You're worth fighting for.

So life has been pretty busy lately. No time to breath. I've been good at managing school, work, and social life, but somehow the sleep part got lost in all of that. Who needs sleep right? That one rappers got it right: "I can sleep when I die" hahaa or not, I'm going to be partying in heaven my friend.

Ok so two weeks ago I went on a trip to Oregon and drove allllll the way back with my dad and aunt. It was a wicked awesome drive. SO BEAUTIFUL! We were able to stop in some cool places and see family, like San Diego, Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon was so sick. Amazed at the beauty God created, it's unreal.

Mmm last Monday I had the privilege to attend a John Mayer concert. OMG. It was beyond amazing. He is phenomenal live. It was totally sweet to see one of my favorite artist live :)

Now it's spring break. All I've been doing is working. SXSW started today. I'm already missing a million good shows, makes me angry. But on a much brighter note: i BOUGHT A NEW CAR!! 2000 Mustang Convertible. Let me tell you, it's sexy. God is so good to me, he seriously does work everything out for my good. It's amazing how good He is when we are so undeserving of such a love.

Today I was at Wednesday night service at church and during worship God just put on my heart, "Heather, I fight for you." And it just stuck with me all night. Like MY God fights for ME. All through my life I've felt like I'm not worth fighting for, and that I'm not that valuable or important. I've messed up and I always feel like nobody's really fought for me. But then God hit me with that: Heather, I FIGHT for you. I don't have to fight, He fights for me. No matter what injustice has been done, little or big, he's got my back. He cares enough, He loves me enough, and I matter enough. THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE FIGHTS FOR US. He fights our battles for us. That just blows my mind. A people so undeserving. Our God never ceases to amaze me. People may disappoint and people come and go, but my God stays the same, and my God never leaves my side.

Anyways, life is good right now. Real good :)

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

-Helen Keller

PEACE AND LOVE BABY.

"Defend the helpless and everyone in need"

“Slavery in the 21^st Century”

Many people believe that slavery ended back in 1865, after the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Little do most know that, in fact, this is very wrong! Human trafficking is growing, and it is growing extremely fast.

It is estimated that 27 million people are held in slavery worldwide. This injustice is growing faster than weapons and drugs. Human trafficking may become the number one crime world wide in 2010. Victims of this crime can begin as little as the tender age of four years old. Some of these girls are forced to service as many as 40 men per day.

Although this crime is an issue world wide, Europe is a primary place for human trafficking. Girls who have left home, in search for possible job opportunities, get tricked into false job advertisements and hand over passports, and only forms of identification, in hopes to get a job only to be kidnapped and forced into the sex slave industry. Literally thousands of women and children are sold for sex everyday.

This is an injustice that sadly is not known to many people. As I write this paper my heart aches for these girls. I just want to start crying. No one should ever be victim to such an injustice like sex trafficking. This is such a strong passion of mine. It kills me that so few people hear the cries of these young girls, and that more is not being done to stop this problem.

When will people open their eyes and start seeing the harsh realities of the world we live in?

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

-Martin Luther King

Will it be when this problem reaches our doorstep? Little do people know that this is already a problem in the United States! When will speak up for those that have no voice, when will we be the hands and feet for those held captive? Something must be done, and the time is now. I refuse to live in a world where we do nothing. We can’t just sit and turn our backs to a crying world. These girls need our help and they certainly can’t do it themselves. I believe when the world stops answering the cry of the captive, hurt, and helpless then we are truly a lost and meaningless world.

People around the globe are answering the call. There are organizations out there solely based on freeing those held in sex trafficking. The most helpful thing we can do is sponsor and donate. This primarily helps buy supplies for the saved victims, including food, shelter, and supplies. The other most important thing you can do is help making people more aware of this injustice. The more people that know about what is truly going on then the more we can do to stop this. We can’t save those in the dark if we ourselves are in the dark concerning this issue.

"Your job is to stand up for the powerless,

and prosecute all those who exploit them"

Psalm 82:3-4

Paper written for my english class. Wanted to share. If you'd like more info visit:

http://www.thea21campaign.org

Beauty rests in the assured.

I think quotes are my most favorite thing in the whole world, but not really, I just really LOVE them.

"But what seemed to be failure from man's standpoint was a triumph from God's standpoint, because God's standpoint is never the same as man's purpose."

- Oswald Chambers

Yeah that's a good one. Just soak that in for a second. It's from my book I'm reading right now by Joyce Meyer "I Dare You". And it is so good!

That quote really stood out to me because it got me thinking. How many times have we failed at something and literally thought it was the end of the world, there was no fixing this, I've failed at life. Woe is me. But what we saw in our eyes as failure was triumph in God's eyes. That is so powerful.

"The Lord has made everything to its own end and His own purpose... (Proverbs 16:4)

His intention for us is always better than anything we could devise. In other words we can't over-fail God. We can't fail too many times... we can't fail big enough!! Because he has every little thing planned out. Every LITTLE thing. That means he also has the big things in His hands.

I just barely got out of going through some hard times. Been a season for me, not sure I'm completely out, but things are definitely better. I came out with a better sense of trust for my God. Before this I don't think I was honestly trusting God, so when things came crashing down on me, I ran. I literally ran away from Him. I felt as if I had failed myself, and failed God. I thought I was so strong, but I had not completely fallen into him. It was like God I trust you but I'm kind of going to keep one foot in the door and one out, just in case. That's not the case for me anymore. I see things so much different now. I don't get depressed when something goes wrong. Because God has such a strong love for me, such an undeniably strong overwhelming love for me that He must have something better for me. So that's how I do life now. Which makes life even more casual :) I'm already half hippie. I'm headstrong, and loud, and out there, but I have this peace about me. I know my life is in the Creator hands, and I ain't got a thing to worry about. Real talk.

