Temptation By Alysa vazquez

There are different types of temptations the most common one is lying. But don't let them get to you. Because if they get to you it will burn inside and you will turn to the wrong side. If you read 1 Corinthians 10:13 God will strengthen you so you won't go to the bad side of life and he will help you make the right decisions. Love lots, Alysa Vazquez :)

Find Him = Finding Life

‘Those who find me find life, and the Lord will be pleased with them.’

-Proverbs 8:35

It is such an assertive statement. Such conviction in all it’s glory. Simply stated… If we seek Him (as we are all called to do) we will find life. As we know there is no life without Him. We are not to seek out life first. If we do we will be bounded by earthly issues and materials. However, if we seek Him first than we can see the life He has intended for us (with minimal bunts against that wall!). In turn, He will be pleased (…’the Lord will be pleased with them’) as any earthly father would be as their child excels at anything. I believe our ultimate goal is such that – to do anything and everything we can to ‘please Him’.

This verse is a perfect example of How what my friend AJ would remind me; the bible is our “Basic Instructions Before we Leave Earth”.

It’s the little things…

What is the difference between today and a year ago?

It is important to continually keep yourself evolving in The Lord. And so it is important to continually "check yourself". I have learned that it is not important to know where you are going exactly but rather that you are definitely headed somewhere with Jesus at your side. As desperate as the general public is to seek a definite answer to what will happen next....how adventurous would life be if we knew how it will all work out? Still the inward struggle of letting go and demanding answers is a daily one. But slowly the struggle fades because God loves me. When I began returning to that reality, that God not only loves us all but also He loves ME, individually, abundantly and perfectly...it has made all the difference. It is definitely one of those things you thought you believed until you really truly accepted it as a reality.
SO what is the difference between today and a year ago? The difference is simple and amazing:God loves ME, individually, abundantly and perfectly. I have issues, bountiful and complicated individually and collectively. His hand has been at work in my life perfectly since before I came to exist, all the days between when I ignored Him then stopped ignoring Him then ignored Him again and so on. Because God loves me, I know He knows all of me, better than I do. He has known what He is doing all along and in all the days to come. And because of this, the purest trust blazes in my heart thus igniting FAITH, HOPE and LOVE for all things, perfect and imperfect, simple and complex but primarily love for God. I have often claimed that I have never been in love. I can't do that anymore. I am in love....his name is Jesus, the captain of the Varsity People team. And God has been the Father I have never had, never knew I missed, and can't do without. I know that now, I didn't know that a year ago.