Freedom and Pink Skater Shoes

Have you ever said this to someone?

"Oh those shoes are so cute! But I could never pull them off though."

I know that I have said this a lot. I love to encourage people and tell them they look nice or their clothes are really cute. A Few months ago I saw a teen girl with the coolest pink skater shoes I had ever seen. So I made a point to tell her how awesome her shoes were, but I added the "I could never pull those off" bit. 

A minister friend was standing there and when she heard me say the “but” she looked up at me and said something that as changed the way I think about myself, how I dress and well… everything! She said:

"You could defiantly pull those off, because you are confident!”

I didn’t have a reply, I had been saying this for years and now with that simple statement I was undone on the inside. I kept what she said close to my heart and let it change the way I think how I view clothes and myself. I thought I was doing good by encouraging others, but I was stabbing myself at the same time with words of self doubt. I would see something and think man that is so pretty, but think I just can’t do it. Why do we say that? This is a mind set of lack, unbelief…captivity.

When we are in Christ we are set free, and we can have all the confidence in the world. I mean we are royalty! Have you ever seen royalty walk around without confidence? No, they radiate it. And that is what we were meant to do. We cannot walk around with self doubt as Christians.

“So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery…” Galatians 5:1

When Christ died for us He made it so that we could be totally free. A lot of times I think that we get tied back up into slavery. I am a confident person, but I wasn't being confident in my whole person. We are called to be free in every area of life even in the things we wear (God is into fashion Exodus 28).

So try those shoes or that new style.  You are confident; you’re amazing your royalty. So basically, start acting like it. We should be walking around as the most confident people on the planet. People can tell…they can see it! So shine in every area in life!

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World of Wondrous Things

I love fairy tales...this is a fact, so it's no surprise that I fell in love with the classic Thumbelina as a little girl. I didn't own the movie as a kid so whenever I went to grandma’s house I would always watch it. Now as an adult I own the DVD (I feel no shame) and I still really enjoy the story. So when God brought this movie to mind tonight, I immediately thought of the movies main song:

Let me be your wings let me be your only love

Let me take you far beyond the stars

Let me be your wings

Let me lift you high above

Everything we're dreaming of will soon be ours

Anything that you desire

Anything at all

Every day I'll take you higher

And I'll never let you fall

Let me be your wings

Leave behind the world you know

For another world of wondrous things

We'll see the universe

And dance on Saturn's rings

 It's a beautiful love song right? Tonight I believe the love song is for you from Gods heart. I could just hear Him sing it over you tonight. That he wants to take you far beyond the stars, just leave this world behind and come into a new world of wondrous things. God is so wonderfully in love with you He just wants you to know that. God is so much fun; I believe this is a invitation for you to actually go dance with God on Saturn’s rings if you want! The song also says "Heaven is where you are", You carry heaven with you, don't doubt it! All you have to do is say yes to Him. This life was made to be a wonderful adventure with our God.

Love and Gas Stations

Have you ever felt the need to be loved? Like all of a sudden you just want love from someone(or something). For me the other day, I had this feeling to be loved by a man. This isn't wrong, I am a woman after all and single at this moment. But I have made peace with this fact. I enjoy my singleness! So I was caught a little off guard the other day when this feeling of wanting to be love by a husband popped up, and was taking up too much of my thoughts. Again it isn't wrong, I am created for relationship,  however, this was taking up too much of my time. So I finally stopped everything and asked God what was up?! I had been careful not to let these feelings run my life. He then showed me a gas tank on a car and it all made since...

See, we are all created for love and God is the only one who can fill the need of true love. A lot of times though we look to other things or people for love. It may last for a moment but in the end it just leaves us unsatisfied. 

God, the giver of love, the ultimate picture of love, wants to fill us up, just like you would fill up your car with gas. Just like a car needs to return to the gas station regularly for a refill so do we. We need constant refills of His love. Actually we should never leave the filling station. We were made for love. But if we disconnect or fail to refuel, we will feel low, and try to fill ourselves up on our own. 

God told me just go to Jesus, and as soon as I acknowledged Him, He was there filling up my love tank. It was that easy. We make being loved by God so hard, when all we have to do is just let Him. 

Whether you are single, married, widowed etc, we all need the love of God. So don't beat yourself up because you have these feelings. Realize you were created for love and RUN to the one who can fill you up.  God is standing at the filling station, waiting to fill you up, looking off into the distance, ready to love you. Just say yes…

So here I am, still single and completely loved be my God. Do I still want a husband? Heck ya! But it does not control me, and those feelings don't have to control you either.

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