.... Don't Wait Until It's Too Late ....

Death. Do you ever think about it? I was driving the other day and a car came too close to hitting me. I was thinking later about that and the thought of one second driving and then the next being in front of the Lord. Would God be happy with me? 
Would he like where my life was going?
Would he be proud of what I was doing that day; What I was thinking about at that moment?
Where my priorities were? ... 
It's crazy to think about, but one day we all know we will die. But do you REALLY think of how that moment will be? We'll take our last breath and then wake up in front of Christ. Will we be ashamed thinking we should have done more on earth or lived more like Him or will we know that we did all we could for the Lord?
Christ will know everything we've ever done and everything we were doing. He'll know if we were lying to someone close to us, or going out and partying all the time, or looking at filth on the internet, or going too far with that guy or girl. He'll know what our thought life is/was. He'll know if we were being 'fake' or not. He'll know EVERYTHING about us. He'll know the REAL us. The REAL you. The REAL me. Are you ready? 
Are you ready to stand before Him? Are you prepared for Him to say, 'Well done my good and faithful servant." Or will the look be one where He does not know you? He does not recognize you because the whole time you weren't really His. You were fake to everyone and you even fooled yourself maybe, but not Him. He was never fooled. He saw the REAL you the whole time. Don't wait! We don't know how much time we really have. Lives are taken in an instant. Stop being fake, start being REAL. Look at your heart, examine it, because He certainly is. We don't have a lot of time. Start living for Him. Let's give up those worldly temptations that only satisfy for a little while, but then really just bring us pain. Life is like a vapor (James 4:14).... Don't wait till it's too late to give up the thing/things you hold onto and to really live for Him .

Ideal Man and Ideal Woman

"When you speak I will be reminded of Solomon's Wisdom.

Your ability to lead will remind me of Moses.

Your faith will remind me of Abraham.

Your confidence in God's Words will remind me of Daniel.

Your inspiration will remind me of Paul.

Your heart for God will remind me of David.

Your attention to detail will remind me of Noah.

You integrity will remind me of Joseph.

Your ability to abandon your own will will remind me of the disciples,

*Your ability to love unselfishly and willingly will remind me of Christ.

BUT I won't need to identify you by any special Matthews or and special Marks

cause His word will be tatted all over your heart"

"And you will know me and you will find me 

where the BOLDNESS of Esther

meets the warm, closeness of Ruth,

with the hospitality of Lydia

is aligned with the submission of Mary,

which is engulfed in the tears of a praying Hannah

I will be drenched in Proverbs 31

Waiting for you"

*I love these examples of what we should be as men and women in Christ :)

Rose Colored Glasses

Sometimes Life is confusing. Things happen and we don't know why. I've written about this a lot in my blogs about 'not knowing' and 'worrying' but I think I cause a lot of my confusion also. Sometime the answers are right in front of us and we just don't want to face them. We don't want to believe the truth or what we know the facts really say. I do that too many times.... It's now time to face the truth. To stop making excuses for whatever the situation may be and doing stupid stuff and to see whatever the problem is as it is. Without putting in my interpretation, because it seems I'm usually wrong and end up looking like a fool for interpreting in such a wrong way. I'm done being foolish. I'm done making excuses for myself and others. I'm ready to see things more clearly and stop trying to find my own will in God's will. He is my leader and my guide and I know He is not the author of confusion. I am. I confuse things for myself. I try to make things look better than they appear cause I don't want to see the truth. Well I'm done with my rose colored glasses and I'm ready to look at the truth. I'm ready to face the music. I'm ready to be real and cut out all the fakeness that I allow myself to believe is the truth, even if it's not what I want.
The END!

This Woman is Awesome!

POWERFUL! You Go Girl!
My Friend put this video on her FB and I went to the Youtube channel.... There are SOOO many great videos on there! I encourage you all to watch them!:)

. . . I Don't Know What To Do . . .

It is a slow fade isn't it? People don't wake up one day and cheat on their spouses, or wake up one day and just go kill someone. They don't wake up and decide to be alcoholics. They don't wake up and decide their going to be druggies or steal or whatever else it may be that people may do that isn't ideal. 

My dad use to be everything to me. When I was little he was so loving and always around. He took care of me and was there for me. He was at every soccer game I ever had. He was my biggest cheerleader. But now....

