Psalm 143:8

“Cause me to hear Your loving kindness in the morning.”

Michael Jackson

I am sitting here, watching the memorial for Michael Jackson and I am loving it. I love Michael Jackson music and the way he moved. I can't believe that he is gone, to me 50 is too young of an age to die. But I know that at any moment a person can be gone. This man has gone through so much on this earth and just like "that" he is gone. I really do pray for his family, because I know how it is to lose someone. When I saw his daughter Paris speak, about her dad, I cried because I lost my dad when I was younger and I can still remember that day. I remember him, in a white suit, pale and with very long finger nails and I kissed him goodbye. I can't explain the pain it is to lose a dad. I am praying for the Jackson family and that people will leave the family alone. I have such sorrow in my heart at what people have said about Michael and his family. I so upset about how people get treat someone. But, anyway I love Michael and his music and I continue to keep the family in my prayers.

A NEW JOURNEY

This week I will be starting my second job as a mentor for the incoming students for college. I have so many emotions and thoughts about areas I could learn and grow. I feel so nervous and anxious about this job. I know what this job requires of me and will push me in areas that I am ready for. I'm a person that will cry as I am growing but I will not let anything get in my way of growing, not even myself. I thank God for every situation that comes my way and I ask Him to give me strength and comfort on this journey called life. I would ask that my brothers and sisters to pray for me as I grow and reach out to someone else.

This is my favorite scripture:

12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:12-14

My 21st Birthday

Wow, I am late putting up a post about my birthday. Yes, I am 21 (JUNE 22) and I don't feel or look like I am 21. I am so happy that the Lord has let me live this long on this earth. So many people die when they are younger, but the LORD is GREAT, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM. I am excited about the road ahead, the ups and downs. I am excited as to what the Lord will show me and teach me. My prayer is that as a young woman that I will continue to trust and wait on the Lord. To fall deeply in love with HIM and His Word. To walk in obedience of His word.

I went to the Wax Museum in NYC and took pictures with stars, it was fun and was great to be with my family.

This is me and Samuel L. Jackson

This is me, my godmother and Julia Roberts.

PICTURES I TOOK THIS WEEK

Happy Father's Day

I want to say Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there. Praying that every dad is having a wonderful day. I am thankful for my dad and the time I had with him. I am thinking of him and missing him.





I also wanted to thank the Heavenly Father, for being a Father to me, that loves and protects. There is none like him, He is awesome.

From my Journal

Abba, what an awesome God You are. I love You so much. Thank You for this week, where I am able to seek Your face and be open and honest with You. I love that I can read and seek Your face. I will trust You, as the months are coming up and new challenges I will face. I will trust and know that You are God. You comfort me and strengthen me. My love, Your everything and I am grateful for Your Word and the things You teach me. My prayer is that by Your grace I will walk in obedience of Your Word, trust and walk in the Spirit and continue to grow in You. Please invade my heart and lead me because I am lost and can't do this life without You.

5/5/09

Look At What I MADE!

Blueberry Coffee Cake

It's June 1st

Wow, I am so excited about this month, so many things that are coming up. This month is when I start my second job, mentoring the students of Nyack. I can't believe that I will have the opportunity to pour into the lives of others. My birthday is this month, will be turning 21 years old. I can't believe that I am getting older so fast, I still remember when I was eighteen. My brothers will be graduating, one from middle school and the other from high school. I am so excited about my brothers graduating.

The True Woman

I will be reading a book by Susan Hunt, The True Woman. Has anyone read this book or heard of it? I am curious what I can learn from this book and while I am reading this book, I will post some response and what I am learning.

Quote

“A content woman isn’t worried, upset, or agitated about what she doesn’t have or what she thinks she needs or what she wants. Instead she’s at rest with her God and her surroundings. Why? Because everything she needs is all that God is and all He has already provided for her.”

Elizabeth George

Quote of the Day

"If your passions are aroused, say so -- to yourself and to God, not to the object of your passion."

