If I have to try to impress you then I'm not your girl. You see I spent my time spinning webs that only caused damage to the eyes of my heart. I've tried to be something that I'm not because I thought what will they think of me. No, I'm not always politically correct but I serve a God who is always correct. I don't need no mask with Him because He is my mask. He is the heart I desire to wear on my sleeve. He is the one who calls me beautiful! He has never asked me to be a girl who has it together because He has it together! You see I don't have to wait in line because I'm in the line!
The line of a King who has forgiven me! He loves me for who I am! He loves me with my crazy frizzed hair! I am His girl and nobody can tell me different! I know the lies that they tell us girls but listen to me close and clear! If you want to walk straight then be straight up with Him! For He was straight up with you! He told you He loves you! He's not like the guy your waiting to give you the 3 little words! He has given you the 3 letter words from the time He created you! He has known you since you kicked in your mother's womb! He has known you on the day you could not figure out that weird explosion on your face called a zit! He is the cream to your imperfections and blemishes! No need to use that Clearasil face wash because He is the clarity that you need from you feet to head up girl! He got you covered! You don't need no cover girl! You are the Cover girl! The girl He has desigened to use for His glory and no one else! So don't be trippin girl be head up and walk like you have some pride in your stride because You are beautiful ! He loves you no matter what! And you can come to Him just as you are! Come and be where beauty always existed and was never temporary because with Him you are Someone!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Christians Don't Have It Together. They Just Have The One who Does
I am far from perfect. And if your looking for perfection you will not find it here. I share this one because what is in me is not any thing that I can be or do on my own. Some people think being a Christian that all things are perfect but it is far from perfect because we live in a broken world. The only good in me is God! I think that often people fail to see that one because they can't always see the heart like God can! However, in this entry I want to be real with you. I still have thoughts like you do. I struggle like you do. And I fail like you do. This is why I find myself everyday having to come to Him because if He wasn't in me then perhaps I would not have the will power to love or to even listen to Him!
In my flesh I am a stubborn child. I'm like the child you tell how to do something a 1,000 X's but will only choose the right one when I want to accept it. I know this one to be true because when I first gave my heart to missions I hardly understood what I was saying yes to. I thought of all the joys I might have but never the struggle. This is the same one I felt when I first accepted around the age 5-6. You see saying yes, is the easy part but the understanding of it is harder then we can imagine. We can never perfect it because we're imperfect. However, we can come just the way we are! After all that's how Christ came to us!
He never tried to change who He was to please man. He was real. Man didn't always like it and man doesn't always like it now but He shows us this one because if He is real with us then we can be real with Him! So, as I put thought to this I want to tell you that the outside of me is just a shell. The inside of me is where reality hits. I don't always like that one. Sometimes I think things that are not true or lies attack me but my Father always brings me reminding me of His truth!
Christians do not have it together. They just have the One who has it together. That is what I would tell someone who wonders why I am or someone is like the way they are. I can't pretend that I know everything because if I did then there would be no need for prayer or His word. I'm just telling you that the One your looking for is not me! It's Him! And He's been looking for you too! When will you come?
In my flesh I am a stubborn child. I'm like the child you tell how to do something a 1,000 X's but will only choose the right one when I want to accept it. I know this one to be true because when I first gave my heart to missions I hardly understood what I was saying yes to. I thought of all the joys I might have but never the struggle. This is the same one I felt when I first accepted around the age 5-6. You see saying yes, is the easy part but the understanding of it is harder then we can imagine. We can never perfect it because we're imperfect. However, we can come just the way we are! After all that's how Christ came to us!
He never tried to change who He was to please man. He was real. Man didn't always like it and man doesn't always like it now but He shows us this one because if He is real with us then we can be real with Him! So, as I put thought to this I want to tell you that the outside of me is just a shell. The inside of me is where reality hits. I don't always like that one. Sometimes I think things that are not true or lies attack me but my Father always brings me reminding me of His truth!
Christians do not have it together. They just have the One who has it together. That is what I would tell someone who wonders why I am or someone is like the way they are. I can't pretend that I know everything because if I did then there would be no need for prayer or His word. I'm just telling you that the One your looking for is not me! It's Him! And He's been looking for you too! When will you come?
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Yorokobi ( Joy)
Today I would like to introduce you to my friend Naomi Yasuda! Naomi is from Tokyo , Japan! She is very dear to my heart and this Christmas I learned the word for Joy means Yorokobi! This word is so simple but has a lot of meaning! In my friendship I've been reminded of this one a lot! I have learned rather our words be few or many that there is still Joy! Sometimes I find that I don't really have to say any thing because we have an understanding! This means no matter how we display our emotion we have an understanding we can be real with one another! And some times as humans we forget this one but I've learned also that in the simplicity that Joy can speak for itself.
