I was thinking a lot yesterday about how I can get so stressed out and worked up over the
smallest things and I realized I just need to give my cares, my worries, my all to God and He
will work it all out! I just need to learn to be content with where I am, proud of where I've been
and excited to see where He's gonna take me in the future! Not worrying about how I will get
there or what will happen when I get there, learning to just trust God whole-heartedly! I want to
throw my head back and laugh until I cry, dance in the rain until I'm soaking wet, learn to
appreciate my little siblings and the way they make me so happy. I want to thank God every
single day that He gave me the best parents in the world, friends who love me, and the ability to
share His love with others! I really just want to love every single moment of my life, even when
it's not going as planned, I want to learn to really live life to the fullest!

All these happy thoughts got me thinking of a music video that makes me smile and I want to
share it with you guys! http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3e7b175275c5e5ac997b I love that music video and Hawk Nelson, they both
make me really happy! I want to become that kind of girl, that the reason that I attract people
is because of my deep and unconditional love for Jesus Christ! I want to shine so bright for Him
that I just have to smile and people can see my love for Him and know He is the only one who
completes me, the only one who makes me happy! Sure, one day I will find the guy God wants
me to spend forever with, but for today and even when I do find him, Jesus Christ will still be my
all in all! He will always be my first true love, the one who showed us what true love even is!

I found something really good on page 327 in the book "Lady In Waiting" by: Jackie Kendall and
Debby Jones. It reads-

is not about finding the right man,

but becoming the right woman.

The Lady In Waiting

recklessly abandons herself

to the Lordship of Christ,

diligently uses her single days,

trusts God in unwavering faith,

demonstrates virtue in daily life,

loves God with undistracted devotion,

stands for physical and emotional purity,

lives in security,

responds to life in contentment,

makes choices based on her convictions,

and waits patiently for God to meet her needs.

Wow, that is so powerful and exactly explains the type of woman I desire to become! I want to
be a lady that is waiting on God's perfect timing for my life and not worried that I may not get
what I think I need or even just want! I want to be in the center of God's perfect will for me!

I also found some scriptures that really touched my heart, they're found in Matthew 6:32-34--

"...your Heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek, aim at and strive after
first of all His kingdom and His righteousness, His way of doing right, and then all these things
taken together will be given to you besides. So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of it's own. Sufficient for each day is it's own trouble."

Let us all learn to seek God's face and not His hands, and know that He will give us exactly what we need, when we need it! Well, I have to wrap this up now, may God bless each and everyone of you as you strive to live for Him! Because, Jesus Christ is the only thing in this world worth living for anyway!

Living to live for Jesus Christ,
~~Chick~~

I have been thinking a lot here lately and really searching for the heart of God and what He

wants for my life, which caused me to take time and write my thoughts on this whole subject of

waiting on His perfect timing to send me the right man, and I just wanted to share them with you

guys. I may just be posting this to make me feel better, but I hope it touches someone else's

heart to, so here it goes, from my heart to yours.

DANCING WITH GOD
By: Chick

Someone once said, "When you dance with God, He will let the perfect man cut in." but, I

sometimes wonder when I am on this dance with God, do I really let Him lead, or am I simply

holding onto His hand and attempting to drag Him where I want to go? Because, for Him to let

the perfect man cut in, He has to be leading the dance in the first place and sometimes I cringe

to think that in all truthfulness, I try to lead! I don't know why though, because I am horrible at

leading, I step on people's feet and make a mess of things as I try to prove I have it all under

control and that everything is just fine. I need to learn to let God play His rightful role as King of

my world and life, and I need to learn to be content to just be Cinderella, trusting that one day,

in God's perfect timing, He will allow my Prince Charming to cut in and take my hand. Knowing

deep down in my heart that He will only let me have his absolute best for my life, and that the

man He lets cut in will be my perfect prince! For today though, I will learn to be content to just

be Cinderella, dancing with the King of Kings!

