Life, Not As Normal
Jumping straight in, life is not normal. Not even a little bit. After another unintentional social media break, I found myself logging back in & quickly realizing that people are blind. Like genuinely, actually blind. Blind to the fact that life is indeed NOT life as normal.
We’re all well-aware that social media is unquestionably a form of digital escapism & we’ve all been found guilty of sharing solely what we want others to believe is our true reality. However, when you log back off & take a look at the world around you, you quickly see the stark differences between the two & realize that scenes unfolding around you is indeed what reality truly is.
Shorts: Raey. Boots: Neous. Bag: LV. Necklace: COS.
In saying that, I often wonder why God has chosen me. Not simply just to share the Gospel, but often the hard things people rarely want to talk about. The things most people deem as, “Not that serious.” or “No big deal.” When in reality, those very things are the things sending people straight to hell for all of eternity.
Yet, nobody wants to talk about it.
We live in a day-and-age where folks would prefer to bury their head in the sand w/ hopeful optimism that life will somehow ‘work itself out’ rather than look reality in the face for what it is. —— But I’m not one of them. And as someone who’s been called to speak the Truth & every bit of what God has given me to say, I’m lovingly yelling at you to wake up!
Wake up from your slumber! Wake up from your lethargy! Wake up from your stupor & look around! The reality that’s unfolding around us is pointing to the fact that we’re not living in the last days, years, months but we are without-a-doubt, living in the last HOURS!
“And do this, understanding the present time; the hour has already come for you to wake from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.” ROMANS 13:11-12
I can’t even begin to discuss all the prophetic events unfolding by the day but this I will say: Christ IS coming back for His church! And if you don’t have a REAL-life, born-agin, Spirit-lead relationship w/ Jesus Christ & are striving to live a holy & consecrated life unto Him, I plead w/ you to do so!
“If you confess w/ your mouth Lord Jesus & believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved.” ROMANS 10:9
Many people believe that they have a relationship w/ the Lord & unfortunately, many are deceived. Christ isn’t coming back for a crowd, a fan-base or an audience.
He’s coming back for a blood-washed, unspotted bride that has given Him the entirety of their lives. And if you can’t confidently & w/ full assurance say that you have, I urge you to do it now. Time is no longer on your side & your eternal fate absolutely depends on it.
And even w/ this truth, most will still turn away.
What’s It All Really For?
Shirt: Frankie Shop. Jeans: Gap. Boots: Neous. Earrings: Heaven Mayhem. Bag: LV
What’s its all really for? — A simple yet complex question I’ve been asking myself for quite a while. What started out over 15 years ago merely as way to document my personal style & love of fashion has overtime, permeated to a place of stale imagery, unoriginal ideas & an overall snooze-fest.
With everything going on in the world: Israel & Iran at war, peaceful protests turning into violent riots, the continuing rise of job lose & an economy literally flailing by the day, just to name a few, now more than ever I’ve been praying for an increase of wisdom, knowledge & understanding. Not just about my personal goals, dreams, desires, etc., but for a renewed mind about life itself.
Hence: “What’s its all really for?”
The acquirement of stuff just to flaunt it & the creating of content for the sake of inclusion & self-admiration has reached an all-time high & for what, a click & a like?
But let me be the first to say that this is something the Holy Spirit often pricks my heart about as I too find myself getting sucked down the over-consumption & self-promotion hole & for that, Lord forgive me!
Now more than ever I’m beginning to understand that though experiences, relationships, goals, etc., aren’t innately wrong, obviously, but in the end, what do they all truly matter?
If none of these things push you closer to Christ, do they really matter? If none of these things encourage you to boldly profess Gospel, do they really matter? If none of these things lead you to live a life leading to eternity w/ Christ, do they really matter?
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world & loose his own soul?” — Mark 8:36