Saturday, April 30, 2011
Simply Me
I sat and wondered what to blog about forever now, so ill blog my simple revelation of the evening, if you can even call it that. So today was crazy as always and I had a revelation of how Gods grace has set me free. I went threw the day completely confident in who God made me, I can completely be myself and not give a care what people think about me. For a while tonight I was wearing my bsu sweats, tank top, apron, new 5 inch heels(makes me almost average height), and a samurai sword! only the really privileged get to see that side of me. Anyways its just cool to see the progress that Ive made by Gods grace. If your out there wondering or feeling insecure just know who made you and that your fearfully and wonderfully made! your lil goofy corky attributes and all! its time that we not only dress and adorn yourself to express who you are but WHOSE you are!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Life Aint No Fairy Tale Honey
Once upon a time, in a land called Idaho
Ok, so I have always loved the Disney princess stories or any love story for that matter and always dreamed of the day when my prince charming would come and sweep me off my feet, just like almost any girl dreams about. And still to this day I want to live in a castle! But I think that too many people in the church live with a fairy tale mentality when it comes to the dreams of God. People don’t realize how much work living in the Great things of God is, yes we have his grace, and yes we have the Holy Spirit to help guide and comfort us thru life. But for every promise there is a premise.
Everything God gives us in life requires stewardship, whether is be money, things, cars, houses, kids, relationships, and the dreams of God all require stewardship. Just because you can’t see touch or feel in the natural the dreams of God you still have to steward it as if it was a great treasure. When you value something your willing to go to great measures to keep it safe or see it flourish. If you value the dreams of God your willing to put yourself out there to see it flourish, your willing to go to great measures to see it succeed.
I guess God has really showed me in this last season the work that it takes to begin to shake the fairytale mentality of the" one day" thinking, or the abra cadabra POOF, all the sudden it will happen thinking, to if I lay down my life, my feelings, my thought process, and take on how God does things I will actually see progress in the things im called too, and ill actually feel fulfillment when I walk it out. Yes its hard, and Yes sometimes I don’t want to do what it takes, but I have found when I decide in the moments of "I don’t wont to do this right now" or "I don’t feel like it right now" on the other side of those moments He opens the doors wide for even more success and great reward! And I have absolutely fallen in love with Him and with the transition that He is taking me thru, and it’s something He has made me passionate about.
So if you find yourself in the fairytale mentality category, or you have the dream of God and you’re doing your best to go after it but feel like you’re on the loosing end of the battle constantly. stop where your at in life, and fall back in love with God and He will reveal all He wants you to see and do, and He will equip you for the greater things of God. Remember a true relationship with God based off of love means your laying down all the old ways, all your own ideas, really your laying down your life! And in the place of surrender to Him, that’s when He can bring a victory in your life.
In your weakness He is strong.
Ok, so I have always loved the Disney princess stories or any love story for that matter and always dreamed of the day when my prince charming would come and sweep me off my feet, just like almost any girl dreams about. And still to this day I want to live in a castle! But I think that too many people in the church live with a fairy tale mentality when it comes to the dreams of God. People don’t realize how much work living in the Great things of God is, yes we have his grace, and yes we have the Holy Spirit to help guide and comfort us thru life. But for every promise there is a premise.
Everything God gives us in life requires stewardship, whether is be money, things, cars, houses, kids, relationships, and the dreams of God all require stewardship. Just because you can’t see touch or feel in the natural the dreams of God you still have to steward it as if it was a great treasure. When you value something your willing to go to great measures to keep it safe or see it flourish. If you value the dreams of God your willing to put yourself out there to see it flourish, your willing to go to great measures to see it succeed.
I guess God has really showed me in this last season the work that it takes to begin to shake the fairytale mentality of the" one day" thinking, or the abra cadabra POOF, all the sudden it will happen thinking, to if I lay down my life, my feelings, my thought process, and take on how God does things I will actually see progress in the things im called too, and ill actually feel fulfillment when I walk it out. Yes its hard, and Yes sometimes I don’t want to do what it takes, but I have found when I decide in the moments of "I don’t wont to do this right now" or "I don’t feel like it right now" on the other side of those moments He opens the doors wide for even more success and great reward! And I have absolutely fallen in love with Him and with the transition that He is taking me thru, and it’s something He has made me passionate about.
So if you find yourself in the fairytale mentality category, or you have the dream of God and you’re doing your best to go after it but feel like you’re on the loosing end of the battle constantly. stop where your at in life, and fall back in love with God and He will reveal all He wants you to see and do, and He will equip you for the greater things of God. Remember a true relationship with God based off of love means your laying down all the old ways, all your own ideas, really your laying down your life! And in the place of surrender to Him, that’s when He can bring a victory in your life.
