Breathe

Have you ever had that amazing moment when a song comes on a radio and it bring back such vivid memories from your childhood?

There is this one song called Breathe by Michael W. Smith that comes on the radio every now and then. Every time I hear it I start remembering only one thing.

I remember getting up in the early morning and I would go to the bathroom or something. My mom would always have a Micheal W. Smith CD in the CD player and she would be bustling around in the kitchen... Usually cutting up fruit or scooping cantaloupe.

It's not a big deal, but every time I hear that song it bring back memories of her standing the kitchen with that song playing softly in the background.

It's not that big of a deal, but it is a memory. A sweet, simple memory that I will not forget.

Do you have any of those small simple memories that are sometimes triggered by a certain song or movie?
Take a minute out of your day, and breathe. Remember... And, smile.

Memorial Day

Today is a holiday that I think tends to get buried under the excitement and activities that we do on this day.
From going to an early morning parade to having BBQ's in the backyard, the true meaning of what Memorial day is really about is buried. Forgotten.

I too, forget what Memorial day is really about. Memorial day is a day that was created in purpose to honor the missing in action, the ones who paid the ultimate price for their country, and to remember them and realize that we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them.

If you really begin to think about it, Memorial Day is one of the saddest days during the entire year. Yet, it is a reminder...

A reminder that our freedom has a price.

A price that was paid by thousands of people who were willing to stand up and protect their friends, family, and country. They paid the ultimate price.

Maybe that's why this holiday has gotten buried under excitement and activities. Because it is a sad holiday, but it is also a holiday filled with hope, pride, and selflessness.

Hope for the country of America. 

Pride for those who were willing to sacrifice themselves for us. 

Selflessness for the ones who were willing to put their own lives in the path of the war... 

They weren't doing it for themselves. They were doing it for the ones they love. They were doing it for their friends, their family, and their country. They were doing it out of love for all of us.

Memories

You never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory
                                           - Unknown 

I have many memories of my childhood. From going to never-ending softball games to water-coloring with my Grandpa in his dining room. I have memories of going on vacation with my family, but the memories I have only highlight certain areas of the vacations... Like seeing a wild bear!

I never knew the value of those moments then, but now I realize how simply sweet they really are.

We all have those kinds of memories, but we also have bad memories that we would probably rather forget... I'm realizing that all the bad things that happened during my childhood, not all of them stay within my memory. Why?

Because we simply don't need some of them, so we forget them. Not on purpose, just over time we forget.
The memories are still there, but not within our remembering. But then, I have also realized that the perfect time they are usually brought back to the surface.

Maybe we are trying to help a friend with something and all of the sudden God brings back a memory that you had forgotten, and it totally relates! God does use everything you experience.

Your memories are stories and lessons. 

In the Bible, Jesus spoke in parables. Parables are stories, but with lessons weaved in. As a Christian, God gives you all your memories at the right time and then you are able to tell them your story and what you learned from it.

Your memories, good and bad, have meaning and aren't in your life by a mistake. 

Some of your memories are meant just for you. Whether they were a lesson personally for you, or just a sweet memory that God has given you to keep and not share. There are also memories that God gives you to share with others so that others may benefit from them.

I don't know about you, but I learn a life lesson best when I hear a story. I think a lot of people learn that way. That is probably part of the reason that Jesus always taught in parables.

I'm not saying share all your memories that you can possibly think of of. I am saying, listen to God and see which memories that God wants you to share. Some of the memories you have, you won't share. That's because God gave you those sweet, simple memories for you and not for others. There are other memories that God wants you to share so that others can be encouraged and learn from them.

The first quote at the top of this post is one of my favorite.
You never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. - Unknown

Love it.

You never know. You might think that your life is dull and boring and never filled with anything but boring things, but then you will look back one day and remember the small things and realize that those are the big things. Those are memories. 

God has a way of using the smallest, unwanted things and making them beautiful memories. He has a way of using even the least of people and using them to do big things. God does that. Never give up hope.

God will use you too, if you let him. The question is, "Will you let God use you?"

Is life fair?

Too often, I find myself in the middle of a sibling argument. I find myself listening to my younger siblings argue about how unfair certain areas of their lives are. I find myself joining in with them, but not realizing it until later. 

While I sit here writing this, my mind is wandering to the 'fairness' of life. Truth is, life isn't and never has been fair. Ever. 

