It was a beautiful yet stressful, Sunday morning in Chinandega, Nicaragua. I myself, was not ready for the task that was, whether i liked it or not coming my way, in just a few short hours. This task was climbing one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua, Cerro Negro. Picture if you will, a large, and when i say large i mean, whatever small and insignificant "hill" you are currently picturing, double it to the point that it is almost unrealistic to call it a volcano at all, because it is that vast and large, and you my friend have painted a picture of the VERY realistic yet insane, Cerro Negro volcano. I myself had been to Nicaragua once before, and every Sunday, when a new group of missionaries come to Nicaragua, the organization "Amigos For Christ", takes the group to this volcano, to climb in order to push themselves where they are not only vulnerable but WAY out of their comfort zone, to basically show you, that whatever you think you can't do, anything is possible, but only if you step out of the doors of normalcy.
Since i hadn't made it up the first time i tried, my youth minister, Dan, was pushing me out of that door way even if he had to carry me up that volcano himself. It was a little less than an hour before we all loaded on the bus, to drive to the volcano to meet our maker. To be completely honest with you, i felt like a pig about to walk into a slaughter house. I knew right there, inside our house "casa" as i sat eating coco puffs that this very well could be my last meal, i was so incredibly sure that, today i would not make it up that volcano, i was going to die on the side of an active volcano in Leon, Nicaragua and that was that.
As my trust in the whole idea grew weaker, and weaker. There was this faint feeling in the pit of my stomach that i needed to climb this volcano, at the time i thought it was just my friends words of encouragement getting to me, but as i look back on it now, i see that it was God, asking me to trust Him, promising me that if i were to trust Him, and climb this volcano, then he reward me, in amazing ways. So during our Devotional time, basically praise and worship, i sat in this plastic chair, and directly told God what i wanted, (I am more or less sure, as i look back at this moment, God had a good ole laugh, as he listened to me, a selfish teenager demand things to Him. Woof!) I straight up told God that if i climbed this volcano, that these would be the terms and agreements: 1) I better not die. 2) I better get one heck of a tan. 3) I refuse to climb it alone. 4) The reward better be good, scratch that, it better be GREAT. 5) I better not throw up those coco puffs. After me and God had our little discussion, it was off to the volcano. As i picture it now in my head, i remember getting done talking to God, lifting my head and opening my eyes and seeing this long termer, named Kelly Garcia. If you have ever had one of those, "things just clicked" moments, well as soon as i saw Kelly I new, she would be the person i would conquer Cerro Negro with. By this time Devotional was over, i got up and went over to Kelly to ask her if she would climb Cerro Negro with me.
For those of you who haven't been fortunate enough to meet, or talk to this wonderful woman, Kelly Garcia, for a lack of a better term is phenomenal. I am 100% positive she is the funniest person i have ever met in my life. The humility and holiness within her heart, is truly remarkable and i am blessed to call her my friend. Something you folks at home should know about Kelly is that she is also one of the sassiest people i have ever known, if she wants to do or say something, or she wants you to do or say something, she will make it happen. So as walked toward her i was assured she was the right person for the job, for getting me up that volcano. I kid you not when i say this is how our conversation went; "Hey Kelly" "Hey girl what's up" "I need you to do me a favor..." "Yeah girl what do you need?" "I need you to make sure i get up that volcano." "You got it, of course!"
That was that, i did it, there was no getting out of it now, i didn’t matter if i was bleeding from my eyes while barfing up my liver, Kelly was determined to get me up that volcano. We arrive at the bottom of Cerro Negro, Kelly walks with me the entire way up that volcano, she stayed with me during the 5,000 breaks we took, she listened to me and i listened to her, as we got to know each other better, and a friendship developed and had begun.
