Patiance

So I have a story to tell you all today. Yes, it is very true.

On my way home from school today, my Mom and I were not even five minutes out of the school parking lot and our car just shuts down. We have to pull over in a turn lane to make us even remotely safe. Neither of  us panicked, I was just very POed if you catch my drift. I remember my thoughts were this: "I can't believe this HAD to happen today of all days. I have too much homework. I don't have time for this inconvenience." I was very inpatient with my mom and was wondering why the tow truck wouldn't get to us any faster. I didn't have ANY patience whatsoever!

Well, that was my lesson for learning patience today. There were, in fact, many blessings in the incident. We didn't have any extra people in the car, we didn't get hurt and to my greatest relief, the tow driver wasn't a sketchy man. Phewwww! So I thank God for teaching me the lesson of patience today and I hope this inspires you to also work on your patience skills :)

Thank you for 85 views! I know the Lord is really working through this blog!
Melody :)

In the Moment

So this week at my school we have just begun the week of Homecoming. It's a blast! We get to dress up silly everyday, have a pep rally and football game and of course a dance! I have always looked forward to it but after this whole week ends, I get really sad. It's all that excitement and anticipation that all of a sudden goes down the drain. I needed to take one day at a time. Even long before Homecoming week started I was looking forward to this week. I dreaded everyday before this week just wanting to get it over with. So, I missed out on all the blessings that were there in those days I dreaded. So live in the moment! Don't keep looking ahead and miss out on what the Lord is blessing you with TODAY. I know it's something that I need to work on BIG time. I need to be thankful for what I have been given today and not take it for granted.

Thankful for you all!
Melody :)  

Letting it All Out

So I had a really high expectation for today. I thought it was gonna be an awesome day filled with my favorite things: music, acting and shopping to find the perfect Homecoming dress. Well, that didn't exactly happen. Choir went fine but after that my day went down hill. I got down really fast and just didn't want to deal with school, or really people in general. As soon as one thing went wrong, I let it ruin my whole day. But what I didn't take the time to realize, was that it's not that my day went wrong, it was that God had a different plan in mind. I still had choir, I still went shopping but I just didn't find a perfect dress, and I still hung out with some of my best friends. But because I had my own expectations of the day, I didn't let God do the job of planning it out for me, so I got disappointed. 
Let God do the daily planning of your life. You might need to be a little flexible. But didn't Jesus take some time for you?

Have a great weekend!
Melody :)

A Journal

So today I decided to write what has been going on in my life, how it's affecting me and what I'm doing about it.
I don't typically want to get personal online, but this idea popped into my head and it just might be what God wants me to write today.

Lately I have been really stressed out about school. It seems like I have homework in at least three of my classes every night and I'm not really used to that much extra work on top of fitting in family, friends and down time. In fact last week I had a little anxiety attack at school (if I mentioned that in an earlier post, sorry). I was so stressed out and I felt like I was failing at everything. On top of that, that boy I mentioned in my crush post.Yeah well, I still like him and I have been letting him make or break my day depending on if he talks to me or not. That's really bad and I can't let that happen. Relying on something like that will just leave me in a dark pit. I need to let Jesus fill those voids. I need to go to him when I feel like I just can't do it or when I need someones love and affection. Because I know that God always loves me and thinks I am an amazing person. I don't need that from anyone else. Remembering that is the only thing that will help me. The past couple of days in my theology class at school, the Lord has been speaking to me so much. We have been reading from Philippians and it has been talking about comfort and letting Christ work through us. Also, in Chapel on Tuesday, the pastor talked about that when we are going through hard times, that's when He strengthens our faith the most. He also is testing on if we will turn to Him or if we will try and fix our problems on our own. He has been talking me through what has been going on in my life good and bad, and I have felt His presence even more then ever! I know the Holy Spirit is working in my heart big time, and I can't wait to see where it takes me!

Blessing on your weekend! In HIS love,
Melody :)

Godly Friendship

Sorry I haven't posted in few days guys. My time has been taken over by school, friends and some down time. But I'm back and I have wanted to write about a real, Godly friendship for a while. 

