It's all a Part of Gods Plan

I recently have gone through some tough times with college and school and what not. I get stressed and worry so easily. The thought of college on the day of Friday January 21st...disgusted me. I had just got off the phone with an admissions person from the college and they had told me that I would not be able to start the Vet Tech program this Fall because I had a lot of things that I didn't know about that had to be done first. During all of this I was thinking..."What if I don't start this fall, what am I going to do with my time?" "What if I don't get to go to college with Matthew", "What if I don't miss deadlines again", "What if Matthew gets mad because I won't be starting college with him", "What if mine and Matthews relationship gets put on hold because he's in college and I'm not.", and "What if I don't even find a job while I'm waiting to get into college so I'm broke and how will I start my career." What ifs shouldn't control your thoughts and impact your future. I let those what ifs control me all the time; all it does is stress me out to no end. My boyfriend and I struggle so much because of those what ifs, and it hurts our relationship sometimes because I always think what if he finds someone better and what if I'm not good enough. If you cancel out those what ifs, then you have Faith. Faith is what you cannot see. You just have to believe that you have all you need, you have faith in God, and you have faith that God will provide for you and plan your future for what is best for you. I didn't even want to think about Gods plan on that Friday because I was torn to pieces by what I thought could happen. (what could happen isn't the same as what will happen) and what did happen was even better, God answered my prayers. When life gives you struggles and difficult times...some people would think of it as an open opportunity to make things better and learn from it. When you are in the deepest about of pain, you should still keep your faith high. Your faith needs or replace your what ifs. And then your life will be more positive. Wondering those what ifs is like doubting God and his plan for you.

"For I know the planes I have for you, they are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
"Faith is the confidence that we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." - Hebrews 11:1

God wants us to have faith that good things will happen and be positive. It takes me a while to understand that when I'm struggling, and that's why I have Matthew to keep reminding me. We help get each other through hard times. He reminds me that God is great and He can do the impossible, and that God always has a plan...whether it's what you want or not, sometimes His plan is unexpected and the best plan that we could ever think of. So, I would like to thank my wonderful boyfriend, Matthew, for getting me through this hard time, even though he was just as scared as I was. We thought we were going to have to rearrange our entire life/future but that didn't have to happen thanks to God. Matthew had a positive attitude about everything towards me with a few doubts, but everyone has a few doubts here and there. But everything works out in the end...in always does.

 

Reason for the title of my page :)

Today, my wonderful boyfriend asked me why I named my blog Up, Up, and Away. And I finally came up with a good reason. 
1. I googled some ideas and saw that one and liked it a lot.
2. I feel like it summarizes how life should be lived. I believe that life is a special gift that shouldn't be taken for granted. It's a precious thing and we need to live it to the fullest. If you were to die today, would you say your life was fulfilled? Would you say that you did everything you wanted to do, regrets or not? I have heard the saying "Life is about taking chances", and that's true. But I also believe that it's about getting out of your comfort zone(which I am still struggling with) and making a difference for life, a friend/family's life, a random persons life, a homeless person, an orphanage, or just making a difference in the entire world for the glory of God. So... Up, up, away.

Having a relationship with Jesus

This is my very first blog ever, and I have decided to start it by sharing about my Christian life and I believe that this blog and all blogs are going to mostly be about my faith.

I just got home from my youth group at First Christian Church, and I have learned more about following God and having a relationship with him. Everyone struggles with this, but there are many stories in the Bible, like in Mark chapters 1 and 2. Where Jesus heals a man with leprosy and a guy who was paralyzed. I learned tonight that you can have the biggest amount of Faith and Love for Jesus Christ, and he forgives you just by trying to get to know him. Having a relationship with him, isn't just about praying and reading your Bible and going to church every Sunday and Wednesday. It's about talking with him, telling God about your day, telling him how you feel whether it's mad, sad, ecstatic, devastated, whatever the emotion...God is here, and God is LOVE. He loves you unconditionally, He gives you mercy, and forgives you. God's grace surrounds us and sometimes we don't realize it. Sometimes we take it for granted, along with a lot of things. We struggle everyday with school, work, friends, and family. And what we don't realize is that we should just stop and pray every time we come upon a problem and we should let God deal with, because he can do the impossible.