Nature and It's Beauty

Have you ever taken time to stop and smell the roses? Today as I was sitting outside with my parents and nephew a bit of inspiration struck me, so I decided to take some pictures of the flowers that my mom has in her garden. All of the pictures came out really well, and I'm very pleased with them all. At the end of this blog entry, I'll show you some of them. Anyway, I was reading this poem in a book today and I wanted to write about it in here. It is called "Clother of the Lily"

Clother of the lily, Feeder of the sparrow,
Father of the fatherless, dear Lord,
Tho' thou set me as mark against Thine arrow,
As a prey unto Thy sword,
As a ploughed-up field beneath Thy harrow,
As a captive in Thy cord,
Let that cord be love; and some day make my narrow
Hallowed bed according to Thy word. Amen

When I read this poem it made me start to think about nature and all of it's beauty that GOD made for us to enjoy each and every day of our lives. For example, when you look at a flower, doesn't it make your day much better? It makes mine brighter and happier. Something as simple as a flower can totally change the way your thinking and the way that your day has gone. I want you all to remember that if you think your having a bad day, someone else in this world is having the worst day ever. Something like a smile or anything really, can make that particular person's day much better. A little bit can go a long way. Every little thing helps. A card, a letter, a note, a picture, a smile, a flower,etc. It's always the thought that counts. Too many people in this world have negative attitudes towards everything and everyone and it's really depressing. Do you want to know how to make this world a better place? I've got the answer right here in this blog. The answer is to stop being so down and negative all the time, start thinking positive thoughts and ask GOD to help you because he will trust me. "GOD helps those who help themselves." "Ask and you shall receive." "If you give more then you'll receive more." So anyway, I took the time today to stop and smell the roses. We all need to really slow down and enjoy the peaceful times together. It's incredibly relaxing and it feels really good to do that. We all have busy lives and don't think that we have time for all the little things, well guess what? You need to make time to do that out of your busy schedules. Stop going so quickly and slow down a little. "Ride with the waves" so to speak. "Go with the flow" and start sowing the seeds because as soon as you do that, GOD will make the harvest bloom. If you do what GOD says and follow him completely, he'll take care of the rest. You all need to throw your hands up in the air and surrender all control to GOD. You all need to trust in GOD and let him do the work. After you do all that, your rewards will definitely be worth fighting and waiting for in the end. You'll be amazed at all the blessings that GOD pours out on you. Our GOD is a very merciful GOD. He's also an awesome GOD, a mighty GOD! What a Mighty GOD we Serve! He's a father for those who don't have a father, he clothes those who have no clothes, he feeds the hungry and helps the pour, he quenches those who are thirsty,he's a friend for the lost and lonely, he makes those who are weak much stronger, he wakes up those who are weary, he's there to talk when you need someone to talk to, he listens intently, he calms the anxious, he lets those who are tired, sleep, he protects and keeps safe, he is the king of kings and the Lord of the Lords, he's a shepherd to the flock, he reaches out to those who need him the most, and finally he loves each and every one of us unconditionally. He doesn't judge, he says "Come as you are." He accepts us all for who we are whether we're poor, rich, happy, sad,mad,glad, full of joy or full of sorrow, and he doesn't want us to hurt and suffer anymore. He wants us all to be happy and to be content with what we have. No matter how many difficult times that we go through, GOD is always there for us. He's not just going to drop us like a hot potato. He will be with us always and forever. We all just need to accept him and his works in each of our lives. I think that you'll all agree with me when I say " We Need GOD in America Again. Times are getting very tough, but these tough times won't always be with us, we won't always be suffering. Trust me, there are many better times ahead. A lot of the time we have to go through trials and tribulations, but in the end, everything will be worth it. "Put all of your trust in the LORD" He will not leave us nor forsake us. You just need to keep the faith and stay strong no matter what happens because once again, it's not always going to be like this, it seems like it will always be like this right now, but believe me it will not be like this forever. I'm going to say this again " Keep the faith, stay strong, and be persistent with GOD." For the second coming of the LORD is soon, so we all must be ready and prepare for it. He will come like a thief in the night. We all must be aware and really ready for GOD to make all things new again. Nobody knows the specific day or time that he is coming, so while we're waiting we all need to keep ourselves busy with doing what GOD wants us to do, and in the places that we go, and with all the people we meet. Let the light of the LORD shine from the inside out of you. Be the light for someone elses hard life. Help those in need. Be with us always. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ and we all need to work together to make this world a much happier place to live. GOD bless America now and Forever, AMEN!

