my girls

i love talking about purity with my girls.
this past weekend we had a girls' retreat up at Horn's Creek. even though it was only for one night, i loved every minute of it. the girls that went on the retreat opened up in different ways to each other & unity came. the theme was on purity but also on the path where God or Satan can take you depending the choices you make.

the Lord used me to tell a girl how beautiful she really is. me and two other leaders were praying for her and i was asked to find a verse for her. earlier that night we talked about two of my favorite verses: Song of Solomon 4:7 & Psalm 45:11. and as i was telling her how beautiful she is and how God is amazed by her, i could just feel the Lord crying out and saying "you're beautiful, you're beautiful!" i almost started crying. my heart was broken for her. the way i felt has stuck with me the last couple of days. the Lord wants us.

i saw Valentine's Day (the movie) tonight. it was really cute and funny. certain parts were a little awkward. a couple of parts were kind of inappropriate to me. after talking about purity and guarding your heart, it makes you more aware of everything you do. i like that b/c the Holy Spirit is moving.

i've been praying for the desire to read & study the Word.

one verse that i really love is from Psalm 100, "sing into his presence" (message). i thought about it tonight as i hung out the youth band during practice & so i read the NIV version and read the whole chapter (5 verses). verse 5 really stuck out to me:
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

i've been reading Exodus and i have realized that God's faithfulness is truly sufficient. He blessed the midwives who feared him & would not kill the male babies (ex 1:17-20). He truly has been faithful in all generations. prayers from past generations are being fulfilled in our day and we have no idea. it's amazing.

i just read Psalm 101 and i feel like David is speaking my life in a way. i pray that if anything is ungodly will not stick in my mind. especially when it comes to guys. there has been a bunch of boy talk lately, i guess it's b/c of valentine's day. but i'm so tired of girls being so desperate for a guy. a friend told me that she hates being 'alone' & she asked me how i deal with it. not only am i used to being single but that is where the Lord wants me right now. i know he send me the perfect husband for me & i'm waiting patiently. i don't give a guy attention b/c he just wants it. it has be because the Lord is the conversation or if the Lord is telling me. i'm learning to depend on the Lord right now and i'm loving every minute of it. i can't wait to see who my husband will be!

the Lord is good.

v-day

today was not the greatest day. valentine's day has never been a day that i have hated but after working in food retail during the holidays makes you not enjoy the actually holiday. people were crazy for valentine's day. we were super busy yesterday and people were not the nicest... but what can you do?
i am thankful that my most important relationship i have is with the Lord. He is the only thing that is worth living for. He truly is my valentine.
but that was not why today was the greatest day. i was just discouraged by friends and with some kids in my youth group. but it did end well. i watched Love Happens with two of my girls & ate some starbucks ice cream. we really liked it. it was funny & then only one part was really sad. i definitely recommend watching it.

highlight for the day:
we got a new youth pastor!! i'm so excited.

so when i went to starbucks the other day and this is the cup they gave. i liked it so much that i took a picture of it. enjoy:

i feel like it's been forever since i last wrote a blog. so much has been going on in my life that i barely have time to rest.

i went to houston for theCall & for the LIFE siege. it was an amazing weekend full of prophetic words from the Lord. people got healed & people got saved! it was wonderful.

work has been okay but it's been really slow since no one is really spending money.

this past weekend i went on a retreat with the young adults from my church. we went to pigeon forge. i had a great weekend. i got to reconnect with a couple of people i met last year who live in WV & i also got to spend time with a friend who is doing mission work in downtown Atlanta. it was so good to hear how the Lord moves in her & just to see much she has grown in her walk. on our way home yesterday, we spend the whole time just talking about the Lord and worshiping together. i loved every second of it.

the Lord is so good. I was reminded of the His love for me again. i love Him.