"There is a God who loves me, and He wraps me in His arms."

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight" Proverbs 3:5-6 
I was upset today, but then realized that I didn't have to be. That what is happening is God's will and there is a reason for it. Nothing that is happening or has happened is an accident and it's all a part of Gods amazing plan. I have my trust in Him and I know that everything is going to be alright. He is EVERYTHING and these small problems don't matter.
Everything I have, everything I've ever had, and everything I will ever have is HIS. I trust that whatever path He takes me on is His will for me. 
This year, I pray that through everything I do I can glorify God. Through every action or decision I make the Lords light will shine through me. I pray that He continues to work through me and that I continue to let Him work through me. I pray that I always put aside my earthly desires and accomplish the desires that God has set before me. I pray that I surrender myself to God daily, because everyday is His. 
God continues to humble me and bless me daily. I'm living everyday for Him.

"Be Joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus"

Something I struggle with is anxiety.
Today my mom was on the phone with my grandma when I got into the car. My grandma was having an episode and it scared me. I automatically started to panic in my head but God took a hold of my heart and soothed me. Whatever happens is His will, and i need to focus on that. I put all my trust in Him and I have no doubt that He will take care of what is happening. This is out of my hands and there is no reason for me to try to control the situation. I'm definitely working on keeping an open heart and open hands. My grandma is not mine, she is His. I'm not saying her time is now but whenever it may be, I will praise the Lord for giving me the time He gave me with her.
 "Be Joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
That's something I wrote out for her and put in her hospital room and I pray it continues to give her encouragement even through these hardships. 
I'm so thankful to Him for blessing me with these awesome lessons and being able to share them!
My God continues to teach me new things and encourage me through the toughest times, and for that I am so thankful. I will praise him through the good times and the bad times! He deserves all the glory and praise!

Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim; You are amazing God!

My heart is singing "Indescribable" by Chris Tomlin tonight!
It is absolutely mind blowing how God works through us to inspire others. Just the fact that one simple act of kindness or one blog post can make a difference in someone elses life through Him is so awesome. He continues to teach me and humble me daily. I am so blessed! 
Something God is teaching me little by little every day also is obedience. Just through small little scenarios. I'll want to do something, and he just reminds me that it's not something that's necessary. Or he'll tell me to do something uncomfortable or talk to someone who doesn't like me. Of course I do, who am I to deny what God tells me to do? It may not always be a comfortable situation but I'm willing to do whatever my God wants for the Glory of his kingdom! Something that stood out a lot to me on Sunday at Genesis was Acts 14:22 "  strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said."
God is my strength and my encouragement and He blesses me so much and keeps me true in my faith whether I'm going through hard times or good times. Nothing will ever be easy, but you have to give it all to him and put your trust in him. 
Something that also is making a big impact on my life is the James challenge, I'm in week four now and James 4 is awesome! (Along with the rest of James) Something that really stands out to me is "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." - James 4:17  
God is blessing me so much through my church family and friends and I am so thankful for that! They all give me so much love and encouragement and it is so awesome! I could not have asked for a more loving, caring, encouraging, AWESOME group of people to spend my time and to grow with! 
I pray that God can continue to show me his Light and help me through the hardships and uncomfortable times and during that I can put ALL my trust in Him and surrender it all before his feet. Let all the Glory and Praise be to my AMAZING Abba!

"I'm not saying you should all say you'll die for Jesus, but you should live for him"

At the edge, my small group leader Drew Worsham told us a story, here it is;

There was this boy named BJ. By the age of nine years old he had already deticated his life to Christ and started living it out. By 11 he knew his calling was to go to maraca (i think) and teach people about the Lord. He was on a mission trip to peru at the age of fifteen and he died of an unknown disease, the only thing his parents got back were his bible and his journal. In almost every margin of his bible and journal, written everywhere was "I would die for you Jesus" Well, he did. His parents brought his ashes to maraca to spread, and when they told their tour guide his story he was so moved that he converted and started an underground church there. Some time later, his dad was on a trip in a different country, where he met this boy on a bus, this boy knew of Jesus, but had no bible to study the word of God with, the only bible that his dad had with him was BJs old bible. He didnt want to give it up but he prayed about it and God led him to give the boy his bible, and also to tell him that he thinks God wants him to spread the word of God in south africa. The boy he gave the bible to was 15 years old, just like BJ was when he died.

Drew followed it up with "I'm not saying you guys should all say you'll die for Jesus, but you should live for him"

This all ties in with something that happened to me tonight. Up until tonight, i was afraid to say those words "I would die for you Jesus" I was afraid that i wasnt ready for that kind of commitment, but tonight during one of the songs at Genesis, I closed my eyes and my heart literally felt like it exploded and i said those words. At this point, I'm sharing this story with any and everyone. He is changing SO much in my heart and it's awesome. This year, God is going to work through me and use his light to bring in others and I'm REALLY excited to see what he has for me this year. I'm really looking forward to glorifying Him in everything I do, and about keeping a blog of everything I'm learning so I can not only remember it all, but share it with others. God is SO awesome, he has blessed me with much more than i deserve and I am so thankful for it all. I'm excited to live for Jesus, to live out what he wants me to fulfill. :)

Beautiful Jesus

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Whenever i listen to More Beautiful You or Wrap me in Your arms, I have the most beautiful daydream that anyone could ever imagine. 

Jesus is carrying me along the beach as a baby, he’s spinning me around and hugging me tightly, kissing me on the forehead. He puts me down into the sand and holds my hands as i take my first steps (could be seen as my first steps in being a Christian), it keeps going on and i start growing up little by little, Jesus still holding my hand and helping me up when I fall. I get to my troubled years (or my trials), i start walking into the water, Jesus is still in the sand, holding his hand out for me to grab. Things try to get in between us but Jesus always makes his way through it and holds his hand out for me to grab. I make my way back to him, and grab it. Sometimes it becomes too much for me and he carries me, or sometimes he picks me up like when i was little and spins me around. We continue to walk together down the beach through everything, and he’s always there, Never leaving my side.

I love my God

“He will take your dark distorted view, and with His light He will show you truth, and again you will see from the eyes of a little girl.” <3

LOOK through the eyes of a little girl. the world was so big and beautiful, we didn’t have a million insecurities, look at yourself, look at the world from the eyes of a little girl, Look at God from the eyes of a little girl! running to her abba with no worries just to be picked up and spun around by Him. He picks us up and when we need it, he spins us around. He lifts us up and helps us grow. He guides us from a little girl with out a care in the world to who we are now, and He gives us moments like these to realize just how blessed we are. To step back and appreciate. I LOVE my Abba<3

He took time from making the mountains and the beautiful sunset to pick the color of my eyes, to pick the shape of my nose, to pick my smile. He picked every single detail about me, so why not embrace it? 

“Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.” - Isaiah 64: 8