To my followers,
These past couple years, I have been put down. I have been hurt, backstabbed, and lied to. My problem was that I kept trying to hold on to these ‘friends’. I grasped on to them like they were all there was to live for. I was afraid that I would be alone without them, that I would have nothing to live for. What I didn’t take notice of was that Jesus was and is always there for me. It went too far though. Rumors about me, and no love was shown. My grandfather was dying and I was watching him die all alone. With no support from my “friends”. I got home from the hospital after being with him for 2 weeks in ICU. I got home with a feeling I swore I would never have…Depression. I was ashamed, and still am, to say that I was depressed. Having Christ as my savior, and a loving family…why had my saddness gone so far. These people in my life did absolutely nothing to keep me happy, did absolutely nothing to give me joy. A joy that I later learned to gain on my own through Jesus. I learned that with those people I was more alone than without them.
Now followers, I would like to share with you: Its been a full year now. A full year that I have learned to have the Joy of Christ within me. Some of the hurts from people are still here, but I’ve surrounded myself with friends who have built me up, and even gotten me closer to Christ. Sure, it didn’t happen overnight, and Yes…the beginning was tough, confusing, and lonely (it sometimes still is), but I got through it, with the help of Jesus. The other day, I had the most inspirational and beautiful message written to me by a friend who has really been supportive in my Christian walk. He doesn’t know about my depression and he doesn’t know everything that has happened to me. He doesn’t know the stupid things I’ve done and said. He doesn’t know my old attitude, my old behaviors, my old self. The girl he knows is the girl that I am today. The stronger and more joyful girl I have become. In his message he called me a rose among the thorns and weeds who have hurt me. He said how a gardener came and saved me and planted me in a garden. That the gardener is Christ and the thorns are the people who have torn me down…That I have a plan and purpose and will one day turn those thorns and weeds into flowers also, for God is pleased with me that I have not turned into a thorn…. It was this message that made me realize how much I have really changed, and it was this message which made me remember how strong I can really be.
I’d just like to say to you guys that whatever you may be going through…that you will get through it. Become a rose and stand out. Even if you feel lonesome, you will come out stronger, and more joyful filled with the love of Christ. Its all apart of his purpose. I know…You may be thinking “This sucks! How can this be apart of his plan?!” well, thats exactly what I used to think. God Bless Followers and Stay Strong (:
P.s. To the writer of the beautiful message, (You know who you are) I want to genuinely thank you for reminding me of the joy and strength God can give me. You may not know it but you really have been really encouraging for me. Not just in the things you say, but the way you’ve treated me since I started going to CYG…You’ve treated me with love like a friend should treat a friend. A feeling I never knew since this past year. If you have read this through, then I also would like to say please…don’t ever look at me differently than you do now. I want you to see me as the girl I am today…not as the one I used to be. -Gabriella A.
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Hardest task? To live life purely and with Christ as a Christian Teenager in the year 2012. There's crazy ungodly and unholy things happening all around us, and it's not going to get any better. We need to come together and take a stand against sin. Follow Christ Jesus, Live Purely, and Love others. My goals in life? Simple...I'm going to follow Christ and find the man He is preparing for me. I'm going to work on my relationship with my Lord during my teenage years, that way, I will be prepared to meet the Christ loving man that's walking this earth right now. Who knows? Maybe I'll meet him during this period of my life, and maybe not. As long as I stay bowed before God, my future husband will come find me. This is the hardest moments of our lives and is when we find ourselves. We need to fill ourselves with positive and godly things, for God drew the outline, and gave us the paintbrush...time to color ourselves in with pureness and love that comes from our heavenly daddy ♥ ~Gabriella ツ
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. LOVE NEVER FAILS♥♥♥
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