Last night, for the first time since leaving my childhood home (2 years) I had a dream set in the house I’m living in.
You make all things new.
Head eaten by bear. Nbd
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Romans 8:26-28
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
My heart and soul can only do what just this verse says: groan. There are no words, no thoughts. I am not an orphan, I am well fed and clothed. I have a job and a car and friends. But putting my heart in the hands of people other than Christ has led me to a deep, searing pain. A loss is a loss… and my loss is great because I have held on to so much, having much to lose.
This is probably the second worst I have ever felt, in terms of lack of support. But I got through that time a stronger person. How did I do it?
The Word
Friends IN Christ
Choosing to forgive and keeping Agape.
For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, Says the Lord, who has mercy on you. O you afflicted one, Tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, And lay your foundations with sapphires. In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me, Says the Lord. (Isaiah 54:9-11, 14, 17 NKJV)
Taken with Instagram at South Santa Monica Beach
Taken with Instagram at South Santa Monica Beach
Taken with Instagram at California Screamin’
Taken with Instagram at Disneyland Park
Taken with instagram
Taken with instagram
I’m beautiful in my way, cause God makes no mistakes.
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Maybe the truth was it shouldn’t be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It’s the things that you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something’s difficult to come by, you’ll do that much more to make sure it’s even harder—if not possible—to lose.
Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride
First pedicure in 2 years! 💅 (Taken with Instagram at More Than Nails)
Taken with instagram
Most people would go back and tell their 16 year old self that they didn’t know what they were doing and that they didn’t know everything… I would tell myself that all the things I thought were right then are still right today. Who would I be today if I had realized then that I wasn’t always wrong? I want to tell her… take care of yourself, DO IT, because the line between dreams and reality is saying no to accepting anything less than happiness in a time of your life where you don’t have to worry about what ifs yet.
