but the greatest of these is, LOVE.

Good Morning!

Life, has been throwing me some of the toughest curve balls of my young adult life this last week, so I apologize for being so neglectful of my blog. God has been teaching me some tough lesson and is really molding me through this storm.

As I am sure most of y'all are well aware of what happened to me last week.

Awesome, right?

Let me back track on last week though, to give you the full picture.

I received my income tax and the biggest paycheck of my life on Wednesday. I paid off all my non-school debt and got ahead on all my bills an extra month. I was no longer treading water, I had it together and was dang proud. Friday comes, and I get smacked in the face. Not only did my car get totaled and it wasn't even my fault, they had to pry me out of my beautiful car with the jaws of life as I'm sitting there with a cervical collar and shooting thoracic pain. Six hours in the ER, no fractures or lacerations, walked away with double whip lash and bruises.

I. AM. BLESSED.

R.I.P. DELILAH

The unfortunate part about the entire situation is the driver who T-Boned me had only liability and it was the state minimum, $10,000. I slammed face first into a LEXUS. Thank the good Lord I have owned my car for two years already, and was fully insured but I am basically out clost to $10,000. 

God, works in my life in VERY bold ways because I ask that of him.

This, was by far the biggest lesson I've had to deal with thus far. 

As I lay in my bed heavily drugged ,the devil starts working in me and I start thinking the ever so popular, "Why me God?" I just finally got it together and now I'm without a car, and in severe pain. It's SO easy to get sucked into self pity and bury yourself with pessimistic thoughts. As the medications wore off, I really started to try evaluate what God was really wanting to teach me.

I am a FIRM believer that EVERYTHING happens for a reason because it is God's will, both good and bad. The tough times, are there to mold you into the person God created you to be, no matter the extent of the struggle.

This, is what I learned this last week.

" Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 

-Colossians 3:2 "

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. or where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. -Matthew 6:19-21"

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. -Matthew 6:24"

My daily thoughts and mind were so focused on money, bills, vacations, and earthly things, that I wasn't focusing on heavenly things and LIFE. I've always been a hustler and have worked 2-3 jobs since I was 16 years old. I enjoy having nice things that I have worked hard for. 

Material things and life, can be taken from you in the blink of an eye. 

I am a witness to that last week. I seriously can't believe how fast it happened and how fortunate I am to be alive. In a split second I owned a 2010 Civic, was in perfect health, and felt like I was on top of the world and in the next, I had no car, extensive whiplash, and I felt like I hit rock bottom. 

In my previous blog I discussed making the days count. 

If I were to have died last Friday, what mark would I have left on the world? What would people say about me at my funeral?

Did the positives, outweigh the negative decisions in my life?

Did I make the most out of every day and did I help every person God put me in contact with?

Material things are here to be enjoyed, not treasured.

 Imagine if you spent a little less time on facebook/twitter/instagram/tv and a little more time in your bible. This is me, preaching to myself because we all know I post 100 times a day! :P 

"Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. -James 4:14"

Yes, you need money in order to pay bills and live, I get that. If all you are living for is to have nicer things, are you really living? 

Your big fancy house and nice vehicles aren't going to remember you when you are gone. 

The million pairs of boots and miss me jeans aren't going to take care of/ comfort you when you are sick. 

"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. -1 Corinthians 13:13"

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world. 

-Gandhi"

LIVE, for love. 

People aren't going to remember you just by what you say, they are going to remember you by what you have done.

 BE the change you wish to see in the world and don't live an empty greedy lifestyle. 

"What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? -Mark 8:36"

Life is short, make the MOST out of EVERY SINGLE DAY and do so abundantly with LOVE.

Okay, so this blog was quite winded but my mind has been in full overload this last week!

Love y'all.

“The Lord bless you and keep you;
 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”’

-Numbers 6:24-26

Becoming the Proverbs 31:30 woman....

HELLO WORLD!

I started this blog, to jog down the many thoughts that cloud my mind every single second of the day.

Also, I wanted to walk everyone through all the Lord is doing in my life and my own personal daily bible studies.

I'm going to post my trials and tribulations, the good and the bad. 

He continues to work in me, in very BOLD ways and it's because I ask him to! 

I am so undeserving of the love that is bestowed upon me. I'm sure allllllllllll of little Alamogordo has some kind of idea the trouble I used to get myself into. I am now SAVED, entirely imperfect but working on MYSELF, EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

It's astonishing to me the way I view the world now. I would never say that I was an entirely selfish individual before but most of my actions were self centered. My world, was all about ME and now, I live my life for HIM. I can't even begin to describe the day I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Trinity Lutheran is the church I grew up in. I attend bible school, went every Sunday, attended vacation bible school, and was confirmed Lutheran. I didn't have a prayer life, I sinned with no remorse, Jesus never crossed my mind in any situation I faced, and didn't even own my own personal bible. I was lost and in an ugly sinful spiral. The first day I walked in to cottonwood christian fellowship, my life was changed. Julia, one of my best friends invited me when she was home. I was skeptical at first seeing as I was raised in such a traditional church setting. Non-the-less, I went with an open mind. Walking in, everyone was so friendly and I think I was approached by every single person in that church with such a genuine smile. I entered the sanctuary and was astonished that a church had a band and projectors. When worship started, I was uncomfortable but all of a sudden I was completely consumed and overwhelmed. I felt as if I was in an entirely different state of being, I was numb and all I could do was cry. The music was magnified, the lights were the brightest I have ever seen, the words of the music spoke to my soul and in that moment, I accepted Jesus into my heart. I know God brought me there for a reason, in his timing. Pastor Smith, is the most genuine person I have EVER met in my life. He isn't a Joel, he will tell you his sins and call you out on your own. His sermon struck right to my soul and since that first day I couldn't get enough. I was so hungry for the word of God. I don't blame my previous church for not embracing me as an adolescent and guiding me in the word but I felt like it was my first day at church. The only bible verse I had memorized was, John 3:16. From then on, I have been on a journey to find why God put me on this Earth. My heart, has been completely changed and my life now has vision. I have found that I was born to be a nurse and work with children. I do not know where he will lead me once I get my degree but my future is secure. I am a daughter of a king, who is not moved by the world. For my God is with me and goes before me. I do not fear because I am HIS.

So, there is my story. What am I working on now? Judgement.

Must I say, THIS is by far the toughest lesson.

The world is a dark/sinful place and it's so easy to see the devil working in all forms of entertainment and people so boldly today. I can't sit in judgement because my sins are different than others. Sin, is sin. It is not my place to point out any one else's sin because I should be focusing on my own life and working on myself. I have to account for my own actions come judgement day, not anyone else.

“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, andwith the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."

 -Matthew 7:1-5

I am not going to press my Christianity on anyone, I want to be light in this world due to my actions. Living for HIS glory on the earth.

Well, I think that's enough for now. 

Love y'all!