Our God..

...is a God of second chances!

He won't give up on you, so you shouldn't give up on Him.

He believes in you.

Just get back up again.

Where Does My Help Come From?

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
 My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.

 He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
 indeed, he who watches over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

 The Lord watches over you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
 the sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

 The Lord will keep you from all harm—
    he will watch over your life;
 the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.

PSALM 121 <3

"Fear...

is the absence of faith."

It's Funny...

...to think that one year ago exactly I wrote January 1st's post while sitting on my bed just like I am right now.

So much has happened this past year.

A lot of laughs.

A lot of trials.

A lot of decisions.

And I think in 2013, I started growing up,

not that I lost any of my silliness.

 But it's good to realize that growing up isn't bad or that taking on responsibity rids you of all fun times.

It just forces you to set your priorities straight.

And while I'm definitely still working on that,

I think that while there were some tough days in 2013, there were also good memories,

and that I learned from both to use those experiences in my decisions in the years to come.

And I hope you will too.

So Happy New Year, 

And God bless. 

Laziness...

...is not a trait that you have and can never get rid of.

"I'm just made to be a lazy person so, I guess I'm just going to eat chips and lay on the couch watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians for the rest of my life."

No!

That's not how it works.

Now before we go any further, I want to tell you that I can be a lazy person too,

BUT I'm trying to get better at it, which brings us back to the beginning:

Of course everybody can be lazy, but that shouldn't stop you from pushing yourself to become even better than your best.

The hardest part is starting.

Once you finally run out of chips and finish watching all of the Kardasian seasons on Netflix, you figure, "Hmm, it's probably a good idea to do something better with my life."

After you start, of course it'll still be hard.

BUT it WILL get easier.
 
You just have to work on it.

Things won't become magically perfect after just one try.

One simple example is when you're trying to lose weight:

After you eat one salad for lunch, you think to yourself, "Well then! I bet I lost at least a couple pounds!"

Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but you get the point.

And the point is that laziness is not permanent,

AND when you finally start your journey and work at it,

It'll all be worth it in the end.

Just have faith and get to it!

Have...

...you ever been in denial about something and then it finally just slaps you back into reality? 

Yeah, I think that's happened to me..

But let me explain.

So my friend moved away and is coming back to visit tomorrow. 

And I got really excited that he's coming!

And I kept thinking, "We'll hang out a bunch and catch up and blah blah blah..."

But then I remembered that he likes my friend. 

And she likes him.

...yeah so

They're probably just going to hang out by themselves 24/7.

What was I thinking?

That he was going to hang out with me the whole time? 

Haha oof that's a good one. 

Is oof a word?

Hmmm....

Anyways,

You know what I need to do?

I need to stop feeling sorry for myself, perk up, welcome him back, be happy for them, and just go with the flow. 

Let's see how this pans out. 

Wish me luck!

This Sounds Cheesy But...

I really want true love. 

Love that will last. 

Love that I'll give back with all my heart. 

Love that I can see in his eyes when he looks at me.

And I don't think that it's just in the movies. 

It'll hopefully happen, and when it does...

I want to cherish it forever.