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The End of The Chapter

Hey guys!! Welcome to another end to another chapter. :)

This is my last post for this blog! ''Wait what...." you ask? Well....nearly 90 Posts and being able to write to you guys about a few things I faced was AMAZING to say the least! It's not even good-bye right now, nor is this a break-up of some sort....this is just a shedding of another layer of skin....and a new journey is starting.

THANK YOU to everyone who visited my blog, who commented, who told me what they liked and didn't like, who made me laugh, who God brought into my life so I could help others by writing, and those who were always praying for me. I couldn't thank you enough and I truly pray for ALL of YOU. :) And of course...MOST important, I just thank the Lord for being my best friend, my true love and for now taking me into yet another journey... :)

As God continues to change me and transform me from the inside out, this was the decision that He gave me. NO WORRIES....This journey of writing will still continue and I will use all the gifts the Lord has blessed me with....EXCEPT, I will be doing something even better: I will be writing for Christ and I will be writing about issues for Christian Young Adults. :)

With this I end this post with this verse:

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." -Galatians 2:20

This verse is the beginning of my journey each and every day. Friends, please pray for me as a new journey begins so God can guide me as I write new posts to expand His kingdom and as I grow daily in Christ. I will be praying for all of you as well! :)

SO....a new journey huh....I'm so ready! :) I hope you are too.

God Bless!

UPDATE: THE NEW SITE IS CALLED FAITH BY PROMISES. CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.FAITHBYPROMISES.ORG

In God's Time

I remember when I used get upset because all my ''bad'' qualities were not changed at once. As amazing as that would be, no one is perfect and that won't happen until the day Christ comes back. I'm happy that God hasn't overwhelmed me with everything that I do wrong and He has taken the time to let me know bit by bit which habits I need to pray for and which habits need to be changed. I'm thankful that He is faithful and even when I fall, I can run back to Him with scars and tears and He is still there ready to make me whole.

Perfection.

Don't.

Be.

Discouraged.

We All Fall Down...It's Inevitable.

It's The GETTING UP That Matters.

It's About Learning The LESSON.

It's About TAKING IT ALL IN, And Knowing That LIFE MOVES ON.

It's About SMILING, Even If There's Dirt On Your Face...

...Then LAUGHING Hysterically While Wiping It Off Because You Didn't Stay On The Ground And You PROVED TO YOURSELF That You Are A SURVIVOR.

It's About Being HUMBLE...Our Pride Sometimes Gets In The Way.

It's About Realizing That True HAPPINESS Has A Deeper Meaning.

It's About Realizing GOD'S TRUE LOVE For YOU.

It's About Learning How The Whole World Can LEAVE YOU When Things Go Wrong...But God Is ALWAYS There With OPEN ARMS.

Life truly BEGINS when we ACCEPT that we are not perfect. Be Yourself. Learn. Laugh. Love. DON'T GIVE UP.

Learning.

I'm learning things in ways I never thought I'd learn them before...

God has a way to make you into a better person and He's constantly showing me how to change...

He does it in a way that's so perfect that I sometimes wonder why I hadn't changed a long time ago.

I'm learning that each day is like taking a walk...you put one foot in front and then you put the other foot forward. The key aspect is that you do things one at a time.

If I serve the author of time, why can't I trust according to His time?

Like I said, I'm learning things in ways I never thought I'd learn them before...

One day I'm going to look back and smile...I'll smile because I had to learn to let go of my own ways and to learn to trust in ways I've never trusted before...all for the greater good of becoming a better person.

Hello Ottawa!

I'm now back in Ottawa and I'm not gonna lie but I'm feeling reaaaall gooooddd! :)

I start my classes tomorrow (first up is my law class) which is going to be pretty interesting. Interesting is never boring. I love interesting. :)

So far I have just been chilling, moving in and getting to know my room-mates. I'm ready to party the summer away and to see Ottawa and Toronto.

I have started using my strategy of little expectations. This strategy helped me to have the best semester I've ever had last year. It only makes sense to charge into this one with the same mind-frame...maybe it will bring in an amazing (if not better) result? haha.

Who knows, I guess when I don't set a high bar I know that I don't have as much pressure and I tend to be more relaxed and open about what comes my way...

So....Summer 2011, I don't know what has been planned for me this year, BUT I know that I'm ready for change, I'm ready for laughter, for the courses, for the sunsets, for God to teach me new things and just for some pure pure fun. :)

I can jump, but asking me to fly is a bit too much.

I need to VENT. :)

Have you ever listened to someone who thought that their life struggles were worse than yours? No matter what, it seemed like their mind-frame is already set to auto-pilot?

When this type of mind-frame is set, it makes them see you in a different light and they refuse to see you for who you truly are. The sad thing is, and wait for it, they don't even know what YOU have been through.

"So how exactly are they assessing me" you ask?...

...Clearly through a judgemental window.

Most of the time if we get to know people we'll see that we might have a lot in common.

I'm saying that we need to stop and think that maybe this image one might have of someone else is something THEY want to see and not because the other person had been putting on a façade, but because it's what they are choosing to see.

It's frustrating. It's frustrating because no matter how hard you try to be the best you can, it's never enough for them and you realize that their expectations for you are just too high.

Unfortunately living life like that is only harmful because one day, and unexpectedly, that image will truly be shattered before your eyes...

The poem above is so beautiful. For so long I had this image of what a Christian should be like or how they should behave, so I simply tried to avoid it. God finally spoke to me telling me that it is not by works that you are saved but by grace (Ephesians 2:8). "What does that mean?" I asked. He didn't speak, He showed me instead.

The image I had stuck in my head made me into a person that I shouldn't have taken energy to be. I was very stuck on proving that I was ''finally'' this Christian that was supposed to happen at one time or another. I saw that when I made a mistake I had to hide it.

I think the hardest part was after my mistake I would hear someone say: "why did you do that? I thought you were a Christian?", or the infamous use of reverse psychology: "You should do this for me, Christians behave like that".

Remember

" No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, said the LORD." -Isaiah 54:17

Sometimes I forget that God is in control and He won't let me fall to the point where I can't call out to Him or to the point where the devil wins.

Piece of Your Heart

I have been having about five or so re-occurring conversations with my friends, acquaintances and just randoms who decide that they need to get something off their chest. BUT...the point is, I'm going to be sharing a few of these conversations in the months to come.

One conversation in particular was about relationships. This one is definitely for all you single guys and girls who want a LASTING relationship that could lead to marriage in the far/near future; so if "your thing" right now is to explore and have flings, you can press the 'X' at the right of the screen.