frames, frames, frames

another obsession i have... frames! i love frames! i love how people place them and re-use them. thank you pinterest for giving me ideas.
so enjoy these pictures!

Who are you?

Something i have been thinking about is one's image.
i was on the phone with a friend and the words that were told to me were this, "you were/are a goody-goody." i immediately told that friend to not call me that because it has a negative connotation. then i realized that our society needs to change that statement/identification into a positive meaning.
i was a goody-goody in high school & in college (i tried to not be for a little while). i don't regret it because the decisions i have made have brought me to where i am today: serving as a high school leader in my local church and being able to travel the world. my life goal is to remain pure at heart and follow the Lord with every cell in my body.
so why do we not want to be a goody-goody? i have an idea. when i was in high school, i wanted a "cool testimony" by having conquered struggles. however, one thing i have learned as i have grown in my walk is that we don't have to go through certain struggles to have a testimony. if we want the likeness of Jesus then we need to follow His example. easier said than done, i know. We all struggle with different things but i want my students to know that it is okay if they have no desire to date or party. it is okay that you haven't had your first kiss, it is wonderful that you have never dated and you are only 16! i'm 23 going on 24 and never have been in a relationship. i was 19 when i had my first kiss and i don't regret that. i do wish i have waited for my first kiss but we learn by the decisions that we make. the purity testimony needs to encouraged by our fellow churches. we need to explain what it means to be pure and why it is so important. we need to tell these kids that being pure is accepted in our society. we need to break the skewed vision of this world. I pray for purity to be released on this earth.

Blessed are the PURE in heart, for they shall SEE God.
Matthew 5:8

I want to see God and i am willing to stay the goody-goody & have my identity in God.
are you willing?

Psalm 25

My prayer for today:

A Psalm of David.

¹ To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
² O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not my enemies triumph over me.
³ Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.

⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD;
Teach me Your paths.
⁵ Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.

⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;
According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.

⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
⁹ The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.
¹⁰ All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth,
To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
¹¹ For Your name’s sake, O LORD,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

¹² Who is the man that fears the LORD?
Him shall He^[a] teach in the way He^[b] chooses.
¹³ He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
¹⁴ The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him,
And He will show them His covenant.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever toward the LORD,
For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶ Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me,
For I am desolate and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart have enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses!
¹⁸ Look on my affliction and my pain,
And forgive all my sins.
¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
²⁰ Keep my soul, and deliver me;
Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.
²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

²² Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all their troubles!