For about the past 3 days I’ve been pondering on what it truly means to be ‘saved’ and how people often confuse this. God began to give me tiny bits of revelations at a time until I was finally able to break it down into a very simplistic form. 

So as I was sitting in my bed just now, it finally came to me! when we confess that we’re saved isn’t that like a verbal contract with God? We say, “I believe that Jesus died and rose so that I may be free of my sins” is also saying that we’re agreeing to abide by his commandments, right? So this means that from this day forward our new objective is to strive to abide by God’s commandments. Each day we should be moving closer to being like Christ. 

So why do people expect to reap the benefits of this “contract” without meeting the necessary standards? the benefits being: blessings while on Earth and eventually the kingdom of heaven. standards and conditions being: living by his commandments.

Often people speak about the many blessings that are given to children God and they feel that they are entitled to these when in fact they aren’t. I was once a person who blindly repeated these verses not even knowing that they weren’t for me! I was ignorant, thinking that I could live life the way I wanted to and still reap the treasures that God has for those who “love” him. I thought that I loved God, I truly did! But the fact was, I didn’t love God. The bible clearly states that those who love him keep his commandments. Was I keeping his commandments? Not at all. So what does this mean? I did not have the love of or for God within my heart.

Just because we say with our mouth that “Jesus is Lord. He died so that I may be set free” does not mean that we are going to heaven if we are not following his commandments. 1 Corinthians 6:9 says, “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,nor sodomites” Of course we will all slip up at times, but it should be just that: a slip up. Not a practice, nor a lifestyle. We cannot continue living and sin and repenting just because we know that God is a forgiving God. When we repent, it should be with the intention of never committing that sin again. God knows our hearts and he knows our true intentions when we come to him in repentance.

Have a blessed day people! I love you all :) 

To the Christians: Do you know what the main cause of atheism is? Christians! Christians that preach God’s word but do not follow it. Yell about how everyone else is damned to hell but they don’t even love God enough to keep his commandments. It is our job to not only spread his word but to also be an EXAMPLE. we must practice what we preach! stop straddling the fence. you’re either hot or cold for God, there is no lukewarm. I’m well aware because I was once a straddler. That is until I realized that I could no longer live a lifestyle in which I could no longer bring others over to Christ. It is a difficult decision but a VERY rewarding decision to live a life that is solely dedicated to Christ. I thank GOD for conviction. We are the light of the world and the salt of the Earth. We must let our light shine so that people will want to know how we have this everlasting peace and happiness. When people come in contact with us they should THIRST for what we have.. keep this in mind. God bless :)

foorrr like the last year I have absolutely adored this shoe!

It’s so simple yet so chic! if only I wasnt broke! lol

400+ for a shoe, Alberto Guardini?

nuh uh! I dont think so!

As Christians there are often obstacles that are thrown in our way as we strive to perfect our walks with Christ. Satan knows what things get to us and he will throw them at us when least expected. He knows what our poison is and he will certainly use it to his advantage.

For me, he uses my anger. I am a very kind person, and it isn’t easy to upset me. But once I am angered, all hell breaks lose. My walk was getting more and more towards perfection and we all know that this is when he strikes. Now I was too busy feeling like I was above all and nothing could lead me astray: I was wrong.

Although I have grown more as a Christian woman, I am not completely there yet, which is why we must stay prayed up and shielded with the word. I know what my weakness is, therefore I will continue to pray and work on it. It is a shame that an insignificant person can come and lead me to anger. But the fact is, it happens. And when does it happen? It happens as soon as I completely dedicate myself to Christ. EACH time, it never fails. We all know the scripture “A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.” (Proverbs 16:29) I cannot allow someone to come and lead me astray.

Well I’m praying this is the last time I will succumb to my anger. No longer will I allow people who do not matter knock me off pace. I will continue to pray that I will be slow to anger, and hopefully you all will as well.

“Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.” (Proverbs 14:29, ESV).

