Life~Trials~Inspiration

A question that came to me today, one that we may not actually come across very often knowingly, but also one we come across very frequently. On a daily basis we see "horrible" people, maybe its someone on the news who's committed a murder or led a robbery.Now your probably thinking, "wow what a horrible person to have done that." Are they really horrible people though? Or rather horrible actions? All humans were created in Gods image, then when the first act of sin occurred, the original product so to speak got tainted. Even after that however, we were all created in Gods image so to say that people are "horrible" is like saying God made a mistake somewhere... God doesn't make mistakes, he does however give us a choice. Our choices as human beings can be horrible and our actions that result from those choices can be horrible. So when you really think about it, theirs no such thing as a horrible person but rather horrible choices and actions. No on...

This evening, I would like to bring us back to a moment of simplicity. I only have one simple question for you, this question for some may seem easy and for others may take more thought. Whichever it is for you, I challenge you to really think it over and then answer it to yourself.      If you only had 6 months to live, what would you do with it? What would you do? What would you tell the people you care about? How would you live your last 6 months? Answer this to yourself and just reflect on what you feel is truly important in life according to that.

Tonight a lot of things happened, a lot of blessings occurred as well as some realizations. First off we had our very first small group session which was so amazing. Just getting to connect with people on that emotional level strengthens a person more then you can even begin to know. Afterwards as I was thinking over what we discussed and so on, I had some realizations. I realized these things before now but it kinda hit me more intensely or at a new view point per-say. The first realization I had is that we really cant change our pasts.. What we can do however is make sure we shape our future into what God wants for us. We needs to think of our past mistakes as learning experiences and not hold things against ourselves or other people. Holding onto a grudge etc, doesn't hurt anyone else, it only hurts us. We need to make sure we let go of our regrets and feelings of anger because that could be clouding what God wants to show us in our lives. This brings me to a quote i thought of ...

You know that moment when you hear a certain song and it just speaks to you? I have a lot of those moments haha. There's two songs in particular that have really gotten my attention lately. "Flashlight" by Hunter Hays and "Somebody To Thank" by Logan Mize. Hunter is a country artist but this particular song is very faith based when you stop and listen to the lyrics. He talks about how were all sinners and how God seems to find us in our darkest places. He mentions little miracles that most might not even consider "miracles", he reminds us that although we are not worthy of Gods grace , we are still loved by God. God never abandons us! "Who am I of dust and water, touched by the divine." Just one lyrics from Hunter's song where he demonstrates God giving us grace even though we have done nothing to deserve it. This song has really just touched me and reminded me that Gods miracles do show up in the simplest ways like "A sunrise from a...

   Hey guys! You may be wondering about why I titled this post role call...Well this is a very special post because I'm officially announcing project #nicenessispriceless (niceness is priceless)!. October is bullying prevention month and this is something I'm very passionate about. For this month I'm running a project, I want to do something bigger and to do this i need your help! Yes you! All I'm asking is that everyone do something to help spread bullying awareness and help make a difference in the future. This can be super simple like a quick tweet with a positive message using the project hashtag, or you can do posters around your school, work place, local business etc. There's a million places you can go with this and all I'm asking if you want to join me in this project is if you post on social media, please use the hashtag. I want to make a difference and for this project to go viral would be a dream come true :) This will be going on all month long and...

The idea of purity, can be perceived in a variety of ways, mental purity, physical purity, religious purity etc. The type I would like to focus on today is both religious and physical. Nowadays the idea of keeping yourself pure and obtaining from sex until marriage is something we often get criticized for. Our society encourages sex before marriage and makes it seem "cool" or "fun" , "pleasure- filled" etc. What society fails to highlight however is all the baggage, pain , and regret that comes with it. Someones virginity used to be something that was honored and protected, and now its trampled and destroyed, given up simply because a person lacks self control and moral value or direction in there lives. For those of us that do still uphold this value, we get teased and disrespected, outcast-ed, why you ask? Because we refuse to conform to a society that has no values. We know what is right and we stand with it. It takes true courage to not blend in with o...

I often notice, how God has an interesting way of revealing things to us. He reveals things to us about ourselves, about what relationships to end and which to pursue, he shows us who he wants us to be with and who he doesn't. He even reveals things to us about other people. Maybe its a friend or your child. When the time comes for something to be known, he finds a way to tell us. Now sometimes we don't listen , but that's our own fault. What God wants is always in our best interest even if at the moment we don't know it. Sometimes its clear what we need to do and other times, its like fog and we have to slowly work our way through it to figure it out. Why you ask? If he wanted something for us in our lives, why not just give it to us right? No, when he gave us a choice to follow him or not,he gave us free will. That free will gives us the power to choose his path for our lives or another. Even though what he wants for us is good, if he forced it upon us then he would d...

Hey guys/ and gals!  I hope you have all had a great start of fall, I just got back from Hawaii last night and let me just say I'm feeling truly blessed! We go to Hawaii a lot since we have a timeshare and as I've mentioned in the past, we attend church on the island. This trip however was unlike any other. I feel like God gave me so many opportunities and opened my mind to a lot of new things, there's so much I want to share with you right now that I hardly know where to start.  When your in the moment , you tend to brush off the little things. Then as you look back you realize those little things were what  mattered the most. I learned so much on this trip and especially about relationships. Both relationships with the people around me at the time and the relationships that were waiting for me to come home. Lets start with what I learned about the people around me on the trip why don't we :).  The day we flew in ,I got to go to my best friends 21st birthday! I fee...