{Somewhere, where the sky is Blue}

Its a gorgeous day, somewhere in the world... Its also a lousy day somewhere.
Somewhere a baby has just been born, and has cried its first breath.
& Somewhere a little child was beat to death and will never see daylight again.
Somewhere in the world a Girl is saying "I Do" to the love of her life.
& Somewhere a couple is signing divorce papers, as their children cry for them to reconsider.
Somewhere in the world, a boy celebrates his 18th birthday,
& Somewhere a boy prepares to jump a cliff, because life has been "to much."
Yes, somewhere it is a Gorgeous day, the best day ever....but maybe even just miles from that joy, is pain.


What is today for you?

A long time ago I decided to make everyday count, to make them all Gorgeous days, simply because I think life is to short to be a lousy day...but how can you have a gorgeous day when you know there must be pain going on right next to you? How can you dare to enjoy yourself when you know others are suffering? How can YOU have a Gorgeous day, when really, something terrible has already happened to you that day?

God gave us life and in life he also gave us free will{Which is a long spiel in itself} but there is going to be pain in life because of sin, that's just the way it is...so how can we be happy when there is so mush unhappiness? the question of the century.


This is how I see it, even in pain there is still joy. God gives us pain for a reason, and although things happen like family members dying, and loss of jobs, there is always a way to get through it, if nothing else, you can ALWAYS turn to God... sometimes  it seems as if he doesn't hear you but rest assured, when you run towards God he will take a leap towards you...
And when you do have those Gorgeous days, take them in, enjoy every moment....but even in the joy, the pain is a reminder...
Its just figuring out what it is a reminder of that can be difficult.

Imagine the Impossible. Inspire the Unknown. & Change this WORLD!....{and don't let anything stand in the way}

(Love OR Hate)Choose Wisely.

Creation

The creation of anything is amazing. The way something can be formed from utter nothing...mind boggling! I myself am a creator..i love to make things. I make things from Clay, mud, paper, plastic, cloth, wood...practically anything. Name a medium, and I have probably made one thing or another out of it. But with me, I always have to start with something, I can start with hardly anything, like grass, and make a beautiful woven basket, but I cannot make the basket by starting with nothing.

but....My Creator Can.

You see the pure knowledge of how to make something, alone is enough to blow someone's mind. You need to know different ways to make it, if one fails. You need to know what is the best type of medium to use...so on and so forth. What I continue to be amazed at is how God, our Creator made us from NOTHING! literally, nothing...okay, well dirt.. but think about it, he made the dirt! He had no mediums or ingredients to start out with but yet he ended up with this amazing planet, with living breathing plants, animals, and HUMANS! and on top of that, there are millions of galaxies out there, just waiting to be discovered! AMAZING! God is so much more that just a Creator...he is THE Creator!

Sometimes, things in this life seems terrible. Our mother dies, You loose your job. Our house burns down. Your taken from your family, and placed in Social Services, and receive, "A New mommy and daddy". Things don't go the way we plan. but in all reality, its not what WE plan. It is what God plans... If he planned the world form just speaking it, don't you think he can plan our lives perfectly? Every wrong thing that happens, is not wrong at all. In our eyes, it looks like the end of the road, but our God is so much bigger than that.

He gives us the hard things, so we will enjoy the good things.

He gives us the hard things, so we will be strong through the next thing.

He gives us the hard things, so we can rely fully on him!

He gives us the hard things, so we can Trust him!

We cannot wallow in self-pity, and shame. We must press forward, and not ever give up. This life may not have much to offer, but God does! He always does! He already sees what will happen, because he invented it! The pain we feel now will only help us become warriors for HIM!

There are TWO outcomes of pain.

One, is Hate.

One, is Love.

But there is ONE outcome of Trusting God...

ETERNITY.

It is all your choice, but the Creator of the universe begs you to believe. In trial and temptations don't ever thing for even one second you are alone, because Jesus faced those things to. Don't ever thing you are not loved, or your not good enough, those are lies. You may thing that is just the outcome of pain...but it is not!

The outcome of pain is 1 of 2 things,

Hate.

When you are hurt, when you are crushed, Physically, Spiritually, Mentally, Verbally...in anyway, the lies you here are not the outcome of the pain. Hate is. You choose to hate, you choose to let those lies crawl in, and you think it is all part of the process of being hurt, but its NOT! The Hate you feel because of pain in your life is all YOUR Choice. The hate you feel toward life, God, family, friends, anything, or anybody, its your choice. But what you do with that Hate is what matters. Do you throw it away and turn to Love? or do you bottle it up, because, "Its not fair." or "You cant let it go?"

