Breakups

Going through a breakup sucks because you don't think that it will happen when you get with someone especially someone who you have fallen in love with. It is always hard going through a breakup, but the first one sometimes hurts the worst because its the first time being in a relationship so everything is just brand new and it sucks when it ends. It will get better after awhile and you will move on and eventually you will find someone who will stay with you forever.

Fruit of the Spirit

~Love- wanting good to come to another person; being concerned and willing to work for another person's benefit.

~Joy- a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

~Peace- freedom from disturbance; calm.

~Patience- able to put up with problems or pain without complaining or becoming angry.

~Kindness- the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.

~Goodness- the quality of being morally good or virtuous.

~Faithfulness- trustworthy; loyal.

~Gentleness- the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered.

~Self-control: the ability to control one's one actions and feelings.

(The ones in bold are the definitions from my Bible and the other ones came from Google)

Here are some examples of places in the Bible where it talks about each one: (I will bold each time it says what fruit of the Spirit it is)

Love: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).

Joy: "Consider it pure joy, my brother's and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance" (James 1:2-3).

Peace: "Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone" (Titus 3:1-2).

Patience: "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer" (Romans 12:12).

Kindness: "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothes yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience" (Colossians 3:12).

Goodness: "Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" (Psalm 23:6).

Faithfulness: "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart" (Proverbs 3:3).

Gentleness: "Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near" (Philippians 4:5).

Self-control: "For this very reason, make every effort to are to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance: and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love" (2 Peter 1:5-7).

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you all have a fantastic day. It is a little different this year because of Covid, but being able to spend it with just one other person is more than enough. This will all hopefully be done soon, so we can celebrate with each other again. We should still be thankful for the things that we do have even though this year is messed up. 

I'm thankful for:

1) God

2) My family

3) My friends

4) The weather (even though I live in Michigan and our weather is weird)

What are you guys thankful for this year?

Insecurity

 

The definition of insecurity is uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence. Insecurity can be different for each person and for some it is something that is hard to deal with. Its okay to be insecure about stuff, but don't let it overwhelm you so much that you can't handle it anymore. God says:

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them? Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" (Matthew 6:25-27).

Also:

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, preset your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7).

Here are some ways to work on not being insecure that will hopefully work.

1) Surround yourself with good people who will build you up

2) Look in the mirror and say good things about yourself

    * "I'm alive"

    * "I got out of bed today"

    * "I ate something" 

    * "I drank water"

3) Take the time for you

4) Listen to some uplifting songs/motivation videos

    When you start to feel insecure about anything in your life or about yourself take a deep breath because you are not what you tell yourself. You are special and you are good enough. I believe that you can get through those moments. Keep your head up.

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13).

Purpose

Everyone has a purpose. It can be anything and it will be God ordained. Some people already know what their purpose in life is while others don't know what theirs is right now. For those who already know I congratulate you and I wish you the best in fulfilling it. For the rest of you it's okay. 

I'm in the half that doesn't know what my purpose is. I know that God has given me something to fulfill, but I haven't figured out what that something is. It takes prayer and discernment to find out what you have to do. Part of me feels like it has to do with being there for people. The people who struggle with varying things, depression/suicidal thoughts, because those kind of people tend to gravitate to me.

I'm not a 100% sure that is what it is though. I have to be more intentional with my prayer life and trusting God more to be able to let Him work in what He wants me to do. I think that is what all of us struggle with at one point or another. 

People have a tendency to babble when we pray. Like we just list everything that we want God to do instead of taking the time to praise Him and be sincere. If we want to know what our purpose is (if we don't already know) then we need to be sincere and heartfelt when asking God to reveal it to us. It will be okay and you will figure it out.

Why I like this song?

I went to one of my Spotify radio playlists that I listen to that I already wasn't listening to at that moment and this was the first song to come on. I really like all of the music that Divide Music comes out with because they all are really cool. He does cool beats and amazing lyrics. This one has to do with an anime I'm really into right now called My Hero Academia. I like everything about this song. I will link the song at the end. You guys should listen to it. It doesn't matter if you have seen the show or not. It still is a good song. 

Here is the link to the song

Procrastination

I thought of doing procrastination as my topic for today because I really put this off today. I kept telling myself that I had to post, but didn't until now and for that I'm sorry. A lot of people have this same problem concerning a bunch of different things and the only way to not procrastinate is to just do it. Set reminders for yourself or put it in a planner/calender multiple times where you know you will always see it no matter what. You got this.

