Happy Thanksgiving folks!! Whew!! We have SO SO much to be thankful for! I don't know who might be reading this but there is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS something to be thankful for. I just look up to my Jesus and thank Him for giving His life for me and my sins. I know that God has endless patience, but sometimes I feel like He looks down and shakes His head at me and laughs! Ha! I do believe Jesus has a sense of humor and loves laughter. But anyways, that's besides the point. Jesus has been teaching me so so much and I just LOVE sharing it!! I've been going through the book of James..well I actually just started, but what the Lord has revealed to me has been SO SO great!!!
Recently, I've just been struggling with lacking. You can say it..and I've been lacking it!! Money, time, and especially wisdom. Seriously..the time is about to come when I'm about to have to make big decisions..and homegirl needs wisdom. Sometimes, I feel bad just asking God this and that and so on..but do you know that He WANTS you to ask. You see when you ask God..He knows you have faith.
Read James 1: 5-8
"But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
You see, Jesus WANTS to give you wisdom. He wants you to trust Him. He wants you to have faith in Him. Sometimes, we get what we didn't exactly pray for or exactly what we felt we needed at the time..but you see Jesus knows what we need now and what we need in the future. Over two years ago, I prayed that my Jesus would come through for me and take away a relationship if he wanted. At the time, I didn't want that relationship taken away, and I was DEVASTATED. But now, Jesus knew that was exactly what I needed. He knew how I would need Him. He knew How I would grow in Him. He knew that He would be my all in all. It's so cool. You see Jesus is our Father. He wants to provide for you. He still wants to cover you in His love.
Ask for wisdom..and Jesus will give freely. Just make sure there's no doubting..because there is no room for doubt with Jesus.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
For He is Good
Every time I write one of these bad boys, I seriously feel like I start off by saying that life has been crazy and that I literally feel like I don't stop..and I really don't. So with that being said, life has been absolutely beautiful/crazy/indescribably good. I can't tell you how much I've grown in my faith this semester. I have seen my sin in my life more clearly than ever before and sanctification I feel like has been my middle name lately. It's just been so so cool. I seriously just look back and I would have never been able to do anything in this life if it wasn't for Christ. He has made me whole and seriously given me strength and so so much peace about this year. Anyways off of my rant, I read a wonderful verse the other day, and I just have to share it and what the Lord is teaching me in my day to day walk.
Psalm 85:12
"The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest."
God IS GOOD. We hear this every single day and say it even when our hearts are doubting those three words, but really even when bad things happen to us..it is a blessing. I've started to view life this way and man how it has helped me gain a whole new perspective on things. I just want you to take a minute and look back on your life. Think of all the bad things that have happened to you. I'll share one of mine. My parents divorce. Yes, it devastated me. It made me cry and sometimes I still cry over it. But you know what? It was one of the biggest blessings in my life. I would've never gotten to know the wonderful people that I know. I would've never gotten to see Jesus like I do or depend on Him like I do now. I think that sometimes whenever bad things come our way, we automatically think "why would God allow this? Why would a so-called "loving God" let me go through this?" You see, God does love us and therefore doesn't want us to stay the same way that we are and sometimes where we are. Before this year, I was NEGATIVE nancy. Always complaining, gossiping, not being honest in all my speech, but you know what Jesus changed me and brought things across my path to strive to be that woman of integrity..even though it wasn't easy. Another thing I learned from this verse, was that sometimes we think when things are being withheld from us, we are being punished. God knows best. Regardless of what you think or I think, He knows so much better than us what is good for us. We are so so clueless. God is IN OUR FUTURE. He sees what we cannot. You might be feeling like you are being left out on, but you so aren't. This summer I really struggled with that. All my friends were in relationships and although I'm sooooo young. (I'm 21) I felt like God was holding out on me because Mr. Right wasn't sent my way yet. Little did I know that I would view that now as a blessing. Crazy how we view things so so differently in retrospect. Ya'll I am so so thankful Jesus didn't send me a man during that time. I wouldn't be able to pour into so many girls like I have. I wouldn't have been able to truly learn what it means to rely on my Jesus like I have. I wouldn't have been able to spend so many precious precious times with my girlfriends like I have. Don't misread what I'm saying, being in a relationship GOD'S WAY is always worth it when it's in His timing. It's just when you're in a relationship your goals change and you really have to make an effort to serve and love that person, and honestly I wouldn't have been able to love my girlfriends and give them 100% like I have. If I would've forced that I would've missed out on the blessings that God had for me at that time. I see Jesus now in a totally different light. He has shown me so so much. I wouldn't trade it for the world. God KNOWS what is good and when to get the "harvest". We must only need to trust Him. Putting everything in His perfect and precious timing. Anyways, I have had the AMAZING opportunity to photograph many great people lately..here's a few of them!!!
Psalm 85:12
"The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest."
God IS GOOD. We hear this every single day and say it even when our hearts are doubting those three words, but really even when bad things happen to us..it is a blessing. I've started to view life this way and man how it has helped me gain a whole new perspective on things. I just want you to take a minute and look back on your life. Think of all the bad things that have happened to you. I'll share one of mine. My parents divorce. Yes, it devastated me. It made me cry and sometimes I still cry over it. But you know what? It was one of the biggest blessings in my life. I would've never gotten to know the wonderful people that I know. I would've never gotten to see Jesus like I do or depend on Him like I do now. I think that sometimes whenever bad things come our way, we automatically think "why would God allow this? Why would a so-called "loving God" let me go through this?" You see, God does love us and therefore doesn't want us to stay the same way that we are and sometimes where we are. Before this year, I was NEGATIVE nancy. Always complaining, gossiping, not being honest in all my speech, but you know what Jesus changed me and brought things across my path to strive to be that woman of integrity..even though it wasn't easy. Another thing I learned from this verse, was that sometimes we think when things are being withheld from us, we are being punished. God knows best. Regardless of what you think or I think, He knows so much better than us what is good for us. We are so so clueless. God is IN OUR FUTURE. He sees what we cannot. You might be feeling like you are being left out on, but you so aren't. This summer I really struggled with that. All my friends were in relationships and although I'm sooooo young. (I'm 21) I felt like God was holding out on me because Mr. Right wasn't sent my way yet. Little did I know that I would view that now as a blessing. Crazy how we view things so so differently in retrospect. Ya'll I am so so thankful Jesus didn't send me a man during that time. I wouldn't be able to pour into so many girls like I have. I wouldn't have been able to truly learn what it means to rely on my Jesus like I have. I wouldn't have been able to spend so many precious precious times with my girlfriends like I have. Don't misread what I'm saying, being in a relationship GOD'S WAY is always worth it when it's in His timing. It's just when you're in a relationship your goals change and you really have to make an effort to serve and love that person, and honestly I wouldn't have been able to love my girlfriends and give them 100% like I have. If I would've forced that I would've missed out on the blessings that God had for me at that time. I see Jesus now in a totally different light. He has shown me so so much. I wouldn't trade it for the world. God KNOWS what is good and when to get the "harvest". We must only need to trust Him. Putting everything in His perfect and precious timing. Anyways, I have had the AMAZING opportunity to photograph many great people lately..here's a few of them!!!
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