Now he lives about 10 mins. away from me in a condo. He is addicted to pain medicine and alcohol. He only ever calls me to complain about how sick he is or ask for money for more than likely cigarettes or alcohol. He also has a terminally ill disease and is on oxygen, which makes everything worse. As of recently he lost all of his power and my guess is he will lose his home soon also. My dad doesn't have a relationship with my brother anymore, he only met his fiance once and didn't even come to their wedding. My sister avoids calling and talking to him at all expense.  I just don't know what to do anymore. My dad has slowly faded into someone I can't even recognize. He's not the daddy I loved so much and looked up to. I see glimpses of who he was sometimes, but even those are beginning to fade away.

My family tells me not to give him money or even really be around him. I've been trying to do that, but I recently have had nightmares of him dying and in the dream I have this overwhelming sense of guilt for not doing more for him. But where do the boundaries need to be with someone who is addicted to things and is not who they once were? Where do you make that line? The Bible talks about respecting your parents and helping the poor. My dad, when I won't help him, will say things like, "You say your a Christian so you should ..." or, " that's not very Christian of you."  .... It hurts. I'm hurting. I'm hurting for him and for not knowing what is the right thing to do. Today I had to bring two trash bags full of food to his home because he has no food and no money  to buy food. I know that soon he'll probably lose his home and then what do I do? Can I just let my dad go into a homeless shelter? I don't know I'm so confused and lost on what to do in this situation. I'm praying for guidance. I know prayer is really the only thing I'm sure of that can help right now. Please pray for me. Please pray for my dad. And please when those little temptations come into our lives, whatever they may be; alcohol, drugs, lust, thoughts of stealing or whatever it might be, lets STOP ourselves from giving into those thoughts. Because one decision can start that slow fade into becoming something/someone that God never intended for us to be and that people won't even recognize is us.

2 Chronicles 20:12 -
"...We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 

Matthew 26:41-
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

 

Lonely/ Empty

Do you ever feel really alone? I know I do. Sometimes I feel like I'm all alone, even though I know I have all these people in my life that love me and are here for me, I do feel so alone at times.  And sometimes I just want to give into my stupid desires and what I want and want to ignore what God wants and what I know is right. I guess that's the devil's way of getting to me cause when I start to feel alone I only have bad and sad thoughts and go into a depression/pity party type mode. It's not like this happens often but part of yesterday and today I was feeling this way. I did all I could to try and avoid my feelings, to avoid that emptiness and loneliness. Last night I watched like 4 different movies just to ignore what I was thinking and feeling then I think my whole day started off bad today because I didn't go to church, always a bad decision. Then I slept most of the day. I woke up around 2:30pm only to come downstairs and lay on the couch and fall asleep again till 4:30pm. Then I decided I couldn't just let myself lay around, so I got up and went for a drive. I drove all around. I explored the cities around me and just listened to Christian Music and talked with God. Then I came home and got my Bible out and went on the deck and started reading. It's amazing how just picking up God's Word can change how I feel completely! All day I tried to avoid my lonely/empty feelings by sleeping it away, or yesterday just watching movies to ignore my feelings and then once I stopped and started talking to God and reading His Word I felt the loneliness go away and I felt filled up instead of empty. Why had I not done this from the beginning of those feelings? I don't know. I forget how BIG my God is sometimes and how He is the only thing that can complete me..... Sorry Lord.... Help me to remember You always and not let my feelings or other things take over my attitude or actions! Amen!

  

Psalm 55:22~

 ²² Cast your cares on the LORD
   and he will sustain you;
he will never let
   the righteous be shaken. 

Psalm 94:18-19~

¹⁸ When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
   your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
¹⁹ When anxiety was great within me,
   your consolation brought me joy.

Legacy

"Anyone can be pretty. Before & after photos aren’t hard to achieve. However, I’m convinced that there are only a few truly beautiful women in the world. Beautiful girls know the love of God and it gives them the joy/security that shows. Sure, they care about their appearance, but they’re more concerned with living an amazing life for Christ. Pretty girls come and go; beautiful girls leave a legacy." 

