I'm tired of being afraid

I watched an AMAZING movie last night...I finally saw the Shawshank Redemption

It was kinda creepy how right on these quotes are for me...

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free

Andy: You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific?
Red: No.

Andy: They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory

Red: Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane

Red: I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.

Andy: That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you... Haven't you ever felt that way about music?

Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn't make much sense in here.

Andy: Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.

Red: Forget?

Andy: Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours.

Red: What're you talking about?

Andy: Hope.

Red: I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.

Andy: I'm gonna get busy living

Red: Sometimes it makes me sad, though... Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.

Andy: "Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

"The Lord is my light

The Lord is my salvation

Whom shall I fear?

Of whom shall I be afraid?

Though my enemies try to triumph over me

I will not be afraid,

I will not fear

For you are my light

You are my salvation

The Lord is my light

The Lord is my salvation

Jesus Bright and Morning star, You shine...

Jesus, You shine brighter than the sun

Jesus Beautiful savior....I am in love with you..."

Jesus Beautiful Savior- IHOP

This photo was taken on a day when for once, I felt completely without fear...free

Free to be myself, free to believe that He is good, that He is for me, that He hears and knows me far better than anyone else. Free to stand on the edges of cliffs knowing that at the edge...when I am closest to death...is where He gets to save me and get all the glory.

These past few days I just have two words pulsing through my head...No Fear...No Fear...No Fear...No Fear...

This last week has felt a lot more uneasy than normal. The past few months I have felt carefree and happy again like I hadn't in a while. But this week has just brought so many of the deadly feelings back to me again and those lies about the goodness of God are back. At first I was like, what am I doing wrong? I must be doing something wrong. But I guess I just keep hearing the Lord say no fear...like He's saying, yes there is restlessness and less peace than you've enjoyed...but I want you to push through it. Believe in my goodness whether you feel it or not. In that is the maturity I want you to come to.

Yay for His grace...He is SO GOOD

My lover spoke and said to me,
"Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, and come with me.

See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.

Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.

The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."

Song of Solomon 2

"Two words that define Kingdom reality...'BUT GOD...'"

"Practice celebration and LIVING IN THE REALITIES OF THE UNSEEN"

"Look down- you are seated in the heavenliness…keep looking down and soon you will be looking up"

"You are new…"

Pastor Norm- Easter sunday

yes :)

His love sets me free

"What this world needs is a little wonder..."

Yesterday I was having a rough day and after spilling to my mom on the phone, she sent me a text that just said "You are Magnificient." My first reaction was...no, I am not...and why do people keep telling me things like this? But then I remembered that it is a quote from the short film The Butterfly Circus which came out last year. I hadn't watched it in months until this morning, and I think everyone should see it again. It's a perfect visual of hope and wonder.

"The greater the struggle, the more glorious the triumph"

http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/The%20Butterfly%20Circus/

Enjoy :)