"Just as you are."

i wrote this to my original bestie - ms. erin finke :)
i love you from nyc! keep your eyes on Jesus! <3
Summer 2004 - Summer Session at Cedarville University, in Cedarville, Ohio ... at Stevens Student Center, being silly! my original bestie in the whole wide world! :)

hoping that any other of you guys & gals will allow God to speak through this, whenever it is that you may be reading it.

"i am happy with the you that God made ... the more you grow & learn in relationship with Him & through situations & people He places in your life & allowing His love to become an extension of who you are, you will see that who He's designed for you to be even before you came out of your mother's womb, is exactly how He fashioned you ... i don't think we will ever be happy with ourselves ... i DO think that we will come to realize that our self is not merely or even in the least part, about US, but rather it is about who Christ is IN us ... when we journey through learning, processing, & passing that on to others, there is a freedom & liberation which comes with that, allowing us to embrace who HE is in US, which leads to us embracing the self He has intended for us to be, not what others feel, think, expect or suggest how our self should be ..."

come ... come before His throne & realize His beauty which is in you ...
extend that to someone else who needs it today & see if you can keep doing it each day after that ...
God's love is pure ... & He is a Boundary Breaker!
even the boundaries we place on how we see ourselves, not to mention how we see things, places, and the people around us ...

look forward to getting to know those of you who God has recently placed in my path & thankful for the those of you who God has already allowed me to get to know & you to know me ... let's keep it going, y'all!