Resilient

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As someone who has been in the church my whole life, I never understood why "church raised kids" tend to be the group that gets highly criticized. Just because you are in church every Sunday, or 2-3 times a week does not mean that you are suddenly Holy and that everything will just be rainbows and butterflies. You will grow up being criticized by most if not every person in your church, because of something you’ve said, something you did or even something you wore. You’ll get the dirty looks, the correctional stares, the “how dare you call yourself a Christian” petty face.  The thing is… people do not realize that this type of attitude towards children in church will not only make them despise church, it can eventually take them away from God. These are the people I call “inheritance thieves”. People who can only sit around and criticize everyone else’s life but their own, stealing the blessing that someone may gain through their own trials. Sometimes people have to go through their own experiences to learn something, our job is not to sit around and point fingers.  The reason why I call these people inheritance thieves is because as one of the first generations to come out of my church, I believe I carry a spiritual inheritance. People have given up that inheritance many times. People have left to follow others, people have left because they did not feel “loved” and people even leave because they honestly found the outside world gave them more “freedom” than the church life. Why is making these types of excuses valid? Because the critical people in the church calling themselves Christian are pushing people in that direction.  I am not saying that people are the only reason for this lose of inheritance. We also have a choice in our lives whether we turn left or right. My point is that as a church, we are called to be one body, if we see a part of the body is not functioning to the best of its ability we are not supposed to cut it off, we are supposed to help it heal, restore and be transformed.  That being said, Are we doing that for this generation? Or are we pushing them further away from God because we do not think they are sanctified enough? I have seen so many issues go unresolved or “resolved” in some of the most disruptive ways that it horribly damages the person. My fear is that this generation sees a distorted version of who Jesus truly is, simply because we let our self-righteousness speak instead of God Himself. 

You say that I am called for greatness... while what I see around me is the opposite.... You say that I will change the world.... while I can't even change my friends  You say that I will leave a legacy for generations to come.... while I see the next generation unwilling to keep the innocence I carry  You say that I will never have to worry.... while my worry became so large it turned into anxiety  You say that I am an example to those around me... while they hide from me when they "fail" to keep up You say that I will see your glory, that I will see you move mountains... while I see the disfunction in the lives of those I love grow darker...  You say to have no fear...... while I'm so completely overwhelmed  You say to have faith....while what I see screams loudly in my face that it's impossible  Though....   I can never forget that this world is the opposite of you... that's why it's so evident  I can never forget that only you can change people... that's why I'm meant to be a vehicle for that change  I can never forget that I live for generations I will never see... that's why my generations will benefit from my innocence  I can never forget that you told me to cast all my anxieties on you... that's why I'm meant to humble and surrender myself to be free  I can never forget that I am here to live a life that pleases you and not the people around me... that's why I'm not here to point fingers... I'm here to guide  I can never forget the things you have already done for those I love... that's why I know that darkness has no power 

As Paul says, we share in your suffering, I just don’t understand why. When a God who went through the most excruciating sacrifice this world has ever seen so that we wouldn’t have to, still wants us to share in it. Like the saying goes “You don’t know what you have until it’s gone”. We appreciate freedom more when we’ve gone through pain and slavery.

Read the lyrics, listen to the song, be blessed! I love you all, and declare that a certainty comes upon everyone who is reading this! HE HAS CALLED YOU HIGHER!! 

No one who’s truly met God could EVER or should EVER regret what they’ve gone through because it was God’s way of making them new

When He looks at me... He sees a Queen with a heart that wonders, a heart that seeks, a heart that's His When I see myself, I see someone who is broken, someone put together by sorrow and strife... who walks around like a time bomb not knowing when it will strike But my heart speaks with urgency of the one that calls me love.... the one that sees who I truly am on the inside.... the one who's whispers have changed my sorrow to joy and my strife into love.... The whispers that were ignored for so long that pain became their megaphone... and misconceptions of love became their solution.... Who I am today is nothing but a misunderstood woman who learned to understand the greatest love of all! A woman who has now become a part of a grander fairy tale that never ends as long as there is His love... So I boldly wear His crown, and my heart still continues to seek to go deeper and deeper into that masterpiece He's created.... though no longer broken, but still being recreated.

By: Jennifer Caraccioli

By: Jennifer Caraccioli

1. I am someone who like baby turtles was born fighting for the life I am called to have, and though at times in the beginning of my walk I almost got eaten by seagulls, I was able to make it to my source of life 2. Turtles thrive within their rightful environment/ atmosphere, just how I thrive within God’s presence / Kingdom atmosphere 3. I can be underestimated in this world like a turtle but this is an animal that paces itself on land but is one of the fastest animals in it’s own habitat therefore when I am in His atmosphere which is where I belong I can function to the best of my ability 4. Turtles are some of the wisest and oldest sea creatures, therefore they are survivors, they adapt and are resilient leaving a legacy behind

Sometimes the world tells us not to put our hopes up too high because the higher we put them, the harder we fall. It makes us think that having such high expectations will cause us to ALWAYS fall into disappointment. The truth is...it's not about how high you make your hopes & expectations, it is about WHO you are placing this hope on... Hope comes with an EXPECTANCY of something new, different, and eventually life changing, everything we dream of and hope for is usually for our good and for the good of those around us... So why shouldn't we hope HIGH & BIG? Hope that is large without the end result of disappointment can ONLY be found in God...why? Because a realm higher than heaven does not exist...

Spoken for

Spoken for - Robin Jones Gunn

I carry a heavy heart Not full of burden, but full of cause. Full of love that stays and wonders. With a joy that cannot be plundered. I carry a smile that is reflected from Heaven. Where true joy is protected. My heavy heart continues to wonder while the world rages on like thunder. If I could have the chance to speak, I could edify and rise up the weak. If only you could understand what my heart desires, you would feel the heaviness I carry and for that am admired. One day this world will see how much your love means to me, and that the heavy heart I carry is yours, my savior. A heart that is so heavy and full of purpose, with a love that is unconditional, a love that understands me. The privilege of carrying your heart is grand, but at the same time difficult to understand. Being misunderstood is now the norm when it comes to the privilege of sitting on heaven’s throne. Therefore this heavy heart I carry is worth every ache, because you loved me first and that nothing can shake. No matter who or what this world may bring you will always be the King of my heart and I the Queen