~Leave A Legacy~

 

The Full Article (Below)

"I’m learning an interesting concept, though. In reality, anyone can be pretty. Before and after photos aren’t hard to achieve. On the other hand, I’m convinced that there are only a few truly beautiful women in the world. I want to be one of those. Sure they care about their appearance, but they’re more concerned with living an amazing life. They naturally make people feel at ease. They have the kind of personality that draws people in, that isn’t rude. They can be confident without being cocky. They’re cool with doing their own thing — whether it’s marching in the band, collecting rocks from cool places, going to concerts, working on their three- pointers or treating every customer on the other side of the counter like he or she is important. They know how to dress and that modesty and chic can indeed go hand in hand. They’re not obsessed with their jean size.

They’re all about denying themselves and serving other people, whether they’re playing with kids in a tribe along the Amazon River or going out of their way at church to talk to someone new. They dig into God’s Word. They don’t just tote their Bible around for fun; they use it. They memorize it. They go to it for answers.

Ultimately, beautiful girls know how loved they are by God and that gives them the kind of joy and security that shows. Beautiful girls rise above the fake, plastic kind of pretty our world is obsessed with, and they choose something far more wonderful and mysterious: a heart like Jesus’.

I’ve learned that if I spend so much time obsessing over what’s in the mirror, I miss out on the amazing adventure God has for me. If I get too obsessed with myself, I fail to see what He’s doing around me. I wonder how it breaks His heart when we stare in the mirror and call His creation worthless. On the other hand, when I’m spending time with Him every day, I’m thankful for the body He’s given me.. I’m actually proud of the scars I have because they remind me of a special journey He and I took together.

It should be enough to know that He dreamed us up in His mind; that He looks at us with total love and adoration; that He loves our laugh, the hump in our nose and the way we love on hurting people. He loved us so much He died in our place — an act too beautiful for words.

Forget the fake plastic smiles and obsession with your jean size. Let’s pursue something more. In the moments you feel alone, He’s holding you close. The face you look at and want to change is a face that fills Him with joy and pride. Pretty girls come and go; beautiful girls leave a legacy. God calls us beautiful. Let’s believe what He says."

Willingness and Faith

So I was reading in Judges recently and in Judges 11 there is a man that was raised up as a Judge to save Isreal named Jephthah and he made a vow to God saying, (vs. 11:30)- “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, ³¹ whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”  Little did Jephthah know that the first thing to come from his house when he returned  from defeating the Ammonites would be his only child, his daughter. She came from the house dancing, excited to see her father. He was devastated and told her he had made the vow to the Lord he could not break. She replied to her father saying,(vs. 11:36) “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me just as you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites." It's amazing to just hear of her great faith and willingness to let herself be sacrificed so willingly. She didn't make a huge fuss or anything knowing she would be killed. She just really stuck out to me. I hope I can be more like her and when faced with sacrifices I have to make for the Lord be more willing and have a good attitude like her. I'll probably never have to sacrifice my own life, but in just reading about her I have learned from her great faith and willingness.

XoXo ...A Kiss... XoXo

A Kiss can be and mean many things can't it?

When we're little a kiss is a mother's and father's sign of love

and helping take the pain from the 'boo, boos' away.

A kiss wakes the Princess from her slumber.

When we go into middle school and high school a kiss can be a game. People play things like truth or dare or spin-the-bottle.

A kiss can be an innocent first kiss between young people who think or who are in love.

A kiss, as we grow older, can turn into something that is passionate or lustful.

A kiss is something a dad might do to his daughter's cheek before turning and giving the bride away to her husband. 

A kiss can show true love. A kiss seals the oath between a husband and wife.

A kiss can be a betrayal in kissing someone who you shouldn't be kissing.

A kiss was used, from a friend, to betray Christ.

Kisses are used to say hello, with one to each cheek

A kiss is used when saying goodbye to someone who is about to meet their Maker.

Think of how many things a kiss can mean: love, betrayal, "goodbyes", "hellos", lust, deceit, approval, a promise. I've never really thought about all the different things a 'kiss' can mean. .....

What does a kiss mean to you? Is it important to you? Do you kiss anyone generally? Is kissing relaxed and more casual to you, something you do just for fun? Or do you save it for only the ones you feel strongly about or love? Have you ever betrayed someone with a kiss? Maybe in kissing someone you shouldn't be kissing? Kissing has so many meanings behind it...  Kissing was the very thing that Judas used to betray Christ. It makes me think?

