The Donut Shop!

I took a stroll down memory lane yesterday. It was hard to not to cry, but lucky for me I am good at masking my emotions. 

The donut shop in Corona became one of my best memories from my childhood. It was a sunny afternoon, and the bell rang so loud which signalled the departure to home. I was ecstatic as my daddy pulled up in our blue van, and I knew my day was going to get better from that moment on. As my daddy asked me about my day in Kindergarten, I told him everything. Then he turned to me with a casual smile on his face and asked me if I wanted to go to the donut shop.  “Of course” I eagerly replied. We headed down the road listening to the jams of the past which consisted of Queen, Chicago, and Cher. My daddy and I sung along to every song as we memorized the lyrics during our bonding time together. When we got to the donut shop, we would order two glaze donuts and two milks. We talked until it was time to pick up my older siblings from school.

A few months ago after finishing up a few errands with my daddy, we revisited a childhood memory in a different donut shop. As I began to tell my daddy about the plans for my future, I wanted to burst out crying. I am going to miss the time we spend together at the donut shop.

You see going to the donut shop with my daddy was not just about eating donuts, but it was my quality time with my daddy. He taught me so much when we sat conversing about our lives and swapping stories. 

How much do you go to your donut shop with Our Heavenly Father? We spend too much time worrying about every little detail and how it will turn out. Our society needs to sit down, stop and converse with God about their lives. He longs for your company at the donut shop. He sits in the brown table with two glazed donuts and two milks waiting to hear about you. He wants to tell you that He loves you, but you make up excuses of being too busy or lost in your own world. Please stop whatever you are doing today and make time for God.

 

Let’s Pray!

Dear Heavenly Father,

I pray that you will help me to meet You at the donut shop more often than I do now. I pray that I can come to you about everything that is going on in my life. You love me so much! Help me not to get distracted by the world.

In Jesus Name,

Amen!

U Smile, I smile! U love, I love!

Today is my beautiful little sister’s birthday, so this blog is dedicated to her. 

When I think of my little sister, the Justin Bieber song “U smile” always comes into my head. I sing this song to her because it is truly the way that I feel about her. 

“If you need me
I'll come running
From a thousand miles away
When you smile I smile (oh whoa)
You smile I smile.”

My little sister has such a beautiful smile that it becomes contagious. I always smile when she smiles. She has such a loving heart that she shows to the world on a daily basis. The lyrics below are how she treats the world. If you are in need of anything, whether or not she knows you, she will always give you more. Her kind heart is filled with the Holy Spirit, and you truly see that she loves loving on others.

“You ain't seen nothing yet
I won't ever hesitate to give you more”

My baby sister truly lives out what it means to love on others. I cannot wait for another blessed year with her. She inspires me to be a Godly woman.  

1 John 4:19

“We love because he first loved us.”

Happy Birthday my beautiful, little sister! I love you! And keep smiling! :)

Song Credit: Justin Bieber

An Ounce of Confidence!

As I whipped the clear glossy white nail polish, my heart started to break. Have you ever felt that you need a disguise? Or do you wear a mask to hide the real you? Have you looked into the mirror and promised yourself that you wouldn’t be that person again but somehow you are? You put loads of make-up and nail polish on your fingers? You just want to be pretty…like everyone else. You see women flaunting their bodies and you happen to think “I wish that was me.” The way they look, all glossed up from the photo shot pictures. Why can’t that be you? So you go to extreme measures to make sure you look “your absolute best”, yet you think it is still not good enough.

I have been there, and I am still there. I think that a fresh coat of nail polish solves my problems, and that a pair of skinny jeans will help me look smaller than what I really am. I lack confidence. I am going to try to be more confident in myself because I know that God created me to be beautiful. He created me to have inner beauty that shows through my outside. I am His daughter, and to me that is just simply beautiful. From this day on forward, I am going to be more confident.

I will be confident and secure about who I am.

I will be confident that God is here for me.

I will be confident to look in the mirror.

Take off the mask and walk into the light of truth. God will be holding your hand through it all.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I am sorry for cling to the things of the world to make me feel pretty. You created me so beautiful and now I will be confident. Thank you for holding my hand through it all.

In Jesus Name,

Amen!

Irregular Accepted!

This week has been full of waiting, frustrating, and most importantly healing. On Wednesday February 2^nd, 2011 I went to the doctors. Before I went I prayed that God would help me, but instead He did way more.

1) God showered His protection over me. The verse in Psalm quoted below started out my day. I read in my daily quiet time, and my heart began to feel secure. You don’t need to feel scared or afraid because God knows what is going to happen to you. No matter what, God has given His children the ultimate protection. Yes, we will go through life’s struggles but we have God through it all.

Psalm 27:1

“The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?”

2) God helped me share my light to this dark world. The doctor asked a series of questions, and my answer for every one of them was no. She told me that makes me a “good girl”. At first it bothered me. I understand what God was doing though; He was making me His light. I praise Jesus for that experience.

3) God helped me to trust in Him and taught me how to cling to Him always. Lately I have been challenged on truly trusting God. Psalm 27:14 has been so hard to put in action. On Wednesday when these Truth words reached my eyes, I felt a revival stirring in my heart. I am going to put all fourteen of these words into practice each day of my life.

Psalm 27:14

“Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.”

Dear Heavenly Father,

I pray that you will help all of those who read this blog. Lord, if their heart is broken; use it for your Kingdom. Heal those who earnestly seek your face. I pray this blog will be used as a light for You. Help them understand what You are telling them.

In Your Heavenly Name,

Amen