This is a post, i just found but never published. I think it fits right now as well as it was before i graduated! Have fun reading it :)
So it's here, another year full of fun, stress, love and party!
All I can say: Welcome 2011, maybe a little late, but hey... better late than never.
The second semester just started and with that, the stress to reach my goals and meet the expectations of everybody but me. See, I don't really care about what happens in school and I'd rather be out with my friends than sit at home and learn, but we can't do that! We have to be good enough for everybody else, and if you don't know what you want to do or start questioning what you're doing, you get smacked down and you try to forget about that thought. I mean at least everybody else is happy, right?!
That is not enough! Some people say that this is rebellious, but we have to live our lives while we are young! I mean, that is exactly what God wants from us, to be happy, and we aren't if we only hide in our rooms and behind the expectations of our society.
Think about what makes you happy, take a break from what you're doing.
For me it is hard to get off what I'm doing, but that's exactly why I LOVE going to church, it is a fixed time that is just for me and God. A time to talk to him and organise my thoughts. But it could also be a stroll in the park or going partying... but whatever makes you happy: do it!
This is not a post that is supposed to say: Hey she said go out and have fun!
It rather is a blog that wants you think about what makes you happy in life and doing that besides all the things you HAVE to do.
Psalm 30:11
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
So enjoy your life because you never know when it's going to end
With lots of love, since it's only a couple of days after valentines day :)
Dienstag, 12. November 2013
Dienstag, 19. Juli 2011
Holidays
We are close to getting out for the summer, and like always it's time to plan my vacation.Besides going to Holland, I decided to attend the World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain.
It's an event, organized by Christians all around the world, that is happening every four years all around the world. The last one, for example, was in Sidney, Australia. But what is so important and exciting about that???
Just imagine the following situation: You have thousands and thousands of young Christians praying, laughing and celebrating the life of Jesus. People, from all around the world are living together for a time and nobody really cares about how much money you have or where you are from.
I remember the World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, the first experiences with it. It shows how lively the church and especially the youth is!!!
So, I'm already way excited to first go to Barcelona and than to Madrid. And not only have fun with my friends, but getting to know and feel the holy spirit again :)
Who of you is gonna be there??? And what experiences did you have?
Sonntag, 24. April 2011
Easter
Today we celebrate the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead. You think it's impossible? Well, i know it sounds weird and crazy that there was this guy who was crucified and dead, but who still was seen walking and talking to people. For me it's just amazing, because it shows the eternity of our souls!
The last couple of days we were preparing for the resurection of Jesus Christ. In my church we had a couple of nice events, like plays that showed the pain, sorrow and desperation of Jesus. After all, it showed to us that he was human!
Easter for me is the biggest proof of trinity you can find. In just a few days, he went through the most terrifying things anyone could imagine! When i told the story of esus death, someone once asked me: Why did he do that? Why would someone die for people he doesn't know, why didn't he tell Pilate to let him go?
It was such a moving question to me because it reassured me in the believe that Jesus died for all of us including myself personally, and how often do you have someone dieing gor you?
Another question i was asked, and never understand myself when i was younger, was why Easter is more important than christmas. I mean, we get presents on christmas and not on easter. We celebrate with our entire family and during easter, some families don't even care if they are together or not. But growing more and more in faith, studying the word and becoming more and more secure about what I believe I came to slowly understand why.
The resurection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of our faith. Of course, if Jesus wouldn't have been born we couldn't celebrate his resurection, but seeing my savior on hanging at the cross just makes it personally. He die for ME!!!! he was born to die for us, it was his destiny to die for our sins. He died so we are forgiven!
So we need to celebrate this, because even if you aren't a believer, you have to admit that it's pretty damn cool that there was a guy that died but came to life again ;)
So, celebrate, be happy because we are forgiven! He died for us on the cross, so we can live!
Happy Easter everybody :)
The last couple of days we were preparing for the resurection of Jesus Christ. In my church we had a couple of nice events, like plays that showed the pain, sorrow and desperation of Jesus. After all, it showed to us that he was human!
Easter for me is the biggest proof of trinity you can find. In just a few days, he went through the most terrifying things anyone could imagine! When i told the story of esus death, someone once asked me: Why did he do that? Why would someone die for people he doesn't know, why didn't he tell Pilate to let him go?
It was such a moving question to me because it reassured me in the believe that Jesus died for all of us including myself personally, and how often do you have someone dieing gor you?
Another question i was asked, and never understand myself when i was younger, was why Easter is more important than christmas. I mean, we get presents on christmas and not on easter. We celebrate with our entire family and during easter, some families don't even care if they are together or not. But growing more and more in faith, studying the word and becoming more and more secure about what I believe I came to slowly understand why.
