pool thoughts

It's almost too late to get any tan but hey, every little bit helps. my behind is WHITE. ;)

It is the most perfect temp right now. 84 and breezy. I never thought I would enjoy a tropical climate so much.

I'm excited. Been learning so many things. Still growing in business, and I've been blessed with favor everywhere I go. We're tackling a new Macy's contract this year, and I can only imagine the new opportunities that will come with it. Everywhere that we go, fragrance has been an incredible open door into countless relationships, connections, and industries. I wouldn't have thought in a million years that it would be able to link me to so many things that I love--fashion, music, styling, beauty, film, running the show--oh. I think I meant runway shows. ;)

That brings me to the personal growth I've been experiencing. I've been able to face so many things lately that my life used to be too "comfy" to ever own up to. It's amazing to realize just how much fear can affect every aspect of life, when you aren't willing to recognize that you're afraid. Of losing control, of being wrong, of rejection...Joseph Prince says fear is not even the root, but comes from condemnation. Or maybe it was Joyce Meyer. Eother way I believe that's brilliant. And so, I've found that I've been way more "religious" than I ever ever would have believed. As i start to let that go, I discover a heart to love that I could never fully grasp. Away with frustration, irritation, anal-ness, and most of all--condemning other people because of how much I have condemned myself.

Jesus is beautiful.

Life is beautiful.

I love.

I won't compromise.

Nit for love, because love would never ask.

Not for acceptance, because it will only validate someone else's insecurities.

Not for spontaneity, because now that I have been shown who I am and what I am worth--it is far, far too much too risk.

only you

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The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!





him i love. him i trust, whatever comes. him i will stand tall for, and fight for, and take heat unblinkingly for...



every other person in life, i love so that they may feel loved and learn to return it. him only, i love...because his wild passion burning for me incites madness in me that demands expression.



he is sense in insanity. he is rock in shaky, shaky ground. he is energy, propelling me forward when i can no longer move a muscle. exquisite beauty in rooms full of hospital white. random joy in engulfing despair.



urgently, desperately, as an act of violence in a mind-bending war; not as an emotion but as a weapon with all the force of heaven behind it--I LOVE YOU.



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---> I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]. <--- equals I KICK ASS.



you can too.



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ponderment

God doesn't want us to do it all ourselves, and he doesn't want us to move aside so he can do it; he has a part in every single circumstance that he's equipped US to do, and then a part that ONLY HE can do which will take the part that we did to a new level we could never have imagined.

but the coolest detail of this little paradox is that he can't do his part until we do ours. that's the way he planned it. he's sneaky.

so he designed it so that we cannot try to do his job; but neither can we try to "step aside" in fake humility and leave it all up to him.

then what choice is left?

doing life with him. =]



and this VVVVV is just magical.

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don't wear skinny jeans cuz my knots don't fit. -jay z

i'm positive hip hop artists and rappers are some of the most self-motivated people in the world. which would be why they are now the majority voice in entertainment and growing by the day. they are infiltrating every genre through collabs and samples...except CCM's top 40 of course.

which would be why christian music continues to only be relevant to people who understand what "pleading the blood" and "relationship not religion" means.

haha...

most people who use those terms have never had to "plead the blood" over their brother as he lay in the street, begging for one more day for him and a chance to repent and straighten up. they've never been in a rage at their girlfriend, and had to jump on her and cover her with their body to shield her from gunshots, bc no matter how angry she makes them, she's their "ride or die" for life. is that religion or relationship?

i bet eminem has saved some people for heaven.

while i'm out here hanging off the cliff...that was a complete rabbit trail off where i was originally going. i just wanted to say that if we would put more into our songs and media about how rich and famous we are--speak a fabolous ;) existence over our lives the way rick ross & diddy do...i bet we would see even better results.