You Are Going To Feel So Much Love And Devotion It’s Going To Scare You. You Aren’t Used To Being

“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.”

— Sensei Ogui, Zen Shin Talks (via philosophyquotes)

HEY !!!!!!!!!!! GUESS WHO’S VALID ??????

it’s you homie,, have a sweet day

“God is not scared of your ugliest days.”

The desert process is one of refining and pruning; God pressing you at the winepress will HURT and you will CRY but before a plant grows a seed must die and God needs to kill what is holding you back from sprouting into the beautiful flower he envisions you as!

growth is sometimes a lonely process

Prayer:

Dear Father God in Heaven, I humbly come before You in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ. I ask that You will forgive me for any spiritual neglect or laziness. Lord, help me to serve You with a fervent mind and fervent spirit. Please allow Your Holy Spirit to increase my hunger for You, Your Word, and the things of God. Draw me by Your Spirit that I may run for You. Draw me by Your Spirit that I may be consumed with Your love and truth. I thank You now, Father, that You have heard my prayer and I expect a renewal in my spiritual walk in Jesus Christ’s name.

“I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.”

— Stephen R. Covey

you don’t have to be happy all the time to be a hero. you don’t always have to be kind and forgiving, you don’t have to push yourself to be positive. allow yourself to feel and deal with emotions even if they’re “bad”. allow yourself to learn and grow from how you feel.

God has really done some serious purification since I first entered secondary school. If I could meet my past self I'd give her a big teddy bear hug and let her know all the pain will be worth it. Although the flames will still burn the same. It's all been worth it. I constantly need to remind myself now at 17. The vulnerability I've grown into with God would suprise past me. I talk to him openly as my friend. Slang, eyerolls, tears and all. And he listens. He cares about every second of it! Even the things which aren't actually that imooetsnt. He doesn't deny my emotions. He doesn't make me feel invalid for them. What a friend I have in Jesus.

forever grateful i’m not who i used 2 be