Communication

Communication is vitally important in relationships, whether that is romantically/platonically/to other family members or emotionally, because it makes things easier if people knew what we were thinking. I have the tendency to forget that I can't hold my feelings in because if I don't speak what is going on to someone I tend to get overwhelmed. There is a lot going on right now that is getting really hard to handle for me and it got to much last night to the point where I got really overwhelmed that I broke down. For a lot of people this is the typical response to trying to handle things alone instead of telling someone and that isn't a good thing to do. 

When things get hard we need to tell someone what we are feeling even if that person we are talking to doesn't understand what we are trying to articulate. It will help tremendously in the long run because we won't be holding onto the burden of keeping it to ourselves. If we don't want to talk to a person about what is going on we can turn to God and allow Him to take care of it. If we don't communicate to Him or anyone else then when we finally have enough of repressing it and break down no one will know the reason. Well, God will already know cause He knows everything anyways. 

Being able to communicate when we are dating someone in a way that isn't hurtful is also important. It has to be done in a positive way and in a way that allows being able to be heard. You need to be able to communicate when it comes to planning a date or during arguments that isn't going to result in conflict. 

It takes a lot of practice and commitment to be able to communicate well. It isn't going to happen automatically in the moment. You have to be able to stop and think about not over-reacting or the words that you need to say that isn't going to hurt the other person's feelings. Don't give up on trying to do this well right off the bat because you got this and it will get sorted out at some point.

Favorite season?

My favorite season is probably fall because I like when the leaves change color. It is so pretty and I love it. What about you guys? What is your favorite season and why? I kind of like winter when snow falls and it looks all nice and sparkly when it is newly fallen in the morning. Summer and spring are okay as well.

A motivational quote and what it means to me

This quote is so true because when you struggle through something and are able to get through it without giving up that is strength. Its not necessarily strength to win. Sure it takes physical strength to win something at times, but the strength I'm talking about to is the kind that allows you to continue even when life decides to throw things at you that is difficult.

What is your favorite motivational quote and why?

What are 5 languages that you want to learn?

The 5 languages that I want to learn are:

1) ASL ~ American Sign Language

2) Greek

3) Japanese

4) French

5) German

I think ASL would be fun to learn and it will be very helpful to know when I need to talk to people who are deaf. I really like Greek mythology and I want to visit Greece, so I think it would be cool to learn it for that reason. French and German are just nice languages that would be nice to learn.

What about you guys? Comment below the languages that you want to learn

What is your typical daily routine?

Good afternoon people. I hope you all are doing good. Today I will be telling you what I normally do in the morning when I wake up. Please comment here or on any of my social media that I post this on about the following question...

What is your typical daily routine?

Here is mine:

* I wake up sometime between 9:30 and 11. If I have volunteer work to do/church I wake up at 8.

*Go to the bathroom 

*Brush my teeth

*Fold up my blankets

*Get coffee

*Do my Bible stuff

~Turn on the Scripture affirmations video on YouTube

~I read my devotion book

~The Lectionary in my Bible for church

~Wherever I tend to be reading in (I'm reading my Bible straight through. Right now I'm in Exodus)

~Do the day in a leadership book my mom is letting me read

*Take my stuff downstairs

*Either get dressed then or just chill around for a bit before getting getting dressed

*Sometimes I will stick around the house for the day or see if my friend wants to hang out and if she does hang out with her

That is basically what I do on a daily basis. It will change depending on if I have something going on. Like Bible study or volunteering.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? This is a question that people get asked a lot and there is multiple ways to answer this depending on the person. For example myself. In 10 years I want to have a book store opened and loving every minute of it. What about you? Comment below or on my Facebook or Twitter if you follow me.

10 facts about me

This picture is of me and my niece who had just turned one when this was taken. Today I will be doing 10 facts about myself. Here we go...

1) I come from a big family (5 siblings, 2 nieces, and 5 nephews)

2) I love to read

3) I have been to multiple states 

4) I share a birthday with President Trump

5) My favorite color is green

6) My favorite movie is definitely the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies

7) I was in a hospital for 6 days when I was six for getting a vaccine

8) I like anime

9) I have been to the ocean

10) My favorite animal is the wolf

Boasting

Boasting is something that a lot of people do because of pride. A person who will boast about something just want to rub it in people's faces. You shouldn't boast about things because it will cause resentment in other people, which can turn into them hating you. If you feel the need to boast about something you don't have to say out loud to people. 

If you do something and are proud of it there is nothing wrong with telling people. The problem is when you do it excessively and do it just to get a reaction out of people. Sometimes by doing that it won't end well especially if it's over something that you shouldn't have done at all. 

Don't boast because it can end up with bad consequences. The people who you hang around with won't want to hang around you if you are boasting a lot because they won't like it, so just don't do it.