Simple Reminder-You are Meant for Great Things

Hi Guys,

Well, its a busy work day, but I just can't seem to stop from thinking that I want to do so much more. Have you ever thought about your life, your day to day routine? Are you in high school trying to figure out what to wear to school the next day, where the basketball game will be next week, or what TV show to get hooked onto now. Are you in college, running around like crazy for test, projects, Greek week, or even just a part-time job that should be more like full-time. Or, are you like me, graduated, working in the real world, just trying to find your place in the world right now, in this moment, to remember that you are meant for greater things.

I read a blog by one of my friends the Lord has blessed me with, Hope. Her name is Hope, and her faith gives me hope. She is a missionary in Haiti working for a children's organization. I am amazed at her faith, wisdom, and trust in the Lord. I am blessed to know her.

As I was reading her blog today it occured to me that she is across the nation and still looking for the same thing I am, greater things. The things she does for those children brings tears to my eyes. All they know is dust and starving, and she washes their feet and feeds their bellies and souls. So I read this as I sit in my skyscaper office in New York City, and wonder, who's better off? Dusty feet or High Heels?

All in all, I know the Lord has called me, called us all to greater things? So what do we do until we get there? Well, it occurred to me today that, I'm already in the greater things. I'm right where the Lord wants me, has lead me, and is changing me, I'm in His will. And that is the greater thing.

I pray that one day I can stand in front of millions of women and encourage and uplift them to see the true beauty that lies within them, to tell them that they are BEAUTIFUL, and to show them that God is always with you. My life is the testament to the gospel of Jesus Christ and I can't wait for that to be my everyday routine, but for now, I stand amazed that the Lord would choose me to woo, to pursue, to be meant for greater things.

I am thankful and I want you to be thankful and to know to not give up just because your daily routine seems pointless or hopeless, to know that you are meant for great things, today!

May you be encouraged and uplifted, and know from the bottom of my heart, I pray the Lord shines His face upon you!

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Resting while Acting in Faith

Good Morning my Lovely Friends,

I pray that you are all at church or attending church today, not because you have to, but because it's re-filling that heart that might have been emptied by the world's doubt, fear, hopelessness, and sin. God calls us to worship in community to build our own hearts as we build up each other.

Over the past few months the Lord has really been calling me to be silent and listen. If you know me personally, and probably even if you don't, you might know that this has not always been the easiest for me to do. I am a pro-active "get-er doner!" I like to have things done when they need to be done, and most of all I like doing that because it puts me in control of circumstances. So, as I mentioned, the Lord has called me to rest in His silence. He has called me to join with Him as I lay every single circumstance at His feet and rest.

What circumstances are you going through right now and you know the last thing you have done is lay them at the King's feet? 

So you ask, while I am resting how are things getting done? When you are relying on the Lord for your strength, for your hope, for your continued daily renewal; you are giving Him the reigns. This is called acting in Faith my friends. How many profess to believe but don't have the faith? Faith can't be seen, it can only be felt. Faith can't be examined, it can only be tested. One of my friends said in a sermon that I listened to last night something that hit me square in the face;

"I can be running around doing a million different things, but on the inside I am sitting down." -Nathan Teeters

He was referring to the scripture in Luke 10:38-42 where Jesus enters Mary and Martha's house. So crazy I spoke about this scripture in a previous blog recently. But it's so crazy that it takes God continually reminding us of the same topic for us to fully have faith that He is who He says He is. How devistating to Him to know that His own Son's and Daughter's have trouble believing in their own Father.

So today, I pray that you not only go to church to have your heart filled, but to have your feet readied, your hands opened, and your eyes fixed on Him. God has called you to rest today, but I pray that we don't stop acting in Faith. Our church needs our faith, our family needs our faith, our friends need our faith, our co-workers need our faith, the lost need our faith, and we can't survive without our faith.

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him -- but God has revealed it to us by His Spirit." 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

My brothers and sisters, God has called us to rest because no matter what we do we cannot "conceive what God has prepared," but we do act in faith because "God has revealed it to us by His Spirit." God has given us the choice to sit and let us be amazed at Him and the choice to put our hope, our trust, and our joy in the knowledge that His Holy Spirit has come to give us faith while we wait.

So may you rest in His love as you act in faith!

