3.28

Two years ago today I met God. These two years have been the best times of my life so I want to share the story of how I came to know my Father.

So ever since I was little, I always went to church. I went to church because my mom and dad went every Sunday. So ever since I was young, I knew stuff about God and Jesus and how He came down to earth to save us. I'm not sure if I understood all that when I was young but there was a time when I was about 8 or 9 that I saw my first vision. We were at a retreat for church in Korea and I was taking a nap, but then I heard my friend fighting with his brother about something. Then I saw something, and this could have been just my imagination, but I saw a picture of good and evil fighting with each other. So I was thinking that the good way is that I stop them from fighting and the evil would be if I just let them fight and hurt each other. I picked the good way. Yeah this sounds kind of ridiculous but I was young and thought I did well. Then I was in 4th grade when I was at my first retreat in Chicago. It was the last night or so and we were all praying. All of a sudden I got this feeling that Jesus is my Savior and He did die to save my life. I remember crying and crying until someone came and prayed with me. I guess I've been having Spiritual moments from a young age, but I still didn't know if I have gotten salvation. After many years passed, I was in 8th grade. At church we have just gotten a new pastor for youth group and they've been telling us about God and Jesus and how salvation is very important for us and we had to understand God's love. Every time I heard their sermon, I got depressed because I knew I didn't have it yet and I wanted it really bad. On March 28th 2008, Friday, they were telling us about how demons try to get us farther away from God and His great love and that demons will knock us down and persuade us with worldly things. Then it hit me, that demons have been trying to pry me away from getting to know God and that God really loves and wants me to love Him back and I knew I had gotten my eternal life.

Now I still love God more than ever and think of that one day and think about what if I hadn't realized that God loves me and called me to be His daughter. It's a terrible thought. That's why I added this date in my phone calendar so I can always be thankful for what my Father has done for me. Sure I still go through difficult times but I know now that He will always be there for me no matter what and even if I do something bad, He will forgive me because He loves me. It's a wonderful feeling. No words can describe how much I love Him.
I will never let go of that salvation He has given to me.

XO Ahnna

First Times

There's a first time for everthing. Like this blog i made today. I also tried to make this thing called "Cyworld." It's like a Facebook for Koreans. But it was really a pain in the butt because they said I had to give them my Korean social security number (which I don't even know) or if I live somewhere else, my phone number. So i gave it to them. It was pretty much a bad decision because why would someone even do that in the first place and the "special code" didn't come anyways. So yeah. I only did it so I can keep in contact with my cousins in Korea, but it was just a waste of time and information.

First time things like: starting a new school or trying a new food can be a bother at times and annoying but as everyone says, "try it before you say anything." Right? Like this blog I just made, I'm going to be happy that I have somewhere I can share things with other people (even if not many people will be reading this) and share my life stories, thoughts, and feelings.

XO ahnna