Ok, I wanted to apologize for being so out of it recently but the end of summer is almost as bad as the end of school for me.
So, today I learned the song "east to west" by Casting Crowns. I love the whole chorus. If you haven't heard it, it says
"Jesus, can You show me just how far the east is from the west 'cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again In the arms of Your mercy I find rest 'cause You know just how far the east is from the west From one scarred hand to the other"
It applies to me so personally, especially the "I can't bear to see the man I've been rising up in me again" because 7th-9th grade I honestly hated myself. I thought I was a monster I thought I didn't deserve to live and that I was just a burden to other people. But, something I didn't know until early this year is that one of my best friends had been praying for me to see myself as God sees me. Now I sort of do. I don't LOVE myself, there are always things to improve on but I see how I am made in Gods image and how much my friends care about me and how I encourage them. So, all of that to say, I'm always afraid that that person, the self-loathing, Self-centered, monster of a person will rise up in me again.
I read through Proverbs 18 today. My favorite verse in this chapter was verse 29
"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a close friend whop sticks closer than a brother"
I worshiped to Give Me Faith, What Faith Can Do, and I Will Rise.
An extra added note for tonight. Earlier today I was looking through a book of photographs of national parks and most of them I was just like "Oh, that's pretty" or "That looks cool" But there was one picture in particular that almost brought me to tears because of its beauty. It's really just a simple picture but it's Amazing, this is a link to the picture http://hopanseladams15.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/ansel-adams-07.jpg
All I could think while looking at it was that God created the Oceans and rocks and the moon to control waves and the Photographer (Ansel Adams) with an amazing eye for beauty in simple things. I just think we have the most amazing, creative, beautiful God.
I prayed tonight as always.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 18:16
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Lead Me To The Cross
Het guys! So tonight I learned "Lead Me To The Cross" By Hillsong United.
I love this song because I can just lay myself down before Christ whenever I sing it.
I read through Proverbs 17.
I worship to There is No one like you and I will rise.
And I prayed tonight.
With Love,
Grace
Galatians 2:20
I love this song because I can just lay myself down before Christ whenever I sing it.
I read through Proverbs 17.
I worship to There is No one like you and I will rise.
And I prayed tonight.
With Love,
Grace
Galatians 2:20
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Amazing Grace
So, I have put off learning this song for a while because it sounds fairly conceded coming from someone named Grace but honestly, It is one of my favorite hymns so I learned Amazing Grace today.
I worshiped to Trading My Sorrow, You Deserve, and Every Move I make.
I read through Proverbs 16. I really liked verse 4 which says
"The Lords works out everything for His own ends. Even the wicked for a day of disaster"
I really liked that verse because it's just a reminder that God does have a plan even when Things are hard and we don't understand.
I prayed today as always.
It's kind of awesome how much God has changed me in the past month. I'm starting to see things with a new pair of eyes and even when I feel my human nature creeping up I know exactly what it is (Most of the time)m and can shut it down with prayer.
My prayer for all of you is that you can trust that God will work in your life even when you can't see how things will turn out ok.
With Love,
Grace.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
I worshiped to Trading My Sorrow, You Deserve, and Every Move I make.
I read through Proverbs 16. I really liked verse 4 which says
"The Lords works out everything for His own ends. Even the wicked for a day of disaster"
I really liked that verse because it's just a reminder that God does have a plan even when Things are hard and we don't understand.
I prayed today as always.
It's kind of awesome how much God has changed me in the past month. I'm starting to see things with a new pair of eyes and even when I feel my human nature creeping up I know exactly what it is (Most of the time)m and can shut it down with prayer.
My prayer for all of you is that you can trust that God will work in your life even when you can't see how things will turn out ok.
With Love,
Grace.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
He Reigns
Ok! So, today has been a really cool day.
I'm actually not going to start where I usually do i'm going to start with this afternoon when I met with my youth pastor for coffee. We Talked about the direction youth group is going and it was really encouraging to me because I haven't been able to be there on sundays because my family changed churches so I kind of felt like I wan't as much a part of the youth group as I used to be but I got to see how I can be involved in the youth group more than most even though I can't be ther sunday mornings. I really love that about the church (How it should be at least). the church body is like a family and even if you can't be there you are still loved and cared for by your fellow Christians. A biblical example of this is every church that Paul started. In His letters he writes a lot about coming to visit them so that he can encourage them and they can encourage him. never once in His letters is there resentment about not being at the church he is writing to.
