Shoutout to all my girls! I'm sitting in the dressing room, trying on a superr cute dress. I've been trying all different poses and no matter what I do, the dress just doesn't look good. Its just not flattering, simple as that. and for us girls, I know that the dressing room can often be the worst place EVER. My prayer for all of us, ladies, is that we'd see our true beauty in Christ. So next time you don't like how you look in something, scream at yourself in the mirror "Jesus thinks i'm beautiful! Take that!" cuz its more than true. :)

why are we christians anyways?

so yesterday at church, our pastor basically spoke on what Jesus did at the cross. he talked about that and everything that it entails. it was an awesome sermon and really got me thinking. but then, to finish it before communion, he showed a clip from the Passion of the Christ. I have never watched that movie, but let me tell you that no words can express what i felt and realized when i watched that. like.....ask yourself the question that i asked as the title of this post. why are we? now i could come up with a bunch of stuff. i could say because there's good morals. i could say because i love worship. i could list a long list. but when it comes down to it, its what He did on the cross. He didn't just suffer, he took on every amount of suffering anyone in the world had ever suffered or will ever suffer. ALL OF IT. the deepest pain you've ever felt? nothing in comparison. can you remember the last time you thought you might die? that it a paper cut compared to Jesus' sufferings. HE DESERVES EVERYTHING WE HAVE. EVERYTHING. i know i will never be good enough or give Jesus enough, but i want to. i want to give Him all. i think as Christians we get caught up in the motions, the music, the books, church, youth group, etc., that we forget why the heck we even got ourselves into this whole thing.

silent week.

so yesterday began my week of no singing. i guess i've been straining my vocal chords, so my doctor said no singing for a week. i know it doesn't sound bad, but i think its gonna be a challenge. i sing like every second of my life. like, actually. it is the easiest way for me to express myself to others and to Jesus. but i am really excited because when i'm at church, or a concert i'll be at this weekend, and i can't worship with my voice, it will give me a chance to learn to worship more with other parts of me. it will give me a chance to learn what it means to worship God always with everything. i can dance and praise him, i can write and praise him, i can just sit and look at the stars and praise him. hallelujah. please pray for me if you're reading this. just say a quick prayer that i will praise in everything. and that i will never ever take my voice for granted. it is a gift and i am SO FREAKING BLESSED BY THE LORD to have it.

also, thanks for reading, if you are reading, and thanks for living, if you're alive : ). i pray that you will experience Gods love and peace and beauty and that he will explode his grace all over you.