Its not just about you, Its about You and I.

I think the problem today is that people's mind set is "ME". 
They think they have to do everything for them selves. They have to only worry about them. It has provided such a selfish world. With selfishness comes along hurt. Its true. When you think of only you, it hurts everyone around you. Why is that. Maybe because we were made for each other. Not for us alone but for each other. ...If you think about it... it makes sense. If we were meant to be just us alone God would have never created Eve, He would have just made Adam. 
-"The Lord God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a  helper suitable for him.'"- Genesis 1:18

"So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He tooK one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man. The man said, this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man."- Genesis 1:21-23 
So you see God could have just created adam and no eve... then where would we be...... 
which is exactly why He created another human being. no longer just one by him self but accompanied by another to help, support and love. 
It was meant for us to worry and love about another and not our selfs. Some where along the way though it all the sudden became "I" was more important then "YOU". Which started so many hurtful actions. Accusing, backstabbing, lying, cheating, oh how the list goes on. 
stop- thinking only about you, and think about "me" -the people beside you, the people around you, your loved ones, the ones who dont look like you or do look like you. worry about there needs and your needs will be taken care of. 
-"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you..." Matthew 7:12. 
because i know you feel alone, unloved, and unwanted. but that is only because you have and everyone else has shown the same to others. once you start to show them they are cared for, you will be shown the same. take care of others and you will be taken care of. if we were meant to take care of it on our own we would have no need for other people in the world. it simply just wouldnt work. Go on, go love everyone around you, go listen and give a helping hand, be understand, and be trustworthy, be kind and gentle, show the world you have a heart and your not a grinch. 

so reach out and

others will reach out to you.

God's Hands.

have you ever thought about Gods hands.               
He holds the whole world in the palms of His hands. His hands are so big that the earth is tiny inside of them. which says to me, our God is a big God. if His hands are big, then imagine how big He is.
we are just a speck compared to things He has crafted but in His eyes we are the greatest and biggest thing He has ever made. 
have you ever thought about how much detail there is in a human. there is not just hands, arms, legs, feet, mouth, eyes, etc. no there is beyond so much more.  He didn't just put us together, He didn't just make us and say let there be humans. - So God created man in his own image, 
       in the image of God he created him; 
       male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27-
 i get this image of Him sitting down at a table and a light, late into the night looking over the "blueprints". pencil and eraser working hard, making sure everything is perfect, right, and in place. then with His big beautiful hands he begins to put His craftsmen to work, He begins to mold, shape,curves,tightens, and sharpens the most beautiful masterpiece and then to finish it off He begins to paint. the color of skin, the lips, the eyes, the hair. 
we have just now become a piece work from the hands that create such art.   
how or why any one would ever want to put more "art work" on their hand crafted, painted self, is beyond my understanding. your body is a not a piece of paper for you to draw on. you are already a master piece so why put a painting (tattoo) on you, why pierce your self and poke holes through something God has taken His precious time on. do you think God is not a busy man? He is the King of this universe and He takes care of every single little and big thing beyond imaginable. so the fact that He thinks you are and i are worth while His time, just says how highly He thinks of us. of how much He loves us. to me that is more love then i can comprehend. which motivates me to want to everything in my power to take care, and to respect Gods temple that he ever so crafted and made a rare masterpiece. 
by doing so, its not just by putting ink or holes its also by the things we put inside of us, the way we take care of the of the organs and the tiny many things inside of us, the muscles and the heart.. and the way we treat our body physically in a sexual manner. 

“All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

—1 Corinthians 6:9-20 
to give your self to someone who is not the person God has CREATED for YOU, the someone who has been crafted to fit you perfectly, is such a slap to Gods face. the way you are made is for a reason.
Gods hands who have created and painted the very things you see when you step out your front door, or the things you see while driving, and so much more are the same hands that have created you. and inside them we are so small but to Him we are so big, with an even bigger heart... no matter the pain and hurt and junk that might be in there, we all have a heart and its bigger then life its self. 
I'm so thankful for Gods hands. they do so much. they pick you up when you need to be. when you are weak they give you strength. when you are falling they catch you. they hold your hand when you are alone. they guide you when you are lost. they heal you when you are sick and broken. they comfort you when you are in pain. they are open wide when you need to grave a hold of something. they are reaching out and they are full of love. they are my everlasting Kings hands. I pray that i will have helping hands like His. 

