Mmmmm #mangos #food #foodporn #fruits (Taken with instagram)

Today is just perfect. This week has just been amazing. God’s grace has been overflowing in my life I don’t know what to do w/ myself but constantly fighting back tears of joy. So thankful for the life He has given me.

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Cynicism

doris-dayz:

Cynicism. It has failed me my whole life. It has done me no good, but make me think low of myself and discourage myself and doubt God’s ability. “Cynics can’t be fooled, which is why they can never be delighted.” — Paul E. Miller. I want to delight in the Lord, but I never fully allowed myself to because I was too concerned with the “realities of life”. Sometimes, I took, or take pride in being a cynic because I think to myself, well at least I know the hard truth, if I know, then I can handle it. But I can’t.  Sometimes, I am only human and can’t handle the truths of life. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes I just want to give up on life altogether. So where then, with cynicism, does that leave me in terms of hope? 

Nowhere.

Nothing.

Hopeless.

God has been working miracles in my life. I’ve known this, but after awhile, and time passes… I forget about His goodness and the blessings He has given me and go back to being my cynical self. But with hope, I can continually lean on God. Even after failures, rejections, etc, with hope, it isn’t the end. With hope, I can still see that I am loved, and God knows the desires of my heart. I am really going to try and practice living in hope. This sentence by Miller struck me so hard:

“Jesus does not analyze what he doesn’t know. He clings to what he knows.” 

I tend to analyze the living shit out of everything and from that results me thinking I know the world. That I know society. Life. People. How terrible human beings are. Guys. Relationships. Marriage. EVERYTHING. I analyze, and from what I gather from my logical human brain, I conclude that it is smarter to be a cynic. But I need to be more like Jesus and cling to what I DO know… not the analysis of possibilies of this and that outcome. That what I DO know is that God does wonders beyond our imagination. That He can move mountains if He wanted to. I know that He keeps his promises and is watching over me and knows what’s in my heart, the pain, the sufferings.

And that is what I always forget. That my God is the almighty and great God. That no matter the “reality” of the circumstance, He can do anything. Who do I think I am to think my analyzing can ever beat having hope in Him?

Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God… - Philippians 4:6

& the beauty of life is lost when you only look with your eyes #doreese #drawing #sketch #doodle #picoftheday #katemoss #igers #instagood #instagram (Taken with instagram)

My beautiful university campus. I miss college.

regret not buying that vest!! hmmmm 

(yes that is my iphone!! another new case!)

What to wurr to werk tmrwzz?

#ootd #colorblocking
white blazer from Bloomingdale Kids. Coral blouse from Agaci. Mustard yellow pencil skirt from Charlotte Russe. Bag from Marc Jacobs. Necklace from Forever 21. Gold flats from H&M Kids. 

Happy Easter!!! Praise the Lord!!

“Love the life you live, live the life you love.”