1st blog of 2020

It’s only the 70th day of 2020. I feel like In those 70 days I have become happier, smarter, and more kind. I’ve learned that we are suppose to show love to people and not hate. We are to be compassionate no mater the circumstances because that’s what we are called to do is love one another.
Mark 12:31. “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
(That means you love even the people that have treated you badly, there’s no exceptions to who your supposed to love because God has called us to love EVERYONE!)
God’s shown me that my words are powerful and His timing really is better than my timing.
Proverbs 18:21 NIV The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Matthew 12:37 NLT The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
What that means is, you really need to be careful about what your speaking out. Your words really are powerful and they can cause life or death. He has made everything beautiful “key word” (in its time not my time.)
I’ve learned that I have to know how to be happy when I’m completely alone with God. You shouldn’t find your happiness in people but you should find your happiness in God for He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
I’ve learned that it’s okay that I don’t fit in with the world. God hasn’t called me to fit in with worldly things but he has called me to stand out and to stand up and say no to drugs, alcohol, ect. Everything that everyone my age right now thinks is “the best thing ever” I’ll let you in on a secret. That will only take away the pain for the time being but Father God can take away the pain permanently. John 15:19 ESV If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
I’ve also learned that Our bodies are temples. We need to learn how to respect ourselves and our bodies as well as other people.
1st Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.I’ve learned that even in my troubles God will never leave me. He’s always with me, even when I don’t realize it. Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”