Strength

Strong

Tongues

Righteousness

Excitement

Nothing moves you

Growth

Teach

Happiness

Reflections

Have you ever taken the time out of your day, to just sit back and reflect on everything that has happened to you in the past and present? I know I have. After I got out of work today, I spent the rest of the day with a very special person and we were just sitting by the pool and talking,but then there was silence and that's when I took the time to really reflect on everything and try to figure out How I got to this point in my life and I was wondering what to do next. I found myself wondering what this summer will bring and how it will be a lot different than last summer. My answer came to me and I said to myself, this summer is going to be the summer of new beginnings and good things happening not to just myself, but to everyone around me including mike (special someone), the Lord has something really big planned for mike and I and everyone else around us. I find myself getting excited and becoming more interested in what's going to happen. Also, as I was reflecting on things, mike popped in my mind, but that's nothing new because I'm always thinking of him and wondering if he was having the same thoughts that I was today, so that we can relate,but I didn't say anything, I wish I said something now though, I really wish that I did say something because mike could easily relate to me on the things that I was thinking of and that would have led to a really good conversation. It's quite obvious I still have strong feelings for mike, I'm just curious as to when things between mike and I will really start being put into place for us. Something is coming together for us, I Just don't know what it is or when it will happen. God is never late, God is never early, he's always on time. God's timing is really perfect. I just wish that I could like be inside God's mind and see what he has planned for us. Whatever it is, I bet it's really amazing and cool.
I wish I knew God's thought patterns, I really want to get to know the real Jesus and who he really was and still is today, I wish to gaze upon his face and actually be physically in his presence. I just think that it would really be so incredibly awesome and awe-inspiring and mind boggling. Oh how I dream of the day,I'll be seeing his face. I wonder if Mike ever feels the same way that I do about the real Jesus, I bet he does. God has blessed me richly and gave me mike as one of his own. Mike is like my guardian angel whose always looking over me and making sure that I do all the right things and make all the right decisions. But without GOD, mike wouldn't be able to help me do any of these things. Nothing is impossible with GOD on your side. GOD will help you fight the good fight whether alone, or not no matter what. Although, a lot of the time, you don't always see the good things and you don't always see the blessings, but trust me they're there. It may take a while to finally realize what this blessing is, but as soon as you realize it, it blows you away. It blows your mind. It really and truly does. GOD is awesome! I want GOD to open my heart and open my mind, and I want his presence in me so that I can be a blessing to everybody that I meet. I could change people's lives forever, I just wish I knew how to go about doing that. I don't know if it's through my writing, singing, talking, or reading, but what I do know is that no matter what GOD will use you in ways that you never knew existed before. I know that I've already changed Mike's life and Mike has already changed my life and even my little nephew, Eliot has changed my life. Mike and Eliot make me want to be a better person, a positive influence, a blessing, a light in somebody's life, etc.
They make me want to keep working hard at whatever it is that GOD has made me for, my place on this earth so to speak and even in heaven. What does GOD want to use me for? I have no answer to that, but I'm sure GOD does and he will tell me what exactly it is all on his time, I'll be sitting here praying and being persistent and waiting for my answer. Once I get that answer, I'll welcome it with a whole heart and singleness of my mind. "I can do all things through he who strengthens me." I'll be more than willing to do whatever it is that he wants me to do, hopefully with supporters and followers. Anyway, I hope that this blog doesn't confuse anyone, I just want to try and get my point across to people with as little confusion and frustration as possible. I'm just trying to reach out to people and make a really big difference in this world. I want people to understand where I'm coming from and what my point of view is. All I can say is to keep praying and being persistent with the Lord. If you stay persistent with him, then all good things will come your way even though you don't always see or understand what this certain good thing or things is yet. It may cause you to hurt, suffer, etc. But there's a reason for everything, there really is,please just trust in the Lord and in myself. In conclusion to all of this, I just want to say May God richly bless you, your family, your friends, your relationships and futures, and all the future children of God. Amen!

