Simplistic Beauty

It is the Thanksgiving week. In a America we take this time to remember what we have and how blessed we truly are. Mentally I know this fact, that I am rich compared to the worlds population. That I have so much stuff, friends, family, freedom; there is not much else I could ask for. How often do I though? How often do I look at others possessions or positions in life and want them? This past week I was reminded of my trip to Africa. I went to this little village in the bush of Cameroon. If you looked around you would see mud huts. Children running around in clothes not gender specific, they just wore what they could find. Their water was drawn from a stream which was not filtered, causing disease to take many of the villagers. Animals lived with the people, and there was no plumbing or electricity. The days were extremely hot, but the nights bitter cold and they didn't have the proper provisions. Yet these people scurried out of their one room huts to see the foreigners. They ha

I was reading my devotions about the story of Joseph. Most everyone has heard 'The Coat of Many Colors' story at least once in their life time. It is about Joseph, a kid who is from an extremely disfunctional family. He ended up being sold into slavery by his own kin. Long story short he becomes the second in command over Egypt. Whenever I read this story I always put myself in the shoes of Joseph. What was it like to be betrayed like Joseph? Would I be able to follow God like Joseph did? I never have asked the questions, why did Josephs brothers do what they did? This post I would like to dive into the minds of the ten brothers. So lets put ourselves in the situation of these brothers. They were the sons of the wife their father wasn't very fond of. When their younger brother was born their fathers entire attention went to that little kid. These men were second class citizens to their brother. I don't know about you but if one of my siblings was treated literally like

Before I dive into my next post I want to just put up a little disclaimer. Girls you are beautiful! You don't need to wear makeup, God made you the way you are! You never need to doubt that you are not good enough or that you are ugly. It talks about in Ephesians 1:4 that before the foundations of the world He chose you . That is crazy to think that before anything He chose you and me! He also made us in His image. Don't you think that if God made you and chose you that you look the way you are suppose to look?! You need to be thankful to the Lord for how you are made, you are His creation, His master piece. Never doubt God on how He made you or compare yourselves to others. You are the only you that has ever been and every will be. That being said it is okay it enhance what God has given you. In Proverbs the righteous woman was beautiful, there is nothing wrong with being pretty! In this post I want to give some tips that I have learned from others or from my own failures. I