At a crossroads. Must life always throw so many roads at once that u don't know which way to take?
Seems sensible that one would take the road that seems sensible, eh? Lol but what if they all are sensible, just not all..do-able? Ugh.
I'm gonna keep trusting God, and praying that He will continue to open doors.
New venture.......Florida! Wow. Talk about a change....only the Lord knows...what He knows lol we arent always meant to be let in on the details :)
I know deep down it is for the better. It will be somewhat hard to let go of a place in which I've spent so many years, and developed some really great friendships....but as a Christian,I know I am meant to be ever changing. Christ remains the same, buti need to be wyilling to step out of my comfort zone, out into the unknown. :)
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Forever In Love With Jesus < 3
Forever in Love with Jesus. . .
To be intimately in Love with Him should be our ultimate goal.
Not just moments of sporadicity (i think i just made up a new word...) in other words..moments of being sporadic - spontaneous - like..."oh hey!" moments lol...catch my drift? When we happen to come to the realization that it's been a good week or so since we've dove deep in the Word. Or our life has maybe gotten a little rocky lately? So maybe we should say a few prayers just to get us through the week.....STOP!
Stop right there.
If you think that that is considered a healthy relationship with God the Father, you are so very wrong!
Time spent with God is never wasted.
If you think that just knowing of God is enough - then you need a reality check my friend. God desires that we have an intimate - deep - personal relationship with Him, it's His greatest desire!
Think of your relationship with God - as a marriage relationship. He wants you to vow to Stand with Him for Better or for Worse, in the Good times and in the Bad...He wants you to depend on Him, to Trust Him, to Know that He will provide for you - despite what might come your way.
I will be honest, I am guilty of not having a very intimate relationship with Him - my life used to consist of sporadic moments of Bible Reading and Praying........until a few moments - times in my life - that really hit home for me, and caused me to come closer to God that I will ever be able to comprehend. As i write this....i am holding back tears for various reasons. One reason is for a person I hold dear to my heart - on the other hand, it is because I am so taken back at the way God works...all throughout my life He has been there, holding my hand...and carrying me thru the sand in the worst of times. I am also just so thankful! for All He has done. He truly blows my mind sometimes.
I have made the conscious decision to draw near to Him, so that He will draw near to me. I don't ever want to drift far from Him ever again. The devil has a funny way of pulling us further and further from God so secretively that we don't even notice until we are so far away that we find it hard to come back to Him. Little do we ever remember, that He is always waiting with arms open WIDE - ready to EMBRACE us all. Regardless of what we've done, He loves us for WHO WE ARE. Not for who we will become.
God can bring us together, He can also drive us apart....If He drives you apart from someone, it is to teach one or the other a very important lesson. Remember, God is the ONLY one that can see the BIGGER Picture. We can never comprehend what is going on in His mind, because His thoughts are not our Thoughts. His ways are NOT our ways, even tho sometimes we'd like them to be, eh?
DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
Fall Forever In Love With Jesus Now, and for all eternity. <3
To be intimately in Love with Him should be our ultimate goal.
Not just moments of sporadicity (i think i just made up a new word...) in other words..moments of being sporadic - spontaneous - like..."oh hey!" moments lol...catch my drift? When we happen to come to the realization that it's been a good week or so since we've dove deep in the Word. Or our life has maybe gotten a little rocky lately? So maybe we should say a few prayers just to get us through the week.....STOP!
Stop right there.
If you think that that is considered a healthy relationship with God the Father, you are so very wrong!
Time spent with God is never wasted.
If you think that just knowing of God is enough - then you need a reality check my friend. God desires that we have an intimate - deep - personal relationship with Him, it's His greatest desire!
Think of your relationship with God - as a marriage relationship. He wants you to vow to Stand with Him for Better or for Worse, in the Good times and in the Bad...He wants you to depend on Him, to Trust Him, to Know that He will provide for you - despite what might come your way.
