Who God is to me (part 2/2)

I have a God who calms me.
I have a God who listens to me.
I have a God who watches me.
I have a God who stills me.
I have a God who excites me.
I have a God who invites me in.
I have a God who meets with me.
My God is completely, just wow.
I stand in awe, and in total adoration.
He is indescribable and everything to me.

I'm back! (to school...)

Wow!! It has been forever since I've been on here! So basically... (just to catch ya up)



It's been summer for me for a long time

I moved (states)

My new room is blue!!! and one wall is green.......

I'm listening to Britt Nicole right now.. :) (random)

I got out of school May twenty something-ish

I start this TUESDAY!! ( so I had a threeish month summer break!) fun stuff.. (it's cause we moved)
tomorrow!!!

Aren't you jealous I haven't been in schooool???? hehe I'm reaaaaalllly really excited to be making a new post....

It is Sept. 6, 2010.

I'm totally ready to see what God is going to do through me here at this location. I'm excited!

SO I have to tell you I finally completed a tv series. Next food network star. I was rooting for Aarti the whole entire way. I totally was excited to see her first show on foodnetwork. Aarti Sequeria is the lovely lady's name. Aarti Party is the show on Food Network, although she started out with a web show/ blog: aartipaarti.com before going to compete on next foodnetwork star.

I was completely encouraged by her because she is a God loving girl. I'm going to watch her shows!



Well I have I question for you...

What are you going to do this school year (work year has been going on but hang in there!) to show God's love to others?

If you're needing some encouragement go check out my other blog, music.songs.verses (http://music-songs-verses-starryamazement.blogspot.com/) for a superhero declaration. It's great! I got it when I was checking out a sunday school at my church.



much love n blessings,

starry_amazement

10th Post!!!! ;)

Just reached the tenth post! Shout out!! :) Well as we all know, summer has basically ended... Mine ends this coming Wednesday though. :( It was fun while it lasted.... Now I look forward to fall. I actually think that fall is my favorite season because the weather is not too cold nor too hot. It seems just perfect. And it's just BEAUTIFUL! But I also think that I love a lot of things about each season! God makes seasons so wondefully. I just want to say that I'm so thankful for Jesus! I know that sometimes I can feel upset or stressed about stuff in life. But when I turn to him, I look to the Bible, and it just hits me! He is my comfort. I can pile all my thoughts onto him. I know that sometimes I may forget about doing it especially when I'm in the stress, but when I do it, it feels SO much better! My point is that no matter what you're going through, God is there. It might feel like he's not. But believe me, he is! He's always there. I know that a lot of times people always say that, but once you go through the problem asking God for his strength, you will see that he sticks through it with you. You'll see it even more after you get through the storm. So stick with him, he'll stick with you!

smile!
starry_amazement

On fire

Ok, well I didn't exactly plan to post this. I was going to post a thing about fun summer activities.(which I might post later)  But I really, really have to tell you about this. I think it's amazing. Here it goes-
So today is Father's Day, yay! Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there. It was also church today. And during the Sunday school hour, we were watching a video about some Christians in Vietnam. You know, you always hear about persecution, and such. But these Vietnamese, they have a huge heart for God. They worship him with all they are. They give up everything to follow him. They suffer beatings, and worse for not denying Christ. They don't fight back. They have this on fire passion for God. I think it's amazing that they are going to give everything up, be beaten, and persecuted for God. They lose their families. And it seems to me that sometimes we're afraid to speak up, and not give in to peer pressure because we do not want to be made fun of, or get kicked out of a group or such. But these Christians, they give up everything, I think that we all can learn from them, they suffer from a lot. We should be able to stand up for Jesus as free Americans. We need to be ready. We need to step out of our comfort zone. The time is going to come when persecution is big. I have no idea how big. But we have to be able to suffer from little things before we can face the bigger persecutions. It's going to happen some day. I have no idea when, but it will. Are you ready? Are you willing to stand up for God with everything you are? Would you deny him if someone put a gun to your head, and would kill you for being a Christian? You can ask and ask all these questions, but really think about it. Pray for these people who suffer from violence because of their faith. They are your brothers and sisters! God loves you so much. Goodness, it's overwhelming.

