He's so good to me

I've thought about this a bit today...

how there are soooo many denominations, and how people dont identify themselves as "christians" but as "church of God" or "catholic" or "assemblies of God" or "baptist" or "pentecostal" 

do you even know how jacked up that is? i dont think Jesus died so that we would identify ourselves as our denomination or what parts of the Bible we believe in.....that's just so wrong! That's putting God, AND ourselves in a box! He died to set us free, so we could BREAK our boxes as His feet, not make more boxes for us to live in...

ill tell you what i believe, what i KNOW for a FACT that is true. for example...

every single word in the Bible. Psalms says to dance in His presence, and to sing and shout for joy. 

so do i believe in dancing and singing in church? absolutely.

isn't it kinda jacked up to not believe something in the Bible? or believe something that ISNT in the Bible? like...that mother mary should be worshipped? 

umm....news flash, Yahweh is a JEALOUS God, and He says "do not worship any god before Me."...so praying to mother mary is a sin. because praying is part of the process of falling in love..[Stacy talks a lil about this from Chosen in one of their morning sessions..]

she did not live a sinless life. Jesus did. yes, she had favor with God, but that does not mean she is a holy being that should be exalted. 

sooo.. im living according to the Bible. not according to some denomination, like so many other people...

man that just is sooo messed up. in sooo many different ways. :p

and another thing i have pondered today is a lottt more fun to think about:)

how He is sooooo stinkin GOOOOOD to meeeeeee!!

and How He's FREEEEEED MEEEEE!!!!!

oh, i just remembered why i was thinking about this..haha God's funny..

you just have no idea! THIS LOVE THAT I KNOW IS GREATER THAN LIFE ITSELF! it makes me want to laugh and cry and jump and just lay on the ground with my face in the sand allll at the same time. like, i dont know how i HAVENT just combusted.

you have nooo idea how GOOD it is to LIVE. to be ALIVE. if you have never experienced complacency, you dont know how good it is to truly be alive. [complacency, i think, is the worst place to be everr. it's the worst feeling inside, it makes me want to puke.]

by GRACE i  am FREE. He's rescued me! and now i get to live for Him!

do you have anyy idea how GREAT a privilege it is to LIVE for Him?! im using a lot of exclamation points to express my excitement..

do you know how crazyy it sounds to me when people have to be encouraged to live for Jesus? good or bad, it's an HONOR to serve Him! Do you even KNOW who He is?! 

seriously, if you HAVE to be encouraged to live for Him, have you seen His face? if you haven't, you need to.

[im not saying it's bad to be encouraged. but if you are completely dependent on that you need help..]

i truly dont know what words to use to express my great joy and greatt love and excitement. 

wanna know the coolest part about loving and being loved by Jesus? :) i have no need to have a boyfriend. i think that's kind of a reason people my age "HAVE" to be in a relationship..because they aren't being loved enough, and they have no one to love.

if God brings *him* my way any time soon, cool! buut, i dont HAVE to have it right now, because im completely fulfilled in Him. even when i dont feel Him, my heart cries out for Jesus more than a guy anyy day. He'll never everr let me go like some guy would. Jesus will hold me tight forever, and im soooo cool with that:)

for me, it's a time to just....laugh. to be completely and totally happy. yeah, some things may frustrate me at times, and honestly i must apologize. [my "actions" today weren't from my heart. i was in a hurry, truly. the phone call: i was singing to Jesus in the car and didnt feel it or hear it. same goes for the text message. i only saw that i missed it when i got to practice. yes i was a tad frustrated because i LOVE music, and i LOVE making music for Him! and i realllyy wanted to do that with everyone today, and i was running out of time and i wasn't excited about it. i just wanted to play SOMETHING to Him before i had to get to the pool and i was disappointed because i didnt get a chance to do that. im sorry that my actions seemed like i was super mad and frustrated and like i didnt wanna hear it from anyone. i didnt intend them to come across that way. it really wasn't in my heart to be like that.]

BUT yeah, things sometimes are frustrating. but it doesnt change the fact that it's time for some laughter, some crazy, super weird laughter:) because He is just sooooo good..