We're All In This Together

Okay guys, So today I was checking out the Hillsong United App on my phone and I saw this video and wanted to share it. Seriously, please take the time to watch it. It's so true and has to do with what I've been blogging about lately. And I just wanted to say don't rob people of their blessings. When you walk or drive by the homeless person, stop, but don't put yourself in danger ever. But help them out. Bless them in some way. You could be the blessing that God gives them and If you don't do what God is telling you to by helping the helpless and showing them the love of "our God" not the idols of this world. Show them how God has healed us and brought us out of our pit and he can bring them out of their pit too. Don't rob them of their blessing from God. But here we go - WATCH THIS!!!

It's time...

Okay, this one may be a little controversial, but I feel it needs to be said. Let me open up with a quote that was said in our sunday school yesterday, "The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints." -Abigail Van Buren. That's how it is supposed to be. In this post, I am not ragging on one church in general, when I say church, I mean the body of Christ as a whole. Syd commented on my last post and told me that some Christians have been calling themselves "Followers of Christ" now instead of Christians, because of what the term has come to mean. That just makes me sad. It does. What I mean by this the term Christian has come to relate to things like, "Discrimination, Predjudice, Hate, Judgement, etc." when it should be, "Love, acceptance, selfless, etc." I say our generation redefines the term to what it was meant to be. And don't get me wrong, not all Christians are what I consider the modern definition of the term. I know many who are the second definition of the term. And they are some of the most respectable, loving, and kind people I know. But, I also know many people who, if someone with let's say has tattoos and earrings walked into the church, would probably assume certain things about the person because of their outer appearance. I hate to break it to them but some of the most godly people I know have tattoos. And I also hate to break it to them, that we are all not "cookie-cutter" christians. We are not perfect. That our sin is just as bad as their sin. I sometimes think that some of us look at their sin differently than ours just because of their appearance when in God's eyes it's all the same. It just doesn't make since to me. We are all sinners who gather together for the common purpose, of worshipping and learning about our creator and savior. We need to become just what that quote said a hospital for sinners. We need to show them our doctor and who heals us and makes us new. We need to love ALL sinners. Not just the ones that our like us and look "good". We are called, as Christians, to love everyone. That everyone includes: People who are a different color than us, those with tattoos, gays, lesbians, gothics, muslims, druggies, alcoholics, chain smokers, etc. EVERYONE. We need to show them who healed us and saved us from who we used to be. We must love them in everything we do. I think it's time that us christians step up to the plate and become low to make God high. It's time we stop making everything about us, and everything about him. It's time. BE THE DIFFERENCE. I love you all very much. I'd really love some opinions and comments on this one please. Do something for someone today. LOVE.

I'm ready.

I was just talking to Hannah a couple of minutes ago about some things I just needed to get off my chest. And she said I'm going to go home and read to get my mind off of all this and I said well I'm going home and blog about it. haha. That's how I get stuff off my chest. We were just talking about guys. No one specific, just guys, in general. The statement I made was well right now I'm just dating Jesus. I know that sounds kind of weird. But it's what I have decided to do until God decides to put someone "special" in my life. I'm going to get to know Jesus and who he really is. I want to know him on a deeper level. I want to run to him before anyone else. I want him to wrap me in his arms. I know this is what I need to be doing. So I'm off to go and have a little alone time with my date, who also happens to be my savior. Ironic. Just kidding! haha. But seriously I want to fall in love with Jesus. I know we've all heard this quote at one point or another but I'm about to break it out again. I want to be so close to my savior that a guy has to go through him to get to me. Like I said I'm ready to actually make it my identity like I said in my last blog. I'm ready to actually be what the word "christian" was meant to be not what the meaning has become. Our church has started a new series about being the difference. I want to be the difference. I'm ready to love. I'm ready to accept who and how I am and just focus on others and not myself. I'm ready to just show God's love through me. I'm ready to be the light in the darkness. I am ready. I am ready for a change. I am ready for God's will and purpose in my life. I am ready to fall in love...... with God. I am ready to be the change and stop relying on others to be it. I am ready to start helping those around me and being who I was called to be. I am ready to gain the confidence I've always wanted, because now I know exactly who I am. I'm his. I am ready to stop treating people the way the deserve to be treated and start loving them the way jesus does. I'm ready to stop being judgemental. I'm ready to stop being predjudice. I'm ready to stop being a procrastinator. I'm ready to work on my flaws. I'm ready for God to carve me into who he wants me to be. I know it may hurt but in the end I will be more beautiful than ever. I know I'm ready. So whose with me? Comments please. 

