Memorable Stories.

Old statuses or "memorable stories" as facebook describes them.  Just thought I'd share:

• Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.
• I learned the hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesn’t guarantee that others will be good people, too. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be as a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept them or walk away.
•  I'm not perfect, but I got the desire to improve.
• Take time to "do you" - Saying NO to others is OK! Remember: you might be able to do anything but you can't do everything.  
• was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the east of my youth and the west of my future.
• I wish for you comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth & love to complete your life.
• Sometimes what I look for in a relationship I can only find in God.
• Stop making judgments on people because of what you heard about some one else's experience with them.
• Focus on the people in your life who are genuine; and if you have no one, remember you have God.

1.11.11.

Unbelief says, whatever God did over there, can't possibly happen here. Whatever God did then, can't possibly be done now. Whatever God did for that person, can't possibly be done for me. FAITH says, HOLD UP, whatever God did there, He can & wants to do here. Whatever God did then, He can & wants to do now. And whatever God did for that person, He can & wants to do for me. Choose your perspective. ♥

New Year Rambles.

It's a New Year and my first post of the New Year.  Wow 2010 is over and here we are blessed to see a new year.   Earlier on twitter I tweeted (something of the nature) "2011 = big things. Thanking God in advance for abundance; for prosperity; for His favor!" and I am immensely excited to see where He takes me this year.  

More rambles.   I truly and wholeheartedly believe that if God is the foundation of anything in your life - then regardless of what storm arises you'll be able to stand firm.  We go through things in order to test our Love for Him.  Do we truly and honestly love God as we proclaim?  I always think of Job's love for God and how I aspire to be like Job.  No matter what happened to him he stayed faithful - he was solid in his love.   We live in a generation today where if something that remotely resembles a hard time - we're quick to call it quits.   Thus the decline in sustainable love.  I tell myself that God will be the foundation of all my friendships and relationships - because no matter what life blows in my direction I have something firm to rely upon. 

When you're growing (spiritually) you begin to understand things a lot greater than before.  I used to allow physical attraction to a guy be what I considered the most.  I gave a list of all these things I sought in a guy - he has to be this - he has to be that - then we'd say oh he has to be God-fearing.  Do we (ladies) really and truly understand what it means to have a God-fearing man?  So many profess to be God-fearing but they take you through Hell and back - and still say Jesus is number 1 in their life.  Understand that when a person TRULY fears the Lord - they are afraid to do things.  It's some things that people will NOT do if they truly love God.    We should start looking for the Jesus in a person before trying to date them or even subject ourselves to this person.   If a person is not faithful to God - how do you expect them to be faithful to you? Won't happen.  

I was talking with a friend one day and I was like well the bible says that, "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart" - and asked me if I kept reading - that it continued to say, "if your ways please Him" - we as Christians tend to that - we get bible verse and we only read the parts that fit in our lifestyles.  We do things like that.   How can we expect a blessing if our lifestyle is not in line with what the Word says?  Impossible?  We expect BIG things from Him but won't devote BIG TIME to Him.  I always think about a conversation I had with the same friend and he began to ask me to think about the last time I was in love and the feelings that came with it... I realized that when you're in love every moment of your day you're thinking about that person - the thought of their name makes you smile - you learn their behavior - what makes them happy - what makes them mad - what makes them sad - etc - because you're trying to perfect your relationship with them.  Given the same account what about our relationship with God?  Do we utilize these same tactics?  Do we wake up and say Lord I desire to know You a little better today than I did yesterday?  What makes You mad?  What makes You happy?  You can't love someone and not spend time with them.   It takes time....and if you put forth an effort he'll put forth an effort.  

This was another big ramble....but again I hope you understood my points.  

Be blessed.  Much Love.  

Peace and prosperity,

april nicole <3 

12.29.2010

Be thankful for EVERY little thing. And be patient. Impatience delays your blessings and pushes you further away from your goals. The Bible states in Zechariah 4:10, "For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice...Despise not small beginnings."

Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Here I am....

I'm sitting here thinking that in less than 10 days I'll be faced with a new year - new beginnings (if you will) - but I'm just really grateful for how much I've grown recently.    Some days I feel as though life would be a little bit sweeter with the absence of certain people - but my ways are not God ways and I'm trusting that He's not leading me astray.  Tomorrow - well technically today I'm stepping outside of my "normal" and trying something new.  Trusting God...

Let Me Touch You.

Empty Me.

One of my favorite gospel song is Empty Me by William Murphy.  He sings that if God finds anything in Him that's not like Him that he would empty him.  More of God.  Less of Me.   I used to sing the song half way understanding -  I thought I knew but now I know.  I thought about the scripture 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a NEW creatures OLD things are passed away behold ALL things are become NEW."  When you're new - the old you is empty.  You don't fulfill those old desires because they're gone.  You're new.  You're bleached.  My friend emphasized that new is like clean - and he used bleached as an analogy - bleach turns the darkest things light - but sometimes the smell is too strong to endure - the "process" is rough - and that's how it is - we need to be bleached so God can turn our darkness into light.  Jesus is Light.  The way, the truth...the light of the world.  Man.  You never really understand until you seek.   It makes sense.  23 years and I thought I had it.  Thank you Jesus.

You are.

Rambling..

We often quote, "A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek God to find it"  it's possible that i misquoted that because I was going off the dome but last night I and a friend really analyzed it.

When you are so lost in God with your whole heart the world can't find it and in order to get you a man has to come through God.   I don't think we truly get it.   It requires a total submission to God in order to be lost -- and that's what I'm working towards.   I'm ready for my next to be my last.   We life of the ideal that we're young and we have time for "trial and error" relationships but who wants to continue bouncing back and forth experimenting?  I don't.  My last relationship with Brandon was a major eye opener.   I experienced love on a different level.    I always thought at the end of the day people fought endlessly for what they love and you work towards making it work but some things are meant to fall apart so better things can fall together.  As cliche' as that may sound it's true.   Lately I've really been grasping that people come into your life for various reasons.  To shape you - to mold you - for your next.  Break up sucks - because it leaves you vulnerable.   It's a different type of hurt that we never fathom.   BUT now I can rejoice because I know that some day my man of God is coming and I am patient.  I've truly accepted it.....and it feels good.

I know this post is all over the place but hopefully through it all my point was clear....if there was a point.  =)

April. <3