inspiration

Shoutout

“unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.”
— Isaiah 7:9b
You can follow her journey on snapchat @justjuliahulia or on Instagram @justjuliagulia

You can follow her journey on snapchat @justjuliahulia or on Instagram @justjuliagulia

JULIA! 

She is an incredibly multitalented, encouraging & mad inspiring person & currently she is in PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 

I met her awhile ago through some awesome Bay Area Peeps, and she has never ceased to amaze me with her faith and her determination to be who God created her to be. 

I wanted to share about her because she is currently day by day learning how to trust God for the unthinkable. She is currently in another country learning how to advance the kingdom of God and reach those who are victims of slavery, prostitution, and human trafficking. Currently she only has part of the funding necessary to participate in the classes she needs, but is continuing to step out on faith that God will continue to make a way for her to do His will. 

Its incredible to me how often we won't step out on faith for even little things, while God wants us to dream bigger and have faith that He can do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can even fathom. 

I am inspired every time I think of her story: she quit her job to do art (she's amazing) and to open herself up to a move of God & God sustained her. She felt him guiding her to this YWAM program in Australia, and not knowing how it would be funded she stepped out on faith, and God is funding it as she goes. 

What I take from this is that God doesn't necessarily show you the whole picture. What He will do is give you the pieces, piece by piece to succeed in the plan He has for you if you're open to it. When we surrender to His will and are sensitive to His leading He will give us the information and the resources as they are needed. We are never without, and life is an adventure waiting to be unveiled as we continue to trust and move forward. 

I hope her story inspires you like it does me, & if you feel lead to contribute to her journey, please do. 

This is an awesome mini portrait she did of me on a thoughtful card. :)

Outlook

As I was reaching for a watch to wear this morning, I got to thinking. I reached for one, then realized it didn't particularly match what I was wearing how I wanted it to. I then reached for another watch that fit my color scheme better. *Cues Big Sean's "Blessings"*

FIRST WORLD LUXURIES. 

I felt so blessed this morning as I looked around my bathroom. I had an option of which watch I wanted to wear, I HAD AN OPTION, SMH. I looked a bit to my right, and had some fresh flowers in all their glory beautifully arranged on my counter. I walked out of my bathroom into my temperature controlled bedroom, picked up my smart phone that does anything and everything I need it to do, and strolled outside to my three year old vehicle. I drove less than thirty minutes to my job doing something that positively affects people's lives everyday. I even picked up a cold tasty drink from a drive through Starbucks en route, simply because thats what my heart desired. Now as I type, I'm sitting a my dream computer (I'm a MAC).

FIRST WORLD LUXURIES.

Its not often enough that we pause to take inventory of our blessings. I took the time to break things down to the very air in my lungs that my body is automatically regulating. Thats a blessing. It's when we take the time to shift our focus to our blessings, and off our everyday stresses and struggles that we get an amazing perspective face lift. The more often we focus even on the lesser thought of, more taken for granted things like the ability to brush our hair and teeth, the fact that we have hair and teeth, the fact that we know whether or not we have hair or teeth, we begin to have a more positive and grateful outlook on life. 

Ultimately, you choose your perspective and your perspective sets the tone for the day. So make the day great! Choose gratefulness.