Anticipation

Do you believe it? :)

I was dealing with a little bit of illness earlier this week, but we serve a healing God! I'm feeling much better - thank you Jesus!!

Be blessed this weekend! I'm going to be taking this week off of posting to spend the week with my precious family and friends. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! See you in December - with some Christmas posts! (Cue Hallelujah Chorus)

Don't Weigh Down the Balloon

I've always loved the idea of floating high above the earth in a beautiful hot air balloon. (I hate heights, so I don't really see that happening!) When you go up in a hot air balloon, most people don't bring a grand piano with them.

If you did, you'd weigh down the balloon - you couldn't reach the heights you could have reached if you didn't bring the extra weight. (Duh, right?)

In the same fashion, we can never reach the heights that God wants us to reach if we're holding on to unnecessary baggage.

It could be anything.

Anger, grudges, guilt, pain - all of those things are UNNECESSARY! God wants you to soar! Why sabotage your flight and bring extra weight onto your hot air balloon?

You can soar so high, sweet sister. Let God cut off the sandbags - He wants to take you to a new place of His love and blessing.

Be blessed today!

Unfailing Love

  How many things in this world are unfailing?   Cars break down. Cell phones die. Pipes can leak.   God never fails.   It's as if He gives you an 100% guarantee that His love will always be with you. I take so much joy in that fact! No matter where I am, I have that constant connection to a loving Father.   Sometimes, we forget to remember all the times God has been good to us.   Think about it. The fact that you are saved, and set apart, is a testament to His goodness! He sent His only Son to die for your sins - to take away every shame. How good is that?   Thank You, Lord, for your unfailing love. I praise you today because You are so wonderful. I thank you that Your love is with us always - every second of every day. I pray that you will help us to remember your Love, and to use our words and our lives to spread your Love to others. In Jesus' Name we thank you, Amen.   Be blessed today!  

Each Man

Isn't that a beautiful, amazing thought?

You are so loved! He wants us to realize just how much He loves us. Nothing - and I mean NOTHING - could ever make Him stop loving us. When He was going through unimaginable pain, He thought of you! The thought that you would be walking, free from shame and from sin, made it all worth it for Him.

I am so thankful for His love. He saw us, and He loved us enough to die for us - so that we should never be in pain or in guilt again.

This, my friends, is the message we should be sharing with the world. They need to know that there is Someone who loves them more than they could ever imagine - who gave His life to save them!

This week, let's try and take every opportunity we can to spread the light of the Gospel in the world. Think of it like a challenge!

Be blessed!

You Are Loved

  via Pinterest   All day, every day! No matter what you do. :)  

3 Things We Really Need to Stop Saying

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Have you ever heard something you've said repeated by a kid? For instance, when my little sister was very young, she had heard someone exclaim "Oh shoot!". Right after that, my little sister (who was maybe 3 at the time) used that same phrase.

It seems wrong, doesn't it? Is it a "bad" word? Not necessarily - but is it a good one?

The Bible says in Proverbs 13:3 that "The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin."

So, ladies. What are some things that we really should quit saying?

Rejoice

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Are you rejoicing today?

(Even on a Monday, haha!)

Peace vs. Worry

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 I love this quote. We as Christians are called to be more like Jesus.

Jesus doesn't struggle with sin. Jesus isn't hateful. Jesus is full of peace.

Guess what? We can be just like that! My prayer is that by the end of my life, I reach the place where I'm not worried about anything. God has me covered, why do I need to stress out?

Is that your prayer today?

Have a peaceful weekend!

More Than You Will Ever Know

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I know I kind of talk about this a lot, but the love of God is just such an important subject!

Incoming message from the Lord - He loves you! He created you for a purpose and with a plan! Nothing, and I mean nothing, you could ever do will separate you from that love.

God broke through every barrier between Himself and us - even becoming like us so that He could understand us. He died to make that relationship with us.

Please hear this, even if you hear nothing else. God ADORES you! His heart is for you! This is sometimes hard to accept - even after everything I've done, God loves me? Yes! He does! He is offering you forgiveness, and a new heart and mind.

I'm going to give a little sneakie peek for a new column on the blog - starting tomorrow. FASHION FRIDAYS! (Yay!) My goal is to find modest and stylish outfits and pieces. (It is possible!)

I'm super excited!

Promises

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If you go through the Bible, you can find tons of examples in Scripture where God makes a promise - either to an individual or a people group.

Have you ever made a promise that you didn't keep? It may not have been your fault - you could have had the best of reasons to break that promise. Whatever the case, I would be willing to bet that everyone has at one point broken a promise.

Ladies - God will never break His promises to you!

There is a catch, though. I assume that you aren't in the habit of making a promise to a stranger. (Or making a promise to someone who you don't have a good relationship with!) The Lord is very much the same way - you need to be able to trust Him. That comes from a relationship with Him.

Getting Started

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The first post on a brand new blog kind of feels like the first page of a blank journal - you have this whole space stretched out ahead of you and only you can fill it. Here goes nothing.

I'm starting 31 Potential with a purpose. A big one. I don't know about you, but I am tired of the media and my peers telling me how I should act or who I should become. I'm sick of seeing images of what this culture thinks is beautiful. I don't want to conform - I want to be transformed.

If that's your desire too, then I'm glad you're here. I would love to hear from ya, you like-minded individual you. On this blog I want to try my best to tackle all the "buzz topics" of living as a Christian young woman. 

Modesty. Relationships. Self-worth. Faith. Prayer. Friends.

Just to name a few. I'm very excited to see where this goes - and even more excited to meet all of you.

You are highly favored! (Luke 1:28)