The Beauty of Believing

 

Hello like its Hannah :)

 

I haven't been on here for a while, so i thought i'd put Saff's mind at ease and do a post!

 

If Christ was here now, if he had never died on the cross, what would be the point of believing? Or if we were born with superpowers, amazing good looks, gifted talents, why would we need hope or to persevere?

 

Personally the one that stuck out for me, is in the title "Beauty." Even since i started highschool, i realised what i looked like, before i just looked in the mirror with puffy hair, bright blue eyes, a happy face and i just smiled, and thought i'm gonna be model when im older!! But then the torture of being a teenager came along, and i started seeing that my hips got bigger, and i started putting on some weight, and i have a couple of zits appearing.

 

So like any normal teenager i stopped eating for like ages....(i gave in around a couples of hours :p) Started wearing long cardigans to cover up my hips, and i wore a lot of foundation :-)

But none of that seemed to help....over the years when my faith kicked in, and God took control i started to lose the things that i loved the most... and I thought...

"Err...God i like my life...why are u changing it?! Sure some things are bad, i might misbehave at school but my faith has grown stronger...surely that must be worth keeping for!"

 

Although i lost a great deal, my popularity, some of my friends, my self-esteem. Things i knew deep down, that i could never get back......

But i now realise after maybe two years, that i did start off in the wrong path, I didn't concentrate on God as much as i should of, he didn't want me to end up thinking like "well i go to church every sunday so that makes me christian." No! He wanted me to see how much he loved me by dying for me, for us, and by using those things that i mentioned earlier, that is how he is going to strengthen me. And God NEVER makes mistakes, he NEVER does things to us out of hatred :)))

 

I've learned a massive lesson out of this, and i guess our lives, in one way of looking at it is one lesson...

Believing is Beauty

 

Makeup and dieting won't get me anywhere, and i know that now. By believing it will give your life a whole new meaning, it will change the way you are, it will change you inside and out! :D xx

Commitment

Hello! Like its Hannah....

*ahem* right...

What I am gonna talk about is commitment, there are different types of commitment out there to your work, studies, marriage, family. But what I am going to talk about is about relationships and how to let God lead... :)

 

 

The first time i heard that, i smiled because i knew who i wanted and i was convinced that he was the one!

Fun times.....

It's hard to take it in that we can't always have what we want, he might have the cutest smile or she might have the sweetest laugh but really God is the judge of what happens. And when things went wrong for me, i couldn't believe God would ever put me through that, but looking back on things it did really show i was far from ready for the commitment.

Sounds cheesy, maybe weird...but i was obbessed with this guy, i dreamt of him like everynight and when i wasn't dreaming, i was day-dreaming about him or just staring at my phone waiting for him to say, will you go out with me!

People said to me, "Oh i've seen your eyes sparkle when your round him", or "Why do you always laugh at everything he says or everytime he comes over"....

Maybe...too over emotional...!!

But when i had a teary day, i stopped dreaming about him (most of the time), stopped day-dreaming, and knew i'd be here if he needed me, things went good :D

I've been saying 'i' too much, but really God is too thank for all of this! I know as we're growing up, want our lives to be like romeo and juliet..maybe not the dieing part! But for finding someone you like, not being afraid of what people thought, whatever their background, is i think every girls dream!!

I'm going to leave you with that, it might not make much sense but please read my blog, look at the pictures and take it in, God knows who's right for you, maybe not be a knight in shining armour what God sends you, just have faith in him ;)

 

GOD WILL GIVE YOU A LOVE STORY FAR BETTER THAN WHAT YOU COULD EVER DREAM OF!

Believe in yourself

Pass it on

(because your beautiful)!

Hannah xx

What God can do

Hi it's Zezi did you guys miss me bet you did.

Basically yeah a couple of saturdays ago something happened to moi..

We had this alpha trip to this place called the UCB christian broadcast and at first i thought it was a waste of time but then after a few hours people started talking about what the power of God can do and it started to get more and more interesting then a few hours later like after lunch we went back in this small room where Trevor started preaching about how much the power of God can do and how much God loves you.

Then after a few minuets later of singing some amazing songs and just praising Gods name Trevor started preaching about how much God loves each and everyone of us and as soon as he started preaching i got this weird feeling it was weird but amazing at the same time in my mind i just kept thinking {God doesn't love me why would he love someone like me i've done too many sins why would he love me or why would he even forgive my sins }and as i kept thinking the same thing over and over again i kept having this feeling like i wanted to cry but the tears couldn't come out so when we took a little break i told my friends that i felt like crying then Saff told me if i felt like crying i should just go for it.

Then when we were back in the room and Trevor started talking about how much God loves us and what the power of God can do i started crying cause i suddenly felt like God loves me for who i am and i heard a voice out of no where telling me { God loves you no matter what } even more tears started coming out and i couldn't stop crying for like 30 minuets and to me thats the longest time i've ever cryed for.
Then this lady called Veronica came up to me and she made me feel happy and i started to believe that God really loves me by the words she was saying to me. Then she asked me if i wanted to be prayed for and i said yes then Pastor Trevor prayed for me then after that i felt like a new person inside. And i have to say my friends were very surportive after all that and i love them to bits HANNAH, SAFF, ZANI AND ZSARA you guys are amazing and stay WILD .


By Zezi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The number 8.............

Hey this is Hannah, finally managed to write a post on here, so hi!

 This is me! Check out my blog at ~ www.purple-hannah.blogspot.com

So yeah the summer holiday is nearly at its end, and i have had loads of amazing things happen, so lemme tell you about one in particular..........

It was about one or two weeks ago, i started seeing the number eight everywhere i looked and for some reason it stood out more than anything else....I told my mum, my friends (wild crew) and they said "Why not look in the bible?" So i did, i planned to look up the eighth book in the bible and the eighth chapter and the eighth verse, it was Ruth, but there was no eighth chapter, ok, so i then decided to look in the new testament..... and the eighth book was 2Corinthians and i then looked up chapter 8 verse 8. Here's what the verse said...  

" I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others."

Ooooo, so i think Gods trying to show me something in that verse about me, maybe i dont love as much as i should? or perhaps its not as sincere as it should be? I dunno. But i do know that God will keep on using that verse for me and he'll show me what he's trying to say... i just gotta love everybody the same way as he loves everybody. Which could be a little hard as its not easy to love some people! But im up for the challenge and with Gods amazing help, i'll do it!

So keep loving everyone!

Believe in yourself

(pass it on)

Because your beautiful

Hannah xx