Happy Thanksgiving!
Today is a day to remember and list all the things we're thankful for. Here's mine:
1. I'm thankful to be The King's Daughter
2. I'm thankful to be born in and to be a citizen of America
3. I'm thankful for my family and friends
4. I'm thankful for everyone serving or have served for my freedom
5. I'm thankful to be able to go to school and to get an education
6. I'm thankful for my church
7. I'm thankful to have a house and food to eat
8. I'm thankful for cars and money for gas
9. I'm thankful for my health and my families health
10. I'm thankful for religious freedom
11. I'm thankful for the trials and tribulations I've been though that's made me who I am
12. I'm thankful that God gave me a job in a Christian environment
13. I'm thankful for all the opportunities God has given me
14. I'm thankful for my cat
15. I'm thankful for you
I hope you take time today to make a list of things you're thankful for, and I hope you have a great holiday.
O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 107:1 (KJV)
Best wishes,
The King's Daughter
Psalm 45:13
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The holidays are almost here. Some of you have already started decorating and some of you are behind (like me). What usually happens in my household on Thanksgiving is my mom cooks for the good part of the morning until around one when all the food is ready. Then we sit down and eat and enjoy each other's company. My aunts and uncles and cousins and grandmas always come over, but last year plans didn't work out and the only ones celebrating at my house was my parents, my sister, and me. It looks like it's going that way again this year and probably for the rest of the holidays.
Holidays are a big deal to me. I love to clean the house for everyone coming over, I love to help cook the food, and I love when everyone comes over. It's tradition. And it really bums me out when traditions are broken. I also hate change and when things don't go as planned (like everyone coming over). I absolutely hate it.
I recently got a job and it's my first time working during the holidays. It turns out that I'm going to have to work on Black Friday (which I assumed I would have to), and that didn't bother me until I realized that my family's holiday tradition is going to be broken after many, many years.
My family always puts up the tree and the decorations for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. It's our thing and it's what we do. Because of my work schedule I won't get to really put up all the decorations. This really bums me out because as I've said, I hate change. Black Friday is the day the trees go up and the lights go on the house. That is what the day is for. I completely hate the fact that it's going to be different this year. But I realized something.
It doesn't matter when the tree goes up. It doesn't matter when the lights go on the house. It doesn't matter when Christmas cards are sent out or when the holiday baking commences.
It doesn't matter.
Jesus is the reason for the season! The whole point of Christmas is to celebrate Christ and his birth! Everything we do in these two months are to celebrate Him. The tree, food, lights- they're nothing. Not when we get to celebrate the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! It still sucks that traditions are going to be broken, but all of that should be put aside anyway. I remembered this verse from when I was a little kid:
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 1:9 (KJV)
Am I still bummed that the holidays aren't going to go along as planned? Yep. But I'm going to be okay because the Lord is with me always, and I will praise him.
Best wishes,
The King's Daughter
Psalm 45:13
Holidays are a big deal to me. I love to clean the house for everyone coming over, I love to help cook the food, and I love when everyone comes over. It's tradition. And it really bums me out when traditions are broken. I also hate change and when things don't go as planned (like everyone coming over). I absolutely hate it.
I recently got a job and it's my first time working during the holidays. It turns out that I'm going to have to work on Black Friday (which I assumed I would have to), and that didn't bother me until I realized that my family's holiday tradition is going to be broken after many, many years.
My family always puts up the tree and the decorations for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. It's our thing and it's what we do. Because of my work schedule I won't get to really put up all the decorations. This really bums me out because as I've said, I hate change. Black Friday is the day the trees go up and the lights go on the house. That is what the day is for. I completely hate the fact that it's going to be different this year. But I realized something.
It doesn't matter when the tree goes up. It doesn't matter when the lights go on the house. It doesn't matter when Christmas cards are sent out or when the holiday baking commences.
It doesn't matter.
Jesus is the reason for the season! The whole point of Christmas is to celebrate Christ and his birth! Everything we do in these two months are to celebrate Him. The tree, food, lights- they're nothing. Not when we get to celebrate the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! It still sucks that traditions are going to be broken, but all of that should be put aside anyway. I remembered this verse from when I was a little kid:
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 1:9 (KJV)
Am I still bummed that the holidays aren't going to go along as planned? Yep. But I'm going to be okay because the Lord is with me always, and I will praise him.
Best wishes,
The King's Daughter
Psalm 45:13
Sunday, November 24, 2013
It's our party we can do what we want to
It's our house we can love who we want to
It's our song we can sing if we want to
It's my mouth I can say what I want to
If you're unsure or if you don't know, those are the lyrics to the song We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus. I'm not a huge fan of Miley Cyrus, but I do like some of her songs. I was listening to this song the other day and it was a bit unsettling.
The words It's my mouth I can say what I want to bothered me because it's not our mouth to say what we want to. It's not our mouth at all. Yes, it's on our bodies and we use it to communicate, but the second we turn our lives over to the Lord it's not ours anymore. It's His.
2 Corinthians 10:7 (KJV) says:
Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
Now I know that can be confusing and you're probably asking what does that even mean? It means that if we believe that we are saved and a born-again Christian than we are Christ's.
Our bodies and our souls belong to Him and because they belong to Him it's not our mouth to say what we want to. It's not our party to do what we want to. And It's not our house to love who we want to. Quite frankly, the truth is we shouldn't want to. We as Christians should want to be out in the world singing and praising God. Our actions and our words should only be used to glorify Him. We shouldn't be claiming these things as ours because they aren't. They're the Lords.
I hope you're able to understand what I'm saying. I also hope that you will join me in changing the way we think. I am always saying and agreeing with songs that consist of things like 'it's my mouth I can say what I want to', and it wasn't until the other day that I realized how wrong I am in thinking that way. It's going to be a process and difficult to change that way of thinking, but with the Lord we'll be able to change our thought process from being Me Me Me to Him Him Him.
Best wishes,
The King's Daughter
Psalm 45:13
It's our house we can love who we want to
It's our song we can sing if we want to
It's my mouth I can say what I want to
If you're unsure or if you don't know, those are the lyrics to the song We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus. I'm not a huge fan of Miley Cyrus, but I do like some of her songs. I was listening to this song the other day and it was a bit unsettling.
The words It's my mouth I can say what I want to bothered me because it's not our mouth to say what we want to. It's not our mouth at all. Yes, it's on our bodies and we use it to communicate, but the second we turn our lives over to the Lord it's not ours anymore. It's His.
2 Corinthians 10:7 (KJV) says:
Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
Now I know that can be confusing and you're probably asking what does that even mean? It means that if we believe that we are saved and a born-again Christian than we are Christ's.
Our bodies and our souls belong to Him and because they belong to Him it's not our mouth to say what we want to. It's not our party to do what we want to. And It's not our house to love who we want to. Quite frankly, the truth is we shouldn't want to. We as Christians should want to be out in the world singing and praising God. Our actions and our words should only be used to glorify Him. We shouldn't be claiming these things as ours because they aren't. They're the Lords.
I hope you're able to understand what I'm saying. I also hope that you will join me in changing the way we think. I am always saying and agreeing with songs that consist of things like 'it's my mouth I can say what I want to', and it wasn't until the other day that I realized how wrong I am in thinking that way. It's going to be a process and difficult to change that way of thinking, but with the Lord we'll be able to change our thought process from being Me Me Me to Him Him Him.
Best wishes,
The King's Daughter
Psalm 45:13
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