 I just want to really engrain in you to find your light. You might not see the good in life right now. The frame of mind you are in and your struggles are temporary. There are happy times in life that we can be grateful for. Even if you don't see the power to change your life, God has you in His hands. Put your trust in God and have faith to pursue the joys in life. Take time to appreciate all of your blessings. Sometimes it's a rerouting that God is doing. Sometimes it is shaping the heart for the future that is best for you. Everything is temporary so why not spend life being happy. Try your best and have faith to move on towards the positive elements in life. Try your best to not grow weary. Find a new perspective if you grow cold. Be open to new opportunities. Every day is a new day where you can become a better version of yourself than you were yesterday. Find what makes you happy. Find your light.
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 Childlike Faith Having childlike faith means to me that I am trusting whole heartedly and completely. Like a child, I am sheltered from the worlds tribulations. I don’t even think about all the bad things that could happen because I know that my Father (Jesus Christ) has got me. I have nothing to fear. I am not saying that you should not be wise. God gives wisdom to those who ask for it. Sometimes dreams and goals seem like they are unlikely to come to fruition, but we know that we are drawn to them by destiny. This is when we must exercise our faith. Certainly God wants us to be a blessing to others and show His power for the world to see. There are a lot of Christians who don’t exercise their faith because of their poverty mentality or worldly mindset. If you have Christ within you, surely you can see miracles here on Earth even in your own life. Often times we want to feel as comfortable and secure as possible, and doing so we live the same routine over again because it has worked for us. We think that the blessings that we have are the only blessings we are entitled to receive. We want more but don’t know how to access it. Change comes from stepping out on faith like a child. To act in faith we must step out of our comfort zone. This does not mean simply hiding your eyes as if you are dropping down from the top of a rollercoaster. During your faith walk you need to trust in the Spirit of the living God by praising Him, praying to Him, spending time with Him, and speaking positively about Him to others. You should also hold your tongue from all negative talk. Your faith walk for specific circumstances could be 2 hours, 2 weeks, or 40 years. How will we ever know if we should receive 10 fold what we ask for if we don’t but our faith and trust in Him who made us? When you see an opportunity, if it seems like it’s out of your comfort zone, but it seems like the stepping stone to get to where you want to be, you should pray about it. Maybe God wants you to take a leap of faith and trust Him. If you feel peace in your spirit, that’s how you know it is the right thing for you. If you see warning signs and shut doors that you are trying to force open, it could mean God is trying to protect you from making a big mistake. Making a mistake is okay. It let’s you learn and tests you to grow. It doesn’t mean that there won’t be challenges and obstacles you have to go through in your faith walk. Usually there are. With God on your side who dares to be against you? You are powerful with the Creator as your mentor. You need to cut out nervous eating, nervous picking, and nervous hair twirling. These habits come from a place on anxiety and fear. It comes from the fears that we won’t get enough or be enough. God has given us completion in Him. He is a loyal partner that will never fail us and knows what is best for us. Purpose, fulfillment, destiny…It is more than being comfortable. Remember that God never gives us anything that we can’t handle and life is a blessing that we should not take for granted. Life on Earth is also temporary and God is waiting for us to choose Him on our own. Through childlike faith it is the only way we will have access to the Kingdom of God. We cannot afford to waste time in stagnacy, not exercising our faith and loving with our whole hearts.  Spiritual Meditation Through Yoga As A Christian Yoga. When I hear the word I think of stretching, relaxing, and becoming more flexible. I think of strength training, leggings, yoga mats, and fresh grass under my feet. I think of training my breath and being with other women who are interested in bettering themselves. When some people think of yoga they think of meditation with the word” ommm” which is supposedly the vibration of Earth and the sound it makes. Although I have no problem with recognizing the vibration of every living thing, I don’t agree with becoming connected to Earth in the absence of God. There is one God that made everything and if we keep denying the Creator and giving the credit to many different gods we are forfeiting Gods blessings on our lives. I cannot deny Christ, so I do not say “ommm”. It brings confusion about my spirituality to those who are unfamiliar with Christ's teachings. I am a representation of Christ. I am just as a disciple trying to spread the gospel. I too must live in this world where people are constantly shaming the word of God. People are constantly looking for my hypocrisy. I have to set an example. I have to be a leader for what I believe by following God fully and completely. If I could be relaxed enough to include yoga as a daily activity in my life I would. I would spend at least a half hour a day stretching and being awake, but silent to hear Gods voice. Right now I have only found enough time to include yoga in one hour a week. I could tell of a hundred excuses as to why, but it really all comes down to self discipline which I haven’t found for yoga yet. My first priority should be reading pages in the Bible everyday, memorizing scripture, and praying for people. I’m not going to lie to you. I have weeks where I read the Bible everyday and I have weeks where I don’t read the Bible. It’s not that I don’t want to. I just forget and become too involved in making a living and my personal needs. I need to remember to make God a priority in my life. This is one of the reasons why I go to church every Sunday. It is a refresh. It is not enough to simply go to church and connect with God just at church. As a Christian I want to connect with God every single day. This is how I grow with God and not only maintain my relationship with Christ but allow it to grow stronger. A relationship with Christ is similar to a relationship with a boyfriend or girlfriend in the respect that if you don’t grow the relationship and only maintain it, it suffers greatly. It is different because God will always forgive us. As Christians we never want to be in a position where we reject God because this is a very costly sin. Most of us worship in a church or in private. Some of us worship in public, but you might never know it because worship can happen in the mind with the thoughts we choose to think. It can happen when we take walks and runs. It can happen while we paint and it can happen while we meditate in yoga. With a posture that humbles ourselves unto the Lord, during yoga it can be a perfect time to worship. It is especially beautiful during our 10 minutes of silence which I like to include after ever yoga session.  You’re Not Ready For My Heart
