The life of Rachel in the last week

Hey everybody I know I haven't been up to date with my blogging lately so I am about to catch up for the last six months I haven't made a post.

Track is finally over for me, after three months of practice and about six or seven meets ( a lot were canceled because of weather). We had JV IRC's which are kind of like sections except you can't go any farther unless you are competing on the varsity then you can make it to State. But Any way at our sections IRC's I got fifth overall in the 100 meter dash, first in the 4 by 100 relay, and the big highlight of the meet was when I tied for first place in the high Jump with a jump of four feet three inches!

The other main highlight of the past few weeks is today I got Confirmed! Me, two of my friends plus one other boy were there to recite our life verses, and a paragraph that we had written about why we had chosen that verse , and read three answers to questions given to us a couple of weeks ago. I had to answer, What is Gods relationship to he world? What is the sacrament of the Lord's Supper? and What is the Christian hope? Here are my answers if you wish to read them.

What is God’s relationship to the world?

Remember your creator in the days of your youth, Ecclesiastes 12:1a. God created the world and he loves the world because it is his creation. God pronounced that the world was good at the creation but mankind through sin has corrupted it and we have turned our eyes away from Him. Our relationship to the creator isn’t all that great at the moment. I say at the moment because the way God shines through people on earth comes in waves. Sometimes it seems like every thing is great. Then of course we hit the bad times and the world seems to be going down hill. Lately I think we have been stuck down at the bottom of one of these waves and we need to work on getting out.

But how do we do that? We need to get back to the basics: God created the world in the first place and he has ultimate rule. But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding, Jeremiah 10:12. We are the ones messing up. God is always there for us to get reacquainted with him, we just have to make the time. God Wants to be in a relationship with us but even thought we are listening we really don’t know what to listen to and we keep getting distracted by the rest of the world. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; renew my life according to your word, Psalm 119:37. God loves the people that he created so much that he was willing to sacrifice his son so we could maintain a relationship with Him. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that who ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life, John 3:16.

What is the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper?

A sacrament is a devotional, rite, or symbol. The Lord’s Supper is the ritual we use to remember Christ’s death. The Bread was his Body that was being basically destroyed for us, and the wine which represented his blood that was being spilt to clean us. While they were eating Jesus took bread and broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying “take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying “Drink from it, all of you this is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for the many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26: 26-28. We need to keep our eyes on the immense sacrifice he made for us. We can do that by taking the bread and the wine like he told us to.

We are not only remembering but we are giving thanks and participating in the blood and body of Christ who saved us from sin. Is not the cup of thanksgiving that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 1 Corinthians 10:16. We are thankful for the price he paid to give us eternal life with Him. And we are participating in the Blood and body of Christ because we are part of Him when we accept Him as part of us and take the Bread and the Wine for the First time.

What is the Christian Hope?

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. Hebrews 6:19. The Christian hope is that Jesus will return and carry us all up to heaven! We all wait in Careful expectation for that wonderful day when he will come and take us all out of this world and up to spend eternity with him. Look , he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him so shall it be! Amen. Revelation 1:7.

We are his chosen people we are in his book and we want all the people around us to be up there with us in heaven. But sadly most of the people on earth haven’t accepted Christ yet. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Matthew 28:19. Even if we don’t succeed in one person doesn’t mean that we don’t plant a seed in that person, and one day they will accept Christ. All Christians should share the same hope of all of us going to heaven with the entire world with us! So let us all celebrate because we are going someday. But while we are still on earth it is our duty and privilege to bring other people in to His light, and let them see the wonders of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So my fellow believers let us celebrate in his second coming, let us reach out and let us grow in him with every life that is saved and we shall be praised by Him, the alpha, omega, beginning and end.

oh and one last thing to those coming out to our place for Stephen's Graduation. I have entered a movie contest about three hours south of here. And my Movie was chosen to be shown so my father and I will be driving down there for the showing! all that want to come are welcome, if you think it is worth it to drive three hours and if you will fit in the car. Love to all

-Rachel