Oversized t-shirts

Have you heard of KAIN or Monrow t-shirts? They're both brands of extra soft, oversized t-shits for (gulp) $80. Luckily, I've discovered a similar style t at Nordstrom for about $20. These simple must-haves are now in my weekly wardrobe rotation. Pair with skinny jeans for the weekend or a high-waisted skirt for the office (add a blazer if you have to). Go'on and get'em.

(image from shopbop.com)

The Blessing of Surrender
by Rick Warren


Quit quarreling with God! Agree with him and you will have peace at last! His favor will surround you if you will only admit that you were wrong. Job 22:21
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The Bible is very clear about how we benefit when we worship God through surrender: “Agree with him and you will have peace at last! His favor will surround you if you will only admit that you were wrong” (Job 22:21 LB).
In surrender, you begin to really live the life God intended: “Only those who throw away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live” (Mark 8:35 LB).


You are set free, liberated from self-preoccupation: “But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom never quits. All your lives you’ve let sin tell you what to do. But thank God you’ve started listening to a new master, one whose commands set you free to live openly in his freedom!” (Romans 6:16-18 MSG).


God is able to use you in great ways.


Why did God choose Mary, of all women, to be the mother of Jesus? It was because she was totally surrendered to God. When the angel explained God’s improbable plan, she humbly responded, “I am the Lord’s servant! Let it happen as you have said” (Luke 1:38 CEV).
Nothing is more powerful than a surrendered life in the hands of God.

Understaning Emotions.

This devotional also reminds me of Romans 7:16-20, which I mediate on often.

The Foundation of Emotions, Part One
by Charles R. Swindoll

Genesis 1:27

Unlike animals, God made humans in His image. This is clearly stated in the first book of the Bible:

God created man in His own image, in the image of God
He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:27)

Breaking that down to its simplest form, God made Adam and Eve like Himself. And what would that include? He gave them intellectual ability---which is often referred to in the Scriptures as the mind. He also gave them emotional capabilities---which is frequently called the heart. And He gave them volitional capacity---which is the will. His desire was that they would use their minds to know God . . . and from their hearts, they would love God . . . and with their wills, they would obey God.

Great plan---but sin changed everything. When Adam and Eve sinned, their minds were blinded to the things of God, their hearts turned from loving Him to being afraid of Him, and their wills became stubborn and resistant, causing them to disobey rather than obey.

It's important to realize that, while we still bear God's image (we have a mind, emotion, and a will), the consequences of their sin remain with us today. Adam and Eve, having no parents, were created in perfection and were spiritually alive. However, when sin took place, it contaminated everything in them and around them, like a fast-moving polluted river. As a result, when we were born, that pollution was passed along, making us sinful creatures. So were our parents and theirs as well.

Unlike Adam and Eve, we were born spiritually dead, which means that in order to know God and love God and obey God, we need a spiritual rebirth. That's what Jesus meant when He said, "You must be born again" (John 3:7). That happens the moment we place our faith and trust in Jesus Christ---who died on the cross for our sins and rose again. Apart from a relationship with Him, knowing God personally isn't a possibility, loving God intimately cannot occur, and obeying God willingly won't happen.

Before we go further into the subject of our emotions in the next several devotionals, trying to understand how they work and why they affect us so significantly, it's important that these things not only be understood but accepted by faith.

If you have never trusted in Christ, let me urge you to do so right now.

Favorite quotes from Benjamin Button

For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit… start whenever you want… you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. you can swear and curse the fates, but in the end, you have to let go.

We were meant to lose people, that's the only way we know how important they are

I was thinking how nothing lasts

Did I ever tell you I was struck by lighting seven times?

It's Fall!

a coat i'm lovin' from etsy.