"We will not enjoy life until we accept God's will with joy and stop trying to understand everything that happens contrary to our own desires."

I don't understand everything right now, and why certain things have happened. But all is well, and all will be well. Rest assured.

Life update:

Now to the juicy stuff- NOT. Right now I'm working on my second year of college. Making them good grades. You know how I do. ;) But really. I actually am doing really well. Surprise. Good things happen, when you apply yourself. Who would have thought.

Mmm I'm working two jobs. One for the City of Hutto, and with this lady.

Everything has kind of fallen into place lately. It's been amazing. God is good.

I want to write a milli things right now, but I want to save it for like hello tomorrows.

Good day mate.

Hope everyones Valentines rocked.

So many people were so centered on those three words yesterday, and I got what I wanted... two words :) so simple. Bliss.

Letting Go & Letting God

This past month has been quite a month to say the least. Ever since I decided to do this internship I have been attacked every which way NON STOP. For a stinking month, that gets ridiculously tiring and so hard. I wanted to quit so bad, just everything. Trying to live a life of integrity while constantly being attacked is brutal. But it's a part of walking the walk.

I had to look at it from the view point that obviously I'm doing the right thing otherwise Satan wouldn't be wasting his time with me. Which makes this internship that much more exciting. The feeling that you're on the right path that God has planned for you is the greatest feeling ever.

Stumbled upon Psalm 18:32 today: It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

All we have to do is trust God and he literally holds us in His hands and carries us. It blows my mind why we ever try to do anything different than trusting Him.

I'm finally at a point where I'm not leaning on my own understanding, but all my trust is in Him. I have no clue what is going to come out of these next 10 months, but I know it's going to be forever life changing, and unforgettable. I wont ever be the same! Life is so much easier and enjoyable when we don't take thing into our own hands. I can finally breath, he's taken all my stress, sadness, and confusion. HE'S SUCH AN AMAZING GOD. His love for us is endless. So lucky to have a Father like Him.

So yay for growing in God, relationships, &myself.

blog shout out to: FIERCE DRAGON NIGHTT HOOOOAWWWK. :)

ALSO: INTERNSHIP STARTS TUESDAY, MOVING OUT MONDAY. holla.

PS.

This was suppose to be so much longer but I had to cut 100 ribbons for flippin crystaline so my brain stopped thinking. I'm too ADD to get back on the brain wave I was on when I started it.

THE FEAR OF THE LORD

He offered them beauty but by their own choice couldn't have it. 

"Drawing near to God always begins in a heart that fears and loves God more than anyone or anything else. It is not just outward actions, but the hearts motive."

NOTHING CAN STOP THE FAVORRRR OF THE LORDDDD -sorry it's just a Israel Houghton kind of day. And how can you just not help but blurt out his songs? Riiii?!

Man I'm having issues it's taken me like 30 minutes to write 4 sentences. Yikes! k game face:

All of this and really the purpose of this blog is coming from reading "Drawing Near" by John Bevere, and the chapter about the fear of the Lord was legit, and I wanted to share my thoughts mixed with what he writes about, so here goes...

You will not be all that God has created you for and you will not reach all that God has destined for you if you do not have the fear of the Lord. 

There are tons of Christians out there who are saved and claim God as their Lord and Savior, but they don't fear a God who is to be feared and revered as holy. God is not on the same level as us. He can take as fast as he gives. We serve an all-knowing, all-powerful God. The maker of Heaven and Earth. Alpha and Omega. He was and is! We serve a living God that is to be honored with the utmost respect. A God who bore a sinners cross, died to save us when we were undeserving, but rose again, and reigns! How can you not fear our God! "God says no one can draw near by holding him in light esteem or regarding Him as common."

I think sometimes we take our salvation lightly. We accept God, we claim Him as God, but we don't live our lives as if we were living for God. "The root of sin is the lack of the fear of the Lord." Our God is a forgiving God, but everyone will be judged according to our actions, good or bad. "It is not the love of God that keeps us from sin, but the fear of the Lord."  "Let us cleans ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." (2 Cor. 7:1)

"God shares his secrets with those who have His heart and have laid down their lives- those He calls friends." "Friendship with the Lord is reserved for those who fear him, with them he shares the secrets of His covenant." Psalm 25:14

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning or starting point for knowing God intimately." 

I don't live for an average God, I live for the only God worth living for. A God we owe our lives to. A God that loves us in our imperfection. A God that never leaves our side. Are you living for what you treat and see as an average God or are you living for the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, the living God. 

This is what's up:

Hi friends :)

So I had decided a few weeks ago that during the internship I was totally going to start blogging. But then I saw Danielle Cohens blog, and I was like HEY why not start now?? 

That's all my brain is, thoughts. I've got such a preachers mind. When I see or read something I'm always thinking how can I apply that to my life, or someone else's life, or this could totally be a great sermon. So anyways my point is that I'm going to start writing all these things so maybe someone will read it and be radically changed :) or just enjoy my witty blogs, or just give me something to do. THAT'S RIGHT. 

(agh! my heart keeps doing this freaky thing like beating weird but it feels like someone is in my heart and hitting something against my ribs because it's hard and loud) 

I have SO much that I could totally write about right now, but I'm not going to yet. (Um my dad is watching some asian guy like sing... he's in the band journey or something... just odd...AHH just saw a girl flash the band or crowd, dang rockers)

I'll end in this, tomorrow: I'm going to see Christine Caine @ Shoreline. I am beyond excited, she is so amazing, and no doubt she is going to bring a great message. :)

Also tomorrow I will be blogggggging about: The fear of the Lord. Because that's what I just got done reading/studying and it's so vital to growing in your relationship with God. So I want to share. 

Love love love.

(watching astros game BOO I want rangers)