For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
I am
not letting the things that don’t go my way get to me. I am not letting the things I don’t understand get to me. I am not letting the fact that someone I want to love won’t love me get to me. I’m not letting the fact that my mother will never understand or appreciate me get to me.
Because guess what?
I serve a God who loves me, appreciates me, and thinks I’m beautiful. So I don’t need that approval from things and people that aren’t Him. And He shows me every day how much he understands every intricate detail about me and appreciates it as well. I mean, He created it. Me. In His image and likeness. And while I have flaws, I am made whole by His blood. I am washed clean by His blood. And if anyone can’t see the beauty that lies within me… If someone doesn’t want to love me for me, flaws and all, then they don’t deserve me and they are not who God has for me. It just means He’s saving and preparing me for better. For Him. The person who is supposed to love me will love me with God’s love. And I will love them with God’s love. And until then, and even when that happens, God is the only one perfect for me. My only perfect partner. My everything. Why wouldn’t someone want to love someone who operates in the Kingdom and flows only with the love of Jesus. I am so blessed. No matter what I am so blessed. I am so grateful for everything God does. For everything He is. Just for being Him. Almighty. And taking the time out to love me unconditionally. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Daddy God.
First Lady Michelle Obama looking absolutely beautiful at 2012 White House Correspondents Dinner
FLOTUS!!
michelle better werk!
We tell people they are “strong” when we are uncomfortable with their pain and would prefer that they shut up and not bother us with it. To say “but you are strong” is telling someone “I don’t think you should feel that way,” and it’s not a compliment. I don’t think that strength means being invulnerable, or pretending that you are. The belief that silence and stoicism are inherently good qualities is how you end up dressed up like a bat punching criminals in an alley – it’s not a good road to emotional health.
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Be sad. Be angry. Let your heart break – in the diner, on someone’s futon, in the park, on the way to the zoo, at brunch, over drinks, in the therapist’s office, on the bus – Wherever it breaks, let it break all the way open, let it run out and down and spread out in a soggy puddle at your feet. Say, “I’m sorry, I can’t listen to you today, my heart is broken. Will you sit with me a while and I’ll tell you about it?“Say, “I can’t take care of you today, but you can take care of me, and maybe tomorrow I will take care of you, and we can trade off like that for a while, okay?”
Say, “I love you, and I love that you think I’m strong, but I don’t feel like being strong today. I feel like being angry and crazy and sad. Can we go to the movies or just sit here quietly or take a walk or talk about it or not talk about it?“
Your friends may get scared when you do this. If you, the “strong” one can break, what does that say about them? That’s why they push back at you and try to remind you of your strength, when what you need is for them to stand by you in your pain and weakness. They don’t have to solve that pain, they just have to bear witness to it. Maybe they don’t know how – a lot of people don’t know what to do in the face of other people’s pain. They want to fix everything, and if they can’t fix it they feel inadequate. As the “strong” one you can help them out with this by saying “You don’t have to fix it. You don’t have to do anything. Just be with me, and listen, and love me, and I’ll love you back. That’s all I need – to know that you love me, even when I’m sad and scared and don’t know what to do next.”
This means war. But I have God as my weapon. I shall not lose.
Let our praise be a highway
Fill this place
Oh King of Glory
Touch our cities
Fill Your people
A new day dawning
You are shining like the sun arising
You awaken me, You awaken me
Eyes to see and ears to hear You calling
Our hearts respond to Your Spirit falling
You’re awakening our hearts for Your Kingdom
Heaven is falling as we are declaring Your name
We’ll sing aloud with all of our passion
King of Glory come and fill this place
Let our lives be a pure reflection of You
King of Glory, shine Your light on us, Your people
A new song rising joined by the sound of Heaven’s praise
You’re awakening, You awaken me
Come like You promised, come fall upon us
(Source: spiritualinspiration)
But, GOD!
My heart is overflowing with joy right now. It is the most a m a z i n g feeling in the world when the Lord answers your questions you asked Him when you were going thru dark times and all you could say was “why? why me, God? what did I do to deserve this?” When just LAST WEEK you were lost, confused, and felt like you could’t take another failure. But, GOD!
Whenever I am going through something and I’m lost, I try so hard to seek God and force Him to answer me right away. That’s just not how He works. The Lord asks us to be patient with Him, and most importantly have faith in Him. He will NEVER let you fail. He will NEVER let you fall. And when I’m least expecting it, when I’ve let Him heal me and calm me down, that’s when He reveals. That’s when He speaks. That’s when He gives me the next step.
In case you forgot, God is so good at being God!
I have been waiting all of my life for the opportunity to follow my heart, be happy, live for me thru Him. Finally. Finally that’s all coming into fruition.
I can hear the footsteps of my King
I can hear His heartbeat beckoning
In my darkness He has set me free
And now I hear the Spirit calling me
Wake up child
It’s your time to shine
You were born for such a time as this
I can hear a holy rumbling
I’ve begun to preach another King
Loosing chains and breaking down the walls
I want to hear the Father when He calls
This is the anthem of our generation
Here we are God, shake our nation
All we need is Your love
You captivate me
I am royalty
I have destiny
I have been set free
I’m gonna shape history
“The Anthem” - Jesus Culture