All this talk of dancing with God made me think of the song "Cinderella" by: Steven Curtis

Chapman, (which by the way, was the inspiration behind my blog's name!) and I know that the

song is from an earthly father to his daughter, but I began to think about how that could be from

our Heavenly Father to us also! The song is just so beautiful, and the music video is even more

of a masterpiece, if you haven't gotten a chance to see it yet, you need to check it out:

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=34ca44c1ad452e4bd42e

God has really been laying Matthew 6:21 on my heart here lately- "Where your treasure is,

there your heart will be also." It has become my prayer that my heart, my treasure will be

where God is, that I will desire the things He desires for my life and that He will make my heart

to break for the things that break His heart. I want to rejoice in the things that make Him

rejoice and cry for the things that rip His heart in two. I want to become God's hands and feet to

this world, to offer my life and what I may do for Jesus Christ, even if at times it seems like I

can't do very much, I still want to give everything that I have, all that I am to my Lord!

Today, I pray that something God has shown me will touch your heart, and bless you. If any of

you ever have a question, comment or thought about something I have said, please PM me!

May God give you all a blessed day, and teach each and every one of us how to dance with Him!

Continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,
~Chick~

I was talking on the phone last night to one of my friends and we got to talking about what

following Jesus really means to us, is it enough to just say we love Him, or should we show it

too? I believe that we should give Him our all, even when giving Him our all is hard! We got to

talking about the Jeremy Camp song-"Tonight" and I looked it up and found the music video for

it, it's pretty amazing! If you have time, give it a watch-

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=cdb7caac8f7e64385674

The chorus of his song really sums up the point we were talking about- "Tonight, I will take my

cross. Tonight, I will count the cost. Tonight, I will realize to take hold of this very moment..."

Sometimes, we have to be willing to lay what's the closest to our heart, what we value the most

on God's altar, we have to get to that point where He is all that really matters in our life. I had

been struggling with this a lot here lately, I had two dreams that God had asked me to give up

about three years ago, one was the dream of starting a drama team in the area that I live in, I

want to start a drama team that travels around to different churches and ministers in that way.

The other dream was to find a good, Godly christian young man to date and one day marry, it is

something my heart has desired for a very long time. God had asked me to lay them both on

the altar, but I had fought with Him, it seemed like laying down my dreams would ultimately kill

them and they would never become a reality. But, about two weeks ago, I laid them down

completely, no more partial laying them down and then picking them up when I got up from my

knees. It hurt so bad, it felt like someone stuck a knife through my chest and then ripped it out

taking a chunk of my heart and very soul with it. I have really had a tough time with leaving

them there, but on Saturday afternoon at our Ladies Conference, God gave my dreams back!

We were praying at the altar and the speaker came over to me and told me that God wanted to

give my dreams back, that now was the time to start chasing after them! I immediately started

crying, it felt like God had not given them back to me, but He had also renewed the passion to

serve Him in my spirit, I felt so alive! And, it's stayed that way, I have had this peace in my

heart, no, I don't know what the future holds, but I do know who holds the future! My youth

pastor and I talked, we going to start the drama team the first of next year, seeing one of my

dreams so close to my reach is so exciting and just awe-inspiring to me! I also know that very

soon the right guy is going to ask me out, because God made a promise to me and I am

claiming that promise with all of my heart and soul, God only gives us what He knows is best for

us! There are NO mistakes in His plan for each of our lives, He is our loving Heavenly Father!

I realized that the scripture found in Matthew 6:33 is true-"Seek first the kingdom of God and His

righteousness, and ALL these things will be given to you as well." God didn't promise that

some of these things, or even most of these things, but ALL of these things will be given

to us if what we desire is in the will of God! We just have to be willing to lay down our all, take

up our cross and follow Jesus Christ no matter where the road may lead or where He takes us!

