A song that is totally speaking to my heart!! Music is such a HUGE way that I express myself! I am so thankful for it! I've been singing this one a lot! God IS so beautiful and amazing in the way He works! His love is STRONG! He doesn't ever change! He is good today and He will be good tomorrow! Whatever we are going through we never have to be afraid or worried because HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS! He loved us FIRST and He will always love us no matter what! what an AWESOME God!!! I am so amazed Lord!!!! I give you my whole LIFE! I am nothing and You are EVERYTHING! You are beautiful God! You are WORTHY of PRAISE!!! I feel Your LOVE and I feel Your amazing grace! It is NOT of this world! You are so AMAZING!
Your Love Never Fails: Jesus Culture
Nothing can separate
Even if I ran away
Your love never fails
I know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never fails
Chorus:
You stay the same through the ages
Your love never changes
There maybe pain in the night but joy comes in the morning
And when the oceans rage
I don't have to be afraid
Because I know that You love me
Your love never fails
Verse 2:
The wind is strong and the water's deep
But I'm not alone in these open seas
Cause Your love never fails
The chasm is far too wide
I never thought I'd reach the other side
But Your love never fails
Bridge:
You make all things work together for my good
Here is the link if you want to listen to it! I would HIGHLY recommend it. this song is so full of passion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoezWBPGRAc
God bless!
-Val
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
John 17:17 "Your word is truth."
Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
I don't even know where to start. haha
Some of the events in my life this past week have been SO life changing for me! God has ways of making His glory SHINE that I can not even comprehend!
I was having a really hard time with a situation going on in my life.. I was trying not to have a crush on this guy, haha and I didn't see anything wrong with having a crush on him at all because he is a good guy, totally godly and very sweet and smart, someone I would marry for sure, haha but I didn't know what to think. I had never had to deal with something like that before and I didn't know what to do at all! All I knew is that I am so not ready for a relationship right now in my life! haha the wondering what was right to think and what was wrong to think was totally and completely consuming my thoughts! I knew that was a huge problem!
after like a week of just totally not knowing what to think, I just wanted to be single for the rest of my life!!! haha I wanted my feelings to just go away! I wanted God to be the center of my life and the only thing on my mind!!! Why was it so hard to just forget about the guy and move on with my life serving Jesus with my every breath instead of thinking about what could be!?!?!?
I started praying about it a lot more than I was before... and just asking God to please take away the distractions of stuff like that in my life so that I could see Him and keep my eyes on Him!! I was telling Him that I don't know what to think and I need Him to help me!
Our God is so faithful.
The next day I came to check out if anyone had posted on their blogs. (All of you writers are so amazing and such an encouragement to me!!)Turns out that I had some comments on my last post.(Check out the comments to see the amazing blogs of other Young girls who are striving for Jesus and SHINING!!! haha)These girls had no idea what I was going through at all... and God totally put them in my life RIGHT when I needed them! They just randomly told me to check out their blogs on purity.
OH. my. goodness. haha That is EXACTLY what I needed to hear!!! Of course I knew that staying pure and waiting meant not doing anything physical until marriage, and I had convictions in my heart not to date, and I wear a purity ring! haha but it totally hit me that the commitment that we have made to God to stay pure means more then just our bodies, but our HEARTS, our MIND, and our SOUL! When we say we are going to wait, we are saying that we are going to guard our hearts and not even THINK about crushes... even if they guy is awesome and could totally be our future husband... only God knows right now who that is going to be for each of us. We need to not give our hearts away to just anyone... and we NEED to dedicate our lives to God!!!
I could go on and on and on and into detail of what all this means to me now!! And how I have this whole new way to serve God in my life by staying pure and willing only one thing, Jesus Christ! the bible says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Pure can also mean that we focus entirely on only one thing, we give our whole lives to God and strive to make Him #1!!
