God’s goodness OUTSHINES!

Things in life may seem random, but they are not random from God’s perspective! Haha

God’s goodness OUTSHINES!

Wow what a weekend, I am completely pro Jesus!

On Sunday morning I arrived at church to find that my back left tyre was completely overs. How did that happen! Fortunately one amazing man on our car-parking team jumped at the opportunity to serve, so before I knew it he was changing my tyre! Wow! How cool is that!!! Sweet, so all should have been well, right? Haha

So I carried on happy as and walked into the morning service, it was amazing! (I was watching one of the little girls be merry as and oh so cute and God shared with me that that is how he looks at us! WHA, loved much! Haha wow. In His eyes we are all innocent and we bring him PURE JOY! WOAH!!!!

Anywho, after the service I went and pumped up the spare tyre which was on my car and I ventured off to film church news with the girls! That was fun! Then it came time to leave again... and to my surprise as I was driving back home the spare tyre was completely overs, AGAIN! What the! How does that happen! Haha oh man!

Through this time I had been texting my two parents and neither one of them were replying, awesome. Not! Lol

Anyways, on Friday morning I had surgery and then that evening through a series of events I ended up at my uncles and aunties house. Little did I know was that all the adults were leaving for a birthday party and I was staying behind to babysit! It was really cool actually, but that’s not the story :P haha so my uncle gave me some $ for being there and helping them out and I was like wow I totally didn’t expect that but sweet thanks! The amount he gave me was actually the amount I need to set aside weekly to pay off my braces, (but he didn’t know that). So I was like sweet, thank you God I don’t have to worry about how I’m going to pay off my braces this week!

So with having received an awesome amount of money and then going through the weekend to not being able to use my car to go to work to earn money to pay off my braces, God knew and he provided!!!! WAAAAA!!!! I love him! :D

Another cool thing about this story is that whenever I get called upon to babysit for these certain cousins it usually means that I need the money and God’s giving it to me so that I can afford something that’s coming up. But I didn’t even think about that until everything unfolded this weekend! Haha I totally don’t need to worry ever cause God’s got my back and I love the fact that he knows what’s happening ahead of time and with that knowledge he makes away for us to get through. Shame devil, God prevails!

I also love the fact that I shouldn’t be worrying about paying off my braces anyways cause the whole journey started with God saying step out and trust me, it’s the right time to get your braces! So if he said that, then he has the payments scheduled!

I love that he works everything for our good and I love that he knows so many sources where the money can come from then we do so why do we try and take matters into our own hands? His way is the only way and his way is the BEST way!

Also through this weekend and the whole braces process so far, at times I have felt quite vulnerable. The thing that blows me away though is the fact that everyone around me has been so super supportive and encouraging and loving and kind that I just feel so blessed to be in such a safe environment going through something like this! I thank God for the awesome places he puts me in with the awesome people he surrounds me with!

On an even extremer scale, being around lots of people just after coming out of surgery meant that people saw me way whacked out! That could have made me nervous or upset but it didn’t it made me think wow people love me when I’m in this state, so why would I ever need to ‘try’ and be ‘someone’ awesome in order to fit in. People love me no matter what! That’ so freeing, I can be myself! Yay!

Another story is that I used to be real protective about sharing ‘my’ belongs with people, even if they were like the gentlest people ever! But I have been set free from that, somehow! I didn’t even notice until one day I thought wow I never used to be like this, thank you Jesus, I love that I share now! Also with having the incident with my car yesterday it just proved to me that I actually am not that fused with materialistic things anymore, I actually am fully devoted and admire God, he is my EVERYTHING and I love that so much! I am happy to give everything up for him. Nothing else compares and matters to what he’s doing or wants to do. It’s such a marvellous place to be, God, here I am, use all of me! :) My true gift in life right now is having all the amazing people who I love, around me. Relationships are gems and I often wonder when I see a sour relationship... what would Kingdom relationships look like? I want to mirror God!

Another super revelation that I’ve had throughout my holiday is that I don’t have to be a preacher to go about doing God’s business. I can shine and make a difference in the community through doing social work (or whatever I end up choosing). It’s so special having come to that place where I know that if I move away from where God has placed me right now then I am walking away from what he has install for me at this stage. I’m not missing out just because I’m not with my friends doing the internship! So it set me free from constantly being involved in church activities and ministries, throughout the week. Now, I can enjoy the few things that I am involved with, worship and youth. Plus now, I can focus on the task at hand, assignments and tec. That’s where I’m meant to be at this time and if I jump away from that then I am missing out! Thanks God for setting me straight! Haha

And last of all I love the fact that Holy Spirit is with me always and is constantly guiding me through life, showing me the way. I love that He is so gentle with me that when my thoughts are distracted and away from the glory he guides me back and sets me on track. I am so humbled by his grace and love; I love where he leads me. Mmm yum. :)

Fear God.