LOVE.

The second thing that comes from pain, is Love. Just like Hate, it is your choice, but it will be either Hate or Love, you cannot mellow in-between.

When you are hurt, when you are crushed, Physically, Spiritually, Mentally, Verbally...in anyway, Love can be the outcome. it is hard to love those that hurt you , but it can be done. and it is amazing what can happen! To love from pain, is to completely give it to God, that is the only way, you cannot love on your own power...because God IS Love, so you MUST have him inside you to Love...which makes this so hard. But you need to love through God. Give all your pain to God, and see what he does...he will take All your Hate, all your Pain all your Suffering and he will turn it into the deepest love. But you need to experience it, to know how it feels.

 

The Creator. The only one who can change Hate onto Love... The one who gives us Pain, to make us STRONGER.

 

Dear God.

Take my Pain, my Hate. I have scars indented in my heart, but I know you can erase them. Take my life, and turn it into love for you. Let me show others, the Love you've given to me. Help me not be bitter with those who give me Pain, but to love on them, and show them You.

Your Pain Indented Child,

~Safe Promises

His Sucess! {forever}

The Goal of many is success. People do not go through life hoping and trying to fail...they go to succeed. To win. To gain.
My friend, Ticket, is an example of this. Many of you have heard me talk of Ticket, in recent posts.
Ticket is an Athlete. He plays Sports...Competitive...Active...Fast..He is what he is. He tried his best an even if he cannot do what others may be able to do, he does what he can.
Ticket is also a Singer. He has a good voice, and knows how to harmonize. He sings everything from a Solo to a choir of 20+. he is confident, and he sings his testimony to God when he can. He tries his best.
Ticket is also a Musician. Guitar, Piano...He tries his best.
Ticket is a Writer. He can write essays, stories, even poetry. He writes what he feels. He tries his best.
Ticket is an  Artist. A creative mind..he tries his best.
I am not Bragging on my friend. I'm not holding him up, because notice I say "He tries his best". It is not HIM doing it...its God. God gave him all those gifts, and many more...Just like he gave us all gifts, but we have to be willing to let GOD use them. Our Goal is Success..We try our best to do our best...and our best I not how good we do, but how much our heart is praising God.
Ticket is strong, manly you may say, but also soft and kind.
I have another friend, Sham, we will call him.
Sham cannot sing, very well.. but he tries
Sham cannot draw, very well...but he tries
Sham cannot play an instrument,
Sham cannot write.... he cannot do a lot of things...but he succeeds, because he tries.
Sham is an Athlete...and at that he does his best, and gives the glory to God.
 God made each of them like that, God knows what characteristics each person needs, and what gifts they will use to serve him...but giving you a gift is nothing if you don't use it...you must Try Your Best. even if you fail, you have failed for God...but that is otherwise known as Success. You see success is not whether you win or loose...but whether your Glorified God through the Gifts he has given you.
Try Your Best. Your Gift is from God...So use it WISELY and Success will follow, not matter WHAT!

Dear God,
Thank You for every persons gifts, and the un discovered gifts. bless each person who reads this blog.. help them find their purposeful gift to praise You.
Your Lost Child,
 Safe Promises,