May we always remember that Jesus Christ is the only thing that is truly worth living for, not

money, not people, not anything this world has to offer, just JESUS CHRIST!!! May we all

learn to keep our eyes focused on Him and to let the world just fade away from our view, may

He become the only thing we could live and die for, may we live to live for Him!

Everyone have a blessed day and a wonderful week as we all grow in the grace and knowledge

of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Living to make every single moment count for His glory and honor,
~Chick~

No God, No peace. Know God, Know peace.

I love that saying, God is the only one that can give us true peace in our heart and soul, so why

do I run, why do I ignore Him when He knocks on the door of my heart, begging me to slow

down and take time for Him? Why do I let the cares of this life, the things that continually drag

me down run my life? Why do I run from Him? This are questions I ask myself and I think the

Music Video for the song "Run" by Kutless makes a great statement of what God is saying to us-

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=57bbf7a5244815a90892

"Why do you run, why do hide? Oh, don't you know, I just want to be with you, to be with you!"

God desires to spend time with us, to be our closest companion, how can we run from that?

How can we flee from the only one that knows us completely and yet, still loves us? Sometimes,

I don't think we mean to run, we just let ourselves get too busy with life and the cares that it

brings our way, we need to learn to just slow down and listen to what God is saying to us.

When we pray, we can't always be the one doing the talking, sometimes, we need to listen!

In my devotion this morning I came across this beautiful description of how Jesus waits on us to

love Him by Basilea Schlick. It is found on page 210 of the book "Lady In Waiting" and it reads-

Waiting For Our Love

Jesus is yearning to have fellowship with us and to hear words of love drop from our lips.

He is waiting for us.

He wants us to be close to Him.

He wants to speak to us in our hearts, to cultivate love's intimate relationship with us.

Only in times of quiet when no one else distracts us, and nothing else draws us away, can Jesus visit us with His love.

Let him who wishes to know the presence of Jesus and who desires to enter into the bridal love

for Jesus keep his times of quiet holy and faithfully for Him.

Jesus is waiting for our love.

As important as our sacrifices and our obedience to the commandments are for God(the rich

young ruler sacrificed, and kept the commandments), they are not enough.

Sacrifices and obedience do not necessarily yield the "eternal, divine life".

Love does not necessarily pulsate through them.

Jesus is pulsating life and love and He wants to impart His nature to us.

Therefore, only our love, which stems from the divine, eternal life which He has granted us, is

the proper response to His love for us.

This love leads us to keep His commandments, which are His wishes for us.

It leads us to bring Him many gifts, and to offer Him sacrifices-but in a different spirit.

...Bridal love for Jesus is filled with delight.

There is no greater, happier, higher, richer love.


To know that kind of love, to feel Jesus close to me, that is what my heart truly desires and

burns for, I want to know my Lord in a way that takes my breath away from me! Sometimes, I

think I hold back because I am scared that God will require me to give Him something or

someone I hold dear to me, but He tells me in Romans 8:28 that-"We know that in everything

God works for the good of those who love Him." He didn't say some thing or even most things,

no, EVERYTHING works our for the good of those who love Him! You know what this tells me?

I can give Jesus my whole heart and all of my love, making Him the center of my devotion, all

the while knowing He will bring my heart it's true desires in return. Jesus yearns for all of my

love not just a part of it! And it is my deepest desire to give Him all of it, to know that I am

fulfilled in Him, that I don't need anyone or anything else to complete me! Jesus is my all and

He is everything I could ever need, I want to live every day under that conviction!

My God bless us all as we learn to seek to love Him with our entire being, with the very core and

soul of our existence. May He become EVERYTHING to us, and we will learn to love Him more

than life itself, because, what is life without Him in it...NOTHING!

Have a blessed day as you continue to seek God's face and not just His hands.

