Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1: 19 - 27)

The older I get the surer I am that I'm not running the show.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matthew 7: 1- 8)

We will one day worship in the presence of the One who orchestrated the perfect symphony.

I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:1 - 11)

Sometimes I have to tell myself it's just not worth the jail time.

Who let me adult?  I can't adult.

Someday I'll be skinny.  Today is not that day.

I hate when people don't understand my sarcasm.  They ruin everything.

Whatever comes, let it come.  Whatever stays, let it stay.  Whatever goes, let it go.

So, do it.  Decide.  Is this the life you want to live?  Is this the person you want to love?  Is this the best you can be?  Can you be stronger?  Kinder?  More compassionate?  Decide.  Breathe in.  Breathe out.  And decide.

Don't ruin other peoples happiness just because you can't find your own.

But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime.  Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you.  Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision.  So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can.

Prayer is the most calming thing in the whole world, no matter what situation you're in.

And to wake up knowing God is on my side is enough.

I'm quirky, silly, blunt and broken.  My days are sometimes too dark, and my nights are sometimes too long.  I often trip over my own insecurities.  I require attention, long for passion and wish to be desired.  I use music to speak when words fail me, even though words are important to me.  I love hard and with all that I have, and, even with my faults, I am worth loving.

Sometimes my heart aches at how my life has turned out, in a good way.  It doesn't mean there haven't been hardships, there have been, but, I'm here.  And here is good.

Whenever you feel sad, just remember that somewhere in this world there's an idiot pulling a door that says PUSH.  I'm probably that idiot.

You don't protect your heart by acting like you don't have one.

You never look good trying to make someone else look bad.

At the end of the day all that matters is love and memories so make sure you give it and make sure you make them.

You deserve to be happy.  Don't let anyone make you forget that.

Nothing I suffer will ever come close to Jesus' suffering for me.  Woe to me for grumbling.

Good friends show their love in times of trouble, not just times of happiness.

Three Simple Rules In Life:

1.  If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.

2.  If you do not ask, the answer will always be no.

3.  If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.

Refresh your mind, clear all your problems and just have fun today.

Sometimes, the best way to be happy is to learn to let go of things you tried hard to hold on to that are no longer good for you.

You are what you'll do.  Not what you say you'll do. #actionsspeaklouder

Working on myself, by myself, for myself.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people.  Oftentimes, we have no clue.  Yet we push it just the same.

I opened two gifts this morning.  My eyes.

Fill your mind with truth, your heart with love and your life with service.

Often people that criticize your life are usually the same people that don't know the price you paid to get where you are today.

You need to realize the way you are feeling now will not be permanent.

How could we think for even a second that something on this puny little earth compares to the Creator and Sustainer and Savior of it all?

Finding old music you used to love is like getting back in touch with an old friend.

Be careful who you vent to.

But things work out, you know?  Even if it doesn't feel okay for a long time, or even if it feels like things will never be okay again, everything works out in the end.