My youth pastor challenged us to write our testimonies and put them online this week! so I did! Here it goesss:

I was born and raised in a Christian family. What a blessing! But regardless, I found myself living in the world (well as much as you can in kindergarten;) ). My dad is senior pastor of my church and I had the typical Sunday school kind of faith. I heard Bible stories, I enjoyed Bible stories. But I can honestly say that they were just that — stories. So I grew up TYPICAL, Concerned with petty and trivial things: popularity, desiring acceptance, insecurity (which honestly still bother me from time to time). I was always unsatisfied. There was something… Else. Sometimes i’d stumble across God in all His glory in my walk, but nothing stuck— because like before, I believed in a story book God. Dare to Share in 7th grade. For the first time, I met a God who was real. He was AlIVE. And He was not satisfied with what I had given Him thus far. He wanted all of me. Since then I have been living a life with Christ that I could never walk away from. It has been far from perfect. Romans 7 and 8 describe it well. Romans 7:18-25, especially. But I found that “more” that I was looking for. The purpose, the passion, the satisfaction— but most of all I found a man whose love was unlike anything I’d known before ( John 3:16, Romans 5:8). A man whose love for me was constant and unshakeable! And I’ve decided to live completely for Him. Maybe this song can explain better than my words can.

Generally, I’m known to be… fearless. That girl who’ll say anything, do anything. She lives for the risk — she’s not trynna get arrested, though! (I keep it legal and biblical;) But every so often I encounter something that kinda scares me. Last night, it was a guy walking towards my car when I was stopped at a stoplight. I LOCKED those car doors. 

This past week, It’s been this Invisible Children’s movement. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here now. This thing has been trending on twitter all week!! It’s been over my Facebook news feed. I have been, literally, avoiding it. It scared me. I already knew, that once I saw it, I would HAVE to do something about it. I can’t just forget it. 

But I gave in eventually. And I was right to be afraid. I had chills the entire 28 minute video long. I am appalled by the atrocities happening that our government and MANY other powers around the world have ignored. I’m even more appalled by the people who still refuse to acknowledge it, not because it is an illegitimate cause or because they believe that the news is fabricated, but because they think this “fad” will fade in a matter of weeks. 

Jacob, won’t ever consider this a fad. Jacob’s dead brother, won’t ever consider this a fad.

It’s foolish to forget we have a purpose here. We’re not here to live for ourselves. My time is to be split in two. For God and for others. My heart is for God and for others. 1 John 4:21

See ya’ll on April 20th I hope!

bearyourcross:

Keep in mind that because this is a satire, none of it should be taken literally, but that I want the exact opposite to happen. 

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AHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!! this is hilarious!! perfect end to my night. // It’s a serious subject and i agree with the writer, but i geez. the wit.

A popular trend with you has been to post on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter how “every girl is beautiful”. They are! But don’t say it if you don’t believe it. I hate hearing about how ugly/fat/gross/pimply someone is only to hear the same person call all girls beautiful. That doesn’t benefit anyone. Nobody’s self esteem is boosted because of that. 

**I saved this as a draft like 3 months ago. I still agree, so i shall post.

2011 was by far the hardest year of my life. Emotionally and spiritually I’ve never felt so lost. At the beginning of 2011 my prayer was Ezekiel 26:36 - make my heart of stone a heart of flesh.  It’s extremely easy for me to be indifferent and it’s impossible to advance with God while being indifferent. Indifference blinds you to yourself. You won’t see your mistakes (pride) and you won’t see your brokenness. And if you don’t see those things, then you won’t be see the need for Jesus in your life as savior and redeemer and healer. 

So I prayed for a heart of flesh. One that was sensitive to His call on my heart. One that was sensitive to the things around me. And I got it. 

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(Source: bearyourcross, via isthatasockfullofbuttah)