The resurection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of our faith. Of course, if Jesus wouldn't have been born we couldn't celebrate his resurection, but seeing my savior on hanging at the cross just makes it personally. He die for ME!!!! he was born to die for us, it was his destiny to die for our sins. He died so we are forgiven!
So we need to celebrate this, because even if you aren't a believer, you have to admit that it's pretty damn cool that there was a guy that died but came to life again ;)
So, celebrate, be happy because we are forgiven! He died for us on the cross, so we can live!
Happy Easter everybody :)
Freitag, 17. Dezember 2010
trust
I'm listening to a sermon a good friend of me gave, and I thought I might post a note about trust I posted on facebook a couple of month ago
Psalm 28:7
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
You always need someone to trust! For a lot of people it's hard to trust if it's into other people, things, systems or God.I can't write a lot about others trusting God because it has to be a decision that everyone has to take themselves, we can support and help a person that thinks of trusting God and accepting jesus as their savior, but we can never push people to do what they don't want to do. It's also a part of trusting someone when you don't make them do sth, if you trust them to do the right thing. For some people it's hard to trust other people, especially those they just met. Some of them got hurt and are just afraid; they build an invisible wall around them and only some people are able to break through those. The worst thing that can happen than is if someone breaks that trust, once you're hurt it's even harder to trust. In those moments it's important to have at least always one person you can trust. In my case: God! he is my Lord and savior and I'm always gonna be able to trust the Lord.
haha, i just remembered a sheet of paper i got from my exchange organisation before i left, it was talking about going back to your home country. The one thing i now remembered was the reverse culture shock, it means that you have problems to find back into your home, especially because of the glorifications you do in the country you were. i don#t know if i really have that, but i now realize that my life here wasn' as amazing as i always thought. I already experienced a lot of suprises, positive and negative. But now back to my topic: trust
I'm a very open and friendly person, at least that's what i think, and i LOVE meeting new people, but thinking abou this topic, just a while ago( to be specific yesterday), i realized that i need to be more careful who i trust. some people you think would be understanding maybe aren't what you think, like i said the glorification of the things and people in your homecountry.
But as many problems i might have, as many people might hurt me, as many things will go wrong. i can always trust into my LORD!
Psalm 9:9-10
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 28:7
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
You always need someone to trust! For a lot of people it's hard to trust if it's into other people, things, systems or God.I can't write a lot about others trusting God because it has to be a decision that everyone has to take themselves, we can support and help a person that thinks of trusting God and accepting jesus as their savior, but we can never push people to do what they don't want to do. It's also a part of trusting someone when you don't make them do sth, if you trust them to do the right thing. For some people it's hard to trust other people, especially those they just met. Some of them got hurt and are just afraid; they build an invisible wall around them and only some people are able to break through those. The worst thing that can happen than is if someone breaks that trust, once you're hurt it's even harder to trust. In those moments it's important to have at least always one person you can trust. In my case: God! he is my Lord and savior and I'm always gonna be able to trust the Lord.
haha, i just remembered a sheet of paper i got from my exchange organisation before i left, it was talking about going back to your home country. The one thing i now remembered was the reverse culture shock, it means that you have problems to find back into your home, especially because of the glorifications you do in the country you were. i don#t know if i really have that, but i now realize that my life here wasn' as amazing as i always thought. I already experienced a lot of suprises, positive and negative. But now back to my topic: trust
I'm a very open and friendly person, at least that's what i think, and i LOVE meeting new people, but thinking abou this topic, just a while ago( to be specific yesterday), i realized that i need to be more careful who i trust. some people you think would be understanding maybe aren't what you think, like i said the glorification of the things and people in your homecountry.
But as many problems i might have, as many people might hurt me, as many things will go wrong. i can always trust into my LORD!
Psalm 9:9-10
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Dienstag, 30. November 2010
Warriors of light
Hey there,
this sunday i got ask to talk about the light in my life and how i am a light. It's gonna be some kind of testimony i have to give during a sunday youth service in two weeks.
There is this song called 'Krieger des Lichts' (eng.warriors of light) by Silbermond, a german band. It talks about fighting for what we stand, fighting for what's important. I personally really like this song and it's also gonna be the theme for that specific service. I still don't know why they chose two friends and me, but I can say that I'm truly honored to be seen as one of those warriors. So here are some thoughts we collected and I had about it:
Warriors! They stand for strength, strong will power, couragous and never ending faith. All things, I would say are positive. But it also includes the word war, a word I associate with something really, really negative. But not included in the word warrior, at least not for me. Because life is kind of like a little war. we have to fight every day, every hour against all the temptations and a lot of people just run, but a warrior stays and fights for what he stands for.
Light! something bright, nice and warm. Don't we all love the shine of some candles or the warming power of fire?
Now how can you combine those two? I think it's pretty easy! The light isn't only what we see, it's what we give. It's praying for someone, hugging and being there for someone when they need you, giving love, bringing God, our Lord and father to other people, giving HIS love and HIS hope to others. Showing God through ourselves.I know it sounds hard to do that but in little aspects we all are warriors of light sometimes.
