Purity of Babies

Two of the main things that make us stumble in life are temptations & our flesh.
We can either give into temptations or the desires of our flesh.

Unconditional Love

Great love setting the world on fire, I am in awe of who You are, And it's Your love I'm living for

Great love filling me up inside, You are the one I'm looking for, And I am Yours forevermore~

- Great Love, Flyleaf

We're nothing in comparison to God.
A speck of dust in the expanse of His universe.
A feather tossed around helplessly by the ocean.

God is Good, 'nuff said.

Every word we could ever come up with to describe God's greatness will always be such an indefinite understatement to how great He really is~

Good is a very vague word.
It was one of the words my teacher in intermediate 'banned' from our writing. She would make us think of other words in place of good. Amazing, wonderful, awesome, fabulous and the list can go on. But you've got the idea.

Scars Remain, Wounds Reopen

I haven't blogged in quite awhile now.

I've been living in my own bubble for the past week.

It seems I have made comfort in keeping to myself.

"I know who I am inside.. I'm perfectly broken"

There's always one of those times that you do something so bad, you just can't see it being undone, you just can't see any forgiveness happening at all. You become so annoyed at yourself, how could you have done such a thing, what were you thinking, "what's wrong with me". You feel extremely guilty, you feel your heart drop, you may even feel like it's the end of you. It's happened, it can't be undone now, you did it, and everyone's hurt now because of it. They'll always remember what you did, it will never be forgotten, never be forgiven.

BarlowGirl.. *weeps*

The sad end of one long journey, the exciting start of another.
Despite God guiding them to disband, they have been given no doors open, no direction whatsoever yet. They are just waiting for God's next instruction, clinging onto the hope they have. That's faith.

(taken from Lauren's twitter)

I just saw their last live-stream for their fans, & it was very emotional both for their fans & themselves. (I'm so glad I have study leave, or I would've missed it) It was incredibly sad to hear the news of them disbanding last week, after all the amazing music they have produced. It's also exciting to see God's reason behind this, His greater plan for them.

They are a really unique band in many ways, especially in the way that all three sisters have never played the 'dating game'. For some of you, you may know that it's really hard not to.. & to think that they never once fell into that category is pretty well done.

Many of their fans asked about it.
Their response was to making God the priority. Making Him the love of their lives. Concentrating on learning to love God more & more. That in itself takes more than a lifetime. 

They also explained how they live in the present. They don't think ahead of 'who he might be' if God has prepared someone for them. Looking into the future at what you don't have only brings discontentment & ungratefulness. It only grows worry. But rather learn to look see what you've been given right at this moment, be thankful for it, & enjoy it.

They also gave some really good advice for serving God.

"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." - Matthew 6:33 NLT

Once we put God first, His desires will become our desires & vice versa. We won't have to worry if God is giving us an opportunity to serve Him or not, we can be assured that everything we do will be God's will. We just need to seek him first.

They also played a few songs, with Rebecca on an acoustic guitar, Lauren & Alyssa doing lead vocals & harmonizing each other. That just completely made me realize how badly I'll miss their music. A mini last live performance~

They played Never Alone (probably my favourite), Beautiful Ending, & Come Alive. (all acoustically)

Oh yes, Alyssa also sang a bit of Never Alone in Portuguese, that was pretty funny & quite a priceless moment. And Lauren thinking she was singing Spanish the whole time. (I thought so too) They also played their favorite & first song they learnt to harmonize together. I don't think it's a released song.

And lastly, they showed their new song that's gonna be on iTunes at midnight or something like that. It's a really good listen, & a nice 'last song' by them.

Hope Will Lead Us On - BarlowGirl

We can really learn from these girls. They have really given up so much of their lives, they have neglected so many worldly pleasures we desire daily to serve the one true God. It's definitely a really sad thing to have to say goodbye to the band, but that's not the end of them. Hopefully we'll see more of their ministry elsewhere soon.

Here's some last tweets by them.

"Thanks everyone for a great final chat. It's hard to keep back the tears. We love you guys😘" - Alyssa

"You guys are amazing. The chat was so fun & sad. Thank you for being the best fans/friends a band could ever dream of having. Love you guys." - Lauren

Be sure to follow them on twitter if you want to keep in touch with them.

Alyssa - @alyssabarlow
Lauren - @laurenbarlow
Rebecca - @rebeccabarlow

As Alyssa put it. It's like God putting them in a corridor with many rooms, all locked. All they have been given are some toys & are told to wait for the moment a door opens for them. They don't know how long they will have to wait, they can leave anytime, but they know the wait will be worth it.

Lauren also explains that you could leave, but the next second a door could also have just opened for you & you would've missed your opportunity.

We can really apply that into our lives.

God is gracious, God works in His own time, it's worth the wait.

Godbless~

I Miss The Misery

Oh my~ I just had one of the most amazing experiences I've had in awhile.
Even though it took up nearly two & a half hours of my study time, I do not regret it!