Was it fair to Adam that Eve sinned and ruined the world? Was it fair to God that he created this world and later Eve ruined it by disobedience? 

No. It's not fair. 

What if life was fair? Life wouldn't be much a surprise. We would all be doing the same thing and growing up the same way and learning the same things. Basically, if life was fair, we would all be exactly the same because if we weren't the same life wouldn't be fair. Right? 

God made life unfair for a reason. He made life unfair so that we each can have our own special surprises in our life. He made life unfair so that we can all grow up differently and learn to be the person he wants us to be. 

If we all grew up the exact same way and did the exact same thing, there wouldn't be any special surprises or twists to our story. God loves giving us twists. He loves giving us surprises. That's why he made life unfair. He made life unfair so that we don't have to be the same as everyone else. 

Instead of "Life isn't fair." Think about, Why life is unfair. 

Life is unfair, and that's okay.

The reason life is unfair is because it is. It just is. Life isn't fair or perfect, but God is okay with that. All he wants for you to do is enjoy the ride of life. He wants you to enjoy the special twists and turns that he puts into life. He wants that. He doesn't want for you to not be content, he just simply wants you to be content with where he puts you at this time. 

Stop thinking about how you wish life was fair, instead think of the reason behind why life isn't fair. 

What am I supposed to do?

I often get caught up in the chaos of life and end up forgetting what I really am supposed to be doing. 

What am I supposed to do? 

God gives us freedom to do whatever we want, but he also gives us a choice to listen to him or not. It's up to us. We have to make that decision on a daily basis. It's not just a one time decision, no. That question will come up again daily... What am I supposed to do? 

Often, God reminds me in the little things about what life is really about who I am reflecting. God's voice is heard anytime and anywhere, it's just my choice whether to hear him or not. Sometimes I can hear God's voice in an email from a close friend who is encouraging. Other times it just comes like a gentle whisper while sitting alone by the river. Still other times, in the midst of trials and yelling I can hear him. 

There are so many different ways that God speaks to us and uses us to speak to others. 

For me, it is hardest to listen to God when I just cannot see anything. No light at the end of the tunnel. When I feel hopeless and lost. That's when it is hardest. Yet, he usually is still there reminding me of who he is. He is the God of the impossible. He turns darkness into light. Ashes into beauty. That's my God. 

We still have hope. 

God is hope. He is the hope in our lives. He promises something better will come. Even during the trials of this life, God is working that together for your good. He always makes brokenness whole. He works the trials and tears of our life together for good. For his special plan. 

After thinking about all that while listening to God, I realize what I am supposed to be doing. 

I'm not supposed to be too caught up in making the grade or trying to please everyone. I am just supposed to try to please one person, God. God is taking my life of ashes and turning it into beauty. 

He is there listening to my every frustration and seeing every tear I cry. He is hearing my pleas and is calming me when life hurts. I am supposed to obey him. If I obey him, I know my life will be okay. God is my daddy. He wouldn't do anything to hurt me. He might discipline me, and during that it might hurt, but it is for the best. 

God is my daddy.

God took me as I am. My brokenness, my disobedience, my non-perfection... He took it all, because he loves me. And, he loves you. 

You are special to him too. God wants you! God is your daddy and wants a relationship with you. He wants to be the one to calm your tears and to remind you that it will be okay. He loves you.  

Accepting Jesus Christ and what he did for you on that cross, isn't hard. It doesn't require perfection. It doesn't require knowledge. It just requires acceptance. 

Undeserved Grace

  
Have you ever had that sudden feeling that you don't feel 'good enough' for the kingdom of Heaven? 

I have felt that way. 

It is then that I am reminded of God's amazing, undeserved grace that he gives to us on a daily basis... 
What is grace?

Grace simply means undeserved love and forgiveness. 

As humans, we are sinners. We sin on a daily basis and we will never be perfect. There only ever was and only will be one perfect person who walked this earth, Jesus Christ.

God, the maker of everything, the ultimate perfectionist, loved us. LOVED us. We are the ultimate sinners. We are far from perfect. So why does this God love us if his standards are perfect? 

Grace. 

God created us perfect, and yet even after we disobeyed him and caused his perfect world to be ruined,
he still loved us. Total undeserved grace.

