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Live in Worship

Hey All, First off, I just want to "warn" you guys, that I probably won't be blogging much after the next couple weeks, because my summer is about to start getting crazy! Plus, I like to avoid, "screens," and spend as much time outside as possible once the weather is nice and there are tons of people here! :) I will probably post a few times over the course of the summer, but my guess, is that it won't be regularly, again, until September. Anyways...when you hear the word, "worship," I bet you think of hymns or modern praise songs that we sing in church, correct? Well I'd like you to take a minute and try and see it in a different light too. Worship is a lifestyle. I've thought this way for awhile now, and my pastor recently touched on this subject, in one of his sermons , as well, so I figured I can't be wrong, right? In a recent post, I mentioned that I have a been a Christian since I was 4 years old and that I have a very persona...

A Time To Weep

Hello Beautiful People! Today is the day the Lord has made, so let us rejoice in His great goodness, shall we?! Here the weather is gorgeous out, and I'll probably go outside to do my Bible reading shortly, but first, I wanted to post something. We all know we won't live forever , and as I've said, a lot recently, it is important to love yourself and love life, buuuuut that said, there is, also, a time to weep and mourn, and it doesn't make you a bad person, if that is where you are at in life! Last post, I mentioned that, most of the time, our "problems," aren't really problems, and asked the question, "what really is a problem?" Granted, there are bad things in this world, and we will ALL face struggles and have times that we are just barely keeping our head above the water, but with God, we can all have hope that things will get better! There is a silver lining to EVERYTHING if you just take the time to look for it! I hope that, my recent inc...

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Hey Everyone, I know that past blog posts have kind of gone over this, before, but how many of you actually, choose to live like you're dying? I don't know why, but I've been thinking about this concept a lot lately. I think it's partly to do with someone telling me that it's nice to see me happy all the time, again, the fact that I won't be getting to see my best friend much for the next three months, watching the show Chasing Life, etc. Someone I know, sent me a video yesterday about first world problems and although I don't suffer from this, enough to even say I suffer from it, it made me think. It made me think how sad it is that some people actually struggle with this, and what a miserable life they must live. Being hungry, your phone not fitting in your pocket, or being cold, are such trivial problems, it's ridiculous to even call them "problems." I mean, really, what are "problems," like seriously? For me, any struggle I face ...

The Jesus Fan Club

Hi All, I'm not one of those people who make fan accounts for my favorite artists or TV shows or one who watches certain shows because the actors/actresses are gorgeous, but when it comes to Jesus, I'd definitely say I'm that girl. I'm not saying, there is anything wrong with doing those things, but in general, I don't have time, or care enough about celebrities, to do that. Sure, there are certain people, I keep up with more and "freak out," when they come out with new music, books, shows, etc, but that's not the biggest part of my life...not even close.  This topic came to mind this weekend, because Friday night I spent a number of hours watching Adam Lambert, interviews, stalking some of his fan accounts, and listening to the new music he had released; all of which I'm not ashamed of! haha! I'm a huuuge Glambert, as I believe, I've mentioned before, but really, I rarely do that, with him or anyone else. I'm one of those passionate ...

Spring Cleaning

Hey Everyone, My last blog post was about comparison, and how it'll slowly kill you if you let it. We need to compare ourselves to ourselves and Jesus ONLY! If we don't, then we will end up in a deep depression and, trust me, depression suuuucks! I have struggled with depression in the past, as anyone who has read my blog, or knows me personally, probably knows, and I'm thankful to say that I'm in a MUCH better place in my life right now! I'm not saying, I won't be depressed in the future, because I'm sure I will....hopefully, for only brief amounts of time, but if I do, I KNOW that I'll get through it, because I have before, and God will not EVER change (Hebrews 13:8)! Today, I went through a few boxes, my bathroom, and some drawers in my bed room and threw away things I didn't need/want and organized the rest of it, in preparation for moving next week! I, surprisingly, only had two trash bags, of stuff (very heavy bags, mind you), but it still felt...

The Slow Death of Comparison

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Hello All (sorry this is centered, I can't get it to go over for some reason),  Today is Wednesday, and so, naturally, it is Woman Crush Wednesday and normally, this is where you write a nice post about a woman in your life, but today, I did this to myself, instead. This may sound somewhat vain, but since this is the year of learning to love myself, I figured, it was okay! haha! I went and renewed my license today, and although, I'm not posting a picture of both of those, below are two pictures, and as you can see, I've changed a lot.  Me at almost 18 Me, today, at almost 21!<3 I think that in these pictures, you can see less of a change in my appearance, than some others, but I think you get the point. I have changed more in who I am and how I carry myself, then in my looks, so if you met the 18 year old me and remet me today, you'd probably be a bit surprised at how different I am. People who have known me for years and didn't se...

Overwhelmed

Hi Blog Readers, What comes to mind when you hear the word, "overwhelmed?" For most, I'm sure stress is one of the first words that comes to mind, if not the first, along with to-do lists, fear , work, etc...however, for this girl, Jesus comes to mind. That's right Jesus. I have a lot in my life, right now, that could get me overwhelmed...I have car appointments, renewing my license, packing, organizing things, moving, and around all that, working 5-6 days a week....however, I'm not overwhelmed by all this...yet. I'm sure I will be, when I see all my belongings in the middle of my living room, and I'm trying to pack it all in as few boxes as possible, but for now, I'm just excited that summer is nearly here! This means I get to live at camp for three months, get to spend pretty much all my time doing what I love with people that I love, AND in less than a month it'll be my, 21st, birthday and although age is, but a number, I'm SUPER EXCITED! ...

Rest

Hello Everyone, So, long time no post, huh? haha!...Anyways... We all, I'm sure, know the definition of rest and for some of you resting comes easy and others it's a struggle; I'm the latter. For each of us that struggle with resting, it probably stems from different things, but in the end, God says it's ok to rest and so that should give us some comfort. For the longest time, I subconsciously, associated resting with laziness (not for other people, generally, but for myself), but over this past month, or so, I've accepted that isn't the case. I thrive on being with other people, and doing something productive with my day. I'm one of those annoyingly happy and enthusiastic morning people, so for me, resting is hard. I can do a day or two of laziness/relaxation, but more than that, and I get anxious and fidgety...sometimes I can't even go a full day. I used to think this was a good thing, because to be productive was good, but I've come to learn it...

He Equips the Called

Hello, So, over the past couple weeks since I last posted, I have had several post ideas floating around in my head yet haven't actually taken the time to write them, so here I am, writing one....hopefully, soon I will get to writing down the other. For those of you who haven't read any of my other blog posts, or for those of you who don't know me personally, one of my jobs is working in the kitchen at a camp, and for a lot of people, it's a "crazy" thing to do. I will never understand it, myself, but in many people's minds, when I say the word, "camp" it translates in their mind, as "not a real job," which, to me, is completely absurd. While, yes, it isn't the highest paying job in the world, and I most certainly will not become rich, it is a real job....I get payed, I can pay my bills and truuust me, after a 14 hour day on my feet, I feel like I really worked! haha! That being said, it is more of a mission than an actual job. ...