Kissing ... 

I want to make sure the reasons I kiss someone are the 'right' reasons. A kiss can fool us. A kiss can blur our judgment in thinking someone is something they're really not. I don't think the 'hello' and 'goodbye' and 'mommy/daddy' type kisses are the ones that need to be worried about at all. It's the relationship type kisses that can get us into trouble. Some people go around kissing anyone and everyone, so kissing isn't a 'big' deal anymore. But think about a kiss. It's what starts the, 'two becoming one'. How do the love scenes always start in a movie? With a kiss...   

People say kissing isn't a big deal, but it is. It's being vulnerable with someone. It's allowing them to become very close with you. It's, like I said, the start of the 'two becoming one process'. I'm not saying "don't kiss anyone" lol, I'm just saying maybe we should take it more seriously? And not start that process with just anyone and everyone, even if you're dating them. I know this is definitly easier said than actually done, lol. Because we do like feeling that closeness with someone we like and we do think kissing is fun, exciting, and feels good; But kissing leads to more, as we all know, and kissing opens up feelings to start or grow and we should guard our hearts like it says to in the Bible tons of times (Song of Solomon 2:7, 3:5, 8:4, just to name a few verses, lol). I've been definitly guilty of not guarding my own heart a few times. Kissing has definitly clouded my judgment before. I've been guilty of kissing when I probably shouldn't have. Believe me I am surely talking to myself, but I just wanted to share with you guys also, so that you can be maybe more inclined to guard your own hearts as well. Let's keep our hearts unbroken and save our hearts and the rest of our kisses for the person Christ will bring to us, in His timing and will.  :)

Lol ;)

Strip Me

Racy title, lol, but it's not what you think. Natasha Bedingfield's semi-new song, 'Strip Me,' has been amazing for me to listen to lately. I don't know anything about Natasha spiritually or anything like that, but this song has really spoken to me! I've been getting back into my running routine and every time I listen to this song on my IPod I feel so pumped up! Why? You may ask? Just Listen to the lyrics or read them lol ....
Everyday I fight for
All my future somethings
A thousand little awards
I have to choose between
I could spend a lifetime
Earning things I don’t need
That’s like chasing rainbows
And coming home empty  
This is the first stanza and right from the beginning it brings me in. I do sometimes run after things of this world and 'awards' here on earth, which really don't mean anything when you think of eternity and being with Christ and there are so many times when I chase after 'rainbows' or things that just aren't real, or reachable, or mean anything.....

And if you strip me,
Strip it all away
If you strip me,
What would you find
If you strip me,
Strip it all away
Ill be alright
Take what you want
Steal my pride
Build me up
Or cut me down to size
Shut me out
But I’ll just scream
Im only one voice in a million
But you aint taking that from me
Oh oh no you aint taking that from me 

This is the chorus and this is where my running always picks up, lol. To me this chorus is saying look at me, raw me, look at who I really am not what I pretend to be. Is what I am real, am I really what I claim to be? I feel like the answer is, "Yes" and is telling Satan I am a REAL Christian and if you take everything away I'm still 'alright.' I feel like the next part is what I would say to Satan, " Take what you want, Steal my pride, Build me up, Or cut me down to size, Shut me out But I’ll just scream, I'm only one voice in a million, But you aint taking that from me" It's like a punch in the gut to Satan, I feel, telling him that he can't hold me back or get me to be quiet and even if no one was following and I was the only 'one' then I'd still matter and have a voice for Christ and he can't ever stop me!

Another part in the song says:

Cos when it all boils down
At the end of the day
Its what you do and say
That makes you who you are
Makes you think about,
Think about it
Doesn’t it
Sometimes all it takes is one voice

This part has great meaning to me as well. Because what I do and say makes a HUGE difference in my witness for Christ and it helps encourage me to think that sometimes 'one voice' is all that is needed to shine Christ's light.

I posted the YouTube of the song below :) Maybe this song can bring encouragement to you as well, as it has for me, in basically telling Satan: he can't hold us back, no matter what he tries to do, WE WILL BE HEARD and He CAN'T stop us!!!!! :D

Future?

