Love, Faith, Service and Learning.

Over the past few weeks, I have learned so much about having faith in God, His promises, and just knowing that He loves us. I've posted about it before, but it's just so powerful that I can't help but put it in another post. Matthew 6:33 says "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." I've been learning to put God first in everything I do. Whether that be sports, school, or just living life. If we put God first, everything falls into place.

This has helped me to accomplish many things. After I started really putting Christ first in my life, football became easier, my relationships became better, and everything was working perfectly. I haven't felt that good with the exception of Fall Weekend and Work Crew, in so long. There is nothing more filling than putting Christ first in your life, and letting Him do all the work inside of your broken lives.

One thing I've also started seeing is I think I'm slowly starting to like my best friend. Who that is will not be disclosed at this time, but I have been thinking about this for a few weeks. She's amazing, and yea. I just don't really know how she feels. I just think that I need to pray on it, and see where God takes me. Like I said, put Him first, all else falls into place

This is just one thing that's been on my mind recently. She's just such a great friend to me, and I love love love love talking to her. She's always got something really fun to talk about. All I really want to do is just talk with her about it, see where it goes. I can't believe I'm basically going back, but I just think there's much that I can learn with her.

God's been teaching me that I need to rely on His promises, and not the promises of other people in my life. I think that if I fully relied on His promises only, I wouldn't be having nearly as much trouble with a few things like I have been recently. God is just so loving, that He is teaching me non stop, and I love it because I can't think of a way that will be better.

I've also been taught about the impact of serving other people as an act of love for Christ, and not just because you're asked to, or to further your ownself. When you just give your life to someone when you're serving them, you'll show people the love of Christ through that, because we are the lights in the world of darkness that show Jesus' love for all of humanity. We get the joy of showing Christ to the world because Christ died for our sins, to save us. So we should give our lives to each other, to show each other the love that we so often times miss from the people we are with for most of the time that we are here on this planet.

I do ask that you pray for my time wit this girl I've found interest in. Those who want to know need only message me, but depending on who it is, you may or may not find out, for my own reasons.

I love you guys. I truly don't know what I'd do without this. Being able to put all my thoughts down is truly a blessing,
TJ