We don't deserve God's unfailing love and forgiveness. We don't meet God's standards by a long shot.
Yet, God loves us. We don't meet his standards of perfection, but that is why God sent his only son, Jesus.

Jesus was perfect. That made him the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Jesus died willingly for us on the cross.
He took the punishment we deserve. Three days after his death, Jesus rose again. Jesus Christ conquered death.

He showed us that by his conquering the grave, there is NOTHING that can keep us from the undeserved love and affection that God gives to us... Not even death.

God loves you. He wants you.

God already has your free gift of eternal life waiting for you, you just need to accept it. You aren't good enough, but you know what? God loves you anyways! 

That is Grace. God undeserved grace for us. He loves us even though we fail him on a daily basis.
He wants to help us. He wants us.  Just accept his free gift of grace and eternal life.

Isaiah 41:10

So do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you;

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

-Isaiah 41:10

This is a short, but powerful verse. One of many verses that encourages us to go on. 

To keep trying. It also reminds us that God is in control of everything. 

He is holding us up when we feel like we are falling down. 

The verse says, "I will strengthen you and help you;"
It doesn't say, "I might strengthen you and help you." 

God will give you the strength you need to continue. Don't be afraid of the future,
but be excited and eager to see what God has waiting for you!

Stepping out in Faith

                                One of the most amazing miracles in the Bible, happened to Peter. 

                                                              Peter walked on water...

This was an amazing miracle that Jesus performed, and it didn't just happen to anyone, 

it happened to Peter... One of the twelve. 

Peter was a fisherman before Jesus called Peter to follow him. 

Peter knew that walking on water was impossible, but yet when

Jesus called him on on the water, during a raging storm, Peter did it. 

Peter kept his eyes on God. He was trusting that God would help him.

Peter did walk on water! 

Then something happened. Peter took his eyes off Jesus and started to realize

all the trouble around him... The swirling waves, dark clouds, and raging rain.

Peter began to sink. 

Jesus then pulled him back up out of the waves that wanted to swallow him. 

They both got back in the boat and Jesus calmed the waves. 

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This is a great story, and a good comparison to life. 

We have our comfort zone in life, and we don't like going beyond it. 

Yet, Jesus normally calls us to get out of our boat and trust him. 

We might start out trusting him, and keeping focused on him, instead of all the chaos around us. 

Then we look around. We notice that life is scary. The waves are intimidating. The clouds seem so 

dark. The rain seems relentless. We forget or begin to ignore that we need to keep focused on God. 

We begin to sink. 

Yet, Jesus still  comes over to us if we ask and he will lift us back up and encourage us to try again. 

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I admire Peter's willingness to dare to step out in faith. 

No hesitation. 

Jesus called, and Peter answered.

Peter was a fisherman. He know the that walking on water was probably impossible, but yet, Jesus was doing it. 

God has a way of taking the things we thing impossible and turning them into miracles. 

Just like Peter was called to walk on water, we are called to step out in faith on a daily basis.

But we fear stepping out of our comfortable boat... We don't know if it's safe. 

Something to remember: If God is calling you to do something that seems impossible, do it. You will probably witness a miracle. Dare to step out in faith. 

Dare yourself today to make a difference. Dare yourself to step out in faith when God calls you to

do so. Dare yourself to have more faith and trust in God. Will you take that dare? 

Overflowing with Gratitude

Gratitude: The quality of being thankful.

There are days, when life seems hopeless. When life seems to run over you and you just feel like you can't get back up. That is when you just want to give up. 

It's during the darkest days, when it's easy to forget how much God has already blessed you with. 

Instead of daring yourself to look up, you continue looking down. 

Dare to look up, child. 

Think of your life as a giant puzzle. You are staring at it and cannot even begin to comprehend the whole picture. All the vibrant colors and scenes... Then you see one little piece that looks really bad, and you wonder, "Should I do this puzzle?" 

If you didn't do that puzzle, you would never know how that piece that looked bad fit into your amazing puzzle. Worrying is the opposite of gratitude. 

When you worry, you get so caught up in what MIGHT happen in the future or what you want to get in the future that you miss what is going on today. This moment. Now. 

Worrying isn't gratitude. 

Worrying says, " It's not going to work. You don't have enough. You want more." 

Gratitude says, " This is enough for now. Enjoy it. " 

God doesn't promote worrying. God promotes love. Love leads to gratitude.
When you love someone, you are grateful for them. You are filled with gratitude for them. 

