heated flooring

 

i decided to title my blog’s randomly. because i typically have a hard time coming up with titles, so i just decided that one of the first things that come to my mind, will be my title. whether it has any relevance or not!

 

Sometimes I let myself feel really inferior to people. But when I take the effort to stop those thoughts, and embrace people and live in God’s truth, I am in love with people. and God uses people immensely to bless me, and to show me just how much He loves me. Through me loving them, and listening to them, and hearing them, and talking with them, and laughing with them, and in return, them loving me. Exhort one another. Speak truth to each other. Be real. Admit your faults, Admit what God is trying to teach you.

p.s.
  work out clothes just make me happy.  as well as rain. rain def reminds me of NI and brings me peace and just makes me love God more!

God is good. All the time.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”…I will trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.”
Psalm 52:8b-9

blessed

 

I love growing (up). I’m thoroughly enjoying it. I like looking back at even a year, and seeing how much more understanding, less selfish, and more responsible i am, more content and calm, more loving, more confident, stepping more into where God has me…. God answers prayer.

I also love those relationships where you can go months without talking to someone, then all of a sudden you skype with them, and you just feel so refreshed! I love the people that are in my life, near and far.

I am extremely blessed. Unworthy, yet blessed because I am a child of God and He is a Father who gives to His children.
Therefore, my life shall be a living sacrifice in return.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.”
James 1:25
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blessings

 

You know those times when you are going somewhere to do some work, or just to relax and you don’t really want to be bothered?!
Well tonight started out like that. I have a lot of things that I need to get done specifically for this week. So i planned on working on them at a coffee shop, and i actually prayed, “God i really don’t want to be talked to tonight, unless you have a message for me…”

So, I was working, and a lady whom I know came and talked to me! and let me tell you, I am glad she did! It was a huge blessing. She asked about Off The Wall, and was encouraging me and the ministry with what we are doing, and said how she wishes she could help out more, and then we talked a little bit about her. it was wonderful!

We need to always be willing to be interrupted, even when we’re busy and maybe one-track-minded. God loves to interrupt us with little blessings that turn out to be great blessings.
People are gems. truly.

God is good and has a purpose and plan in everything. Open your eyes and hearts.

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”…And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14b

power made perfect

 

So i have these moments, where I just want to cry because I hate being in certain situations. I’m a debbie-downer. I get down on myself a lot, and give up on myself way to quickly when I’m in a situation where I am feeling like I am failing or there is the possibility to do just that. This happens a lot, in leading worship. and other various activities. but mostly, worship.
I get weak. The thing I love the most, is where I struggle.
and I just have to run to God for help, and remember that it’s not about me. and it’s all a learning, growing, charachter, confidence building experience and i need to rely on Christ and not myself. and be obedient to the call He has given me.

The in the moment, when all else is forgotten except for Christ, I feel alive, and I feel like me, and It’s all okay, because God is reigning.

 

I love when God gives me those moments during worship, where I just see worshippers, (partly why I like being on stage, I see things a lot of people don’t see), and I usually have to control my tears, but sometimes I can’t. But tonight was a very incredible evening for me, which is funny because I just wanted to curl up in a ball (Oh Jesus!). But we must endure, we must have faith and fight for what we know God has told us to. and Tonight, God just gave me a picture of the church, His body, coming together and just worshipping Him. Laying themselves down, forgetting all else, but Him and Him alone.

Tis a beautiful picture.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
2 Corinthians 12:9

relationships

 

Sometimes you just have to embrace a situation. and not be intimidated, and just enjoy! I love people who are patient and willing to encourage people and just accept them for who they are. It does a lot.

I love that God gives us people in our lives, who can love us and who can encourage us, and who can stretch us and challenge us. relationships are such a beautiful thing. i like a versatile group of people too. and yeah, i just like it a lot. :)

 

GOD IS GOOD, all the time. May we be encouragers and embrace the people around us and appreciate the one’s God has put in our life. and Serve Him wholeheartedly.

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your strength.”
Psalm 54:1

Fellowship

 

It’s a great thing as a woman, to have older godly women in your life. To hang out with and just enjoy an evening with. it’s a great blessing!
As well as to just have them to talk to. and knowing that you can talk to them, and getting to know them as well as them getting to know you!

