Psalms 139:16

The only thing that I got to say, the only thing that I've kept on saying to myself today is this- Baby, RUN! (yea.. I talk to myself....)   " Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us , fixing our eyes on Jesus , the pioneer and perfecter of faith." (Heb 12:1-2)  " Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize . Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.  Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.  No , I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave " (1 Corinthians 9:24-27) Run baby, RUN! It's going to be hard. The mo...

I find myself fighting some nights. Fighting God, His purpose, His plan, His will, His game plan. I see myself running endlessly some days. Running away from Christ. Running away from the responsibilities that He has put before me so that I can do what I want to do. I get myself lost in the mess that I've created some times. I get broken in the emptiness of a world that does not, that cannot satisfy the hunger in me for a divine Love, divine relationship. I get hungry for love and I look relentlessly for something.. and realize what I have realized a thousand times before. Simply that nothing, no one, NOTHING in this world can ever complete my life but Him. Him, Jesus Christ. In all the run around that I do, I find myself in front of the cross. And its at the cross that I come to two elementary but profound conclusions. One, He loves me. The cross is an emblem of divine love, exclusively for the lost, condemned, broken,and unlovable. Jesus Chri...

ALL things work TOGETHER for GOOD for those who LOVE God ,  those who are CALLED according to His purpose .  God is has been "working" this verse-- Romans 8:28 in my life. I'm not sure if that makes sense but God has been speaking this particular Word to me, over and over for the last couple of weeks, through my friends, pastors, and in my personal devotional time with God.  I get the feeling that God keeps reminding His Word because one of these days, I am going to need to use it or maybe it is for today- that I need to hope on Him. Trust in Him. Believe on Him and upon His purpose. A friend sent me this blog and I was blessed and reminded what Romans 8:28 was all about. Please read it if you have the time. But I'll leave you with a quote! (...a long long quote)  "Imagine a parallel set of train tracks that extends as far as the eye can see.  Those tracks represent the experiences that we all go through in life – one is the painful experi...

We taught early on to accomplish something amazing. have everything that is the best. be beautiful. taught and trained to be someone great. Truth is, I've always desired to be the smartest, the best, and the greatest. And let me shamefully admit, I've looked many a times, to be the prettiest, to be most liked... to capture the eye of the world.  And I am sorely disappointed when I come up short. (what a continual disappointment it has been =) Today, I was reminded what Jesus thinks about my quest be great. Mark 9: 33-37 --> On a long walk, Jesus overheard His disciples have a heated argument on who's the greatest among their posse. Maybe Peter started off their little discussion by saying that he was the only one out of the twelve who walked on water, even if it was for like 2 seconds. Of course he was the greatest. John and James might have countered Peter's claim to fame by saying that they were after all "the sons of thunder", and that has to have som...

If you have a few minutes to spare-- READ THIS !    My two favorite quotes from Dobson in this article :   " I am no longer a preacher,” said Dobson. “Today, I would say I am a Jesus follower. Period." I think that we all get caught up in life. In doing. In going. And we forget why? And we forget for what? My occupation is just an occupation. It's all temporary. One day, this chapter will end. But today and everyday of my life, I am a follower of Jesus Christ. And that is something that will ring true for all of eternity. When asked about his wife -  “She is my right hand, my left hand, my left foot, my right foot, my heart and my brain,” Dobson said. “Without her, it would be impossible to go on.” I have no comments, but that I love it!

I was asking a friend a question about the lecture we just had, when my professor, also a dean of our college, overheard me and asked me if I had a question he could answer. I shyly responded 'no, nothing really'. And he looked at me and said 'I am here to answer your questions but you would rather ask your friend that question than me?'. He smiled and walked away to answer someone else. It made me think.. How many times do we try to solve our problems by ourselves, when the GREAT I AM is here, as a friend, as a Father, to help us with our every need.

Have you ever waited for something exciting to come into your life? I find myself there. Waiting for a page or two to turn. Sometimes I feel like my life, the routine of going to school and studying, gets rather boring. I find myself waiting for the chapter of wild adventures to start. It is almost as if I'm waiting for my lottery ticket to arrive and life to be super awesome somehow. I find myself thinking about the deserts of Africa or the villages of India, exploring the vastness of what seems like another universe. I imagine treating diseases and setting up clinics and preaching the gospel to a people whose language I have never known. I think about my future husband, who should have been a supermodel but decided instead to share the gospel with the world. (KIDDING! ..kinda) ..My mother always did say I had a vivid imagination. I think it's healthy to want to go somewhere in life. Its important to have goals and dreams. But I think there is a lesson in being content i...