Author Bios

SweetTart:

Tiff has been a Christian almost as long as she can remember, having first asked Christ to come into her life at age three. After that He worked in her as she matured and came to know what it truly meant to be a Christian. she was baptized in 2003 at age nine. In 2007 she rededicated her life to Christ. Recently God has taught her contentment. She was struggling with being the oldest, with some of the decisions her parents have made for her. He showed her that these decisions were for her good. He showed her how to content with what was unchangeable. God has also shown her the importance of hard work where her school work is concerned. He has shown her how she need to work hard and do well so that she will be ready to serve Him. Another thing God has shown her is how to guard her mind and heart. To keep them focused on pure things. Recently God has laid it on her heart to minister to other teens through this blog. It is her prayer that He will work through her and her friends as we write this blog. She is the oldest of five siblings. They are all homeschooled. She will graduate in 2011 and hopes to go to college to get a degree in Interior Design. Her dad is a pastor and her mom is her teacher. She has a dog and a cat and lives in the middle of no where with lots of trees and deer.

PraiseHim:

Rebecca is a 2009 graduate from Hope Christian home school.  She lives in Alabama with her parents and younger brother.  She enjoys singing in the church choir, working with children in AWANA and Good News Club, helping with drama class, decorating, crocheting, serving people, spending time with friends, and making people smile.
The biggest thing that the Lord has been teaching Rebecca this year is that, according to Isaiah 8:11, God doesn’t want her to “walk in the way of this people.”  She understands this to be a clear command to her from the Lord that she is not supposed to follow the accepted plan for life after high school: moving off to college.  She has determined to spend her college years living at home, and earning an online bachelor’s degree through a program called CollegePlus!  She gets some strange looks and disapproving comments from the general public when she explains that she is not going to college, but she is confident that this is God’s will for her, and she is so thankful for her parents, family, and friends who have been very supportive and encouraged her to follow God’s leading, even though it’s not popular in our society.  She’s learning that it doesn’t matter if other people think she’s strange, as long as she’s in the
center of God’s will, and following His plan.
Rebecca is praying that God will open doors for her future, and that she would always be listening for His direction in her life.

SoverignLove:

Hey guys! My name is Jennifer. I’m 17 years old and a senior at Hope Christian School. Watching football is my passion, but more than that…. Jesus Christ is my passion! Over the past few months I’ve began realizing what truly being in love with God was all about! I was saved at age five, yet did not seriously begin living for Him until I was 13. God has become the love of my life and I hope to share to share some of the things that He has taught me with you!

*note: Jen (SovereignLove) uses NIV translation unless otherwise noted.