RISE UP

Love this! And I am totally using this quote; "We are going love the "hell" right out of them"

God is Love

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
¹⁸ may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—  
¹⁹ to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.


Soon as I read these few verses, one word stood out to me and it was love ...Love is not a mere word, it is not just a feeling. It exceeds all because God exceeds all, and God is love! May we be filled with all the fullness of God, fullness of love! Love is something that is bigger than ourselves. I mean if it has the power to brake chains that could have never been broken except by the sacrifice of ourselves because of sin... than how large, how vast, how deep it must be? Because it doesn't stop there! There are parts of love we haven't explored yet, merely because we haven't explored all the greatness of God! No, love is something we haven't even began to understand, and if we are only dipping our toes in at the beginning of this gigantic ocean of love set before us... than how powerful is our God! How big is this thing we're apart of? Love is a overwhelming force, how would it be to swim in it? To dive?....To be fully immersed? How would it be?

Classic Lit Videos

Just watched the new "Jane Eyre" movie with my sisters and mom this weekend, and I loved it! Got inspired to look up the songs from the movie, and came across these...

Both are for my sisters!

Alive?

And you has he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins:

Eph 2:1

I'm not going cut corners today but, I'm going to ask a question and then give some thoughts. Here is the question.. Are we living as if we're Alive? 

Here is the definition of Alive, from Dictionary.com: 

 

Alive Definition:

1.having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.

2.living (used for emphasis): the proudest man alive.

3.in a state of action; in force or operation; active: to keep hope alive.

4.full of energy and spirit; lively: Grandmother's more alive than most of her contemporaries.

5.having the quality of life; vivid; vibrant: The room was alive with color.



From the definition above that is a no, we are not living as if we are Alive.
I mean we're not going into action as much as we should, we are not full of God's Spirit, and the lot of this would be okay if we were at least trying to pursue the things we're without but, a lot of us don't even care to be alive, much less run with the amazing gift of responsibility of being made Alive!
I had a dream a while back pertaining to this, here is a part of it...

Last night I came home and went back through my journals where I wrote down my dreams, and actually there was a part where we were living like we were Zombies. I can't go into my whole dream so I'll just tell you this part... there was this pool where if you swim in it you will die. The water is a symbol of darkness... for many times even though we are changed we choose to swim in lies, our past, things in this world, etc.


The people at this pool were happy but, it was a fake happiness based off of self desires, and other things. The thing this people did not know is that they were dying....

Also this people was afraid because God was calling them to a destiny but, they didn't like the unknown they liked the light of their own darkness because it is what they know.... they long to step into that place of truth and light but, because of lies, etc. they keep to them selves.

A spirit like a Zombie is settling... we are alive but, dead instead of dead but alive!


Dead but Alive - is where, we are dead in the holy things but, alive in everything else... We are alive but for many wrong reasons.

Alive but dead- means alive in the things of Heaven, but dead to the human sinful flesh! We can be alive if be choose to pursue and lay our life aside...because life comes when you die... I know sounds crazy!
 (From a message I sent.)


When I first set eyes on this I was reminded of my dream. God has made us Alive but, if we don't keep in check the responsibility of the life that has been given to us, we become desensitized, dead to the things of God. We must turn towards God, and keep pursuing Him to gain understanding to what Alive really means... we've lost the revelation of the word! What if we really had the full understanding of what Alive meant, and we walked that out? Get that picture in the front of your mind... Heaven on Earth. Because with being Alive in Him, that opens the doors to practically everything God longs for, and what we should be longing for ourselves!

Those are my thoughts...
(Not saying that we never long for these things, I know in our heart of hearts we do... but, let's be honest with ourselves do we actually jump out of bed and say; "I want to heal someone today, or pray for an hour, and perhaps even longer than that!" A lot of the time we don't... and that's what I'm saying, that we would push a little harder at being Alive.)

Waking...

So this morning I woke up... overwhelmed with the fact that I am amazingly blessed! Just reflecting on the Holiday season.. and even afterwards, God has been doing one thing after the other in my life and I am in awe! 
I've realized also that, even before the Holidays, when things were in a twist, things were happening that I had no idea about and just now I'm beginning to see what God has been working on.... 
I knew I was blessed before today but, today the sleep was wiped from my eyes, and now I see clearly what I should be excited about! 

Life is good.... which is funny because yesterday I thought life was fine but, just proves that you truly need understanding from God... to open up your eyes to see the greatness in your life because of Him. I am truly blessed! And honestly its not because circumstances but, really it is because of a new perspective that he turned on in my mind this morning!

No house, behind in school, money is tight, no job, phone is about to die... 

BUT..... God is the provider,  amazing relationship with God, great friends and family: one's I can call and they will pursue back, lives being touched: by the simpleness of me just saying God's name, JOY: I can trust God! Etc...

New Year...

For the past couple of days... I've been revisiting my past, a daring adventure... an adventure I haven't taken in a while. For some reason at this time of the year I revisit... It's a time where I visit places that have never been healed, or places of joy, or places that are now bittersweet. It's a time of reflection!

This time, for some reason, it has been the hardest but, I believe it is because of where my life is at the moment. It's abounding in blessing, promises are blooming and the relationships around me are amazing! I've come to the understanding that...outstanding times in life are just interwoven with trials...David's life is a perfect example.

My other belief for this challenging reflection time is that, its just that time to officially say goodbye to parts of my past. Things that have caused pain, or dreams that are no longer meant to be... you see I'm a deep person, so I don't let go easily... because soon as a word, action, person, thing, gets close to me..  it stays close.. and its incredibly hard to let it go. I guess that's why it takes me so long to let someone in, because I am afraid of the outcome of the situation afterward. It's a trusting issue I know but, you see... I just love, and love is so hard to live, when everywhere around you is encouraging the exact opposite, death.
So when I love, and a not very loving response is given... I get cut to the core. I need to forgive yes, which you can trust that this is something I'm working on but, I do want people to understand that because I love, and feeling as been revived because of passionate relationship with Christ I feel more deeply... because people are not just people and words are not just words to me but, things that make life worth while!

This is why its been so hard but, honestly I'm excited about the pain of this recovery... because out of pain comes beauty, an beauty is one of the most important things in this world. Which is something I've learned in my small life span. I'm excited for the New Year... I know if healing and pain at the beginning than... New life and beauty will be at it end, and in amazing abundances!

To the New Year... 2012!