Living to live for Jesus Christ,

~Chick~

When it's dark and we can't see the path in front of us, do we choose to hold God's hand and

keep walking on the road He has made for us, or do we freeze in fear? Do we sometimes

wonder if where we are going is really where we should be, do we ever get scared that God

doesn't know what He is doing? If you don't ever, I know I sure do, I worry that this broken

road I am walking isn't going to lead me to where I should be going. Something that has

brought me a lot of comfort though is the song "Walk By Faith" by Jeremy Camp. It is a truly

beautiful and amazing song, if you haven't heard it or would like to watch the music video, skip

on over to
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=74c0d74c4466b3c9b441

and give it a listen, even if you aren't a Camp fan, you can't help but love this certain song!

My favorite part of the song is the first verse- "Will I believe you when you say, Your hands will

guide my every way? Will I receive the words You say, every moment of every day? Well, I

will walk by faith, even when I cannot see, because, this broken road prepares Your will for

me..." I believe that sometimes, God has to break us, to make us realize how small and weak

we are without Him before we can become all He wants us to become, we have to learn He is the

only reason that we can make it through the tough times, He has to become our life line! Any

time I am tempted to think that God isn't listening to my prayers or that maybe He has forgotten

about me or doesn't care about what happens to me, I am always reminded of Psalm 103:13-14

which says- "As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear

Him with reverence, worship, and awe. For He knows our frame, He earnestly remembers and

imprints us on His heart..." We are imprinted on the heart of the King of the Universe, if that

doesn't show me how much he cares for me, then I don't know what will! He loves me so much

that He took the time to create me in His image and to plan out every detail of my life, just

because He loves me and had a plan for my life that only I can fulfill! To have a Heavenly

Father that loves me so much just fills me with wonder and awe! May we all always remember

that God will never give us more than we can bear and will never take us to a place that He is

not right there beside us. No matter what we are going through, He is big enough to carry us

out of it and make us stronger through the fires that we must face in this life! May we all learn

to walk by faith, even when we cannot see, because God can see everything and He knows the

final outcome anyway, let us learn to fully trust Him with everything that we are, He won't let us

down! Have a blessed day everyone as we all learn that God is the only one who always gets it

right, He never, ever makes a mistakes, He does everything with a purpose in mind!

Living to Live for Jesus Christ,
~Chick~

"Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth would care to know my name, would care to feel my

hurt? Who am I, that the bright and morning Star would choose to light the way for my ever

wandering heart? Not because of who I am, but because of what You've done. Not because of

what I've done, but because of who You are...I am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone

tomorrow. A wave tossed in the ocean, a vapor in the wind. Still, You hear me when I'm

calling, Lord you catch me when I'm falling and You've told me who I am...I am Yours, I am

Yours. Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin could look on me with love and watch me rise

again? Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea would call out to the rain and calm the

storm in me? Not because of who I am, but because of what You've done. Not because of what

I've done, but because of who You are...I am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone

tomorrow. A wave tossed in the ocean, a vapor in the wind. Still, You hear me when I'm

calling, Lord you catch me when I'm falling and You told me who I am...I am Yours, I am Yours.

Whom shall I fear, whom shall I fear? 'Cause I am Yours, I am Yours..."

~Who Am I by: Casting Crowns~

Who are we with out Jesus Christ? We are nothing! I love this song by Casting Crowns, it is so

true and yet so beautifully put, I just love it! Without Jesus Christ, I would be totally worthless

on my own, He is the one who knows me completely and yet still loves me completely! I had a

wonderful weekend, I got to spend some quality time with my whole family, (Dad, Mom, and

sibs) something that doesn't happen very often anymore! I talked to the guy I have a crush on

last night, the steps we are taking to get to know each other better are tiny ones, but this guy is

so awesome, that if God wants us to be together, I would wait as long as I need to! And that's

something coming from the girl who HATES to wait for ANYTHING! I am a right now type of

person sometimes, something God and I are working on...LOL! Anyways, sorry to have to cut

this short, but I have college homework to attend to, so I will leave you guys with a verse and

then skip on outta here! The Bible says in Psalm 139:5- "You have beset me and shut me in-

behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me." If God is always with us and cares

enough about us to behind us and before us, then who shall we fear, why should we worry? If

the God of the Universe has time to care for us, then He has time to give exactly what we need!

