From: Mia [#001]

Dear God,

I pray to You and all in heaven that you bless, guide, and protect us.

God, i pray to You every single night and i know that i am not the best Christian Catholic person around, but i want to be able to be truly inspired enough to live a life of faith. i want to thank you for sending people like my family to me. They are everything to me, and i mean that literally. My grandma is the most inspiring and Catholic person i know. Thank you for letting me be able to feel that inspiration from her.

Just like Chelsea, i've been to sermons, healing ceremonies, retreats. Over the years, i have realized how much You affect our lives. You give us everything, and i believe it is right to return that. I want to be able to know that i am always doing the right thing, or what i need to do. i know that i am not always obedient or following the commandments, but i want, i need, You to be in my life.

I ponder over my religion sometimes, and i wonder. I don't usually like to do that because i start to lose faith in what i truly and need to believe. it's is so easy to give in to other religions and false gods. i need You to help me believe in You, be with me always. and protect. i pray that you may help us and lead us onto the right path into heaven with You.

Thank You for everything You've done and everything You will do. Please help us in our time of need always and forever.

With Love,
Mia Celeste

From: Chelsea [#001]

Dear God,

I am so excited to be typing in here. Isn't this perfect? When my mom told me to keep a journal and write letters to You in that journal, I'd always put it off. Now that I actually like blogging, computers, and You, I bet I'll be doing this for quite some time.

God, I want to have a love for you. I don't know if I'm doing this right or not. When my dad was driving us back from California on Sunday afternoon, there was this preacher of some other Christian denomination who picked at the gods of the Hebrews in the Old Testament. There was Baal, Ashteroth, Amun, and many others.

I realized how a lot of people in the current day worship Amun, the god of wealth. It's like money drives their lives. Money is the reason they live. Money is what determines your future and everything else. Many women in this world worship Ashteroth, the goddess of romance. Yes, we all wait for that one dreamy guy to sweep us off our feet. The ups and downs in our love lives determine your life, everything you have, and everything you'll go through. These are all very tempting to give into. They're so easy to worship.

"The irony that you may find yourself getting into," the preacher mentioned in the middle of his sermon, "is that when all these worshippers of these false gods are let down, they blame God. Why? Because those gods change. Our God is a God who does not change. We don't always get things done our way. But that's how He works, just like surprises. You find yourself most surprised when you least expect it, and you're least surprised when you expect it."

God, will You tell me tonight if I'm doing anything wrong? God, will You be able to clear my head of any worldly thoughts? Teach me, I really want to love You.

God, I'm too scared to go out into the world. I'm too scared without You. I'm too scared to see people murdering, stealing, smoking, bullying...I'm not strong enough. I'm too scared to find out if I'll turn out a bad person when I'll be exposed to all this junk. And I think I know why. I'm not close enough to You, at least not yet. My faith isn't strong enough.

I don't want to lose my faith in You like so many others have. I don't ever want to reject You. I would truly be lost in life if I did not even believe in You. Here I come, repentant and without much knowledge in You. You know all of this...I just never got to say it to You. I really need You.

Note to self: I should pick up a Bible soon and read something in it.

All Yours,
Chelsea

From: Slim [#001]

Dear God,

Sometimes I really wonder why people think doing certain things are cool, such as stealing or murdering. When I think about these things, it makes me feel sad. I wonder if they know about the wonderful news about Jesus saving us. It brings such happiness to know that one day, I will get to meet you. *sigh* In religion class last year, (You probably know) we studied the book of Matthew. Mr. Boche made us watch a movie that was a visual version of Matthew. While the actor that was protraying Jesus was telling parables about the end of the world, he started to cry. You know Ryan, or I don't remember who said, "Mr. Boche, why is he crying?" Mr Boche: "He's sad becuz He knows that not all of His children will join Him in Heaven." Now, I understand because I know some of my friends don't believe in You.........it makes me sad to know that I may not see everybody I love and know in Heaven. Lord, please may they have a change of heart.

Love, your child,
Slim =]