Thoughts of a Christian Farm Girl.

So I was thinking the other night, can we all just stop and take a minute to acknowledge how wonderfully we are made? As a teenager I know what it is to look in the mirror and think "could you get any uglier?" but the Lord has shown me just how much that's not true. Can we just stop with the negativity? You are beautiful. Can we stop with all the "I'm ugly. I'm too fat. I'm too tall. I'm too skinny." and just acknowledge how amazingly God made us? Can you stop with the self pity you get when you think you are ugly?  Would you tell God that he made something as beautiful as lets say the stars ugly? You wouldn't do that right? You wouldn't dream of trying to insult the Lord by telling him his amazing creations are hideous. So why call yourself hideous? Don't you see God used  His amazing work to make you? And that he made you beautifully? Psalm 139:14  (KJV) 14  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvel

I recently read an article in Brio Magazine. It was about a woman who was struggling with her faith. But she said she knew she should feel blessed because she was able to pray, and believe in God freely. That she was blessed because of other women who have to meet in secret, in elevator shafts hidden within buildings in countries that are opposed to the Gospel. They know that they could be persecuted, arrested and killed. But they do it because they believe in God. They do it because Jesus is the most important thing to them. And I started thinking about my purpose in life. I believe it is to help others. So I thought maybe I'll be a missionary in some foreign country. But then I thought, I don't want to die a painful death. But this quote I saw in this documentary once came to me. "We die only once. You might as well die for Christ." -- Werner Groenewald. And I started thinking about those people who have to hide just so they can read their bibles and pray.