Relief
It will be a year ago tonight I was sitting on the floor of a cabin at Crooked Creek Ranch crying my eyes out realizing I had been fighting a battle by myself that I could not win. It was that night that I realized I needed to hand this battle over to God and let Him piece back together my heart instead of me trying to do so myself.
It will be a year ago tomorrow morning that I walked up to my best friend in the coffee shop there and told her, “I’m finally free.”
A year ago I decided to hand over my heart to Jesus to let him repair it from all the damage I put it through throughout my years in high school. I was set free from the pressure of trying to fix it myself. I was set free from the constant battles I was trying to fight on my own because I finally grasped the concept that God doesn’t want me to fight my battles by myself, He wants to fight them for me and with that would come peace.
I still get goosebumps every time I think of that night.
There was so much healing just within a single night.
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Its an Ingrid Michaelson sort of day while I sit in my room crafting away headbands for the craft fair on Sunday.
PS: I absolutely adore this cover
(Source: Spotify)
“We fell in love with the windows rolled down. Chasing the sunset through another empty town. Your hair was a mess when you would dance on the coast. Your silhouette, like some heavenly ghost.”
This Providence, “Sand in Your Shoes”(Source: excusemewhileifallforyou)
I love the fact that this verse is permanently in my skin and yet every single day I need to be reminded that there is no fear in love. That God’s love is so good and my life is in His hands. Who’s hands would I rather have it in? No ones. His plans for my life exceed any plans I could ever imagine or think of myself. It is absolutely silly of me to ever worry about what today or tomorrow has in store because the man who created the world, sketched out my days and I don’t ever need to worry because of that.
I want to be reminded of this every day and not have a fear in this world because my Savior has it all under control.
1 John 4:18- There is no fear in love because perfect love casts out fear. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Fighting For Love
This topic of conversation has been on my own mind lately: men fighting for the women they love. It all started when I read Redeeming Love (side note really fast: Redeeming Love is probably one of the best books I have ever read. If you have not read it yet, I highly suggest that you do so now. It is absolutely beautiful and the ending made me want to cry. I loved every moment of it). Even though the book is not about a man fighting for his wife, that theme sure shows up at times. Then I watched Moulin Rouge the other night (another side note: this is easily one of my favorite movies. Same deal, if you have’t seen it, you should probably go watch it right now), but the same theme shows up in the movie. This man is fighting for the woman he loves.
At this point I was of course like, ”Wouldn’t it be amazing to have man fight for my love.” Of course, saying that because I am a girl. Then I had a duh moment! That moment when you realize that you are being absolutely ridiculous and you are incredibly wrong. I was like HI, I have a man who fights for my love every day. In fact, I have a creator who fights for my love. I have said it time and time again in my posts, God is the ultimate pursuer. He pursues me on the daily and He has unfailing love. Love that will literally never fail me.
I can’t get it out of my head now: How great is it that I have a creator who fights for my love and pursues me every single day? That is absolutely breathtaking to me. I love the fact that at where I am at in my life now, I am absolutely loving being consumed by the unfailing love of my Creator and not being consumed by the failing love of an earthly man.
God’s love is SO good.
I have not and will not smoke weed. I am already a happy person, I don’t think I need something to encourage happiness more. Jesus is my natural high <3
I actually didn’t! I was just always a happy person and was loved a lot by my family so I guess I never really felt the need to go through that stage!
Have a great night anon <3
I have definitely dealt with this! And it is hard and sucky because all you want them to do is having feelings for you back, but unfortunately it is not that easy.
However, the great news is that at this very moment God is writing this crazy beautiful love story for you and some man out there. Keeping your eyes on God is the only way that the love story he is writing you will play out. So I have to constantly remind myself daily to fix my eyes on Jesus and He will take care of the rest. He will take care and prepare my heart for what He has in store, and He will take care of the hurt that my heart might have been through with one silly boy not liking me.
I hope this helped anon! If it didn’t, please feel free to send me more messages! Love you <3
I have a great little cutesy polaroid camera that I adore dearly and of course my Canon Rebel T1i who is my baby.
I have one tip when it comes to capturing life’s moments: take pictures and take a lot of them!
There is absolutely no harm in taking a billion pictures when all you need is one because on shot could have captured something that the last shot didn’t.
God planned out every moment of our lives and pictures are the perfect example that every single move was created and placed by our creator. So don’t be afraid to take a million pictures when all you need is one! <3
I absolutely adore my friends and family who live in Arizona! They mean the absolute world to me. However, I am not the biggest fan of Arizona as a state. If I could pack up and move and take my friends and family with me, I would do that in a heart beat! But it just isn’t that simple as much as I wish it was!
I have always had a lot of guy friends, I don’t know why. I think it is because I just get along with guys easier. There has been times where I have started liking them, but it would just be for a small amount of time because I always knew that our friendship was too rare.
Them on the other hand, I don’t actually know. I have never had a close guy friend straight up say to me that they had feelings for me. If i ever have had a guy friend who was that way, they kept it hidden from me but I don’t really think so.
You are seriously so sweet though. I am far from perfect! But you are such a doll! Just be yourself and that is amazing!
Have a great day anon <3
This question might be hard to answer because people’s definition of what a relationship differs. But let me tell you this anon:
Before I met Jesus, I found my worth in boys, so I was always in a relationship. But since I have fallen madly in love with Jesus, that relationship hasn’t come along that. And that is the relationship that will mean most to me <3
Have a great day anon! Lots of love.
Oh of course! It has happened time and time again. But I learned that God has a great plan and is writing my love story! Which is probably the most encouraging thing to hear when that happens!
It doesn’t really matter to me! I am not picky, but I have always ben a huge fan of MAC of course…
Why are we in love with these men who are so attractive? It is an issue. But I am glad we share this issue together!
