"It is not the length of life, but the depth of life"

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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THE SHACK

"In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant THE SHACK wrestles with the timeless question: Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!"

A New journey. Embarked.

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officially independent but dependent on God

today i officially embrace the concept of INDEPENDENCE. funny story: we ran out of toilet paper at our apt so i had to go out and buy toilet paper. this act of purchasing necessary essentials for life made me really appreciate my parents and being under their care. when life "used to be easy" and the only cares of my world was going to school, playing outside and going swimming you don't take into consideration things that your parents do for you. being dependent under your parents you you just live off of what THEY provide for YOU. so today as i was purchasing toilet paper i realized that this USED to be stuff my parents always bought at costco so we had like a LIFE time supply! so it humbled me to face the reality that i am no longer under the care of my parents. at times i become saddened that i didn't really have a choice to become independent at the time when i was ready but i was more so forced to stand for myself. yes, story of my life! but all the more i see it as a benefit to me because that much more i'm seeing that i can't depend on people anymore. just like my parents. i was once under their care, depended on them for finances, food, a roof over my head, affection and love. when i was stripped of all these things i still thought that i had my friends and relationships to depend on. but today, buying toilet paper, made the click in my head. i am no longer dependent on anyone but myself which makes me happily face. independence. this toilet paper story goes hand in hand with what i've been facing. not relying on anyone anymore but looking at the capability of my own strength to a certain extent until i can't be strong anymore. that's when God steps in and strengthens me when i can no longer be strong anymore. my faith has finally overpowered my knowledge. knowledge that always sustained me to maintain control of my life. i have finally closed another chapter of my life and opened up a new door of hope for what is to come. not going by what I know but where God leads me. the most amazing thing about this process is that.. i'm not scared. when i lived for the past 12+ years in fear which so crippled me. but now. i trust and hope in God and God alone, whole heartedly. no if's & but's about it. just an obedient heart that says, I trust you.

"Peace on the outside

comes from knowing God

on the inside"

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What angers you in another person

is an unhealed aspect of yourself.

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Thank You

A song that expresses my prayer to My Lord..

Just a little while longer I wanna pray
Can't get You off my mind so I came to say
Thank You Lord, just for loving me, alright
Many times I do forget
Every need that You have met
Oh thank You Lord, I know You're showing me
You are there when I am down and out
You're holding me, Your love is so amazing
Oh it changed me

Here I am with all I have
Raise my hands to worship You
I wanna say thank you, oh thank you
For everything, for who You are
You cover me, You touch my heart
I wanna say thank you

I could have died in my sin but You saved me
Didn't have any hope at all
You gave me peace divine, strength to carry on
I should have been the one to pay
But instead You took my place
Amazing grace, it's more than just a song
Even though I don't deserve Your love for me
You look beyond my fault and You showed me mercy

I wanna say thank you for the sun
I wanna say thank you for the rain
Everything You do is beautiful
I'm so grateful for Your love

-The Katinas

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Trusting God to my fullest extent

"Be still, and know

that [HE] is God"

-Psalm 46:10

...and I am not...

I can see that God is continually leading me into a time where I am to "Be Still" and let God be God my Creator while I remain His Creation. I have been leading my life all too long, as with the many of us are still doing and will keep on doing, unless you literally have to just be still and know that He is God.. Sometimes this consists of letting life happen before me. I'm coming to fully fathom the meaning of letting go of life. It calls for a lot of obedience but most importantly, FAITH. "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Heb11:1). If I were to know everything that is going to happen then that would be mere Knowledge and not Faith because Faith is believing and a VERY powerful thing, as a friend once told me.

God is slowly starting to reveal to me a lot about myself that I need to work on as well as a lot of things that I never fully understood as a child, until now as I seek for more solid foods, "But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil" (Heb5:14). I really have nothing to worry about because "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are [HIS] ways higher than [MY] ways and {HIS} thoughts than [MY] thoughts" (Isaiah55:8)

"Our Pride must be among the first things we surrender if we are to live a cross centered life."

-C.J. Mahaney

He is God... I am Not...

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Simply Speaking

"Every painful event contains in itself a seed of growth and liberation"

-Anthony De Mello

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