Remember, even Jesus was tempted, several times. God understands our troubles and through him, we can overcome them.

what is your weakness? what does Satan use against you in order to stir you up?

I think we all have a few people we kknow who are desperate for a relationship. We may not even know them personally, it may just be someone on your facebook. The ones whose status goes from, “So happy living this single life! I don’t need anyone to complete me!” then it’s, “I am SO in love with my baby!! Couldn’t ask for anything better! :]) to “I can’t believe you were just like the rest!” all within the span of a week!

These are the same people that constantly complain about heartbreak, yet they continuously exhibit the same behaviors that will result in heartbreak. I don’t understand it. Why continue to go down the same path over and over?

You can’t expect to do the same thing and get a different result. At this point they can’t even blame the other person for their heartbreak, they jumped in it too quickly! They were so concerned with having someone to have as their own that they didn’t even realize that the person was not ready to be ‘had’.

When getting into a relationship with someone at least do these things first.. please!

1.)Get to know them! The reason people get in relationships and are so unbelievably shocked a month later is because they didn’t take the time to get to know the person beforehand. Now you’re sitting there with the stupid face because technically you’ve been giving your goodies to a stranger. Didn’t mommy and daddy say don’t speak to strangers? Pretty sure dating strangers fits under the same category. But heyyy, what do I know?

2.) If you are looking for a long term relationship, is it really smart to have sex right from the start? Think about it… Ponder a little more… and a little more. Most of the time when people are just “dating” they think it’s ok to just go ahead and have sex. That’s fine if sex is all you want, but don’t hop between the sheets and get mad at the other person for not wanting the same thing that you want. They wanted sex, they got it. You wanted a commitment, now you’re screwed… Literally.

3.) This is sort or a continuance of number two. Just make sure that you two are on the same page. We sometimes jump ahead so quickly that we assume the other person is on the same page as us. Sadly, they’re in an entirely different book. You’re in the middle of Romeo and Juliet and they’re at the end of The G Spot.. eeekkk! That isn’t very good.

Now of course there are many more things that should be considered before entering a relationship that you want to be long term. These are only a few. I’m no expert but uhhh this is common sense, which clearly isn’t so common. :/ just my two cents :D

Now I am a very silly person. I laugh all of the time! I find the smallest things absolutely hysterical. About three years ago I went to my great aunt’s funeral. Giving the eulogy was a SUPER old pastor. He was soooo old and he resembled the man from Tales of the Crypt. Not only was he super old, but he was also very loopy. While giving his Eulogy he suddenly began to talk about how he’s outliving everyone, “Yeahhh all of these people that are younger than me are dying and I’m still here!” True sir, you are 627.. but must you rub this in the faces of the deceased?? He then began to speak of all of the things he was alive to see and he says, “ohhh yeah! I remember when old Moosaloosey got hung!… yeah, that mean old Moosaloosey” At this point everyone is sitting there thinking, “Moosaloosey? who in the hell is Moosaloosey???”. Then it finally dawned on me that he was speaking of Benito Mussolini! One of the founders of Italian Fascism. At this point I couldn’t help but L-M-A-O as I looked around and saw the faces of everyone as they too figured out who he was speaking of. He then broke out in random song which had these lyrics , “Heeeeeee….heeeeeee….heeeee” it sort of sounded like when you’re letting ALL of your air out and the last few bits of air sort of sound like a light whistle. After each utterance of “heeeeee…” he leaned over further and further over the podium until he was no longer standing but laying over the podium! At this point everyone lost it and began to laugh hysterically! If this man is still alive when I die at the age of 120, he will definitely be giving my eulogy!!