Today I learned the song "He Reigns" by The Newsboys. It's a fantastic worship song and if you haven't heard it you need to listen to it.
I worshiped to Lord I Lift Your Name On High, Always Forever, and It Is Finished.
I read through Proverbs 15 tonight and the first verse is one that I'm just going to touch on real quick. 15:1 says "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger"
If you think back to arguments you've had in your life you will find this so accurate. If someone said "Hey, you did this wrong and I think you should fix it" if you reply with "Oh! ok you're right let me get on that!" even if you think you did it right already there is no way that person will get/stay mad at you unless they are struggling with something personally, but if you responded by saying "Well you did this, this, this, and this wrong! how do you have any right to tell me what to do?" 90/100 times the other person will get angrier and that is just one example of how harsh words stir up anger.
I need to take that proverb to heart a lot of times because my first response to almost anything is to snap at someone and that just makes it harder on me and them.
I prayed today about the same as yesterday.
One extra thing today! I finished reading The Magicians Nephew by C.S. Lewis. I've read the whole Chronicles of Narnia before but not for a while so I'm re-reading them. As I was reading through the part where Aslan is singing the world into existence I am just reminded of Gods beauty and creativity. I mean, God created every single detail of the universe. he created you, every little detail of you. And he didn't do any of this "By accident" He didn't create you and say "Hey, I like those freckles on her nose! I didn't even mean to do that!" God is so creative and beautiful that you see it in every aspect of His creation.
Well, that's all for tonight. My prayer for all of you is that you can see Gods beauty in everything you look at. Whether it's in the mountains on a hike in perfect weather or if its you coffee as you're sitting here at your computer. Like, seriously coffee was inspired by God. it had to be! like, who in their right mind said "Hey! we should roast this bean and then grind it and then pour hot water through it!" God, loves us enough to give us coffee. just saying haha.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 15:1
I'm actually not going to start where I usually do i'm going to start with this afternoon when I met with my youth pastor for coffee. We Talked about the direction youth group is going and it was really encouraging to me because I haven't been able to be there on sundays because my family changed churches so I kind of felt like I wan't as much a part of the youth group as I used to be but I got to see how I can be involved in the youth group more than most even though I can't be ther sunday mornings. I really love that about the church (How it should be at least). the church body is like a family and even if you can't be there you are still loved and cared for by your fellow Christians. A biblical example of this is every church that Paul started. In His letters he writes a lot about coming to visit them so that he can encourage them and they can encourage him. never once in His letters is there resentment about not being at the church he is writing to.
Today I learned the song "He Reigns" by The Newsboys. It's a fantastic worship song and if you haven't heard it you need to listen to it.
I worshiped to Lord I Lift Your Name On High, Always Forever, and It Is Finished.
I read through Proverbs 15 tonight and the first verse is one that I'm just going to touch on real quick. 15:1 says "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger"
If you think back to arguments you've had in your life you will find this so accurate. If someone said "Hey, you did this wrong and I think you should fix it" if you reply with "Oh! ok you're right let me get on that!" even if you think you did it right already there is no way that person will get/stay mad at you unless they are struggling with something personally, but if you responded by saying "Well you did this, this, this, and this wrong! how do you have any right to tell me what to do?" 90/100 times the other person will get angrier and that is just one example of how harsh words stir up anger.
I need to take that proverb to heart a lot of times because my first response to almost anything is to snap at someone and that just makes it harder on me and them.
I prayed today about the same as yesterday.
One extra thing today! I finished reading The Magicians Nephew by C.S. Lewis. I've read the whole Chronicles of Narnia before but not for a while so I'm re-reading them. As I was reading through the part where Aslan is singing the world into existence I am just reminded of Gods beauty and creativity. I mean, God created every single detail of the universe. he created you, every little detail of you. And he didn't do any of this "By accident" He didn't create you and say "Hey, I like those freckles on her nose! I didn't even mean to do that!" God is so creative and beautiful that you see it in every aspect of His creation.
