Realigning.

Align: To adjust; or Improve

Dream: Something much desired.

I've had this one state of mind for awhile, Of this Idea who I aspired to be. The dream job, perfect career. But Slowly, i've let myself really discover who I was. I've talked about dreams a lot, and always letting yourself pursue them to the fullest... But sometimes those dreams change, and when they do, they seem to be better than the ones you started with. They take you by surprise, They spin you around & around, until you find yourself miles off the ground. I like to think that my heart, the heart which was instilled in me from the moment I was formed, is the same heart which is leading me where I was truly made to be, in it's right time, in it's right place. I am lead by the Holy spirit who abides in me. And in saying this, I am not afraid of letting loose old dreams for new ones to emerge to their full potential.

-Leah

Caught up in a Dream

I dreamt myself into reality. My hard work payed off andI found myself in the place I couldn't stop dreaming about. But what happens when your dream is everything you believed, but you've lost sight of how you got there? I found myself swimming in waters too deep, because a lack of acknowledgment. Although I am highly in need, I am unable to acknowledge that, until I have found myself completely hopeless and useless without the one who got me to my dream in the first place. When your dream comes true it is easier to abide in the him who got you that position, then to strive to do it all on your own. You weren't made to be detached.

Solitude

As I search the Dictionary to find words that would best describe my expression of solitude, I come across the unforbidden word "single". This word has caused me to fear the quality of who I am several times after questioning myself on the topic. Then I ask myself " Why is it so abnormal for people to not be in a relationship?" - but I have found something beautiful in the singleness of my life. In this uninhabited life I have found one to inhabit. In my quietness and solitude I have found the most movement. I've found this "lonely" state as far from that as possible. I've never felt so powerful and alive than now. Don't misread this blog- because I cannot wait for the moment I get to walk my life out nextto the guy who is all mine, but God knows the time. There's much to do- so don't waste the Solitude he's giving you with day dreams of where you want to be, he knows you more than you CAN see.

Like a child...

When was the moment in which we stopped thinking as a child, where we stopped seeing things like a child. Was there a day in which we decided to take off our goggles of imagination and view the world with the naked eye. Don't you wish you could re-live thinking you could fly, or touch the sky. Although we might not have known the meaning, Belief was what we lived by when we were children. It was is our blood and soul. Everything we did came from this fountain of imagination that bubbled up inside spilling out and overflowing. Our imagination gave us the freedom to dream and explore without the fear of anyone taking it away. Our imagination guided us to the door of opportunity. Fall back into your treasure chest full of the imagination you once knew, to remind yourself of the place in which you once grew.

It's in the seeking when you find who you are. A career can't define you, but only limit you're possibilities of all that's been planted inside of you. I've been sailing on this ship through a reckless storm, starving my self of rest, seeking for the answers of the future that awaits me... As if a career is the answer to all my questions. I am numb and feel stuck, trying to grip on to anything

just to feel a peace about my life. A thousand possibilities rush through my mind...and I am getting tired of trying, tired of controlling, and tired of having to know "what I'm going to do after school" I'm tired. So this is me giving up, giving it up to my friend who knows me all to well. He can have it all, every idea i've created my life to be. BUT, in return he will give me his peace and PERFECT will... and that's fine with me. now I can rest peacefully...

Love.

Love isn't to be taken lightly.

Love is a movement, a position of the heart towards another.

Love is trust.

Love is truth.

Love is to believe the best in someone and see the b

est through all things.

Love can break a heart of stone.

Love can build back a broken city.

Love brings together.

Love can refresh the dead and revive the lost.

Love isn't always easy.

Love isn't a Word.

Love without ceasing even if love isn't returned.

These words withhold the true meaning of Love:

- I Cor. 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does notenvy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

The Restoration

Through experience, I have come to realize that in order for Restoration to occur, Unforgiveness must be terminated, and forgiveness must thrive.

In order for something to be Restored into it's original condition, you must give it the freedom to do so.

"The freedom to do so" = ability to Surrender.

Imagine a Wild horse who was born to be free, but is now tied down, fenced in, and restrained. The horse would have no way of being released unless it's owner came to him, untied his knot, and broke down the gates. He would need to trust his owner - to be open to allow him to set him free.

I encourage you to Surrender- Let Him untie your knot, break down the fence, and let The Restoration occur. Until then, you will remain a Wild horse who is compromising the fact that you are being restrained from the freedom which

you were born to live in.

Photo by-David Sims