What's God Doing In Your Life?

Everyone has a story. This is the main reason why I love writing so much, as mentioned in my recent post. Because every one of us is unique - created by God to live out the life that he has planned for us.

I've been having this idea stirring in me for a while, but have yet to act on it since I've been so busy with school and Purple Moon. However, I am going to try it for a while and see how it goes. Every now and then I'd like to start featuring different people on here to share your story, what God is doing in your life, or just anything that you'd like to share. I'm hoping this will be an opportunity for you to encourage others while sharing your testimony.

If you would like to be featured, all you have to do is leave a comment below or send me an e-mail. You have to be ages 13 - 23 to participate. I will be asking you a few questions about yourself, then you will be asked to send me "your story", as well as a photo of yourself.

Please let others know about this. Since I'm not yet sure how many people will contact me about this, I can't make a commitment right now to post this once a week - but I will definitely try doing that eventually.

We are all so unique... different hobbies, different stories to tell. Why not share these stories?

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"God is writing it out, sometimes with a heavy pen;

but when complete, it’ll read like one great poem,

magnificent in its plan and perfect in all its details."

~Charles Spurgeon

The Significance Of A Story

Have you ever wondered what it is about reading that captures the heart of people? Why is it that we fall in love with printed words on a page that creates a story in our imagination?

Recently I've had to think about "future decisions"... where I'm going to college, what I'm going to study. Of course, the last one has never been a complicated decision for me. I've pretty much known that I've wanted to be an author ever since I was about seven years old. There isn't any other career I'd be more interested in pursuing for the rest of my life.

Why is this, though? Of course, I could go on and on explaining all the reasons why I love writing so much. I love the feeling of getting swept away in a story - either through writing or reading, fiction or nonfiction.

It's because everyone has a story. And everyone's story is written by the hands of God... He's the author of life in general, the Creator of every person and the writer of each of our individual stories.

This is why I love listening to music, not only Christian. This is why I love reading, both fiction and nonfiction. And the reason I love watching movies so much. It's because of the beauty that comes from a story... written either by a human or God himself.

Each of our own lives' is a story written by Him. And I love it. That sounds crazy, but every chapter is significant and has a purpose that contributes to the entire story. It's interesting watching where God leads me, watching how he takes the brokenness and ends up turning it into something beautiful. It's amazing to see how much He's matured me throughout everything, how all that's happened has happened for a reason. Yes, including the pain. Because every story has to have some kind of conflict. Without it, there'd be no lessons to be learned... no reason to grow and draw closer to God.

It's a reflection of life, that's why I think we fall so in love with writing and reading. A reflection of the whole purpose why God put us on this earth to begin with. Not to mention, I won't ever have to worry how my story will end. Because as long as the pen of my life remains in God's hands only, I'm basically guaranteed a happy ending.

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Why do you think people fall

in love with writing and reading so much?

What's your favorite thing about these two?