Today I am feeling the Spirit of Christmas so strongly. Oh how I adore those lovely joys of hot chocolate, christmas trees, lights and carols. But what I am feeling most is such a strong love for my Saviour. I feel his Spirit here upon the Earth so much more deeply than at any other time. I see his light in the faces around me. I see his work and that of our Heavenly Father all around. I have a testimony of the Saviour. He gave his life for us. He did it because he knows us and he loves us. This is individual. We are each a soul he loves, a soul he lived and died for, a soul he continues to support and carry and heal at every moment of our lives. I am so grateful to know him. I give you my witness, with all my heart, that Christ lives, that he loves us and that coming to him brings us enduring joy.
Thank you my Father in Heaven for the sacrifice it was to give the world your beloved Son. Thank you for your love.
My Lord, My Saviour
11.12.2010
Today is the beginning of something new.
New life.
New vision.
New joy.
And I'm excited about it. I'm leaving everything else behind today. It's the past and it's beautiful and sacred because it got me to this departure. But it is the past and only a shadow. Life is in the moments now and future.
Today I am determined to create a new life. To build something of my own. To get to know myself more deeply.
I'm starting with a day on the town with my sister. I have been sick all week and am not at school today. So resting will include shopping, hot tea, soup, lots of kleenex and some cough drops. But it will be wonderful!
Life's Lesson: I've been learning a lot about what it means to love yourself. This is something I have struggled with my entire life. I have told myself or been told that I am not enough and too flawed to be loved enduringly, so that I, at 24 years, now believe it. But it's not true. I have value. I am a daughter of God. He loves me. My Saviour lived and died for me. I will see that value and change this negative perspective. I will love myself. In doing so I will have a greater capacity to love others. That makes me excited! I'm excited to learn greater selflessness, greater humility and greater inspiration by loving myself and honouring my Heavenly Father in so doing. That is all I want and need in life. To love others. To feed His sheep.
New life.
New vision.
New joy.
And I'm excited about it. I'm leaving everything else behind today. It's the past and it's beautiful and sacred because it got me to this departure. But it is the past and only a shadow. Life is in the moments now and future.
Today I am determined to create a new life. To build something of my own. To get to know myself more deeply.
I'm starting with a day on the town with my sister. I have been sick all week and am not at school today. So resting will include shopping, hot tea, soup, lots of kleenex and some cough drops. But it will be wonderful!
Life's Lesson: I've been learning a lot about what it means to love yourself. This is something I have struggled with my entire life. I have told myself or been told that I am not enough and too flawed to be loved enduringly, so that I, at 24 years, now believe it. But it's not true. I have value. I am a daughter of God. He loves me. My Saviour lived and died for me. I will see that value and change this negative perspective. I will love myself. In doing so I will have a greater capacity to love others. That makes me excited! I'm excited to learn greater selflessness, greater humility and greater inspiration by loving myself and honouring my Heavenly Father in so doing. That is all I want and need in life. To love others. To feed His sheep.
10.16.2010
I never imagined life to be what it is today.
Most days I wake up and the first thoughts of my morning are: Is this real?
At the beginning of all this change, I thought isn't it amazing how little in life is within our control? Now I understand that when we are in the midst of a close relationship with the Lord, we are given the power to design our lives with Him. I'm learning that one of the divinities of life is that we have much more say in what our life is, than it seems at times.
I've been listening to Mindy Gledhill a lot lately. She is such an inspiring, beautiful musician. In her song Hourglass she sings "I wish you all the happiness that God gives freely if you ask. " Oh isn't that the beautiful truth. In those sacred moments on our knees and those powerful pleas in our hearts the Lord crafts our lives with opportunities, choices and circumstances. It is beautiful. It is joy.
I've begun writing again. There is so much to write about! It is my effort to make my life ever more joyous. I see so many beautiful women who have found who they are and are shining radiantly, making the world better with every ray. I want to praise those women and our dear God who gave us the power and promise to become something so great! I hope that someday I will also find my light. I think i'll start with seeing the joy in the many moments of life.
Most days I wake up and the first thoughts of my morning are: Is this real?
At the beginning of all this change, I thought isn't it amazing how little in life is within our control? Now I understand that when we are in the midst of a close relationship with the Lord, we are given the power to design our lives with Him. I'm learning that one of the divinities of life is that we have much more say in what our life is, than it seems at times.
I've been listening to Mindy Gledhill a lot lately. She is such an inspiring, beautiful musician. In her song Hourglass she sings "I wish you all the happiness that God gives freely if you ask. " Oh isn't that the beautiful truth. In those sacred moments on our knees and those powerful pleas in our hearts the Lord crafts our lives with opportunities, choices and circumstances. It is beautiful. It is joy.
I've begun writing again. There is so much to write about! It is my effort to make my life ever more joyous. I see so many beautiful women who have found who they are and are shining radiantly, making the world better with every ray. I want to praise those women and our dear God who gave us the power and promise to become something so great! I hope that someday I will also find my light. I think i'll start with seeing the joy in the many moments of life.
