Living Life with a Longing Heart

I have been researching a lot about Modesty lately. Anyways as I have been researching it, I ran into this YouTube video. I know it may seem cheesy, but I thought that even though this is a serious matter that needs to be talked about... I thought I would share this video. Because the lyrics are so true. We need to be careful how we dress as women and guard our brothers in Christ. I will write a longer post soon. Enjoy the song. :)

Here is a little part of David Platts' sermon on Modesty that is so encouraging. If you have some time, give a listen. When you pick out an outfit to wear, ask yourself these questions or similar ones: "Is this going to glorify and honor God?", "Is this outfit going to show that I want to shine for God in what I wear?"

I am going to be writing a few different posts on Modesty because I think this is a huge issue in our world and even churches today. Here is a 10 minutes video to start... Ladies, I would really encourage you to watch this, modesty is so important. I'll be writing more about this later.. But start out listening to this. Enjoy! I hope this encourages you as much as it has me. "Let us be a church with men who are committed to purity and women who are committed to modesty."

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you all are doing well. So today I have been really thinking about it. At times I get discouraged feeling that maybe my blog isn't encouraging other people through what they are going through or maybe I am just not an interesting person. But then, I just have to keep reminding myself that God has a plan. Even if others don't like what I write about or they don't find it interesting... At least it is a thing for me to be able to go back and read later on or to show my kids in the future if they go through similar things (and then they can know they aren't alone). Honestly, I would love my blog to encourage others that read it to know that God has a plan for every single thing we go through. Yes, it may be painful as we are going through it... But every single thing I have gone through, God has been here every step of the way, guiding me, me and pulling me through all of this... And He is making me stronger through it all. And then one day...

Hey everyone, I know I am up late writing this. I have been having thoughts just fly through my head about my eating disorder and thought that I could write it up for my blog. Honestly if you are reading this and have/had an eating disorder... I want you to know right now, you are not alone. Right now, I am going to give you some background of how I first started my eating disorder and then I will move into some encouragement of maybe some ideas of how you can get out of it. I hope that you find this post encouraging! How my eating disorder started: Back in the beginning of the year I lost a friendship that was very dear to me. I felt very insecure and  felt that I couldn't fit in, even with some of the closest friends of mine. After I lost this dear friend of mine in my life, I had remembered all I went through during high school of being bullied by past close friends and then I had remembered the cyber bullying I went through. But especially after losing this friendship, ...

The lyrics to this song are amazing and so encouraging.

To the one who may reading this that struggles with depression/anxiety/isolation/feeling worthless... This blog is just for you. If this is your first time reading my blog, you will soon find out that these are some of the exact things that I have/had struggled with in my life. The past few weeks there have been some mornings I have felt that I shouldn't be here. Sometimes I think that other peoples lives would be so much easier if I wasn't in their life. And then there are times that I feel that I am a burden to others lives. Sometimes I feel that I should just not be here, or I feel so sick and tired of waking up nauseous from my anxiety. Some days I wake up feeling that I don't have value and that it doesn't matter what others would do to me, because I feel worthless anyways... And then there are times I feel like I should just close up and isolate completely away from everyone and just pretend that my life is all great. So here are some thoughts to you who may ...

This song called, Broken is extremely encouraging and has been a huge encouragement to me. The lyrics are extremely powerful. Honestly this song is exactly how I feel currently. Literally I feel like I am barely holding on... But I keep reminding myself that God has a purpose for me even if I don't see it right now...  I just need to keep remembering that God has some sort of plan, even if I don't feel that way.

When people read the title of this blog post, they may be confused about what I am going to talk about... Which I hope it makes you more curious as to what I am going to talk about. Today I am going to talk about Getting Lost in Christ. That may sound either simple or may complicated to some... But by the end of this, I am hoping to be able to make enough sense for others to follow this kind of lifestyle that you can choose. Growing up, I was always boy crazy... I always was liking guys (which there is no problem with that, as long as that isn't all you think about). My obsession with guys started when I was in Middle school and then it carried out through high school and haunted me my Freshman year of College. To be honest, I am so glad the Lord has shown me that my obsession was becoming extremely unhealthy. Everything I did was to the point of having a guy on my mind... While I was hanging with friends (guys were on my mind), when I was on the phone (same thing!), while I wa...

For several years, I have heard comments about guy/girl relationships (from several different people) go like this: "Is he/she good looking?" "Are they as smart or smarter than you?" "Are they skinny or 'normal' size?" "Are they as good as you are at ________ (fill in the blank)?" "Do they have health problems?" And the list goes on... To be honest these kinds of question really make me upset that people are so focused on these types of questions. Honestly, does it matter to people so much about whether someone is skinny or the "perfect" size? Does it really matter if they are gorgeous or hot on the outside? Does it really matter if people have a health problems and they aren't like completely "healthy"? I am not saying that one shouldn't take care of themselves... Because everyone should take care of themselves as best as they can... But there is only so much that one can do to better...

Hey everyone, I am so sorry that I have disappeared from the blogging world for awhile. I have definitely missed being able to blog. My life has been super crazy busy! I thought that once school was finished for the Summer, that I would be able to start blogging a lot more... However, as you have seen I have not followed through with that plan (which makes me kind of sad). With all of that to say, with the rest of my Summer, I am hoping that I will be able to post more frequently. Here is a little update about what has been going on in my life since January! Enjoy! Since January my life has been crazy busy. I took a full load of school, had four jobs, tried keeping my Spiritual life up, and trying to be able to still have a social life. Honestly it was very crazy with everything going on... Trying to get assignments done and making sure I went to work when I was scheduled and everything. Let me tell you, it was quite an overwhelming semester. I think the reason it was so d...

Good afternoon everyone, Today I have been reflecting back on my 2016 year. A lot has gone on and a lot has happened this year. Some hard things, some great things, and some crazy things... Honestly it has been crazy and a whole whirlwind of events have happened. Today as I started looking back at this year, I thought in my head, Man I really did have a rough year... Man I screwed things up and I could have done a ton differently. Man, How come I was such a jerk or such a huge failure?!? But today as I was looking back at all of this... I thought, You know what I can dwell on all the negative things that I did this year and sit here and be sad and depressed... Or I can look back at this year and thank the Lord for what He has taught me and all He has done for me. So today, I thought that I really need to look how God has taught me and what He has brought me through. No, my life isn't perfect... My life seems like a mess sometimes, but I have learned a lot through the trials th...