Hello!
I've been thinking about Evolution a lot recently. Evolution - any process of formation or growth.
Evolutionists believe that they world appeared out of nowhere, that there is no Creator. They also believe that humans evolved from apes. According to an Atheist that I recently had a debate with,"Evolution, Big
Bang, all of that, have VERY convincing evidence behind it and also,
has no evidence denying it. Very close to a proven fact." However, I do not believe this. Darwin, the theory writer of Evolution, had doubts about whether it was true. He said that once a certain fossil was found Evolution would be proved true. But no one has found this fossil. I asked this Atheist this question: "How can a
person come from apes? How could humans have transformed from an ape to a
human being? Yes, they may have found bones, but there is no proof
whatsoever. And if evolution is true, then why are their still apes?
Wouldn't they have become humans?"
He answered rather vague..."The reason why
there are still apes is because Evolution is a very slow process, but
you can see monkeys becoming more human like."
I tried to get him to explain further, saying,"So only certain apes turned into humans, but the others didn't?" I do not know everything there is about Evolution, but I know one thing for sure: it is a bunch of nonsense that can never be proven true. I asked many more questions like," If God
doesn't exist, then how am I feeling His presence? I'm sure you going to
say that I'm insane or something, but I don't really care. Why do I
feel joy when there's nothing to be joyful about? Why do I feel love for
those I find it hard to love? Why do I find a reason to live? How do my
prayers get answered? How am I comforted by God's Word, yet nothing
else can do so?" And also other things like this: "So you think
that the world just came out of nowhere, that it came on its own? Then
how do you explain why there is such creativity in our universe? Why are
humans so complex? Why is DNA so hard to understand? Why do we have
feelings? Why do we live? Explain, since you know so much."
His answer was merely this: "You're trying to backtrack to a point where science has not explained yet and saying it was your God. A new low." So, technically, he has no science to back him up, yet the Bible has all the answers for these questions. I really did laugh at that one sentence of my opponent... :D
I have felt God's presence, His wonderful presence; nothing is like it. Atheists/Evolutionists would probably give some scientific reason for it, but I know the truth: science can't explain certain things, and they never can.
People have different opinions and they will never agree. I know where I stand, and I know what I believe: there is a God who loves me and you with the deepest, most perfect love there will ever be. You cannot run from God, He will always find you. There is nothing you can do that will keep God from loving you, nothing, even believing in Evolution rather than in Him, He will still love you. However, you do have a choice. You will be with Him forever if you choose Him, but if not....well, let's just say it isn't a very nice thing... I'm not being threatening, I'm being realistic. God sent His perfect Son to die for ours sins, and because of that, we are forgiven!!! Accept Him and your sins will be washed away. Let God fill your life to the uttermost. :D
God bless.
--Viviana
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Almost the End of the Year
Hi! It's only a couple more weeks until Christmas! So exciting!
I was thinking about how this year has gone by so fast. 2013 is almost here. I thought about how much God taught me. I would say this year for me has been both good and bad. I've had to deal with a lot of difficult people this year, and I think God was trying to show me patience with them. And I've had some great things this year too, such as God answering my prayer for a piano. I wonder what God will be teaching me next year! :)
I was thinking about how this year has gone by so fast. 2013 is almost here. I thought about how much God taught me. I would say this year for me has been both good and bad. I've had to deal with a lot of difficult people this year, and I think God was trying to show me patience with them. And I've had some great things this year too, such as God answering my prayer for a piano. I wonder what God will be teaching me next year! :)
Here is O Holy Night, sang by Christina Grimmie.
~Viviana
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Things that have been going on!!
Hello! I haven't posted for a month... I've been spending a lot of time on my music blog instead of here. I think that needs to change. I should spend more time here doing something else that I really love: encouraging people! Earlier this year, I felt like God called me to start evangelizing online, to bring people to Him. I don't think I've really done that though. I feel like I've been spending too much time on music, and not enough time writing about things God showed me.
I think that a lot of times we can get too caught up in work or things we need to do. I know I do. But then I feel so horrible when I look through my day and realize that I didn't spend much time with God. Maybe just 30 minutes, but that's all. It's such a privilege that I can even read my Bible! That I can worship my Lord freely. In other countries, it against the law to be a Christian. You can be put to death if it's found out. I am so thankful that here in the U.S. we have freedom of worship!
Anyway, I do want to post more on here. I just hope I remember to...
God answered one of my prayers. I asked Him for a real piano, and He answered it! You can go on my music blog to see pics.
