“Indeed, the safest road to hell is the gracful one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” — C.S. Lewis (Screwtape Letters)
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Freedom is acknowledging the mask you have on
And possessing the strength to take it off
Freedom is accepting every step of the path
And when it’s hard having faith in the ability to embrace that
Anonymous. on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/25194072
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May our relationship be a model of Christ’s love to the church. May we bring glory to God and our love really be His. May each step we take together be one more step towards oneness. May we be intimate in marriage and not a step sooner. May this love bud in commitment and flourish in the light of the Son. May divorce never be an option, and all brokenness not be rebuilt.
But rather, may we be swept aside and rebuilt in Christ.
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time with God (Taken with Instagram at Del Cerro Park)
for a few months now ive been learning how to go to God on my knees. i mean we sing it in so many worship songs but how many times do you find people truly on their knees. or finding myself going to God in prayer on my knees. it’s a very humbling experience. it’s honestly a challenge for me to get there. but once i find myself humbled on my knees before my Creator nothing else seems to matter. it’s helped me reflect on what it means to fear God and to place myself in a position in which leaves me so vulnerable reminds me of truly what a powerful God i love and loves me. it’s still a challenge but i am learning to be unashamed to place myself on my knees in front of Him. but it really is such a spiritually rewarding experience.
love you<3
something ive been reflecting on for a long time now is being “above reproach”. if you know me personally i can be a bit out there. i do what i want and i dont let anyone dictate my actions.
back in high school was when i really decided that i was going to live my life for Christ. but a long with that choice a lot of things changed with that as well. i began to fall in love with hardcore music. & i started to dress differently. i realized that people were going to make all different kinds of assumptions about me before they even met me. but i wasnt going to care or i would have to learn otherwise. i came to the conclusion that people are going to judge me anyway based on whatever they see or hear. but what mattered was going to be how i carried myself. what decisions i made and what my actions reflected about my character, my morals, and most importantly my faith in God.
i hope that anyone that knows me. actually knows me. still can say that my actions live out my faith. yes i do wear skinny jeans. yes i do have pierced ears that are slightly stretched. yes i do have a tattoo and plan to get more. yes i do have a mohawk. yes i do bump my car music loud and i do have a subwoofer that shakes the whole car. yes i do listen to music with profanity in it. but i know that the way i act and carry myself reflects everything. so when i pick up late night phone call and im there for you. or when i pay for your meal. or when i hold a door open. or when i pray for you on the spot. you will know that everything on the outside isn’t nearly as close to a representation of who i am as you thought it was. that maybe the next time you look a stranger you’ll see them not for what they appear to be but as a child of God.
im not so sure that im “above reproach” as i want to be or should be. but i have yet to be convicted that the way i sometimes carry myself is wrong. cause i feel that my actions speak louder than what you see or barely know about me. i know that my Creator, the author of my life knows me and my heart and knows that all i am is His.
i love you<3
i’ve been so busy lately. finals week. doing this and that. traveling. leading college group. saying goodbye to my good friend thats leaving on missions. i have so much to say. but what stands above all is that God is good and He has blessed me with so much.
i love you<3
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listening to one of my brothers speak at a youth group tonight really reminded me that whenever someone experienced Jesus they were told to go out and tell others about it and sometimes they did it without even being told. we all experience Him in different ways but are we going out and telling others about it? we should want nothing more but to tell others about God’s goodness in our lives. it’s merely contagious. if we are living transformed lives that reflect God, others around us would want nothing more but to experience God in a life changing way.
i always wonder how much of my life can be explained without God and i hope that there is no other way but to say that my life exuded Him. it is merely all i ever strive for.
love you<3
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