''God shows his love for us in that while we are still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

- I was put on this earth to be spent.
- to serve
-to be broken
-to lead
-to follow
-to pray
-to die daily
-to pick up my cross
-to be fixed on higher ground
- to learn
-to listen
-to embrace
-to bring light into dark places.
- to not always get it."
-to be humbled
-to be bold
-to love, as Christ loved
- and to ultimatly GLORIFY my father in all that I do.

"I am the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." John 14:6

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

Lord Jesus, i need you. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open my life to you and recieve you as my savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life and make me the kind of person You want me to be. Amen.

reign in me, Lord as you rain on me.

a good person produces good deeds from a  good heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

God is not always on your mind, but he should always be in your heart.

God speaks in different ways but we don't always hear his voice.

"suffer with Christ; or suffer without him."

things i love this week.

presidents day, i wrote an ode to past presidents

but then i accidently deleted it...

sorry guys.

this bands music. its AH-MA-ZING.

go download it. right now.

                                                            

her hair style, which I'm now sporting.

presidents day weekend.

a weekend full of...

boyfriend time,

a trip to the snow,

valentines day, 

& a day making jewelry and laughing until i almost pees my pants.

all leading up to a lovely Tuesday where i proceeded to sleep in and bake cookies all day.

here are some photos to show you how much fun i really had this weekend.

let that be enough.

Jesus is patient and kind;

Jesus does not envy or boast;

He is not arrogant or rude.

He does not insist on his own way;

He is not irritable or resentful;

He does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

Jesus bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

I want to be patient.
I want to be kind.
I don't want to be jealous.
Or boastful.
Or proud.
Or rude.
I want to seek for the best of others.
I don't want to be easily irritated or keep track of wrongs done to me.
I don't want to be glad at injustice, but in truth.
I want to bear, believe, hope, and endure all things.
And I don't want to fail.

<3

light years away.

And boy, looking back I see 

I'm not the girl I used to be 

When I lost my mind 

It saved my life.

It's how you wanted it to be 

It's like you played a joke on me 

And I lost a friend 

In the end .

And I think that I cried for days 

But now that seems light years away 

And I'm never going back 

To who I was.

Put on Love.

When it comes to love so many people are so discouraged that they are ready to throw in the towel.

but wait...

God does more than give us good advice. He redeems us so that we have the power to love as He designed.

Only at the cross of Christ can a relationship be redeemed from the guilt and power of sin. Joy comes through a life of worship. "You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy." Psalm 16:11

John says that we love because God first loves us.

We present this response to Gods love for us in two steps. First we allow His grace to shape our lives... "Put on then, as Gods chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness and patience." Col. 3:12 The second step is to use these virtues when friction or sin enters into the relationship, when you are let down or bothered by one another, "bearing with one another; forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you. So you must forgive." (col 3:14) It is hard to forgive. When you have been hurt. But it is impossible to grow in a healthy relationship unless sin can be conquered by loving forgiveness.

Christian love involves our response to God's grace: putting on Godly virtues, bearing with and forgiving one another and offering the sacrificial love we have received from Jesus Christ. 

lately...

I know my God is my provider and He will get me through anything I need.

that said, I NEED a solid job.
But I am putting my needs in His hands knowing that in His time I will receive the perfect job. I'm making a huge effort to try and find a job but I know God has something up His sleeve for me.

This is my prayer in the desert

And all that's within me feels dry

This is my prayer in the hunger in me

My God is a God who provider

a sick day

In photographs.

I have found my newest obsession.

Pomegranite Burt's Bees Chap Sick.

I decided to use this amazing mint julep face mask.

im comfortable with myself. hahahha

DayQuil has saved my life today.

praise the Lord!

today I am currently reading this book.

By Donald Miller.

I plan on watching my new favorite movie.

500 Days of Summer.

My new favorite thing.

this chunky bracelet was bought for new years

and it had been connected to my wrist ever since!

thank you Forever 21.

I have been watching OTH Season 3.

i love Naley.

And I love my best friend who watches it with me.

ha.

Love made new..

a problem and a solution.

God intended the human race to consist of men and women together.

"It is not good for man to be alone." -- emotionally, spiritually or physically.

Gods regular intention for mankind is marriage. We should date with an eye toward marriage. The fact that men and women are different is not a curse or a product of sin. God made us this way. The woman was made out of a rib. Not out of his head to rule him, or out of his feet to be trampled by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected and close to his heart to be loved. Commitment is realized through faithfulness. One of Gods most glorious attributes. Between a first date and a marriage. Commitment must grow.

the fall

why is love so hard between a man and a woman?

because of sin.

Sin and its outworking bring so much misery and frustrate our hope for the blessings of love. Sin is the rejecting of Gods authority, a denial of Gods goodness and truth. Adam sinned by worshiping eve in the place of God.

Don't put your partner on a pedestal.

The first effect of sin was alienation: the man and the woman could no longer be in fellowship with God, nor could they enjoy their previous fellowship with one another.

Sin twists commitment into selfishness, intimacy into secrecy and shame, and interdependence into conflict.

Instead of waiting on God, women are tempted to manipulate a man and capture him for marriage Instead of finding satisfaction in God, they seek happiness in a man.

Love between a man and a woman simply cannot work without love for God at the center of the relationship.

you are all I want. you are all I need. you are everything, everything.

to be continued.....