I think that a lot of times we can get too caught up in work or things we need to do. I know I do. But then I feel so horrible when I look through my day and realize that I didn't spend much time with God. Maybe just 30 minutes, but that's all. It's such a privilege that I can even read my Bible! That I can worship my Lord freely. In other countries, it against the law to be a Christian. You can be put to death if it's found out. I am so thankful that here in the U.S. we have freedom of worship!
Anyway, I do want to post more on here. I just hope I remember to...
God answered one of my prayers. I asked Him for a real piano, and He answered it! You can go on my music blog to see pics.
Here's a picture of our dog, Jax. This was when we first got him, which was a month ago. He's bigger now, though. He is very energetic... And tries to eat EVERYTHING.
I'm seriously going crazy... I always thought I wanted to major in music when I go to college, but now I'm not sure. For years I've been saying I wanted to be a piano teacher, but now I realize it wouldn't make sense. Why major in music when right now I can learn everything I need to know about music? Besides, I'm already a teacher. After thinking, I figured I wouldn't want to be a full-time piano teacher; I mean, sometimes I really like teaching, like when I see that one of my students is really doing well. But sometimes I don't like it, and I'm sure some people don't realize how hard it is. Sometimes I think, I'm responsible for this child's musical education, I can't mess up. So it's a job I love and then again,don't always like... I want to major in something that I will enjoy doing every time I work. And I probably will still teach piano on the side. :) I'm going to trust God in this, and see what He wants me to do with my life, even if it's not something that pertains to music. But I do feel like He has something great for my life.
Until next time,
~Viviana
Monday, October 15, 2012
Hello again!
Hi! I sure haven't posted anything for a while... It's really hard to keep up 3 blogs. I probably won't write very much on here.
Recently, my family got a dog! He's a Labrador Retriever, he's 10 weeks, and we named him Jax (short for Jaximus). I sure wasn't expecting so much work! I have to get up everyday at 6:30 to take him outside.
I'm so excited because my birthday is in 1 month! And then 1 month after that, it will be Christmas. I'm really looking forward to all the holidays. My sisters and I are practicing some songs to sing on Christmas. So far, we have When Christmas Comes to Town from The Polar Express, but we have no idea what other songs. I still want to do a traditional song, such as Silent Night.
For school, I have to write a persuasive essay (my favorite type of essay to write!) and I'm really having fun with it. I feel that with writing, you can get everything you feel off your chest. I'm writing about how America has changed so much since the founding of it. It's really sad to see how Americans have drifted so far from God; this land once firmly believed in Him, and now it's "offensive" if we even talk about Jesus. How is that fair?! Other people can try to press their religion on someone else (any other religion besides Christianity), and it's supposedly not offensive. And then, I heard something once about how people wanted to take the part "One nation under God" out of the Pledge Allegiance.
This year's candidates seem hard to choose from (but of course I can't vote yet). It seems like whoever wins the election, you'll have a downfall either way. Obama speaks great and everything, but he's for abortion and gay marriage, plus he hasn't done very much for America. And then Romney is against what Obama's for, yet I'm not sure whether he would do much for our country or not. We need a person who's for family values and Christian ideas to lead our country. Something I always hear is,"That person's a Republican. They don't understand the poor people like Democrats do. They're only for the rich people!" That's COMPLETELY false. Think of President Abraham Lincoln. He was a Republican and all the people loved him. He was against what was wrong (slavery) and did as much as he could to stop it. America needs to return to the way the Founding Fathers intended it to be. We need to fight for what's right, and stop people from leading us astray: we need to return to God.
~Viviana~
Recently, my family got a dog! He's a Labrador Retriever, he's 10 weeks, and we named him Jax (short for Jaximus). I sure wasn't expecting so much work! I have to get up everyday at 6:30 to take him outside.
I'm so excited because my birthday is in 1 month! And then 1 month after that, it will be Christmas. I'm really looking forward to all the holidays. My sisters and I are practicing some songs to sing on Christmas. So far, we have When Christmas Comes to Town from The Polar Express, but we have no idea what other songs. I still want to do a traditional song, such as Silent Night.
For school, I have to write a persuasive essay (my favorite type of essay to write!) and I'm really having fun with it. I feel that with writing, you can get everything you feel off your chest. I'm writing about how America has changed so much since the founding of it. It's really sad to see how Americans have drifted so far from God; this land once firmly believed in Him, and now it's "offensive" if we even talk about Jesus. How is that fair?! Other people can try to press their religion on someone else (any other religion besides Christianity), and it's supposedly not offensive. And then, I heard something once about how people wanted to take the part "One nation under God" out of the Pledge Allegiance.