Frustrations

Have you ever felt frustrated about everything that's going on in your life that's bad? I know I do. Do you ever wish that things were a lot different? Once again, I do. I'm trying pretty hard to change my life and it sure as heck isn't easy. It's incredibly difficult. There are times when I just want to give up and forget about everything. A lot of the time,I feel like things will never change even though they eventually will. It just takes a whole lot of time. Opinions change,lives change,people change,friends change,family changes,jobs change,etc. I want the change to be for better not worse. Relationships are incredibly difficult as well. Nothing worth while is ever easy. I've heard that phrase time and time again,and honestly I believe that. In this time of struggle and pain,it's not easy to cope with by yourself and that's when you need your family and friends the most to help you through this crap. But as for me,I don't have a lot of friends and it truly sucks. But I am very grateful to have my family standing by my side through these horrible times supporting me and pushing me and making sure that I make all the wisest decisions that I possibly can. I know that I need to start getting serious about my life,but it takes so much hard work and I honestly don't really want to do that,but I know that as soon as I take the first step,I'm already on to bigger and better things in life including all this love that I have to give to every single person in my life even a certain someone that I can't stop thinking about even though things ended between us not that long ago and it's really tough to move on with him and just be friends and of course I don't want to just be friends with him and he knows that. But I just have to face the facts and try to get over it because sometimes starting over as friends can lead to something so much more and honestly,I want to get to that point,but I have to take that first step before anything can happen. I'm just really frustrated about what's going on between us at the moment and I truly wish that i could do something more to prove to not just him,but everyone in my family how much I truly appreciate and cherish them and him. I just don't know exactly how to go about doing that. With the advice that I got from him,I decided to take it to my heart and get really serious about this particular thing. I've decided to read the bible and really get to know God,but most importantly myself. I am more than willing to transition into a totally different person than I used to be before I met him. I never ever want to go back to the way I was before he happened. I want to run far far away from that. That thing was a monster and I didn't like how I felt and who I was before I met him. Since I met him,I've seen certain changes in myself that a select few people can already see and they want to see more of that person I'm changing drastically into. I like the positive vibes that I'm getting back from certain family members,so the advice I took is definately going to be worth all of this pain and suffering in the end. The truth is he was right about how reading his word can help you begin to make this transition of life into a really good thing. It is taking a lot of hard work,in doing this work I don't look back to my bad past that often anymore,because in all honesty, that crap no longer matters anymore. It was torture and literally a living hell. Nobody wants to go through that kind of hell at all in their life because they clearly don't deserve it and they are worth so much more than being treated horribly. Life really and truly doesn't have to be as complicated as we make it. It's so pointless and worthless to feel like crap and going about your day with no hope and whatnot. It's just complete foolishness and all a lie. There's lots of hope for everybody in this world even though people may feel differently about it. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and start living your life. Just keep looking up and know with the deepest part of your heart that God loves you and he has something huge planned for each and every one of us even those who haven't been saved by him yet. There's still time, so start working on that relationship with God. God wants to have a relationship with you, you just need to open up your hearts and let the Lord do his amazing works in you and around you. The first step is always the hardest, but as soon as you take that first step, your already on to bigger and better things. The wider you open your hand the more the Lord will give to you. It just takes a whole lot of hard work,because he can't just give things to you, you need to work towards those things. There is really no point to faith and belief if God just gave you every single thing that you wanted,people would just expect it and believe in the Lord for all of the wrong reasons. Keep up the hard work because in the end it will all be revealed to you. He'll show you exactly why he put you through all the crappy hard times in your lives in the past,present,and even the future. There is reasons for everything. There will be a lot of questions and confusions as to why your going through this and sometimes the Lord will answer you right away and other times it will take days even weeks for him to give you an answer. Even when he gives you the answer it won't always be what you expected and it will sometimes be things you don't want to hear, but in the end you know it's the truth. Sometimes the answer is wait,sometimes it will be nothing,and other times it will just be a feeling inside your heart whether it's broken,complete,or whatever it will always be that feeling deep down inside you and from there you try to make the correct decision and other times you may not listen to that feeling in your heart, so you'll just suffer even more and I can promise you that it will NOT be fun at all whatsoever. So the best thing to do is follow what your heart is telling you and be wise in all decisions both good and bad. Do not disobey him, do not go away from him,stay with him. Even if you do go away from him, he will always come back and find you or you will always go back and find him. You always find a way to come back to God. My advice to all of you is this: Stay with him and everything will turn out just fine. I'm going to once again close this blog with this bible verse: Proverbs 3:5. Put all of your trust in the Lord because I promise you that you will not be disappointed.