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10

new favorite verse

 

I like my piano times.
  I like music in general. Esp live music. It’s relaxing, and energizing.

I also like that thru reading Hosea, God’s jealousy for His people, which includes me, just popped out to me. Once again, going with the whole, being a part of His bride, He is jealous for me, for us. He wants us for himself, yet He will not force Himself.
I love God. and all that He is.

I like the appreciation and admiration (love) He gives me for people too. It’s a bit overwhelming at times. But to love another in Christ, is a beautiful thing and is fulfilling, and it pleases God, and I like it a lot. (if you would have known me in highschool….you would not believe those i just spoke (or typed) those words…God is redemptive, and shaping us.)

I like sanctification, even though it’s painful a lot of the time.

I like that God goes against the mold of the world and that He doesn’t make sense to the world.

I like getting excited about His Word.

I like being able to help.

I like being able to encourage and to show that I care.

God Is Good.

Sigh. Im in love with Jesus!

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.”
Psalm 45:1

Marriage, is what brings us together.

 

So this may surprise a few of you, but I am a girl so this is bound to come up and happen!

Marriage is in many of my conversations, with my best friend getting married, my brother getting married, and me now with a desire to be a mother and after that a desire to be married (pry should be the other way around huh…), marriage is just a hot topic at the current moment.

but the last couple of days I have been rather encouraged by marriage.
1) with realizing that I have numerous people who are praying for my future husband and that he can just make me laugh hysterically (which i need, cuz i dont laugh like i used to). and that someday, he will come.
2) im just super excited for those in my life who are getting married. and seeing their excitement and longing for it as well.
3) the realization that we, beleiver’s, are the bride of Christ. and yet how often do we ‘marry’ ourselves to other people, or to other things, before Christ? Christ is our groom, and yet how devoted, how in love are we with Him really?! Do our lvies show that we are waiting expectantly for our groom, for that wedding day. and are we longing for Him in that way, or are we longing for others and for other things this world has to offer first?

Just been thinking about that. and the realization that I am the a part of the bride of Christ, just really gets me excited!

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Grace be with all who love our LORD Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.”
Ephesians 6:24

I.Am.In.Love.

 

You know, I’m enjoying life and where I’m at. I love the people and relationships in my life. I find joy and fulfillment through God in the littlest things, even if there is something heavy on my mind.
   I’m finding that with growing up, and maturity in general and Spiritual, and the more you fall more in love with Christ, you don’t take life as seriously, but yet you do. You are more apt to enjoy the simple pleasures, to see God’s goodness, to not get caught up in circumstances or people or the hard stuff, but you are more apt to endure with joy and to perservere because of your 110% belief in Christ through your experiences and faith…this is where i’m at in life right now. and i love every second of it, even when i’m flustered.

because I can take time out, i have learned the importance of taking time out, and breathing and just enjoying and fixing my eyes on Christ and knowing that it will all be okay because God is in control and He has a plan.

I am in love. with my Creator. My Savior. My Friend. My Healer. My Redeemer. My Prince. My Father. My God. My Protector. My Provider. My Counselor. My Strength. My All….

My heart is fulfilled, all I am is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. He is Great.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassino grows warm and tender. I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.”
Hosea 11:8-9

great conversations and laughter

 

great conversations and laughter.

laughter puts me in a better mood. it lightens me up. it makes me happy.
   i love laughter, so much, and I am grateful to God for giving us such a wonderful gift of joy. This evening has been full of laughter, and even though a lot of times when I laugh I end up bawling my eyes out and it ticks me off, I still love to laugh. And even though I’m slow at some things, it still makes myself and other’s laugh, and I enjoy laughing. It is so good for me.

I love conversations with people. preferably with a smaller group of people, you get to hear people’s heart and opinions better than in a bigger group. It makes me love people more, and see God more in people and how He is working. I enjoy it a lot.

:)

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”As the deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirst for God, for the living God.”
Psalm 42:1-2

The Body

 

I love church. I love being challenged to love Jesus more and to come together with other believer’s and hear from the Living Word of God. And worship.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.”
2 Corinthians 11:30

Mother’s Heart

 

I feel like I am growing up. and This is good, because it is my prayer. And In conversation with a good friend one day she was mentioning how maybe God is giving me this mother’s heart and desire for children, maybe as well to prepare me for ministry and the role that I am stepping into.

