ME day…<3

Last night I decided that I was going to enjoy a morning at the beach today. I woke up around nine and headed towards Hollywood Beach. I went to my secret spot on Magnolia Terrace. I brought all my books and HW with me.

When I got there I could barely believe how perfect the setting was. There was only two people there and the life guards. The water was completely calm, the sand so soft against my feet, and the sun was shining ever so brightly. I gazed at the water as it glistened underneath the sun’s rays. Oh what a day!

As I did some reading I came across a quote from Elisabeth Elliot’s book…

Let not our longing slay the appetite for our living. – Jim Elliot

It reminds me to be joyful in any season where I find myself. If I am in trial or success, sadness or joy, blessing or lack, I must be able to live that moment and embrace where I am.

Today Lord, I choose to embrace where I am standing. :O)

Thank you for giving me strength and for giving me vision!

Food for Thought -prvbs 5:21-23

For a man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and He examines all his paths. The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast. He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

-Proverbs 5:21-23

Happy Monday! The Word of the Lord is powerful. Sharp like a double-edged sword. It can penetrate into the deepest parts of my heart.

1. A man’s ways are in full view of the Lord- The Lord knows all the details of my life and He knows who I am. He knows of all the thoughts I think. I can fool man, but I cannot fool God. He created me and sees me completely. He is El Roi, the God who sees.  To recognize God is viewing all I do motivates me to make correct decisions because I ultimately want to please the Lord above pleasing myself.

2. He examines all my paths- {examine(v) which means to inspect closely.}

My God inspects my paths closely. He is concerned about the way I go and what I choose to do. My decisions are what matter and the Lord is expecting me to make the right decisions.

3. The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.

It is the very decisions and actions of a man that can harm him or  and makes him captive. The wrongdoings from his heart are the chains that enslave him causing a cycle of repetitive sin. He is his own enemy. Repentance is the only thing that can release the captive from himself.

4. He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

{Disciple(n)- training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character.} Discipline has the power to bring you life.

To not create a life of discipline will take me nowhere. A price has to be paid. But the great thing is that life can still be enjoyed along the journey. No discipline draws you to the path of ruin.

slowly PROGRESSING noneTHEless progressing

It is exactly one month and a week since my last post!

What have I been doing in the space between?

Let’s see, I began uni again. I just finished taking a course titled Foundations of Adult Learning and next week Wednesday I begin Interpersonal Communication.

Today is my day OFF! But I am still ON. I am ONto organizing myself, my life, and trying to be a good steward of all the little seeds my God has placed in my hands.

I am happy to find myself in a “quiet room” @ the library facing a gi-normous window overlooking tall palm trees, freshly cut green grass, and cars driving past as I sit and dig into myself.

I had a thought just now which inspired me to begin thinking about my blog again.

As I sat here, after being marveled by litlle bright yellow butterflies outside the window, I opened my journal. For days I have wanted to journal about some significant things in my heart. The ideas were based on the vision I see for my life, the dreams I have hidden in my heart.

There are times where I find myself burning within me, for something greater, for something meaningful, for something outside “myself.” Those moments come and go in between my struggle to stay vision driven and the weakness of becoming a prisoner of the urgent things that try to suck the very life I live.

The page for today’s journal entry was titled “A Place for Dreams.”

{How my God knows where my heart is standing.}

I was really excited to begin journaling. As I tried to gather the dreams I held in my heart I began to feel a bit odd.

At the start, there was a struggle, I could not concentrate and put  my vision into words. However, I as I wrestled through, I felt myself getting closing to my dreams. And then my dreams came alive again!, even bringing birth to a newer dream, one I’d never dreamed before.  –{The power of finding time to rejuvenate oneself. }

Even at this very moment, I feel that a process of dreaming has initiated within me. I don’t feel I am quite finished with today’s journal entry.

Therefore,I feel the need to dedicate myself to days as today.,

where I can sit…,

appreciate the beauty of God’s creation…,

ponder…,and

listen to what God has placed within me.

“We must must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And I know that some dreams can overwhelm me… so I chose to take it a step at a time.

Dear Lord, teach me to be patient with myself as I rest in you knowing that I can trust you for all things.

Today has marked another special day in the History of my Life.

I <3 you Lord.