Fearless{Forever.}

          Fear is the one thing in this world that holds back millions everyday.
I have a fear. I am afraid of the stage, of people, of their judgment. I have stage fright. I am a shy, un-sociable child. My face gets red, I stutter, and I forget my words. but I realize, if I never get over that fear, and just conquer it, I will get no where in life. No Where! So I decide, inside myself, I decide to conquer it. I have tried so many times before, but the difference between this time is, I Will have Jesus on my side. If Jesus conquered Death, he surly can conquer the stage for me, don't you think?
God will help me, I know it. I complete faith in him to push me through it.
        Don't be afraid, of anything. There is Nothing to fear in this Life...Nothing, as long as Gods on your Side. In Revelations, we already see how the battle turns out, we know for a fact that God wins! So why are we afraid? If God can win the biggest battle of them all, the he will help us through our little ones.! brilliant! He is Our Help!
          So this just brings me to not only getting through fear of the stage, but fear inn general. I could go out, into a land with cannibals and man eating snakes...and HAVE NO FEAR, For GOD is THERE! which leads me to my next point of, God is everywhere! My friend, Ticket told me, You are Never to far from God.  
         1.You are never to far from God.
         2.You can never do anything to make God love you more, or Love you less.
         3. You can make God sad, But you cannot make God Hate.
         4. You can run away from him, but you cannot hide from him, for he is ALWAYS there.
         5. You Are His CHILD...He wants to Save You From Death, and Fear.
(Remember those FIVE things...)
God is Light.... AND Where Light is, Darkness must Flee...Invite God into your life, into your Fear...make the dark flee, and enjoy the freedom of having NO Fear.
I had a....situation....with my Mother, as some may know. For a while, I was afraid. Afraid of her, Afraid of my home, Afraid of my Life. but God Does Not operate of fear...but faith. When you call on God, day after day, you can be Fearless Forever.
I had a ...situation...with a friend. Fear froze me up, it swallowed my insides, and I was no longer me. I was Fearful, I was what fear made me....But that cannot happen. This world will never get anywhere if you are constantly AFRAID of making change n yourself and in the world....
What happens today in he world...NONE of it will matter in the run of eternity...NONE EXEPT...for how we further God's Kingdom...Now tell me, How will we further his Kingdom...If we are all afraid?
          

He Is In Me

The things I encounter in a weeks time may seem minor and minuet to most people. I am considered blessed among the nations, because every day I have food to eat [even if I don't eat it], I have a warm place to live, clothes for my back, and a Christian Academy to attend. I am encouraged everyday to speak freely and openly about God. I know that in some countries, there are punishments for this kind of Behavior, and yet , you guys still risk your lives to love and share God, And for that I want to say THANKS!

I have a friend, whom I will call Dove. She is a beautiful, fun girl. My best friend. But you see, lately I had gotten disappointed in her, she changed, and not for the better. When she was around other girls, her attitude towards me changed. I was an Outcast. A Slum. I was no longer "good enough" for her or so I felt, because every time I would try to hang with her other friends, or talk to them, I would get pushed away. I longed for a while to talk to my friend Ticket about this. Mebbe he could find out what was going on with Dove.
I forced myself to not rely on others, like Ticket, I would rely on God. Then I realized, this is how God feels for us. When we are at church, we hang out with God so freely and open. But is it possible, that when we hang around people who are not so familiar with our best friend God, we loose interest in him also? We completely ignore him, and walk away, just as Dove had done to me. There was no way I could be upset at Dove, for I was doing the exact same thing to God!
Life cannot be lived by simply walking through it. You must purpose inside you to DO something! Share God's love, further HIS Heavenly Kingdom! Be God's best friend...And do not be afraid to share his love with others. Keep old friends, and make new ones, but don't let them Go. Everyone is perfect in God's eyes, and I am praying to see everyone in that way to.
God is not your friend because he needs you. Its because We need HIM!

DEAR Jesus:
We Will Glorify You. Through Fire, Through Hate, Through UPS and Downs. WE PRAY. AMEN.
Your found child,
 Safe Promises

Tonights HEART'S Cry

Things that people go through = Emotion. temptation. stress. hurt. Worthlessness
Things that God can save us from = Emotion. temptation. stress. hurt. Worthlessness

Do you see a pattern? I am personally going through a dry time, a time where God doesnt seem as real as normal. Its hard to imagine a loving father, someone who is so close by, waiting for his child to cry out for help. Its hard to know that he's actually there. Why would a God who loves us and created us, allow us to go through so much hurt? So much pain? So much trial.?! Why wouldnt he just come out and hold me tight and show me he is real, because millions of people every day struggle, and make the life changing decision to either kill themselves, or reject God complelty. Doesn't God see that we are hurting? Can't he see we feel worthless, and hatred? Can't he tell we need love and to feel him? We feel all alone..

Those are my thoughts. but they are not right. We cannot focus on how we can not feel God, we have ot focus on moving towards Him. I know i scream out ot God and ask him why he's not hear. but we have to be willing to move forward, take a step towards God and he will run to you. YOu must be faithful in living, and proclaiming his word. There truly is nothing you can do to make God love you any more or any less, because God loves you so much right now. BUt theres somthing special about God. HE gave us self choice, will, our own way if you please. He gave us the chance to choose right and wrong, to choose Him or Evil. Its true, God loves oyu, but he does not want a bunch of people who HAVE to worship him...he wants peole who WANT to worship him, see the differce? Slaves HAVE to work, Servants GET to work, we are the hands and feet of Christ, we are his Servants. If we choose to love God and further his kingdom, he will feel like he's always there. SO dont give up hope.

