A Time For Change

I read a beautiful quote today.

"God has given us two gifts in this life. One is choice and another is chance."

We have the right to choose and pick what we want in this life and we also have the chance to take risks and explore new things. I am someone who does not enjoy change very much. I like having a set schedule that switches up every now and again, but I like things that are familiar and comfortable. I keep my hair the same color because I know I like it. I read the same books over and over again because I know I enjoyed them.

I'm afraid of dissapointment. I don't want to read a book that isn't worth my time to read. I don't want to dye my hair just in case I end up absoloutely hating it. I read another beautiful quote this week too.

"We'll always be who we've always been if we always do what we've always done."

Change is inevitable. It is going to be a part of our lives forever. So I have decided to claim change and recieve it. Tomorrow I will do something drastic with my hair. It will still be the long length but there is going to be more color in it. Am I scared? Heck, yes I am! Is this as drastic as I am making it seem? Not really... but it is for me. One step leads to more right?Bring it on!

P.S. Don't be mad at me if I start whining in the next post about my hair. My hair is important to me. Pin It

Being Single

Have you ever gotten out of a relationship and been sad it was over, but knew it was for the best but then a little bit later you start second guessing yourself and wondering was it really for the best? Is this what is meant to be? Well, that describes my week this week. I think it is sometimes hard to accept that you are single. Is being single bad? No! Does it have it's down sides? Yes!

Sure when you are single that means you don't have someone to be all cutesy and cuddly with, but that time you spent doing that stuff gets spent doing something else. For me it was growing closer to God and growing up. I found a quote yesterday that said this:

"If you're taken the by all means take it and enjoy one another. If you're single, soak it up! You can do so much more stuff when you're single, like having more friends, time, and more friends. Take it in,and when that guy comes along, I mean the PERFECT guy for you, who treats you right, then by all means go for it! You have to be able to enjoy being single, and then enjoy being taken! And let the guy pursue YOU! No need for a girl to do that job." Dustyn Cootnz

So that is what I am doing. Enjoying being single, spending time with friends, growing with God, loving my family, and preparing myself for the future. It would be much easier to meet my husband right now and just be happy with him for the rest of my life, but I know God is preparing me for him. Sure, it may take a couple of wrong turns and tearful nights, but I trust that God is doing BIG things in my life and that he is going to blow me out of this world with my husband.

So, if you're single then welcome to the club. It is not as bad as you think. You're not always going to be single so enjoy it while you have it. Take time to do things that you want to do. Travel, cross of things on your to do before I die list, grow individually with God, and see the beauty of single hood. If you're taken, then cherish your man or woman, show them love, have fun, and grow together in a relationship built around God. Pin It

Walking the Talk

I got upset today based on some pictures that popped up on Facebook. First let me mention that the pictures I saw we're not of close friends of mine, but of acquaintances. With that said, the pictures I saw still made me upset. They were pictures of people I have grown up in church with. Peers of mine and in the pictures they were drinking and they are not even the legal age. I know it is not my place to judge, but this still upsets me. Some of the people in those pictures have stood on stage at church and preached about how God is number one in their lives and how they are living for Him. Well, how can you be living for Him when you are clearly displaying that you are disobeying him.

I'll admit that I don't know of any verses that say that you should not drink, but I know there are verses that say to follow the law and the law says not to drink until you are 21 so you are disobeying by breaking the law. I'll also admit that I have made mistakes and disobeyed God, but I believe there is a difference from continuing to disobey God and disobeying God but deciding to vow not to make that mistake again.

People look up to those people that are in the pictures. Is that the example they want to set for others? Do they want to say it is alright to drink?

This got me thinking about what example I am setting. What character am I presenting to others? If they see me, do they see a life that is striving to live for God? What if they don't see that? What if I lead them down a path of destruction without knowing it? It is so easy to talk the walk, but when it comes to walking the walk it is definitely not easy. There are constantly bumps in the road looking to trip us up. And yes, sometimes we are going to fall, but we can either let that fall keep tripping us up or we can choose to get back up and walk stronger than before.

Easier to say then do! But I want to try and do that. I probably could have spent my summer doing more than I have, but I am not here to regret the decisions I have made for my summer. I actually am proud of the way I have matured from last summer. I know I am not perfect, but I am trying to allow God to work in my life. Some days I wake up and I realize that before I do anything else I have to surrender my life to God again. I've been a Christian for 8 years now, but I still have to re-commit myself to God constantly.

So here I am re-committing myself again. God, I am giving you my life because it is not mine to have. It is a gift! You allow me to wake up each day because you have given me a purpose and I pray that each day I can live out that purpose. Take me as I am! I was too scared to start now I'm too scared to let go! Teach me to walk the walk and live the talk. Amen! Pin It