The Lord has blessed me with some amazing friends and lots of them. I have best friends that are from school, a different school and who are home schooled. They are all different and that's what a like about them. Some on them and really funny but yet understanding, some are just plain funny and brighten up your day kinda people and some of them are the wise, thinkers. Sometimes it can be hard to learn how to accommodate a friend with a different personality. But that's why God gave them to us! There are certain times when I need a specific friend with different traits depending on what I'm going through. We need to respect those differences and be thankful for them. I mean, come on. Do you really want to hangout with yourself all the time? But to maintain a friendship, it takes the right kind a attitude and want. You need to be selfless and be there for your friends. If there is a person you feel like you don't or can't do that with, maybe you shouldn't be as close of friends. You need to give Godly advice, pray for your friend and strengthen each other in your faith. Have those sometimes, awkward conversations about faith of marriage and stuff. Talk about the important things and see where each other stand. Be someone they can trust. This is huge. Trust is so easy to break and so hard to gain. Don't go talk about them behind their back or lie to them. Don;t be a gossiper, because in turn that just shows them that you will do the same to them. But most of all, just be there for them. Let them know you are there and that they can trust you. That's what will make you a true friend!

Have a blessed day friends!
Melody :)

Dealing with Stress

So I started my Junior year in high school about three weeks ago now, and even on the second day I was overwhelmed. I had all of the books that could fit in my backpack plus more, everyday. Well after two and half weeks of that, I had enough. Last Wednesday I had a melt down at school. I had a mini anxiety attack and I felt like I couldn't get it all done. I went to my friend ( She has a blog: Depressed But Blessed. Check it out!) and just spilled everything out to her. I felt alone. I felt like I had to do everything on my own. But I didn't. God was right there with me to help me get through it and to comfort me. I just forgot that. God never leaves our side like Satan might tell us. It's us that leaves His side. We stray away thinking we have life all under control, but soon find out we don't. We can't do life on our own because of our sinfulness. Luckily, God gives us the comfort we need in His word. Even when we do act like idiots and do life on our own. 

I would like to share a couple verses that I found about comfort in case any of you need it today or any other day. :)
Isaiah 40:1-2 "Comfort, comfort my people says the Lord, God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double her sins." 

Psalm 6:1-3 "Oh Lord rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, oh Lord, for I am languishing; oh Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is sorely troubled.
But You, oh Lord, how long?"

Peace and comfort in His grace,
Melody :)

God's Kind of Marriage

In His Word, God is very particular about how He wants marriage. First off, He speaks against homosexuality in 1 Timothy 1:8-10 and clearly doesn't like that idea. Secondly, He speaks to how husbands and wives should love each other. Wives need to be shown love a different way than husbands and husband need to be shown love a different way then wives and God shows us how we can do this. In Ephesians 5:22-24 it speaks to wives and how they should submit to their husbands because husbands should be the leader of the household. Just like God gave Eve to Adam in the garden at the beginning of creation to help him, so also wives submit and help their husbands. Just one verse later God tells husbands to love and honor their wives like Christ loved the church (us Christians). When you think about it, that's a lot of love. Christ died for His church, so does that mean a husband needs to be willing to die for his wife? YES! But something my Dad pointed out to me (he and my Mom do some marriage ministry at my church) a husband should also live for his wife. Put her first and treat her the way she deserves to be treated. Protect her not only with his life but with his words and teach her how to live as a daughter of the King. A husband and wife are a team. They need to give all of themselves to help and strengthen each other. Not for their own benefit. In marriage vows it says that the spouse will take care of that person in sickness and in health. To love them through good and bad times. There isn't anything in those vows for them self is there? So why do so many people get married for their own good? One of my theology teachers told me that you need to find someone  that you want to fulfill, that you want to help strengthen in their faith. To be there for them in everything. So look for that person and marry them for the right reasons and have a marriage according to what God says.
Have a blessed night everyone!
Melody :)