Love Letter

A love letter for you and me:

My daughters, my sons, you are all loved more than you each could possibly fathom. Each of your hairs is numbered, each of your fingerprints different, each of your noses different. I have made you each different for such a time as this. Some of you are married and I encourage you to embrace your spouse. Love them like you used to dream about loving them, love them like you used to write in your journals and pray through your tears. Have you forgotten what you came through to get where you are?

Some of you are single, oh what a precious time is this. Our times together are so sweet, so personal, so loving. Do you look forward to the day when I will make your love story come to pass? Do you pray for your spouse as if you've known who they are for years? My dear children, do not think this life is limitless of beautiful moments, but look at this life as a sense of taking every moment and storing it in your heart. As I mentioned above, don't ever let it slip from your heart what your going through now.

All of you are mine. My dear children my Son came, walked, lived, performed, loved, died, and rose again. He came for the hope of sharing with you the love of heaven on earth! You are all meant to feel this love differently. As you all have different numbers of hairs, you each have a different love story of how you fell in love with me! All I am here to say through my daughter today is have you forgotten what I went through to get you here?

Don't let the world dictate what you remember about love, let our love story dictate how you feel, how you act, how you remember!

Love unconditionally, because I first loved you!

I can't say anything more beautiful than that!

Amen!

Happy Day of the Reminder to Love

Are you Dizzy?

Good Morning Y'all!

It's been a wonderful morning here in the Big Apple. God is so good to me and I am completely astounded how He continues to move within me and in my heart every moment of every day. 

Are you Dizzy? 

The world goes round and round, it is a continual circular object that continues to go around whether we are going with it or not. I have realized so many times I get so caught up in trying to keep up with the next turn that I get dizzy trying to keep up. I am continually trying to be better, to move ahead so I don't get behind, and what happens, I get behind. 

God has given us a road map, called His word, to give us the direction in which to go. (let me tell you, there are no circles in the bible, its all one narrow road!) 

I love the story about Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) just for this instance. Martha is running around like crazy trying to get ready for the Lord and make Him feel "hospitable" in her house (sound familiar?), when Mary is just sitting at the feet of Jesus. 

"Martha, Martha, " the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things. but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken from her." vs.42 

How many times have we told God, "I'm doing this for you..." "I'll stop doing this Lord, even though I know it's not exactly what you are asking, I am comfortable in doing this right now..." or have you ever been Martha and have gone in circles so many times around God before you saw that the only thing you needed to do was stop and sit at His feet? 

The world will always go round and round, but just as Mary, we don't have to be of the world to be in it. I pray that today you seek God over the world and that you seek His feet instead of the busyness surrounding.

A hard lesson learned for one day, but don't worry, you have eternity to sit at His feet! 

"God, may you bless and keep each individual who reads this. May your face shine upon them and may you give them an extra dose of your supernatural wisdom and provision. May you lead them in time management, may you shower them with love and hope to get through the day, and may you equip them to go and be the disciples of your Kingdom. I love you Lord and I know you have called, so we answer and we sit and enjoy your presence. Be our everything in the midst of anything." Amen

May you fight the Martha attitude of the world and be the Mary. 

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Love Until it Hurts!

Good Morning All,


What a beautiful Friday morning this is! Today is the beginning of a new day where all things are new and shining. 

"The future starts today, not tomorrow"  ( Pope John Paul II )

This happens to be my first day at my "BIG GIRL JOB" woo hoo! God has granted me the ability to move to New York and learn and be changed and transformed into more of His likeness, as well as bless me with the provision of a job that is wonderful and that I love!

I want you to each know that you are loved by God and that He has given you a divine calling to hope in the One who is true, noble, and valuable. He loves you and loves loving you in beautiful and romantic ways. One way I believe God loves us is by giving us a hope that is beyond what our human bodies can handle.

"Once we recognize our need for Jesus, then the building of our faith begins. It is a daily, moment-by-moment life of absolute dependence upon Him for everything"  ( Catherine Marshall )

I want you to think deeply of the people you love in your life. I have to dedicate this next one, not only for you, but to a few of my dearest friends. Best friends are the sisters God gives us as the breathe of fresh air, the laughter to our jokes, the hope for the doubting, the cheers for the success, and the life to our days. Friends give you a hope in yourself and in the world that is a love that is beyond anything but Godly. God granted us a life of love, joy, and peace. All of these are within the loving boundaries of friendship.


