Bioluminescence.

I'm a tree-hugger, Christ-follower, book-lover, people-person, sometimes-loner. I'm iPhone-addicted, sunset-happy, food-crazy and more. Who are you?

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This world is a great sculptor’s shop. We are the statues and there’s a rumor going around that some of us are someday going to come to life.

C.S. Lewis (via jspark3000)

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Last week I went to a protest regarding the ill treatment of refugees. What it turned into for me and the two friends I was with was a proclamation of our love for those facing persecution. Jesus is about radical, redemptive love not only for refugees but for everyone. Our government might make our laws but they cannot stop us from pouring out our love on a nation that is parched and dry, and love can make a difference that policy and procedure can't take away.

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This hits hard. I have been on both sides. God, remake me.

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EXACTLY what I needed right now. Problems, my God is bigger than you.

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The Lord is Near

... The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:5-7 NIV)

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So let my brokenness display your righteousness 'Cause I can't do this on my own And Lord I will say yes out in the wilderness I'm standing on your strength O Lord...

The Love of God, the Glorious Unseen

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faithfulsurrender:

1st image: Christians in Egypt forming a barrier to protect Muslims while they pray (2011)  2nd image: Muslims in Egypt forming a barrier to protect a church from being destroyed (2013) 

I love this.

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Selah.

How can you explain the sun to someone who has never experienced it? 

How can you explain it’s light and its warmth? 

  How can you explain the way it makes you feel when you bask in its presence?

  How can you explain the way it guides your day?

  How can you explain the way it gives life, and is vital to life?

  My words are empty, hollow, meaningless. You must experience the son to know these things.

    Selah.

  How can you explain the love of a father to someone who has never experienced it?

  How can you explain the way you look to him for guidance, for the right path and the right choice?

  How can you explain the way he looks at you with such tenderness?

  How can you explain the way he speaks to you, sometimes firmly, sometimes lovingly?

  How can you explain the way he makes you feel safe even in the midst of a storm?

  My words are empty, hollow, meaningless. You must experience the love of the Father to know these things. 

    Selah.

  My heart is heavy, and my spirit is tired.

  I long for the words to say that would convey these things to you, but the words that come are discordant, disjointed, and meaningless. 

  I wish that you could see them in my life

  (without the need for words)

  but I am imperfect, a sinner, a dirty glass pane that distorts a clear image.

    Selah.

  My life is not my own. 

  (My life is held in the hands of the exalted one, YHWH, my saviour.)

  Without him I am nothing. Without him my life has no purpose. 

  You can’t understand the joy this gives me, to be fully his. You think I am trapped, confined. To you, control over your own life gives you power. The power I have is in him

  and that sets me free. 

    Selah.

  I serve a God that is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving, forever. 

  He does not change. (He is constant, like the mountain.)

  He is mighty and merciful, and does things that I cannot fathom. 

  But I put my trust in him, for I am a belovéd daughter of the Most High King

  and he loves me more than my heart can comprehend. 

    Selah.

    (My words are meaningless.) 

  But he is with you, if you could take the time to

  Stop.

  Listen.

  Feel.

  Be.

  He will be, with you. And you will understand. 

    Selah.

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I feel numb. I feel isolated. I feel like I am never going to be good enough. The worst thing is that I know it's my fault. 

I know He is the solution. But right now I don't feel good enough to be in His presence. I know He loves me, but right now my human heart is finding it difficult to understand that. I need Him, but I can't find the energy to search for Him. 

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Will I ever be free? Will my self worth ever be solely defined by Jesus Christ or is it a by-product of the fall that I continue to be trapped into defining my self worth by the way others treat me? Where is freedom? What is freedom?

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The sound of words as they're said is always different from the sound they make when they're heard, because the speaker hears some of the sound from the inside.

David Levithan

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I'm going to be a teacher someday. I have a year and a half left of my degree so someday isn't so far off. I want to be a teacher for a few reasons. Firstly because I had some great teachers who taught me to love learning. They inspired me. I want to inspire the children I teach to be curious about the world they live in. The second reason is because I want to help those children who find learning difficult. I want to find the ways that help them to do so and then do it. I don't want any child to feel dumb in my class. I want them all to feel as though they have achieved something. Thirdly, I want to be a teacher so that I can teach the kids I have in my class how to honor one another. So many people I know are broken from how they were treated at school. Kids can be cruel, but that's not okay. I'm going to teach the kids in my class about relationship, about how to care for one another. Lastly, I want every kid to know that they are special, no matter what they look like, or how they learn, or how much money they have. I want them to wake up each morning feeling as though they are ready to face the world, and I want to provide them with an experience of love that will last them a lifetime. Everyone struggles with the idea of feeling special, of feeling loved. I want to create an environment in my class that allows all of my students to feel safe and secure. I want them to know that their thoughts and opinions and feelings are important. I want them to see just how amazing they are- every day. There is so much brokenness in this world. As a teacher, I have an opportunity to speak life into a group of kids every year. And maybe I can make a difference.

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I've started to realise just how many lies I still believe about myself, lies that I let define myself. I just can't imagine how hard it must be to live, drenched in those lies, without Jesus Christ. He restores my soul.

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God designed me for a purpose.

But if something gets broken, it has to be fixed before it can be used again. If someone downloads a whole bunch of malware onto your computer, it's not going to work according to its purpose- at least not effectively. It's not necessarily your fault. But you can get rid of it. It's not part of what makes the computer a computer. It actually functions better without it. But if you don't know it's there, then you only know that the computer is not working properly, and that's frustrating, and you might even consider just trashing it. Don't do it to yourself. Find the stuff that's in you that's keeping you from your God given purpose, and ask him to help you be free from it. You can't fulfil your purpose if you're broken, but God is the ultimate healer. He created you, so He knows exactly what you're meant to look like on your insides, in those secret places inside your heart and soul. He knows what your purpose is. He's the best person for the job.

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This is beauty.

[yellyhaim]

“People have decided how they are going to perceive her. No matter how many times she smiles, they’ll put in the one picture where she’s not smiling.” — Robert Pattinson