I trust in God. There's a time for everything.

Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth 
Ecclesiastes 12:1

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

Blessings by Laura Story


Oh man! Today was just an AMAZING day. I couldn't get over how wonderful it was. I kept telling myself that nothing NOTHING would be able to ruin it. I was just so incredibly happy. I could not get over how happy I was. 


This morning I woke up super early, too early in fact. I woke up at 5:30 to make bread so that I could ask my best friend to prom. (He said yes btw. It just added to my already fantastic morning.) So yeah, I was in the kitchen making dough praying that God would help me because it just was not working with me. He answered my prayer because it turned out pretty good. I had so much dough left over after I made Rosco's stuff, so I decided to make bread for my friends who I couldn't find. I made dinosaurs. I'll make more for them later. So I was like praise Jesus thank you for allowing the bread to turn out well and for allowing me to finish this on time. 


Then in fourth I didn't have anywhere to put my stuff so I decided just to stay and do peer support. I didn't really want to go to the class that was assigned to me but I went anyway. I just trusted that God had a purpose for me to be there. Oh dear His purpose was so great! I took out my Bible and started to read the book of Ecclesiastes. The boy next to me asked me if I was reading a dictionary. I said no actually this is my Bible. I couldn't help but find that funny. So I was just like sitting there wondering what I should do. I started asking about what they did in this class and slowly worked my way to talk about the importance of Easter. I talked about how we should focus not on the death of Jesus but that we should focus on the fact that He is alive. I said we should be happy that while we were still sinners He loved us enough to die for us. I was slightly worried that what I was saying was going over his head. He looked sorta uninterested in what I had to say. So I sat back and prayed that something I said would have stuck in his heart. Then I went back to reading my Bible and he asked me if he could see it. I was like sure!  I said he should read the book of Matthew. After class he asked if he could borrow my Bible and I was like umm how about I bring you one after spring break?  

Anyway rewind to fourth period again. The teacher was like so Rhia are you religious? I responded with hesitance. I said I wouldn't say religious, I have a relationship with God. He said me too, but my relationship with God is through music. It was pretty cool. He proceeded to showing me videos of this worship group. They sing really old songs, but beautiful songs. :) So I left and went back to Mr.Diego and said Sir, the class you put me in is such a blessing. My heart is so open and filled with so much love for the students in that class. 


I hope God will continue to guide me in that class. 


All day today I just kept thinking about how good it was going. I was even thinking about how nice last night was. My cousins finally came back home. Holidays were so stale without them. There was a lack of excitement that comes from many children under one roof. So I had a lot of fun getting to hang out with them. 


Fast forward to today. Fifth and sixth went by so quickly. I also made time to read my Bible. I was trying to look on the bright side of things. Even if I had to man a recycling station it was still okay. It was hot but I had my hat and sun block to protect me. Oh and it was windy! So it wasn't horrible. Then it rained, but it was still okay. Rain is a blessing. 


Something else came up that bothered me, but I wasn't going to let that get me down either. I wasn't willing to let ANYTHING and I mean anything get me down. I just kept repeating what my pastor said, a disciple of Jesus will not dwell on her past, her failures, or entertain negativity. 


So yeah, my day was going terrific. Then I came back to where I put my bags down and the bag that held my Bible disappeared. I was freaking out. It was so.......AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! What the?! I might have overreacted., I mean....c'mon! Seriously? Steal anything that belongs to me, but DO NOT take my Bible. I always said the only thing valuable in my bags is my Bible and if anyone steals that then they really need the Bible. I had to sit and calm myself down. Then this thought occurred to me, everything that was lost can be replaced. Everything should count as nothing when it comes to knowing Christ. So yes I may have lost my decked out Bible, but it's okay. I know God is going to provide me with another one. I know that everything that happens in life is for a purpose. Even though all these worries were screaming in my ears they didn't really matter after awhile because I know that I know that I know that God will provide, he is Jehovah Jireh, our Provider and I will trust in him. 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

New Living Translation (NLT)

A Time for Everything

3 For everything there is a season,
    a time for every activity under heaven.
² A time to be born and a time to die.
    A time to plant and a time to harvest.
³ A time to kill and a time to heal.
    A time to tear down and a time to build up.
⁴ A time to cry and a time to laugh.
    A time to grieve and a time to dance.
⁵ A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
    A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
⁶ A time to search and a time to quit searching.
    A time to keep and a time to throw away.
⁷ A time to tear and a time to mend.
    A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
⁸ A time to love and a time to hate.
    A time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8