I honestly don't know how to blog. or be a good blogger. or what to write about.

So if you actually read this, thank you so much. 

I've been having a really hard time recently, especially with friends. I just lost my best friend not long ago. It has been so hard trying to let go of him. 

As I type this I realize I still haven't let go of him. I haven't given this to God how I wanted to. I haven't been giving much of myself to God recently. And honestly I feel like a horrible person. 

I know people make mistakes. But typing this out to publish doesn't seem to validate anything. It doesn't. I don't need to have an excuse. It is all my fault that I have not given myself to God, my Creator, as He deserves. 

He deserves so much and I can't ever return what He has given me. WOW, guys, He gave up His Son for little me. I can NEVER return what He has done. 

But that's what grace is. and I am so thankful for that. He is so good. So so good. 

Have a Merry Christmas and some super happy Holidays! 

Thoughts and Questions

God is good. life is good when i'm with God.

i was thinking (of course) about eternal life the other day.

how do we get to heaven? am i obsessed with the idea of living eternally and not focusing on what i have to do here, now?

we need to live here in the now. we need to focus on what we can do to please God now. this idea is such a hard thing for me to focus on.

i am given the promise of living forever. am i fulfilling my part of this amazing promise?

i am sure i need to focus on what i am going to do here now and not worry about the future. the future is all part of God's wonderful plan that i will never be able to understand.

it is my goal to start living in the now, and working more on pleasing God. for He is awesome!



PLEASE if you want to tell me about your thoughts or talk about God (I love doing that) please feel free to dm me on instagram @emmagracest

Loving Ourselves and Loving God

This week has been filled with so many blessings! I have felt the LORD so strongly this week.

I am beyond blessed with all I've ever needed and more than what is needed. I am not in need. What a blessing that is!
I don't think I can ever fully realize how blessed I really am. I have a roof over my head. I have more food than I want and more clothes than I need. I have a family who loves me and wants me to grow in God. I have friends who make me oh so very happy!

A few weeks ago I was thinking about doing something. I was thinking about posting a selfie.

Guys, I hate posting selfies. I don't like people looking at me, and I don't want others thinking I am obsessed with my self image. (not bashing anyone who posts selfies! it just isn't my thing.)

the reason i was thinking of posting a selfie was because i wanted people to see that i am flawed and that i can accept that. as i was looking in the mirror the next day and i was thinking of my self image. again.

i guess we are all a little obsessed with our self image. maybe in how we look, how others think about us. but it always comes back to what we are thinking about ourselves. i wish so badly that i could be completely satisfied with my image. the truth is i'm not. i'm sure someday i will be.

i find myself thinking again and again about how i can fix myself. as you know. your beauty isn't what is on the outside, because it will not effect the kingdom of God (unless self obsession takes you over.)

the bottom line is we must love ourselves. God takes time to love us. why can't we love ourselves too?

i can't remember at the moment where the verse is found. and i feel terrible for not looking it up at the moment. but i need to hurry and finish this post! ahhh!

the verse is about loving our neighbor as ourselves. and how we love others shows our love for God. we must first learn to love ourselves so we can love others and focus more deeply upon our love and thankfulness for what God does for us daily.

we are going to be in these "shells" that contain our soul for the rest of this life. we might as well accept it and move on to caring more about our soul and our eternal life. we are given a promise of heaven. we must do our end of this promise and love. love all those around us. love God before all else. and most definitely work on loving ourselves.

i want to show love and God living in me more than i want anything. actually this is what i need. i have no need for material things. only a need and a hunger for God!

God's Plan and Path for Us

(Disclaimer: not everything I saw may be completely correct. But this is what I feel God putting on my heart)

Most of all let love guide your life. -Col 3:14

              

 I thought this was really cool, because I found a hidden meaning for this verse.

(don't you just love finding a new meaning to a verse you've looked at 100 times?)

Most of all let love - God is love!

In another sense this verse states,"Most of all let God guide your life."

After all God knows what's best for you. He knows you better than anyone does.  (Psalm 139:13- For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.)

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future"-Jeremiah 29:11

            He only wants what is good for us. God will wreck our plans when He knows they're about to wreck you.

This being said, I don't want it to come across as a threat at all. God isn't out to destroy you every time your plans don't fit into His bigger one. I'm pretty sure our plans and God's will never match up exactly (Isaiah 55:8-9). Being followers of Christ will mean we will suffer in some way. This may include our plans being torn apart for God to make a way for His better one. 

All our struggles may be God trying to take away what we don't need. 

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:6

In what ways? Does this mean everything we do? I'm sure it does :)

It is so so so hard to think about God during our regular day-to-day activities.  It takes immense effort to do this seemingly simple task.

 If we take the time to meditate on God every day I promise we will be able to God working in our life in ways we may have never noticed before. 

(He is making our paths straight!)

If you continue in my word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. -John 8:31-32

I never have seen this verse before, but when I ran across it finally (today) I immediately thought of the word, "word" as "path". (of course)

If you continue in my path you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free...

This reminds me of Matthew 16:24-26 (this is the take up your cross verse)

If we continue in God's path for us we will surely find the truth He wants us to know. I don't understand this truth completely.

But as I travel deeper into His word and farther down His path I will find true peace and freedom in Him. How beautiful does that sound? 

When am I Going to Blog???

My finals are coming up this next week so I will not be able to make blog posts as I hoped.I will most likely start working more on my blog in two weeks. Thank you all so much for being so patient. :)
                         -A Few Crazy Curls

Oops! Sorry!

Obviously I'm not the best with committing to a blog because I haven't done anything on here in about three or four months. Of course I'm here to apologize for doing nothing about it. so here is my apology letter.

Dearest readers,
     I'm sorry for not being as committed as I should have been and should be. Undoubtedly you are all wonderful people and I'm sorry if I disappointed you all. i'll start trying harder to blog more. Have a blessed day!
                -A Few Crazy Curls

A Quote to Live By

   

                                       

No-media December

Media has truly changed lives. Some for better like those who share their faith and have found their talent and profession through the Internet. 

I can't say that I did well during my no-media December. I was on YouTube and Pinterest a lot. I was very lazy and didn't know how else to use my time. That hit me hard, why shouldn't I do something better, why am I just sitting here? 

I need to try this again in about two months. I suggest doing it yourself. 

Others have had their true identity picked away from them by getting on their Instagram or Twitter every day because of the "great" things going on in their lives, and depression can come out of FOMO (fear of missing out). 

When it comes to it social media won't matter in the end. It might matter depending on the actions or feelings we practice because we were on our Facebook or MySpace (haha funny, what is MySpace) account.    

This past month I learned that I really don't need social media to truly make me happy. I don't need a like to make me acceptable or a reblog to make me feel like I have actually done something cool.

I learned social media puts a fake face on life. We get fomo because of a post we saw where everyone one of our friends were there but us,when they were very probably on their phones the hole time, and didn't talk once. I don't want to be artificial. 

Any good time spent on the Internet when you could have done something useful is time wasted. I don't want to be remembered as the girl who had to impress everyone. I want to be known as someone who spent their time well and for the Lord. 

I challenge you to purge yourself from everything that hinders you from doing something for someone else, or for the Lord. -Emma