And the past day or so I’ve had moments where I’m just like, “I am here to encourage, and to pray for these people.” I’m here to lift them up, and to encourage my brother’s and sister’s. I cherish each person in my life, and recently I’ve just been feeling more and more motherlike, in little things. and at times I feel really proud of the people around me, other times not, other times I just want to encourage.

I love this. I love the mother’s heart. and I don’t think I will ever fully know what a mother’s heart is until i actually have children of my own. But so far what i am experiencing, I love it. and it is prayers answered, and God growing me and making me more into who He has made me to be.

I am excited.

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.”
2 Corinthians 1:20

Fellowship

 

I love to see people in love with Christ.
Im so encouraged to see the redeemed, live like they are redeemed and to know just what Christ has done for them and in their lives.
I love when people share what they are reading and how God is speaking to their lives through His Word, and to see them doing what they love, as well as not caring what the world thinks about them!

God is all over that!

Redemption.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD.”
Hosea 2:19-20

build each other up

 

It’s really encouraging and nice to hear from other’s who are in love with Christ.
   I miss that after not having it for a while.
It’s a blessing to be able to learn from other’s that God has gifted and laid something on their hearts for.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”and you have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority.”
Colossians 2:10

who knew?!?!

 

I’m realizing one thing that I love to do.
     I love to teach and help people. Like with piano, and with helping and showing people how to do support letters for upcoming mission’s trips and to guide them along new territories for them. I love it. I love encouraging them in these things that they don’t know much about, I love helping them figure things out, I love seeing them grow in it, and be excited. I love it.

and this is all a lovely surprise to me, that only God can really own and show me!

Who knew!!! God sure did!

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ”
Ephesians 1:3

Jehovah Jireh

 

I am amazed again, at how  God provides. He knows our needs. He restores friendships. He knows where we’re at in life, He knows our hurts, our struggles, our desires, our longings, and He does want us fulfilled in Him and He is constantly wooing us, so that we can be fulfilled and find all we are and all we need IN HIM!

I really want Jehovah Jireh tattoo’d on me, quite bad. because it means so much to me, God my Provider. So much. All of my physical, all of my emotional, even my desire’s and longings, all of my spiritual…all of my needs no matter what degree, big or small, or what category, God knows and He comes through. Even without me asking, or thinking that I need some things, He provides!

I am blessed.

*May you know that you are loved. That you are a jewel. That you are the most beautiful. May you know that you are cared for and that the one above is walking beside you, whispering all the while, who you are and which way to go. You are His, and when you follow, even if you feel lost, you are found.*

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9

Only God Fulfills

 

you know, God is everything that the Bible says He is. God is everything HE  says He is! God is everything good! I’ll never stop being amazed with Him!

I could write numerous things just  from today on why I love God, but one of my favorite parts of today was my lunch/afternoon spent with a dear friend! God knew we both needed today. we needed that fellowship, and just to hear and talk about Him and of what He is doing and of how we are in awe of Him.

I am amazed really, at how God really does give us the desires of our hearts (when they are fixed on Him, and found in Him, and when He is pleased with us as His children, which is enough!), and how He does want us to be fulfilled, all IN HIM! Because He is in fact, glorified in those moments. I’m just baffled, a lot of times, with God. He is beyond me. His ways and His thoughts are way beyond anything I can ever imagine. and I LOVE IT! and I love how He provides and just is constantly giving, when He doesn’t have ot because we deserve nothing…yet He see’s us as His bride, His children, pure, holy, as His!

sigh! I’d say I’m in love!
   He makes me happy! :) He makes me joyful. He makes me smile. He fulfills me.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Trust in the LORD, and do good, dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.”
Psalm 37:3-5

He has a plan for you.

 

Every believer knows that God has a plan for their lives, we all believe that.
But I think at some point along our journey, there comes a time when that truth becomes a reality in our lives.

and mine is now. I am really realizing, how much of a plan that God really does have for my life. And this plan, is a specific plan, for me, unique to my life. It’s not the same plan as anyone else’s in my life nor is it for anyone else near to me or far from me, but it is His plan for ME.

and it is that way for all of us. God has a plan, unique to us, for each one of us.

