Tough LovE

Where am i right now?
Which state am i in?

Tough week
Learning the Tough Love
Learning with tears
Til' no more tears can be shed

A week of pretending to be happy
A week of questions
A week of disappointment
A week of anger
A week of fake smiles
A week of reflection
A week to learn the Tough Love

Waking up from the sweet dreams
Time to face the reality
Time to be more mature
Time to sacrifice own feelings
Time to care for others
Time to do some actions
Time to learn the Tough Love

Thank you for teaching me the Tough Love
Loving You is the sweetest thing
Loving You giving me hope
Loving You give me encouragement
Loving You make me strong
Loving You make me grow
Loving You is like breathing
I will never stop loving You

bEaUtY

Beauty is...


The power to fight for your dreams

The power to seize your destiny

The power to take a stand

The power to illuminate others with joy



Quoted from: LUX the movies

diSgUisE

Have you ever felt some kind of emptiness inside
You will never measure up, to those people you
Must be strong, can't show them that you're weak
Have you ever told someone something
That's far from the truth
Let them know that you're okay
Just to make them stop
All the wondering, and questions they may have

I'm okay, I really am now
Just needed some time, to figure things out
Not telling lies, I'll be honest with you
Still we don't know what's yet to come

Have you ever seen your face,
In a mirror there's a smile
But inside you're just a mess,
You feel far from good
Need to hide, 'cos they'd never understand
Have you ever had this wish, of being
Somewhere else
To let go of your disguise, all your worries too
And from that moment, then you see things clear

I'm okay, I really am now
Just needed some time, to figure things out
Not telling lies, I'll be honest with you
Still we don't know what's yet to come

Are you waiting for that day when your pain will disappear?
When you know that it's not true what they say about you?
Couldn't care less 'bout the things surrounding you
Ignoring all the voices from my wall

I'm okay, I really am now
Just needed some time
To figure things out
Not telling lies
I'll be honest with you
Still we don't know
What's yet to come
I'm okay, I really am now
Just needed some time
To figure things out
Not telling lies
I'll be honest with you
Still we don't know
What's yet to come
Still we don't know
What's yet to come

By: Lene Marlin

When You're Gone

I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lye
Is made up on your side

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you...

I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
and the clothes you left, that lie on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah yeah
And all I ever wanted was for you to know
everything I do I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me Yeah...

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And When you're gone
The words I need to hear, will always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you...

By: Avril Lavigne

yOu bELoNg

You are a member of a very special group: the church of Jesus Christ.
The people in this group care about you.
They will support you when you're down and
help you when doing right seems hard.
They love you, and you love them.
You're family ^^

PS: i Love U..!!

FriEnDs

Found this New International Version "Teen Study Bible" by Zondervan in Alex's house... Felt like reading it.. So I grab the bible and when I opened it, I started to read the introduction from different Books... The similarity from all those introductions, is that it all talks about FRIENDS.

1. Book of Ruth
   
   What make someone a good friend?
   A friend is someone you like being with and can talk to.
   Someone you can count on when you're feeling down,
   need help, or just want to have fun.
   
   
   
2. Book of Psalms
   
   Friends are people to whom you can really talk.
   You can tell a friend when you feel upset or afraid.
   You know a friend won't criticize you for being angry
   and will be patient when you mess up.
   A friend is someone with whom you can laugh - or cry.
   
   
   
3. Book of 2Chronicles
   
   Probably you have some friends who are good examples
   and others who are not so good. Even bad.
   If you could study one of these groups of kids
   to see what made them like they are, which would you study:
   The kids who are good examples or the kids who are bad?
   
   

A Time To Grow

Well, for my first entry, I would like to share what Amy has shared to me during our house meeting this evening... It was taken from girltalk.blogs.com and reviveourhearts.com

So, here it is...

When I face physical and hormonal and emotional difficulties, I feel tired and irritable. It is easy for me to forget God's promises when my negative feelings are so strong.

My strategy has often been to try and wait it out. Once this is over, I tell myself, then I'll get back to growing in the Christian life. I forget that I am still in the middle of God's plan for my life! God has planned these difficult days along with all the others! Difficult days aren't simply a trial to get through. They are opportunities for testing faith and spiritual growth.

Elizabeth Prentiss beautifully expresses this point:

"God never places us in any position in which we can not grow. We may think that He does. We may fear we are so impeded by worrying, petty cares that we are gaining nothing; but when we are not sending any branches upward, we may be sending roots. Perhaps in the time of our humiliation, when everything seems a failure, we are making the best kind of progress."

The best kind of progress. Far from being the beginning of a spiritual fall, we often grow more in these difficult seasons than when life is easy, and we feel like we're flourishing (remember, your feelings can't be trusted!)

That's why the apostle Paul sees weakness as an opportunity for boasting in the Lord:

"But [God] said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

For the sake of Christ, we are to boast in our weaknesses, we are to be content in difficulty or depression. For when we are weak, it is then that His power rests on us. What an opportunity!

So, what can we do when we feel depressed??

1.) Remember that you have a choice about what to do with your feelings.
Elisabeth Elliot says: "Choices will continually be necessary and - let us not forget - possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.
We must not fall into the trap of believing that we are helpless to confront our feelings. Instead, we must choose to obey God."

2.) Talk to God, and talk to yourself!
First, talk to God about your feelings, like David does in Psalm 42. Then, remind yourself of the trust - that you can hope in God. Thank him for the ways he has been faithful in the past.
David talks to God, and then says to himself, "Why are you cast down, O my soul? Why are you disquieted, depressed, within me? Hope in God," he tells himself, "for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God."

3.) Recognize false comforts, and turn instead to the true comfort of God.
What do you usually turn to when you feel depressed? Do you watch too much TV? Do you eat too much food? Do you read novels or spend too much time on the internet? Recognize that these things will never bring you happiness. Only God can satisfy you.

I believe God can handle our questions. He can handle our doubts. We have gone before the Lord many times and many different ways and said, "Lord, I just don't get it."

Sometimes God doesn't answer our questions, but as we continue to ask Him, he brings us closer to Him.

Realize that as you ask Him to lead you, you're really saying, "Lord, not just get me out of my problems." You're not just saying, "Lord, solve my problems." You're not just saying, "Lord, fix my situation or change my situation."

You're saying ultimately, "Lord, lead me into a more intimate fellowship and communion with You. If in order to experience that kind of union and communion with You it means that You keep me right in the storm, then I accept that. It's okay. Yes, it may hurt. Yes, I may weep. But God, You are my exceeding joy. My goal in life is not Your gifts. My goal in life is not to have any easy life. My goal in life is not comfort and convenience. My goal in life is You, God, my exceeding joy."

Lately, I've got into a quite big depression. I've struggled with my feelings. I've reached a point where I can no longer shared my feelings with someone else. I just can't find the right words to share my feelings. All I can do is crying, praying, and thinking.

It really is not a healthy kind of living since I am no longer able to express my own feelings. I never got into this kind of depression before. Now, I'm just too exhausted. I have no more energy to deal with this problem. I've reached my limit!

But, God is great! He won't let me walk alone in this hardships. He walks along the way with me, side by side. And even He carries me, so I don't have to carry all the burden. It's just really amazing how God works in my life. In my saddest moment, when I was no longer able to contain the sorrow, He sent me a friend to cheer me up. He talks to me everyday during my devotional time. And He also speaks through Amy and other people around me.

So glad to have a God who is living and is watching over me all the time. He's not just my Savior, my Father, my Redeemer, but He's also my Friend, a very best friend!!