God Loves You,
Even when you dont think so.
God has not left you.
Its a lie, a lie your beliveing.
God Wants you.
GOd made you
Give your heart ot God
Feel his tears on your face.
God is waiting for you.
BUt he will not force you,
YOu can only serve one master,
WHo Will It Be?
God Loves You,
Even when you dont think so.
God has not left you.
Its a lie, a lie your beliveing.
God Wants you.

As i repeat this, i pray
DEAR GOD:
Please heal every wounded heart that reads this. Please heal mine, as much as the otehres. LOrd we are all broken, were torn, were weak, and were done being nothing. We take our step towards you God, please, please help us. Forgive us, Lord.
Your Child with the Tears,
Safe Promises.

Stop{Listen[cry]}

Do you ever just close your eyes, take a deep breath, and think....Everything is fine?
Do you ever just take a second to glance around you and think..... This is all there is?
Do you ever stop and listen for a tiny small voice, that will lead you on to greater things?
Well, miracle of all miracles, I stopped and listened. A tiny voice inside me said, go the speed limit...repeatedly over and over, and so I did, I slowed my car to a mere speed and drove along. Shortly after a song by the artist Plumb came onto the radio waves. It ended right as I drove into my home-area, and I felt tears fill my eyes. Which was incredible, simply because I drove the right speed which intern gave me the right amount of time to hear the one song that I needed right then and there. God bless to all. And in the future, anything that happens out of YOUR plan, think of what lies ahead in GOD's plan...I guarantee you it is much greater than any of your plans combined. Eternity with God is always BETTER then earthy things that will pass away.
Dear God:
Thank you for a lesson today, and for patience to listen, please allow us all to have patience with you and your plan.
Your Child
~Safe Promises

I gave it away [to GOD]!

Giving it to God. Sounds easy, right?
Sure... I give you this, you give me that, everything works out. Handy-dandy Perfectly-swell.
Wrong. That's not how it goes.