When you are filled with gratitude for one thing, you begin to realize how precious all things are.

Gratitude makes you realize how much you already have. 

Maybe it's not big things you are grateful for. Maybe it is just an old rustic Radio Flyer wagon that holds memories of long walks with your family. Maybe it is just a simple piece of fruit. Maybe it is a smile or a hug from a friend.  

Gratitude might be hard focus on some days, but it is important. God loves it when we take time to recognize the things that he has already given to us. 

It really isn't the big and bold things in life that make the most difference. It is usually just something simple. 

A smile, hug, or a kind word... 

The simplest actions can make the biggest most positive difference in a person's life.

God has blessed you, even when it seems you have nothing. Remember: God has given you the breath of life today! Enjoy it and use it for his glory. God has also given you a purpose in life- until that is done, you will remain. 

Things happen that might not have been your plan. That is when God is usually flipping your life plan upside down and saying, "There, that's better. Look my child!" 

God has a way of doing that. A way of taking our plans and flipping them upside down and saying, " There, that's better." 

A few months ago, I was scared. I was scared that if I tried finding the gratitude in my life, that I would do it wrong. I always wanted to, but I always had second thoughts.... "Maybe I'm doing this wrong. Maybe I'm not really truly grateful for this orange or the grass... That would be lying. Am I grateful for these thing or not? I now I am blessed to have them, but you know, I don't really like oranges and grass is pretty but I hate walking in it. So maybe I'm not really grateful for the grass. Maybe I am just trying to come up with something that I'm thankful for... Ugh, nevermind. I have to think about this more. 

That was my thought process... Every time I found something that I thought I was grateful for, I always freaked out and turned into perfectionist mode. Then I realized.... 

Gratitude. True Gratitude, isn't like that.  Sometimes it is just the simple things. Don't over think gratitude. Recognize things, and then take a moment to imagine your life without them. 

One of the things I don't like about summer is the wasps and the bees. I hate bees. I hate the thought of getting stung. I just don't like them.

Earlier today, I was wandering around outside and I stopped to look at one of the few tulip buds around our house. 

As I was just examining the bud, I looked down and saw this (right). This bee was helpless. It was almost frozen by the cold breeze. It was struggling for survival.

My first thought when I noticed it was, "Squish it!" 

I didn't want it to sting me, not that it could... But IF it just suddenly had strength... I was about to just step on it, when I heard a whisper in my ear. It said, "Stop." 

I stopped. I paused. Still staring at this helpless creature, I started thinking. I started wondering what my life would be like without bees. Not just bees, but maybe the memory that the bee made. I remember getting stung for the first time, by a bee just like this. I cried. I was hurting. Then, I cuddled with a friend who wiped my tears and told me it would be okay. 

Memories like that, with soothing voices and warm cuddles don't just happen. They are usually a result of pain. 

I didn't hurt the bee. Instead I moved it gently underneath a canoe... It was not protected. 

When something painful happens, know and believe that something good will come afterwards.

Just like I had to get stung by a bee first in order to get cuddles next, that is how life is. You will always have pain, struggles, and sadness. But you have a hope. A greater hope.

Knowing that God is in control of your life.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11 

Be grateful that you have a purpose and that God knows the plans he has for you. Be grateful that he is in control. -- When you realize that, then that is when you are overflowing with gratitude towards him. You cannot even begin to express your gratitude towards him. It just overflows... 

Dare yourself to live a different life. Dare to be filled with gratitude...

Finding the Joy

Joy. Pure relentless joy. 

That is the joy that God is calling us to have.

Joy that doesn't fail and is always available. 

Seeking joy is hard. Sometimes it might even seem impossible during the darkest days.

Joy is there though. You just need to drive yourself hard enough to find it. 

Sometimes the simple things in
life bring you the most joy. 

                            Remembering to seek joy is easy, but do you want to seek joy?

For me, I sometimes feel guilty seeking joy if something bad is going on. I feel like someone else might think I don't care or am too proud or too good for that bad thing. -- That's why it is so hard for me, personally, to try to find joy in everyday life.

That's not the way God wants it to be though... God specifically says in Romans 12:12, "Be joyful always."

That is so hard to do. Especially when it seems like your world is crumbling beneath your very feet. When your life seems to be spinning out of control... God still says, "Be JOYFUL."

