Always "but" with God

In Class we learned that, There is always a "but" with God. God let Samson's mother be able to have a baby. A lot of times in Scripture God makes barren women have children. we see it in the story of Samson, Samuel (Hannah was barren), and many other stories in the Bible. God also did a miracle for my mother too! She couldn't bare children for a while. Her desire was to have a baby and God did a miracle and opened her womb and let her become pregnant. She had me! Then God blessed her with three more children. I like to see and hear about amazing things that God can do.

We Need to Listen to What God Says to Do

The story of Jephthah is a great story filled with an important lesson. In the story, Jephthah made a vow to God which wasn't very good. He told God that the next person that walks by, he would be kill them. The next person was his daughter. I think God already knew what was going to happen, so He didn't agree with it. Jephthah should have listened to God to see what God would deem as okay. Murdering is a sin and I don't think God would want anyone making a vow if it is only going to have the person sin. God also doesn't factor in family history (learned in Bible). Another thing I liked from class was the verse, "Do not swear at all...simply let your "yes" be "yes" and your "No", "No"; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." This is a great verse that is saying that we need to be sure and truthful and do things that God wants us to.

Loving God More

In Bible class one thing we learned about Gideon was that he detroyed his father's property. A statement from one of the powerpoints was, Do we really love God more than our parents. There are many verses in the Bible that state that we need to love God more than our parents. It is important because Jesus wants us to only love Him with all our heart and give up everything to follow Him. Including giving up our parents. I like the examples where someone who grows up in a certain religion, but then finds the truth and then the person has to choose between God or parents. Last year in chapel we saw a video about a boy like that and he chose God. it is important to love and respect our parents because that's what God says. We need to be ready if our parents make us do something could hinder our relationship with God.

Our God Who Holds the Future

In Bible clas we have been learning about many judges including, Gideon. Gideon was a guy that God wanted to use for an important job. Gideon was afraid (thats why he was hiding in the wine press threshing wheat. He didn't seem like he was the right person to do a job that God asked him to. God saw the potential in him. In the same way God calls people to do something. He likes to pick people that at first might not be able to do the job, but He does equip them with the strength and skills to do it. He also likes to pick humble people rather than proud people, and forgotten and outcast people than super stars. Before I came a SWAT Officer, I had a different view. Back in 2006 when I was in 9th grade, it was time to put in applications for new SWAT officers. I didn't want to put in an application because I thought it was going to be a big responsiblity, so I didn't want to do it. A few days later after the due date fore the application came and went, Sister Dawn found me and said, "We noticed that you didn't put an application in." Then she said, "We were praying for who to be a SWAT Officer, and God brought you to mind." She also said that they really liked the good leadership quality in me that she saw in Germany. Right after she said that my whole outlook changed and I got the application, went home and decided to hand in the application. I realized that God will be with me and help me do it. That was the story of how God led me to be a SWAT Officer and how God orchestrated the whole thing. I really like how God can lift up anyone to be in a certain positon even if by themselves they don't think they can do it.