personal blog
Show yourself compassion.
Accept your flaws and all.
Shower yourself with praises.
Highlight your gifts and strengths.
Allow yourself to make mistakes.
Make room for grace and love.
Speak truth over the lies you tell yourself.
Speak life into your life.
Be your own supporter, encourager, and friend.
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
– Song of Solomon 4:7
Life is not promised.
Time does not pause.
Stop waiting for the perfect time to start.
Stop expecting that things will suddenly change.
Be active in your life.
Be present in your situation.
Make moves on your own behalf.
Have faith and do the necessary work.
Fear can no longer have the upper hand.
Fear can no longer be an excuse.
Fear will always be around.
So, acknowledge your fears, prepare yourself for battle, and move on to do what you’ve been placed here to do anyway.
Live with purpose.
Chase after your dreams.
Make moves towards your goals.
Even just a little step forward is one step closer to where you are meant to be.
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you,
if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you.”
–Matthew 17:20-21
Feel…
Feel the light breeze of air that greets you, as you awaken to each unpromised morning. Bask in the light that forces you to squint and embrace the warmth of the smile that inherently follows.
Feel the magnitude of your breath, as your chest rises and falls.
Grasp the reality of your existence.
Let in the opportunity of being alive.
Feel joy.
Feel peace.
Feel love.
Feel anger.
Feel sadness.
Feel disappointment.
Feel good.
Feel bad.
Feel something.
Feel…
I pray that God, the source of hope,
will fill you completely with joy and peace
because you trust in him.
Then you will overflow with confident hope
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
– Romans 15:13
Take me to a place, calm and serene
where all that resides is full of love and peace.
Lead me to a land, no matter how far,
That eases burdens and nurtures scars.
Forever mission-minded, in pursuit of much.
The doors you’ve opened, may I never shut.
Though fears and failure, doubt, and pain
may distort my vision, You will always reign.
Illuminate my path and order my steps.
Where You lead, I will follow. Just show me what’s next.
How this journey will go, only You can see.
But in the end, let it result in a “mission complete.”
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
– Psalm 20:4
I’m grateful for the things that You have done.
I’m grateful for the breath within my lungs.
I’m grateful that that day was not my last.
I’m grateful that You have healed my past.
I’m grateful, I can finally feel.
I’m grateful that my smile is now real.
I’m grateful for the gift of life.
I’m grateful to be in the Light.
I’m grateful for the victories we’ve won.
I’m grateful that there’s more to come.
I’m grateful for the grace You continue to give.
I’m grateful that I can finally live.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
– Psalm 100:4-5