Just How Great is Our God?

Do you need to be reminded that you're special? Are you having a hard time coming to grips with how big God truly is? Do you need a reminder of just how amazing our creator really is? Louie Giglio takes a scientific spin on the awesomeness of God and breaks it down in terms we can (kind of) understand. 

God is truly and undoubtedly indescribably amazing and I encourage you to take some time out of your day to watch this video and remind (or inform) yourself of that very fact.

Testimony: Waiting For God To Work

Okay, so I knowww this one is going to hit a bit closer to home for you all. We're talking about the beautiful and talented Meagan Good and her now husband DeVon Franklin. And guess what they did?! They waited until their wedding night to consummate their love.

Meagan had been praying about her future husband earnestly after a failed relationship and God told her outright that DeVon would be her husband. Imagine her shock? She then asked God, "So what do I do?" And in true godly fashion He replied, "Just wait and work on you." Meagan waited a total of 9 months (yes the time it takes to conceive, develop, nurture and deliver new human life - amazing huh?) before DeVon even asked her out. All Meagan had to do in this meantime was clear all of her old baggage, eliminate past cycles, destructive behaviors and the like, and wait for God to work. As DeVon notes: "He gave her the revelation. All she had to do was position herself and get her life together...She didn't try to make it happen, she just let God do it."

"When you feel like you're in line with what God has created you to do,
 there's no other feeling like it."

 - Meagan

There is no one-size fits all here, but the trend in all of the God-written love stories I've ever seen is God saying wait, clear you space (that is, the men in your life), work on you and (you bet!) just wait. This season of waiting and pruning is so necessary and must not be rushed. Song of Songs 8:4: "Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love before it so desires." If God tells you outright someone is your future spouse don't stalk him, text him, arrange a date or even tell him...just wait for God to work.

"You need to let Him bring you somebody who lines up with who you really are." 

- DeVon

One may think the hard work was simply in waiting for God to bring the two together; however, now we've got these two extremely attractive people in a relationship...extremely attracted to each other...but desiring to honor God with their bodies by waiting (again!) until marriage to have sex. So it's not just about waiting for God to send our spouse. Once we've met and are dating our future spouse we're now in a position to honor God with our bodies and lives. 

DeVon and Meagan provide many a few tips on celibacy before marriage here: 

Please take time to hear from DeVon and Meagan themselves. There is sooooo much goodness there that I just couldn't touch on in this entry: http://onechurchla.org/?portfolio=kingdom-love-with-devon-franklin-meagan-good.

Blessings my ladies.

Wait, wait, wait...in inner beauty,
Zemi

"A man of substance will find you as long as you keep your heart right before the Lord." 

- DeVon

Through the Speaker: Leah Smith - "Beautifully Made"

So I completed the "No Makeup Challenge" and learned so much about myself. I now feel fully confident that my beauty is in Christ. My personality and character speak for themselves...those are the things that linger when I leave a room. The impression I leave on someone's heart is far more important than the fleeting image I leave in their brain. 

All week I felt pressed in my heart to sing this to myself whenever my confidence wavered: "I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." (Psalm 139:14) and guess what? There's a song for that! Enjoy and be blessed my sisters.  

Leah Smith - "Beautifully Made"