E R I K A

Born in 1997

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

“To hear God’s Word rarely means to hear it the way you might hear a concert. Thousands of people listen to fine music regularly but it has no moral effect on them. But to hear the Word of God means to hear with sympathy, to heed and to obey. The person who is of God does as the Word commands. If a person does not do these things, it is plain that he or she is not of God.”

—

Aiden Wilson Tozer

[euesworld]

"Kiss me as if I have warm stardust falling from my lips and you want to wish my clothes away.."

Kiss me like I'm a comet and I'm headed for your heart - eUë

[ninasdrafts]

“I wish thinking of you didn’t leave me empty. I wish it left me overflowing with happy memories, like it used to do. But that’s the thing about nostalgia, isn’t it? In the end it leaves a hole in all of us that we try to fill back up for the rest of our lives. If we try to recreate moments and feelings, it will never be like the first time. It will never even come close. That’s why I‘m here for the first times. For the new beginnings and for moving on. I‘m not letting my past stain anything that could still be.”

— nostalgia / n.j.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

“Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation.”

—

Andrew Murray

[delightfullyloved]

realizing all over again that God is truly all we need and there’s no way around that. there have been many times in my life where i’ve searched for things to fulfill me. people, relationships, approval, popularity, hobbies (yes even hobbies) and so much more. still, every single time i think that this certain thing could bring me joy, i end up reaching a point of emptiness inside. whether it’s a split second or even an entire month, i realize all over again that i am nothing without God. not even a full days rest could compare to the refreshing joy of being connected with God and being fully known by Him. without God, i am nothing and i can do nothing. it really all comes down to this: even if everything was taken away, would i still be okay with just jesus?

so friend here is your reminder that God is all you need and all you’ll ever need.

[ninasdrafts]

“If I have learned one thing, it is that grief does not stop for anyone. It does not ask if you can deal with any more pain right now before it digs its claws into your skin. It does not ask if your eyes already hurt during daytime because you cry yourself to sleep every night. It doesn’t care about the colour of your skin or the money in your bank account or your education. It doesn’t check in on you and inquires after the last time you were confronted with a stroke of fate, or bad luck, or some other blow life has to offer. It comes knocking on your door at the most impossible times and even if you don’t invite it in, it will find its way into your house and into your head: it will squeeze in through the cracks in the wall, filter in through your blinds. It will hide in the nooks and crannies, concealed by shadows, and on a sunny day, when you least expect it, it will show its face. It will find you even if you try to get away from it. Sometimes it won’t release you again for a month or two or for several years. Have you ever looked at a person and thought “they don’t look like they’re grieving at all”? Have you ever found yourself judging others for how they deal with the things life has thrown at them? Most of us don’t wear our grief on our sleeves for everyone to see. We don’t keep it in our mouth - we keep it in our pockets. We carry it on our backs and shoulders. We take it with us wherever we go, and it weighs us down, but it doesn’t always show up on our face. Sometimes we don’t want to talk about it, especially not to people we barely know. The words taste like ash. Like bile. But sometimes grief takes a step back for a heartbeat, for a light moment, and it allows a soft smile to break through. Don’t judge these smiles. Don’t feel guilty if they’re your own. Because smiling, laughing despite the pain, means that you haven’t given up yet. That maybe you’re not ready yet to get back up again and to pick up the pieces, but that eventually you will be. And maybe realising this doesn’t make things easier or better, not right now. But perhaps it makes them more bearable. It makes them a little lighter. And maybe that can be a start to finding your way out of that black abyss.”

— grief / n.j.

[deeplifequotes]

“Sometimes we fall down because there is something down there we’re supposed to find.”

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[deeplifequotes]

“Superpowers you can have: - Ability to change yourself & your mind - Not taking things personally - Not needing to prove you’re right - Careful selection of all relationships - Staying calm - Being alone without being lonely - Being ok being uncomfortable - Thinking for oneself”

— Shane Parrish

[deeplifequotes]

“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.”

— Unknown

[kushandwizdom]

“Always give yourself permission to pause, so that you’re ready to play again 🌻 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 📸 IG: sondosabdelhalim https://t.co/3tt8kUafh6”

— http://ifttt.com/missing_link?1589887274

[ninasdrafts]

“Forgive yourself for the mistakes and bad decisions you made in your past. Some of them led you to where you are today, and if you’re still on your way - if you haven’t gotten there yet - it will be your future self messing up that will take you further. It’s not only the right decisions that allow us to grow. More often than not losing your way for a while can set the path to figuring out where you want to end up. Remember that failing and being in the wrong is not always a setback. Sometimes it’s a lesson. A change to open your eyes to new opportunities, to understand that you were on the wrong path before. A path that would ultimately not get you where you wanted to be. So forgive your past self. Forgive the person you are now. Because mistakes give yourself the time and space to grow.”

— one reminder a day #13 / n.j.

[ninasdrafts]

“Everything’s fine until you say my name. You throw it into this meaningless conversation, so casually one could think we do this a lot. Talk. Check up on each other. But we don’t. Not anymore. And I know I should feel nothing at the sound of my name rolling off your tongue - but it hurts. It’s like a punch to the throat and it takes me back to the days when you said it and it still meant something. It’s only a name, only a word, but hearing you say it nearly makes me think we can go back to what we were. Even if it’s only for a moment, I can nearly imagine what it would be like. And that’s always the worst about it: realising that we can’t. Realising that we shouldn’t.”

— only a name / n.j.

[deeplifequotes]

“Permanently kicking people out of your life because they don’t deserve to be there is a great form of self respect.”

— Chris Johnson

[deeplifequotes]

“You will never find trust with another, unless you show care for them and their feelings.”

— Leon Brown

[deeplifequotes]

“Everything will work out in the end. You don’t need to know how. You just have to trust that it will.”

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[deeplifequotes]

“Sometimes we fall down because there is something down there we’re supposed to find.”

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[deeplifequotes]

“You should never have to think twice about who your real friends are.”

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