Well, that's all for tonight. My prayer for all of you is that you can see Gods beauty in everything you look at. Whether it's in the mountains on a hike in perfect weather or if its you coffee as you're sitting here at your computer. Like, seriously coffee was inspired by God. it had to be! like, who in their right mind said "Hey! we should roast this bean and then grind it and then pour hot water through it!" God, loves us enough to give us coffee. just saying haha.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 15:1
Monday, August 5, 2013
There Will Be A Day/Lead Me
Hey everyone! my internet stopped working last night again and that's why I didn't post .
Last night I Learned Lead Me by Sanctus Real, I don't remember what I worshiped to but I did worship, I read through proverbs 13 and I prayed.
Tonight I Learned there will Be A Day by Jeremy Camp. I really love that song for the same reasons I love I will rise.
I Worshiped to How He Loves and It Is Finished.
I read through Proverbs 14
And I prayed tonight. Especially for Patrick Chin who's going through chemo and specifically asked for more prayer today and I also Prayed for this kid Wesley Baker. I've never met him in my life but he got in a car accident a week or 2 ago and he lives only 2 towns over from me so I've been praying for him but I just decided to Focus on those 2 people the most tonight.
I actually would like to request for you to pray for me and my family right now. For me to be more enthusiastic about doing my Blog. I Love the worship and the prayer but reading my bible and writing are just hard for me right now and I would like prayer for me family as we're in the process of adopting a 7 year old boy out of the foster system and that exciting but frightening as well.
Thankyou all for reading this and keeping up with me and holding me accountable when I don't feel like spending time on this.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 13:7
Last night I Learned Lead Me by Sanctus Real, I don't remember what I worshiped to but I did worship, I read through proverbs 13 and I prayed.
Tonight I Learned there will Be A Day by Jeremy Camp. I really love that song for the same reasons I love I will rise.
I Worshiped to How He Loves and It Is Finished.
I read through Proverbs 14
And I prayed tonight. Especially for Patrick Chin who's going through chemo and specifically asked for more prayer today and I also Prayed for this kid Wesley Baker. I've never met him in my life but he got in a car accident a week or 2 ago and he lives only 2 towns over from me so I've been praying for him but I just decided to Focus on those 2 people the most tonight.
I actually would like to request for you to pray for me and my family right now. For me to be more enthusiastic about doing my Blog. I Love the worship and the prayer but reading my bible and writing are just hard for me right now and I would like prayer for me family as we're in the process of adopting a 7 year old boy out of the foster system and that exciting but frightening as well.
Thankyou all for reading this and keeping up with me and holding me accountable when I don't feel like spending time on this.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 13:7
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Lord I Lift your name on high
Hey guys! it's late and I have to get to bed because I spent to much time with worship.
I learned the song "Lord, I Lift Your Name On High" and it's just a really cool song that I've been singing as long as I can remember so i'm glad I can play it now!
I worshiped to Always Forever, It Is Finished, Set A Fire, No One Like You, I Will Rise, and Forgiven.
I read through Proverbs 12 tonight then prayed!
Sorry it had to be short tonight but I honestly would rather take a while and worship and have fellowship with God than make a long post and have to cut out some worship.
My prayer for all of you is that you will put God first in your lives.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 12:1
I learned the song "Lord, I Lift Your Name On High" and it's just a really cool song that I've been singing as long as I can remember so i'm glad I can play it now!
I worshiped to Always Forever, It Is Finished, Set A Fire, No One Like You, I Will Rise, and Forgiven.
I read through Proverbs 12 tonight then prayed!
Sorry it had to be short tonight but I honestly would rather take a while and worship and have fellowship with God than make a long post and have to cut out some worship.
My prayer for all of you is that you will put God first in your lives.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 12:1
Friday, August 2, 2013
Lord, I Need You
Hey guys! So tonight I learned "Lord I Need You" by Chris Tomlin. I like that song because I do need God and it reminds me to ask for Him not just assume He'll be there.
I worshiped to Revelation Song and You Never Let Go.
I read through Proverbs 11 and I actually liked it a lot. It was talking again about holding your tongue which I needed to be reminded of today so I think it's just really cool that God shows you exactly what you need when you need it.
and I prayed tonight as always.
My prayer for all of you is that The Lord would make clear his plans for you and when he tells them to you that you would have an open mind to his plan for you because God always knows best.
With Love,
Grace.
Psalm 91:1
I worshiped to Revelation Song and You Never Let Go.