May you all have a blessed day as we continue to draw near to the one who knows us all

completely and yet, still loves us all completely!

Living to Live for Jesus Christ,
~Chick~

Hey, guys! Well, if you haven't noticed, I have a lot of fun finding interesting and uplifting things

on Godtube, and today wasn't an exception! I found a video about Tim Tebow, the quarterback

for the Florida Gators. Wow, if all the christian young men, especially the one's that are

popular/or in the public eye would live their lives out loud for Jesus Christ like he does, our

world would be a better place! Don't believe me? Then give the video a watch-

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=a880b0ac05ffd02f43f6

If that is not one amazing young man, then I don't know what is! If we could all learn to live our

lives like that, to care more for others than we do ourselves, just think of how much better of a

place this world would be! Think of all the people that would come to know Jesus Christ, not

because someone pounded them over the head witnessing to them, but because they saw a

change in us, they saw that we were different and wanted to be like us! Every time I think about

this subject the song- "Looking For Angels" by: Skillet comes to my mind-

"Walk this world alone, try to stay on my feet, sometimes crawl, fall, but I stand up because I'm

afraid to sleep and open my eyes to a new day. With all new problems and all new pain, all the

faces are filled with so much anger, losing our dignity and hope from fear of danger. After all

the wars, after settling the scores, at the break of dawn will we be deaf to the answers? There's

so much bigotry, misunderstanding, and fear, with eyes squinted and fists clinched we reach out

for what is dear. We want it; we want...a reason to live. We're on a pilgrimage, a crusade for

hope, 'cause in our hearts and minds and souls we know, we need it, we need, we need more

than this! Going through this life looking for angels, people passing by looking for angels,

walking down the streets looking for angels, everyone I meet is looking for angels. So many

nations with so many hungry people, so many homeless scrounging around for dirty needles.

On the rise, teen suicide, when will we realize we've been desensitized by the lies of the world?

We're oppressed and impressed by the greedy, whose hands squeeze the life out of the needy.

When will we learn that wars, threats, and regrets are the cause and effect of living in fear?

Who can help protect the innocence of our children, stolen on the Internet with images they can't

forget? We want it; we want...a reason to live. We represent a generation who wants to take

back the nation, to let Love be our light and salvation. We need it; we need, we need more than

this! Going through this life looking for angels, people passing by looking for angels, walking

down the streets looking for angels, everyone I meet is looking for angels. I became a savior to

some kids I'll never meet, sent a check in the mail to buy them something to eat. What will you

do to make a difference, to make a change? What will you do to help someone along the way?

Just a touch, a smile as you turn the other cheek. Pray for your enemies, humble yourself, Love

is staring back at me. In the most painful of faces, angels show up in the strangest of places...

going through this life looking for angels, people passing by looking for angels, walking down the

street looking for angels, everyone I meet is looking for angels. And angels show up in the

strangest of places..."

It says in Proverbs 19:17- "He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has

given He will repay him."So, are we willing to put ourselves aside for just even a little while and become someone's angel?

Sure, it may be tough to do, but remember that you may be the only Jesus that that person may

ever see. We can choose today to make tomorrow a better place to live in, we can stand up for

what is right, we can decide to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to this dying world!

As one of my favorite Christian martyrs- Jim Elliot said- "He is no fool who gives what he cannot

keep, to keep what he cannot lose." I don't want to be just another body taking up space on this

earth, doing what I want to do, I want to make a difference for Jesus Christ! And it is my prayer

that we will all make that our goal, to change our world for the Glory and Honor of our Lord!

Have a blessed day and an even better week as you live to be His hands and feet to the world!

Living to Live for Jesus Christ,
~Chick~