In your weakness He is strong.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
He Speaks
The grand thing about having a relationship with the Holy Spirit is, He can use anything to speak to you. I am a very picturesque type of person and God always speaks to me in pictures or analogies. for one my car! He has such a great humor that He will use my car to speak to me, Many see my car and automaticly assume something about it, either its a piece of crap, its a piece of art or whatever! but I see a story and a constant reminder of where I was. sooooo a duct tape light, hop, skip and car crash away the next paragraph begins.....
A few years back I wasn't really following the Lord, I kinda did my own thing. so what happened! I kept driving into things, off of things, over things! I even accidentally hit my sister (not very hard at all). when finally one day I hit black ice and flew off the road, over a ditch, into a field! and I found my self wearing high heels, knee deep in mud....and it took a big truck to pull my car out. and in that moment I found myself an emotional mess, but also in that moment God spoke and he clearly spoke, "Faith, you may be deep in the mud of your life, and yes your pretty banged up and YES it may take a big truck to pull you out of this.....BUT I have called you for such a time as this and your called to be like that truck pulling others out of their messes, Im happy and blessed to say that what He spoke was true! and now I can enjoy the voice of my God when and wherever I decide to listen! and im extremely excited about this so I just had to blog about it! now my next lil story....
so I have started a diet. NOT because I am unhappy with myself, because I truly believe that if your not happy with you now, you wont be happy with you later, no matter what you try to change and that's something God had to take care of in your heart. I am going on a diet because I want to be healthy and I am to steward my body as a holy temple that belongs to the Lord. Now that I have put that disclaimer out I will get on with it. I am faced with the temptation to eat all this bad food my flesh wants sooo bad! because it tastes sooooo good! and then I had the thought if I had never tasted the bad stuff in the first place, I would have never had a problem eating the healthy stuff! If I had never tasted the ways of the world I would have never had a problem sticking with the ways of the Lord!
but if the people who have never had a chance to know how GOOD God tastes had the opportunity to taste Him. just think of the change you could make! aaahhhhh I kills me that Christians don't realize this is their job!
Know that YOU are called, YOU are chosen! and YOU have access to all the power and authority that Jesus has, and the word says that YOU will do greater things then Jesus! YOU YOU YOU YOU YOOOUUU! YOU got this! YOU are a leader! and YOU have influence over other people, regardless where you come from, regardless what your family says, regardless how long you have been saved! so put you head up shoulders back and start to influence and speak to a generation who needs to ever so badly taste the goodness of God.and dont forget the dream the dream of God while your at it, because I guarantee if its God Dream, it will affect more then just you,
A few years back I wasn't really following the Lord, I kinda did my own thing. so what happened! I kept driving into things, off of things, over things! I even accidentally hit my sister (not very hard at all). when finally one day I hit black ice and flew off the road, over a ditch, into a field! and I found my self wearing high heels, knee deep in mud....and it took a big truck to pull my car out. and in that moment I found myself an emotional mess, but also in that moment God spoke and he clearly spoke, "Faith, you may be deep in the mud of your life, and yes your pretty banged up and YES it may take a big truck to pull you out of this.....BUT I have called you for such a time as this and your called to be like that truck pulling others out of their messes, Im happy and blessed to say that what He spoke was true! and now I can enjoy the voice of my God when and wherever I decide to listen! and im extremely excited about this so I just had to blog about it! now my next lil story....
so I have started a diet. NOT because I am unhappy with myself, because I truly believe that if your not happy with you now, you wont be happy with you later, no matter what you try to change and that's something God had to take care of in your heart. I am going on a diet because I want to be healthy and I am to steward my body as a holy temple that belongs to the Lord. Now that I have put that disclaimer out I will get on with it. I am faced with the temptation to eat all this bad food my flesh wants sooo bad! because it tastes sooooo good! and then I had the thought if I had never tasted the bad stuff in the first place, I would have never had a problem eating the healthy stuff! If I had never tasted the ways of the world I would have never had a problem sticking with the ways of the Lord!
but if the people who have never had a chance to know how GOOD God tastes had the opportunity to taste Him. just think of the change you could make! aaahhhhh I kills me that Christians don't realize this is their job!
Know that YOU are called, YOU are chosen! and YOU have access to all the power and authority that Jesus has, and the word says that YOU will do greater things then Jesus! YOU YOU YOU YOU YOOOUUU! YOU got this! YOU are a leader! and YOU have influence over other people, regardless where you come from, regardless what your family says, regardless how long you have been saved! so put you head up shoulders back and start to influence and speak to a generation who needs to ever so badly taste the goodness of God.and dont forget the dream the dream of God while your at it, because I guarantee if its God Dream, it will affect more then just you,
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