When God says, "Oh tut, tut."

If anyone reads my facebook statuses enough, they will know that I like quotes. I recently stumbled over a quote by Maya Angelou, the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, that said, "A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her." For some reason this just struck home with me. I tend to have the problem of pursuing guys instead of letting them pursue me. I get all these ideas of what a relationship should look like and let my thoughts carry me away. Instead of doing this, I need to be seeking after God. Sometimes I feel like God looks at me and just says, "Martha, martha. You are worried about many things" (Luke 10:41). I get so wrapped up in my own little world and my own little ideas that I forget that he's got me! He holds me in the palm of my hand... why would I be concerned about anything? Compared to the God who created the universe with words, who breathed and life came into existence, and who came back from the dead, my worries about not finding a husband are insulting. He looks at me and says, "Really? Really? You don't think I can take that after parting the Red Sea (Ex. 14) and making a pile of bones into a freaking Irobot army(Ezekiel 37)? Oh tut, tut. Have a little faith." And that's exactly what I need. I want to pursue God. That's it. I don't want to get wrapped up in everything else, I just want him.

Defined by Love

"I am redemption I am whole. I am a tragic wreck made perfect by a love I can’t control. I am determined to be defined by my hits not just my misses. Stand up tall and say that this is who I am. " - I am by Philmont from their album The Transition EP

We all make mistakes. But life is not just about making mistakes - it's about what you learn from them. I am not my mistakes - I am a child of God, made in his image and saved by his grace. I make mistakes. He does not. HE is who I am, and I will chose to be defined by his love.

Download Song: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-transition-ep/id399079001

Philmont's Blog: http://philmont.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/the-transition-ep-lyrics/

To be or not to be?

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
- e.e. cummings

Why are we constantly trying to be someone else? We look at people around us and say, "If only I had as much money as them," or, "If only I were as pretty as her," or, "If only I could do (fill in the blank) like her". But the truth is that God has created us to be who we are! To try and be someone that we're not tells God that we don't like the way he has created us. We are made in HIS image(Gen 1), and not in the image of anyone else.
God is the only one we should emulate!!!