Spirituality
What role does God play
in your life?
-Written by Johanna
Okay, I know what most of you are
thinking : "God?? Boorrrrriiinggggg!!!"
But before you click back to the main page, why don't you read OUR personal
stories of what God's done in each of our lives. (Now these are some good
stories, so you'll be missing out if you don't read them, plus you'll have
an inside peek at us!)
First of all, we want you all to
know that we are both Christians, and if you read our stories, you have seen
what God has done in our lives. He can do the same for you. The truth is that
God is the key to self-esteem, finding your identity and all relationships.
However, we are not using this perspective on those pages of our websites
because we do not want to make girls feel uncomfortable. We want to reach
as many girls as possible, and if we limit our webpage to just a Christian
point of view, then a lot of girls may never visit this website. Despite this,
we strongly feel (and know) that God can really help you in those different
aspects. If you are genuinely interested in how...drop us a note, and maybe
we'll address it in this section soon! Now keep reading! ;)
Regardless of what you may think,
God is not just up in the clouds (though that's our background!) moving all
of us humans around like chess pieces. And the likelihood that He's going
to strike you dead with a lightening bolt is well, let's just say VERY unlikely.
The truth is that God is your HEAVENLY FATHER. Maybe you haven't received
the attention you deserve from your earthly father, so you think God has abandoned
you too. But He hasn't, and he never will. You are a DAUGHTER OF GOD!! He
looks upon your face with tenderness and mercy, because you are His child
and He created you. He is a kind, loving, and forgiving father! Maybe
you've made some mistakes in your life and you think that God could never
forgive you. Well check out what Psalm 103:112 says: "As far as the east
is from the west, so far has He removed our sins from us." Once we confess
our sins to God, He takes them and dumps them into the deepest ocean. He will
never hold them against you, and you shouldn't hold them against yourself.
The truth is, ladies, that there
IS evil in this world and the Devil DOES exist---and he wants your soul. The
Devil wants you to think that everybody goes to heaven---so why not live your
life and do whatever you want??? The answer to that question is simple. If
you do whatever you want, chances are you will get involved with people and
activities that draw you further and further away from God. And though you
may not be following the Devil consciously, you are not following God either.
Either you are for God, or you are against Him. The earth is one giant spiritual
battleground, and we need protection from the evil around us. Although spirituality
and God are debatable and even touchy subjects, we chose to include it on
our website because high school is the Devil's playground. You will be pressured
to do drugs, drink, have sex, to name a few. And if you aren't prepared and
protected by God, you will walk right into the Devil's trap. "How do
I protect myself?", you may ask. Here's how:
"Put on the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles
of the Devil. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth
around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness.
As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you
ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield
of faith with which you will be able to quench all the flaming
arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
of God." Ephesians 6:11,14-17.
Now who said girls can't be in the
army?? Because if we do what the Bible says above, it looks like we could
be some pretty good soldiers! And if you arm yourselves with the things above,
you will be able to conquer anything high school, and life for that matter,
throws at you! Imagine, women fighting on the front lines of a major battle.
Well, ladies, we are! We are Soldiers of God and we are fighting on the front
lines of the biggest ongoing battle in history:
the war for our souls! So are YOU ready to fight? Let's go kick some Devil...uh...tush!
;)
Want to know more?? Well dig deeper
and check out these websites--they're awesome!
Cafe Reality (a neat hang out
place for Christian teens, with daily devotionals and other cool stuff!)-
http://www.gospelcom.net/yfc/students/
Brio (a cool Christian site for teen
girls with advice, glamour, articles about God and other cool stuff)-
http://www.briomag.com/
Bible Gateway (an awesome site where
you can find any bible verse, about any subject, in any language!)- http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible/
Guideposts for Teens (one of the coolest
web pages I've ever ran across. It has everything, including polls, chat,
advice on sex/dating, school, music, and even the latest word from celebrities!
Check it out for yourself!) http://www.gp4teens.com/index.asp
Do you have a sincere question about
spritual matters? Write to us at girlmeets_world@hotmail.com and we guarantee we'll write back!
(Please do not write to us with arguments about God...we are not here to argue
and do not have time to---this is our opinion. However, if you are struggling
with the issue of God's existence and other such like matters and are sincerely
looking for an answer, please write us.) God Bless and have a great day!