This Kid...Blogging? Say What?

Ha, here I am. I have always resisted the progression of technology and been weary of its negative effects, but I think a blog can be an efficient way to share ideas. So here it goes!


Lately, my life has been undergoing quite the makeover. I have been a follower of Christ for six years, but never truly received a personal revelation of His love for me. (That was before the last few weeks took place, haha.) In the past, a lot of negative experiences in life led me to seek validation in academics and in society's definition of "success." I did it all. Straight A's my whole life, First Chair Violinist, MVP of many sports teams, Founder of a Christian ministry, blah blah blah. I was never satisfied with an accomplishment - I considered it something conquered, and set my face forward to focus on the next item that I foolishly believed would bring me to the pinnacle, the mythical location where all of my hard work, tears, and suffering would be redeemed once and for all. 


Long (really, I mean long) story short, God instantly healed me of nine "incurable" diseases and I converted to Christianity after twelve years in the New Age and Hinduism. Upon beginning my walk with Christ, I heard over and over how God's love is unconditional and that our worth is not determined by works. It's so easy to become desensitized to amazing news after one hears it all day, every day. Recently, God made this Truth real to me. I have never felt such amazing love, and let me tell you, it is immensely liberating to know that at the end of the day, at the end of this life, I am perfectly precious to Him regardless. Regardless of grades, regardless of "success," regardless of how many zeros I had at the end of my salary, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE LOVES ME! AHHHH!! (A victory dance just went down in my dorm room, by the way.)


I encourage you. No matter where you are, whether you were raised in Christianity or not, if you desire to know God, to feel His love for you in every circumstance, just let Him know! He's a gentleman, He will not force Himself upon us. But it's not hard to get to know Him. All ya gotta do is ask, and Psalm 18 says that He will come to the rescue. We have the best Dad in the world. 


"In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was wroth...He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind...the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters..." - Psalm 18 6-16


Read Psalm 18. God used this Psalm to radically impact me, to tell me how much He loves me. What kind of God would do that for His people? To make the earth tremble, to fly upon the wings of the wind, to save me? To save you? My God has performed Psalm 18 in my life countless times, and He will swoop in to anyone's life who is willing to surrender all to Him, for He is no respecter of persons.