I can honestly say that if it wasn't for Kelly Garcia not only would you have not read this, i wouldn’t have wrote it, and i wouldn’t have been able to climb up to the top of that volcano, look at God's beautiful creation, and stand in awe. I owe a lot to Kelly; she will forever hold a special place in my heart. Thank you so much Kelly for being an amazing inspiration to me, and allowing me to be vulnerable and climb that volcano with my arms wide open. I can't thank you enough. To all those folks at home, if you take anything away from reading about Kelly, and her amazing Yes to God and how it affected my life so profoundly, take away the thought of what a life could be like, if you trust that things aren't always easy, normal, or really all that sane, but rather, and most importantly, that those same uneasy, not normal, insane things are very much possible. Thank you again Kel, I love you so much!
God Bless!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
100 Things I Have Learned In My Life
1) Never forget to leave a tip, which is 3 dollars, more than what makes you comfortable.
2) Hugs should always be chest to chest, that’s the only warm embrace that’s real.
3) Reuse as often as you can.
4) Never take more food than you can eat.
5) Give away your excess clothes to your local homeless shelter.
6) If you make eye contact with someone, smile. No matter what.
7) Don’t drive over the speed limit.
8) Drink water, LOTS of water.
9) Be random. Organization is good, but not all the time.
10) Once a month place fresh flowers of on a grave stone, of a person you didn’t know.
11) Visit/call your grandparents once a month.
12) Rotate your tires and have your oil changed regularly.
13) If (_________) hasn’t been used in a year, give it away.
14) Wake up, and think of someone you love, and refuse to hit snooze for that person.
15) Tell the women in your life, that they are beautiful, all the time.
16) Hold hands more often.
17) Take more pictures.
18) Let your mind wander, but don’t let it ignore the present.
19) Walk bare-foot as much as you can.
20) Plant something every spring, even if it dies in a week.
21) Own a pet. But don’t replace your dog for a child.
22) Mow your neighbor’s yard once a year.
23) Remember who your friends are, but pray for who your friends aren’t.
24) Have the courage to be courageous.
25) Instead of turning on the heater, make a fire in the fireplace.
26) Make your bed every morning, in honor of those who don’t have one to make.
27) Own a lava-lamp at one point in your life.
28) Eat less meat.
29) Share your umbrella in the rain, even with a stranger. Especially with a stranger.
30) Go to church more than just on Christmas. There’s more to the story than just Jesus’ birth.
31) Journal your thoughts and feelings, about yourself and others.
32) Affirm others, daily.
33) Cry, because tears are the most real thing we create without trying.
34) Watch firework shows until they are over.
35) Dance in the rain, but listen to your mom when she tells you to go inside, because of the lightning.
36) Write hand written letters to people, just telling them how much you love them.
37) Pray more often than you watch T.V.
38) Eat out less.
39) Go outside more, the sun is good for you.
40) Smile.
41) Don’t hold grudges.
42) Don’t go to sleep angry, we aren’t granted the next morning.
43) Tell your parents you love them, it will make their day.
44) Play the license plate game more often.
45) Laugh out loud every day, no excuses.
46) Have more girls/guys nights out.
47) Go visit the elderly in nursing homes, just sit and talk with them.
48) Listen to less radio and more records.
49) Teach a child something.
50) Life is too short to be skeptical or superstitious, just go for it.
51) Don’t regret anything, your mistakes make your stronger, and the people who judge you for your mistakes allow you learn to forgive others, so you can forgive yourself.
52) Stop hating and start living.
53) Ask for prayer requests from others.
54) Actually pray for their requests.
55) Don’t be afraid to start something, it if you can’t finish it, it isn’t over.
56) Don’t be afraid to love someone.
57) Have more dance parties.
58) Memorize lyrics, and SING LOUD!
59) Remember your body is beautiful, but don’t flaunt it.
60) Clean up after yourself.
61) Listen to children talk about the world, they know more than most adults.
62) Show love to those younger than you, they choose your nursing home.
63) Remember that each person is worth dying for.
