His Arms Are Wide Open

I was listening to some music today and I found this song and it made me think. People are looking for love and they search and search and search and when they think they find it...it leaves them emptier than they were before. Alot of people have their own idea of what they think love is or what it should look like. Listening to the words of this song has me look back into my own past and see what it is I thought love was. I made many mistakes in the past with the relationships I got myself into. I let men use me because of the sweet words they would try to say to me and make me feel like they loved me when they really didn't. They wanted what they could get from me and I was foolish enough to give it to them. Even as a born again christian I had my struggles in the past with giving myself freely to the person I was with. Yes I am talking about sex. As Christians we know it isn't right to have sex outside of marriage but our need to have someone love us back sometimes clouds our thinking when we are not in tune with God. When we keep him first in our lives and we let him show us the love he has for us and what he has done for us then nothing else seems to matter. It took me a long time even as a christian to get my thinking straight and to keep him first in everything. I struggled for years with it and was ashamed of myself for letting myself get into relationships with men and have sex when they wanted to with me. The pain ran deeper inside me than I would ever let anyone know, but God knew. He was waiting for me to say I give it all to you and let him come in and repair the hurt and to heal all the scars left behind. I am here today to say that he has healed my hurts of the past and now God is placing inside me more of him. I like how this song says: "If anybodys looking for love in all the wrong places
If youve been searching for love, come to Me. Come to me.
Take up your cross. Deny yourself.
Forget your fathers house and run. Run with Me.
Cause you were made for abandon your heart and listen
Cause you were made for Someone greater, Someone bigger, so follow Me.
And youll come alive when you learn to die.
And He said to me...You shall love me."

This song brought me to tears today, because I know how hard the road was for me and I see so many people out there who are on the same path I was and some even worse than me. It pains my heart to see people hurting and looking for love in all the wrong places. My prayer is that they find Jesus and let him love them just as they are and right where they are.

JUST BELIEVE

NO LIMITS!!! NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD. LET HIM TAKE U SO U CAN SOAR. YOUR TIME IS RIGHT NOW TO JUST RECEIVE IF U JUST BELIEVE THERE IS NO LIMITS. Alot of you say we believe that there are no limits to what God can do....but do you believe that? Let him speak to you and show you just what he has in store. The problem is you want to know everything now. So in your mind you have put limitations on God. Stand out on the beach at 5am in the morning as the sun is rising and look out at the ocean and see how you cannot see beyond the horizon. Just because you cant see beyond the horizon doesn't mean that there isn't more out there. So shake loose the limitations in your mind and GET READY FOR WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE.

A Heart For Worship

This is a dance I did for the workshop we hosted earlier this year. It was a wonderful weekend of different people from different churches coming together and soaking in what the lord had for them. I love the concert portion that we close out with for our workshops. It gives everyone a chance to sit back and watch and soak in what God has placed in other people. Its such a blessing to see the different groups. This song for me was a very emotional and powerful song. I had never heard the song until two weeks before we did the workshop. I had no idea what God wanted me to do with it he only said I want you to dance for me. I cried the whole time I was dancing and it was very emotional for me. It was if time had stood still and no one else was in the room and I was before him dancing and pouring my whole heart and soul out to him. I am sure that to most people that see me dance I am not one of the greatest dancers, but I have a heart for God and its not about ability its about obedience and giving everything you have to him and let him do the rest. I hope that you all enjoy it and get as much out of it as I did when I was dancing to it.

In Your Intimate Moments With God

Have you ever had a moment when you were listening to a worship song and just singing and it seemed that time stood still? In that intimate moment with God he wrapped his arms around you and you felt at peace. Worshiping is so much more than just singing a song, raising your hands, or dancing. When you spend time with him in those intimate moments he teaches you so much more about worship than your mind can fathom. Our lives should be spent in all we do worshiping him. Believe me I know its not so easy, but when we surrender and let him take over and just worship him you feel him filling you with his love, peace, and joy.