How He Loves Us

Verse: Proverbs 3:5-6

Hey, everyone!  I hope that you have been having an amazing week!  I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a while!  I had a piano competition on March 5th!  Luckily, it's over now, so I'll be able to update more often!  Thanks for all of the prayers!  I did really well!!  You guys are awesome!

This message kind of relates with the message I had on the song Blessings.  But I believe that it is a very important one, and it has helped me a lot.  The verse I picked is Proverbs 3:5-6.  It is below:

  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

I repeated this to myself about a million times in the weeks before my piano competition.  Everything seemed horrible.  I had gotten my pieces late.  I was 2 months behind what I was usually at.  I got really sick a week before the competition.  My pieces weren't even memorized the week before the competition.  But I tried to trust God.  He controls the universe, he holds the whole world in his hands.  Whatever happens, he is in control.  

This terrible incident actually helped me strengthen my relationship with God.  I ended up doing well on my competition too, and finishing on time!  

I have a few more stories that really helped me connect with God.  When I was first starting junior high, a long time ago, I was new to the church.  I didn't really know anyone that well, and I didn't really feel included in the group.  I had never been to an all-nighter before.  So when the first junior high all-nighter came around, I wasn't really sure if I wanted to go.  I thought I would be left out the whole time, and I was really nervous about going to a sleepover, as I had never been to one.  I was home schooled in elementary school, and during that time, because my Harvard mom said school was too easy, so I was really nervous.  However, when I found out that my friend Sophia was going, I decided to try it out, and go.  

Then, something terrible happened.  Sophia played in an all boys team for soccer at that time, since she was really, really, good, and she had practice that night.  She couldn't go anymore.  I was like, "Oh no!  It's going to be terrible!"  I cried out to God, 'WHY?  Of all the nights!"  I didn't want to go anymore.  My mom ended up convincing me to go, and I actually had a lot of fun!  When Sophia was there, I only really talked to her.  Since she wasn't there, I got a chance to bond with the other girls.  What I thought was going to be so terrible, what I thought was so tragic, actually turned out to help me!

The same thing happened on a houseboats trip.  Houseboats is where you go for a week on a trip with your youth group.  You drive to the Delta and live on a houseboat for a week, sailing around the river.  It's super fun; you jump off the houseboat, go banana boating, water skiing, and swimming with friends!  Every day, you spend an hour with God in the morning, and 2-3 hours of a sermon and worship when the sun sets.

Of course, I knew everyone better then, as it was 2 years later.  Still, I was kind of nervous about going, since Sophia was going that time either, and I hadn't been in a while(jumping off the 10 foot tall roof was really scary).  There are only 4 spots on the banana boat, and only 4 other girls were going besides my mean sister.  I was afraid that they would all go together, and I would be stuck with my sister and the crazy 6th grade boys.  But God was kind.  We all took turns going with each other, and it was really fun!  I was included, and I got to know the other girls really well!  

All of these events greatly strengthened my faith in Jesus.  Everything seemed to be going really badly.  Nothing seemed to be going my way.  The whole world seemed to be against me, especially with the piano competition.  God didn't seem to care.

I tried to trust him.  I tried to trust that he loves me, and only wants the best for me.  He is kind and He is good.  When things aren't going your way, you just need to trust him.  As the verse says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."  When you were little, you probably didn't like sleeping.  But now that you've grown up, you've probably realized how good sleeping is for you, and wished that you had slept before when your parents had told you to.  Sometimes, what you think you want, what you think is good for you, isn't always good for you.  God knows best, and he will do whatever he sees fit.  Lean not on your own understanding.  Trust Him, and he will make your paths straight.  Just trust him.

I hope this message was as helpful to you as it was to me!  Have a great rest of the day!  God bless you all!  I hope that you all find the peace and happiness that only God can give you!

~anakinpadmeforlife :)

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