In Germany, a lot of people say that the youth of today doesn't believe in God, that there is nobody who fights for God who is my age. But that's not true. I see it everyday at my school, we don't have a lot of people believe in Christ; they don't go to church or to prayers or stuff like that, they are in the darkness. But we also have people who fight for bringing back that light into my school, who fight for showing how God is using us. God made everysingle one of us to be a warrior of light, to bring his light into the world. maybe you organize a taizé prayer in your school to bring that light or maybe you just help someone who needs it.
We all are warriors of light! I am! You are! We all are!
this sunday i got ask to talk about the light in my life and how i am a light. It's gonna be some kind of testimony i have to give during a sunday youth service in two weeks.
There is this song called 'Krieger des Lichts' (eng.warriors of light) by Silbermond, a german band. It talks about fighting for what we stand, fighting for what's important. I personally really like this song and it's also gonna be the theme for that specific service. I still don't know why they chose two friends and me, but I can say that I'm truly honored to be seen as one of those warriors. So here are some thoughts we collected and I had about it:
Warriors! They stand for strength, strong will power, couragous and never ending faith. All things, I would say are positive. But it also includes the word war, a word I associate with something really, really negative. But not included in the word warrior, at least not for me. Because life is kind of like a little war. we have to fight every day, every hour against all the temptations and a lot of people just run, but a warrior stays and fights for what he stands for.
Light! something bright, nice and warm. Don't we all love the shine of some candles or the warming power of fire?
Now how can you combine those two? I think it's pretty easy! The light isn't only what we see, it's what we give. It's praying for someone, hugging and being there for someone when they need you, giving love, bringing God, our Lord and father to other people, giving HIS love and HIS hope to others. Showing God through ourselves.I know it sounds hard to do that but in little aspects we all are warriors of light sometimes.
In Germany, a lot of people say that the youth of today doesn't believe in God, that there is nobody who fights for God who is my age. But that's not true. I see it everyday at my school, we don't have a lot of people believe in Christ; they don't go to church or to prayers or stuff like that, they are in the darkness. But we also have people who fight for bringing back that light into my school, who fight for showing how God is using us. God made everysingle one of us to be a warrior of light, to bring his light into the world. maybe you organize a taizé prayer in your school to bring that light or maybe you just help someone who needs it.
We all are warriors of light! I am! You are! We all are!
Mittwoch, 3. November 2010
Some thougths
So, I had this bible study on Monday and i was going through my bible and found this passage and thought I should share it. It's a great chapter that talks about Love, which is a big deal for a lot of my friends right now.
1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
So never forget, God loves us like we are and we don't have to change. And if we don't have to change for him we don't have to change for anyone else, because we live for him! And he accepts us as we are.
1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
So never forget, God loves us like we are and we don't have to change. And if we don't have to change for him we don't have to change for anyone else, because we live for him! And he accepts us as we are.
Dienstag, 19. Oktober 2010
A Week in Taizé
Taizé is a little place in Burgundy; France! it's the home of a christian community, with prayers that are uniqe in their way. so that's where i was last week. I went there not expecting what i actually got. I thought it's gonna be this fun week where i meet new people and just be away from everything; I got so much more!Of course I met all these great, amazing people and brothers there but i got something that meant so much more to me than anything else. I got time for myself, thinking about everything that's bothering me; bringing it before God. I started this great relationship with Jesus, cause he is my anchor! i got all these concerns and doubts over the week, especially after i was in silence, but he was always there. i found this this great bible verse in John 14. 'Don't let your hearts be troubled, trust in God; trust in me' (John 14:1). it just totally is what we have to do, how we can survive all the doubts, and negatives in our lives. We need to trust that all these negatives happen for a reason, that they happen for a cause. I know it's hard to believe sometimes, but God is always there and he's never gonna leave, no matter what!
If we live our lives like jesus or even other people like frere Roger, trusting in the Lord, trusting in his Love it's so much easier. we shouldn't let all teh negative stuff get too big for us, overwheling us but react with Love; maybe even with joy?!
Don't let your hearts be troubled, trust in God; trust in me!
I simply love this verse! it sais to just accept, I don't mean that you shouldn't grief or be sad, but that you should trust in God to make it better, to help you through this; cause god is Great!!!!!!!
So i got all this in just one week of simplicity, prayer and Love! I mean what more do you want. I'm so excited to have a huge taize prayer in my hometown soon, it gives so much strength to get through my life having them in there.
Okay guys, so if anyone is actually reading this and thinking maybe i should try this taize thing, or even finding a connection with God. maybe taize is a good beginning, and maybe you can just google if there is a prayer close to you and maybe we even see each other in Taizé sometimes ;)
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