I will be honest, I am guilty of not having a very intimate relationship with Him - my life used to consist of sporadic moments of Bible Reading and Praying........until a few moments - times in my life - that really hit home for me, and caused me to come closer to God that I will ever be able to comprehend. As i write this....i am holding back tears for various reasons. One reason is for a person I hold dear to my heart - on the other hand, it is because I am so taken back at the way God works...all throughout my life He has been there, holding my hand...and carrying me thru the sand in the worst of times. I am also just so thankful! for All He has done. He truly blows my mind sometimes.
I have made the conscious decision to draw near to Him, so that He will draw near to me. I don't ever want to drift far from Him ever again. The devil has a funny way of pulling us further and further from God so secretively that we don't even notice until we are so far away that we find it hard to come back to Him. Little do we ever remember, that He is always waiting with arms open WIDE - ready to EMBRACE us all. Regardless of what we've done, He loves us for WHO WE ARE. Not for who we will become.
God can bring us together, He can also drive us apart....If He drives you apart from someone, it is to teach one or the other a very important lesson. Remember, God is the ONLY one that can see the BIGGER Picture. We can never comprehend what is going on in His mind, because His thoughts are not our Thoughts. His ways are NOT our ways, even tho sometimes we'd like them to be, eh?
DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
Fall Forever In Love With Jesus Now, and for all eternity. <3
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Absolutely Meaningless.
We are all searching for something.......
A new job. a new spouse. a new friend. a new car. a new purpose. a new church. a new life...
Too many of us are so attached to our possessions. We think that we have to cling to them like there is no tomorrow, we are all trying to get something better all the time...
When it comes down to it, all these things are absolutely meaningless...unless you've got 1 thing at the heart of it all. If you are pursuing Christ, and realize that nothing in this earth can ever satisfy the hunger that Jesus fulfills...then your on the right track :)
Possessions are possessions...they come and they go, they are never with you forever. You need to be rooted deep in your faith - and know that Jesus NEVER Changes, He never leaves....moths and rust will consume our possessions one day, you can't take them with you when you leave.
Put your focus on God. Stay rooted so you will not be easily swayed.
Everything in this earth is meaningless, without Christ.
With Christ, you can do great things.
"I can do ALL things THRU Christ who gives me STRENGTH"
A new job. a new spouse. a new friend. a new car. a new purpose. a new church. a new life...
Too many of us are so attached to our possessions. We think that we have to cling to them like there is no tomorrow, we are all trying to get something better all the time...
When it comes down to it, all these things are absolutely meaningless...unless you've got 1 thing at the heart of it all. If you are pursuing Christ, and realize that nothing in this earth can ever satisfy the hunger that Jesus fulfills...then your on the right track :)
Possessions are possessions...they come and they go, they are never with you forever. You need to be rooted deep in your faith - and know that Jesus NEVER Changes, He never leaves....moths and rust will consume our possessions one day, you can't take them with you when you leave.
Put your focus on God. Stay rooted so you will not be easily swayed.
Everything in this earth is meaningless, without Christ.
With Christ, you can do great things.
"I can do ALL things THRU Christ who gives me STRENGTH"
Sunday, July 10, 2011
We all just wanna be loved. . . . .not consumed
Isn't it the truth. Regardless of where we are in life, who is in our life, what we are doing...bottom line is, we want someone to talk to, and someone to love us back.
If a love you give is not returned, it's the worse feeling in the world.
We all want a friend.
We all want to be loved.
We all want to feel important.
We all want someone to talk to.
Part of being human, is communicating and fellowshipping with others - if we don't have some kind of connection with someone else we lose touch with the world, and start to think that nobody cares.
Some things you can do to keep yourself in check with yourself and people around you:
It helps to surround yourself with positive friends...that is a big help. Another thing you can do is keep a journal - write down all the positive, fun times you've shared with people in the past...keep reading it, even years down the road - it will keep your memory fresh with good memories :)
Get involved in a good church, and if you can't do that...get a friend that can keep you accountable to read your Bible.