God is huge. He is power. He is the ONE. He reigns. He is good!

In Isaiah (8:13) it says "Do not fear anything except the Lord Almighty. He alone is the Holy One. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else."

If we know that he is the one true thing to fear then nothing else that could possibly come across our tracks could ever frighten us.

God first all the way and we will be more than ok... ;)

Hehe I love God!

Hope is not lost

Hope. Waaa what a strong word.
A while ago I had a thought when I was writing a little birthday comment to someone...

What I started to type was... I “hope” you have a good day... but then I was like no... there is no reason to not have a good day so I began to retype the sentence saying... “have” a good day... I thought about it and I was like no, “hope” is better, because I can hope for them that they will have a fabulous day!

Hope is so powerful. There is always hope. Hope is empowering and exciting.
...These three things remain... faith, HOPE and love.

Don’t dismiss the hope that you know exists. “Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see.”

So, it’s like you have faith that they will have a good day. That’s choice.!

I love that we can stand strong for people around us. If one friend is down and feeling discouraged, we can come alongside them and boost them up with the faith and hope that we have within us, for them! Waa, how neat is that, that we can be a light for people who are feeling off track.. We are all in this together! Don’t shut yourself out. We love you! There is Hope for you. WE will hold the Hope for you, you can do it :)

Way beyond myself.

I've been thinking it's about time to win the war that fights against all the lies invading my mind. You have brought me to my senses. Even though you built this world to shake, you still love me in a personal way, so, I think it's time to leave my doubt behind. There's so much more than meets the eye or what's going on inside, I believe in something way beyond myself!

Like the wind that moves the leaves Lord, You move me to my knees. I believe in something way beyond myself! Oh the way we build our empires hoping to impress our friends we've forgotten how to inspire those who fall to rise again. Oh my God, You've built this world to shake you still love me in a personal way, so I think it's time to leave my doubt behind.

Storms are gonna come my way, I know some things are out of our control... but there's a hope beyond myself! It's You and You will never let me go. Now I want my life to show you got me thinking beyond myself. Way beyond myself!

There's so much more than meets the eye or what's going on inside. I believe in something way beyond myself. Like the wind that moves the leaves Lord, You move me to my knees, I believe in something way beyond myself!!!

- Newsboys

Lord of Lords.

Beholding Your beauty is all that I long for, to worship You Jesus is my sole desire. For this very heart you have shaped for your pleasure, purposed to lift Your Name high!

Here in surrender in pure adoration I enter Your courts with an offering of praise! I am Your servant come to bring you glory, as is fit for the work of your hands.

Now unto the Lamb who sits on the throne be glory and honour and praise; all of creation resounds with the song, worship and praise Him the Lord of lords.

Spirit now living and dwelling within me, keep my eyes fixed ever on Jesus' face, let not the things of this world ever sway me, I'll run 'til I finish the race!

Now unto the Lamb who sits on the throne be glory and honour and praise. All of eternity echoes the song, worship and praise Him, the Lord of lords.

Holy Lord you are holy, Jesus Christ is t h e Lord. Now unto the Lamb who sits on the throne be glory and honour and praise. Call all the sinners to join in the song, worship and praise Him the Lord of lords!

- Brooke Fraser.

People Person Someone.

People who do not dress modestly could be looked upon as people who do not respect themselves or the people around them. People who ignore the feelings of others do not help them to stand strong and pure. Why then do people dress un-modestly? Do they want to feel loved so draw attention to themselves like that? They will only get attention from the wrong people, people who do not encourage them but rather take advantage of them. No one can appreciate us quite like God; no one can fulfil our needs other than God. We need to focus on Jesus, the light bearer the one who provides security and boldness. If our eyes are gazing on Jesus we won’t need acceptance and reassurance from the ones around us. God is all we need; God first. That’s the number one commandment. With God first everything pans out. When God is first everything will fall into place. Thank you Lord for a sound mind, a mind like Christ. Thank you that we hold Your glory and we have the opportunity to show people how much you mean to us through the way we dress and the way we live. Thank you that that doesn’t hinder the fun we can have! You are soooo fun and we can have all of that!!!!!

Beautiful.

Ahhh God is so beautiful. He always knows what is going on and he is so good. Far he blows my mind...

I love it when he walks you through things - taking things at a pace which you can handle. I love it how he makes you all mushy inside and he loves to give you examples and bring it ‘down to earth’ so you can understand, haha thanks God!

This afternoon I felt like doing a little drawing – God led me through it (prophetic!) While I was enjoying spending time with him I youtubed a song that I wanted to find and guess what... the words in that song, matched my drawing - haha nice one God! After that he prompted me to look at the song from different perspectives and downloaded encouraging constructive things for me to work on daily. Pure genius our Lord is! hehe

Opening ourselves to Holy Spirit is amazing, you learn lots, are at peace and just feel so good, plus have fun! :D

Jesus wins!