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.

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

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~

From the Inside Out by Hillsong

This is such a beautiful song! :)

~Viviana~

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

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!

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

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to my father and all the fathers out there! God bless them all!

My Life: A Summary, Not Facts

I know I haven't written much about my life, so that's what this post will be about. I live with both of my parents, my grandma, three sisters, and one brother. I'm the oldest out of the kids. My sister Bella is 10, Natalia is 7, Aaron is 4, and Katia is 2 (I'm sure you can imagine how life is with a 4 and 2-year-old!). And do you want to know something interesting/crazy? Me, Bella, Natalia, and Aaron share a room (Katia still sleeps with Mom and Dad)! It's not always so bad, but of course there are those crazy days where everyone's up late. I did mention some facts about me in a previous post, but let me put them more into a summary: 


When I was about seven years old, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I've had my ups and downs as a Christian, but I still try to follow Him with a whole heart. I mess up very much at times, but He is loving and forgiving. I so much enjoy all the arts! I like practicing piano a lot, and I love trying new pieces to challenge me. When I was younger, I did a little photography. I still would do it, but so many people do it; I'd feel like I'd be copying people. Acting is one of my favorite things! At my church, we used to do a play each year for Awana. Unfortunately, we haven't done a play last year or this year. I enjoy writing stories or essays. It wasn't until sixth/seventh grade that I realized writing was fun. Ever since, my writing has developed more and more. I recently discovered that I liked drawing. I normally didn't like drawing (my drawings used to be horrible) but when I decided to draw a character from Avatar: The Last Airbender-- that's when I began to think that drawing was fun! I like filming short movies and other things of the sort. It allows me to combine writing and/or acting or directing (most of the time I just direct). Reading books thrills me, but only when the book is adventurous, funny, or fantasy-based! It's fantastical! I find languages so fascinating and I hope to learn many languages in the future. I love to laugh or hear funny stories (I like telling some of my funny stories as well). Laughing just brings some excitement. I like quoting lines from movies or the funniest times in my life. That's mostly what you need to know about me!


Until my next post!
--Viviana <3