Future?  I feel like with most decisions I've made in my life I've felt positive about or I have felt content in deciding after prayer, but for some reason I am so confused in my future plans and where I need to go for my Masters. I will be applying this Fall to UC and UK. I have ruled out Louisville (This is where I wanted to go the most, but because I know no one there, I feel like I shouldn't go (I still may apply, though, just to see if I would get in)) and  I ruled out Asbury (because it's too expensive). I am worried about making the wrong decision with where to go. With UK I would move to Lexington in January (If I got a job there) or I would wait and move there next Fall (2012) for when my Masters would start. With UC I would just get a job around where I live now and probably still live at home. I feel like going to Lexington I would meet a lot of new people and there would be a lot of new changes! I would be closer to a lot of friends also.... I don't know if anything would change if I stayed here. I love being around my family and friends near home, but I want to find a church with people my age and get involved with them. I feel stuck in the same routine at home, but I know things could change here. I may find somewhere I can get involved or something may happen?  I feel a pull to both places. I feel like UK should be the easy, "Duh, go there" choice(because of all the new opportunities there), but something keeps me still thinking of staying around home. I'm in need of prayer for clear direction. I know I have some time, I just need all the prayers I can get even now. Please pray for direction for me and for the Lord's Guidance in where I should go. I hope that He makes it clear so there is no doubt in my mind. :) Thanks Guys! If there's anything I can pray for you about don't hesitate to call/text/e-mail me!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7)

Feeling So Blessed!

Update from the 'Please Pray' blog post ....

God is soOoO good guys!.... I've been seriously praying and trying to figure out where to do my field placement for my practicum in the Fall. I've been praying a lot about it and I even thought about going to Japan, but it's way too short notice for that to happen. I was worried about finding a placement I wanted because so many girls had already begun calling and making interviews before me, since I found out late that I could graduate early. My first choice for a Practicum was the Child Advocacy Center in Florence (I was really worried about getting this placement though because so many people had already interviewed from my class and I had heard they were only taking two people and one girl in my class had said she had already gotten one spot) and then I also interviewed at the Diocesan Children's Home in Ft. Mitchell. I got a hold of the Children's Home right away. The Advocacy Center took a lot of time to finally get an interview with (I probably called 15 times, lol, and left a few voice-mails, messages, and e-mails, the women I interviewed with even said that I was very persistent in calling which they liked, thankfully, lol) Both meetings went well. The Child Advocacy Center said they would let me know Monday (today) if I was accepted and the Children's Home told me right away I got the practicum if I wanted it. I really wanted the Advocacy center though because not only did I think it would look better on a resume, but I thought I would be challenged there and both the women I interviewed with seemed to be Christians which would be an awesome bonus :) ... So I had been praying ever since the interview that if it was God's Will I would get it and today I probably checked my e-mail for their response 20 times, lol. Well around 5 pm I still had not gotten anything. I started to get kind of disappointed, but then I checked my voice-mail and I had a message from Mrs. Holleran, one of the main women who will be supervising me and who I interviewed with,  she told me that I could have the practicum if I wanted it and they'd be happy to have me! I checked my e-mail also and there was a message in my inbox from her telling me I got the Practicum! I feel so blessed! I am just so appreciative that I was chosen to intern there! Thank you for all of you who were praying for me! I feel like I'll learn a lot there and be able to help a lot of families and children (In case if you all didn't know the Advocacy Center helps children who are sexually, physically, or mentally abused or have witnessed a violent crime). Please keep me in your prayers that I can do the best of my ability there when I start in the Fall (hopefully I'll do some volunteer work there this Summer) and keep these families and children in your prayers also, they really need it! Thanks guys! :) And thank You Lord for this amazing opportunity!

