Be Brave - step out - follow Gods path ❤

Trust - Seek - Lean on God in all areas of your life ....it maybe very hard at times and sometimes we need to be reminded God knows what is best for us even if we don't understand or see it. I know at times I have found this hard. 

There are times when I feel I am are in a tug of war, my will and understanding at one end and Gods plan, which doesn't make sense in the natural at the other end.  I can feel the pull, the pain and stretching as this battle goes on.  It's not easy but I know deep down God knows best and has the full blue print of my life when I only have snippets. So as  I get stretched and shaped, I focus on Gods word, and take every thought captive and know I am becoming stronger.....

By letting God guide and shape me....

and by.......

Being Brave - stepping out - following Gods path

And I ❤ this from Let your light shine

Seek GOD and HIS guidance for all things, including the plans He has for your life, Trust Him and His timing with all areas of your life, for He knows what's BEST for YOU! Don't lean onto your own understanding, because it will only lead you astray, but TRUST, SEEK and LEAN on God's guidance and understanding and He will make your ways straight!

You Are Project ❤

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You Are is the result of an amazing lady Vanessa Gatman's vision and dream to empower, encourage and speak life over teenage girls. God placed a vision/ dream in her heart, Vanessa stepped out, trusted in God to provide and fill in the gaps. The result many lives are being impacted and changed. What is the dream God has placed in your heart, be inspired to step out and trust in God. BU and Shine ❤

The You Are project:-

Every young woman in this movie clip wrote the script. Their 'words' are theirs. Their struggle is real. Their insecurity is real. Their HOPE in God is real. They exposed their hearts so that every young woman who watches this is given permission to know that; vulnerability is the true measure of courage (Brene Brown); God can define who they are and not society. "You Are' is a God inspired conference for teenage girls to help them uncover their identity in God. Often young women define themselves by what media says they are and because it sets a standard of beauty that is out of their reach, they don't feel they measure up. Equally, society often sends the message that external beauty makes them more valuable so again, they get the get the strong message; "I am not enough." God says "YOU ARE.. precious, loved, empowered, created for a purpose. His definition of beauty is different. EVERY young woman is unique. Inspired by the studies of Brene Brown around shame and vulnerability, the Self Worth project and the word of God which speaks TRUTH and LIFE for our young women.

Let God Transform U ❤

As I sit here spending time with God..........

I see a flower bud, tightly bounded together and think how we start out as a bud, bound by our past, bounded by how we see ourselves, like shackles round our ankles. But as we let God transform us, bit by bit we emerge out, transformed, as God created us to be, bright, bold and beautiful.

Like a flower bud there is so much to offer inside. And yet we can become impatient and tell ourselves that we should be able to produce something extraordinary instantly. But that’s not how it works. Instead we have to see the potential, go through the process, be patient and under stand Gods timing is always perfect. Just as God created a flower to go though transformation from bud to flower, we also go through transformation.

As I continue to gaze at the flower bud I see small imperfections and think how perfectionism is about outward appearances and how perfectionism and being afraid to fail can stunt our growth.

And I think how.....

Growth is about what happens on the inside

Growth is about who we are becoming

And how when try to be perfect it can hinder our growth

Failures are a part of life. 

If you don't fail you don't learn

If you don't learn, 

you will never grow

Let God transform you - press in - grow - thrive - flourish

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18 NIV)

Treena x

God Given Dreams ❤

What is the dream that God's placed in your heart?
What has God given you a passion for?
What do you feel called to do?

Doesn’t matter if it is – Small | Big | Now | Future

Dream Big | Plan Big

Press in - defy the odds - our God is a great God

Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” (Luke 18:27 NIV)

Waves of life ❤

I gaze along the shore as the tide comes in and watch the waves come a shore one after the other. I think of times when it seemed the waves of joy were swept away. When I hid what I felt. Hid how I felt vulnerable, sad and scared. 

In these times it may seem hard to trust in his word, to let go and fully trust God and to let others in.

But in times like this.............

Dare to let someone look into your heart.

Dare to let the closed spaces within you be opened and transformed in new ways that make you stronger and braver.

Dare to let someone catch a glimpse of your God given mission in this world.

Dare to start to move forward not worrying how small or awkward the steps maybe because these tentative first steps can lead to big, glorious things.

Dare to focus on how God sees you not how you see yourself.

We often want what is on our hearts to stay hidden. We don’t like to expose what's truly going on. But that is not how we are meant to live. There will be times of  low and high tides, Joy and sorrow.

It is often in our low tide moments in our lives and when we face trials that God does a hidden work.

As I continue to watch the waves come ashore. The space where I walked earlier has become invisible. But I know it’s there. When I close my eyes I can still picture it. But I know just like the waves wipe away the foot prints God wipes the slate clean. It changes how I think of the ocean. It changes how I think of myself.

Don’t be afraid of low tide times in your life they will not last forever. Live in that rest place God has for you. By showing vulnerability and showing the parts of your heart you’re afraid of having others see, allows connection.

Sometimes when you wonder if you’re doing okay, others just might be watching in wonder.

POL - Pray out Loud

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:12, 13 NIV)

Treena x