Love Like You Never Been Hurt

I am going to have a fun weekend...I am going to a dance on Sunday night just to kick up my heels a little. I feel like spring inside myself even though there is snow on the ground right now. I feel alive and ready to meet new people and expand my little world. I can't wait for a new chapter to open up for me and all I have to do is say "YES, I am ready!" I don't know what is going on inside myself but I feel so alive, and beautiful and so me. I have become a woman who is ready to take chances again and to be all that I was created to be. I have been taking care of my needs and making sure I am kind to myself and also learning to love the person I am, faults and all. I feel more like a woman than I have ever felt in my life and I feel I am on the verge of something new. I see myself standing on a hill, with the spring breeze blowing my hair and I smell the new budding flowers. They give off a wonderful fragrance that makes me smile. There is now no more winter in my heart and the ice is melting away so I can love with a pureness and deepness that is in me. To love someone is the greatest gift I could give or receive. Love is in my heart and I need to share it without the thought of rejection or hurt. I want to love in a way I have never done before, to give my heart to someone and to trust that he will care and love me as I am. It is a scary place but I am not going to live in fear because the Lord did not give me a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. That is the truth and I will love as if I have never been hurt!!

Beautiful

I noticed that advertisers want to make you feel that you are not good enough...How white do my teeth need to be? Is my hair shinny and soft enough? How thin must my body become? Are my eyelashes long enough? Am I beautiful? Wait a minute...I am beautiful even if I never achieve what is considered beauty! I am who I am with all the good parts that I like about myself and even the imperfections that I don't like. That is my beauty. Always be authentic and understand that being who you are is what real beauty is. Freedom to accept every part of you will lead to the beauty within and it will flow out of you and then you can say, without a doubt, " I am beautiful!"

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New Year

Happy New Year everyone. I hope this coming year will be full of blessings for your life. I am going to be seeking out the Lord in what His direction is for me in 2011. I know His love is what I depend upon and I put my whole trust in Him. Even when things or people disappoint I will never be disappointed in Him. He has always given me the best of Himself and has taken me under his wings of protection. This year will be a year of newness and expanding my horizons to fit His will. I leave behind 2010 and glean what I need for 2011. I leave behind the hurt from past experiences and go forward into the newness of the Lord. This year is the year of twenty eleven and we will experience more of His glorious heaven.

The Ride

The train of my life rolls gently along the rail going forward to my new destiny as I close my eyes and lean back and trust this ride I am on. Where will I end up on this journey to the unknown and I think to myself, life is good. I love riding this train of destiny and this train of promise taking me to what I was created to be.

The Barn

I went to see my sister for Christmas and I saw this barn and stopped to take pictures. This turned out so cool that I wanted to share. It looks like I took a black and white but I didn't. I love old barns and it is hard to capture their essence sometime but I did on this one. There is an old tire swing next to it. Can't you just picture children playing while their father milks his cows for the day. I can still hear their laughter echoing over the hills as they swing upon that tire in the morning light of day. Now years have gone by and the weathered boards cannot keep out the cold winter's day. Life goes forward and never looks back.

Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! It is a white Christmas here in Tennessee and it is beautiful. It is getting late and I have finished all my wrapping and now I am heading to bed but I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Merry Christmas.

The Weekend

Man,what a week I have had three days off and getting paid. The weather has been wonderful. I love the snow but not the ice so much. Well I am heading towards the weekend of fun. I am going to the new Narnia movie and I am checking out the singles dance group if the weather holds out. I am going to have such a blast and enjoy some leisure time. I might even go downtown Franklin again to take pictures if it isn't too cold and do some window shopping. Life is what we make of it and I am enjoying this life I am living to the fullest, nothing held back and embracing new people, new encounters and new friends along the way. Weekend of fun is on it's way!!!!