I was thinking today about what makes life so beautiful and how we should all make the best out of it! Who knows, if I was to get into my car and get in an accident and die, would my time here have been as precious as it should have been and did I live to the standards that would send my soul into the loving embrace of Christ? What about the people I love? Did I love them to the fullest and give them everything that I could? When it comes to love...I want to give it like Jesus did, and at the end of my life I want to know that I did EVERYTHING I could to show true love and charity to those around me.
And than I was thinking about caring what people think. So many people I know have been caught under that sad weight. Honestly, stop caring! It really will set you free! Stop being weighed down by someone else's opinion. Your you, darn it! Your not him and you most certainly aren't her, so just be you and you will find that you live the best when you are living your own life. I've been there and done that and trust me, only when you live for Christ, for love, and you do what YOU love and what inspires you, can you truly live.
And when life throws a hard one at me, I truly believe that giving up is not an option. I have been surrounded by people who fail because they except failure as an option when it is not. You'd be surprised what tough stuff our hearts, minds, and wills are made of. You know what? If you don't know that you have been defeated, you haven't been. So why not let the way you handle hardships mold your character and turn you into a strong and loving person? The first step is facing your problems. It does'nt matter if you created them or if other people are creating them for you. Somehow that pain and that problem has become yours. I used to look at any kind of pain or hurt like a stranger. Thats because I had never felt it deeply and I never knew what to do with it on my own. But I eventually did and at that moment I knew I had the choice to give it to Christ and live in peace, or break beneath its heavy weight. Why not give it all to God? Give your life to Him. Give your love to Him. Give your pain and hurt to Him. Give your joy to Him. And when you realize that His hands have been outstreched from day one...give your heart to Him and let Him embrace you! And don't let anyone convince you that giving up or being comfortable enough not to try harder, is a path to choose. That's the devil right there. Don't ever stop moving foward and growing and loving more than you did yesterday and hoping and dreaming.
And live life to the fullest...enjoy all those little gifts God gives you. For example, stop for a minute and listen to the birds singing. Maybe its sitting in the park and closing your eyes and feeling the sun on your face. Or maybe its just getting away and going fishing. Or maybe your weird like me and you get a rush from sitting on the beach, drinking coffee and enjoying a sunrise or (I hope I'm not out of place...I am an Italian) enjoying a sunset, drinking a little wine with some expresso choclate and laughing with my family.
I don't know if going from living like your going to die, to coffee, wine and choclate made any sense to you...but welcome to my crazy head haha
What I'm trying to say is: Live, Love, Laugh and do it all in the loving embrace of your Father in Heaven!!!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Christian Music
Just as classical music moves me, Christian music really hits home. Christian music is the principles and morals of our faith, and the true meaning of life, set to music. How awesome is that? I am so grateful for all of those talented and gifted musicians who go out and spread the faith through music. It is an undeniable and beautiful gift that we, as Christians, should take total advantage of.
I was very gifted to see Third Day, Toby Mac, Sanctus Real, Sara Groves, Mat Maher, Casting Crowns, and other Christian Bands in concert. Last time I saw Third Day was when The Pope came to New Jersey. It was a truly amazing experience, and now Third Day is coming to New Jersey again on June 5 for their Revelation tour. Anyone who knows me, knows that Third Day rocks my world. If you are gonna rock...rock for Jesus!
Check out "Born Again" by Third Day
this song got me through painful and joyful times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fw9EDKGHTU
and if you ever wondered what love is exactly, listen to my seconf favorite song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVbSntnOd8
I was very gifted to see Third Day, Toby Mac, Sanctus Real, Sara Groves, Mat Maher, Casting Crowns, and other Christian Bands in concert. Last time I saw Third Day was when The Pope came to New Jersey. It was a truly amazing experience, and now Third Day is coming to New Jersey again on June 5 for their Revelation tour. Anyone who knows me, knows that Third Day rocks my world. If you are gonna rock...rock for Jesus!
Check out "Born Again" by Third Day
this song got me through painful and joyful times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fw9EDKGHTU
and if you ever wondered what love is exactly, listen to my seconf favorite song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVbSntnOd8
The Beauty of Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ja-c1fsZd0&feature=related
This song is just one beautiful example of how music can touch the depths of one's heart and bring light to that part of you that has never felt light. With music, you have to let it flow over you and through you and feel it around you. You have to really feel the intensity and joy it brings. Music is one of those gifts that God has given to us and it should always be thought of as one of the greatest gifts. In a way, music and faith can go hand in hand. I know that I am passionate about my faith and my love for God. I am passionate about music as well. There is a beauty and art to music and love. I believe that there is an art to loving and persevering, just as there is an art to music.
Personally, my life experiences come out in the music I play and there is a very sensitive part of me that music alone can touch. The art to express oneself through music and to let it relate to your every pain and joy, is in every human person's DNA. It is a part of who we are.
