thirty five.

"He must become greater, I must become less."

John 3:30

Thirty four.

"Then call on me when you are in trouble,

and I will rescue you,

and you will give me glory."

Psalm 50:15

Thirty three.

In the Bible, we are commanded to be lights unto the world. Spreading the gospel and God's outstanding, unfailing love to everyone. Doesn't that seem like a lot of pressure? Or doesn't it seem like a hassle? No, not if you are doing it correctly.

Lately, all I've been thinking about is how to be an example of God... how can someone like me glorify and reflect someone like Him? That question has been swirling around in my mind for days. The answer is so clear  but it is honestly easier said than done. In the times that we are confronted with situations where it is easier to follow the flesh than follow God, the answer tends to disappear. The answer is: Love God.

By loving God, we will automatically just want to love everyone and follow his commands. If we really have our sights set on Him, then the rest will fall into place. 

So, in short, this next week all I am going to do is focus on expanding my ability to love. Not the sissy, frilly, Hollywood-hot-pink kind of love, but the real stuff. The love that is willing to work through the dirty and the tough times. 

Thirty two.

James 4

Thirty One.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+2:23-24&version=NIV

2 kings 2:23

thirty.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"

Matthew 6:25

twenty nine

"Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows"

Luke 12:6-8

24-25-26-27-28

This weekend I went to Colorado with my Highschool group at church. It was a lot of fun, but I did not have internet access hence the lack of posts. Otherwise, I most definitely, would have posted everyday.

I learned a lot this weekend. Mostly about God's love for us, second chances, and how we should keep ourselves from running from God.

God's love for us:

Second Chances:
 We always want second chances... we don't deserve them. God gives them to us any ways. He easily could smoke us when we do something wrong, yet He is eager to forgive us and give us second chances.

Keep ourselves from running from God:
Remember Jonah? Yeah... that story pretty much sums all of this up. God will get his way and his way is so much better than ours. It is ridiculous how we are so fast to say that our way is best. We know nothing compared to the knowledge of the God of this universe. He has a plan for us and will never put us in harms way.


This weekend I also realized how important communication is... in all aspects. We need to talk to people when we have issues with them. We need to communicate with God through prayer. Most of all we need to communicate the love of God to others.

Have a blessed day.

Twenty- three.

Peel back our ribs again
and stand inside of our chest.
We just wanna' love you
We just wanna' love you

Peel back the veil of time
And let us see You with our naked eyes
We just wanna' love you
We just wanna' love you

We want your blood to flow inside our body
We want your wind inside our lungs
We just wanna' love you
We just wanna' love you

Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity
On the lips of the found
And gravestones roll
To the rhythm of the sound of you
Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity
On the lips of the found
So separate those doors
And let the son of resurrection in.

Oh let us adore the
Son of Glory drenched in love
Open up your gates before him
Crown Him, stand Him up

Skeleton Bones- John Mark McMillan. 

Twenty-two.

"For non of us lives for ourselves alone, and non of us dies for ourselves alone.If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord.So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this reason, Christ died and returned to life so that He might be Lord for both the dead and the living."

Romans 14:7-9

Twenty One.

Happy Valentines Day.

John 3:16-21 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3:16-21&version=NIV
He sent his son, we live, we won't be condemned. 18-20 "Whoever lives in the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly what he has done has been done through God."

John 17:9-24 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2017:9-24&version=NIV
Jesus prayed for us; that we may be like Him and that God would have mercy on us. He wants us to be glorified and sanctified like He is.

Romans 8:31-38 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%208:31-38&version=NIV
Nothing will be able to separate us from our Lord. "We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

Ephesians 2:4-6 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%202:4-6&version=NIV
God made us alive in Christ even though we were dead in our sins. God has seated us up with him in heaven through Christ.

1 John 4:7-21 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204:7-21&version=NIV
Love comes from God. "Perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment." "God is Love." "Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

In short.
Love isn't that we loved God but He loved us. Whoever does not love, does not know God...

God is love.

He loved me even when I was useless to Him.

 

Twenty.

"Even the strong young lions will go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing."

Psalm 34:10

Nineteen.

"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances."

Philippians 4:11

Eighteen.

http://mlouisesharp.tumblr.com/

I made a tumblr.


I IS PARTZ OF DA TUMBLAR!! Follow me... stuff like that.   I won't always do the three-sixty-five thing on tumblr, but I might post one every once in a while. Also, on top of that I have funny things to say/share/think that I don't want to do on feeezybeezy(facebook) and not on this blog. Therefore... SOLUTION! Tumblr. Huzzah.

On the more on topic note:
"Not everyone who calls out to me 'Lord, Lord" will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who do the will of my Father in Heaven will enter."
Matthew 7:21

Seventeen.

"The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit." Proverbs 15:4

Sixteen.

"Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you."

Psalm 63:3

Fifteen.

Was I right? Yes, I was.

"What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God -- through Jesus Christ our Lord!"

Romans 7:24-25

fourteen.

i found a really cool picture of a fox today. but i cant put it up for the reason listed below. but heres a though to ponder... chew on it if you will. when people do you wrong and are spreading nasty rumors about  you or being mean, your first instinct is to yell at them and be mean bac, right? we are called to respond in a loving way because if we dont givedont give them a reason to do these things then their actions are pointless and they are the ones to blame. that is all.reason for this weird day post:::im doing this off of my phone. it is super difficult because it is a touch screen and with touch screens you click on one side of the screen and it takes you to narnia. also, with this i cannot use capital letters. my apologies.

Thirteen.

"Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say He is."

Amos 5:14

Twelve.

"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of the world and the despised things--and the things that are not-- to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before Him."

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

Eleven.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."

John 14:27

Ten.

"God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there is any who understand,

any who seek God"

Romans 53:2

Nine.

"therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God's mercy to offer your bodies as living sacrifices holy and pleasing to God. This us your spiritual act of worship."
Romans 12:1

Eight.

"Like snow in the summer or rain in the harvest, honour is not fitting for a fool."

Proverbs 26:1

Today is a snow day. What a perfect start to a new week.