Passion & Purpose

The timing is never going to be right to embark on a new adventure, goal or dream. Life is too unexpected to know when the tides are perfect enough to brave the waves. So I don't believe in waiting for the right time anymore but for making every moment perfect to begin. I've learned that the longer you ignore what you're meant to be doing, the more it will force itself to become apparent in your life that you need to BEGIN TODAY. Fear will hold us back, of course, but once you set into positive motion those baby steps towards your purpose and your passion, nothing can stop that momentum. I believe that. I've lived it &I'm experiencing it again.

Your intuition is a crazy thing to ignore, so follow it. I seriously believe that we were all put on this earth for a purpose, some as big a gift as being the president of the United States and some as small but just as important as a janitor. Whatever it is big or small, it's a purpose and a gift that needs to be fulfilled while we're here on earth... and I believe that we need to be relentless in that pursuit of finding out exactly what that is. Relentless in the sense that we achieve our highest potential and strive to be there every. day. of. our. lives. It's a crazy journey, but one I want to learn to embrace and keep working at, everyday.

So don't wait for the timing to be right. It will never be. Don't wait for the time when you think no one will criticize you, they ALWAYS will regardless of how successful you are. Don't wait for the time you think you're ready, your fear will always psych you out. JUST DO IT.

Daily Reminder.

Today after Embrace, I felt overwhelmed with gratitude on my drive home. Several things happened today and I took a step back outside of what my life looked like on the surface or at that moment and looked at the bigger picture and was overcome with God's grace! Man, sometimes, the patience and the power that God gives you when he knows you are in need of His love can change everything.

So I'm thankful for being able to see my projects and efforts come to fruition and become tangible products.
I'm thankful for people who care enough never to forget about you.
I'm thankful for the power of prayer and especially when the poor ask you to pray for them.
I'm thankful for the character and life that exists on the streets, they teach me more than a lot of people I know.
I'm thankful for hope, that people have even without anything. They give me hope.
I'm thankful to have been reminded why I love humanity.

May you all rest easy.

selfish vs selfless

How much of what we do daily is for our own benefit?

For a long time, I didn't realize what a selfish life I was living. I didn't really get the bigger picture of why we should be doing anything on this earth. All I thought about was myself and what I wanted and what made me happy. Of course all of us have been through struggles in life where all we want to do is just be happy and maybe that leads us to indulge in our worldly desires. Yet living in our own desires, when do we show our appreciation for what we have and give back? Now I wonder, where was my appreciation for everything I had and for the things that REALLY mattered?

I always used to think, "When the time is right", "When I get myself right", "I'm too busy", but really, after just DOING and putting future plans into action TODAY, I slowly began to find my way back to God and I realized the time is always right to get RIGHT with God. and to GIVE YOURSELF to something that NEEDS you. Maybe we fear not being perfect enough, but I always think that if you've had these selfish habits for a long time, you can't expect to change overnight. The blessing is in the journey for me. So in no way am I perfect, nor will I ever be, but the effort is now being AWAKE to the world and what matters.

The more and more I think about the past couple of years, especially in college, I didn't fully grasp yet that the way I live my life is. not. about. me. I am an able person, blessed to be educated and healthy, with all the basic things you need to survive and I should be sharing that blessing to help others instead of continually living a life in which I only benefit. Especially with working with the homeless for the past year and half and being around these people, I always say to myself, "Why the heck would anyone not do this?!". All people really need is for other people to care and if I am a person who has everything I need, am I going to continually live only for myself or for other people so they can get what I have too???

These are daily thoughts that I have and despite my journey just feeling like its begun, I am so glad to be conscious and awake, in every sense of those words. It's not about boasting, making yourself better than anyone, whatever accolades you get, the title you have under your name, it's not even about YOU/ME at all. Nothing should ever be done with YOU in mind and I'm glad I know that now. When you truly care about what you do and who your serving, the rest will come easily.

"I want to have a lasting experience of God…sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I lose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. I want to be with God all the time. But I don’t want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights, but also devote myself to God."

— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love


exactly where I'm at in my life.

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. -1 John 2:17

⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. ¹²Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹³And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 4-13

From the Inside Out...

via: knowGodknowLove.com
By: Joshua De Gracia

I don’t know if you noticed, but most Americans always seem on the go.

“We are often wrapped up in the problem of trying to live according to schedules. Everything is rush, rush, rush. Soon we start losing the time to have fellowship with family and friends and even the time to wait upon the Lord. Everything seems instant: instant breakfast, T.V. dinners, fast food counters-all is ready in five minutes. So when going to church they seem to pray, “Oh God, answer me. I have no time-five minutes-and if you don’t answer me quickly, forget about it.” They are not waiting upon the Lord.” – The Fourth Dimension by Dr. David Cho

While reading this passage in the book, I took a step back and literally looked at the “man in the mirror.” In the essence of my busy life, I at times am so focused on helping others that I neglect areas in my life that I need to work on. In times that I don’t have time to “stop and smell the roses,” I glad I have people that constantly speak into my life and keep me and my walk with God in check.

This is what has been spoken to me as of late: “I know how passionate you are about helping others, but don’t forget about yourself and your heart. You can only heal others hearts if your heart is healed first.” —Amen.

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

Anytime we are given advice or correction of some sort, we can take it one of two ways. Either we accept it and learn from it or choose to become defensive. Our natural instincts say the second, but God calls us to humble ourselves and take everything with a grain of salt, whether the advice is good or not.

This time, I thought about what God is doing in my life and our ministry. Immediately I thought about how I tell others “you can’t help others if you aren’t healed first.” So, I had to check my heart and make sure it was in the right place. We are opening up our relationship series in about two weeks so I had to make sure that my heart was “good to go.”

This is what I’m getting at: Sometimes we need to stop and not only see whats going on outwardly in our lives, but check yourself from the inside out.

To be tough on others and lenient with yourself is hypocrisy. To be lenient with others but though on yourself is holiness. Accountabilies, continue to hold me in check. If you don’t have people to hold you accountable in your life, it’s best that you get someone.

KnowGodKnowLove808@gmail.com

2010

When I stand before God at the end of my life,
I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left,
and could say, "I used everything you gave me."
- Erma Bombeck

Looking forward to 2010 this morning.

I decided that it will be all about being 2 things:

1)Fearless in the sense that I trust in the Lord more & know that He and His plans are greater than mine.
2)Living without the fear of being lonely & instead looking at all the amazing people in my life that already make my life worth living.
3) Fearless about my dreams and throwing all caution to the wind and making it happen.
4) Braving the BIG world and traveling more.
5) Freeing myself. FREEING myself. freeing MYSELF.
& letting go... of my dependencies, my bad habits & my vices.
Only relying on my INNER Strength & Self-Knowledge.


I love the clarity and strength that comes with every year I'm alive.
I promise to myself that I will DO everything that God asks of me and utilize all the blessings that God he has given me.
Time waits for no one.



"I am running
I dont wanna come down,
Hope my wings dont fail me now
And if I can touch the sky
I'd risk the fall
Just to know how it feels to fly"