{ MakeUp Inspired: Gradient Lips }

the koreans have done it again... it's all about juicy lips with a nude base, a slight tint in the middle for effect and layered with gloss to end off. cute.

{ Room 438 }

4 + 3 + 8 = 15 (Resurrection)

after a nine day ordeal in the hospital... i have seriously looked at life at an extreme different angle... where one would deeply cherish moments with close ones, and express such appreciation and love at the present time rather than later.

every breathe, every walk, every cleared vision and head is one i am at utter gratefulness while being on this road to full recovery. almost there and while the rush and wishful thinking of being a speedy one is soon becoming, one is enjoying such rare moments of rest, while the new restoration is taking place.

more so, the newness of resurrection life that is set forth for myself and my family. we have yet seen His glory, and no eye or ear has seen or heard the massive wave of what's to come.

all i know, is going to be better than ten years worth of labour and sweat. and that is grace for you. it is simply irressistable and it keeps on coming. it's going to wilddd!

{ The mighty M. in my life }

"Her children rise up, and called her blessed."

Proverbs 31:28

"A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."

Marion C. Garretty

"A mother's love liberates." 

Maya Angelou

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."

Lin Yutang

{ Day 35: Jesus Is_ - J&C. Smith }

{ Day 34: Jesus Is_ - J.Smith & R.Good }

{ Day 33: Jesus Is_ - J&C. Smith }

• James 1:2-4
• Consider it pure joy when you are going through crazy things, because you know such good things it is going to produce
• We are given permission that we do not have to focus on what we are currently going through, but focus on what the end result is going to be
• God in His sovereignty and grace takes what should destroy into something that is going to work for us
• There is going to be pain and challenges, but we can focus on the good God who is working on them

{ Hillsong: Jesus is love - Martha, Pt. 8 }

• I knew that there was just more
• I think I knew who Jesus and God in my life, but I couldn't place them in my life
• "I will right here, and I will just go with you, and we will soar high above the sky together."
• After I accepted Him, and after that, everything radically changed
• This is the God that I can do anything with, that I can do love with Him, and that I can depend on

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Rob, Pt. 7 }

• If you willing to die for your children, than why won't you change for them
• I saw the bigger picture, I didn't find it, He showed it to me, and I think it was His grace that showed it to me, else I would have been blind till this very day
• He who began a good work in us, carries it on to completion
• I am totally thankful for His mercy on me, and on family, and in turn everyone we associate with

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Kate, Pt. 6 }

• Even though I had friends and family around, I felt like it wasn't enough, but nobody understood what I was like
• It was one person who has seen everything, and that was Jesus, and hat gave me the strength I needed at least in want to try to move forward
• I know that if God was not the God of second chance, then the collateral damage that I would continue to cause would be devastating
• Ultimately I would not be able to look at myself to continue on that path
• We are so blessed to have such a God who is so forgiving and understanding, and I know without that, I wouldn't be the same

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Josh, Pt. 5 }

• There is always something missing when I was trying to get cleaned
• When I met Jesus, my heart was way in there, and it was locked up, and Jesus just said: "Open it."
• It is not a cry of grieve, or joyous but a cry for me
• I did not know what was going to happen after that, but surely I knew I was safe
• I do need God in my life, or without
• Every time I am slowly opening up to Him, He is healing me abit more

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Sheila, Pt. 4 }

• Just the community set up before us, we just felt like we were home
• Went home as bubbly as ever, that I found this massive treasure
• Felt like someone was carrying me and it literally was His love that penetrated in my heart
• I am amazed that God will pick such a person in a mix of such a family and say "Hey, it is YOU that I love."
• When I sing a song, it not only that I am offering a song, I felt like I am singing into someone and just covering and fighting for them on this side
• I think that was God's plan in the beginning

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Pt. 3 }

• I felt myself compelled to give my life to God and I threw myself in very deep
• If I hadn't found God, and the circumstance continued the way that they did,, I have no idea what would I be doing, and it definitely won't be the life that I would want
• My family is now based on what the promises of God are, what the bible stated for my life and not the previous circumstances happened to me and the family i grew up in
• And I believe it's just God's grace, the way He repairs the relationships inside a broken family

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Pt. 2 }

• Even though i wasn't expecting anything, but God had other plans
• I remember having such a freedom that I have never had before 
• Something lifted off my life, and I was thinking, my life has changed
• God has done such a restoration process in my life
• He has brought the confidence and security that I thought I never have
• And now I see myself the way that God sees me

{ Hillsong: Jesus is LOVE - Ben, Pt. 1 }

• God is the perfect Father who loves unconditionally
• It is on that moment when I ask Jesus into my life, my whole world begin to change
• It is ironic Jesus took me from being one of these troublesome kids, and now I am back there helping these kids that I once was, kids that don't have love and hope in them, helping them to get through life, and fix the very issues that I have to walk myself

{ Day 32: Jesus Is_ - J&C. Smith }

• John 16:33 - "...Take heart because I have overcome the world"
• Jesus is familiar with our sorrows and challenges
• John 11:35 - "Jesus wept." 
• He cried because in the moment no matter what the change, no matter what the outcome, it is real hurt and pain in the moment
• No matter what you are going through, God does not belittle your pain
• You need to know that Jesus weeps with you and is with you in that painful moment
• Knowing that He is there with you, even without saying anything, we can have peace and take heart
• God knows the hurt is real, but the peace we have is also just as real
• He is crying with you and cares about what is going deep down inside of you but He also gives you peace that passes anything that is happening in your life