Friday, February 19, 2010

He is More than Enough... Am I?

I'm being drawn closer
I'm letting go
I'm going wild
I can't describe the level of intimacy
the depth of grace
and amount of love
and thankfulness
I am feeling to be called His

Fearing Him more and more each day,
allows me to break
bend and
burst the dreams and plans I give myself.

I have given him my life, my heart, my world and He is the creator of my dreams.
If I want him to move mountains, and be the rage in my seas, and the flutter in my heart
all my intentions, actions, and drive must breath Jesus
In my very moments of struggle, happiness, joy, failure, times of need
times of praise
times of laughter
times of selfishness
times of hope
times of shatter
and times of love
I will seek Him

I am caught in awe with the way He loves me
I struggle to see that I am enough.

Having Hope to be Enough

Thursday, February 18, 2010

despite it all... jesus

i am happy
despite getting t-boned pulling out of my court today
despite having the worst head ache all day long
despite having to look at an ugly dent every time i get into my car
despite what could have been the worst possible day ever....
jesus saves
jesus loves
jesus cares
jesus believes
jesus does
jesus smiles
jesus listens
jesus is my everything
and for a split second today.. i thought i was going to meet him face to face
but when the spinning in my head stopped and all came back to me
i was still in caught in the beauty of this world
in the midst of chaos
he was calm
my peace
my comfort
foundation.




Wednesday, February 10, 2010

discouraged to only become encouraged

I feel like my world is crashing in
out of my control
I'm losing sight
I have been discouraged
disheartened
dispirited

I need to be picked up
brought back to life

I have put to much hope, faith, and trust in something of this world
Maybe I was naive, ignorant, or child-like
but whatever it was, it got me down

Funny thing is
I am a fighter
I always have been
Life hasn't always been easy on me
and I have had to fight some battles to become the person I am today
to become me
to accept me
to understand my trials
to learn from my mistakes
to judge myself more than others
to put myself second
to love with everything I have
to give until I have nothing left
to become unstoppable
to have a faith that is contagious
to dream the dreams of my heart
and have the courage to go after them

all of this, all of me, wouldn't be possible
without the love and faith God has in me
my strength comes from him
and him alone
because he has never given up on me
when i have given up on myself...
i live for Him
his mercy brings me to my knees

"His mercy saved me,
His mercy made me whole,
mercy found me and
He called me as his own"

again, i am just a simple girl
that loves to love
my heart is on my sleeve
and i have dreams that will change this world
not to change the world
but to just be apart of this world
making my mark on this world
hoping in this world
i am a dream believer
but most of all a dream seeker

I just want to inspire and lift up
through the actions in my life
I know I am not perfect
I am just me
and I hope you are just you
Finding the Hope to believe in my future
yours too, more importantly :)

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Living for Me or My Creator?

there is something so beautiful,
so rare,
and refreshing
when you allow God to be the ultimate
provider in every aspect of your life.
Where no opinion, judgement, or doubt can control you.
When you surrender your heart to him He leaves no room for
jealous
hate
ego
failures
insecurities

It kills me when I see friends looking in all the wrong places
to find happiness and acceptance...
looking to the opposite sex to feel beauty and desired
a pair of designer jeans to fit in
showing more skin to catch an eye
working out every muscle so you don't lose that girl to that guy
never leaving the house without double checking the mirror...
whatever it is in your life that you let define you.. it also controls you
and your ability to live life to the fullest
to love with no limits
and pursue the dreams in your heart
I am guilty of letting these define me,
limiting the ways I love, how I love and how much love
allowing myself to follow and be consumed by things that don't matter
we manipulate our lives in order to fit a checklist that the world creates
that we would do anything for
This isn't how God designed it
So we need to fight it
like He fights for us
cause He would do anything for us.
Why is it so hard to do anything for Him?


Is it wrong that I need you, need to feel you, need to hear you??
When you come to close I fear you, your love is greater than what I can handle
I no longer want to have to defend who I have become...
i desire to become all you have for me
i was called not to be apart of this world
but to live in this world
shining for you in this world
hoping for this world
dreaming the undreamable in this world
going against the desires of this world
finding the beauty in this world
spreading the love of humanity in this world
being beautifully alive for you in this world