The Christian life has not been tried and left wanting but has been found difficult and left untried."

- GK Chesterton

Have you tried it yet?

No?
  Well I encourage you to do so. I especially encourage those of you who feel the yearning to be a part of something bigger than yourself, or those of you who desire more than anything to be loved unconditionally, or those of you who have nowhere else to turn and no one left to turn to. I encourage to give the Christian life a try. I did and it was the best decision of my life. 
  I made the decision to follow Christ almost two years ago at the age of 15. That may seem like a young age to feel like my life had fallen apart, but the truth is my life had not yet fallen completely apart. I had tried a life away from God and I knew in my heart that if I continued on the path I was on, my life today would have been completely different. 

"MAY YOUR CHOICES

 REFLECT YOUR HOPES,

     NOT YOUR FEARS."

 -Nelson Mandela

  I gave Christ a try, and just like a child having a taste of ice cream, I fell in love. Because I gave Christianity a try I became a part of something bigger than myself, I no longer have to desire for an unconditional love, and I always have somewhere and someone to turn to whenever the everyday stresses of life become to much to bear. 
  I can't write all this and not say that it won't be difficult, but in hindsight, anything that is challenging is worth something. So again I encourage you to give the Christian life a try. "[It] has not been tried and left wanting, but has been found difficult and left untried." 

Acts 17:27-28 (NIV) "[27] God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from anyone of us. [28] For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'"

It's been a while

   Sooo... it's been a while since I've taken the time to actually sit down and write. I haven't been busy. Truthfully I've been quite the opposite. But "it's a new year, new me." Cliches aside I would like to put my thoughts into writing once more. I don't want to say that utilizing this blog is my New Years Resolution because it's not a goal that I'm setting for myself to write everyday or anything, but I definitely feel that being an active writer again will help me become the person that I would like to be by the time I graduate, turn 18, and eventually head off to college.
   Fact of the matter, I was lost in my thoughts come the end of last year and I need this as an outlet to be the kind of person I wish to become. I used a quote in one of my earlier post about changing yourself; "If you don't like where you are, move. You're not a tree." That is what I'm taking my own advice and moving. I want to grow in my character and growing means that I can't stay the same or even do the same things. I will continue to use quotes that inspire me. However my faith will be even more influential to the things that I write about. Instead of hypothetical scenarios and what if statements, this will become a forum for me to share of my own experiences: after all my the mistakes and success of my everyday life are what I know best.

"I'm better than this, I like to tell myself. 

Time is the medicine that'll fix my sins so please forgive me for the things that I've said. 

I may regret it now but I wanted it back then."

    - Caroline Pennell

 
 Last year I would write about a quote that I just happened to stumble upon. This year rather, I will use quotes things that I have heard in my previous years that are finally applicable to what is going on in my life. I hope to continue to inspire you with my story.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.