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Sunday, 20 September 2009

  • I Am A Christian :)

    When I say... "I am a Christian"
    I'm not shouting "I'm clean living.
    I'm whispering, I was lost,
    Now I'm found and forgiven."

    When I say..."I am a Christian"
    I don't speak of this with pride.
    I'm confessing that I stumble
    and need CHRIST to be my guide.

    When I say... "I am a Christian"
    I'm not trying to be strong.
    I'm professing that I'm weak
    and need HIS strength to carry on.

    When I say... "I am a Christian"
    I'm not bragging of success.
    I'm admitting I have failed
    and need God to clean my mess.

    When I say... "I am a Christian"
    I'm not claiming to be perfect,
    My flaws are far too visible
    but, God believes I am worth it.

    When I say... "I am a Christian"
    I still feel the sting of pain;
    I have my share of heartaches
    So I call upon His name.

    When I say... "I am a Christian"
    I'm not holier than thou,
    I'm just a simple sinner
    who received God's good grace, somehow.

Friday, 11 September 2009

  • What Drags Us Down, Only Makes Us Stronger!

    So there are days where I wish that this was the start of my senior year of college, like it should be, but then I get to thinking... I'm where God wants me. If I would have stayed at BSU, trying to figure out what to major in and completely ignoring where God was leading me, I'd be doing my own thing and not obeying God. I've come to realize that God has to move in big ways for me to notice what he wants from me, which it shouldn't be like that. I've been better at following than I was a year and a half ago. It doesn't take a big event anymore, which is great! A year and a half ago, I couldn't say that. It took God closing the doors on me ever returning to BSU to understand that BSU, and even the city of Muncie, is not where he wants me. God knows my future and he has bigger plans for me than I can even imagine.

    Never in a million years would I have thought to be a missionary. That didn't even pop into my head until I went on my first mission trip back in March 2008. I had it on my mind after that and could feel the call to go into missions. I had no clue where to go from there. I was lost. I was going to try to stay at BSU and major in Geography: Travel and Tourism and use that somehow to enter the mission field. God quickly brought that to a halt and showed me that is not what he has planned for me. By some poor choices on my part, I was dismissed from BSU, which I now see as a blessing... I know hard to imagine but it was. I took a semester off from school so that I could get back on track with God, much needed! And God showed me where he wanted me and what that next step was.

    Last spring semester I enrolled at HU, majoring in missions. This is my second semester at the school and I gotta say, I am so glad that God NEVER gives up on us but continues to guide us, we just have to let him take control. HU has been a wonderful fit and I am learning soo much! I've got hopefully only 2 years (4 semesters, current one included) and an internship left before I can graduate, which I am aiming for May 2011. (so just one year later than what it should be)

    This has been an interesting journey but I wouldn't trade it for anything! It has taught me a lot and brought me closer to God and to some of my friends! When we get into tuff situations we have to remember to stay positive. God has us here for reasons that sometimes take awhile to figure out. So lean on him, he knows what he is doing!

    God Bless!

Sunday, 24 May 2009

  • Summer Missions :)

    As most of you know, I will be going on a mission trip through the North American Mission Board to San Diego, CA from June 1st-August 1st. I will be working with an organization called Vision San Diego on their Faith in Action Xtreme (FIAX) team and will be partnered with a girl that served with them last summer. The two of us will work together to help with their FIAX projects and with mission teams that travel into San Diego to work with their local churches on one of the five FIAX areas: elder care, foster care, tutoring, mentoring and military.

    This sounds like it will be a wonderful opportunity and I am very excited for God to use me there this summer, as well as nervous about being in a new environment. I have never been to California before, so it'll be a new but hopefully good experience for me. So if you all could keep me in your prayers, I would appreciate it! As soon as I find out my summer address, if you would like it, I'd be more than willing to give it to you. And I don't really know what my internet access will be in San Diego but I'll try to send updates on my trip to you all, either through this or in my Facebook notes.

    I hope you all have a wonderful summer :)
    I will miss not seeing you guys for two months!

    God Bless,
    Amber

Friday, 10 April 2009

  • Remember what Jesus did for you!

    It's Easter weekend and I get a four day weekend! Heck yes! No school until Tuesday. That's the beauty of going to a Christian college! Life has been great lately. HU is going well and I just love my classes. Lit class not soo much the homework and papers we have but I do like most of the books we read. It's been a great first semester there!

    Last weekend I got to go to BCM's Spring Retreat! What a wonderful weekend that was! The weather was nice and it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones :) The speaker spoke on Colossians and gave a lot of insight. He was wonderful! Such an awesome time spent praising God and hanging with some awesome people! I was sad to see the weekend end.

    And this weekend is, of course, Easter weekend! Today is Good Friday. The day that Jesus was sacrificed to save each and everyone of us from our sins so that we are able to spend eternity in Heaven with Him! (If you want to know more on how that can happen just message me!) And then Sunday is Easter! The day Jesus was resurrected from the dead and lives! Such a glorious and wonderful time :)

    I hope you all have a blessed day!!!

Saturday, 28 February 2009

  • School

    It's been a month now since I've started at HU. So far it is going amazingly well! I love my classes and the people I've met are great! I've got a lot of reading to do for almost all my classes but that's ok. Sometimes I'd rather read than write a paper. I've learned soo much already and I love that I'm at a Christian school as well :) This month is going way better than any of my two years at BSU. I feel genuinely happy here and not just with friends but with my classes and at chapel! At BSU I was only happy when I was hanging with friends, at BCM, or working. And the 30-40 minute commute isn't bad at all. I actually don't mind it at all and I'm also starting to become more of a morning person, which is good since on Tuesdays & Thursdays my 1st class starts at 8:30 am. This has been a great fit for me so far! God really does know what He is doing!

    One last thing... In a class of mine we started this project for Lent. It's a spiritual disciplines project and basically what that means is you have to choose a spiritual discipline (i.e. Prayer, Fasting, Bible Study, Devotion) that you want to work on for the 40 days of Lent. For my project I've chosen to work on an area that has been a struggle for me. It's going to be on reading my Bible 3 times a week (shooting for daily but gotta start small 1st) and having a personal Bible study. And also including some silence in my day so that I can hear God speak to me, which that has been hard. I'm asking that you please keep me in your prayers as I do this project and just pray that God will give me the motivation I need to stick with my plan. Thank you!


    God Bless!

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