Waiting on God

As humans, we all know that having to wait for things is hard. It really is. Depending on what we're trying to wait on and be patient for, waiting for someting can be a real pain sometimes. I've so been there and I bet that many of you guys have too. We hate having to wait for many different things but what about waiting on God? What happens when we ask God something and we have to wait for an answer? What should we do while we are waiting for that college acceptance letter to come in? Are we just supposed to sit back and be upset every day the letter doesn't come? Are we supposed to pray? Well let's explore what we are supposed to be doing while we wait on God.

Romans 12:12 says, "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."

While you are waiting on Him, God wants to use this time to grow you in your relationship through Him. He doesn't want us to just sit back over here waiting on something and not involving him in the process at all! Because God is a loving God, he longs to see the best in us. It all comes back to the point that God all has a plan and purpose for us(Jeremiah 29:11), and he wants to be involved in our daily lives. While we wait on Him for something, we are being given a chance to give something over to Him that we know we can't do on our own. Let me use an example.

When it comes time to send those college applications off, that is usually a very stressful time of high school. If you're going to college and you applied, usually you have more than one college that means a bit more to you that you really want to go to. This college has a higher level of importance to you than the others, though I'm sure you'd want to be accepted either way. But wouldn't you be excited for all the letters that came in? Yes, more than likely. But say you had gotten all of your letters in but the letter from the college you really wanted, it would be a lot harder to wait for that one, wouldn't it? Of course. That's just the way we work, as humans. We can become very impatient on God.

But actually, in this case above, what would you do while you were waiting on God to give you that letter from the college? Romans 12:12 above says that we should rejoyce in hope. This means that we should have hope for that letter that's coming. We should be trusting of God that he's going to get us that letter exactly when we need it, at the perfect time. It says that we should be patient with tribulation. In this case, the tribulation would just be waiting for the letter. But hey, that can get stressful right? We're supposed to have patience and just wait on the letter's arival. God knows what he's doing. He has the plan for our lives so mapped out, he knows the exact moment that letter's going to arrive. And in your plan, it's the perfect timing. Remember that. It also says to be constant in prayer. This isn't like, some joke. Or some small section of the Bible that we're just supposed to go, "Ohh yeah. I remember that somewhere..." and go on with our daily lives with. It says to be constant in prayer. This isn't because God doesn't want us to do anything else with our lives. Not at all. But we can pray and talk to him, while we are doing the other things in our life as well. He just wants us to continually keep Him in the loop, so to speak. It's so much easier to wait for something while you have God there to wait with you. He's always there with you, but when you acknowledge He's there, everything becomes easier.

So. Just to recap a bit, here are the three steps we should be taking when we are waiting on God, for anything:

1) Rejoice in Hope

2) Be Patient in Tribulation

3) Be Constant in Prayer

I'll be honest girls, this isn't really an easy thing to do. When we're waiting for things, we can often become realy impatient and want our answers now. But when we remember to do these things, waiting on God becomes so much easier. Let's go into this next week here remembering this, and trying to impliment it into our daily lives. I, for one, will be implimenting this into my own life as well. :)

If any of you girls need any prayer, want to talk, have a topic suggestion, comments about any of our posts, or just want to get ahold of us for any reason at all, you can contact us at heistodiefor@gmail.com and we will get back to you shortly! Thank you guys, we LOVE hearing from you!

~Angelica

Life is Ever Changing

Changes. 

Life is full of them, isn't it? We can't go through anything without there being some change in our lives. It's how God created things though. Things are supposed to change. Sometimes the changes can be seen as good through our eyes, such as getting a new job, going off to college, or having a friend or family member get employed. But sometimes we percieve change as a negitive thing, don't we? Someone in our family looses a job and we look at the negative- we don't have as much income as we had before. We didn't get accepted in that job that we wanted so we must not be good enough. That relationship didn't work out so we must not be lovable. Negative, Negative, Negative. 

To be honest, I do the exact same thing. Something changes in my life and I tend to panic. Instead of trusting that God has everything under control, I tend to just freak out and not trust Him. I question Him, balk at Him, and sometimes even get angry at Him. Why? Because I'm scared. A lot of time going through changes in our life can be a scary thing. But why is it so scary? If we're created and loved by a God who not only sees everything we're going through, but also loves us unconditionally and has our plan already created and mapped out, can someone tell me why we're so fearful? 

Humans are not created to live in fear. The Bible says so here. 

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."  2 Timothy 1:7

Looking back up at the examples I used earlier, what would be a way to look at those same situatons with a trusting heart? Someone in our family looses a job? That job is no longer in God's plan for that family member and God is going to give that person something better. We didn't get accepted into the job we wanted? That job wasn't the job that God has in mind for us, he has something better in mind .That relationship didn't work out? God is going to lead us to a better, healthier relationship. It wasn't the right time. 