64) Once a friend, always a friend. Never stop loving someone, but you can still let go.
65) Talk in accents.
66) Make others hearts smile.
67) Go on a mission trip to another country, roll up your sleeves and do some work.
68) Swim in the ocean at least once in your life.
69) Roll down your windows in the car in instead of turning on the AC.
70) Cuddling is a fabulous idea, just about any time.
71) When things get awkward, smile and go with it.
72) Don’t hide your baby pictures; they’re going to be showed sometime, might as well laugh about it now.
73) Make CD’s of brilliant car ride music for your friends.
74) Let someone else have shot gun once and a while.
75) Learn how to play Chess.
76) Let the other car go first.
77) Sit with someone new at lunch once a week.
78) Be the first one to say Hi, and the last one to say bye.
79) Thank a Veteran.
80) Visit the imprisoned.
81) If someone says the need help, don’t be the first one to question, be the first one to stand up.
82) Don’t lose touch with your friends once they leave for college or you leave.
83) Thank your teachers, even when it’s hard.
84) Don’t envy others.
85) Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
86) Be yourself.
87) Say you’re sorry, and admit you were wrong.
88) Strive to leave the world a better place than it was when you arrived.
89) Welcome all life.
90) Our lives are meant for change, accept it change and embrace new possibilities.
91) Stay as far away from drama as you can.
92) Don’t let your past hold you back, rather let it push you forward.
93) Love others, before yourself.
94) Show compassion.
95) Say “Bless You” when someone sneezes, even if you are the only one.
96) Have a secret handshake with someone.
97) Remember that when you fall there are only two things keeping you down, gravity and fear of the unknown, one of the two is figured out, the other is still to be conquered.
98) Men should uphold the dignity of women.
99) Women should uphold the integrity of men.
100) Have Faith in Everything.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Beth Campanella
Beth Campanella
On October 8th 2011, a dear friend and classmate of mine was in a terrible and fatal car accident, with her little sister Katie, who unfortunately passed away, in the accident. Beth was not only left with severe injuries, such as a broken pelvis and a both arms broken, she was left an only child and without her little sister. Beth and I are both juniors in high school, when our class with maybe 90-110 girls (All-girls school is the way to go!) got word of what had happened to our classmate, the Lord entered into ALL of our lives and was not going anyway.
Beth is vice president of our class, on National Honors Society, and not to mentation she is a tennis STUD, if you haven’t caught on by now, this girl has got it going on. She is one of the best people I have ever had the privilege to know, her kindness and joy for life has (and will always) be a part of who she is, even when struggles that seem unbearable come her way, she finds and determines herself to seek a way to find, joy, love, and the Lord within everything she faces. To say she is inspirational could not even begin to describe her fully, but it’s a start.
Since living in the St. Louis area, which isn’t small by any degree, but we aren’t talking LA large here people, so please understand that, for one person to change the whole realm of thousands upon thousands of people’s lives, is very hard to do, even within a tragedy, but if you have two people, the possibilities are endless. That’s where sweet Katie Campanella comes into the picture, though she may be gone from this earth, she is never far from loved ones hearts and minds. I personally only met Katie once, shortly before her passing, but that was enough for me to see and experience the beautiful legacy she started here on earth, and is continuing in heaven.
The day I met her, was a day I will never forget, just as the day she left this world, and I speak for her loved ones, my class, and everyone who ever knew her, or has heard her story and has been touched by it since, that they look at their lives differently now because of this beautiful 11 year old girl. If you were to ask any person, having met Katie, what they would take away from who she was or the life she lived, they might say things like, to love others always, and tell the people you care about how much they mean to you, to smile even when it’s hard, to sing and sing LOUD, be happy because life is meant to be lived happily, never give up on yourself, each day you are allowed another morning, strive to be better than you were the day before. I know for myself she has taught me, to live my life in service for others, as she did. Though she was just one girl, she was meant for a bigger purpose, a purpose of HOPE, which is just beginning to unfold with her life and passing, she taught me to love the people in my life with every aspect of my heart and soul, because they are the ones that matter the most, she also taught me to thank God for those people, because I know my life would not be where it is without them.
