Dina.

J E S U S lover of my soul

[womanintheword]

For days when the enemy is trying to slither his way in, remember to continue: - praying (Don’t ever stop talking to God, love. Tell Him everything. And if you’re feeling empty and like you have no words, know that it’s okay to sit in silence with Him and know that it’s okay to repeat Help me over and over and over.) - praising Him (Put on some Praise & Worship music and sing through the tears because God is still good in the storm.) - reading/studying His Word (Open your Bible, open your Bible, open your Bible. You want to hear God’s voice? Open your Bible. Open your heart. Read your Bible. Study your Bible. God is going to give you exactly what you need. You know this from experience.) - leaning on others (You cannot, cannot carry all of this on your own. Reach out. Talk to someone. Hug someone. Love someone.)

[chibird]

Life isn’t about getting there the fastest. Life is full of beautiful and messy stops, bumps, and detours, and that’s part of what makes it interesting. 🐌✨

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[c0ntemplations]

How to love yourself?

1. Be by yourself a lot. Be alone. Learn to love it. When you learn to love your company you will ultimately be at peace no matter where you are or who you are with.2. Accept that you have ‘flaws’ (the ones defined by society anyways) and just be like fuck it. Because you can’t change that3. Hang with people who inspire you and let it inspire what you CAN change about yourself in a positive way. Note: don’t let inspiration become jealousy or envy. 4. Hang with people who YOU inspire. Because then you will realize that you’re always a role model to someone, they can tell you all your good points even if you don’t know them yourself.5. Know you can do anything to make yourself happy. Literally. Anything. Anytime. You can quit your job and roam around Europe if it makes you happy. You can kiss that guy you’ve been crushing on. Nothing terrible is going to happen. Promise. It’s never really life or death even if it seems like it. Whatever makes you happy? Do that.

[letsdiscoverkitty]

“Sometimes you just need someone to tell you that you were brave for trying, and that you’ll be brave again. Because life is not easy, and sometimes you jump into the deep end, and you enjoy it; but eventually you have to swim back to the shallow end, getting to a place that isn’t where you wanted to be. Yet, perhaps you weren’t meant for that pool, maybe it was just training for something bigger, maybe you were getting ready for the ocean; the water that you were always meant to dive into. You are brave; you might be back where you started, empty handed and alone… But you are gonna feel the crash of those waves, because you are not forgotten, and you are far more courageous than you know. Sometimes you just need someone to say that you are brave, and that’s what I’m telling you now.”

— T.B. LaBerge // Go Now (via tblaberge)

[thesovereignword]

God never wastes a hurt. Often, the seasons we think are there to destroy us are really just there to refine us. We are being made into the likeness of Christ. Jesus had to endure temptation after temptation to properly prepare Him for His destiny and, sometimes, you and I will have to do the same.

The important thing to remember is that when we’re walking through the valley, we’re never really alone. God walks beside us every step of the way. He never leaves us. He never forgets about us. He’s with us to the very end. And we always leave the valley stronger and more resilient than we’d been going in.

Really, that’s what the valley is there for.

[dinaaaaaah]

This, what I really needed to hear today.

[thengrace]

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”

— C.S. Lewis

[allcutified]

180312 // Mental hygiene. Here are some tips to keep your mind cleand and positive that helped me a lot.

[xenxone]

🧘🏾‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏿‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏼‍♀️

[minijournals]

self care ideas »

eat more whole + natural foods

drink more water + warm beverages (tea)

let your self feel + release your emotions

do not isolate yourself, but take time for yourself

move more - walks, yoga - at the gym or at home or outside

be mindful of how you treat your mind + body

take time for your hobbies

choose your surroundings wisely

clean your space often; practice minimalism

make small changes to your routine

take breaks; spend time in nature

above all else, breathe.

[xenosagaepisodeone]

having a permanent full time job is you thinking to yourself “so this is really the rest of my life huh” as you come home every single day before using your 4 hours of recreational activity to do nothing and then going to bed

[jspark3000]

We often waste an incredible amount of time wanting to be somewhere else, someone else. Our head-space gets clogged with compare, contrast, what if, why can’t, I should. But you’re never getting this time back. You can’t borrow tomorrow. Please don’t save the best for last. The best is all of you, here, where you are, brightly lit and painfully now, in this breath you’re leaving. Each second dies as it is born; every hello must say goodbye; all is fading in the collapsing hallway of a fragile hourglass, a grain at a time. You are here. The best is you, now.

[jspark3000]

[jspark3000]

I fell for the romanticized, destructive idea in both church culture and pop culture that we must constantly “love and forgive and give away,” a sort of martyr-hero syndrome that guilts us into perpetual generosity.

I spent too many years consumed by the “sacrificial radical love” model of Christianity, which required that I pour out more than I had—but it only scooped out my guts and left me bitter and resentful and exhausted.

To love must include truth, wisdom, and boundaries. Sometimes it means distance. It means knowing when to rest and recharge and to embrace our limits. It always means to have grace for yourself, too.

And to love is not enabling, pampering, coddling, or letting someone off the hook—or it wouldn’t really be love at all. There’s a way to help others that really hurts them because it only feeds into their harmful patterns.

For those who have been abused or traumatized: Forgiveness doesn’t mean friendship. No one should ever be rushed into forgiveness, not for the sake of “getting right with God.” Not for trying to look like the “bigger person” or “because it’s the right thing to do.” We need to recognize patterns of unrepentant abuse and gaslighting and manipulative language that will only guilt-trip back into a vicious cycle. We can never mindlessly open the door again on an abusive relationship. You have the right to say “no.” God is for the evil, yes, but God is for the victims, for the abused, for the survivors, too. God is for the exile, the foreigner, the despised, the despondent who crossed the Red Sea. God is for you.

[dinaaaaaah]

Yes to this 🤗

[c0ntemplations]

“How do you know you’re ready for the next chapter? I think it’s when the possibility of newness overwhelms your need to cling onto comfort.”

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[c0ntemplations]

“I’m waiting to experience new colors. It’s been grey for a while now.”

— 00:12

[browndresswithwhitedots]

[tthematics]

I just want to imagine this place for a second. Something happy. Imagine being with the loveliest of friends that you have, imagine them sitting here and you guys are drinking beer, wine and passing around spaghetti and pizza to share. Imagine all the conversations and the toasts you’ll make. Imagine all the love and the laughter and the memories. No one will saying something and have no one paying attention, you say something and these people who love and know you have the perfect response to have you all laughing. You all are equal, you all are important. This is real love. I hope you find your friendly and loving dinner partners one day, because what a good day that’ll be!

[dinaaaaaah]

“Love is a sacrificial choice we make daily. When the going gets tough, we have to keep going forward. We choose to live each day, we choose to eat and drink water, so we must choose to love one another. Nothing is more wonderful than knowing that someone doesn’t feel “stuck with you” but rather that they have chosen to walk this journey with you and will fight for you when you are too weak to defend Yourself.”

— T.B. LaBerge // Go Now (via tblaberge)

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[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“Travel and tell no one. Live a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things.”

— Khalil Gibran