Joy is not always shown in smiles. Sometimes Joy is spoken in the silence of the hearts! And I realize this may seem strange but I believe sometimes we forget this one because maybe we can't see it visibly.However, we can't always see what someone is thinking because there is only One who can see the heart! This One teaches us many things about Joy! He teaches us sometimes Joy is sitting in silence or sitting, tears, anger and laughing at talking animals! That is my friendship with Naomi! We don't always say everything we're thinking but I believe that God gives us special friendships like this to remember there is things like Joy! So , today as I find myself realizing as God prepares me for the summer and up coming semester that sometime it's just sitting and being is what's needed most! It's much bigger then saying I love you a thousand times! Therefore with encouragement I hope to remind you of of Yorokobi! (Joy)
Joy is not always shown in smiles. Sometimes Joy is spoken in the silence of the hearts! And I realize this may seem strange but I believe sometimes we forget this one because maybe we can't see it visibly.However, we can't always see what someone is thinking because there is only One who can see the heart! This One teaches us many things about Joy! He teaches us sometimes Joy is sitting in silence or sitting, tears, anger and laughing at talking animals! That is my friendship with Naomi! We don't always say everything we're thinking but I believe that God gives us special friendships like this to remember there is things like Joy! So , today as I find myself realizing as God prepares me for the summer and up coming semester that sometime it's just sitting and being is what's needed most! It's much bigger then saying I love you a thousand times! Therefore with encouragement I hope to remind you of of Yorokobi! (Joy)
Thursday, December 22, 2011
5 Steps to Wisdom
- You are Loved
2.Love the Lord Your God with all your heart , soul, mind and strenght
Perhaps this statement is familiar to you but how many times has there been mis-understanding to it. We live in a world which thinks everything has to be based on what they can do. However, if that we're true then it would defeat the purpose of the cross. We didn't do any thing. It was Christ who paid it for us. That's where we must come in realizations that we must learn how to sit before we walk. The Father just asks for your heart and to be still knowing He is God ( Psalm 46:10) If He didn't think you had purpose then He would have never came. Take a moment to chew! Look at all the talents along with creativity designed! You are a master piece.
3. Allow Your Ears to be Open and Mouth to be Shut
This is the one of the important ones because many times we're asking but we're not always listening. ( James1:19) If you want to understand more do it by listening. Simple but hard to do.
4. Follow
This word sounds easy but it's hard to do at times. And if we want to be wise then we must obey in faith. (Deuteronomy 26:10) This ones even a challenge to me. We must start with our first fruits. First has a lot of meaning. First means exactly what it says and if we will learn this one then the next steps will become easier.
Do it with trust * Ruth1:16
5.Allow Others to Love You
For some of us it's easier to give then to receive but as a body we're called to embrace love and prayer. ( Acts 2:42-47)
By no means do I have any of this down pat but it's a challenge to myself daily and I pray this one can encourage many of us~
A 22 Year Old Girl Called to Missions
Imagine with me your this little girl who has an imagination that's hard to keep up with. And on each side you have two people holding your hand. They have called you their little girl since the time you entered the world April 18 , 1989. Your mind is full of questions and your heart is embraced with story after story about this man named Jesus. You don't really know where to start but at around the age 5&6 you choose to accept this man into your heart. It sounds strange to others, however you know there is something special about this man. You begin your walk with Him. There's still a lot to understand. Your world seems perfect with your mom and dad until one of your hand drops to the side. You don't really understand at this time but you still seek. It is then another hand comes into place. This hand is your grandparents. God helps you see He knows how important the tangible things are. And so you keep walking. You then enter an awkward stage where you find this new random explosion on your face or what many teens know as a zit.
You then start looking into your own reflection wondering if your beautiful. In fact everything seems strange around you.. You see people holding hands, boys buying flowers for your friends,trying to figure out locker combinations, figuring out what's in along with out and just praying to survive middle school. You have now entered what seems like a foreign land. Or what you thought was foreign till you hit high school. It's even stranger. You feel ten feet smaller and your mind starts spinning thinking what does older even mean? You wonder what it's like to have a boy friend,should you embrace your curls or go straight, you hear the clatter of voices in the hall ways trying to make sense of it but it just seems like another tumble weed rolling around.
It's then you realize your not little any more and you start asking questions , " Now what?". However, little did you know it would start a healing process for you along with a call from God. You thought you we're just ordinary but little did you know how much God is Father along with that you would be called to missions.In your mind you only knew yes but little did you know there was more to this call. There we're times you fought your emotions along with times you questioned where to go but God kept pulling you through. So when you reached college you started exploring this more.
For the first time in awhile your heart awakes to the fact God really does love you. Yes, He sees your heart ache along with the strange moments but His purpose never fails. You begin to see that as He shows you the nations.It is then you realize that there is more to learn. That girl is me and it's my desire to share with you even more of my life along with how God's moving now even with the things I understand and don't. It is also in this note I want to tell you that all my circumstances I've went through I've had to learn joy comes in the morning. So as I share with you then I pray your encouraged!
You then start looking into your own reflection wondering if your beautiful. In fact everything seems strange around you.. You see people holding hands, boys buying flowers for your friends,trying to figure out locker combinations, figuring out what's in along with out and just praying to survive middle school. You have now entered what seems like a foreign land. Or what you thought was foreign till you hit high school. It's even stranger. You feel ten feet smaller and your mind starts spinning thinking what does older even mean? You wonder what it's like to have a boy friend,should you embrace your curls or go straight, you hear the clatter of voices in the hall ways trying to make sense of it but it just seems like another tumble weed rolling around.
It's then you realize your not little any more and you start asking questions , " Now what?". However, little did you know it would start a healing process for you along with a call from God. You thought you we're just ordinary but little did you know how much God is Father along with that you would be called to missions.In your mind you only knew yes but little did you know there was more to this call. There we're times you fought your emotions along with times you questioned where to go but God kept pulling you through. So when you reached college you started exploring this more.
For the first time in awhile your heart awakes to the fact God really does love you. Yes, He sees your heart ache along with the strange moments but His purpose never fails. You begin to see that as He shows you the nations.It is then you realize that there is more to learn. That girl is me and it's my desire to share with you even more of my life along with how God's moving now even with the things I understand and don't. It is also in this note I want to tell you that all my circumstances I've went through I've had to learn joy comes in the morning. So as I share with you then I pray your encouraged!
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