Holly Bancroft, Laurie Martino, Kendall Crosson, Michelle Dean, Ashton Paredez, Jordan Kirkpatrick, Ramzy Coleman, Samantha Berry, and many many more are amazing women of God who love the Lord and who strive to be better than they were the day before. They make me a better person just by knowing them. I have had the pleasure of meeting so many more amazing women of God here in New York who have shown me the true joy of loving the Lord well and hoping for what is to come. I love these girls with all of my heart, and there is a rare gem in these women that God has cut and shaped for all the world to see. They shine with love, joy, and hope. 


They have all loved me well in times of struggle, and in times of hope and new beginnings. I don't get to see all these women as much as I used to, and that is just life as we know it for now. For forever they will hold a dear and special place in my heart that no one can replace or take away. God gives us this love for the joy of knowing friendship, when you understand friendship, you understand God better. 


I want you to know something,

"God gave us a life of love, joy, and beauty in the lives of friends. He gave you to women that you call sisters to encourage you, uplift you, and hold you when you can't hold yourself. God is our best friend and He loves us so much that He gives us an image of Himself in the friends around us. God loves you and desires you to love others well. Love because you were loved and because God loves to lavish His love on you, through you, around you, and for you. Love because God first loved you. God's love is beyond the realms of what we can fathom, but we are not incapable of loving as much as He loves, or at least trying. Love because you can not because you feel you "have to." Love is a gift that is given and received without question from God, so don't question the love from or for others. He has called you to love, so love out of your heart and watch as the wellspring of life is overwhelmed with the joy of the Lord. Lord God Almighty is love. Love because you Love Him. You are the called, the chosen, and the beautiful. The righteous walk and hope in love, and the wicked run away from love for fear of the light that shines when love is apart of all you do. So let the wicked run, and let the righteous dance in the light." 

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Mother Teresa

Love until it hurts my friends! God loves you today, always, and forever and... so do I!

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Love being Loved

It's that time of the year when the stores begin stocking red, pink, and a bit of white! It's that time of the year when I will be attending/participating in one of my best friends wedding this weekend and many more throughout the year! It's also happens to be that time of my life when my Facebook sees more engagements, marriages, and new relationships than the Lifetime channel. :)

I say all this to begin a blog series about certain people in my life that have impacted and inspired me and given me a joy and love that is deeper than any ocean. Some of these people are still in my life and some have since passed their season of love, but that doesn't gleam them any less of important.

I thank the Lord for the grace to admit that I can't always understand these relationships, but that these relationships give my life understanding. 

Love is a very beautiful and important feeling, emotion, and part of life. It deems to me to be more important than most things we strive for on a daily basis. If the men and women I passed everyday on the streets of NYC would strive more to improve the love they have for their husbands/wives and families than the striving they did for the next dollar, this world might see less divorces and more marriages.

My heart yearns for a love that is perfectly imperfect, beautifully 

spectacular, and gracefully abundant. 

First and foremost, with my relationship with the creator of Love. He has given me a love that is rooted so deep that nobody can take away from me. He's the one who holds me when the tears fall, chuckles at me when my laughter is so loud and boisterous people are staring, and the one who promises to fulfill the desires of my heart that He only knows. Its the man on the Cross who loved deeper, better, and more perfectly than any of us could ever strive to do. I pray for this love, but more than this I am grateful that I am loved like this. 

Second, my mother. This women will be the first person I recognize on this blog series. She's the women who gave birth to me, raised me to be the woman I am, and who has sacrificed far more than I will ever know or understand. She clings to the truth of our Savior and holds fast to the promise of kindness, gentleness, and abundant patience. She's not only a teacher or mother, shes my best friend, my advice giver, my listener, and the one who will always hold the dearest place in my heart. She's the rare gem I was born from and I am blessed to be loved like this. 

It's the story of love, life, and the pursuit of learning more and more about it everyday. I want each of you to know you are loved, adored, and favored. I pray you thank the Lord for the people in your life that you love and who love you.

Love is beautifully, spectacularly perfect. We are the imperfect ones who can change and alter the effects and conditions of it all; don't be the one striving for the things that don't last, cling to love. 

I love being loved like this, I pray you are too...