beautiful thoughts

A thought has surfaced tonight, a beautiful thought.
You see I believe in God’s complete sovereignty, I believe that He is foreknowing and omnificent. Now I could sit here and tell you that I know all about God’s love, but I couldn’t tell you that I have really searched to understand what exactly that means.
So honestly do I really know about God’s love? Right now I am just going to share some thoughts running through my brain, some beautiful thoughts.

• God knew me before I drew one single breath.
• He knew how many hairs He would place on my head and He knew the exact number of freckles that would be placed on my nose, even before He created me.
• He knew me and still knows me, every little detail, inside and out.
• He knew that I would turn from him, that I would be sinful, and that he would send his son to be propitiation for my sins, yet He still loved me before He created me.
• God knew that my flesh would fail. But He created me anyway. 
• God fully knew that He would create a sinful human that would turn from him, disobey him, run from him and be the reason why Jesus was on that cross. Yet He calls me his beloved.

This kind of love is remarkable and marvelous. I feel so much joy when these thoughts come into my mind. I’m just constantly reminded of how unworthy I am, and it amazes me that God knowing all of this would still create and love me nonetheless.
How beautiful and magnificent our God is.

divine nature

None of these pictures were taken by me, I stumbled upon them. But they certainly are beautiful.

Song of Solomon  6:10 - "Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?"

Hebrews 1:3 -  He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Job 35:32 - He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. 

Ezekiel 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it."

Psalm 19:1 -The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. - ROMANS 1:20

Thoughts On Sunday

A pretty exciting thought has been floating around in my head all day and as I was reading tonight, it came across my mind again. But this time I was so excited that I had to share it.

 These past few months my church Cornerstone has been going through 1st Corinthians. As we continue to read and Tony Hall continues to preach each Sunday, I get the notion that I am enjoying this book more than what I ever have before. But the scripture that was so astounding to me this morning was…

1st Corinthians 2:9-12

But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him"--these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

I am completely astonished. The same Spirit that searches and understands the depths of The One and Only God, The God of the Universe, is dwelling inside of me? How undeserving and unworthy I am, yet I am loved by a Holy God. A God that ordained His Son to die on a cross, to credit me with His righteousness and He still doesn't stop there. God knew that my flesh would fail, so He gave me His Spirit to convict and move me. Now that I have received that Spirit I want to do nothing more but obey and wholly surrender to it.

"I want nothing more than to live in total surrender and abandonment to the Spirit every moment I have left on this earth... I don't want my life to be explainable apart from the Spirit" 
-Francis Chan

I WILL RUN

HELLO THERE!
For those who have been reading this blog, I really appreciate it. Although I haven't got a lot of feedback(which you should do so, because I would love to hear your comments) I still enjoy looking at the stats and seeing how many people read my blog daily. So thank you, I hope you get as much pleasure reading the posts, as I do writing them. However, this post is going to be a tad bit different. 


BIG NEWS: Just a few minutes ago I signed up for a Half Marathon in Chicago! Yes, I know, me running a half marathon? WHAT IN THE WORLD?! 


But the more I prayed about it the more I knew that it was something God has called me to do. It is for a wonderful organization called As Our Own (click for info) who help women out of their difficult lifestyles in the sex trafficking industry. It really is a great organization changing the lives of women in India and maybe even changing the lives of those running for them. For the past month I've been reading these girls life stories and the more I read, the more inclined I felt to do something to help change their lives. That is why I am dedicated to run. 


But I can't just do it by myself, I need to raise support to help these women. So this is just an opportunity for you to get involved also, even if it is just by donating a dollar. Just imagine, I have 587 facebook friends, if everyone donated one dollar, that would help me get to my individual goal of $750.00 So please, if you feel as inclined to help as I did, then do it! But most importantly I just want you to pray for  these women. Pray that God would be the center of their lives and that He would completely change their lives for His glory. 


Thanks for reading, if you'd like to donate click here!

ACTS 20:35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

overwhelmed is an understatement

Ask yourself the question below. Don’t just read the question then continue to read the rest of this post, but seriously ask yourself this and examine your heart.


If you claim to be a Christian, how are you different than a non believer? Other than the fact that you believe that a God exists and maybe you sometimes pray, how else are you different?


Years ago when I asked myself that question, I couldn’t think of anything else that would set me apart from those who do not know Him. Until Christ changed me. I was dead in sin, but He raised me up and made me new. He regenerated my heart, gave me surpassing joy and now I am forever changed. This post is going to be real short and straight to the point. If you can’t think of anything else that makes you different, then pray earnestly, search your heart and ask God to search your heart as well. You do not want to be like the Pharisee’s who claimed to know God, yet when He sent his son like He promised they crucified Him. They were "religious people" and still they were blind. So don’t be religious, instead be a follower of Christ. Let your whole life revolve around Christ. Be gospel centered and fall in love with THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. 


Switching gears here:
Today I am just overwhelmed with joy. I cannot even comprehend just how beautiful God is. Every time I think I am somewhat close to understanding the goodness of God, He shows me a whole new view and I am taken back by His power, glory and love. 


So this is what falling in love over and over again feels like...