This year's candidates seem hard to choose from (but of course I can't vote yet). It seems like whoever wins the election, you'll have a downfall either way. Obama speaks great and everything, but he's for abortion and gay marriage, plus he hasn't done very much for America. And then Romney is against what Obama's for, yet I'm not sure whether he would do much for our country or not. We need a person who's for family values and Christian ideas to lead our country. Something I always hear is,"That person's a Republican. They don't understand the poor people like Democrats do. They're only for the rich people!" That's COMPLETELY false. Think of President Abraham Lincoln. He was a Republican and all the people loved him. He was against what was wrong (slavery) and did as much as he could to stop it. America needs to return to the way the Founding Fathers intended it to be. We need to fight for what's right, and stop people from leading us astray: we need to return to God.
~Viviana~
Friday, September 14, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
An Evangelistic Letter
Hey! So yesterday I sent my Grandpa an evangelistic letter. I had written it a month ago but just had not sent it out. I felt guilty everyday, having thinking,"I still haven't sent it!" Now I feel great, hoping that it will change his thoughts on everything.
Here's what I wrote to him:
Dear Grandpa, please read what I am about to write very carefully. It is not only life-changing, but life-saving. I write it for the good of you, that you may personally know God. He changes lives, and I’m not just saying it, but I’m seeing it in others.
God loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die for us, to save us. Because of our sinful nature, it separated us from God, because of His holiness. We can say however many times that we’re faultless, but we’d be lying to ourselves.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. --Romans 3:23
But God wanted us to live with Him forever, He wanted us to know Him. We were made to know Him. Without knowing Him, we’re empty. We’d have nothing to live for, no purpose in life. We would try to fill that emptiness, but it couldn’t ever be filled. But with God, we have a purpose, a purpose to live for Him with our whole being! It would give us all a joy and happiness none could explain! But Satan doesn’t want people to know God. He wants them to be with him in hell. The way of the world (the way of Satan) leads to separation from God forever. Non-stop pain and hurting forever in hell. But all of us could keep from having that fate! We could live with God eternally, forever--no pain or suffering, no problems. Jesus saves!
Jesus didn’t come to earth to be served, but rather to serve others. The King of kings and Lord of lords serving others! He’s the Son of God, faultless, perfect. Jesus is the only way to heaven. Besides Him, there’s no other way.
Jesus said to him,”I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” --John 14:6
When you accept Jesus into your heart, believing Him to be God’s Son, you are made new, born-again as they say. If you repent of things, you’ll be forgiven! As easy as that!
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. --1 John 1:9
God wants you to turn to Him. He is waiting with open arms. He loves us like no one else can or ever will.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. --John 3:16
Every verse I have written on here are God’s words, His perfect words that are completely true, no lies or anything. Jesus is what allows us to be able to go to heaven when we die. The only way to heaven is by believing Jesus is Lord and Savior, that He died on the cross to save us, that He’s God’s Son. We can’t get into heaven by being a “good person,” because there’s no such thing. We’re all sinners, we’ve all done wrong. But His love is the reason why He died, because He loved us!
In this love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, that God sent His Son, to be the propitiation for our sins. --1 John 3:11
Nothing can ever stop God from loving you. He will no matter what.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. --Romans 8:38-39
God gives eternal life to those who follow Him. Satan gives death and destruction. God saves, Satan kills. The choice is yours. Who will you choose?
Please consider everything that I have written about. Every single word is true. I feel as if God has spoken to my heart to write these exact words to you.
May everything that I have said change things.
Love,
Viviana
Here's what I wrote to him:
Dear Grandpa, please read what I am about to write very carefully. It is not only life-changing, but life-saving. I write it for the good of you, that you may personally know God. He changes lives, and I’m not just saying it, but I’m seeing it in others.
God loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die for us, to save us. Because of our sinful nature, it separated us from God, because of His holiness. We can say however many times that we’re faultless, but we’d be lying to ourselves.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. --Romans 3:23
But God wanted us to live with Him forever, He wanted us to know Him. We were made to know Him. Without knowing Him, we’re empty. We’d have nothing to live for, no purpose in life. We would try to fill that emptiness, but it couldn’t ever be filled. But with God, we have a purpose, a purpose to live for Him with our whole being! It would give us all a joy and happiness none could explain! But Satan doesn’t want people to know God. He wants them to be with him in hell. The way of the world (the way of Satan) leads to separation from God forever. Non-stop pain and hurting forever in hell. But all of us could keep from having that fate! We could live with God eternally, forever--no pain or suffering, no problems. Jesus saves!
