My First Blog

Hi,

So I just signed up for this as I thought that it would be a cool way to get all my thoughts and feelings out and maybe try to make sense of the things that happen through day-to-day life.

This year so far has been an incredible journey for me and it's only April! My relationship with my friends have become a lot stronger and I have made some new friends too who I am getting really close to and I am so thankful that God has put these people in my life. Also my relationship with my mum has become a lot stronger. Mum and I have had moments where we are close and moments where we aren't. That would mainly be because of me, but that has changed a lot in the last few months and we are now closer than ever! We are even going out to the movies Friday night!

Another relationship that has become a lot stronger is my relationship with God. A few people know my testimony but I have been through a lot the last few years and I was away from God for about 2 years. It took a lot but I am now back and wanting a very close relationship with God. He never gave up on me and I can't even to explain how thankful I am to him that he is such a forgiving God who never gives up no matter where we are or what we do.

I've had a lot of trials since re-committing my life to Christ. The main trial has been at work and I have learnt that I need to trust God no matter how bad things get because there is a reason why he has put this trial in my life. So many times I have wanted to yell and have a go at people at work and it even got to the point where I almost walked out and quit. I prayed and asked God to give me the patience and the strength to get through this and he did.

A friend of mine read this verse to me the other week and it is so relevant to my situation and has helped me so much:

1 Peter 5 : 6 - 10

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."

When I first read this verse I couldn't believe how much it related to what I was going through. It was a real wake up call as to how I should handle things and it gave me hope that God will get me through this and that I'm not the only person who is going through such trials.

God puts trials in out lives sometimes to test us to see if we will go to him for help. We can't get through the trials alone. We need God's help with it. When things seem impossible and that we will never overcome them, that's because we are trying through our own strength and not through God.

Philippians 4 : 13 says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

We can get through the trials in life as long as we go to Christ to help us! He wants to help us, all we have to do is let him!