Joyful of what? What has God given me that I should be joyful about? -- God has given you so much. It's just your job to learn how to find it and then be filled with gratitude.

Someone once told me something that I have clung to ever since I heard it...
"As long as a person is still alive, their purpose on earth isn't done yet."  

We should be excited! We still have a purpose!!

As long as you are still on this earth, God's purpose for you isn't done yet. You are special. Irreplaceable.
LOVED.

Even during your darkest days, you are loved. When you feel alone, know that you aren't alone. When you feel defeated, know that you still have hope. When you feel worried, know that it will work out.

God has your life in his hands. He has always walked before you. Prepared the way. You will have decisions, but God will be with you every step of the way. He loves you, my child.

God has clothed the flowers with beauty, how much more will
he take of us, his best creation? 

Matthew 6:25-34 talks about worrying. Verse 25 says, "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 important than food , and the body more important than clothes?" 

Jesus goes on by comparing the flowers of the field and saying, "If that is how God clothes the grass of field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you?" 

Let go and let God. Don't worry. Worrying doesn't add you to your life, it only stresses you out more.
It makes you panic and want to take your life into your own hands instead of letting God do his job.

Worrying also takes away the joy that God tells us to find. If you're worrying, how can you realize what you have already been given? You can't. You get lost in traps of Satan.

Finding the joy in your daily life is what is inspiring. When you start realizing how blessed you are, you start acting differently too. It's not pride to be joyful. You're just training yourself a different way of living.

A way of living that changes the way you think.

Seeking joy is a way that challenges everything you think you want, and reminds you of the things God has already given to you. 

To all my readers: I am praying for you. Praying that you will learn to find the joy in the simple thing ordinary things. Praying that through whatever struggles you are facing, that you will feel the hand of God moving over you. Praying that you will show Jesus Christ to others, and be an imitator of Him. 

Learning to find joy is one of the hardest things to do. Especially when there seems to be none... I know.
You can do it. Train yourself to be filled with gratitude. Thank God for the things he has already given to you.

Someone once told me, "Life isn't supposed to be easy, just joyful." This is so true. Train yourself to find the joy in any and every situation that comes your way.

Dare yourself to live differently than maybe you have been. Dare to take a different stand. Dare to find the joy, not for the benefit of others, but for yourself. 

Extraordinary

Each and every person on this earth is made extraordinary. 

You are special, and created for a specific purpose. A purpose that will only be revealed through God. 

You are extraordinary. You have your own unique flair to life. You have your opinions, but maybe you're too scared to voice them. You have your thoughts and emotions, but maybe you're too scared to express them...

Maybe you have been the 'good girl' all your life. You want to try your hardest to please others. 

Sometimes, when you try to please others, your unique flair settles for less. You bury your talents in the world. You are scared to be different. To voice yourself. 

Maybe you have buried your extraordinary and settled for something ordinary. 

I understand. That is me. 

The world doesn't welcome different. The world hates change and tries to destroy it. The world doesn't like unique people, because that usually means change. 

As a believer in Jesus Christ, that is the biggest change anyone could ever experience. You go from being 'dead' to being 'alive' in Christ. 

That is the best change you will ever experience, but at the same time, maybe the worst.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ and what he did for you, so many other things tie in. Now, instead feeling lost and hopeless, you have a purpose. You want to know what your purpose is. You know it's out there. Somewhere. 

You just need to depend on God for the answers.

God loves you. He is the one who made you extraordinary. He is the one who knows everything about you. He is loving Father who will never turn you away. His arms are always open for you. 

God is perfect. You aren't perfect. You never will be. So how can you meet God's standards? Reality is, you can't. God's standards are perfect and you won't be perfect. Ever. But, God loves you. He wanted to give you the chance to accept him. 

That's why he sent his own son, Jesus Christ, to die for YOU on the cross. 
You just need to accept God's gift of eternal life willingly. Accept that Jesus DID die for you and that God does love you. 
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When we turn our extraordinary selves into just more ordinary people because of the world, we are turning away what God has for us. We bury ourselves and pretend we are someone else. 

So our extraordinary turns into something ordinary. Do you want to know something? God loves EXTRAORDINARY. He loves you, for you. He doesn't want you to be someone you aren't. He made you for a purpose. A purpose that will only be revealed if you trust in Him and him alone. 