I read through Proverbs 11 and I actually liked it a lot. It was talking again about holding your tongue which I needed to be reminded of today so I think it's just really cool that God shows you exactly what you need when you need it.
and I prayed tonight as always.
My prayer for all of you is that The Lord would make clear his plans for you and when he tells them to you that you would have an open mind to his plan for you because God always knows best.
With Love,
Grace.
Psalm 91:1
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Doubled Up
Hey guys! sorry for not posting last night! I did everything and then went to post and my internet was being lame and wouldn't let me. So i'm going to blog about last night and tonight.
Ok, so last night I learned "Wonderful Merciful Savior" And I think it's a really cool song. and the lyrics are extremely comforting. I love the 2nd verse it says "Counselor, comforter, keeper. Spirit we long to embrace. You offer hope when our hearts have hopelessly lost our way" I can't tell you how many times I have felt lost and hopeless and confused and I need to remember to ask for Gods comfort and counsel because he's the only one who really knows what's best for me and he's the only one who can give me true peace through struggles.
I read through Proverbs 8-9 and actually enjoyed it. I'm jus going to post and comment on the verses I highlighted.
8:5 "You who are simple gain prudence you who are foolish gain understanding" I liked that one because I'm pretty foolish and I can't do anything right so knowing that I may gain wisdom through God is encouraging.
8:13 "To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech" That verse is kinda convicting because do we really HATE evil? do we really hate when people do bad things as long as we come out on the good side of it? Do we really hate wordly things? Do we really hate that there are half naked women on the front of magazines? And if we're honest, we don't. And we need to so that we can keep our eyes on Christ.
9:6 "Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding" I need to take that one to heart because I know that sometimes I would rather live in ignorance. It's easier, less painful, but I know that it ends in tragedy. I need to remember to seek wisdom and no matter what the out come to follow her ways always.
9:8-9 "Do not rebuke the mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; Teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning." I find this verse incredibly true in my life. 2 Years ago if someone had told me I was doing something wrong my response probably would've been "Screw you, I know what i'm doing. leave me alone" Now (I'm not saying i'm righteous, i'm just saying I have grown in Christ) if someone were to tell me I'm doing something wrong I will step back, look at it from another angle, and pray about and thank them for guiding me. It's amazing how different the outcomes of those to responses are. When I didn't accept other peoples wisdom I always end up hurt more than necessary but now, if I follow Gods plan as he reveals it through other people It is much easier. I still get hurt, I still screw up, but much much less.
9:10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the holy one is understanding" again, I have found this stunningly true in my life. We gain knowledge of "The Holy One" by studying His word and hence we have understanding.
I worshiped to Always Forever and Come Thou Fount.
Something new I got to pray for last night was the processes of my family adopting a little boy. It's at the very beginning so we don't know where it will go from here but we are praying that God would help us to trust Him no matter what the outcome of this situation is.
Adoption is really cool because that's how we are saved. God has adopted us into His holy family and something really cool about adopted children is they cannot be written out of the will. They will always be an heir to whatever you have even if you hate them by the end of your life but you can write your biological children out of your will. It's amazing how this law lines up with what God has done for us, God "wrote Christ out of his will" for a period of time so that He could adopt us! and now that we have been adopted nothing can ever take away our inheritance.
Ok! Done with yesterday's on t today's!
So I learned the song "Beautiful One" by Jeremy Camp. I really like that song because it's pure worship. all the whole song is is telling God how beautiful and wonderful He is.
I worshiped to How He Loves and Set A Fire
I read through Proverbs 10 tonight and I can't go through every verse I highlighted because half of the chapter is highlighted but i'll go over my favorites from the chapter.
verse 4 says "Lazy hands make a man poor but diligent hands bring wealth" That one sonds like a no brainer like "duh, work=money" so it's obvious but we always seem to forget and fall back into laziness.
verse 8 says "The wise in hear accept commands but a chattering fool comes to ruin" Another obvious one but a good reminder.
verse 19 says "When words are many, sin is not absent but he who holds his tongue is wise." I love this verse because my father has been telling me this my whole life only phrased like this "If you never open your mouth people can never confirm that you're stupid" so It's just good to remember.
I prayed tonight and thanked God for the things I always forget to. Like, His word. I mean, how amazing is it that we have one giant letter from God that will show us different things at different parts of our lives? I just think it's really cool.
