Happy birthday big brother! I love you, no matter how distant we are (relationship wise and soon to be distance wise). Please take care of mom and dad like you took care of me when you move to California in June. :( have a good one!! :)

We must be willing to sacrifice anything and EVERYTHING for Him. Whatever happens on the side is because of His grace and blessing on us. 

my “rant”.

This week has been by far the most challenging week in 2012 (emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually).  Every day is a distraction, and every thought and worry leads to no end.  Every day I fought for victory in peace, yet every day I ended up facing only disappointment.  Every day I learned something new about myself, and every day I learned something new about other people.  I questioned my trust in people, and I questioned myself.  I re-lived selfishness, and I re-learned humility.  I dismissed my happiness, but I am yearning (and still am) for pure joy.  

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

-John Lennon

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and so it begins… :)

here’s to a summer of renewing my mind, body, and most importantly— soul.

Give it up to God… Receive SUPERNATURAL PEACE.

true story. :)

what was, and is to come.

To be confident, yet with humility. This is my desire. Way too many insecurities, not enough faith. To know that I was created in the image of God and to know that I am loved. To be independent, but dependent on God. To be secured in God, and to always acknowledge that no matter what happens… it was just another opportunity to grow and to learn— A blessing in disguise. I no longer want to be the person that I am/was… but rather become the person whom was created by God and for God. I cannot get there alone. Lord, I need you. Jesus, take the wheel.

Psalm 139:13-14 

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Take all of me.