God Kisses

::screaming with my bestie about our upcoming trip

::bright colors

::jamming out in my little car with the windows down

::sitting outside by myself with my journal and my Bible and sorting out my thoughts and connecting

with my Creator

::beautiful full moon

::prayer, and the fact that God hears me

::laughing with my friends

::good hair days

::God speaking to me, exactly when i needed to hear Him

These are only a few things that have made my week more bearable. I like to think of these things as "God Kisses." Things that God sent my way, just to make my day a little brighter.

vision

Recently, I've wondered what my purpose is. Why am I living? What brings me joy and fulfillment? Sure, the quick answer is to glorify God and serve Him with everything I do. Going deeper than that though, really, what am I living for?
In Proverbs 29:18, it says that where there is no vision, the peopel perish. I think it's talking about the vision for a group of people. But I also think it means in an individual's life. If I don't have vision in my life, my life will perish. It will be meaningless.
I need vision.
I am not a visionary person. I never have been. I have always taken life step by step and taken the future every day as it comes. I don't have great plans or dreams for my future.
But I think, in order to fulfill God's plan, I need to have vision. Vision for my future. For teh work of God in my life. For those younger than I, who are following my example.
Vision comes from God. I need to ask Him, and He has promised to give it to me. It sounds so simple, but it's not really. Asking God for vision is also saying, "I will follow that vision." That, in itself can be pretty scary, because of the fact that we have no idea where God may lead us.
I want vision in my life. I want to live for a purpose. But I have to ask myself, what am I willing to put down so that I can pursue the vision God places in my heart?

on the love of God.

This morning in church, God really hit me. Lately, I have been feeling like I need input in my life. Lots of it. Now that it’s summer vacation, I don’t get spiritual input in my life daily like I used to in school. And I really miss it. So I was looking forward to church, because I wanted to be filled, and I knew that God will fill me.

The sermon was about the love of God. We, as humans, deserve death and punishment. Why? Because we have chosen to live like this. We choose sin. We choose death. People ask how God can be a loving God and yet send people to Hell. But that should not be the question. We chose death and our punishment is Hell. But God, in his awesome love for us, gave us a gift. A gift of life. And it is our choice. We can choose to accept his gift and have eternal life. Or we can choose to ignore that gift, and suffer the consequences. It is up to us to choose our destination.

I bless God. For his awesome love for us. We don’t deserve it. We were born in sin, and that is how we would live, if it weren’t for the gift God has offered to us. This gives me hope. I want to live my life differently because of this. I want to live with this joy. I need you, Jesus.

welcome.

Hello world. Here I am. This blog is a blog to share my thoughts. I sort out my thoughts in words. I want to encourage and inspire. I want to be real. I want to be me. I might not be posting often. I might delete the blog after two months. In the meantime, we'll see how it goes. I might randomly write things that don't even make sense. But I can share whatever I want to, and nothing's stopping me. Because this is me. This is it for now. Until I become inspired. Peace.