Could watch this all day, everyday...VCU GO RAMS GO

Confidence

I've been thinking a lot today about confidence. I think confidence is one of the hardest things to grasp. What exactly is confidence? How do you learn to be confident? How do you maintain a level of confidence?

Confidence is something I've struggled with for as long as I can remember. I've fought the devil's lies, and too often lost in the self-worth department. Daily I have to remind myself that God loves me, made me, and thinks I'm worth it. I've come so far and, with God's help, I've climbed out of a pretty deep hole, but how come when it comes to confidence issues, I so easily can feel on the verge of falling off the edge again? One situation, one comment, one mishap and I'm questioning myself again. One minute I feel like I've made a break through and the next, I'm feeling worse then I did to start. Why is that, and why does it have to be a constant battle?

The reason I bring that up is cause today was kind of a roller coaster. I had a great weekend. Felt like I'd accomplished something. Taken a step in the right direction. Felt confident. Felt comfortable with the outcome. Cried happy tears. Then, I was thrown a curve ball. Or more like a marble...it was that small...seriously. The smallest thing ever. Nothing that even mattered really, or changed anything, but something that just made me go "huh?". Confused me a bit. Threw me out of my mindset for a second. And that second has shaken my confidence. I don't know why. I don't even really know how, but it has. I'm hoping that feeling of accomplishment, of truly feeling confortable in my own skin will be back tomorrow but right now, in this second, I've lost it.

Tomorrow I will find confidence again. The confidence that I can only find in God. The confidence in knowing that God loves me just the way I am. And the confidence that comes from striving to grow into the person He planned for me to be. That's a confidence worth fighting for.

"For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken." - Ps. 3:26

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Ascend The Hill "Be Thou My Vision"

Who You Are

I know I just posted a video and haven't posted anything about my life lately buuuuuut I absolutely love this song...

Church Announcements

I ran across this today while trying to brainstorm new ways for Commonwealth to present/scroll announcements:

Church Announcements: These announcements actually appeared in a church bulletin or were announced verbally in a church service:

- Miss Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa will be speaking tonight at Calvary Memorial Church in Racine. Come tonight and hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

- The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

- The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water"; the sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."

- Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.

- Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.

- Don't let worry kill you off -- let the Church help.

- A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

- At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.

- The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.

- Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other item to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

- For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

- Potluck Supper Sunday at 5PM -- prayer and medication to follow.

- The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

- Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.

- Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7PM. Please use the back door.

- The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7PM. The Congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

- Weight Watchers will meet at 7PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.

- The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge -- Now Up Yours."

- Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

- Announcement in the church bulletin for National Prayer and Fasting conference: "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals."

Keilan - Roaming (2010)

This kid played at a wedding at our church about 2 years ago. He sang "Divine Romance" by Phil Wickham and gave me goosebumps. Well, I stumbled across his Facebook Fan Page today, which led me to his YouTube page and this video...