This past weekend there was a festival at the parish I belong to and I was hanging around with a few of my close friends. Two of my friends and I decided to go into the church to take a picture of the altar and say a prayer.

There were three of us in the church, it was completely silent. I stopped in the middle of the church, I felt an ultimate peace. It was a familiar feeling and right away I knew where I was the last time I felt so moved - at Stuebenville. 

I stood still, as if any movement would break the barrier of peace. After a few minutes I had this sudden urge that I need to kneel down and pray, so that's what I did.

I ask God what was He trying to tell me. I knew it had to be something really important. I was crying, I felt the Holy Spirit in my heart.

I kept on asking Him what He was trying to tell me, and all at once I felt the words in my heart - not enough people are praying, not enough people believe. Not enough people believe in our Savior Jesus Christ! He came down to earth to save us from the fires of Hell! He gave us everything, He gave us His life!

Not enough people know! He told me to show others prayer. To show others what it is like to always know that you are loved by God! We need to always spread the wonderful word of our Lord, some don't know. Some don't know how amazing He is, and all the miracles He performs every day!

The Holy Spirit came to me and told me that not enogh people are praying. He told me that not enough people know. Not enough people see the love of Christ. We need to show people the love of God everywhere we go! Whether we invite a friend to youth group, or a Bible study, we need to show others the amazing word of Jesus 

I know that if we come together and show others the love God has for us, and the love we have for Him, we can change many things. Through Him, we can do anything.

God bless!

Last night when I went to bed I followed my usual routine of saying prayers and talking to God. I started to think about how much He loves everyone, even those who hurt Him.

Then I thought about all those who have hurt me. I asked myself - "Do I love those who hurt me, as much as God loves each and every one of us?" 

I find it very hard to love those who constantly hurt me and sometimes it's hard to forgive them too. But it is always good to remember that God forgives everybody. If we want to live with Him one day we need to learn how to live like Him, in a way. 

I thought, if God loves all of us, I should be able to love those who hurt me. Then I asked Him, "Father, how do I love those who hurt me over and over?" Immediately my heart jumped, and I was filled with a certain feeling that I can't even explain. It came for a second, and left as quickly as it had started. And there was a little voice inside my heart pounding the words, "Pray for those who hurt you, and then you will learn to love everyone." 

Prayer is so powerful! I have never experienced an answer from God in this way. There are several different ways God answers our prayers, and it is absolutely amazing that He answers them every single time. We might not know that answer for ages (as it sometimes seems) but He always answers them.

God bless!  †

This summer has been super busy for a lot of us, especially those in high school who are taking A.P. classes that give loads of summer homework. ;) Nope... I'm not behind at all... 

With upcoming school activities, homework, and other daily interuptions - we don't really stop to thank God for everything. We just want to ask of Him more and more. But He has given us so much already! He gave us His life. Which is the biggest sacrifice! We always ask Him for things, but how many times a day do we thank Him for what He has given us?

If we thank God for what He has given us three times a day instead of asking Him for things, we will be much more grateful for what we have. The people in Africa don't have as much as we have, and we take it for granted! We can't do that.

God gave us this life for a very special reason. We may not find out that reason till the very day we die, but till then I know that He will love it if we take every day and pray, read the Bible, and spread the amazing word of Jesus Christ!

I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, I went on vacation then I started to have lots of computer problems so this is going to be a short post before my computer crashes again. Also, my posts have been kind of repetitive, I realized, I guess might take a little break so I can find more topics to write about.