A Recipe//Guest Post

Today you all get the privilege of reading a guest post by my dear friend, Hope. I hope you all enjoy reading and try out these awesome looking Blueberry Biscuits she made!

 

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  Maybe I'm strange, but I love to bake/cook. I guess in a way it's how my creative side comes out. After a stressful day of school..there is nothing more relaxing(to me) than experimenting with a new cupcake recipe. Maybe your not wired like that, and I understand it's not everybody's thing...but if you have never tried it very much, I would give it a shot. You might be surprised! 

So my challenge to you? Stalk someone's Pinterest board and try out one new recipe this week. Oh and if you want, use this one I just made. Best. Thing. Ever.

http://seetryeat.blogspot.com/2012/08/sweet-blueberry-biscuits.html?m=1 

~Hope McDaniel

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Looks delicious doesn't it? I think I'm definitely going to try making those sometime. So sorry to you all for not posting in ages! I've been so crazy busy trying to finish up school for the year. I can't believe summer is just around the corner-and that I'll practically be considered a Senior in High School in a week! AHH! Time just seems to go by so quickly. I hope to be posting more regularly soon and I've already got a few posts in mind. Have a great week ya'll!

Keep shining bright

~Brittney

God's amazing plan

This is a guest post by my amazing friend Hope McDaniel. Hope you all get a blessing out of this!

                                           

So a bunch of us teens are eating together, and the adult at the table starts asking everybody what their future plans are..

"Going to Maranatha for Pastoral Studies"

"Biomathematics"

"Music education with a goal of teaching in a University"

"Radiology"

And the list goes on and on, then it hits me, I have no clue what I want to do.

And then I start flipping out.

Oh of course I've dreamed of doing lots of things, but none seem quiet right. And then colleges, oh the list is extensive. And money, I don't even have a stable job, how in the world will I ever pay for college? Should I even try going? Should I go to the mission field, or serve in some ministry in the US? What if I miss out on God's best for my life? What is God's will? When will i find it?

I think some of those questions are things we all think about during  our teens years. And honestly, we've only got one shot at our future, so it can be pretty intimidating. But recently I came across a great book called "Discovering your Destiny"(its a great read, I would definitely recommend it) and it put things in a great perspective for me. I just want to share a few of those thoughts with you guys.

1) Gods got an awesome plan just for you. "Gods will" isn't some scary thing designed to suck all the fun out your life. Its actually so much better than we could imagine, and it definitely is the best option in the end. Don't dread it, anticipate it. 

2) Gods will isn't some hidden object your trying to find. God doesn't just send you on this search all alone. No, he wants you to walk with him and step by step, opportunity by opportunity he brings his will into your life. 

3) Daily walking with him is key. In order for God to show you his will and to work that out in your life, you have to daily spend time with him. Walking with him and getting to know him better. It reminds me of the servant who found Jacobs wife, "I, being in the way". 

4) You want to know God's will? You already have it. Obey what you know, and God will show you the rest. For example, God's will is for you to give thanks in everything, for you to obey your parents, for you to work your hardest at all you do(school would def. fall in that category), he wants you to reach out to lost souls and tell others about him. Right now while we wait, why not do what he clearly wants for our lives right now? 

Don't get so bogged down about all the pressure and decisions. Stay close to God and trust him, he's got this under control. 

Life is a vapor//a guest post

 James 4:14 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

The following is a guest post by one of my closest friends Hope McDaniel. Hope you all enjoy this. Hope her words are as helpful to you as they have been to me over the years :) Love you Hope!

 

Life is a vapor. We have a certain number of days to live, and quickly they are slipping by. One day your going to be standing before God and what will you have to say about your life? There's no excuse making then. So what will it be for you? One day seeing you wasting your life on countless hours on Pinterest or Instagram? 

   Recently I was thinking about all God has done for me, I mean he literally has given me it all. How can I know that and then give nothing back to him? 

 Really none of these trivial things matter in Eternity, I mean seriously there are tons of dying souls out there and I'm afraid of what some random girl will think about me if i talk to her about God? Like what will that matter in a thousand years? We make such stupid excuses, we get so caught up in little things, we have this "I'll live forever" mentality. Or "I'll start living for God later in my life", what if you don't get a tomorrow?

  What if you say that but the days keep passing and its not happening? So why just go out of for Christ today? Why not live radically for Christ?