Imagination.

Have you ever thought about how God and imagination connect. 

it hit me that the best time i can connect with God is when i use my imagination. when i imagine things. and maybe everyone is different in this. but i know for me... using an image... painting a picture in my head ... helps me to understand and connect closer with God. 

and honstly God him self has a very big imagination.

it amazes me with the things He creates and paints for us. like the sky at a sunset, sunrise, cloudy day. people, nature, and just so many more things. God paints, He is an artist and i think we all have an artist side in us. we were all created by the same man who has that incredible imagination and artistic ways. He didnt make us all the same, which is why some are more talented in art and music and anything else. 

everything we do is an art, it calls for some type of imagination. some type of using your head and coming up with the right answer, the right thought. 

for some reason i am fascinated by imagination at the moment. i cant really stop thinking about it.

Beauty

Beauty is like a small simple white pearl. 
God created us into beauty. 

the white represents purity. purity is so rare to find in a world like todays. kind of like a pearl is rare to find. its so easy to get caught up in thinking and comparing our selfs to the way we should look and that starts a hunger in us of feelings, of insecurity which can strike the ''lustful" feeling....and some who think that is what will make us feel beauty. sexuality is not the answer to beauty.  beauty is pure. beauty is the simple things God creates. He created us and our bodys are a part of us and he has made all of us uniquely and breath taking in our own way. our bodys are a temple of God, and we should take care of them. it doesnt matter if our clothes look like everyone elses. it doesnt matter if our nose is bigger then some or our body is made differently. 1 Samuel 16:7 says - "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."  so rejoice in the way the Lord has made you. because you are beautiful. and when you see the way He see's you... nothing else matters. He didnt call us to all be the same. if He did then we would all already look alike. rejoice and be glad in the way the Lord has created you. YOU ARE a masterpiece. look at anything the Lord has made...does it not have any flaw? no. that is how He see's us. flawless. "You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you." -Songs of Songs 4:7

every day i think we take God's breath away. but theres one thing....He isnt asking us to wear the latest fasion... look this way or that way. but He is asking us to take care of our selfs. i've often asked my self...where do you draw the line. i think its fine to dress up and i know for me... wearing makeup just gives me that extra secureness. i already know im beautiful from God and its not even so much for other people that i wear it but its more for me. to Gods eyes i dont need it...but i know He understands. but just as long as i dont over do it. the line that needs to be drawn is that its okay to add a little bit of this and that but dont add all it. dont over do it. but the main thing is. take care of your self. eat healthy. take care of your body. remember it is Gods temple. dont push your self to saying i have to be skinny and even some i like my "jiggly parts" be the best you can by taking care of your body and be the body God made you to be.

"3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 4Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. 5For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. " -1Peter 3:3-5

Proverbs 31:30 - "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting: but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

so. simple represents that we do not have to be "blingy, and decked out" to be beautiful. we are simply beautiful the way we already are. in a world like to day these things kind of seem simple compared to the what we think we need to be beauty. gentle, a quiet spirit, devoted women of God. intimacy is a big part of what makes a women. "Intimacy connotes familiarity and closeness. it involves our deepest nature. and it is marked by a warm friendship. develop through long association. in order for us to become intimate with another, we must find in him a true confidant- one in whom we can safety confide our secrets." -cynthia heald.

i think so many women today are afraid of being intimate. we live in a world where women feel less if they dont do what or better then the men do. no. intimacy is something God created and  it is a nature thing for women to be that way but only to many are fighting it. but that is what makes you a woman. be proud to be a intimate woman. that is how God created you and you are His. you are beauty. 

small represents us. we feel small and sometimes helpless. but that is obviously apart of who God made us. small simple white pearl.
we are a pearl of God. and he adores us and loves us so much that i almost find it hard to breath at times. 
no matter where we have been, what we have done, or what we'll do. He will always see us and adores us. 