Don't worry about what others think. Stop trying to please the world. You will never be able to please everyone. 

A friend once told me, "The need isn't always the call." 

Meaning, just because someone wants you to do something, it might not be your job to do it. It's okay to say no. 

One of the most amazing things about learning to follow God, is you can't hide anything from him. 

God has a sense of humor that funny, but might seem annoying too...  
God will more than likely use your greatest fears and weaknesses to show you who he really is. 

Mine is public speaking. I don't like doing it. I avoid as much as is humanly possible. I am realizing now, that God is probably going to use that greatest fear of public speaking and show me more of who he really is.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength. - Philippians 4:13

In other words, God LOVES it when we depend on him, because then he will show us how much we are capable of. 

In our weakness, he is strong. 

Our extraordinary cannot fit in the box of ordinary that we try to cram in. So instead we just leave it alone. Toss it aside. Forget. 

Don't do that! You aren't supposed to be on this earth just to please others. You are supposed to please God! You are supposed to follow his instructions and trust him for guidance. Does that mean you can't please others?
No, it doesn't.

You just need to realize that God is in control and that he is the one you should focus more on pleasing. With God, just be your extraordinary!

Dare to live differently and just be you. Extraordinary, creative, you. Stop trying to hide yourself. Just because the world might not like you, doesn't mean you should shut you out and be someone else. God is the one who matters. He loves you for being the person he made you. All your quirks, included! 

Dare to live a different life than the rest of the world. 

Dare to take a step into the unknown extraordinary life God has for you. 

Born to be Creative

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them. - Genesis 1:27

We were made in God's image. Think for a moment...

We were created AFTER God made everything. We were created special and unique by him! God likes different. 

When God created the heavens and the earth, he made it perfect. He was 
creative in the way he made it. 

Not one single tree was exactly the same. Each and every animal was unique. No two were the exact same. When God made man, he made the male first. 

He continued to create another one, but this time female. He made the female out of the image of the man, but yet they were different. 

Each were created for a different purpose to be used by God. 

Life was perfect. Literally. God created us perfect! He created us to be imitators of him. Since he was creative when he made the world, are we supposed to be creative? 


God wasn't afraid that someone would not like something that he CREATED.
He didn't care. He gave us the choice to accept him and his creativity or not.
He created the world for us to enjoy, not to make us unhappy.  

Why are we so scared to be creative and different? 

After God made Adam and Eve, the first humans, he gave them rule over everything on earth. It was their job to take care of it and everything in it. 

God gave them their very own Garden, in which he told, "You may eat off of any tree in the garden, but off of the tree in the middle of the garden you must not eat." 

One tree. 

Temptation is a risky thing. Eve was tempted in the garden to eat from the one tree that God said don't eat. 

That's how the devil works. He takes both strengths and our weaknesses to tempt us into the web of sin. 

Eve gave into temptation. 

She ate from the one tree. From that first bite of fruit, the world was no longer perfect and never would be again. 

Sin came in, and destroyed God's perfect world that he made so creatively. 
Destructively crushing creativity, sin entered. 

Sin isn't the world, but it is in it. 

The world today isn't very welcoming to creative people. The devil likes to use other people to try to destroy creativity and wants everyone to be the same following him instead of God. 

I do know something. 

God LOVES every single person. He loves creative people. He loves different people with opinions. He loves it most when we use our differences to work together for the glory of Him. 

Creativity is good.

Don't let your fear of failure rule out your creativity. 

Dare yourself to live differently. Be creative. 

We were born in the image of God. Born for creativity. Born different from every else. Just like there is no tree exactly alike and no animal exactly the same, we are all different. We have our own unique twists on life. 

We are meant to do something the same, though. 

We are meant to glorify our Creator, Lord Jesus Christ, in everything we do. 
Creatively is how God made us. He made us. We just need to glorify him 

We glorify with using our creative personality for God.

How are we supposed to use our personalities if we are scared about other peoples' opinions? 

We need to let our faith in God be bigger than our fear of failure and not meeting the standard. 


Dare yourself. 

Dare yourself to live a different life than others live. 

Will you take that dare? Will you train yourself to use your creative talents that God has given you? 

God's opinion is the only opinion that matters. You just need to glorify him. As long as you are using your God-given abilities and talents, he is being glorified. He is proud of you for taking that dare. The dare to live a different life and follow Him.