth, but the sword of the Spirit tells us that it is. 

          We need to wear the full armor of God and pray that we can stay strong against the schemes of the devil. The armor of God is for our protection. So put on the full armor of God and stand against the devil. Don't let his schemes, tricks, games, and lies separate you from the Grace, love , peace and truth of God. 

God bless <3 

Love, 

 Heaven April