Thinking through my life lately, who are my real friends? Why do I need to satisfy myself with just people here on earth when I have God? I've always gone to friends here on earth before going to the Lord about whatever. Something I'm realizing more and more in my experience is to go and trust in God first before anyone or anything else. I have a few really good friends here on earth and I pray to continue to grow in my friendships with people. Along with that though, I want to grow in my relationship with God before everything. God has always been my provider and I never realized it as much until this schoolyear.
Who is really my family? To be honest I find many to be my family now. Not only do I have the family who raised me, loved me, and cared for me all these years but I have many more in my family. I really, truly love and miss them though things can be hard at times. I do get to see them though like twice a month at least since I live so close. Recently this year my home family grew through births, marriages/engagements, etc. But they aren't just my family. I'm part of a family just in Gettysburg Masters Commission and at Freedom Valley. There is even a bigger family I'm a part of and that we all can be when we follow God...that is the BODY OF CHRIST.
Casting Crowns - "If We Are The Body"
I absolutely love music. I'm very passionnate about showing others to Christ through music whether it is singing, playing piano, or worship leading.
I've had a great time also with my new family that God placed me with for this schoolyear. The Kadish's are so much fun to hang out with and especially this one...
Hopefully this upload worked.
Christianity to me is living for the one true and only God of the universe, loving and helping others and following Christ's example.
Another thing I've been thinking about lately is how busy I've always made my life. I was always busy with sports, music, girl scouts or church. My whole life has been about doing my best and doing the right thing. I've always tried to never mess up and though I wasn't really popular in school, I never gave into when people asked me to do things that were wrong. I have some great friends from this year and in my past t hat I've never realized, and people who are definately part of my family life. So many important people have been taken away from me yet others have also come into my life.
My mom and pap lived for God as much as they were able to. I think that's why I love God and the body of Christ. At the same time I wonder why they were taken away from me. Something i've realized is that they are in a better place where they aren't suffering anymore and that they are with me in my heart always. The stupid disease of Cancer takes so many lives including it took my Mom and Pap. Something I've been really praying and trying to think through is creating my own Relay For Life team this year. I've done RFL for the past, well all through middle and high school and last year in college. I'm praying that between family and friends I can make a team, maybe even a couple and have the support. If I ask God and trust in him, he will provide. I know that because I've been trusting and using my faith in him with money recently.
Not only is this a logo for Relay For Life but I think this is a logo for Christians to live by...REMEMER/CELEBRATE/FIGHT BACK!
We need to remember why we have been put on this earth...to live for God. We need to celebrate our the life of Jesus Christ, following his example. We need to fight back living a life of good and not evil.
Caitlyn A. Inman
Gettysburg Masters Commission student'10-11
Elevate Leadership Ministry School
Freedom Valley Worship Center
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