Right now, I myself am faced with a decision. Do I Forgive and Forget. Or do I dig for closure, and potentially face rejection? Am I suppose to sit back, and watch myself fade away, to please another? Or Stand up and initiate a conversation, that would help us both?
Questions. Questions that may never be answered. Questions that I have no clue how to find the answer except for one thing, Give IT To God.
~~~
I walked out into a narrowed field. Distance as far as my eyes would allow my sight to see. Wind with the crisp flow, and sunshine that was unpecibaly planned by the Heavenly Father. I crotched low into the ever-growing ness and sat still, as I cried out to God. I couldn't decide what to do. I couldn't choose. So I cried out, and Gave it to God. the Peace that rushed over me, the knowing that God would handle it all and take care of it for me, it was brilliant. Brighter then the sun. I looked to the sky and silently thanked him for his Kind mercy. I realized All my 'questions' are nothing but sand to God. He knows them all, and he Knows and UNDERSTANDS the Answers. and that's more then I could have asked. I know that within the next few days, God will Provide an Answer for all my Questions. But only because I gave them to HIM. And I no longer am holding onto them.
Dear God: THANK YOU!
Your pleased child,
~Safe Promises

The Girl's first Crush(ed heart.)

Every little girl has a big crush, sometime or another. whether it be when there 5 years old, or 18 years old. They see a nice guy, and lody dottie dah...you know how it goes, I'm sure.
                   I know what that little crushy feeling is like, like your on top of the world, belive me, it happened to me, a long while ago. I am hear to tell every little or old girl this, so if you have young kids, feel free to share this with them.
First: My Story
There was a guy, obviously, we will call him Cape. Now Cape was one of those guys that, you know, everyone liked. and as I grew older I realized my crush was juvenile, it took me a while to get over it but eventually by my freshman year, it was gone. And I was glad of it... Cape soon acquired somewhat of a girlfriend, who now they are currently very happy together. And I realized, if God wanted me to be with him,,,it would have happened. and although I struggled with it for a while, I finally decided, God's plan is so much bigger and better then my own plan.
Second: The Moral
All you girls with crushes, don't let that be the break of your heart, I know you feel in love, and like you want to marry this guy, or however you feel but truth is, Give it to God. He will provide you with who he want s you to be with. his plan is so much bigger and better then yours. Don't allow your heart to be broken, by this boy, Wait on God. Be Patient. My heart was crushed in a sense, but it makes me so glad, to see the one person I did care about, so happy. Cape and his girl, Cod are so thrilled with each other...and I couldn't have asked for anything better. You see, instead of having  a deep crush on him, I gave it to God, and he allowed me to have a deep caring, and there will always be a place in my heart for Cape, but just not in the way of jealousy for him and Cod, but gladness, and friendship, Do you understand? I sure hope you do. God will show me my future spouse when the timing is right. and if it is God's plan for me to be a lone maid...then I will do it with a smile on my face, and never be married, but I will do it all with Gladness, Because truthfully the only thing that matters in this life, is that we love and serve God, we spread his word, we make a better eternal Kingdom, and don't worry about our earthly one. I believe there is no Marriage in heaven. If any person in the world reading this attended the Secret Church that was also an Online Live Cast, you will know what I am talking about, a good point was made, there's no marriage in heaven, so why are we dishing out our feelings and pouring them into simple crushes? if God wants us to marry someone, he will prompt you, he will tell you this is the person, you must be so in tune with God that you will hear him, and feel it inside you, and you must be so in tune with God that even if you never get married, your completely fine with that. And that's not just speaking for little Girls, But the boys as well. Pray and ask God. Give it to him, and he will give it back, but according to his plan..
Dear God: I pray for all my brothers and sisters of Christ reading this, that they may understand, the greatest relationship, is with you...and in this life, That is all that matters. If you call us to marry one another, we will, if you call us to Stay single, we will, But Lord, help us not to pour our feelings to one another if it is not your will.
Your Loved Child,
~Safe Promises

Precious Faith[fulness].

Faith is a precious thing. Something that seems like it comes and goes, but the truth is, it is always with you. I am not talking about Faith, like which belief belongs to you [Christian, Mennonite, Baptiste, Non-denominational, Jewish..etc...] I am talking about Faith in the Unknown,
Faith in things you Cannot see,
 Faith is something BIGGER!...
And Faith in the little things,
the things that feel like they don't matter to others, but they do to you. Some days you just need Faith to get through the day, to believe that You alone, are not strong enough, but God is.
Faith is a beautiful thing that turns into Trust.
And trust, turns into friendship,
And Friendship, into anything imaginable.
This world needs more people becoming friends instead of enemies...but that's a completely different subject. I mostly want to touch on what its like to feel like your going under, going down, hitting rock bottom, and feeling like you cant get picked up again, little do some people realize when your Not strong enough to stand back up,  God is there to grab your hand and help you through the rest, just that tiny bit of Faith takes you galaxies beyond your wildest dreams. And its so hard to believe there's a God, simply because you cannot see him, and so many times it feels like he is not there, but that's just your Faith wavering, not God. Because Truth be told, God is. He is the I AM. He is always there, but having enough faith can be a struggle.
As many [or few, since I don't have a lot of readers] know, my Faith has waivered more than once. But God never did, Its like this...
Abused as a child, a young girl grew up, thinking that in life, there is no such thing as a "Safe Home". Being physically, verbally and emotionally abused by her mother, the girl began to believe, that all Mom's were bad, all homes were bad, there was no good one, and if there was, she would never find it. The sad girl needed faith, and had faith, on the good days, but when it started to get badder and worse, her faith waviered, when her mom started punching her, biting, slapping, bashing, badmouthing, and completely beating her up, she felt like God had left her, but the truth is, he was there, I mean, she's still alive, isn't she? God was there to protect her from dying, But what the girl had not seen was what Could have Been, instead, she saw what was. Brutally hurt inside and out, she felt like God had let that happen to her...but in all reality, the spiritual realm that we cannot see, was going on, a battle between Good and Evil was taking place, and Good prevailed, because God allowed her to stay alive, and bring Glory all through that.

Just like the child, when bad things happen to us, we loose faith, but just think. God is God, he could have allowed anything to happen to you, but he protected you form the worst.

My Friend Ticket once told me, God will never give you more than you can handle. And that is So much Truth packed into one tiny Phrase.

So next time someone throws a stone at you, ad breaks your bone, Remember, God is holding back the Avalanche.

Dear God; Thank you that we can have Faith in you and believe even when Push comes to shove. Please Bless all who read this, and show them your unfailing Love and Faithfulness.
Your Broken Child,
Safe Promises.