Challenge: Apathy

One question I'm aching to ask is: what makes our generation so apathetic? 

For those of you who don't know the word, it is defined by Wikipedia as: the absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical and/or physical life. 

People are often apathetic about their eternity and are only focused on fulfilling their present happiness. "Because that's all that matters"

Being apathetic about the things that matter most in life is directly detrimental to you, your future, and your eternity.

God wants our focus to be on our eternity, not on temporary pleasures.

 When we set our hearts on the present, in the right way, we realize Jesus is enough, God is enough for us, and having an active relationship with Him is all we truly need in this life.

Apathy is hard to control, and someone once asked me if it is controllable--or "can we control how much we care?"
So my question to you, is can we?

God is not a God of apathy, rather He is a God of action, and He's actively pursuing us.

Hebrews 11:6

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."

you want to take the focus off of yourself, and whatever reasons you have for being apathetic, whether they're conscious or not

and put that focus on God

because He is a God that demands action from you

to have a growing relationship with himself. 

If you believe in Him and take the action to accept Him into your life in order to  have a living, breathing relationship with Him, not only will you no longer be apathetic, but you will also experience His blessings.

I  really want to thank my best friend Megan Huppe for helping me with this weeks, it was a lot to work on together. Through it we managed, and came up with what we thought was best for you all to read. My dad gave me a good challenge this week, I really hope my work payed off. Thanks again Megan, and to all who read- it really does mean the world to me. :)
God Bless,
    - Victoria!

Sharing My Heart:

God uses the best of us to go through tough situations where we can speak out our testimony, whether it be addiction, a life or death situation or a story that changes us all. 
Our faith can be shaken more than the thunder shakes our skies. 
When we decide to let God be our leader and not ourselves our story will be much more of a happy ending. 
With me, the hardest part in my life right now is knowing that physical aspects are much less important than emotional and mental connections. 
But the hardest thing in trusting in God, is firstly knowing hes there. 
He has a plan for your life, whether slipping up and realizing whats more important in life is the lesson, or just letting experiences teach you whats right- He knows your heart. 
In my favourite book of the Bible, Psalms 17:5 says "My steps have held fast to your paths, my feet have not slipped" 
Gods plan for you never goes astray, in bad situations  he is there- through terrible days- he is there. 
There are days I doubt he even knows I exist, especially when I mess up and feel like he won't forgive me. Like I've done something so bad that God has had enough of forgiving me, so he stops. Thing is, he's forgiven you already; he's cast our sins into the depths of the sea. It is God saying: "I have sunk your sins to the bottom of the ocean and there is no way you're getting there." Just picture how far down the Titanic is, God has pushed our sins below that ship and set us free. Our love for him and our hearts desire is so much more than holding onto what God has already cast away!
So quit saying you're not worthy, that you aren't forgiven. Because there is no sin in this world that God cannot forgive, there is no man that has gone too far to be saved. 
As far the East is from the West, you are forgiven. AMEN! 

Luke 7:36-49 is an amazing story, and I recommended you read it. 

Video that inspired today's entry: http://youtu.be/IT8uhx-A5ag 

Frustration in yourself, & what to do.

Recently I have noticed a vibe in myself that isn't exactly positive. I've stooped to a lower level of attention for God & i haven't been giving him fully what he deserves of me. Which is everything, he deserves me every moment and needs my love to be shown to others.

Weakening in your Christian walk is easy, but what's hard is stepping back up and knowing what's best for you. Which all along this ride I have tried to hard to push back into Gods loving and open arms, but have noticed I prefer the worldly aspect of things, which tears me apart. 

Needing Gods strength is like asking for the impossible to happen, at least it feels that way. You pray for strength, you pray for the pain and heartache to go away & yet you still find yourself in sin! 

You want Gods love to shine through you, and to just be happy~with him in the picture, but it's so hard when you have people around you who are so easily happy and they don't have Jesus to thank. 

I mean they do, they just don't realize it. 

I hate feeling so caught and so trapped like this, and not knowing which direction to face and stick on is nauseating, and exhausting. My heart is in two different spots and all I want is the best for me. 

So I pray and ask all of you for God to do a work in me, that helps me see there is so much more in this life than letting the world over take you; I need stability and I need Gods reassurance that everything will work out, and his plan is better than mine- because IT IS. 

Trying to control your own fate is so not worth it in the end & I know I'll quickly learn that. I just pray for help in my life, for me to see and live out what I need to for God to be strongest in my life. Because the last thing I want to be doing, is trying to teach all of you what's best when I'm not living it out myself.

it pains me to admit these things, but what Christian doesn't have a dry season? 

#pleasepray

Sincerely, 

      Victoria.