Been a while

Wow, have not posted in a very long time! I plan on updating this more recently, as some insight to my spiritual walk. Hope all my readers enjoy. :]

Christian bands

I'm creating a post about GOOD, Christian bands.
For those who want to know:
Some I like, not all are my faves, but they are Christian, nonetheless:

Agraceful
The Almost
As Cities Burn
August Burns Red
The Classic Crime
CLOSE YOUR EYES
Confide
Deas Vail
Destroy the Runner
The Devil Wears Prada
The Ember Days
Emery
Esterlyn
Everett
For Today
The Frozen Ocean
Gwen Stacy
Haste the Day
HUNDREDTH
I Am Alpha and Omega
Jimmy Needham
Life In Your Way
Mainstay
Sleeping Giant
Underoath

This isn't even a fraction....there are so many more, this is just what I found in my iTunes.
For some other great artists check out:
comeandlive.com

Great artists, free music, good cause. :]

Power trip

Not sure why….but lately I’ve been letting people make me feel like crap and that’s not okay. I don’t need anyone else’s subjective, unimportant opinions about me to make me feel validated. I AM VALID! I am so sick of caring so much about other people’s opinions that I let it frame me. I’m done. I’m breaking off every negative relationship I have with anyone. I’m a good woman, who is beautiful (MY subjective opinion), loves Jesus and is going somewhere with her life. If you want to try to sit around and waste my time by dragging me down, you’re going to have to move on because you’ve got the wrong girl. I’m feeling empowered tonight, and that’s that. I don’t care if I have to be by myself, because I’ve got God on my side, and that’s all I need.

I'm a failure!

I am feeling very inspired tonight. I thought I would blog about a special moment I had once with my uncle, and it's sticking out in my mind tonight.
While my uncle and I were discussing life, a few things from our conversation saturate my mind. "You are destined for failure," he said to me. With shock, I looked at him, hurt. "Well, thanks."
"Brittany all the greatest people were destined for failure. Look in the Bible. David was the youngest and the smallest, but took down a giant. Moses had a speech problem, but went on to talk to thousands. Jacob was a liar. You've been destined for failure your whole life. Set up to fall. You were abused from the beginning, shunned by your own mother. Everyone in school always rejected you. [It's because you have something great destined for you and you must overcome these things.]"

The last sentence is in brackets because I don't remember his words exactly for that last part like I do the rest.

First I was offended, then I realized what beauty his words held. I try to remember this when I'm having an off day.

Thank you Unce. <3 Your wisdom means so much to me.

Motivated...?

So this semester has officially started....and I have absolutely no motivation or hope. I'm sick right now with a really bad respiratory infection. That may be the cause of it, but who knows. Between work and school this semester...I hope things pan out. I will have to be EXTREMELY responsible and not have TOO MUCH fun. Which, sucks at the least. I'm definitely stealing a quote I ran across on tumblr.

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’”
— The Great Gatsby
This will be my motivation for now. Untilllll I find more. :]
Wish me luck!

The Transformation

Last night I went to church with Randy at the Terre Haute Church of God, Awaken Student Ministries. It was AWESOME. This is the beginning of something new, and something good - I can feel it. I'm working on my relationship with Christ, because I want to be where he wants me. This is where the transformation begins. 2011 is my year, and I will no longer let the world push me around. I'm excited to see what God does in my life this year. I'm aggressively seeking him.

Right now I'm going through a bit of a rough patch, a valley per say. But as the last two sermons I've heard have been about valleys, coincidence? I think not. In the valley is where things grow. The valley is where you realize how strong you are and that you can make it up another mountain. And once you reach one mountain top, you see many more from there. I am in the valley right now, growing and building strength. God never offers victories without fighting, but He says, help will always come in time.

I'm excited, and patient. Waiting, on the Lord.

:]

Stop and let me breathe...

I'm keen to your ways, I'm hip to your game
But still I come back, like a moth to a flame
I was completely fine, until you crossed that line...
I'd like to see you through, but some things never change