Encouragement...

I thought i would just share some of my all time favorite Bible versus...hope it encourages you to trust God in everything you are, and everything God is showing and teaching you to be.

"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7)
I think sometimes we get discouraged when things don't go right, or Don't go exactly the way WE would like them to. When we ask God for something, and he doesn't deliver on time. I believe that we have to Really mean it in our hearts, really feel that what we are asking for is right. And believe that God can do this. If we keep on asking, and keep on knocking on that door, it will be opened. Maybe not exactly right away, but God will open it.
"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember  that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward." (Colossians 3:23-24)
Always work for the Lord, whether it be when your at your church helping get ready for a sunday lunch, or in school when someone has dropped there book. Help people. Work hard, even when people don't notice. GOD DOES! If you have a job work even harder, have fun doing it. Just Glorify God in everything that you do, Smile. Someone will eventually notice. And then well...if you don't have job, work at home. Do dishes, fold the laundry. Make it easier for you parents, they already have enough pressure and stress on there shoulders taking care of us teens and our sometimes not very good attitudes. Always Smile when asked to do something, Show that you love to do your job, work hard not just for your boss but also work extremly hard for God, because that is when we will truly be happy. That is when we will truly be rewarded for our work.
"Three things will last forever-Faith, Hope, and Love-and the greatest of these is Love." (1Corinthians 13:13) 
Even though it can be hard sometimes show Love to people. You never know what they have gone through, and if you show someone just the slightest simplest act of kindness, a smile in their direction can make all the difference.  Jesus showed love to all his disciples and all who believed in him. We should also have Faith in every situation, and especially Hope. Hope gives us reasons to go on, it gives us a thought, that maybe just maybe there is a chance out there for us. Have Faith, Hope, and Love to climb those tall mountains and those low valleys, and then we can finally walk with God on the path of righteousness. He will make it all right.
Sharon<3