Anti-Conformity

God's will is that I do not be conformed to the pattern of this world.
(Romans 12:1-2)

My relationship with Tyrell forces me to go against current! He pushes me to focus on God’s glory and that alone. From the way I dress and speak, he constantly reminds me to glorify God and do that which is most glorifying to the Lord. God is really using Tyrell to help me live for an audience of One, Christ! I've always cared about enhancing my physical features with Make-up and other things but now I'm learning more and more about real beauty and the things that Our Lord delights in. Christ cares about sanctifying us and developing our Character. In light of eternity, physical beauty is vain. His passion for Christ fuels mine and causes me to really be dedicated to Jesus Christ. Usually in our culture the bride chooses her dress and surprises her spouse on the wedding day but for our wedding day, he is basically choosing mine. A lot of things in our relationship go against tradition and culture but aligns with God’s word and I thank God for placing him in my life to help me care more about God’s opinion rather than that of others.

1Timothy 2:12-15

Idolatry

Jer 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Jer 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Jer 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. Jer 44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? Judg 2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. "Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I [am] the LORD your God." Leviticus 19:4 "Thus says the LORD: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?" Jeremiah 2:5 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations." Ezekiel 14:6 "My people ask counsel from their wooden [idols], And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused [them] to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God." Hosea 4:12 "Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy." Jonah 2:8 "What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols" Habakkuk 2:18 "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." 1 John 5:21

God is Holy

If there's anything I learned throughout my relationship with Tyrell it is that God is holy. Never in my life have I met a man who breaks over his sins like Tyrell. He reminds of me of the prophet Isaiah, he truly sees himself as undone and it breaks his heart. Seeing him break over his sins reminds me of the Grandeur of the holiness of Christ and my utter wicked wretched self and all I'm left to do is cry out for mercy. May the Lord continue to Sanctify us.

It's All About Him

Have you read the story of the life of Amy Carmichael or Joni Eareckson Tada? Have you ever wondered "Why did God allow this to happen to that person? Amy was doing a wonderful work in India, why did the Lord allow her to get so  sick that she could not continue in the work that she was doing for the Lord there? Many times in my walk I look at my plans and all the hard work I put into making it happen and I expect the Lord to consider my hard work and to work in light of that. Sounds confusing? Let me explain. For example let's say I'm driving on the highway heading to a sister's house to minister to her and be there for her and my car breaks down. I think "Lord why are you allowing this, I'm heading to so and so's house to serve You... Why would you allow this? I went through a lot, took the day off work, studied specific verses and prepared and now you're allowing this to happen." Many of us forget that He has a plan and that it is all about Him. When we live in light of the reality that Jesus is Lord than we would be receiving circumstances with patience rather than frustrations and etc... because It's all about Him. He desires to develop our character/conform us to the image of His son, that is what's most important not our vain plans to have stability in this life. All our pitiful plans are vain for this life is passing away. Let us renew our mind and follow Christ remembering that He is Lord and He is in full Control

Origin of Traditions: Weddings!

So Tyrell and I are still preparing for our wedding and today something hit me. Where in the bible does it say that one must have a wedding celebration? Why do we partake in it? Why not just make a vow before people? Where are the laws for how to go about a wedding in the bible? & if it's nowhere in the bible who started it? I began to do some research and I was shocked at some of the stuff I found. As believers we should not simply follow tradition and keep up with everyone, we ought to question everything and examine them in light of scripture. Is this what glorifies the Lord the most? We are to go against current and focus not on the things of this world that perish but on eternal things.

Here are a couple links to get a glimpse of what I've found
http://www.pibweddings.com/traditionsorigins.html

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-06-27/living/wedding.traditions_1_wedding-gowns-wedding-party-white-
wedding-dress?_s=PM%3ALIVING