To Beth, you and your sister have shown me what it means to have true sisterhood and I am forever grateful for that, though Katie is not physically here, she is defiantly here spiritually, never doubt that. She is watching out for you, and is going to continue to be involved in your life, within the details.
What I mean is that, when you turn and see a sunrise, and you don’t know why you suddenly glanced and looked at it, that’s Katie putting her hand to your face, and turning your head, so you can see God’s beauty, when you need it most. When a cool breeze brushes your cheek and the warm rays hit your skin that is Katie giving you a kiss on the cheek, and a warm hug, just letting you know she’s with the Lord, and they both are loving on you constantly. Every time you look up to the sky and see the stars, know that Katie designed and aligned them herself, so her beautiful big sissy, could smile right up at her. Katie with always be with you Beth, ask her to pray for you, and with you.
“I can do ALL things through CHRIST who strengthens me!” Philippians 4:13
That verse, is a shout out from the Lord that, you can do anything, literally anything, and with Katie’s help, and the man upstairs’ guidance, your life and Katie’s legacy is meant to change the world.
To all those reading this, who did not have the privilege of knowing Katie, or who may never meet Beth, allow me to give you each a challenge that not only with honor the memory of Katie, but honor the life of Beth, the challenge being…..prayer.
Though it seems, small and insignificant, as the old saying goes, if you think something is too small to make a difference, you obviously have never been in bed with a mosquito. Catch my drift?
Prayer will always change the way you, look, feel, and act toward anything. When anything bad happens, we always say, to pray for the person, and their family. Which is BEAUTIFUL, and alone is amazing, but that can’t be it, that can’t be the only time that prayer is needed or helpful, I think if I have learned anything or really been shown anything by this tragedy it is that, prayer is maybe most needed or used in times of trial, but its most affective in times of joy.
Katie’s life is something to be celebrated, with joy, happiness and lots of smiles. Beth’s recovery and future is something to be rejoiced over and distinguished as a miracle. Both involve some sort of prayer.
Prayer will allow us to celebrate Katie, and rejoice over Beth, we thank and praise God for Katie, and exalt His glory for Beth. Prayer is what connects each one of us to the Lord, and the Lord is what connects us to love, which we show to those we LOVE. Makes sense right?
Offer prayers for Beth and her family, offer prayers in thanksgiving for her parents, talk to God and just lift up their names, He’s listening, but you got to talk, but He’s a patient God, He will wait.
Whether you are teenager like me, a husband, wife, daughter or son, we all have someone in this world who we love, and we ALL have someone in a divine world, who loves US, but we are connected through prayer. Live as Katie lived, with passion and love.
St. Raphael Pray for Us!
St. Agnes Pray for Us!
St. Rita Pray for Us!
Katie Campanella, Pray for Us!
On October 8th 2011, a dear friend and classmate of mine was in a terrible and fatal car accident, with her little sister Katie, who unfortunately passed away, in the accident. Beth was not only left with severe injuries, such as a broken pelvis and a both arms broken, she was left an only child and without her little sister. Beth and I are both juniors in high school, when our class with maybe 90-110 girls (All-girls school is the way to go!) got word of what had happened to our classmate, the Lord entered into ALL of our lives and was not going anyway.
Beth is vice president of our class, on National Honors Society, and not to mentation she is a tennis STUD, if you haven’t caught on by now, this girl has got it going on. She is one of the best people I have ever had the privilege to know, her kindness and joy for life has (and will always) be a part of who she is, even when struggles that seem unbearable come her way, she finds and determines herself to seek a way to find, joy, love, and the Lord within everything she faces. To say she is inspirational could not even begin to describe her fully, but it’s a start.