=) smiles,

starry_amazement

Last Day of School

Yesterday was the last day of school. It was alot of fun, but it had sad moments. It was amazing!
Everyone had their ipods out, and this one guy brought a speaker. People all put their ipods in and there was a "dance-off." Not alot of people really danced, but oh well. And everyone was just talking and having conversations and such. That was the good part.
It was really sad when I would look at the clouds and be reminded of Jesus. The clouds also reminded me of my friend who moved to another state on the 20th. The 22nd was the last day of school. Then my other friend and I were listening to my brother's ipod. And the song "From the Inside Out" came on. We both started crying. Jesus love is just wonderful to soak in. Thanks to my brother who made us feel better by putting on a funny song.. (by the way, he's not really my brother, but he's like a brother to me)
The tears came out after more laughter when it was time to leave. Everyone gave everyone the last hugs and good-bye's. I think that I will still miss those people, cause some may not come back next year. I'm going to miss them so so so so so so so very very very super super much! haha. Now I must be off. If anyone of them read this- (I miss you alot if that's not obvious. You are superb and great friends.)

much love,
starry_amazement

Pursuing God

Hey all! I was just having amazing encounters with God and I wanted to show you the conversation that I had with my pastor. Here it is:

me-
Hey, hope you had a wonderful silly stringed birthday! ha ha! :)I just wanted to kinda tell you what was going on tonight. I didn't exactly get to talk to you, I guess I was just stunned...Anyways, I was just soaking in God's presence during worship. And it was like I felt or almost heard him speaking to me. It wasn't an audible voice but it was just like these words were tugging at my heart and I just knew it was from God.He was just telling me that I was his daughter and he wanted the best for me and to protect me. I have my own choices to make though, I can obey or I can ignore. I can fall into his plans. He gave me freedom to choose right and wrong. He told me that he was willing to pour blessings and love, onto us, and how we have to be open and just to receive it. And when Mrs. Ruthie was talking about being a lover, this song popped into my head. It was "See the way" by Misty Edwards.It says, "See the way he holds the stars in his hands. See the way he holds my heart..." "...God is a lover looking for a lover so he fashions me. God is a lover looking for a lover so he forms my heart." I was just thinking how imminent God is. It's like I was sorta shocked at how everything he was telling me was like what everyone was saying. (if that makes sense) And when the message was talking about Abraham counting the stars in the heavens, and comparing it to descendants; that song popped in my head again. There are so many stars. I remember when I was little I would count the stars becasue Abraham would have that many kids, and I thought that's alot of children! oops, kinda rambling on... I have learned that I don't have to be perfect because only God is perfect and he's here to help you. And that when I'm broken that I can just run into his arms of love and grace. I don't have to hide from him. He loves me. I also now know that if I want God's blessing and outpouring of goodness, I just have to be open to it and receive it. It's almost like salvation, a free gift.Anyways, sorry this message is long! and for all the bouncing around. I just felt like telling you this. God is just awesome. That's all I'm gonna say!


pastor-
starry_amazement! That is so awesome! Thank you for sharing that with me. Yes, our God is so good and what you were experiencing was definitely from Him. I can almost see Him smiling right now because you have realized something new about Him and He is so happy that you are pursuing Him more and more. And you are absolutely right, you don't ever have to run from Him, because He loves you so much has so much more that He wants to give you.Keep pursuing Him more every day! Thanks again for sharing this.

Yes, I replaced my name with starry_amazement, internet protection! haha, but just thought you should see this. I actually wrote this Wednesday night, so it wasn't that long ago. But if you're reading it like a year later then it's a loooonngg time ago. Just a little testimony. Now I must be off to a graduation party! Yaahh! =]


starry_amazement

Other blog, life

Hey all! I just wanted to let y'all know that I have another blog about music, poetry, verses, and just fun stuff. I'm not sure if I told you this but well I told you again. =) (http://music-songs-verses-starryamazement.blogspot.com/)

God has been so good to me, I feel so free from fear! He replaced that fear with comfort, hope, encouragement, strength. He is amazing! It's good to know that we are truly free in him!! He is beautiful, he is my all! I think that I could probably praise God forever, because the list of his amazing grace, and just him goes on forever! I think that song is so true, "I could sing of your love forever."

