GOD MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

Hi Everybody! 

I'm Kendall! 

Abbie and I came up with the idea for this blog and created it almost a year ago but this is the first time I have ever written on in. Haha actually it is the first time I have ever written on a blog ever, so please forgive me if I completely mess this up.

First of all I would like to thank our 3 faithful followers who have been with us from the start! I hope that the number of followers will soon multiple as Abbie and I start posting more frequently.

My hope when Abbie and I started this blog a year ago was that we would be able to spread the wonderful news about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that we would inspire people to spread the Word and help others through brotherly love. A lot has changed in my life in the past year. I have suffered through a lot of hard times and I have also experiance the greatest joy I have ever known. And despite everything that has happened to me this past year I am hear today with an even stronger desire and passion to fufill God's plan for my life, and to spread His word, and to completetly and whole-heartedly live for HIM!

It is so strange how God works sometimes. 

As William Cowper said in his famous hymn,

"God moves in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform"

I believe that God really does work in Mysterious ways.

A year ago Abbie and I felt that God was calling us to do something BIG for HIS glory, so we created this blog, but then we kind of forgot about it. More  "important" stuff filled our time and we never really thought about it...that is until tonight. Sure I thought about the blog every few months but I never really did anything about it. Then tonight I was on my computer and I saw the link for it up on my bookmark bar. I clicked on it and reread our old posts and decided as soon as I finished my homework I would call Abbie and get the password so I could write my first post. Well after I finished my homework the first thing I did was log into facebook and I noticed Abbie had "shared" a link. I clicked on it and it was a new Post on "God Moves"!!!!!

I know this story is really long so if you have gotten this far bless you! I also know that it may not seem as important or interesting to you but I definitely see that as a sign! God is moving in all of our lives and hearts as we speak! Be prepared to listen and be prepared to follow! 

~GOD MOVES~

Your sister in Christ,

Kenni :)

Our God is UNFATHOMABLE.

As I sit here, staring at my computer screen, I am flooded with adjectives describing my Creator. Funny how He is so INdescribable that it makes Him so DEscribable, by our definition at least. He is all powerful, all mighty, a listener, a healer, a teacher, a refuge, a fortress, caring, loving, creative, all-knowing, on our side, our cheerleader, our encourager, our coach, understanding, replenishing, but MOST IMPORTANTLY, He is our SAVIOR. I have come to a place in my life where I am beginning to realize that  I cannot do this alone, I will sink and drown every time. I am not enough, HE is. I am not powerful enough, HE is. I am not strong enough, HE is. I cannot sustain my own self. HE can. I am being taught how to rely completely on Him in order to gain a greater perspective. He is the only one that CAN. I am an absolute wreck when I try to fight my own battles. He is revealing to me how I must keep my eyes steadfast on Him, because He is the one that will lead to me victory. So here I am, a 15 year old girl, learning to root myself in His love, and trust my Savior.

"Cast all your anxieties on the Lord, for He cares for you." -1 Peter 5:7-
" Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with  persecutions, with difficulties,for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong." -2 Corinthians 12:10-


Blessings,
Abbie

Tis' the Season for CHANGE

Christmas is in a few days. I absolutely love Christmas: a time for laughing, family, good food, rest, and just happiness. I have a hard time coming to the realization, though, that in America, it becomes more of Stuffmas, Materialmas, Giftmas, things of that sort. It makes me so angry sometimes how we as lambs belonging to the shepherd forget the shepherd and just stray away to go our own way, I do this all the time. We forget the TRUE meaning of Christmas. I know we as Christians are constantly reminded of how Christmas isn't about the gifts, but about the giving and OUR SAVIOR'S BIRTH, but do we really listen? I feel like sometimes it goes in one ear and out the other. This season, I have had a passion to be a blessing to others. The Lord is turning my thoughts away form stuff, and toward Him. I am figuring out that true blessings COME FROM BLESSING OTHERS. We are all called to bless one another, to let the blessings God gives us flow through us to someone else. I'm not saying that receiving a gift on Christmas is a sin, all I am saying is that it is so much more of a blessing TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED THAN TO RECEIVE. My mom and I recently went shopping for two angel tree Christmas children. We picked two little girls and gave them a Christmas. It only took JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS to give two little girls a Christmas. I had such a feeling of joy when we were finished. Believe me when I say that I know funds are tight in some families, but taking away from yourself to give to others is a true gift, the best gift of all in my opinion. So this Christmas, think about how the SAVIOR OF MANKIND came into the world, and that is the reason for the season.
"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21)
Blessings,
Abbie

Getting Started

Hi, I'm Abbie Whitehurst. This blog is so me and my "co-writer" Kendall Luna can share our thoughts about America, how were blessed, how others aren't, and how we as teenagers can TAKE ACTION to essentially CHANGE THE WORLD with the strength of our Lord, Jesus Christ, wait rewind, CHANGE THE WORLD? yes, that's exactly what you just read. Just because we are high schoolers doesn't mean we can't do something. I find myself sitting here, thinking about my blessings: family, friends, school, athletic abilities, home, car, and so on and so forth. Lately, I have been utterly repulsed at the materialism I see in the world around me. Of course it's inevitable, and of course people choose to ignore it but WHY? I don't fully have an answer for that one. All I know, is that I have a Savior that has redeemed me FROM MYSELF."For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life"(John 3:16). Without Him, I am nothing. He is the reason for my life. I am here to serve Him. His name? Jesus Christ. He is longing for a deep relationship with you. Now that you've read this, you are probably thinking...psshh...this 14 year old girl...change the world? PA-LEASE. But really? If you could end world hunger, would you? If you could give clean drinking water to those in need, would you? If you could provide shelter to the homeless, would you? If you could end the orphan crisis, would you? Those four questions are God's questions. He's calling out to us saying: "My good and faithful servant, I need you to help". We are put on this earth to serve HIM, to praise HIM, to glorify HIM through our actions. We are His servants. We are His pride. So today, I encourage you to take a step back and ponder your blessings. Think about all you're blessed with, and how you can be a blessing to others by just taking the first step and saying: " Jesus, SEND ME, I am willing to go where you call me, LEAD ME"."Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."(Matthew 25:40)
Blessings,
Abbie