Most people are not ready to handle each others hearts. When a man is walking fully in the light of Christ he is able to lead other people. That means that God will give him enough strength to resist temptation and stand strong in Gods word. A man like this will not lie to you or anyone. He will be a light in his community no matter if he’s just with you, with friends, or with strangers. A man that is ready for your heart will not test your boundaries or be selfish. A man that is ready for your heart will pray for you and himself and he will be so careful to not lead you astray by promising a future with you before the time is right. To be a strong woman in Christ means realizing that you have so much potential and you are Gods daughter. You must be so careful to not tempt the men to fall into sin like Eve did to Adam in Genesis. Do not awaken love before the time is right because then you can forfeit the perfect blessing that God has for you. How do we do this? It can be so difficult to keep from spilling your heart and inner thoughts to the people you love. Your physical need to be affectionate takes over when you really love someone because we are human. Why even let this happen when your gift of pleasure should be saved to be experienced with your husband? You can control your own body and your own mind. I would say, one of the best ways to avoid falling into lust is to not chase men. It is the mans job to choose and pursue a woman. It is a womans job to accept or decline and slow down the pace. Give him only what he should have to better himself and it is not your body that he should have if you are not married. You should just be friends with men until courtship to be married. Why should a man give everything he has to a woman who changes her mind? Why weaken the spirit of a man who was not yours to begin with? Why should you be spiritually tied to one man when he has no intentions of marrying you? Do you want an exclusive relationship because of the material and physical benefits? Are you hooked to the thought of having your partner all to yourself? You are a Queen! You are worth the extra effort to the man that you are supposed to be with. Time and distance cannot separate you both. You should not sell yourself short. And if you believe this too, and you never meet the love of your life, remember that this world we are given is a blessing. This life is a blessing, but it is only temporary. The fruits are to enjoy while we are here, but your purpose is even grander than your relationship status or how many children you are blessed with. Even your dream house is no comparison to the plans God has for you. For the girls that think their ethnic background, complexion, body shape, modesty, hair texture, religion, or job determines whether they will find love and happiness or not, please do not believe the lies that are not of God. You may be in your feelings and in your head right now and not think you are worth love to the men you love because of societies norms. Do not give up hope and faith no matter how many years you have lived. Value your mind, soul and your body. Value how you treat people and the love that is hard to show at times. You will be rewarded in Heaven for the strong character that you continue to show when you could have given up. Trust in the Lord and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. Sometimes couples realize they are supposed to be together before they mature spiritually. This is fine, but what if you become more spiritually mature than your partner? What if he becomes more spiritually mature than you? Do not come in between a mans relationship with God. That is not our place as women. Our place is to lift our leaders up and be a source of light and encouragement. We should better the lives of our men and not be a burden to them. If you sense yourself falling for this trap of not loving or committing fully to someone you should show them what real love looks like. Either love fully and completely or cut emotional bondage soul ties. Love grows over time. This is true. But what does lust grow into? Selfishness, depression, anxiety, indecisive behaviors, suicidal thoughts, and loneliness. We should be so careful to build our relationships with people on a firm foundation. People never forget how we made them feel in the past. If you are too busy thinking about yourself and your future, you won’t realize all the damage you can cause to another person because you were too emotional and too blind to see the bigger picture. God gave us the gift of marriage so that we can grow His church. Two people who are strong in faith are better together than apart. The road to marriage is not meant to be a selfish one filled with lust. True love is unconditional. Love is not flighty. One week we “love” one man and the next week we are “in love” with another man. We should focused on saving our marriage lifestyle for “the one” who we can build a firm foundation with. If you need to work on yourself before joining together with another person there is nothing wrong with that. God didn’t give us a spirit of fear. We should not fear that we won’t become accustomed to societal norms of starting a family, getting married, and buying a house at age 25-35. God doesn’t work in our time frame but in His. In His purpose. We should think about the bigger picture of why we are here on this planet when choosing a mate. If your love doesn’t prove him or herself as understanding about deeper topics than food and taking notes in the church outline you must decide on what terms you will continue to be with that person. If you are in need for something deeper show the true love that you wish to feel. Study the word of God. Connect with like minded people but do not leave your husband or wife in their time of need. If you are not married, you are single. You are not tied to another person and if you think you are tied it is all in your own head. Do not be irresponsible by breaking a heart. Take responsibility for your decisions, but in everything that you do, do it coming from a place of love and compassion. It is not right for you to keep yourself from progress. By keeping yourself from progress, you are keeping them from progress as well. You can never keep God from progress, but God can forcibly divide what He has not joined together. A true union is blessed and has a firm foundation. Ladies ask yourself if the man you have accepted is truly ready to handle something as precious and as valuable as your heart. And Fellas, ask yourself if the love of your life is truly ready to give her whole heart to better you.  Dear God, I don’t wanna be around people who pity me. Please help me to stay focused on my goals so I can be of more use to Your Kingdom <3 Amen.  Wise Woman, She has had many jobs, She is in control of her own destiny. Unhealthy decisions, Transformed by His miracles. Beauty from the inside out. She’s Hispanic & French. A pianist, A surfer Led by God. |
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