Since living in the St. Louis area, which isn’t small by any degree, but we aren’t talking LA large here people, so please understand that, for one person to change the whole realm of thousands upon thousands of people’s lives, is very hard to do, even within a tragedy, but if you have two people, the possibilities are endless. That’s where sweet Katie Campanella comes into the picture, though she may be gone from this earth, she is never far from loved ones hearts and minds. I personally only met Katie once, shortly before her passing, but that was enough for me to see and experience the beautiful legacy she started here on earth, and is continuing in heaven.
The day I met her, was a day I will never forget, just as the day she left this world, and I speak for her loved ones, my class, and everyone who ever knew her, or has heard her story and has been touched by it since, that they look at their lives differently now because of this beautiful 11 year old girl. If you were to ask any person, having met Katie, what they would take away from who she was or the life she lived, they might say things like, to love others always, and tell the people you care about how much they mean to you, to smile even when it’s hard, to sing and sing LOUD, be happy because life is meant to be lived happily, never give up on yourself, each day you are allowed another morning, strive to be better than you were the day before. I know for myself she has taught me, to live my life in service for others, as she did. Though she was just one girl, she was meant for a bigger purpose, a purpose of HOPE, which is just beginning to unfold with her life and passing, she taught me to love the people in my life with every aspect of my heart and soul, because they are the ones that matter the most, she also taught me to thank God for those people, because I know my life would not be where it is without them.
To Beth, you and your sister have shown me what it means to have true sisterhood and I am forever grateful for that, though Katie is not physically here, she is defiantly here spiritually, never doubt that. She is watching out for you, and is going to continue to be involved in your life, within the details.
What I mean is that, when you turn and see a sunrise, and you don’t know why you suddenly glanced and looked at it, that’s Katie putting her hand to your face, and turning your head, so you can see God’s beauty, when you need it most. When a cool breeze brushes your cheek and the warm rays hit your skin that is Katie giving you a kiss on the cheek, and a warm hug, just letting you know she’s with the Lord, and they both are loving on you constantly. Every time you look up to the sky and see the stars, know that Katie designed and aligned them herself, so her beautiful big sissy, could smile right up at her. Katie with always be with you Beth, ask her to pray for you, and with you.
“I can do ALL things through CHRIST who strengthens me!” Philippians 4:13
That verse, is a shout out from the Lord that, you can do anything, literally anything, and with Katie’s help, and the man upstairs’ guidance, your life and Katie’s legacy is meant to change the world.
To all those reading this, who did not have the privilege of knowing Katie, or who may never meet Beth, allow me to give you each a challenge that not only with honor the memory of Katie, but honor the life of Beth, the challenge being…..prayer.
Though it seems, small and insignificant, as the old saying goes, if you think something is too small to make a difference, you obviously have never been in bed with a mosquito. Catch my drift?
Prayer will always change the way you, look, feel, and act toward anything. When anything bad happens, we always say, to pray for the person, and their family. Which is BEAUTIFUL, and alone is amazing, but that can’t be it, that can’t be the only time that prayer is needed or helpful, I think if I have learned anything or really been shown anything by this tragedy it is that, prayer is maybe most needed or used in times of trial, but its most affective in times of joy.
Katie’s life is something to be celebrated, with joy, happiness and lots of smiles. Beth’s recovery and future is something to be rejoiced over and distinguished as a miracle. Both involve some sort of prayer.
Prayer will allow us to celebrate Katie, and rejoice over Beth, we thank and praise God for Katie, and exalt His glory for Beth. Prayer is what connects each one of us to the Lord, and the Lord is what connects us to love, which we show to those we LOVE. Makes sense right?
Offer prayers for Beth and her family, offer prayers in thanksgiving for her parents, talk to God and just lift up their names, He’s listening, but you got to talk, but He’s a patient God, He will wait.