I am a daughter of the King and i see my self through his eyes. i pray that every girl, young lady, and women see's them selfs the same way. if you dont... let Him show you what real beauty and love is. God bless. 

The way you live now Will effect you in the future.

while I was in new Orleans I saw a lot of crazy "messed" up people. a lot of them ...their life has just become nothing. and this started some thinking.

there was this one guy who I haven’t been able to get out of my head. I was at a red light and I looked out the window and I saw a guy sitting there on the steps. his eyes were big and his face kept showing different emotion. his lips would make a smile and then kinda go in and then go out and just back in forth. as I'm watching him I started thinking ...he use to be normal... he use to be just like me and my friends. he probably went to high school... could have a been a popular guy or could have been a nerd. well known or not hardly noticed. or maybe he was, but what he was noticed for, wasn’t good. he also could have been very involved in a church and loved god deeply. all kinds of possibility's.
and I started thinking how he got from there to where he was now.
crazy to think but when he was younger...he had no idea one day in new Orleans he would be sitting on a step with his face all messed up and I'm sure hungry and no place to sleep....no friends or family.
how did he get there.
he got there because of two things. one: him self.
the choices we make today effect us ...in the future. what we do now will some day come back to us. it will some how have an effect on us down the road. sometimes it will be good and sometimes it will be bad. ....
there was something in his life that lead him to that. could have been small, could have been big. you just never know but that is why its so important to be careful with how we live our life now. how we live it every day. one word, one action will be apart of us forever. it will carry on into life.



second: You. (people he knew)
how we treat people effect other peoples life’s. just like we effect our own we effect others.
some one could have stopped or just never even loved him...or maybe they did in their hearts but they didn’t show it.
they didn’t treat him right. they said they were his friend but then something happened...something or someone came up.



we treat each other like we don’t matter. we call each other our best friend and show that we care about them when we feel like it and don’t think about our self. but then we get into selfish mode and forget everyone else. then a fight, problems, drama, hurt happen. and because of that...it will carry on in our life and effect us.


there use to be a time when people knew the real meaning of what family meant or friendship, relationships, love, marriage, sex, respect, honesty, government, follower of Christ, ...and the list goes on. we have lost a hold of the real meaning of anything.



people say this is a good world will live in. they say they love life.
I can personally not say the same. yes god has made so many beyond breathtaking things and he has blessed us with so much. by him things are good, by him I love the life he has given in me. but as for the world and the way people live it, I can not say the same.
yes maybe there has always been bad and evil. and yeah there always will be. but it doesn’t have to consume us.


this world (people) are drowning because we have simply STOPPED. we have become lazy and all we do is sit there and complain. we put no effort into anything. we say we care. we say we love. but do our actions show otherwise? ....more and likely the answer is yes it does, because look at this world.
right now...this very second someone has committed suicide because the people around them didn’t think about them but only thought about them self.



god will take care of you. if you will take care of each other he will take care of your needs. and I mean honestly...if he is taking care of you...don’t you think life would go so much better?



people just don’t get it. they don’t get what it means to love and be loved. they don’t get what it means to be a family or a friend. and because of that lives are being destroyed. families and relationships are lost. everyone is alone and on their own. no one is together. and if we are not together then we can not grow. if we can not grow then... we can not live.



you say you live your life for Christ... but by just posting a verse or talking about it with friends or in church... its not enough. you wanna change the world then get unstuck of your self and start seeking god. ask him to show you how to be a real friend. how to love. how to change. ask him to show you what breaks his heart. and what you can do for him. love him and let him love you and love for others will be a natural thing.



if we would start being real. start being in god and actually truly obeying him...
this world would not be the mess it is today. if we started respecting each other, lives would never be the same but only this time its for the better.