And This realization, and truth, is just starting to hit me, and make me love God more and makes me want to serve Him and fulfil this plan and to honor Him more with the path He has provided for me. I am excited, but with this plan, comes a lot more responsibility, so I need to put more of myself into this, which i am again excited, it means more growth, and more closeness with my Father, who is jealous for me, and who loves me, and has a plan! :)

so know that God has a specific and unique plan for you. YOU. He has specific things He desires YOU to do for Him, that He has planned out for you. Ephesians 2 says that He has prepared good works for us to do! May our eyes be open, and may we be full of obedience for our Holy Father in Heaven!

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11

You Will Know…

 

so i havent posted for a couple days. simply because i have not been around wifi until now. but boy do I have a few things to share! :)

The reality of God’s Sovereignty sums up my Monday and Tuesday. :)
     As followers of Jesus we really need not fear, ever, if we are walking in the right path, making the right decisions no matter how big or small. One thing I was reminded of, no matter how futile, is that whatever God wants to happen, will happen. BELIEVE in His Sovereignty.

for instance:
    monday i started my travel to kentucky. what should have taken 5.5 hrs, took me 7.5 hours. due to icy roads which caused backed up traffic just over the kentucky border. now typically, i would lose patience, but i was surprisingly content through it all. was grateful that my Dad was ahead of me and warning me of all that was to come! Which that in itself, reminded me of how much our Father in Heaven warns us, and wants us to know what is going on at times, and wants to make sure that we are okay on our journey called life. There are set backs (traffic), but He still is there and still comforts us and assures us! and even when we make a stupid turn, there is still always a way to the right way! :)

Tis the Spirit’s job to guide and direct us, and that He sure does! even when it doesn’t seem like it!

Tuesday, I had a great plan to go to starbucks and get on the internet and to blog and work on a few things right…God thought otherwise obviously. My car battery died. causing me to not be able to go anywhere for the afternoon at least. so I go inside, and get on my comp to just start to do things I don’t need the interent for…..
  my comp freezes big time for a long time.
okay…i get the point…so I just read the whole afternoon. was able to finish my book this morning because of it, which im really grateful for.

But through all of that, I journaled LOADS, realized a few things, and really got excited for what God has for me at this time in my life and what He will continue to do. which i tihnk I needed, because im in a transition period, and also a period where God is stripping a few things from me that I realized I rely on way to much, and with where I’m at and the door He is opening, I can’t rely on those things. I need to rely on Him completely and step out and stand up. This is His plan for me, His call on my life that i need to step into and fully rely on Him and no one or nothing else. I needed to see this, to realize that, and to believe it most importantly. and so God made that happen!

 

So believe in His Sovereignty! and know that whatever God wants for you, you will know. day by day, you will know because He allows it all. If your not supposed to end up somewhere, He will stop it. :)

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!”
Psalm 30:11-12

pick n mix

 

*ADORATION: Adoration is worship. and I’ve been noticing a few songs that use that term adoration, and all of course, about adoring Jesus. Whether it be adoring Jesus as a baby, adoring His creation, adoring Him for who He is…etc.
    I want to adore my King, Savior, Creator, Father, Friend, Redeemer…

*I consider it a huge blessing when you have the freedom at your work place to just sit with your boss and/or manager and talk about God and about different books that help you know God more and give you more understanding and help you fall more in love with Him

*Constantly blown away that in midst of my selfishness, God is rich in mercy, and His love for me.

*Love moments when you music just stops working when your driving and so you just start to pray and talk to Jesus!

*I love my NI family. They have a special place in my heart.
      People are blessings, we just need to choose to see them that way most of the time!

*Never compromise your time with Jesus.
  He is not just Holy, not just your Father or your God or Savior, but He is also your Friend. Learn to be His friend.

I just want to earnestly seek God in every area and in all that He is. and to fall even more in love with Him where I am cannot help but be consumed by Him and the things of Him.

Happy New Year. Embrace all the change, transformation, transition, struggles, people, opportunities, time and of course, God.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not been yet appeared; but we know when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”
1 John 3:2-3