Make a choice to be 100% devoted to God. If you live in FULL dependence on Him, you are living the life of a true disciple.
Become aware of your relationships.
It's important to realize the relationship you do have with some people, don't let life get you so consumed that you realize too late that you didn't spend enough time with someone. Don't let your relationships fall by the wayside. Life is funny in the way that it LOVES to consume us! Put ur foot down now. Make the choice to NOT let life consume you. Remember, we are supposed to be NOTW. (not of this world)
Stand out! Be different! Don't be consumed.
If a love you give is not returned, it's the worse feeling in the world.
We all want a friend.
We all want to be loved.
We all want to feel important.
We all want someone to talk to.
Part of being human, is communicating and fellowshipping with others - if we don't have some kind of connection with someone else we lose touch with the world, and start to think that nobody cares.
Some things you can do to keep yourself in check with yourself and people around you:
It helps to surround yourself with positive friends...that is a big help. Another thing you can do is keep a journal - write down all the positive, fun times you've shared with people in the past...keep reading it, even years down the road - it will keep your memory fresh with good memories :)
Get involved in a good church, and if you can't do that...get a friend that can keep you accountable to read your Bible.
Make a choice to be 100% devoted to God. If you live in FULL dependence on Him, you are living the life of a true disciple.
Become aware of your relationships.
It's important to realize the relationship you do have with some people, don't let life get you so consumed that you realize too late that you didn't spend enough time with someone. Don't let your relationships fall by the wayside. Life is funny in the way that it LOVES to consume us! Put ur foot down now. Make the choice to NOT let life consume you. Remember, we are supposed to be NOTW. (not of this world)
Stand out! Be different! Don't be consumed.
Live For Today
Hey everyone...
So..........................................a lot has happened recently in my life. More than i care to share at this moment - but i would like to share my thoughts.
ATM (at the moment) I am listening to one of my favorite songs...'Life For Today' by Natalie Grant.
This song is such a wonderful reminder...so many times I tend to try to live in tomorrow, try to figure out tomorrow, try to set my direction for. . .tomorrow - when in all reality, All i can do is live my life one way, and that's for Today.
Despite all that has happened, Im going to try to remember to just take each day one step at a time, and live for today. That's all i can do...
Another thought...I can't do this alone. There is one person I can always turn to - I am so thankful for that. I am committed to God 100% - as best to my ability. He is my life. He is why i live. He is why i love. He is why i am kind. etc..........He is my ALL.
anyways..just random thoughts in no such order at all :)
So..........................................a lot has happened recently in my life. More than i care to share at this moment - but i would like to share my thoughts.
ATM (at the moment) I am listening to one of my favorite songs...'Life For Today' by Natalie Grant.
This song is such a wonderful reminder...so many times I tend to try to live in tomorrow, try to figure out tomorrow, try to set my direction for. . .tomorrow - when in all reality, All i can do is live my life one way, and that's for Today.
Despite all that has happened, Im going to try to remember to just take each day one step at a time, and live for today. That's all i can do...
Another thought...I can't do this alone. There is one person I can always turn to - I am so thankful for that. I am committed to God 100% - as best to my ability. He is my life. He is why i live. He is why i love. He is why i am kind. etc..........He is my ALL.
anyways..just random thoughts in no such order at all :)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The joys of life
The sweet joys of life :)
Today i made a facebook for my dog. Yes, my dog! He means that much to me. He is just so precious, he deserves his own fb. My sister made one for her dog as well.
Some of you may think that is a little strange and that i need to get a life. Truth is, i have a life! It's just little things like this that make my life so much more sweeter.
On a second thought...
GOD IS GREAT!!!
As many of you know, we have been PRAYING and PRAYING for a good running vehicle! I have missed SO many jobs and have had waaay too many life crisisis to mention because of not having a good running vehicle.
WELL. After much tribulation and much prayer.........
