Times With God

I don’t even know where to began. Taking time out of my day and spend it with God. It can be from just five minutes or almost an hour. During most of those times, it’s like I feel God’s spirit touch me. It gets me to just start praising Him.

When I’m in my college dorm room is when I really get my praise on. I put on my playlist of my favorite gospel songs and I read my bible. The songs I listen to get so deep and hit home because it can be either something I’m going through or I’m just praising God for blessing even when I don’t deserve it. I end up crying and on my knees just praying and thanking God. I guess you can say I was kinda like Paul and Silas when they were thrown in prison.

As a college student, there are rough days. One thing a lot of people have told since I’ve been in college is keep God first. I’ve always have. Without Him where would we be? There is an organization that I’m apart of called Southeastern Christian Association. I remember during my 3rd year of college that I saw a post about them through a friend of mine. Something told me to check them out. I went to the Bible Study that they were having and I’ve been doing that ever since. Everyone was so nice and welcoming to me.

My favorite gospel songs that I listen to is the songs I grew up listening to. Songs by people like Rev. F.C. Barnes, MaryMary, Lee Williams, Hezekiah Walker, etc. Every gospel song has a message that touches everyone. For me it touches when thinking about Jesus going to Calvary and dying for my sins. I constantly think about what He went through and how He was able to stay humble through it all.

My favorite books in the Bible that I love reading is Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastics, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, and Romans. I read these the most out of all the books in the Bible. There are some powerful points in those books. I’ve been reading these since either high school or my 1st year of college.

Those tears I cry when God’s spirit touch me be so real. Even when I’m at home and go through my Pinterest board that I have reserved for Bible verses and Christian quotes. I just cry because of how good Jesus is.

I definitely feel that I’m turning into my dad a bit (he’s a retired Methodist preacher) when it comes to praying. When I hear my dad pray, I try to do something similar to that. Praying everyday is apart of my everyday routine. Sometimes when I pray, I do have tears that come out my eyes and words don’t come out my mouth. I always hope that the Lord knows my heart when I do pray like that. I always pray for the people I know, to just thank God, and for myself.

There be random times of the day when I just think about God. I began to think about the times when He has never let me down. I remember when I was little, my family and I were coming home from bible study one night and it was raining really bad. A tree fell in the middle of the road and we drove across it. All of us were screaming and was terrified. We thought we were gonna die. The car that was behind us crashed into the tree. When we got home, there was not one scratch on the truck. God was protecting my family and I.

This year I have had dreams about being in Heaven and seeing God. During Spring Break of this year I had a dream that a big ball of fire came and got me and took me to Heaven. I saw surrounded by clouds and I saw a very bright white light. I knew it was God. He hugged me and told me this: "Everything is going to be alright." When I had that dream I was so stressed out and worried about school and everything else. Plus, finals week was about 2 or 3 weeks later. The second dream I had was recent. I dreamt that it was judgement day. There was someone else ahead of me being determined if they are going to Heaven or not. That person ended up not going to Heaven. I was up next and I told whoever was making the decision that I've tried to be right and do everything that God has asked me to do and that I had no excuse for what I've done. With that I was let into Heaven. When I had this dream in my waking life, I began to have a fear that I was never going to be enough and that none of the hard work I do won't pay off. Both of these dreams gave me a bit of hope for me.

I don’t understand why today’s society wants to push Jesus to the side and make Him last. Society wants to wait till something bad happens and then need Jesus. We need Jesus in our everyday life. It doesn’t hurt to make time for Him. There is no need to be ashamed to say you love Him. I know how genuine He is. The one thing that I keep in mind is what Jesus went through. He sacrificed His life for us. Took our sins to Calvary on the cross and died. Three days later, He got up with all power. He is so amazing. No matter what I always keep God 1st.