God has really helped me to focus on Him these past couple of days and my eyes have been opened to His beauty in ways I can't even describe!! I feel free from worry and I have peace about everything!! The crush feeling totally went away! haha I see His Grace pouring out into my life through people and just the way that situations are being worked out perfectly and especially though Jesus work on the cross for our sins!! Gods word is truth!! I encourage you to pray to Him and give Him your whole life!!! Every situation that is going on, every thought, confess every sin, remember Jesus! haha God blesses us when we come to Him! Its ALL His grace alone that we are able to see this! and His grace ALONE that we want our lives to be for Him! We serve an AMAZING God! I praise Him and thank Him so much for you girls who have encouraged me! I hope this post can be an encouragement to you! haha He is awesome and worthy of worship and praise!!! <3 <3 <3
God bless!
-Val
I don't even know where to start. haha
Some of the events in my life this past week have been SO life changing for me! God has ways of making His glory SHINE that I can not even comprehend!
I was having a really hard time with a situation going on in my life.. I was trying not to have a crush on this guy, haha and I didn't see anything wrong with having a crush on him at all because he is a good guy, totally godly and very sweet and smart, someone I would marry for sure, haha but I didn't know what to think. I had never had to deal with something like that before and I didn't know what to do at all! All I knew is that I am so not ready for a relationship right now in my life! haha the wondering what was right to think and what was wrong to think was totally and completely consuming my thoughts! I knew that was a huge problem!
after like a week of just totally not knowing what to think, I just wanted to be single for the rest of my life!!! haha I wanted my feelings to just go away! I wanted God to be the center of my life and the only thing on my mind!!! Why was it so hard to just forget about the guy and move on with my life serving Jesus with my every breath instead of thinking about what could be!?!?!?
I started praying about it a lot more than I was before... and just asking God to please take away the distractions of stuff like that in my life so that I could see Him and keep my eyes on Him!! I was telling Him that I don't know what to think and I need Him to help me!
Our God is so faithful.
The next day I came to check out if anyone had posted on their blogs. (All of you writers are so amazing and such an encouragement to me!!)Turns out that I had some comments on my last post.(Check out the comments to see the amazing blogs of other Young girls who are striving for Jesus and SHINING!!! haha)These girls had no idea what I was going through at all... and God totally put them in my life RIGHT when I needed them! They just randomly told me to check out their blogs on purity.
OH. my. goodness. haha That is EXACTLY what I needed to hear!!! Of course I knew that staying pure and waiting meant not doing anything physical until marriage, and I had convictions in my heart not to date, and I wear a purity ring! haha but it totally hit me that the commitment that we have made to God to stay pure means more then just our bodies, but our HEARTS, our MIND, and our SOUL! When we say we are going to wait, we are saying that we are going to guard our hearts and not even THINK about crushes... even if they guy is awesome and could totally be our future husband... only God knows right now who that is going to be for each of us. We need to not give our hearts away to just anyone... and we NEED to dedicate our lives to God!!!
I could go on and on and on and into detail of what all this means to me now!! And how I have this whole new way to serve God in my life by staying pure and willing only one thing, Jesus Christ! the bible says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Pure can also mean that we focus entirely on only one thing, we give our whole lives to God and strive to make Him #1!!
God has really helped me to focus on Him these past couple of days and my eyes have been opened to His beauty in ways I can't even describe!! I feel free from worry and I have peace about everything!! The crush feeling totally went away! haha I see His Grace pouring out into my life through people and just the way that situations are being worked out perfectly and especially though Jesus work on the cross for our sins!! Gods word is truth!! I encourage you to pray to Him and give Him your whole life!!! Every situation that is going on, every thought, confess every sin, remember Jesus! haha God blesses us when we come to Him! Its ALL His grace alone that we are able to see this! and His grace ALONE that we want our lives to be for Him! We serve an AMAZING God! I praise Him and thank Him so much for you girls who have encouraged me! I hope this post can be an encouragement to you! haha He is awesome and worthy of worship and praise!!! <3 <3 <3
God bless!
-Val
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