kindness

My inspiration to write this blog is from this bible verse:Proverbs 19;20-23: 20 Hear counsel,and receive instruction,that thou may be wise in thy end. 21 There are many devices in a man's heart;nevertheless the counsel of the Lord,that shall stand. 22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. 23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisified; he shall not be visited with evil. My view on this bible verse is this: There's limits on your outward appearance,but in this time of trials and tribulation it helps you to build your character and become a much stronger person. This will also help you to improve your inner beauty so it can shine from the inside out and with that said it won't matter what your outer appearance is for which it is only temporary. Basically, you need to take certain steps in order to change all of these imperfections that you may have about yourself. You need to grow to love and accept yourself as you are, none of us our perfect, we're only human. So, stop being so hard on yourself and give yourself a break for your doing the best that you possibly can. Although the guidance of the Lord will not always protect you from harm in this life but no matter what, he will always be with us from now until forever because he loves and cares about us that much. It breaks his heart seeing you all go through pain,angst,heartbreak,etc. He doesn't want us to suffer even though some of us feel that our whole life is falling apart. Just do yourselves a favor and put all of your trust in the Lord and everything will work out just fine. Cast those worries on to him. Anyway, we're getting off track here. Let me just ask you all this: What steps are you taking to improve yourselves and your relationship with GOD? The reason I'm asking this is because of my own experience with pain and anger and I've suffered and it hasn't been fun but in the end it's all completely worth it,just trust me on this. There are days when you feel like you just want to die,but these feelings truly make you stronger. A lot of days I wake up with no hope,no nothing. But then I think of GOD and I'm like wow, your life truly doesn't need to be this difficult and this lonely, so stop being in self-loathing and self-pity and just grin and bear it and after you do this you feel a whole lot stronger than you did a day ago,a month ago,etc. There's so much that you need to be thankful for in life. Like a house,a family that loves you,good friends,good memories,but most importantly you have GOD and he has so much to offer you if you just stop and think about why your acting certain ways and about certain things. Stop being completely hopeless and broken, it's really not worth it. The easiest way that you can change everyone's lives forever is remembering the word, A.R.K. Acts of Random Kindness. It's really so simple to do. Like for example,babysitting,petsitting,visiting a sick friend or family member,and praying. The power of prayer works,it truly does. It may take some time,but it will be so worth it in the end. Please just keep all that I've said on here in mind. Take the time to stop and smell the roses. Just slow down and remember all the beauty there truly is in this world. Something like a simple sun set,the first bloom of spring,the first sunny warm day of the summer,the feel of water on your body,hugs,holding hands,the feel of sand between your toes, all of this stuff. Just take time out of your busy lives to enjoy all of these little things that GOD has made just for you. All of this is beautiful,breath taking,mesmerizing,heck even relaxing. Just sit back and watch what miracles can happen to every single thing around you. May God bless you all always and forever, amen!

Christmas Time

Hey all,my cat, oden is what inspired me to write this blog entry tonight. We've had oden for 2 years now and there's never a dull moment when he's around. He has such an interesting personality. I could just sit here for hours on end observing oden. He always finds something to keep us and himself quite entertained. It was not to long ago that my mom and I put up our Christmas tree. As soon as that was done, Oden and his curiosity got the best of him so he came over and investigated the tree,luckily, he didn't knock it over, lol. As we found out, Oden loves the Christmas tree and Christmas time and I honestly don't know why. I love Christmas and now Oden does too. Anyway, tonight he was bored so he decided to go lay under the tree and the lights, so I just figured I'd get a picture of him. He was pretending to be a Christmas present. Christmas time is a time to spend with family and close friends,charity, and lots of giving. You see,Christmas is not about the fancy lights, or the gifts, or anything. It's mostly a time to spend with everybody that you love and hold close to your heart. My favorite parts of Christmas is the dinners and the desserts. I have a major sweet tooth. I love to spend time with my family, my family is so important to me. They mean everything to me as well as close friends and the love of my life. I'd much rather give than receive. I enjoy the looks on everybody's face when they open their Christmas gifts. Christmas is also a time to bond with God and Jesus. Christmas day is the day that Christ was born. I get so aggravated when I see or hear someone say "Xmas" or "Happy Holdiays" because neither of these phrases make any sense to me, I believe that it's pretty pointless to say "Happy Holidays" or "Xmas". Christ is the one who died for us so that all of our sins can be forgiven. God and Jesus want you to make a good, strong relationship with them. They want you to call on them and ask them for help, to cast your worries all on them. They will always provide for you. It may not be answered right away or it may not be the answer you were hoping for. But the truth is, it's just a blessing in disguise although it may not feel like that at the moment, but all in time you will understand why your going through all of this. It will be so worth it in the end believe me. Now to conclude this entry, I'd just like to say that I hope all of you Have a very Merry Christmas now and forever. Thank you.

hi

Hey all,
I decided to do a blog because I've been thinking about it for a couple months now. Ever since my sister started a blog,I wanted to do that to. I think that it's a good way to reach out to people. I'm new to this whole blog thing,so I'm glad to be starting one. Then my dad started one. So, I was like ok maybe I should do one too, it should be fun. I'll try to update it every day. I also enjoy writing, so this is a good place to start.