Whether you are teenager like me, a husband, wife, daughter or son, we all have someone in this world who we love, and we ALL have someone in a divine world, who loves US, but we are connected through prayer. Live as Katie lived, with passion and love.
St. Raphael Pray for Us!
St. Agnes Pray for Us!
St. Rita Pray for Us!
Katie Campanella, Pray for Us!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Brilliance
If you have ever believed, that you weren’t good enough, you’re to insignificant, not pretty enough, to fat, to dumb, pathetic, weird, alone, to small, or worthless, if you have ever bought into the lies that someone else has fed you, the person who was judging you obviously missed the brilliance that is YOU! Your worth, your importance, your beauty, your intelligence, your uniqueness, your presence alone, which is something marvelous in its own light, if you can find the will to see your own brilliance, then maybe others may not judge yours but rather find their own. What this world would be like if we each knew, and understood our unbelievable brilliance.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
The Mission of Love.
Call me a hopeless romantic if you must, but I love a good chick flick. Maybe’s it just the desire as a woman to be swept off my feet by the unrealistic hunk of a guy in your typical, “10 Things I Hate About You”, “A walk to Remember” or the forever tear jerker, “Titanic”, but ever since I can remember I have always loved sitting at home, all snuggled up in my favorite blanket sitting on the couch, box of Kleenex at the ready, fresh popcorn, popped to perfection, and a good pint of Ben and Jerry’s chocolate ice cream in the freezer, ready at any moment. Granted, all these things make the movies that much more enjoyable, but that can’t be it, that can’t be the reason we women and even men too, love these movies so much. So…what is it?? As you sit at home at your computer, pondering that question, let’s keep the mental juices flowing and ask a few more questions, shall we?
So what makes those chick flicks so good, even before Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams kiss in the very convenient rain storm, after reuniting back together? Why do our hearts melt when we see such, un-normal and unrealistic love? The answer is just that, because in between our loud nose blowing, and spoon full of rocky road, it is in fact unrealistic love, but something within our souls click at the moment when a kiss in the rain happens, a dramatic slow motion run on the beach to the forbidden lovers occurs, with intense facial expression and wicked camera angles, or the ever popular; running through an airport only to find that the nameless actor didn’t get on the plane, and was waiting there the whole time, and they all lived happily ever after. What makes our hearts register a desire for love in those moments?
Perhaps it could just be the fact that I live in Missouri, so it doesn’t really rain that often, nor do we have beaches, and are airport is that big for anyone to really run through, so maybe I just don’t see it that often, but it seems to me this type of Hollywood inspired mentality of love just isn’t the everyday norm.
So what makes those chick flicks so good, even before Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams kiss in the very convenient rain storm, after reuniting back together? Why do our hearts melt when we see such, un-normal and unrealistic love? The answer is just that, because in between our loud nose blowing, and spoon full of rocky road, it is in fact unrealistic love, but something within our souls click at the moment when a kiss in the rain happens, a dramatic slow motion run on the beach to the forbidden lovers occurs, with intense facial expression and wicked camera angles, or the ever popular; running through an airport only to find that the nameless actor didn’t get on the plane, and was waiting there the whole time, and they all lived happily ever after. What makes our hearts register a desire for love in those moments?
Perhaps it could just be the fact that I live in Missouri, so it doesn’t really rain that often, nor do we have beaches, and are airport is that big for anyone to really run through, so maybe I just don’t see it that often, but it seems to me this type of Hollywood inspired mentality of love just isn’t the everyday norm.
But even that being, why do we still pay money to see it, read it, and be involved in it? The answer is because we as human beings were made for love. We were made to be loved, to show love, and to truly experience the nature of love. The reason we gush out crying and even laugh, and become happier when we watch these movies is because we are searching for love. But so often we as humans are searching so long and so hard for that love, we stop at the nearest exit of our souls and a take a rest stop at the earthly desires motel. Like any motel, it’s not a home, it’s not the end of our journey, but it is comfortable. So we decide to stay awhile, so we trade the ultimate for the immediate. We know that we were made for an intimate relationship with a person, so they could love us, care for us, and really know and understand us and vice-versa. So why do we settle?