Elisabeth Elliott, Quest For Love

Waiting on the Lord

Lately the Lord is teaching me to wait on Him and His timing. I have been praying about the months and years to come and I am excited to see what the Lord is doing. I am wondering what areas of my life I will be challenged. I am waiting on the Lord as He told me too, about everything. I am a young woman that does not know what is to come, the challenges, the lost, pain and happiness. But I will wait patiently on the Lord. I will continue to Praise God and seek His face daily. I will continue to pray for family, friends and the brothers and sisters in Christ. This morning I am reminded as I look at God's Word:

Hosea 12:6
6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Psalm 37:7
be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Psalm 27:14
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Leaving a Godly Legacy

God has bless with a mentor for my second year in college. This young woman name is Khambye and I am so thankful for her. She is a graduate of Nyack College Seminary and now that she is graduated, I will miss her when she moves back to California. This woman has pour into my life and I have learn so much from her. On our last meeting me and the other mentees made her a scrapbook and wrote her a letter. That night she gave us a song called "Legacy" by Nichole Nordeman the lyrics are below:

I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me And I enjoy an accolade like the rest You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much

I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl' But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides The temporary trappings of this world

I want to leave a legacy How will they remember me? Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough To make a mark on things? I want to leave an offering A child of mercy and grace whoblessed your name unapologetically And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy

Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...

I have been thinking about legacy lately and wondering what people will say about me when I am gone. I wonder if I will be known for being a godly woman or not. I was not surrounded by godly woman of God when I was younger. It was only a few years ago that godly woman were put in my life. I want to leave a godly legacy. I know it might seem strange for most people to hear or to know this but it is true. I want be known for showing love to all people, showing Christ like love. I have a desire to one day adopted children and grow them in a christian home. I did not grow up in a Christian home, but I am praying for the privilege to pour into the children the Lord will give me one day and children that I will be surrounded by in the work that I want to do. I want to be known as a young woman of God that is known for her love for Christ, obedience to Him and a prayin woman of God. A woman that was connected to Him and had a relationship with Him. I want to be easily recognize by the Lord when I see Him.

Finish With My Second Year of College!!!!!

I can't believe it is May already and that I am done with my second year in college. Time is going so fast and I just want time to slow down. I am out of school for this summer and I am going to try to keep my blog up to date. So much has happen since the last time I wrote on my blog. The Lord is Faithful and have been gracious to me. He is teaching me so much and it just feels great to be connected to God and have a relationship with Him. I got two summer jobs, one is working in the registrar office and the other is being a mentor for the summer both academically and spiritually. I'll be honest when I first heard about these jobs, I did not want to apply because I was afraid. I knew that I would have to come out my shell and be around people more and to be open. I want to get out my shell and to do things I would never do but I was afraid. I want to be challenge in the areas of talking to people and being around the brothers and sisters in the Faith. I am a very shy person and can be very quiet at times, and I would isolate myself from everyone. But I am learning that it is important for me to build relationships with my brothers and sisters in the Faith. I need to be around them sometimes, I need to stop putting up a wall and let people into my life. I am still in the process of learning and I am ready for what God wants to teach me or bring to my attention. I know whenever I become a social worker that I will have to speak up for the children that are being abused and I can't do that while always being in the back. I am praying that the Lord will give me confidence and boldness to engage in conversations with people and to let people into my life. I am praying that He will give me the strength to be able to pour into my mentees this summer, that it might glorify the Lord's name.

I am also learning to trust in the Lord and to keep praying. So many times I can be praying for something and want to give up. I know the Lord want me to trust Him and to keep praying. I can't do anything on my own it is in Him, that I am strong. I feel so weak at times with school and who I am. I am learning to lean on God and continue to seek His face. I have nothing to worry about, I am His child and He cares for me. I am praying that I will trust in the Lord and that He would direct my path. As a young woman that I would fall deeply in love with Christ, to trust, and to walk in obedience to His Word.

Christ Has Risen

When I think of Christ I am amazed by Him. I am fill with joy knowing what He did for us, dying on the cross, taking on the wrath of God that was for us. I praise Him today and thank Him.


1 Corinthians 15:3-6

3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importancenthat Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Peter and then to the Twelve. 6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:56-58

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain

Love You Abba

Abba, Your love is amazing and when I think of Your love, I can't help but stop and praise Your Holy Name. There is none like You. You are True, Holy, and Perfect. I can't believe that You would save me, that You would come down to save us on this earth. What an amazing God, You are. There is none like and nothing compares to You. I love You and so beautiful.