Differences may occur, but one thing will never change.

Ok, everyone is different, right? But sometimes there are bigger differences than those normal every day ones. Differences like --- being deaf, being blind, being mute. Imagine, if you couldn't hear, or couldn't see, or couldn't speak. Imagine if you could no longer read your favourite book, or listen to your favovurite song, or have long talk with your best friends...

If you were deaf -- you would still be able to read your favourite book.


If you were blind, you'd still be able to listen to your favourite music.


If you couldn't talk, you could still text your friends on your mobile...


But you wouldn't be able to do all of these things. Only one. Wouldn't life be so different? I mean really -- things change all the time. But how would you cope with something so drastic as losing your hearing, or a friend going blind?! It just seems...unreal. Change is part of life, though.

Or maybe...

Your friends parents get dicorced, even though when you were younger, they seemed almost as good as your own parents.

Your best friend dyes her gorgeous dark brown hair blonde, to look like those popular girls -- and it just looks fake -- her trying to be something she isn't.

Your family decides to move -- you'll have to leave your best friends...

Homework -- in primary school, you had next to no homework. Now your in high school...

Or maybe...


There is a fire -- and someone you loved, or yourself -- had their house burn down.

Someone you loved died.

You have a fight with one of your friends, and it just doesn't seem to work between the two of you anymore...

But still -- one thing will never, ever change. And that is --God loves us. And he always will. He will never leave us, even when we turn away -- he will still be right beside us, waiting for you. He will never leave us, never run ahead. Our jouney with God? We walk it with him, every step of the way.

ur style--don't forget

All this talk of style. We just have to remember something. Even though, at times, it might seem like fashion is SO important. But we're not here for long. God has WAY better plans for us -- going to Heaven sounds pretty awesome too me! But that's not what I'm posting this to say. I'm here to say -- God doesn't see the outside's. You've probably been hearing that since you were 5 years old, but until now, it didn't really click to me. Then, suddenly, I realized -- God doesn't look at the outside's. Literally. He doesn't. He really does just focus about what's inside us. What's on the outside really just...doesn't matter to him. No, don't worry -- I'm not saying wear the same pants and top for the rest of your life. Just try really hard not to make fashion one of your main priorities in your life...

xox Victoria

Faith...

Ephesians 2:8
"For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God

What was that?-- WHAT is a gift from God? Oh, yeah -- faith.

Have you ever wondered, where IS this from? I mean, how come I really believe that God is here, that Jesus died on the cross, rised after three days -- and now he lives inside me -- how come I believe that?Well, here's how -- it's called FAITH.

Where do you get it? Like the verse said, faith is a gift from God.

Hmm. I'm wondering -- so, I know it's a gift from God. But if you're gonna ask Him for it, then you must already HAVE it, because if you're gonna ask God for it, then you must believe that he's real.. right?

Like, we know that wind exists, right? Yeah. But we can't see it. Then how come we know that it's here? ... because we see things affected because of it -- trees move, for example. If there was no wind, then the trees wouldn't move.

We gotta have faith that God's here. And for me, how do I know this? Simply because I cannot imagine life without God. Seriously. I cannot imagine it. I suppose that'd be easier for me.

I mean, My Mom taught me about God. It's how my Mom raised me, with God. And because I've had God around me my whole life, well, my life'd just seem so empty without Him.

Do you have faith in God? Do you believe it? Do you WANT it? don't hesitate. Ask God... after all he's right here.

Friends...

SO, HOW DO I GET THEM?

How do you think that you can get more friends? Are you convinced there must be something wrong with you? Or maybe you're looking for the wrong type of friend... I don't know.

But I DO know of some advice I can give you -- Don't forget about God -- he wants to be your friend. So, even if you feel like the most friendless person on the planet? Well, your not. But I know it can seem like you need human friends -- and you do.

I mean, that's why God created Eve --so that Adam wouldn't be all alone.Tell God about all this stuff. ASK Him to bring you a friend. And even though it might seem like this new friend didn't work out -- well, maybe this isn't the one God sent you. Maybe it'll come when you least expect it...Remember that verse in Proverbs 17:17 -- "A friend loves at all times". Love everyone -- you are a friend.


HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE FOR REAL?

Ever experienced friends that aren't real? I mean, they're real in appearence and stuff -- but after you've shared all your precious secrets and everything, they ditch you, or blab them to your whole school or something? Now, don't go around doing a background check on them or something, like the detectives do -- but you can observe them, when they're around other people. What are they like? How are others treated differently to how he/she treats you?

DO I REALLY NEED THEM?

Friends, that is.Yeah, we do.


I THOUGHT DOGS AND STUFF COULD BE ARE FRIEND!!

Sure, they can be our friends. I mean my Mom's spoiled pomeranian Baby--- is soo cute! I love him. But how could he be my best friend?

I hope this helped you girlz, I sure did learn alot!!

It's A Gift!!

Okay, onto todays lesson, "It's a Gift".

God gave every single person at least one special gift. Whether it's singing or acting, or dancing or writing, or sports or maths, or science or music, or mystery solving or speaking --or anything else!

Hmm, I'm starting to get sick of the word "or".Perhaps I over-used it a little.. =P

So, you have your gift. Or gifts. You're naturally good at these things. You enjoy doing these things.

But sometimes we figure, "Hey, I'm WAY better than everyone in my house at this," -- Maybe everybody in the world even -- that we start to think, "I don't really need to practice, because I'm as good as I need to be!"

But that's totally not true. You can always work harder. You can always get better at what you do!

Here's something I got of a blog: There'll always be someone better than you at something, and someone worse.

And just because the persons worse than you, doesn't mean they have no abilities -- it means their gift is different to yours.

What about the person whose better than you? Well, your certainly not supposed to hate them, or be jealous. I think it's supposed to motivate you, to encourage you to keep practicing, to keep trying to get better -- to love what you do so much that you want to get better and better!

Oh, and don't ever think that you're not good at anything. I mean, that's not a crime -- I think that sometimes. Even though I know that it's not true -- I still think it... God gave us our gifts for a reason.

Don't use them for the wrong purposes -- use your gift/s to honour God! To glorify God! Use your gifts for God. :)

Luv,Victoria

Miracles?

Maybe you sometimes think, "Does God really still do miracles? Does he still hang around, to see what we're doing?"

Even though it may not seem so sometimes, the answer is yes.

Take this, for example -- a month or so ago, at a train station, a young mother's baby carrier ran away (By the wind, not the child). And you know what? It fell onto the tracks; a split second later the train sped past. Can you imagine what that mother must of been feeling right about then? To see her baby being run over by a train? The thought of it makes me sick. But do you know what? The toddler wasn't even bruised; he came out alive.

There is nothing you can call that but a miracle. God was there. He protected that baby. He was watching over it. Such an amazing story. :)Have faith. There doesn't have to be an explanation for everything.

Have faith and believe God has done something here. :)I mean, check out this miracle.

God gave Moses the power to divide the red sea. How do you divide a sea?! Can you just imagine seeing that happen? I can't... it'd be cool though!

Have a look around; instead of being bored, see what's around. Have a look at some of the miracles you never noticed before; because they're there.