I'm a living vapor...

This morning I had my date with God. :] It was a much needed quality time alone with Him at my quiet spot. I love having these special moments with Him because it's through my dates that He reminds me how much He truly loves me. It's refreshing and invigorating! To get me in the right mindset for our date, I meditated on 2 songs by Kari Jobe: My Beloved & Healer. I put them on repeat a couple times but it only took the first song to play a second time to break me and bring me to my knees (I was literally crying my eyes out, lol). To understand the effectiveness of the song, please read the lyrics (phrase by phrase) and meditate/reflect on them for a moment. My Beloved You're My Beloved You're My Bride To sing over you is My delight Come away with Me My love You're Beautiful to Me So beautiful to Me Under My mercy Come and wait Till we are standing face to face I see no stain on you My child You're Beautiful to Me   So Beautiful to Me I sing over you My...

"Do not worry about your life . . ." —Matthew 6:25 A warning which needs to be repeated is that “the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,” and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us ( Matthew 13:22 ). We are never free from the recurring waves of this invasion. If the frontline of attack is not about clothes and food, it may be about money or the lack of money; or friends or lack of friends; or the line may be drawn over difficult circumstances. It is one steady invasion, and these things will come in like a flood, unless we allow the Spirit of God to raise up the banner against it. “I say to you, do not worry about your life . . . .” Our Lord says to be careful only about one thing-our relationship to Him. But our common sense shouts loudly and says, “That is absurd, I must consider how I am going to live, and I must consider what I am going to eat and drink.” Jesus says you must not. Beware of allowing yourself to think that ...

“'Consider the lilies of the field . . .' ( Matthew 6:28 ). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things." -Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest I got this passage from a portion of today's devotional. Basically, the whole thing was about how God has everything under control. It was such a great reminder for me because being finite and limited as a human being causes me to doubt the impossible. When I think about it, every day I am challenged to trust God completely. Even today, before I start my shift at the place I'm volunteering, I'm freaking out inside because you literally don't know what calls you'll be expecting. Sometimes I'll get active callers and since I'm sorta new to this thing (even though it's been 5 months since I started), I'm not familiar with th...

Surprised? lol. I only say that because as a girl, I act so much like a girl...even with things that make my heart float, skip, jump, and sink. Sometimes I like it, then other times I strongly dislike it. Having a sporadic heart is hard to handle. *le sigh* Alrighty...so, on that note, I wanted to share with you something I've experienced recently. Yea, it has to do with a boy. But here's the thing...it's kinda different from the other crushes I've had. I think what really surprised me was that he was meeting a lot of the qualities on my list. List? What list? Ok, so back in middle school, I was told to make a list of qualities I'm looking for in a husband. This was to keep me from jumping at every opportunity any guys says he wants to date me. I was really naïve back then, so my list looked a little something like this: 1. Has to be a Christian 2. Have a sense of humor 3. Have brown hair & green eyes That was pretty much it, lol. Over the years my list...

A few friends and I had just come back from an awesome conference for Cru's Epic Movement. The whole weekend went better than I expected. I have met so many incredibly wonderful people who are passionately in love with God. In addition, this conference has made me look at my life as an Asian-American...something I hadn't really been confronted with before. I guess the issues and trials I've faced as an Asian-American were hidden subconsciously because I felt comfortable being around non-Asians. There are so many experiences (small & big) that I want to take back to my city and my campus. The whole weekend seemed like a retreat because it allowed for me to really focus on God, His mercies, His grace, His love, His provisions, His power, and His faithfulness. You know how when you're in love, it makes you do crazy things? Well, that's what I was experiencing over the weekend. Whenever the worship band led us at the feet of God, I didn't really care how I l...

I usually don't make a big deal about the new year every year, but this time feels a little different. Last Year, like I mentioned on my previous post, was the first time I stuck to a few New Year's resolutions. So a new year feels like starting a new chapter, improving any of the mistakes I made in the last year. I haven't quite figured out what I wanted to do for my New Year's resolution. One thing I thought about was taking care of my body...that means I must eat right and actually go to the gym consistently. The eating part sounds doable, the gym...not so much. But I will try! The other resolution was something about "no regrets." I'm thinking of it in terms of letting go and not looking back. I've been cleaning (like, thoroughly clean) my room and I've actually gotten rid of a lot of stuff I've been keeping since I was younger. You see, when I was little I would keep things, thinking that I might use it for the future. But I realize that t...

Today is the first day of the new year. I'm so excited because it's a new year to learn from mistakes, take on bigger challenges, and experience  wonderful surprises along the way. Last year, has probably been the first year I actually stuck to my new year's resolution. It may not have been consistent, but at least I was able to continue on with it. My 2 main resolutions: that my life would reflect Jesus and that I would try new things. I would say that sometimes the two would correlate (depending on the circumstance), accomplishing both resolutions at once!! lol. So here were somethings that really made an impact in my life in the past year: 1. Valentines Day cards           I don't know what compelled me to do this, but I decided to buy those boxes of Valentine cards,write bible verses on them that relate to love, and hand them out to random people on campus. I also had some candy and I gave those away to. I think what I was thinking was that some...