"I am a concubine."

"Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."

If I Ever Needed Grace

If I ever needed grace, it’s now
You are strong when I am weak, somehow
I am weak enough to see
I need You to cover me
If I ever needed grace, it’s now

In every joy and pain
Whatever comes my way
God I need Your grace

Self identity project! Not my best work, but I’m happy with it still.

Also, took my first bath ever last night! It was wonderful.

Went to the butterfly grove today :)

I like this. 

1 John 3:18-20

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence, whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

I just spent the last 30 minutes trying to figure this out. I gave up once and just stuffed it away, but then I decided I would find a youtube video of it. I was super excited when I finally got it! Now my fitted sheets won’t be wrinkly anymore! This just made my night.

²⁰ For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

1 John 3:20 

Something that I have been struggling with the past month is condemning myself. God has been convicting me, but it’s hard to stop my mind from thinking those thoughts. Please pray for me!

In the Name of Jesus

“The Christian leader of the future is the one who truly knows the heart of God as it has become flesh, “a heart of flesh,” in Jesus. Knowing God’s heart means consistently, radically, and very concretely announcing and revealing that God is love and only love, and that every time fear, isolation, or despair begins to invade the human soul, that is not something that comes from God. This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without any conditions or limits. 

This unconditional and unlimited love is what the evangelist John calls God’s first love. “Let us love,” he says, “because God loved us first” (1 John 4:19). The love that often leaves us doubtful, frustrated, angry, and resentful is the second love, that is to say the affirmation, sympathy, encouragement, and support we receive from our parents, teachers, spouses and friends. We all know how limited, broken, and very fragile that love is.”