"Intentions" | Spoken Word | Cedric Dale Hoard | The Good Fight Studios

Check out this beautiful spoken word from my good friend Cedric Hoard. You won't be disappointed.

Weekend Vlog: Good Eats, Good People, Good Times

VLOG:

tobyMac Alive And Transported Gone

On Time God

I know myself to have been the person who could be dying inside and no one would know unless I decided to let it be known. With my naturally happy disposition, I felt my ability to ignore my emotions was a sign of strength and wore it like a badge of honor. Unfortunately, it took a good portion of my life lived to realize that ignoring my emotions only caused anger and bitterness.

Lately I've found myself resorting back to this behavior and allowing myself to numb everything when bad news came from every direction. While cleaning up tonight, I found letters from years ago and at the bottom of the stack was a letter I'd mailed to myself.
A lot of it was dead on but one particular part encouraged me the most. I wrote:
"Give everything over to Him so all the things He cleared you of will stay cleared. Forgiving, loving, being open, and letting God deal with the trials of life is the most helpful. Don't forget that! Keep your heart softened like He made it to be (and restored to be this weekend)...Stay humble! Stay joyful! Stay rooted! And do NOT be afraid to ask for help when you know you're on the verge of breaking. You can't do it on your own. You weren't meant to so stop trying."

I wrote this letter in August 2012 but apparently sent it late so it arrived to me September 16, 2012.

This is me being transparent. Life can be rough, but it isn't over until it's over, so don't allow yourself to live as if the end has already come. Feel, enjoy the goodness of whats around you, encourage others to do the same.
Don't hold on to the burdens of this world (cast your cares upon the Lord) and allow your heart to full of whatever is true, noble, pure, lovely, and admirable.

In Christ,
Allie J.

Love is in the house + Preach - Toby Mac

I Did Good And That's Good Enough

Felt horrible all day today (not to mention all last week as well) but I found strength to push through all that was necessary. It wasn't a perfect day, but it was a good day.

And this doesnt really embody what that particular scripture meant, but it was a reminder to myself to not be so hard on me. Do my best, work hard, but don't discredit what was done because it fell short of perfection.

#Encouraged #DoWhatYouKnow #UntilYouKnowBetter #ThenDoBetter #HisStrength #HisLove #HisWill

Try

Colbie Caillat - Try: http://youtu.be/GXoZLPSw8U8

Multiplied Official Video - Needtobreathe

NEEDTOBREATHE - Multiplied [Official Video]: http://youtu.be/fGF-MGGLpB0

My sister is having a party to celebrate a number of things soon, so we're in the process if revamping the backyard. Today was got flowers, mulch, and stuff to keep the mosquitos at bay. Completely different than what I had in mind but it was chill and pretty relaxing. Guess I understand (a tiny bit) why people garden.

Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis perform "You Is My Wo…: http://youtu.be/pqCwS3wnGs4

Beautiful Moon

I am so excited for summer school! It sounds crazy because I know that I'm gonna be slightly irritated by the end of it all lol but I'm ready. This summer stands for progress. Not just with school, but within my entire life. In the fall I'll be at UofH and should only have about a year or two left before I graduate. That's exciting.
In June I'll turn 22!! A realization I didn't receive til my bro-in-law pointed it out to me.
Not sure what that means other than me being a year older...but I'm excited anyway lol

Keeping a positive attitude!

Amaris Is Graduating!! Dallas Mini Vacay

This trip was pretty amazing.
We stayed in a beautiful hotel, and I was able to get my own room so I had all this glorious privacy. Ate food we can't get in Houston, met up with some friends from UNT, went to the museum, and so much.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself!

The 6th Floor Museum

I enjoyed myself. Didn't too much care for the audio that went along with everything, but I imagine that it would be helpful for someone who's into that. The set up was amazing and the exhibit was marvelous.
Def enjoyed myself here.