I Belong to You...

"Sometimes life brings more pain than we can bear alone. When hope is gone and I have no strength to stand on my own. When nothing helps, there's nothing that I can do. You surround me and show me I belong to you..."

The past few weeks have been like a really bad rollercoaster ride. Between homework, classes, work, and trying to make a trip home I have lost all my strength. God has really been teaching me to totally rely on Him this semester....in everything. I am so glad that I belong to Him! He is all I need! In SWSE (band) we are playing "Name Above All Names," and at one point it begins to list attributes of God..."the Healer, Forgiver, Redeemer, Baptizer, our Refuge, our Counselor, our Savior, our Peace...." It is so wonderful to know that the one, who controls the universe, is the one that wants a relationship with me...He cherishes the moments I devote to spend alone with Him...and most importantly, I am His!!! He is always there to comfort and to guide me...He gives me purpose and meaning...oh how He loves me!!! I am so thankful that I can place all my problems in His hands...He will never let me down, and I belong to Him <3

Inspired by:  I Belong To You Superchick

"Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"

Job. One of my favorite books of the Bible. Job. A man who KNEW hard time, and yet his faith was unshakable. I wish I had a pinch of that faith. This week I have seriously considered listening to the not so wise advice of Job's wife. I extremely am homesick, I have been in major pain, and I just don't want to be at school any longer; not to mention I just am tired of people that just want to run their mouths and put others down. I guess I just wanted a big pity party. As I was winning to God, I started to recall Job's story. He had it way worse than I probably ever will, and yet his faith never moved. I can't say that. I was ready to give in, to completely step out of a plan God made very clear to me just because "I" am not completely happy-go-lucky. While I am still homesick, and all those other things, I am determined to seek the Lord for contentment.  I want to hold strong to my "integrity" and "Praise God and Live!!!"

An American Girl, A Heaven Woman

I heard "An American Girl" by Trisha Yearwood this afternoon on my way to work, an for the first time understood the lyrics. I love being an everyday average American girl, but my aim is to be an extraordinary "Heaven Woman." I want to do more that just what I need to do to get to Heaven, I want to work my entire life to take my friends and family with me. I am so excited about all God has planned for my life. I used to be so scared of the future, but now I am fully ready to embrace it. I have decided to seek to find the true reality of a Proverbs 31 woman, or a "Heaven Woman"

Why Now? Why Me?

"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" Esther 4:14
This school year I have started digging down and trying to truly figure out God's will for my life. This verse keeps popping up. I know I am where God wants me, but some days I just don't see why. God has a wonderful plan for my life, and while I don't know why I am here, I know I will soon realize I am here "for such a time as this..."