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Hi Jess!
Hope you're really good!
ooh lots of questions- Yep, we tour outside Sheffield all the time! Check out the gig listings page in our backstage section to see where we'll be and when!
You can also get Golddigger to come and perform in your town or church too... just get your youth leader to get in touch with us from the bookings page!
I think sometimes it's really hard to believe that God loves you and has a plan for you when life is rubbish... but one thing that I've learnt is that there's no point in ignoring him whilst we try and get ourselves back on track, when actually God is the only person who can really get us back to a place of being totally happy and content. That can be hard to trust God, but I think the best way to deal with the rubbish that life throws at us is to depend on God, talk to him and let him help you through it. I've known God the best in times when life's been difficult or confusing and so i'd say keep investing and working on your relationship with God and that'll sort your life out in a much better way than any of us could imagine!
And finally, YEAH you can buy our music on the website... if you go to music.golddigger.org.uk you can download our latest single, Media Rules (and the 2 other tracks that it comes with!) and our free download track, Really Live. You can also pre-order our new album (yayyyy, we're so excited!) by going to the shop icon at the top of this page!
Thanks for your questions and hope to see you really soon!
Beth
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Posted about 2 years ago by Beth  |
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Hi EllaMae,
I don't think God is ever angry at us when we dislike ourselves, or even when we do things to take that out on ourselves.... but I do think it makes God really sad- just because he created us to be happy and he loves us so much. God made everyone of us and thinks that we are wonderfully made, so when we think badly or do bad things to ourselves we're basically disagreeing with him and saying we don't like what he's made. It can really effect our relationship with God if we feel ashamed of how we feel or that God is angry with us, but I've found that God is totally the best person to go to, he's the best person to help us when we feel so bad. If you feel like this, it's ok to ask for help and ask your youth leaders to support and pray with you as you try with God's help to understand how great you are really.
I think we can love others, even when we don't like ourselves, but we'll be much better at loving other people if we can love ourselves too. It's easy to become jealous or angry with other people if we feel insecure about who we are, but if we can accept and love who God's made us to be then we can truly "love others like ourselves".
God has made us to be happy and in relationship with him, so anything that stops us from being like that is not God's best plan for our lives- but God is a God of hope, and he still loves us and can rescue us from whatever we do or feel!
Beths xx
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Posted about 2 years ago by Beth |
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heyya
have you ever felt so far away from god that you think he isnt there and that he doesnt care about you and what you do?
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Posted about 2 years ago by Naomi  |
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Hey Naomi, Yes I have felt like that before and I think we all do from time to time. I think its quite often because how we feel right now seems to take over. Have you ever seen the film the Prince of Egypt? Theres a scene at the end (you can read it in Exodus in the Bible too but I like to watch it in cartoon too!) where God parts the sea so that Moses and the Israelites can escape where they have been kept as slaves - its awesome and helps you to understand what an amazing miracle that really was... but the thing that amazed me about it was that by the next scene the people are already starting to question God and whether or not he'll look after them, give them food and are all really doubting that God is even there - DUH! What just happened? How are they forgetting what God just did for them! SO that really challenged me - I sat and had a go about how stupid they were and then realised I do exactly the same thing! There are some times in my life that I KNOW undoubtedly that God has been there and done something amazing for me, answered a prayer or spoken to me in a way that I have KNOWN it was Him. So now when those things happen I call them a 'Red Sea' moment and I write them down. Then whenever I'm going though a rubbish time I can look at those things and know that even if I don't understand what is going on- I know that God is still there and will be there for me.
It is really tough sometimes but for me, my relationship with God is so important that I'll always fight for it - and its good to know God is fighting for it too. I don't know why sometimes God feels close and other times distant apart from that that helps us to be stronger actually and builds character in us. Its all a big adventure though - and totally the best part of life!
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Posted about 2 years ago by mandy  |
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hey Mandy
that makes some kind of weird sense!! i will have to dog the bible out from a box and look it up!! (we are packing cos we are trying to sell the house so i have no books!) why does it always feel like god is far away when you need him most!?
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Posted about 2 years ago by Naomi |
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one of my best freinds recently announced that she fancies other girls!!! but she still claims to be a christian, i have studied the bible since and it says repeatedly that homosexuality is wrong, what do you think i should do, do i challenge her about it or just accept it? could it just be that the bible was written such a long time ago when people were set against homosexuality or does god feel angry at her for the way she feels. please help im in a really difficult situation!!!!
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Posted about 2 years ago by jazzyb  |
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btw the link to page one here isnt working and it just says that it is broken
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Posted about 2 years ago by jazzyb |
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omg on the blog you said it was amazing that robbie was rejoining take that! (i agree) i met them all at the film shoot for there first music video back to gether it is coming out in november, my dad was doing the first aid cover for it.....how come the weekly news hasn't been on for ages i thought it was gr8
beth have you dyed your hair red permanently now
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Posted about 2 years ago by jazzyb |
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Hey JazzyB, Thanks for letting us know about the link and yes, weekly news will be back but just at the moment while we're recording daily videos for all the songs we've not done a news one together! We would have thought you'd seen enough of us these past 2 weeks! As for your friend... While its right that you work out what you think about it... I'd say don't rush into that. The Bible does seem to be really clear but if your friend is a Christian then the chances are she is also questioning and working through how to interpret what God is saying too... so while I am all for being honest and challenging, its more important that you support her and allow her to think through it. I think anyone who is dealing with feelings towards the same sex, Christian or not, will at some point have a fairly tough time processing what is going on... so I just can't see how our role as Christians should be to make that harder for them and beat them up about it! I think its really important to allow your friend to explore the way she is feeling and not to try to pretend its not there...which she may do if she feels her friends don't accept her. Talk to her about what she thinks about it and maybe look at the bible together to discuss openly what you both think its saying - without having an opinion all ready to give to her... or go together to meet with someone you respect from your church to ask them what they think and hear different peoples opinions. I'm sorry if thats not the clear answer you were looking for... and as someone who has a degree in Biblical studies I'm not sure what I think myself... only that I know the Bible has far more to say about loving people and putting them first so if in doubt... always make sure you're doing that!
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Posted about 2 years ago by mandy |
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tanx mandy that really helped and since then my freind and i have spoken about it and she has explained more about it than i ever knew which really helped me get around the way that she's feeling one thing i've noticed since tho is that we're both a lot more reserved about our feelings i suppose i might just be scared she might fancy me or something. i no longer feel that i can talk to her about boys and other girly stuff in case she doesn't feel comfortable about it and might get bored and also im the only one that knows about it so at our girly sleepovers when we're all fantasizing over zac efron and stuff i find myself giving her a funny look which i feel really guilty about after. i can see that shes not that interested in the stuff that we are but shes still my mate and i don't want to exclude her from things that she should be involved with because then it would be really weird and the other guys would notice and then she might feel that she has to come out with it to them before she feels comfortable. aaaahhhhhhh its so confusing what do i do?????????
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Posted about 2 years ago by jazzyb |
