Mystery Anyone?

"One of the deepest ways a woman bears the image of God is in her mystery. (Proverbs 25:2) God yearns to be known. But He wants to be sought after by those who know Him. This is crucial to any woman's soul, not to mention her sexuality. You can not simply have me. You must seek me, pursue me. I won't let you in unless I know you love me" - Captivating by John & Stasi Eldredge

How true is the statement above! Wow! I picked up this book "Captivating" By John and Stasi Eldredge a couple of years ago and I can read it over and over again! If you have not read it, it's a must! John and Stasi, husband and wife, go into the world of women and "unveil the mystery of a woman's soul." It's a beautiful book and a great read!

Getting back to the statement above, how many times as women do we give ourselves away? Emotional, physically, psychologically, etc. It's so easy to fall into this emotional web and we get so wrapped up in the flattery and excitement of it all and we throw what we have always stood by right out the door. This can go for relationships with the opposite sex to even relationships with our peers and family. Relationships are a give and take process. It's easy for us to forget the value and worth that we have.

God paid the ultimate sacrifice for our lives! He gave his life, no questions asked! He didn't say "well, what are you worth?" , "What will you give me in return?", "what's in it for me?". NO! He saw past our faults and our failures, He saw past the person that was standing in front of Him and He saw our FUTURE! He knew that we had the potential to be GREAT! He saw something in us that we could never see in ourselves! He did not see who we were or who we are, but He saw who we could be! Isn't that amazingly beautiful?! For someone so magnificent to look at you and say "you are so much more than what you portray yourself to be!" ... WOW!

It does not matter what your background is, where you came from, who your family is or what they are not... God has a magnificent purpose for your life and we need to begin to BELIEVE IT! It's time to stop putting ourselves down and making ourselves believe that we are nothing more than a person trying to make it in this world. But it's time to step outside our four walls and believe that we can do anything that God wants us to do. That we are worth gold and we are a rare treasure waiting to be found! Those who hunt for treasure do not have an easy journey... they work hard, traveling far and long, encountering all sorts of danger along the way. I want to know that when I am found, that I was not an easy find... I want to know that I was worth the journey for my value comes from the one who died for me... Jesus Christ, my Lord and King. And I want to seek my Jesus with this same passion! To know that I pleased God through my actions and ultimately my life ... and that I paid the price... I held nothing back! I can only dream of what God could do with us if we adopt that mindset! So, it's time to add a little MYSTERY to our lives...

VC

Something NEW...

So... something very interesting has been happening to me for the past couple of months. Something that I never thought I would experience. Something so unknown to me, it has shaken me. I have not even been able to figure out if it's a good thing or a bad thing ... let's just say it has thrown me for a ride. Have you ever been to an amusement park where there is just this one ride? This ONE ride that it seems that everyone has experienced but you just can't get yourself to try it. You stare and every visit to that park you secretly dare yourself to try but when the time comes you back off. You stand there as all your friends get on and are begging you to join them... you look up and you say to yourself ... "one day, I will be brave enough to take this challenge!" When? You ask yourself; that's unknown. Well, we can completely take that scenario and place it our lives. As I have been experiencing this bittersweet moments in my life, I have been asking myself and asking God mostly what is the purpose of this? So many times I have taken caution to avoid this and yet I find myself in the exact situation I was trying to get away from. Spinning around and around in my heart was the only question that I had not asked God in a long time... Why would you let me experience THIS? Never had I thought I would have this story. Then God started taking me back to everything that I have ever taught others and everything that He has allowed me to learn. He began to show me my past and a timeline of my life through His eyes... I then realized that what I have been experiencing was not necessarily for me. I am always asking myself "what can I learn from this?" Except this time it was different... I had learned this lesson long ago, making it easy for me to avoid this situation. However, God spoke this to me as sort of a declaration to my present situation;

Sometimes God will allow you to go through situations so you can step into someone else's shoes for a while... seeing through the world of others can change your life. Embrace what God wants you to experience and remember that what you get out of it is more than just for you.

Everyday is a new chance for God to teach us something new. But so many times we are too busy trying to figure it out ourselves we forget to ask Him what it is He is trying to teach us. He will answer you, all you need to do is ask.

Psalm 139 (New International Version)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹ O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.

² You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

⁵ You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

VC

Ready for this Ride!

Well... here it goes! 1st blog for 2010! Wow! What a journey it has been to get to this place! 2009 was an amazing year, full of surprises and wonderful experiences! I loved living every moment of it! The reason that I have not written anything is because I have been truly thinking about what I would write about for my 1st blog of 2010. I know, it's something that would not seem to much of importance but being me... it is. :) As I was thinking and thinking... I returned to why I started this blog... as you have read in my previous blogs, I have a passion to help young women. I have seen so many ladies struggle with themselves for years and it hurts to see them struggle silently. I , myself have gone through emotional struggles and know what it can be to feel like no one else understands you. I have sat with many ladies, as they look at me and ask me; how do you live a life that you are content in? How do you learn to accept yourself for who God created you to be? How do I draw closer to God when I feel so far away from Him? How do I deal with my past when it is constantly haunting me? How do I deal with my low-esteem? And the list can go on and on... as I tried to comfort and really just share my personal experiences and what God has done in my life, I felt like God was allowing me to look into the world of these wonderful females that God created Himself. Beautiful, talented women who behind "closed doors" are completely spinning around in circles with so many questions. The reality of it is that many people don't see the "behind the scenes". People look at the outside life but they fail to see behind the curtain. They don't see the pain, the tears, the sweat, the long sleepless nights, the burdens, and the questions that they deal with day in and day out. As women, we deal with these issues everyday and many times very silently. When I began this blog, I really had no idea where this would go. I have been so encouraged to find that what God has given me to write has been able to encourage other young ladies! Since childhood my only desire has been to let God be the one who directs my life. I never knew that this is where He would have brought me... and I feel so overwhelmingly privileged. Ministry to me has been defined as solely SERVING God's people. I have always prayed that if I can live my life and touch one person's life, I would be content. 2010 is a year of promises... 2009 was amazing and there were so many promises that were fulfilled but I believe that 2010 is going to be the year where we will see our prophesies come to pass. This is going to be our year; that the dreams that we have been dreaming will finally become reality. I wish all of you the best in 2010 ... go out and dream to the stars! Remember, that God is the King of dreams and He can make the impossible possible! Never give up on what you desire... there is no mountain too high, no dream too far to reach with God on our side. We are only a couple of days into the New Year and God has already begun to shower His blessing upon my life. Thank you for joining me on this journey that God has placed in my heart... I look forward to sharing my heart with you...