my reality

As I see it, we shall never succeed in knowing ourselves unless we seek to know God: let us think of His greatness and then come back to our own baseness; by looking at His purity we shall see our foulness; by meditating upon His humility, we shall see how far we are from being humble.

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—	St. Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle (via kvalenciaaa)

Reminds me of FCJC NPG 2009.

Duel Meaning and Growing Pains

I remember a good friend of mine once told me that if I were to take a cheesy love song and take every “girl” in the lyrics and changed it to “God” it would make for a really good love/worship song. I never thought twice about it till I heard Musiq Soulchild’s “Teach Me,” in which I replaced “girl” with “God”:

Teach me how to love,
Show me the way to surrender my heart
God, I’m so lost.
Teach me how to love.
How I can get my emotions involved.
Teach me, how to love.

And just like that, I found the exact lyrics that my heart is singing. After years of serving in ministry, my heart still longs for more. After years of serving in ministry, I’ve learned that going through this desert is inevitable and even necessary for my growth with the Lord.

But the little things that used to come easy to me such as surrendering completely to His will for me with full trust or loving everyone and finding the best in every situation is now becoming as difficult as running through thick mud.

I know this journey wasn’t intended to be easy but it is worth it. But knowing that my life will always be in transition, and knowing that the minute I become comfortable with life it can change in a heartbeat is just very overwhelming.

I know this struggle is necessary. I know this and I constantly need to be reminded. Because His suffering for me is incomparable to my suffering and He did all of this for me, for my salvation, and completely out of love, it is only fitting that I suffer in this world out of love for my Lord. And I know that this suffering can only lead to such great victory with Him in heaven because that’s what He taught me.

“show me the way to surrender my heart. God, I’m so lost. Teach me how to love.”

Your love and grace is sufficient for me. Please remove this heart of stone and mold it to Your will. That’s the only way I know I will be at peace and be truly happy. There’s nothing more I want than that. Thank You.

ageiscool:

Enjoy.

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Picture taken and edited by me. (http://adriennenodado.tumblr.com)

These are my beautiful sisters :)

Those who kneel before God can stand before anyone.

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—	Mark Hart (via godsloveenduresforever)

Relevant!

signum-crucis:

We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong.
—G.K. Chesterton

O_____O not gonna lie, my heart would drop if I got these. *ahem*

2012 Religious Education’s May Crowning. My Momma always reminds me of the woman I’m called to be. Mama, pray for us!