God
has laid some beautiful truths on my heart and has helped me embrace this new
year in my life. I am choosing to cling to these truths. He is making me new. A
song that has been playing over and over again on my runs is Beautiful Things by the band
Gungor. This song talks about how God makes beautiful things out of dust. I am
just in awe these days with how much God loves me. He sent his only son Jesus
Christ to die on the cross for my sins so that I could be loved no matter what.
There is absolutely nothing that can separate me from His love (Romans 8:37-39).
How awesome is that. This morning as I opened up my bible to read I happened to
be in Matthew 26 where it talks about Jesus having His last meal, being betrayed
and then denied; wow, God perfect timing because this is something that has
been on my heart lately. I have being pondering what Jesus’ death truly means
to me in my life and what it means for me to live it out.
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| My Birthday Morning- Beautiful! |
This past
year God has helped me work through my fears, strongholds and to face my sins.
He has called me to trust Him more and depend on Him more. My life is not
perfect and I still have things to work through, but that is the beautiful
thing about this life with Christ. We are not perfect, but He still loves us.
He still desires us. He helps us through each circumstance. He is always faithful.
I am so excited for what this year is
going to be.
As I embrace this year there are twenty-three
things that I am going to focus on it, grow in and embrace:
1.
Eat healthy (lots of veggies,
quinoa, coconut oil and less baking)
2.
Workout (run a ½ marathon)
3.
Thankfulness (continue to write in
my thankful journal and wake up each morning with the saying “today I am grateful”
4.
Read More! (Spend Sunday afternoons
reading)
5.
Practice a Sabbath
6.
Seek God for confidence in my roles in life
7.
Say No! Learning what it means to
put up boundaries and not feel guilty for saying No!
8.
Be generous! (give my tithes first
to God and then give beyond that)
9.
Encouragement (write letters, notes,
and send packages)
10. Say
Sorry with no “buts”
11. Find
a new hobby (no more baking!!!)
12. Go on adventures
13. No
gossiping!
14. Practice
the Fruits of the Spirit
15. Take
a Korean class (embrace the culture I am living in)
16. Teach
with my whole heart
17. Embrace
alone (spend 1 Saturday a month all
alone)
18. Be
hospitable (invite people over for dinner, game nights, coffee, ect)
19. Play
Games (dutch blitz because I just enjoy it)
20. Read
through the whole bible and really soak it all in
21. Maintain
my “healthy” weight
22. Volunteer
at an orphanage (this is something that is always on my heart)
23. Live
out Micah 6:8 “To do justice, and to love
kindness, and to walk humbly with your God!”
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| My desire is to live out this verse this year... |
I am not going to allow the age of twenty-three
to freak me or make me anxious instead I am going to embrace it with a God who
will carry me through and continue to speak beautiful truths into my life as well
as help me work through the twenty-three
things He has placed on my heart! J
Happy Birthday to me!
Love,
Daniella
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