What the heck is this . . . ?

What the Heck is This . . . ?

About the blog

Written as of May 3, 2013
 
Finding Your Way in Christ is a blog run by me, Langston--a young Christian trying to live right and unashamed. I started this blog site in January 2012, and has been going strong ever since. (Not to say there weren't times the blog was on break--for more information, read this)
The purpose of FYWIC originally was an outlet for me to speak the things on my mind--the things God was showing me. I was involved in an email devotional with some friends, and God was just opening my mind to some very awesome things. Being homeschooled, I didn't see any other way to share these new truths and messages at the scale I wanted other than the internet--specifically, a website! So I made a site with Google Sites. It looked okay visually and functioned alright in terms of interface, but in terms of stats it failed pretty epically (less than 5 views a day, most of them probably from me or a friend I sent the link to). So I looked for an alternative, found one in Blogger, and switched to it. And that's how this awesome blogspot was born. A year and four months later and we're still going strong! Now Finding Your Way in Christ has two authors, a Google Plus page, nearly 100 posts, +13,000 views and over 70 +1's on Google. The purpose of the entire blog can be summed up in this: Therefore, brothers, encourage and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing, and Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. -1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV; 2 Timothy 4:2. God has used this blog for some very awesome things, and I ask you to pray that He will continue to work through us as we try to use the gifts He has given us for His glory. 
Have a great day and God bless!

About Langston (me)

Written as of . . . sometime late-ish last year (2012).


I would be the one they call Langston. I'm a young, blessed teen trying to stand out and live for Christ. I like to write, read, play guitar, draw and just anything that involves God.
My name is actually old English, it comes from the word "Long stone." Which fits me, because I'm 15 [update: 16, now. haha. xD] and already 6ft tall. My name has biblical importance too. All throughout the Old Testament, people have made these huge memorials in places where they experienced God. One example of this is in Exodus 17:15, where Moses built an altar an called it "The Lord is my Banner." When Moses did this, he would have used a massive rock, or "long stone" to create the altar. The purpose of the stone, would be to point to God. Anyone who gazed upon the freaking 10 ft tall rock, would know that the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob had been there. It indicated God's presence. It was a testimony to the One who is Always Present and what he has done. That is the meaning of my name; the massive rock that testified about the true and living God. The object that when people looked upon it, they saw a fraction of the God they've heard so much about.
I'm not saying I'm perfect or trying to boast, because I'm not. I have my own issues, my own weaknesses and areas where I need God's help. We all do. The only difference between a Christian and a lost person is whether we acknowledge it or not. I can honestly say I'd be nothing without God. He ignited this fire inside me burning for him. I had nothing to do with it. I mean, I always respected God and tried my best to do what he said. Being raised in a Christian household, I was open about being a Christian and didn't really try to hide my faith. But my world was more Langston-centered than Christ-centered. I put me before God, but my own needs above what he said.
But he changed all that. Over the past seven or eight months I've been growing more and more in him than ever before. He's opened my eyes to new things, showed me new paths, allowed me to see what it really means to follow him. He baptized me with his Spirit and now I'm just on fire for him. It's all God all the time. It still amazes me what he can do with someone who's willing to lay down their life to follow him. God is so big and just so amazing that we can't comprehend it. Remembering all that God is doing is like a ray of sunshine, breaking through a darkened room. It let's me seem and it gives me life.
I know I'm supposed to be telling you about me, but honestly I'd rather tell you about my God. It shatters my brain to try to understand it all, to understand him fully. He looked down on me, with all my selfishness and ignorance, and still pursued me. He has made me the young man of God I am today, and is making me into the servant of Christ that he wants me to be tomorrow. God is an awesome God. If you want proof, just look at me and what he's done.

About Hannah

Written as of June 17, 2012.

I'm Hannah and I will be sharing and writing in this awesome blog with Langston :D My hope and prayer is that everyone will grow closer to our Father and that we will not be able to shut up about Jesus! So you all get to know me better, here is my testimony of how I came to really know the Lord. I've been a "Christian" since I was 3 and I've always had a crazy wonder about my Father. But about 3 months ago, I began to have some serious doubts about God. See, I never really KNEW the Lord. I mean I've always believed that Jesus died for my sins but that's as far as I would go, and I'm afraid that most "Christians" are like this. Anyway, one night I was praying and I just thought to myself, "what if I'm just talking to a wall?" What if I'm talking to myself? What if God's not real? I finally got myself to sleep but the next morning I was different. I was lost. I was dead inside. It was like this cloud just came over me. I just wanted to know the truth. The truth of how the world got here, how I got here. I wanted to know if God was really there. But the thing is, unlike most atheists, I didn't want to lose my faith. I wanted God to be real and I wanted to hang on. I was searching for God and that's music to His ears ;) So anyway I was honestly dead for about a week. I struggled with so many questions about the Lord. The devil was closing in and I needed my Father more than ever even though I didn't really know Him then. Satan put a bunch of "what-ifs" into my head. What if God's not real? What if nothing really matters? What if no one loves you? Now you're probably wondering when someone says something that just totally confirms my faith, or if I read a Bible verse that just solved everything. That didn't happen with me. Nothing that anyone said or did changed my heart. My Father did that. God had me right where he wanted me. I was WEAK. It was his time to come in and save the day. But it happened slowly. After reading my Bible and gaining up enough faith to pray and actually know that my prayer went somewhere, my Father showed me how real he really is. I would pray prayers like "God if you show me you're real I will give you my life and serve you with everything". I still remember one evening when I went down to my awesome lake and looked out over the water at this amazing sunset. I was honestly hoping that God would just come down from the heavens and say "I am here, I am real". I didn't know it then but he said just that. There's no way that amazing sunset banged into place. God made it. I started to realize that it took more faith to be an atheist then to trust in the Lord. Another time I prayed for God to make an incredible rainbow. The next day, this incredible double rainbow curved over the blue Florida sky. It was awesome!!! On April 30, 2012 I rededicated my life to the Lord. My Father is with me and I am saved. I learned that God was real because HE showed me. I was filled with his spirit, tears of joy spilled down my cheeks. I was done fighting. What can Satan, a fallen angel, do to me when my Father is on my side? Nothing! I am honestly on fire for Jesus. I can't stop thinking about Him and I want you to be the same way! Be bold! Don't be afraid of what others will think. Relentlessly preach the gospel to others! God gave me a childlike faith. He put that wonder and awe of what he did back in my heart. I hope that my testimony will encourage you and help you if you ever doubt the Lord. I pray that whoever reads this that Father you will place a fire in their soul for you Lord God. Amen! 


So now we aren't complete total strangers to you. We're both praying that God will use our testimonies and our young lives to help, encourage and inspire you guys to live for Jesus: to put Him first and let everything else come second. If there's anything you need to ask or know, leave it in the comments or check out the contact page and one of us (probably me :P) will get back to you.

Have a great day and God bless!