God has finally blessed us with a beautiful running vehicle! *Praises God and starts doing a happy dance* LOL
Seriously, our pastor is going to give us a car that they are not using. God is SO GOOD.
I am so thankful right now. It just goes to show, that if you continue to trust God and KNOW that He will provide in HIS OWN TIMING - that everything will work together for good, to them that Love God!! (romans 8:28)
Peace out for now :)
Today i made a facebook for my dog. Yes, my dog! He means that much to me. He is just so precious, he deserves his own fb. My sister made one for her dog as well.
Some of you may think that is a little strange and that i need to get a life. Truth is, i have a life! It's just little things like this that make my life so much more sweeter.
On a second thought...
GOD IS GREAT!!!
As many of you know, we have been PRAYING and PRAYING for a good running vehicle! I have missed SO many jobs and have had waaay too many life crisisis to mention because of not having a good running vehicle.
WELL. After much tribulation and much prayer.........
God has finally blessed us with a beautiful running vehicle! *Praises God and starts doing a happy dance* LOL
Seriously, our pastor is going to give us a car that they are not using. God is SO GOOD.
I am so thankful right now. It just goes to show, that if you continue to trust God and KNOW that He will provide in HIS OWN TIMING - that everything will work together for good, to them that Love God!! (romans 8:28)
Peace out for now :)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
To Be, or Not To Be...of This World....That is the Question.
To Be, or Not to Be. . . . . .
As a young woman, i've come to realize...there is more to this life that what this world has to offer.
Should we limit ourselves to so called joys of this world? or should we seek for something much more, something more....eternal?
While on that thought, at what point in our lives should we start looking for this more 'eternal truth'? when we are young? when we are middle aged? or maybe when we are older, just before we realize that we won't be on this earth much longer, is that when? No.
No? yes, no. We should not wait until our life is over to search for eternal truth, this is something we need to start searching for NOW. While we are young, while we are learning, experiencing, and forgetting past mistakes.
This world can only offer us so much....but deep down we will always be wanting more. More? what type of more? we will be looking for a deeper love. a deeper satisfaction in knowing that someone actually cares about us. This world is SO consumed with 'worldly desires' that people hardly stop to care anymore.
There are only a few good souls left in this entire universe that are good Samaritans. There is only one thing that can completely satisfy the missing place in our hearts...this longing, this feeling of needing to be accepted, where does it come from? It comes from something much higher than yourself. Our thoughts are not His thoughts, His ways are much further than our own. We can't even begin to comprehend what this eternal Way, Truth, and Life has in store for us.
Me? I am going to continue searching, seeking, asking, until I am completely satisfied.
Follow me in my journey. . . . . . .
Much Love In Christ, Jessica
As a young woman, i've come to realize...there is more to this life that what this world has to offer.
Should we limit ourselves to so called joys of this world? or should we seek for something much more, something more....eternal?
While on that thought, at what point in our lives should we start looking for this more 'eternal truth'? when we are young? when we are middle aged? or maybe when we are older, just before we realize that we won't be on this earth much longer, is that when? No.
No? yes, no. We should not wait until our life is over to search for eternal truth, this is something we need to start searching for NOW. While we are young, while we are learning, experiencing, and forgetting past mistakes.
This world can only offer us so much....but deep down we will always be wanting more. More? what type of more? we will be looking for a deeper love. a deeper satisfaction in knowing that someone actually cares about us. This world is SO consumed with 'worldly desires' that people hardly stop to care anymore.
There are only a few good souls left in this entire universe that are good Samaritans. There is only one thing that can completely satisfy the missing place in our hearts...this longing, this feeling of needing to be accepted, where does it come from? It comes from something much higher than yourself. Our thoughts are not His thoughts, His ways are much further than our own. We can't even begin to comprehend what this eternal Way, Truth, and Life has in store for us.
Me? I am going to continue searching, seeking, asking, until I am completely satisfied.
Follow me in my journey. . . . . . .
Much Love In Christ, Jessica
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