Well, thanks for bearing with me through that long post! my prayer for all of you is that you will not only accept when a brother in Christ rebukes you but that you will ask to be held accountable for the way you conduct yourself. I pray that for you because it will bring you so much more joy in your walk with Christ than walking in ignorance.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 8:32
Ok, so last night I learned "Wonderful Merciful Savior" And I think it's a really cool song. and the lyrics are extremely comforting. I love the 2nd verse it says "Counselor, comforter, keeper. Spirit we long to embrace. You offer hope when our hearts have hopelessly lost our way" I can't tell you how many times I have felt lost and hopeless and confused and I need to remember to ask for Gods comfort and counsel because he's the only one who really knows what's best for me and he's the only one who can give me true peace through struggles.
I read through Proverbs 8-9 and actually enjoyed it. I'm jus going to post and comment on the verses I highlighted.
8:5 "You who are simple gain prudence you who are foolish gain understanding" I liked that one because I'm pretty foolish and I can't do anything right so knowing that I may gain wisdom through God is encouraging.
8:13 "To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech" That verse is kinda convicting because do we really HATE evil? do we really hate when people do bad things as long as we come out on the good side of it? Do we really hate wordly things? Do we really hate that there are half naked women on the front of magazines? And if we're honest, we don't. And we need to so that we can keep our eyes on Christ.
9:6 "Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding" I need to take that one to heart because I know that sometimes I would rather live in ignorance. It's easier, less painful, but I know that it ends in tragedy. I need to remember to seek wisdom and no matter what the out come to follow her ways always.
9:8-9 "Do not rebuke the mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; Teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning." I find this verse incredibly true in my life. 2 Years ago if someone had told me I was doing something wrong my response probably would've been "Screw you, I know what i'm doing. leave me alone" Now (I'm not saying i'm righteous, i'm just saying I have grown in Christ) if someone were to tell me I'm doing something wrong I will step back, look at it from another angle, and pray about and thank them for guiding me. It's amazing how different the outcomes of those to responses are. When I didn't accept other peoples wisdom I always end up hurt more than necessary but now, if I follow Gods plan as he reveals it through other people It is much easier. I still get hurt, I still screw up, but much much less.
9:10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the holy one is understanding" again, I have found this stunningly true in my life. We gain knowledge of "The Holy One" by studying His word and hence we have understanding.
I worshiped to Always Forever and Come Thou Fount.
Something new I got to pray for last night was the processes of my family adopting a little boy. It's at the very beginning so we don't know where it will go from here but we are praying that God would help us to trust Him no matter what the outcome of this situation is.
Adoption is really cool because that's how we are saved. God has adopted us into His holy family and something really cool about adopted children is they cannot be written out of the will. They will always be an heir to whatever you have even if you hate them by the end of your life but you can write your biological children out of your will. It's amazing how this law lines up with what God has done for us, God "wrote Christ out of his will" for a period of time so that He could adopt us! and now that we have been adopted nothing can ever take away our inheritance.
Ok! Done with yesterday's on t today's!
So I learned the song "Beautiful One" by Jeremy Camp. I really like that song because it's pure worship. all the whole song is is telling God how beautiful and wonderful He is.
I worshiped to How He Loves and Set A Fire
I read through Proverbs 10 tonight and I can't go through every verse I highlighted because half of the chapter is highlighted but i'll go over my favorites from the chapter.
verse 4 says "Lazy hands make a man poor but diligent hands bring wealth" That one sonds like a no brainer like "duh, work=money" so it's obvious but we always seem to forget and fall back into laziness.
verse 8 says "The wise in hear accept commands but a chattering fool comes to ruin" Another obvious one but a good reminder.
verse 19 says "When words are many, sin is not absent but he who holds his tongue is wise." I love this verse because my father has been telling me this my whole life only phrased like this "If you never open your mouth people can never confirm that you're stupid" so It's just good to remember.
I prayed tonight and thanked God for the things I always forget to. Like, His word. I mean, how amazing is it that we have one giant letter from God that will show us different things at different parts of our lives? I just think it's really cool.
Well, thanks for bearing with me through that long post! my prayer for all of you is that you will not only accept when a brother in Christ rebukes you but that you will ask to be held accountable for the way you conduct yourself. I pray that for you because it will bring you so much more joy in your walk with Christ than walking in ignorance.
With Love,
Grace.
Proverbs 8:32
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