His Forever

Hey guys! I definitely haven't done this in a while but I'm back! Haha! I am so glad to be out of school, you just don't even know! This summer has already been pretty fun. I went to the beach the first week I got out of school which was extremely fun. Other than that I've just been hanging out with some friends. Lately, God has been dealing with me in many different ways. He has been teaching me to depend on him for everything. He has shown me that there is not a formula for having the perfect life, that to have the life he wants me to have I must be close to him and listen to him and obey him, because he is not the god of formulas but he is a relational god. He does things through relationships, The relationship between us and him, between each other, and between his creations and us. I thank him that he is a god of relationships and not formulas. But what he has really shown me is nothing I can do can knock me out of his hand. I am his forever. There's a new hillsong united song called yours forever that is a great reminder of this. No matter who we are, what we have done, what we will do, or even what church we go to, we are his FOREVER. That's hard for me to understand because our relationships with others don't work this way, sometimes we have to watch what we say or do so we don't make the other person mad. And then we they do get mad they just kick you out of their life for a while. But God will never do that, we are always his and he is always ours. We are his. We are his. I praise God for that because we are always HIS. Sometimes we feel like  certain people in our life, don't love us or don't care. I know i have been feeling like this a lot lately, but when we feel like this we have to remember who we belong to. Remember God is the God of relationships, he desires to be whatever we need, if we need a friend, he is our friend, and if we need a parent, he can be our parent, if we need love he gives us that love, if we just need to feel like someone cares he wraps us in his arms. Even when we feel the most unlovable, when we feel like no one can or does love us, God does. No matter what we have done, no matter how far we have strayed, no matter who loves us, no matter if were the best or the worse, the lowest or the highest, We belong to God. We are his FOREVER and not only that but he loves us. He care deeply. He wants us to lay our burdens upon him. We are his beloved and we will always be his beloved. I think we should begin to make that are identity. We should always remind ourselves that constantly. When you begin to have a bad day or feel unlovable, remind yourself that you are his! I love you guys very much and I hope everyone has a great weekend! I love getting comments to let me know that people are actually reading this so leave some! LOVE!

Changes

Hey guys! It feels like it has been a while when I guess it really hasn't.  Anyways, I'm sorry but I probably won't be blogging much this month. I have weddings, graduations, and a vacation this month so I have every weekend filled. YUCK! Okay anyways I went to Jana's Graduation today. Oh my goodness, that is some boring stuff right there. I played games on my phone the whole time. I just can't believe she's old enough to graduate college, much less have a baby! Gosh! Like Luke said in his last blog, It seems like all the sudden all these MASSIVE changes are coming about in people's lives. From Graduating to getting married to having babies. I mean it is hard to believe that in a little over a month my big sister will have a baby and I will be Aunt KK. Strange. In less than a month, Luke who is one of the greatest people ever will live what about 4 hours away. Who's going to take me to awesome concerts and make me laugh so hard that.... well not going to share that one with the world, but Luke you know what I'm talking about. It's crazy to think about. It feels like I'm just standing still watching life pass by. If that makes any sense whatsoever. It seems like just yesterday I was booger fishing in the puddles with my sister, or when Jana got her first car and I thought she was the coolest person ever, or when MaryBeth graduated High School. Gosh time definitely flys. But as I look back there are so many things I wish I could change and so many things I wish I could prevent and so many things I wish I could just live through one more time because it was such an awesome moment. I love change but then again I hate it. Somethings I want to stay exactly the same forever just because I like it that way and I am comfortable. But right now I am ready for these huge changes. I am so ready for God to take me out of my comfort zone and to gain the gutsy faith I have been praying for. I have this feeling that God has HUGE plans for every single person who willingly accepts his changes and lets him work in there life even when it isn't nessecarily comfortable. Have you ever pray for God's will to be done in your life? When you did, did you really mean it? I always pray that but honestly most of the time I haven't meant it. I think we all know in the back of our minds that sometimes God's will can put us in harm's way or take us somewhere "uncomfortable" and sometimes it can even mean risking everything. And knowing that we ask God for his will to be done NO MATTER WHAT but we do not mean it. As humans we naturally want to stay comfortable. I remember reading something on my friend Jake's facebook and it said, " We always ask for God to rain down on us, but when he does we become wet, sticky, and uncomfortable. So we run under shelter so we won't feel the rain anymore." Well I am sooooo ready to be uncomfortable! I am ready for this change. I am ready for God's will to be done in my life, because I know his plans our bigger and much better than my own. So I want God to rain on me, and I not only want to be able to stand there and not run away because it's uncomfortable, I want to DANCE IN THE RAIN! I want God to lead me through the rain until I see the rainbow he wants to give me..... Sorry I'm getting a little carried away! But I have this desire to be uncomfortable now. I have this desire to be rained on by God's spirit! So how are you taking these changes in your life? Are you avoiding being rained on at all costs possible just so you will be comfortable! If so I invite you to come dancing with me in the rain! I love you all very much! I hope you all have a wonderfully superb week!