Gibeonite Deception

All of Joshua talks about Joshua's leadership and about the Israelites taking over the land that was promised to them. Joshua 9 talks about the Gibeonite deception. The Gibeonites feared the Israelites and feared them killing them, like they had many other people. So they made a plan to trick the Israelites into thinking they were from a far off country (they really were very close). They went to the Isrealites disguised (wearing clothes that looked worn) they said they wanted to make a treaty with the Isrealites and they lied when asked where they were from. The Israelites did not inquire from God before agreeing to make a treaty with the Gibeonite people (vs.14). The Gibeonites seemed like they were people from afar and seemed to be telling the truth so they thought 'why not' make the treaty? Soon after making the treaty the Israelites found out that the Gibeonites had lied to them. They found out that the Gibeonites were a neighboring city and in turn they had to keep their oath to not harm them and take down their city, instead they made the Gibeonites into servants (but in reading further into other books the Gibeonite people often caused trouble for Israel)  . . . . This story stuck out to me. I started to think that there are so many times when things seem right. Things seem like the right answers or seem fine to do. Just like the Israelites thought like the Gibeonites seemed to be people they could trust. But as the verse says, Joshua 9:14: '.... but they did not inquire of the Lord." Things can seem right and seem like the Christian thing to do, or seem not harmful, or like something that is in our best interest, but we must remember to go to the Lord with all of our decisions and always inquire to what He wants.  We don't want to be like the Israelites and believe lies and end up in regret and not getting what Christ wants to give us fully and having a hindrance in our journey of faith.

Devotions

I have been reading through the Old Testament lately in my devotions and in reading Deuteronomy and Joshua, I would love for those stories to be made into movies! I have been reading the battles and everything in them and I play it out in my mind and it's crazy! All the battles ( example, Joshua 8) and the walls of Jericho falling down (Joshua 6). The leadership under Moses, then Joshua, it's all so amazing! It's just as crazy to think of how the Israelites saw all of God's wonders and miracles and would still not trust in Him and would disobey Him.  I think about my own life and how I disobey or don't trust God as well when I know all the things He has done for me and I look at the Israelites and want to scream at them when reading sometimes, but then I look at myself and I'm just as guilty. I may not have huge bodies of water parting in front of me (the Red Sea and the Jordan), or be in an army that should not win against military that is well advanced beyond mine (the Israelites vs. basically everyone, lol), or have huge cities walls falling down in front of me (as the city of Jericho did), but I have the Bible and I know all the truth and everything that God has done in my own life to save and protect me and yet I still have many times where I don't trust in God. Sorry Lord for not always trusting, it is a consistent thing I struggle with in my own life, I'm sorry. Help me to trust You fully and to not let Satan try and waiver my faith in You! AMEN! :)

"Stories"

Do you ever think about all the different stories form the Bible? Noah and the Ark? Jonah and the Whale? Moses and the parting of the Red Sea? ... I've been reading through the Old Testament lately and trying to see it as it really is... REAL stories! ...Do you think about the life of Christ all the miracles He preformed? Do you think about all the trials His apostles faced and there lives that were full of faith?.....

We see so much in film today about; Vampires, Inception, Dawf's, Action Hero's, Lord of the Rings, StarWars, ect. but all of  those stories/movies are all Fake. 

I've just been thinking a lot lately about how the life of Christ and all the stories in the Bible were REAL. Jonah was really in a whales belly! Have you ever though of how scary that really would be? Or thought about how crazy it would be to be a part of Noah's family and be the only ones left on earth and see the storm that caused the flooding of the whole earth? Think of how it would look to see a Sea part and walk in the Middle of it!..... And Christ HE IS REAL. His stories of all of His miracles and Him really taking on the pain of the cross it all really happened! .... I feel like a lot of movies have made myself personally numb to the stories of the 'real' life happenings in the Bible and also when things really do happen in this world now. I mean everything with Japan REALLY did just happen there REALLY are people over there lost and dying and these people went through something horrific and are still going through it. I feel like I see so many things as just "stories" sometimes. 

But they're not.

Great things did happen in the Bible! They REALLY happened and horrible things are happening to people now all across the world. These people are our brothers and sisters in Christ and people who are lost and need Christ. I just feel so motivated to get out and 'do'! I may not have the opportunity to go overseas, but I can help right in my own KY region. Did you know that right around here there are tons of homeless teens and tons of children living in ophanages. There are tons of people who need help! I've been interviewing for practicums lately and just in talking with the people I interviewed with it's sad to think of how many people really need someone to help them. Think if we did a little something for someone else in need everyday how much we could impact this world. Let's let our lights SHINE! Let's stop thinking of these horrible things as just 'stories' and 'news' and see them as missions! Let's donate our time, money, and prayers to others! 

I hope this encourages you all:)... I have just been realizing lately how lazy I am and how much time I've been wasting not doing Christ's work.

P.S.- If any of you need help with AnYtHiNg or just want to talk or need encouragement... I'm here :) Love you all!