moments with angela

How can something that makes you so happy and special make you feel so weighed down at the same time? 

I love sitting in my car.
Preferrably at night.
Is that weird? (Not that I really care if you think it is. Ha!)
Something about it is so peaceful.
I can’t put my finger on what it is, but oh how I do enjoy it.
I bet you can guess where I am right now. :)

Oh how I love to share the good news of Jesus with people and how he restores us back to whole.

I love being able to say, “Hey I have been where you are; lost, lonely, broken, depressed, ashamed, and empty but God is real and he loves us and he brings us to life when we give our lives to him!!”

This is good news!
A glimmer of hope in a lost and lonely world.
Now, what those people choose to do with that truth is completely up to them, but if they do choose to lose everything to gain life, what an amazing thing to be apart of!
This just brings a genuine joy to my heart that I can’t explain to you.
God is so incredible.
And so worth it.
:)

if we endure,
    we will also reign with him.
if we disown him,
    he will also disown us.
                       2 Timothy 2:12

crazy to think about…
this stuff is real…

Be the change you want to see in the world.

For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created BY him and FOR him. -Colossians 1:16 

This means us too.
We were created BY him and FOR him.

“Relationships sit at the core of our human existence.
We have been created from, and are created for, relationship.
God’s intent is that life is lived out through community.”-Journey Church

Lately God has really been showing me how important being in community with other people is. 
For so long, because of school experiences, bullying, being let down by many people, & just the busyness of life in general, I have gotten used to being alone and being ok with it.
After all, I won’t let myself down…..right?
I have a hard time trusting ‘friends’ will stick around.
And something I realize I do, that I didn’t really see before is, not giving many people a chance; not letting many people really get to know me.
I don’t really search for friendships anymore or try to make them.
And actually, what’s funny, is I am figuring out a lot of this right now as I’m typing it…..ha!
It’s a problem.
And I want to overcome this. 
I want to give people chances and invest in friendships again because the truth it, 
I’m broken and lonely and need the body of Christ (the church) to love me and help heal me with time; to show me who I really am in Christ and to allow God to work through those people to make me whole again.

Amen!
If you feel the same way, because I am sure I am not the only one…
Get out of what feels comfortable and make a change.

Will your grace run out
If I let you down 
‘Cause all I know
Is how to run

‘Cause I am a sinner 
If its not one thing its another
Caught up in words 
Tangled in lies 
You are the Savior 
And you take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful 
Beautiful 

Will you call me child
When I tell you lies 
Cause all I know 
Is how to cry 

I am a sinner 
If its not one thing its another 
Caught up in words 
Tangled in lies 
You are the Savior 
And you take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful 
Beautiful 

You make it beautiful
You make it beautiful

God is so good. 
No matter how many times I fail, He is still there. 
He loves me no less; only more! 
Nothing compares to this love.
NOTHING!