Interpretation

I really hate it when people interpret events in the wrong way. 

It puts everyone in a bad mood, and usually makes someone feel horrible...

Like when you forget to tell someone about something, and they see it as intentional forgetfulness, when really you just forgot.

Or, the other way around, when you do intentionally forget, and they forgive you because they thought it was an accident, and then you feel horrible!

Either way, today I learned that I just have to deal with it.

One of my friends told me that no one can interpret something the same way as someone else. So when they are seeing something, your seeing something else. 

It makes me a little better that this kind of stuff happens to everyone.

But it still doesn't make me feel any better about the situation.

All I can do now is pray that God will resolve everything.

...Ugh, I hate it when people interpret events in the wrong way...

1 Peter 2:9

This verse has popped up about five times in the last month.

1 Peter 2:9

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."

First I picked to read that verse for worship one night, then three times one of the youth leaders talked about it, and then last night, Kempton talked about it. 

So I finally decided to look more into it, maybe figure out if God is telling me anything.

My dad got the new ESV Study Bible, so I looked in there and found this.

"God's grace rather than human choice is the ultimate explanation for why some people come to faith and others do not. God has elected ('chosen') some to be his people, therefore no one can boast of being included. Peter views the church as being a new Israel, for he picks up what is said of Israel in Ex. 19:5-6 and applies it to the church. The church is a royal priesthood and God's holy nation. As God's chosen ones, Christians are to proclaim the excellencies of the one who summoned then from darkness and ushered then into his marvelous light."

This really helped me understand why this verse might be helpful to me. Lately, one of my friends at school has been asking about Heaven, and what I would do, being a christian, in her situations. I realize from this that I have to be really careful with what I tell her, because I really don't want to boast about being a christian.

Also it touches a little on my last post! It says that some are chosen and some are not. So I'm guessing that the people who are not chosen, just can't understand why they would even need God. Even though it helps a little, its still weird to think about.

One last thing. If anyone was at church wednesday night, you probably heard me talking about my neck problem. Well, I went to the doctor today and found out that I have shingles...

I don't know much about it, but I know that it is a virus directly caused from chicken pox. I had chicken pox when was 2 or 4, but apparently lives in you forever, and shingles could pop up at any moment. And of course, it pops up just when I have a concert at my school tonight.

The rash/scab thing won't go away for a couple weeks, and the discomfort won't go away for maybe a couple months. So please pray for me!

New Presidents and Non-believers

Barack Obama...

Hopefully all of you know that Obama was elected on the night of November 4th, to be our next president... 

Some may call it a victory but I call it a loss.

I turned on the TV and saw the words,

"BARACK OBAMA ELECTED 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!"

but instead of what I would've expected to think, the first thing that came out of my mouth was,

"Its all in your hands God."

Thats what started me thinking about how non-believers live. Being a christian, I am able to say that God has a magnificent plan when things go wrong. 

What can Non-Christians say?

How do they get through all the hard times that the world pulls them into without God?

I really don't understand!

I can't even imagine my life without God, and they can't imagine their life with God.

I really hope that we, as christians, can pray for those non-believers, because they NEED God! 

I really encourage everyone to pray for the country in the upcoming years, also.

Pray that God will give Obama wisdom in his presidency,

and pray for all those who were for McCain. A lot of Republicans have been talking about moving to Canada or Australia. Obviously thats over exaggerated, but it means that people have already started giving up, and its not even January yet! So pray that God would give those people hope!

Romans 8:28

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."