This song is just one beautiful example of how music can touch the depths of one's heart and bring light to that part of you that has never felt light. With music, you have to let it flow over you and through you and feel it around you. You have to really feel the intensity and joy it brings. Music is one of those gifts that God has given to us and it should always be thought of as one of the greatest gifts. In a way, music and faith can go hand in hand. I know that I am passionate about my faith and my love for God. I am passionate about music as well. There is a beauty and art to music and love. I believe that there is an art to loving and persevering, just as there is an art to music.
Personally, my life experiences come out in the music I play and there is a very sensitive part of me that music alone can touch. The art to express oneself through music and to let it relate to your every pain and joy, is in every human person's DNA. It is a part of who we are.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Against the Tide
What a beautiful gift life is. I feel so blessed and filled with joy that God has given me the opportunity to be His child and live my life to the fullest in His love.
I believe that no matter what the future will look bright from every angle when Jesus reigns supreme. The closer I grow to Him, the closer I grow to complete happiness.
Life is Awesome and Amazing and Perfect with God!
I remember begginning highschool and wondering why I constantly felt like I was swimming against the tide. But thats exactly what I was and am doing and there is nothing more fufilling in life than to follow in Christ's footsteps.
He said, "“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’b If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also."
So go out and proclaim the WORD.
Live it, love it, and let it reign supreme in your heart!
I believe that no matter what the future will look bright from every angle when Jesus reigns supreme. The closer I grow to Him, the closer I grow to complete happiness.
Life is Awesome and Amazing and Perfect with God!
I remember begginning highschool and wondering why I constantly felt like I was swimming against the tide. But thats exactly what I was and am doing and there is nothing more fufilling in life than to follow in Christ's footsteps.
He said, "“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’b If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also."
So go out and proclaim the WORD.
Live it, love it, and let it reign supreme in your heart!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED, NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL
"It is better to have loved than never to have loved at all" ~ St. Augustine
In our world today, love is so confused. The true meaning of that enduring and sacrificial love is so beautiful and it is right there in each of our hearts...right there for the taking. We all have the potential to fall in love. We were all created to love.
I believe that the only way you can truly love, is to give your heart completely to Jesus and allow him to do with you and mold you as He wills. He will always love you and never forsaken you. Its truly beautiful and the joy and peace He will fill you with, is truly amazing and fufilling. When you fall, it is God who will pick you up and give you hope.
What will make you special? What will make you and your love stand out from everyone else? The answer lies in Jesus Christ. His life in you will show and it will draw what is good to you. They will know we are Christians by our love. So love. Love. Love. Love. And if you get hurt along the way, surrender to God. Nothing comes without a cost.
Smile, laugh, be joyful, live without regret, give life your all, live like your dying and remember that He is waiting for you in Heaven, arms open wide. Abandon everything to Him. His love will be intoxicating and it will wash over you.
"Come, let us fly to that love which calls us. Why are we waiting? Let us set out at once, lose ourselves in the very heart of God and become intoxicated with his love. ..there we will learn how to win His kiss and ascend with confidence to the steps of the nuptial couch and learn there the divine secrets of love - divine secrets which muist not be revealed and which no human tongue can describe. Let us love, for love will give us everything." - Jean - Pierre De Caussade
Is that not the most beautiful description of God's love? Those words move me to the depths of my soul. I will place my broken heart in His hands and I have complete faith that He will not only make it completely whole, but bring true love to life again within it.
"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."
In our world today, love is so confused. The true meaning of that enduring and sacrificial love is so beautiful and it is right there in each of our hearts...right there for the taking. We all have the potential to fall in love. We were all created to love.
I believe that the only way you can truly love, is to give your heart completely to Jesus and allow him to do with you and mold you as He wills. He will always love you and never forsaken you. Its truly beautiful and the joy and peace He will fill you with, is truly amazing and fufilling. When you fall, it is God who will pick you up and give you hope.
What will make you special? What will make you and your love stand out from everyone else? The answer lies in Jesus Christ. His life in you will show and it will draw what is good to you. They will know we are Christians by our love. So love. Love. Love. Love. And if you get hurt along the way, surrender to God. Nothing comes without a cost.
Smile, laugh, be joyful, live without regret, give life your all, live like your dying and remember that He is waiting for you in Heaven, arms open wide. Abandon everything to Him. His love will be intoxicating and it will wash over you.
"Come, let us fly to that love which calls us. Why are we waiting? Let us set out at once, lose ourselves in the very heart of God and become intoxicated with his love. ..there we will learn how to win His kiss and ascend with confidence to the steps of the nuptial couch and learn there the divine secrets of love - divine secrets which muist not be revealed and which no human tongue can describe. Let us love, for love will give us everything." - Jean - Pierre De Caussade
Is that not the most beautiful description of God's love? Those words move me to the depths of my soul. I will place my broken heart in His hands and I have complete faith that He will not only make it completely whole, but bring true love to life again within it.
"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."
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