Why do we settle for the random guy at the party, the first girl or guy to pay attention to you, the random hook up? Why do we settle for the stereotypical society manufactured impression of what love REALLY is? Because we know we weren’t made for this world, we don’t feel at home on earth, there is an inescapable desire for a supernatural love, a love created in divinity. But to often we msitake that for the much simpler and easier earthly production of love.
But so often we as humans forget our worth, and therefore disregard all other considerations of our potential and call to be loved by someone else. No matter who you are, where you live, what you’ve done, what you do, or what you could ever possibly do, there are three people who will always love you, one of which will always be most apparent. First two people being your parents. Now I know for any one like myself, a child of a divorced family, got to many half or step siblings to name, and don’t have one or either parent that involved in my life, you got to be saying, “yeah whatever”. But think about it this way, if there was anyone on this earth your parents would physically or emotionally die for, at any moment; do you honestly think it would be the neighbor across the street, or you? The odds are definitely in your favor. Just because they aren’t good at showing love all the time, or even sometimes, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with every fragment and being of their soul and person. It simply means they themselves don’t know their own self-worth, so they don’t know how to love others. The third person who will always love you is God. If you are currently sitting reading this thinking, “Well if you only knew what God has let happen in my life, you wouldn’t say that!” “God doesn’t love me, or He wouldn’t have let these things happen to me.” And so on and so forth.
On the contrary, God doesn’t choose the qualified, He qualifies the chosen. If you had your fair share of trials and turmoil’s in your life, then God has some big plans for you, he doesn’t give you anything you can’t handle, in theory those same trials and turmoil’s are actual signs from God, the almighty, creator of heaven and earth, saying, “I trust you. I love you. I am with you.”
Sorry, but that’s pretty cool to me, yeah it’s not easy, but we don’t need easy, we weren’t made for easy, we need and were made for possible. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 There you go, direct proof, anything is possible, actually ALL things are possible; just in case that little bit of doubt was in your mind.
Sorry, but that’s pretty cool to me, yeah it’s not easy, but we don’t need easy, we weren’t made for easy, we need and were made for possible. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 There you go, direct proof, anything is possible, actually ALL things are possible; just in case that little bit of doubt was in your mind.
The mission of love is not to make, bend, twist, and or contort love to make it easy. The mission of love is to make it, organic, sacrificial, and durable. It may not be Hollywood movie flawless, but it’s what we are called to do. It may seem unrealistic, and it sure isn’t normal, but that’s why we desire for people to be real with us, to sacrifice for us, to stand alongside us, to love us. Love, whether reckless, natural, spiritual, demanding, or organic is all possible, but only if we leave the rest stop of normalcy and conformity, and take the nearest highway straight to holiness. Love isn’t only found in God, but that is the only place it can be fostered. My challenge to whoever is reading this, is to walk passionately and love recklessly, always.
God Bless!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Welcome folks!
Welcome folks to "Passionately walking and loving recklessly", my blog which is basically my life as a 16, junior in highschool, with a thirst and desire for the Lord. The reason behide the title of my blog is really simple, the word passionately comes from the Greek word "pathos" which means to literally have suffering, emotion or feeling, and a synonym for walking is "rambling" well as most of you bloggers out there know, someone who blogging is quite simply just rambling, but i myself am a person of thought, feeling and action, and that is what this blog is talking about. The thought behide the title and the thought behide my life. The feeling of me rambling emotion (passionately walking) but also putting to action, the thought, feeling and desire to love, my life, the people within my life, and everything i do in my life recklessly. These blog posts are just a small look into the amazing life God has blessed me with, where i go i want to walk with passion and love whoever recklessly.
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