I just remembered the first day of the tenth grade and decided to tell you all about this horrible day Lol Well I have this cousin, we’ll call her Cher. Well Cher is now a licensed beautician, but she wasn’t back then. She is four years older than me so she was about nineteen at the time. Cher came over my house to do my hair for the first day of school and I just KNEW it would be great. She asked me how I wanted it and I told her that I didn’t have a specific style in mind, just something cute. So she begins to comb and style my hair. I sit there for about 45 minutes of pain since Cher has very heavy hands. She was finally done and I could not wait to see my hair. I slowly walked over to the mirror in anticipation to see my beautiful hair and what do I see?? The most awful hairstyle I have ever seen… EVER! Let me describe it the best way I can: The back was slicked up into two french rolls (YIKES) and the front was slicked over into one side where she then curled a patch of hair. “Do you like it??” was what she asked me. I didn’t want to hurt her feelings so I replied, “I love it!”. The moment she left I busted out into TEARS. The hairstyle was so hideous and I did not want to be seen with such awful hair. My mom looked at my hair and immediately fell out in hysterical laughter because she had told me to just let her flat iron my hair herself. I begged her to wash my hair and flat iron it, but she told me no. She said that I should have let her do it when she asked. I literally cried myself to sleep that night. Thank God the next morning my mom woke me up early and flat ironed my hair (WHEW!) Here’s a little drawing I threw together on Paint of the hairstyle Lol

Is it that time of the year again already? The time where couples are suddenly oh so in love and happy. Singles are sad, lonely, and depressed. Well not to worry my singles! This time will be over soon and we’ll be the happy singles we were last week and the couples will retreat back to their unhappy lives :D is that cruel? I don’t think so, it’s the truth! Most couples that make a huge deal out of Valentine’s Day do not show each other love throughout the year. “Ooohh, I can’t want until Tommy takes me out to dinner for Valentine’s Day! It’s gonna be sooo GREAT!” uh? why does Tommy not wine and dine you throughout the year? Why does it take a commercialized holiday for Tommy to express his love or vice versa? Treat your mate well throughout the year. Surprise them with an extravagant day for no reason. Not just because the calendar tells you to. For my happy and loving couples (year round), of course this does not apply to you :) anyway, enjoy Valentines Day people!

“I LOVE YOU!” is perhaps the biggest lie ever told. We often tell people we love then when in fact we really… don’t! “Excuse me, ma’am! You dropped your phone!” “Oh God, thank you! I love you so much for this!” but that’s pretty harmless, right? Yeah, I think it is. But have you ever deliberately told someone you love them just because they told you? Not just a random person on the street, but someone who claims to love you. Such as a s/o or a potential? OH GOD NO! what kind of cruel, evil, heartless person would do such a thing?!?! Well… me! Lol When you’ve never been in this situation it’s kind of easy to say you would never say the words back if you didn’t mean them. I surely thought this! But when the time came around and the words “I love you” were spoken the only thing that I could do was o_O and utter, “oh..haha.. I love you too.” and then I said it back on three more different occasions for fear of hurting this person’s feelings! Then finally I realized I could no longer continue telling this lie because not only did I not love this fool at all, I didn’t even like him! So the next time he told me I had to put on my brave face and admit that the feeling was definitely not mutual. Had I just been honest from the beginning, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and him a lot of heartache. well I guess his heart was aching, idk. I don’t talk to that nut anymore. :)

have you ever told someone you love them back for fear of hurting them? how did that go?

I will be the first to admit I am far from an expert when it comes to why women cheat. But I will give my best explanation. I believe that when women cheat it is more than likely because she feels slighted emotionally. I know women that go to other men for conversation or affection that she feels she isn’t getting from her man. The crazy part is, they don’t view it as cheating! I think that we all have to realize that cheating is not just a sexual act. When a woman feels that her man is lacking emotionally, she will retreat to someone else who can give her what she is missing. I honestly feel that emotional cheating is far more detrimental to a relationship than having sexual relations with an outsider. A sexual relationship does not always bring on a mental connection, but an emotional relationship does. Which is why when a woman cheats the relationship can almost never be mended, but when a man cheats there’s still  a chance. I hope this answered your question :)