Bible Stuff

wrapped-in-his-arms:

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 
   your works are wonderful, 
   I know that full well.

Let the king be enthralled by your beauty; 
   honor him, for he is your lord.

Let him lead me to the banquet hall, 
   and let his banner over me be love.

As a young man marries a young woman, 
   so will your Builder marry you; 
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, 
   so will your God rejoice over you.

He will cover you with his feathers, 
   and under his wings you will find refuge; 
   his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; 
   when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.

Know that the LORD is God. 
   It is he who made us, and we are his; 
   we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

LORD my God, I called to you for help, 
   and you healed me.

For your yoke is easy and your burden is light.

Place me like a seal over your heart, 
   like a seal on your arm; 
for love is as strong as death, 
   its jealousy unyielding as the grave. 
It burns like blazing fire, 
   like a mighty flame.

See! The winter is past; 
   the rains are over and gone.

Those the LORD has rescued will return. 
   They will enter Zion with singing; 
   everlasting joy will crown their heads. 
Gladness and joy will overtake them, 
   and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Remember the wonders he has done, 
   his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced…

Let all the earth fear the LORD; 
   let all the people of the world revere him.

He provides for those who grieve in Zion— 
to bestow on them a crown of beauty 
   instead of ashes, 
the oil of joy 
   instead of mourning, 
and a garment of praise 
   instead of a spirit of despair. 
They will be called oaks of righteousness, 
   a planting of the LORD 
   for the display of his splendor.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

Let us rejoice and be glad 
   and give him glory! 
For the wedding of the Lamb has come, 
   and his bride has made herself ready.

(via godmoves)

It’s so hard to reflect Christ in your family sometimes. Especially when it comes to step parents, because you tend to lack the patience and the love required of you. I feel like such a hypocrite, when my step-dad is sad and sorrowful about how he acts, but then when he turns around and acts like a butt face then I start shaking I become so angry. It all bottles up and I just want to scream in his face. Where’s Christ’s love there? He wants to change, he wants to grow in the Lord, but he never changes. He never acts like it. There have been countless times when I want to just tell him to leave, I want to tell him that I don’t understand how he calls himself a Christian. But then when I turn around and look at myself, I’m not perfect either. How do I reflect Christ in my schools when I Don’t tell someone about Jesus and I don’t stand up for God when someone says OMG (but not abbreviated), etc. Before we criticize others, we have to look at ourselves. Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 says “There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you-for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.”

Even though I’m not cursing at him, I still have the thoughts to. He sins and I sin. Neither of us are perfect. 

When I think about how my mom can forgive him so easily, how she can love him still after Everything he does, I realize that God does the very same thing to us. He is always constant. He is merciful. He is forgiving. He is loving. He takes everything negative about us and looks to Christ, which we daily should remind ourselves, and he then looks upon us with undeserved compassion and love. Even in the hardest situations, we need to learn to love others. No matter what they do to you, love them. Pray for it when you don’t want it. Right now, I don’t want to love my step dad. I don’t want to help him change, because I feel like he never will. What needs to happen is a change in my heart that only God can do. 

(via godmoves)

I have not been on here for many months. It seems that even with Christian blogs, I’d been burdened by things I read and really freaked out. This summer I was so stressed. I’ve sought help from many people, who have been very encouraging. I still have not seen myself grow because I have been so fearful and scared. It’s really irritating.

I still request prayer, because my faith in God still needs to improve a great deal. There are so many things I wish to change, but only He can do that.

Please pray for my best friend, her situation is personal but her family needs prayer. Please pray for my loving, amazing Sunday school teacher- she has chronic neck pain that won’t cease, but it has drawn her closer to God.

Thank you :)

spiritualinspiration:

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yetgodisfaithful:

radicalchanges:

loves like a hurricane I am a tree

Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy

And all of a sudden..