Words: "I don't need to ask your permission to do what's best for you. I am your Father." -
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He…
Upon reflection, I’ve discovered that I am melancholic at the core; it is the essence of my being and mind. But I’m also very phlegmatic; I’m hard to excite when it comes to many things and I can do activities/be with the same people for long periods of time without complaint. I don’t need things…
- Colossians 3:15
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O seu Jesus pode estar até hoje pregado num madeiro. Mas o meu ressuscitou. O meu Jesus vive.
I still Believe
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haha, a year ago, i wouldn’t have thought the same. now, it’s so admirable :)
Maybe He does. Maybe you just aren’t listening.
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Identity Essay
I am a princess.
Originally, my essay was going to be about growing up as a minority, but I right clicked that document and clicked delete. Ms. Beers, I am about to tell you who I am, not according to society’s limited sense of labels and stereotypes, but by what truly defines me and makes me—me. If I were to talk about the typical identity, defined by race, economic status etc. then that would only be a small portion of my life. I think that you deserve much more than such shallow affiliations, so I’ll tell you exactly who I am. You bluntly said on the assignment paper and during class to take a risk, to think outside the box, rather than always doing only what we’re told to do. This may be the riskiest thing I do— well, regarding academics of course. For I seek to live a life completely against the grain of society’s expectations. Counter culture you could call it. Simply put, I am daughter of the Most High, I am a princess.
This essay is not intended to be cliché. I am not the superficial, stereotypical Christian that you probably pictured in your head after reading that last sentence. Yes I belong to God and yes I am sinner. I am no better than the hobos, president, prostitutes, or prisoners. You see, that’s the difference between me and ‘Christian’. They like to think everything is just peachy, ‘oh Jesus loves you, yay happy day!’ They like think they are superior and better than others; that they must stick to only other Christians. I remind myself that I am a sinner every day, why? Not because I like to put myself down and constantly put myself in a negative feel. I do it to humble myself, to remind myself that every day I need Jesus, to remind myself that I need to read the Word. I admit, I am not the best ‘Christian’ out there, I still struggle reading the bible every single day, praying for hours and hours by myself. It’s hard not being sucked into the worldly behaviors of all my friends such as smoking, partying, dating; not that these things are evil and bad, I’m saying that these things will bring about only temporary happiness. Once it’s over, you will still have that longing and desire for something greater, yet we tend to fall deeper in the wrong direction.
Even with these hardships I try to pursue Jesus. Whenever I fall astray, I have my sister and others to hold me accountable. Wherever or whichever point I’m at, I know that salvation and grace has been given to me, not because I deserve it; surely not since I sin like every day, but because He loves me. I am merely receiving this undeserved grace and simply acting upon it.
Christianity is not a religion. It is a relationship. The difference between Christianity and religions is that in religion, Christianity is not about being good, going to worship once a week, offering money, or bowing down to a gold piece to say the very least. It requires a lot more than that, it requires your whole heart, and it requires commitment, dedication and faith, much like a personal relationship. I don’t define myself by my academics, minority status, popularity, sexuality, money etc. but rather in something that’s permanent, never changing, and everlasting Christ.
I am a princess. I am human. I am a daughter of Christ. I am a sinner.