Life lessons.

I've been taking lots of notes lately.

On life.

On books I'm reading.

Notes about life.

I am reading "Velvet Elvis" (for the third time..) with a friend of mine.

I feel like I am getting so much out of that book.

My favorite reading has been Chapter 3.. and I'm just reminded of truth.

I love truth.

It excites me.. to the very core of who I am.

I'm a christian because it is true reality.. I've invested time and research.. (let alone personal experience) and know that, as Rob Bell reminds us in that book, "being a christian is to claim truth wherever you find it" (p. 81).

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Here are some life lessons as of lately:

1. I'm being reminded that each passing moment we only get once. Here. Now.
   *Make each moment count.
   Live life as you want today.. living life to the FULLEST.. because we will NOT get these opportunities again.
   --> Don't let the enemy get a foothold. We only get ONE life.
2. God truly does work all things together for our good (Rom. 8:28).
   - Every trial is for strengthening our character
   - Every wrong decision God can use to show us why HE needs to direct our lives & what it is like to not live under His blessing.
3. Do not hold grudges.
   Forgive & forget.
   If we don't, we do not truly show God's love & we let our hearts become hard & bitter.

I'm at a really good place in my life right now.

.. and I couldn't be happier. :)

It's True.

I've always been inspired by music..

and photos (like the one here).

This is a song that I just want to share,

by a great group, Nevertheless.

*Enjoy*

Tell me whose right
Whose wrong
It sounds like the same old song
But if it's compromise they want
Then I don't belong

We paint you in pictures well
We praise you and live like we don't
If you'd ask do we love you still
Sometimes I can't tell

It's true,
I still believe in you
We've made it hard to see
The light shining through
The things we do

Holy and beautiful
Your grace is unstoppable
It's bigger than what we've done
Or how we feel

It's true,
I still believe in you
We've made it hard to see
The light shining through
The things we do

Underneath my skin,
In a place where no one goes
There is still a fire,
Burning in my soul
The world is such a mess,
But somewhere there is hope
Somewhere there is hope
You are still my hope

It's true,
I still believe in you
We've made it hard to see
The light shining through
The things we do

I still believe in you,
I still believe in you,
I still believe in you,
I still believe in