My lover

Lately I have been thinking more and more about the fact that Christ is the true lover of my soul. How amazing is it to wake up every morning thinking about how He soothes my soul, sings to me songs of romance, quickens my hearts with His tenderness, holds me and kisses the pain away when I cannot bear it, and gives me such rich presents that I cannot even think of repaying. Think of the prettiest sunset, the sweetest words of a friend, the most generous act of a person, the smell of rain after a thunderstorm, the loveliest flower, the best meal, the most passionate song, etc. Insert whatever you want, but the meaning is still there. Those, my friend, are the gifts that your Lover gives to you. Your Father, your Savior, your Lover, your very Bestfriend, your Judge, your Provider, your Maker, your Hope, your Healer, your King, your Servant, your Wisdom, your Peace, your Redemption, and your All in All. Whenever I read through the book Song of Songs, I can just imagine God sitting down, pen in hand, to write His beloved (me!) this love letter. I can imagine Him sitting outside my window singing it to me late at night. I can imagine Him thinking up the most romantic and sweetest ideas like a little butterfly landing on my shoulder as I'm watering my garden first thing in the morning. And maybe this all just sounds absolutely insane...the ravings of a lunatic...but I mean all of this. Lately I have fallen head over heals with my Lord and I'll tell you, it is ...haha I totally blanked out because...you know those times when you want to describe something but there are no words in English or any other language to truly convey the feelings that apply to the thing you're describing? ...that's what I feel. It is amazing...awesome...breathtaking...captivating...those come *no* where close to explaining the feelings I have for this new found Lover of my soul. I am listening to a song right now, and I am actually crying...I never thought I'd do this let alone tell anyone, but here I am posting this. I am led to tell you this because crying has been know to happen when one is moved so emotionally that they cannot help but express it in any other way. And I know...I don't know how...but God sent that song to me, today, right now...so I could possibly convey to you just a portion of this great and majestic feeling. Any of you who really know me would know that although I can be dramatic I am rarely super emotional...especially to tears...but God showed me that my role as a young woman is to be emotional...He is there and He will comfort me when it is unnecessary to be emotional, but this...this is a good emotional. I thank God for each of you reading this. May He bless and instruct every move of yours from this moment on. I pray for each of you.

My future?

Hello all...it's been sometime since I've posted something of good use on here. I hope to be posting more during the summer due to "free time". I do have a quick prayer request that I would love for you to stop and think about if only for a moment. I'm debating on my future right now, college or no. I've always really wanted to go, but I feel like God is telling me "no". I'm just at a loss of what to do right now (which is very rare for me) and I would appreciate any and all prayers! God bless you throughout your day in whatever you're doing and may you do all to the glory of God!

Devotion I read today

Many of us struggle with constant thoughts of worthlessness, discontentment, resentment, or fear. Those kinds of thoughts are merely temptation from our enemy - he is tempting us to believe lies about ourselves, others, or our King. Martin Luther once wrote, “You can’t stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.” We may not be able to keep the thoughts from entering our mind, but we can keep them from staying in our mind—by kicking them out the moment they arrive! Giving in to those thoughts and allowing them to linger in our head allows them to take root inside our heart and begin to control our life. Remember that protecting our inner sanctuary is not just a defensive action; it is offensive as well. And one of the best offensive moves we can make is to set up a guard station at the entrance of our mind. Instead of passively allowing any and all random thoughts to saunter right on in and hang out for as long as they want, we must actively begin chasing away any thought that is not a reflection of Jesus Christ.

One of the most effective of weapons against wayward thoughts is prayer. I’m not talking about just praying defensively, asking our God to give us strength to flee from temptation. I’m also talking about praying offensively, asking that Jesus Christ, in His amazing heroic strength and power, would wreak havoc on the enemy of our soul. There is nothing Satan hates more than seeing a lost sinner come to know Jesus Christ. When our enemy is attacking us, one of the very best ways to hit him below the belt is to pray specifically for an unsaved person in our life to discover Jesus Christ.

Identify the areas of your life where you are most vulnerable to temptation. Do you struggle with depression? Do you have a weakness in the area of sexual temptation? Whenever Satan tries to pounce on our vulnerable areas, we can use that opportunity to hit him back by praying for the salvation of someone in our life that is in need of Jesus Christ. It is important that we develop this technique as a habit in our life, rather than just a one-time attempt. When our enemy sees the consistency with which we use this tactic, he will back off in a hurry, and we just might get to see another life eternally changed in the process!