Thursday, November 13, 2014

Learnings in the valley….

Oh the lessons I have been learning lately….

Reprogramming…. it is hard. Once you have a program that has been established by your choice, experience, or a repetitive program. It is hard to reprogram. It is not impossible. This is not to say it cannot happen…. it just is hard.

I am desperately fighting to reprogram. Ten people reprogrammed me to think and feel a certain way…. in a pattern I would never have chosen. Ten. Ten people to establish a mindset. Could it take one to break that? Could one person be the one to look at those ten and stand up for truth. No that one is not a sexy man of God, nor is that one my most bosom friend on the planet, or the most inspirational person on the planet. I dare to believe that I can be that one. I can be the one to shift the reprogramming. To look those ten experiences in the face and to believe this is different. To believe that I can change the world, turn the tide…. I have been mad at myself. There are some deep wounds that I have been walking through---- well, I was running from them. Well, I tried to walk through them but that resulted in a super hecka incredible counseling session…. then I met with a lady my sister knows and she was a breath of fresh air to my wounds. Her personality was like mine and she experiences God in a real, free way. She navigated me through the how of how to start this deep wounded healing conversation with God--- and I walked through it…. now I know this fight to reprogram is the enemy being a jerk face…. but I'm not running anymore. I'm facing it. I'm choosing to stand in the tension---- when everything in me wants to run.

I admit that I am weak. I admit that I want to not feel what I feel. I admit that I need him…. but I also admit that I can be the world changer--- I can shift the tide--- and with His strength in me, I can reprogram. True. Story.

So….. I had this interview this week. This interview was for my internship that I start in January. I was quite excited about it. Internship signals the nearness of graduation, which excites me beyond words. However, the internship I was assigned to was drastically different than I originally wanted. I am choosing to fight to enjoy and embrace this challenge. So….. I walk into an office desperately needing a paint job and decorations with florescent lights sucking my soul… *smile*… I DO NOT LIKE florescent lighting---- I love atmospheric lighting!!! Anyways…I digress…. so, the office is completely opposite than anything I imagined…. and the lady begins to crush my dreams--- It was like being told you think you are going to change the world and someone looking you in the eyes and saying--- well, good luck with that.  She obviously did not say that, but that is what I felt throughout the hour and a half-ish I was there.

But you know what, I still believe, that Jesus and me can change the world for Kingdom. I still believe that I can shift eternity with God's plans being lived out. I believe that I am an overcomer. I believe in a love that makes you giddy to your soul and risks. I believe in quality, deep friendships that refresh your soul. I believe in a God who loves me so deeply and intimately that He uses the whole world to make me smile and take my breathe away. I believe that the blind will see. I believe healing is not a concept, but a reality. I believe nations can be changed if I allow God to flow through me as a conduit. I believe that I will be an incredible wife and mother one day--- in His timing.. I believe and I shall not let anyone try to convince me deeper. I see reality. Life is hard. This is the beginning of the end--- I believe we are in the birth pangs of the end. I also am a dreamer who chooses to believe the best and to see the possibility of what a majestic, wonderful, awesome, powerful God can do within me.

I am radical. I am not afraid to go against the grain. Even when it is most difficult. *smile*

Sometime I should blog about alllll I learned from dressing up as Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games!!! Oh goodness the amazingness…..

I've decided my thirties really are going to be amazing…. year thirty is incredible so far!!!!!



Monday, November 3, 2014

…you carry me…..

This song has been wrecking me… in such a good and beautiful way the past three---ishhhh weeks….
("You Carry Me" by: Moriah Peters)

Feels like it's been miles and miles
Feels like it's an uphill climb
Sometimes I get weary on the way
But when I look back at where I've been
When I look back, I'm sure of it
I was right there in Your arms and I can say

Every moment of my life
God, You never left my side
Every valley, every storm
You were there, You were there
I don't need to know what's next
You'll be with me every step
Through it all, through it all
I can see You carry me

There are days I wonder if
You can fix the mess I'm in
Times when nothing seems
To go the way it should
But then I look back on every season
I can find there's ten thousand reasons
To trust that You can work all things for good

Through the wind and waves
Through my worst mistakes
Through the times I thought I walked alone
You were holding me
You were whispering

I will never leave you on your own

On my run this evening, it continued to do that. This morning I began my day early with an advising appointment about my classes starting in January (and internship)… coupled with work, GIRLS Ranch, intentionality with my friends, I wonder how it will all look like and yet, I do not need to know that yet. It is funny how when God teaches me lessons, they seem to be interwoven like an elaborate quilt, throughout every element of my life. It echoes wherever I go… that lesson right now is a challenge to be fully present. Whether it is at my job with the people there, school and doing everything I need to do, the amazing incredibly precious QUALITY friendships that I have in my life, my relationship with God, GIRLS Ranch, Kairos…. there is this battle to think, analyze, or focus on something else. I have caught myself doing this one too many times, and I am not okay with it… so, God has been challenging me to be fully present--- to put my phone away--- to be in the moment that I am in--- and to embrace each moment. It is okay to not to know the story, but to enjoy the journey…. He's led me through some incredible twists and turns, valleys and mountains…. 

"I don't need to know what's next* you'll be with me every step* through it all* through it all*I can see you carry me"