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Life...
I think most of us expect too little out of life... I believe most of us live in neat, tidy (or not so tidy...) little boxes, have a few small-ish goals, and try to live more-or-less the way society expects us to: First we go to school (for a loooooooo...ong time...), then we get a job (most of us do anyway), get married (though that's seems to be "out" at the moment), have kids (also not very fashionable in our present times), maybe we travel a little bit, at some later point we retire from our jobs, and eventually we die. Period. That's how most people I know live their lives. But if that's all life has to offer, I don't want it... There has to be more, some greater purpose, otherwise, what's the point of even living?
I know there are many, many Christians, whose lives are just as I described, who are bored out of their minds! That is not part of God's plan. What God's plan is for YOUR life, that's something you're gonna have to figure out for yourself. :-)

Roger the Cat

Heaven or Hell?
Lol, I'm a little bit tempted to say that the last couple of weeks have been hell-ish, what with homework and studying and Sunday School and teenager group and watching movies on YouTube- Oh, he he... :-3 It has been really busy and I won't even begin to describe how tired I am, but there have been a lot of good times, too, spending time with friends, and of course when I managed to get a YWAM staffer to come talk to our youth group and teenager group! Yes, I was quite proud of myself... ;-) (And relieved, too; Otherwise I would have had to have done the talking and come up with something intelligent to say, and I'm not sure that would have turned out very well...)
Anyway, actually I'd like to share a little about what Timo Vetter (that cool YWAMer that came to visit us and relieve my burden) talked to us about, which was hearing God's voice. He talked quite a lot (which was wonderful - I miss YWAM so much!!) but there were three things that really stuck with me:

1. First and foremost it's about getting to know God! Finding out what He wants you to do is second-rate. That comes later. It's simply about getting to know Him.

2. One thing that I really hoped he would talk about, because it's something I struggle with personally quite often, is about how to tell the difference between God's voice, satan's voice, and my own voice. Thankfully he did offer us some helpful pointers on that, at least about distinguishing between God and satan. When satan talks to you, he very often will try to make you feel bad. He'll whisper things into your head such as: "You're not good enough." "You're worthless." "You can't do anything." "You're unworthy." (Boy, that sure sounds familiar...) Now, when God speaks to us, He doesn't condemn us just to make us feel bad, but when He does condemn us, it'll usually be about something specific, and He'll offer us a solution, at the very least we can ask for His forgiveness. It might sound something like this: "Hey, remember yesterday you said ... to ... and you hurt their feelings... But here's what you can do: ..." Whenever God condemns us, He gives us an opportunity to change. We can always do something.

3. It takes TIME to recognize His voice. That doesn't mean it takes time to hear His voice, we can hear Him from the moment we become a Christian, sometimes even before. But it takes time to recognize His voice... So if you have trouble being able to tell when He's speaking to you, take heart, in time you will be able to. :-)

Ok, last but not least, because it's Easter time, and because I've become a YouTube fanatic, here's a little cartoon befitting the occasion... :-)

Easter Yeggs

Jesus, come back soon!
Oh, how easy it is to forget what life is really all about! I had a little wake-up call just now... We had house-group tonight, and, to my shame, I didn't really listen to most of what was being said, but I do remember my dad saying something like: "Yes, Jesus, come back soon!" And I was thinking: "Umm, no, actually, before You come back I would like to do this and this and this..." There's one thing in particular that I'd like very much, which has been occupying my thoughts a lot lately, and which has also been stressing me out at times, so I just prayed: "Daddy, my life is in Your hands. I lay this whole thing in Your hands. No matter what happens, I'm Yours. Because You're all that matters anyway. You're my center, my core. You're the substance which makes out my life. You are the reason I live. Whatever else may happen, I will always be Yours. Jesus, come back soon!"

P.S. One other thing I remember someone saying, was that we shouldn't be confined to dates. What I think that means is that we shouldn't just celebrate Christmas and Easter on their respective month and day (the latter of which is really screwy anyway: It's apparently always on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the commencement of Spring... :-/) Instead we ought to celebrate the life of our Lord Jesus every day of our life! ...which means I have an excuse now for posting an adorable little clip that I've been wanting to post for a long time... :-3 Enjoy!

Santa Claws

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