God is really worth our praise and our lives and all that we are. He loves us so much that it's incontainable. The reason I always want to write about my spiritual life is because I CANNOT contain it inside of me. There's nothing to hide! There's nothing to be ashamed of. I know that I'm not a perfect person, and I really don't want you to read my blog thinking, "Oh, well she's just a perfect little church girl, there's nothing wrong in her life, maybe God's only pouring blessing to her." No!!! Not true, I am not perfect! I know I sin so much! I know anyone reading this sins, because "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." I think I am so far from perfection. I have to realize that when I cannot find myself, I find myself in him. That's my goal, that's who I strive to be like. He's beautiful, and I am far from it. I'm not saying that I'm far from God like an unbeliever would be, but far from his amazing perfection. God wants to pour his blessings on YOU! Yes you! And you can't just keep it to your self, share the blessings with others, and you'll just overflow with it! That's exactly why I created this blog because I can share the blessing that has been poured onto me. It's a wonderful feeling. (Listen to I will go by Starfield, I'll post it on my other blog soon!)
Okay, well its time for me to say until next time!
Peace, (Y) <>
starry_amazement

Chillin'

Hey everyone! Hope all is well with you! I'm really sleepy right now and decided I'd post something. I really don't know what, but hey, it keeps me entertained... I finished cleaning up my desk. It actually has alot of stuff on it! Wow, I put it all in boxes. Yawn, so much for the entertaining, I really need Starbucks! Doesn't that sound yummy?!? Ha ha!
Anyways, I kind of did Spring cleaning with my clothes. I went through my closet getting rid of the things that I didn't wear and didn't fit. I'm busy replacing my old size 6 - 6 1/2 shoes with 7s. My feet feel big! Well for me anywhoo.. =) It felt really good to get rid of all this stuff that I didn't need. My room got so clean... Well, yesterday and the days before that. (clearing off my desk sure made a BIG mess! but painting the desk and working with it is going to be fun, hopefully) I love the feeling of renewal, it's refreshing! I feel free of the junk that took up space in my room and now I feel spacious! Mmmm!
Oooh, also about the shoes, it was fun trying them on, hey I'm a girl, shoes are fun! Even though I know that some of the most outrageous shoes I will NOT wear, it's fun to play around in. I loved it when I was little I would always play dress-up, house, kitchen, or dolls. It was the days of princesses! I love freedom! =)
Oh, some of you might be wondering where I get my pictures for all these posts on this blog and my other blog. I get it at glittergraphics.com and some of the pictures I took. (like my profile picture...) Glitter Graphics have some great pictures, but not all of the pics are appropriate or clean. I don't authorize them... lol So just a little warning before you go jumping all over the site. =)
Well, this post is going to be really random... Sorry for jumping all over the place! But most of the time I talk about my spiritual life, I thought I'd talk about just my general part of life. But you see, my general part of life is my spiritual life. God is my foundation for my life. That's how it's the general part of my life. Well, moving on!
Peace out!
starry_amazement

Everyday

Everyday is a new glorious day! For me it's like renewal- renewed joy, love, strength, hope, grace, happiness, amazement, and oh, so much more! Every morning, outside, birds chirping and flitting about aimlessly in a fast soar, the breath of fresh air, the taste of new beginings for the day; I find it beautiful. Some of the most beautiful things in life are small and simple, but they have an extravagant significance. Like knowing that it only took one drop of Jesus's blood to clear my sins away. One drop, small, simple, but extravagantly significant. I hope that whoever reads this takes this to heart like I like to do.

Blessings!
starry_amazement

Princess!!!