You see, God knows everything that goes on in our lives. You and me both know this, but take a second and think about it. Everything. The big things, the small things, everything he knows. But he also knows the things that are going to happen in the future for us. He knows where our lives are going to take us, so why should we be afraid of life or the things in life? After all, he's in control. Honestly, this is one of the hardest concepts for me to understand and accept in my Christian walk. It's hard and I'm going to be honest- sometimes It is a lot easier to be fearful then to give things over to God and know he's going to take care of us. 

But when we really think about it, yes all these changes can be scary sometimes. God didn't promise us that everything would be peachy when we accepted Him as our Savior, did he? No, but he promised us he'd take care of us and he is. He is taking care of us and He does each and every day. 

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?" Matthew 6:25

I have always found this BIble verse to be a really powerful one. If we're not even supposed to worry about what we're going to eat, drink or wear, where do we have room to worry about the other little things in life? I would say eating and drinking are pretty big things in life. But if we're not supposed to be concerned about those, maybe we should stop and look at the things we're worried about. The changes in our life, big or small. God is in control of these changes, therefore they shouldn't be scary ones. :) And it's not an easy process. Just giving this all over to God and accepting that it's all part of the plan. It takes time and many, many lessons. But eventually we start getting better at it. :) We have to start somewhere. 

To go ahead and end this post, I'm going to share a story of something I'm currently going through in my life right now. The idea for this post actually came about because I have a terrible habit of worring over the changes that happen in my life. I honestly hate changes, big or small. But God is in the process of teaching me to trust Him with the changes in my life. One of the changes that recently happened in my life was that I recently got a job! :) Something that lots of people would look around them and decide was a very positive change. And you're right. It has been a very positive change in my life and it's a change I'm grateful for. But even something positive has been tough and has not come without it's challenges. I have had my moments where I get scared and I get mad at myself for feeling like I'm not catching on as fast as I would like. But that's the thing, why should I worry about it? Every day brings it's new challenges but with each and every day, we should be trusting God with the little things. And trust me when I tell you, I don't have this all down myself. Not even close. But it's something we can all work together on. When we notice that we're starting to be fearful of a new change in our life, we should take some time to talk to God about it and open our Bibles. We know we're already taken care of but when we go to God with our problems, we won't feel the need to worry about it as much because we are more trusting that He has everything in control. :)

So girls, I just want to encourage you that you're not alone in whatever it is that you may be facing. We're all in this together and we're here for you if you need support, encouragment or prayer. If you want to contact us, please email us at heistodiefor@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

~ Angelica

Trusting in God

Trusting in God.

It's something that if we were all to be honest, we have heard a LOT. We hear it often in church. We see it on Bibles, bilboards, buisness cards, greeting cards, and it's spread among Christians like wildfire on a regular basis.

"Oh hey... I heard you were going through something. Keep trusting in God, he won't give you anything more than you can handle."

We usually respond back with something like, "I know, I'm trying. I know."

Do we really? Do we really know? Not really. Because I'm thinking that if we really knew how to trust God, we wouldn't have so many worries and stressors in our day to day life. We would be able to take any negative situation and just realize that God had 100% control over it and everything was going to be okay. This is actually true, but why don't we realize this often enough?

I think it's because our lack of trust stems from the fact that we need feel connected to God in order to  think we can trust Him. We want to see God work in our lives before we can trust him. Then, when we do actually see him work in our lives, we hesitate to trust Him still. What if that was a coincidence? How do we know that God actually aranged all of that for my good? Good question. The Bible has an answer.

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28

So I want to draw your attention to something in that Bible verse I posted above. What, exactly did God say that He will work together for our good? One thing? Something? No. Everything. He has promised us in His Word that he will work everything together for the good of us in our plan. Everything. Even the things that we're currently looking at with a negative perspective. He's already got that covered. All planned out. He knows everything about us, everything about our past, and every little detail about our future. And he has it already all working together for His good. That thought should be really calming when you think about it.

"When I am afraid, I will trust in you." Psalm 56:3 

The really beautiful thing is that through the Bible, we have been given the chance to see that God is very trustworthy. He has never let anyone down. Never. He doesn't make mistakes. Here are some verses in the Bible where other people are explaining God's trustworthiness.



"Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods." Psalm 40:4



"In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?" Psalm 56:4


There are so many verses in the Bible on trusting in God. I'm only listing a few here but if you are interested in finding more of these Bible verses, a lot of Bibles have a place in the back where you can look up more of these verses under "trust" or "trustworthiness" or you could look up these verses online. Believe it or not, looking up these verses online can actually be a great reasource if you want to find more of these Bible verses or any of the others that we use in our posts. :)


So see girls, I think when it really comes down to it, we will only end up trusting God more and more with the things in our lives and eventually our entire lives in general if we get to know Him better. Funny enough, that's the simple answer. It really doesn't get any easier than that. Because the closer and closer we get to God, the more we learn about Him. The more we learn, the more we see His good intentions and His promises in the Bible not to harm us and to protect us. Everyone is going to struggle with trust and trusting God at some point in our lives. But my suggestion would be to get to know Him better- something I'm sure we all could use doing.

After all, we can't ever get too close to God. (:

If you have any feedback, suggestions, comments, or prayer requests, please do not hesitate to let us know! We would love to hear from you! Please contact us at heistodiefor.gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible!

~ Angelica

The Lord is Close to the Brokenhearted

"We're sorry, but I don't think she's going to make it."

The words stabbed through my heart, and I felt the weight of them crush me like a ton of bricks. Was I even hearing her correctly? Maybe I was just seeing things. Or I could be dreaming. Yes, dreaming would be nice. Then I can just wake up and forget...

"Come on Anna, let's go visit her."

As my dad pulled me into the hospital room where my little sister was waiting, every step felt so hard to take. Every breath felt close to impossible. But still, I was alive. Alive in the very physical sense of the world. But as I sat there in the room with my little sister, being forced to say goodbye, everything felt impossible. In a sense it was like my world had fallen apart. She was my world. And now my world was over. 

Most everyone has experienced the feeling of being brokenhearted. Like Anna in the story, you easily could have had a situation in your past where everything just felt impossible. Breathing may seem labored and hard to manage. You might feel a constant pain or heaviness in your chest. Maybe even doing the simplest things are just hard to manage or even close to impossible anymore. I think everyone experiences the feeling of brokeness or brokenheartedness at some point in their lives. But do we really know how to respond when we feel this way? Most of us, when we get to this point, we have no clue where to turn! I've been there, and sometimes over things that are a lot less big than Anna's situation above. 

If you ask around and try talking to others on their opinion on how to handle this feeling, expecially as teenagers, most of them will say things like this.

~ "Oh, you're just a teenager. It's normal to be emotional. The feeling will pass."

~ "Why don't you try finding things to engage in to take your mind off of how your feeling?"

~ "Well, ya know, time heals everything. Just wait awhile and things will get better."

Now don't get me wrong. Teenagers can and will be emotional sometimes. It can be a really good thing to find something else to do if you are feeling overwhelmed in your emotions. And for most things, time does heal things. But sometimes, these answers just aren't good enough. We want something more. Something to grab on to. Something that will encourage and inspire us. Something to give us hope when all seems lost. Well good news for us, God has given us the answer in the Bible. But firstly, we need to realize that not only does God have everything under control, but he is actually close to us! Look at what this Bible verse states in Psalms.

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted 

    and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalms 34:18 

What good news this is for us to hear. To know that even when we feel this way and even when we feel this broken, God has never left us and he actually is close to us instead. This is also worded in another way here. 

 "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2 Corinthians 12:9

So in knowing that God is close to us when we feel broken, we need to run to Him when we feel this way. He is the only one who truly can understand the depth of the pain we feel or the weight in our chest. He understands the situation and knows every little part of it. The Bible says that he knows exactly how many hairs we have on our head!(Luke 12:17) God not only knows the problem and its extent but because he loves us so much, he wants us to take our problems and worries to Him. He doesn't want us to have to deal with our problems alone and actually tells us to give our worries, cares, and all of our problems over to Him so we don't have to carry them ourselves! He says that when we go to Him with our problems and give them over to Him, he will give us his peace.

"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1

So today I just want to encourage you girls. Sometimes we feel brokenhearted. We just feel hurt and crushed and the things of life get us down. But girls, we don't have to deal with this alone! God is right here with us through everything we are going through. Every step of the way. And when we feel like we can't take another step, God is right there to tell us that we can, that we can heal, and we can get better. Remember that all things are possible through God(Matthew 19:26). When we feel this way, at any time in our lives, we need to run to God. He will help us and will give us the strength we need to acomplish anything!(Exodus 15:2)

I found this song the other day called "Hanging On" by Britt Nicole. This song is amazing because in a way, it's a cry out to God. At the end of the song she's saying that she's hanging on because she knows God will take care of her. A beautiful song to listen to for any occasion! I have posted the video below, so feel free to check it out and let us know what you think! 

Girls, if any of you have been feeling Brokenhearted recently, it is our prayer that this post was an encouragment to you! If you need someone to talk to, prayer, or support, please don't hesitate to email us at heistodiefor@gmail.com and we will get back to you shortly! God Bless! <3

~Angelica