Unapologetically and Honestly Loving Others with Reckless Abandon

I am just so excited and have such a passion to touch my culture and now it is becoming more evident to me everyday that this is apart of God's plan for my life. I am not sure if it is on a small scale or a greater one but I am priviledged either way. I really desire to show them the love of the Lord and let them see it first hand. I know that this is probably a weird thing to say since they are a state now so we don't always look at them as another culture. There is a lot to be said about that culture though and there are things that I have just come to know about a culture that I so desire my children to know and learn. I am not sure how to explain my passion and love for this culture but I will do the best I can. There is a warm part of my soul that lights up when I hear about people going to Hawaii. It isn't for the sake of vacation or for the sake of the beauty that Hawaii is known for, it is for the love of those people. I learned that over two hundred years ago a sin...

I was listening to a sermon this morning by John Courson and He was talking about a portion of the children's books " The Chronicles of Narnia." These words hit me like a ton of bricks, I love what C.S. Lewis was trying to get across when he wrote this. Aslan and Lucy are in a conversation and Lucy tells Aslan that she is thirsty. Now knowing that Aslan is a representation of Jesus Christ and so I hope you see the point I am trying to make. Aslan responds to her by telling her,"Drink of the water, Lucy." "If I drink of the water, will you promise not to eat me?" "NO! I devour kingdoms and destroy nations. I do what I choose and there is no one that can stop me. I make no promise to you." She looks at Aslan,"Well then, If you don't promise not to eat me, then I won't drink of the water." "Then you'll thirst to death, Lucy." So then she chooses to drink, and nothing happens. I agree with John Courson when he said...

How is it that one day can bring you such joy like a baby's birth and then the next can bring you such anguish? I don't know the answer to that question but I know that there is a plan and a reason why. I was indirectly affected by tragedy in one instant and then almost the same minute that my mom and I were praying for that I get a call about a great victory. I had to say that was a very bitter sweet moment. What does that even mean? I am not sure but I know that life does funny things like that. I know that one sweet day I will be able to ask my creator that pushing question but for the time being I will live in the moment no matter how bitter sweet it is...

I was listening to a song the other day and I was really convicted and ashamed about the way that I act sometimes. Then today I heard that song again and it brought different meaning to me. It is so cool how that happens just like with bible, verses you read, something over and over again and then one day it hits you sideways. That is exactly what this did. The lyrics are refreshing at the same time they are convicting. "There's not a victory, without a fight. There's not a sunrise, without a night. And there's not a purchase without a cost. And there's not a Crown, without a Cross." (Michael English) I am just so amazed at how great those words are and yet how soon I forget them. Everything comes at a price nomatter how great or small it is always costs someone something. I was struggling the other night because I was having a hard time being with some particular friends and being without a boyfriend or husband. As usual I was starting to cry and feel sorry f...

Today I was singing in church and an overwhelming sense of need for God came over me. It hasn't really left but it is something that is different today than before. I hate to see others in pain and not really be able to do or say anything that makes the situation better. I know there are alot of people in my church continually hurting. I see it in their eyes as I look around the room during worship. I see the lonely mother reaching for the glimpse of God's touch today, I see the kid who folds his hands and says nothing, I see the children not sure if they need to be too cool to worship or if they need to just do what their heart tells them, I also see the single girls who aren't sure why they have gotten alittle bitter at God because MR. Right hasn't shown up yet. In all that, the overwhelming sense of NEED for God comes over me once again. I see it not only in the Christians I see every week I see it at work daily. The need for God is so Great and I think that othe...

I have to say that the other night I had my 10 year reunion and I am just amazed at all that God has done and is doing even now. I got to see alot of people that I haven't seen in a long time. I love it and I am just so excited to now maybe be able to stay in touch with those people. I am just so blessed to have been able to see two people who were an example to me in my youth and even now. I was so blessed to see how God can change a heart and keep it close to Him. There was a couple in my class that God had changed towards his heart, then there were others that I didn't see the light in their eyes anymore. There is just something about the love of Jesus that when you have it in you others can see. I never really noticed it until it wasn't in me for so long and yet I could see it in others and I missed it. One day God totally restored it to more than before and changed me in the process it was nice to see that in others. I just wanted to say thanks to them for being an exa...

As I drove home from work today I was listening to a song that makes me want to share the love of Christ to everyone. I just figured what better way to do that then to start here, where it is easier to pour out my heart with a computer. I am preparing in this next season of life and times, to study more about my royalty as a daughter of the Most High King. I know that it is easier said then done but my goal is to make it as much of who I am, as much as loving people like breathing. Those are things that I so desire to be apart of my character. There is so much to be said for people who live that and I sure pray that one day I can somehow be an example to others. In the chorus of this song it talks about letting God speak for her instead of just using her human words to convey what her heart is for others, I sure pray that all the time. I want my heart and intensions to love others as evident as possible and the only real way for that to happen is for them to be the words of Christ and ...