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A Word From God

A Word From God

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“Healing, Restoring, Rebuilding. I am making all things new better than before.” – Jesus

Isn’t it funny we hear a word from God and we think it’s something way different? I often feel that way when I hear God speak to me. I tend to look back and see “Ohaaa that’s what He meant!” After my breakup God spoke that word to me. That He would bring healing, restoration, and rebuilding. I was convinced He was telling me He was healing, restoring, and rebuilding my relationship with my ex. But God gave me revelation about him and the breakup and it opened my eyes to his character. God gave me so many warning signs throughout my relationship and after the fact I saw the blessing that the breakup was. Now months later I see what God was speaking and promising.

God fulfilled His promise to me. But it wasn’t for what I thought. God didn’t mean that He was restoring my relationship but rather He was restoring me. God completely healed and restored my broken heart. He rebuilt me on a stronger foundation of Him than ever before. There’s this trust with God now and it’s like I’ve never known before. He literally carried me through my pain and when I couldn’t stand on my own Jesus was my strength.

It’s funny how Gods promises often don’t happen the way we expect. But rest assured if He promised it He will do it! Gods ways are so much better than our ways. It’s not what I imagined when He spoke those words to me but it is so much better ❤ God brought me out of complete darkness. I was broken and God breathed His joy and life back into my soul. He kept His promises to me and made me whole. I am so much stronger, wiser, full of confidence, and love. I walk in boldness. Armored in the truth of God. I am better than before.

Trust Gods promises even if they don’t happen as you see fit. Because looking back they have a way of surprising you. They leave you in awe and wonder of the way He works.

Remember You are Fearfully Made ❤

xoxo Taylor Nicole

Breathe

Breathe

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“Just Breathe. What are you so afraid of? To show the real you? To be seen for all you’ve been created for?” – God speaks. Distraction plants those seeds of doubt. When you’re too distracted looking everywhere but in your Heavenly Fathers presence you begin to doubt your purpose. You begin to discredit who you were created to be.

I know lately I’ve felt overwhelmed and distant from God. As I sit here wracking my brain I can’t even think because I am so distracted. Our days consist of us being enticed and bombarded by everything. And in the moments of quiet I feel this void. I reach for my phone instead of my fathers hand – instead of the prompting to be in His presence. I can’t help but feel this naked vulnerability as I sit in the quiet alone. Maybe it’s just me, but I long to feel acknowledged and affirmed. My first instinct is to grab my phone, but that distraction will only satisfy this hunger for a short while. This distraction pulls me away from God and the fulfillment that His relationship with me brings. The only truly satisfying thing.

But I feel myself look around as we often do and I begin to compare myself. I start to judge myself and where I’m at with other people. Only growing my dissatisfaction with myself and life in general. And I realized that this distance I’ve been feeling comes from my distraction. I’ve been comparing myself and doing things not because it’s who I am or makes me happy, but because it’s what I think is expected of me.

We all have a certain set of gifts and talents God gifted us and you will NEVER be happy trying to be someone else. I realized a lot of what I was doing was because I wanted to be approved, more valuable, more worthy. But in whose eyes? Because you are already approved, redeemed, made worthy in Christ. Don’t make the mistake of becoming so distracted by this world you buy into the lie you have to be anything other than who you are. You don’t need to do things to gain approval because you’re already approved by God.

Something I need to do more of is weed out these distractions and bad habits. Instead of reaching for my phone I reach for my fathers hand. God will pick you up right where you’re at and guide you back to the right path. Don’t seek to be deemed worthy in the worlds eyes. As I write this God is also speaking to me – and I see that the more I try to fill myself with what this world says will satisfy the more depressed and distant from God I become. No amount of new outfits, likes, or followers will make me whole. I need to turn to my creator and allow Him to fill me.

He desires you. All of you. So lets break free from the distractions. Cut out the lies! Ask yourself what’s holding you back? What are the distractions keeping you from God?

Remember You Are Fearfully Made ❤

xoxo Taylor Nicole

#NoFilter

#NoFilter

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I felt so unsure what God wanted to me to share this week. But then I was scrolling through all my old photos…scrolling through Instagram and the endless feed of pictures. And I thought “what would my life look like unfiltered?…what would their life look unfiltered?” So many times I find myself comparing myself to others on social media. Even comparing myself to photos of me on social media. Really, what would life look like unfiltered?

What if we stopped comparing. Stopped feeling the need to put a filter over everything. Like being real isn’t enough. I know most images we see online are edited or retouched in some way or another. Still, it doesn’t make me feel any better about who I am. Measuring myself up and all that I am versus the perfection portrayed online. And then I start to question “who am I?”

These images we all overload ourselves with aren’t real. Yet they affect who we are. How we think. How we perceive ourselves. How we live our lives. Personally, I try to live up to this standard of perfection that just isn’t realistic. I go through waves of security in who I am only to crash when I see an image that just seems too unattainable. Just when I start feeling worthy enough I compare myself to someone who seems they have it all together. That’s the trouble with basing our worth off of the worlds standard of success and beauty.

When you turn to the world for worth and value you will never be secure in who you are. This world is constantly changing. Shifting. What’s beautiful today may be considered ugly tomorrow. Fashion, beauty, sex …all these standards are constantly shifting. But when you base your worth on Gods word. The truth. You can be sure you won’t be shaken. Gods word never changes. Just like Psalm 139:14 says “You are beautiful for you are fearfully and wonderfully made.” God created you to be unique! That really is amazing when you stop and think about it. There never is or will be another you- EVER! So why not be the best you that you can be? No one else could ever be a better you!

When I’m feeling down I have to sit and remind myself of what Gods word says about me. I can sit and compare myself for hours and have a pitty party. Or I can celebrate all the gifts and talents God has placed in me. God will never ask you to be someone else – so we might as well stop expecting ourselves to be. I think its easy to look at everyone’s perfectly filtered curated lives on Instagram and think they have no flaws. But the truth is perfection doesn’t exist and we all fall short. I know it can be hard to do but look at all the amazing qualities you do have. No one person or their life is perfect no matter how it looks online. Start looking at things as if there were no filter.

Remember…YOU are Fearfully Made

xoxo Taylor Nicole