Hello all! It's starry_amazement! As you know me anyways! I was at a party last Friday. (I wanted to post this earlier,but, anyways!)
The theme...
Princess!
This was an amazing party, because the birthday girl has such a heart after God! She's so beautiful, shining, ha ha, going on again... There were many ladies, girls, chicas, women there. We all felt loved because the air was just friendly, and loving. People were wearing whatever made them feel like a princess. Crowns, dresses, jeans, leggings, tennis shoes, converse; you name it, there! poof!
It was wonderful because everyone was so happy. Even if you just met a person that night, it felt like you had known them forever!!! It was just a close feel of friendship and sisterly love. So many people, but like one heart!
Everyone felt so special, and beautiful, as girls. Alot of people want love, and girls oh, they try to find it in so many ways. I find my love in the amazing father! That night, there was love! love! =]


starry_amazement

Facing Hatred

Here I am again! Ok, little update on my blog. This "Life.Jesus.amazed =)," well, it's not just about my life, it's also about what's going on in my relationship with the beautiful one. I'll also make other post in other sections, and make other sections... I'm rambling on... Well, ahem, moving on!
So lately my life has been going alright, until I got a hater yesterday. She was one of my good friends, and now she hates me. I felt so down and depressed about it. I didn't know what to say, there were so many times during my day, I wanted to talk to her like normal: bouncy, excited, and so on. She would always snap. I just didn't know what to do.
At church that night, during worship, it was like God was telling me, "I love you, it doesn't matter what they think of you. I'm all that matters!" I was like whoa! I was astonished! Then our worship pastor started talking about how you have to give God all your heart, mind, soul. She made a really good example of it. Her example was like this:
If you're in a relationship with someone, you're not going to go off talking to other people outside of that relationship. You're not going to be talking to them about the same stuff, or loving them the same way. It's just you and the person in the relationship. That's how it should be with God. You have to give him your whole self. You can't just say, "Oh God, you can have this part of my heart, but I'm going to dedicate this part to so and so."
I hope that made sense. I just started giving it to him. Telling him about how he mattered more than any words or thoughts people had made about me.
After that night I had read Psalm 23. This is because two days ago, I was on a hike. I was in between these hedge-like plants, there was a path in between it. The verse that I kept thinking that this path looked like was sort of like the valley of the shadow of death. The verse was, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me."
I kept asking God, "What is this valley? Am I in it?" I could not understand this verse. So I searched and searched my heart. It didn't make sense until I realized it yesterday, after all the upsetting times I had. I thought, "Oooh, this is what it is, this is the evil, I have nothing to be afraid of, Jesus is here." I was so joyful! I just thought, how I was going to love my enemies, and turn the other cheek, and all this stuff.
Even though my friend may hate me, I have Jesus. And Jesus has faced persecutions worse. He will be my strength through it all.

Peace! =)

God.love.conversation hearts

Jesus is just amazing! My display name is starry_amazement because God is just so good! I get starry eyed, or in daydream mode whenever I just look out the window and think of Jesus! He's so beautiful! I am just shocked in amazement! =)
Yesterday was just filled with hectic and chaos, I was sort of confused about what was going on. I really needed to know something, so I said to God: Just show me something. I'll rely on you and put my trust in you
It wasn't coincidence that I was eating conversation hearts. I happened to get a little candy heart out, and it said, "I love you." I heard the song "How he loves us." AMAZEMENT!!! =) Ok... now I felt like crying! Jesus can speak to people in soooo many ways!
My goal right now is to love people with a God love. Some people don't experience the joy that I have right now and always! So all you Jesus lovers out there, let me hear you say an "AMEN!" I think that if our world really cared for all the hurting people out there and tried, just tried to love everyone with a God love, there would be no more hurt.
Some people who don't believe in God, they don't want to. They believe that Christians are hypocrites! Well, of course that can be true. You really have to act on what you say! You can't be at church going,"I love Jesus," and somewhere else be saying, "You're dumb, you're retarded...." How is that showing love? How? I know that I probably acted that way. I didn't say the words, but I acted it. Actions and words need to go together!
So this blog is basically my world journal. I have real journals, but that's more like my thing. This is my way of going out to the world, and just telling them. It's like I'm having a conversation with the world! I just love this, getting it out to whoever reads this! Thinking that I can make a difference, well, we all can. It just starts with you. Impacting our world

Jesus love,

starry_amazement