Jesus didn’t come to earth to be served, but rather to serve others. The King of kings and Lord of lords serving others! He’s the Son of God, faultless, perfect. Jesus is the only way to heaven. Besides Him, there’s no other way.
Jesus said to him,”I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” --John 14:6
When you accept Jesus into your heart, believing Him to be God’s Son, you are made new, born-again as they say. If you repent of things, you’ll be forgiven! As easy as that!
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. --1 John 1:9
God wants you to turn to Him. He is waiting with open arms. He loves us like no one else can or ever will.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. --John 3:16
Every verse I have written on here are God’s words, His perfect words that are completely true, no lies or anything. Jesus is what allows us to be able to go to heaven when we die. The only way to heaven is by believing Jesus is Lord and Savior, that He died on the cross to save us, that He’s God’s Son. We can’t get into heaven by being a “good person,” because there’s no such thing. We’re all sinners, we’ve all done wrong. But His love is the reason why He died, because He loved us!
In this love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, that God sent His Son, to be the propitiation for our sins. --1 John 3:11
Nothing can ever stop God from loving you. He will no matter what.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. --Romans 8:38-39
God gives eternal life to those who follow Him. Satan gives death and destruction. God saves, Satan kills. The choice is yours. Who will you choose?
Please consider everything that I have written about. Every single word is true. I feel as if God has spoken to my heart to write these exact words to you.
May everything that I have said change things.
Love,
Viviana
I truly hope that this letter will get to his heart, changing everything inside him. I felt God give me the words to write. They are not my own words.
We don't know when our time is up, when we'll leave this earth. We never understand the importance of spreading the word about Jesus, how He saves. Change that! Be an evangelist! Help change the life of someone! Imagine how many people's lives you can touch just by living out God's word. YOU can make a difference!
Friday, August 24, 2012
Coming Back!
Hello to all! I'm so sorry I haven't written anything for a long time! I just hope I can start writing stuff again. I've been a little busy, but not enough to make that an excuse of why I haven't been writing. So I hope to once again start writing on here! I started school and have been teaching piano lessons, then I'll be an LIT in Awana, so I'm going to be pretty busy during this season, but I think it will be good.
Have you ever had one of those times where you read the Bible and all, but you don't feel close to God? That's what I had experienced recently. I read my Bible, went to church, but I just couldn't feel God. I wanted to so much, yet I couldn't. I realized I wasn't exactly putting God first. I remembered this verse though:
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. --Jeremiah 29:13
I needed to give God my entire heart. Before I realized all this, I kind put other things first, like watching TV and trying to have fun too much. And then this verse spoke to me: Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way. Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to serving You. Turn away my reproach which I dread, for Your judgments are good. Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness. --Psalm 119:36-40
I asked God to revive me, to give me a new, fresh start. He gives second chances, third chances, one thousand chances--just ask Him, and He will give you another chance.
There's something about feeling God's presence that is just so reviving. Your heart becomes overjoyed--it's just something that I cannot explain.
Now, maybe you're in a hard time. Maybe you feel like God forgot about you. Believe me, He didn't. Maybe you lost a loved one, or maybe only bad things are happening. You're probably saying,"Why does God let these things happen?" Well, we don't know why. Only God knows. And sometimes He puts us in certain circumstances to bring us closer to Him. Keep up your hope. Keep faith in Him.
God bless,
--Viviana
Have you ever had one of those times where you read the Bible and all, but you don't feel close to God? That's what I had experienced recently. I read my Bible, went to church, but I just couldn't feel God. I wanted to so much, yet I couldn't. I realized I wasn't exactly putting God first. I remembered this verse though:
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. --Jeremiah 29:13
I needed to give God my entire heart. Before I realized all this, I kind put other things first, like watching TV and trying to have fun too much. And then this verse spoke to me: Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way. Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to serving You. Turn away my reproach which I dread, for Your judgments are good. Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness. --Psalm 119:36-40
I asked God to revive me, to give me a new, fresh start. He gives second chances, third chances, one thousand chances--just ask Him, and He will give you another chance.
There's something about feeling God's presence that is just so reviving. Your heart becomes overjoyed--it's just something that I cannot explain.
Now, maybe you're in a hard time. Maybe you feel like God forgot about you. Believe me, He didn't. Maybe you lost a loved one, or maybe only bad things are happening. You're probably saying,"Why does God let these things happen?" Well, we don't know why. Only God knows. And sometimes He puts us in certain circumstances to bring us closer to Him. Keep up your hope. Keep faith in Him.
God bless,
--Viviana
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