I'm Not Blind Anymore

Going into life right now, I feel...empowered by the Spirit of God.

I remember even just last year, I was beated down by everything else.  Everyone was smarter than me, even if the only knowledge they had on me was the latest dirty joke.  I was the innocent little girl who was to be treated with cotton and wrapped in bubble wrap. But since I was protected, I felt like some people just decided to toss me around.

But not now.

I'm a warrior.  I know people's dirty ways and am not gonna fall for them.  Sure, I'm not perfect, and I'm not made of iron. I fall for it sometimes. But I will NEVER stop fighting to examine my ways and make them conform to the truth.

 Jesus said, "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves." (Matthew 10:16)

This verse means so much to me and it is what I aspire to be.

I'm strong. I'm not weak anymore.  The Spirit of Truth dwells in me and will keep me safe against all Hell for His purposes.

Always His,
    Dorothy Marie <3


And yes, because I'm just awesome like that, Imma link a Katy Perry song that kinda relates to me.

God's Not Dead

In Season 4/5 of Supernatural, things start to get very weird religion-wise.  Dean is constantly questioning God's existence or if He cares.  An outraged Dean tells Castiel: If there is a God, He is either dead, or doesn't give a (questionable wording :S, no they didn't curse on tv, but I would feel bad actually writing it out).

All this talk gets me thinking, because that's what I hear in my life. Why does God let people suffer, why does he do this to people, why does He just "stand by" and watch.  As it was said in To Save A Life, I wonder if God is asking us the same question? Why do we stand by while people are sick? Why am I so lazy and unwilling to help my Mom as her surgery gets closer? Why do we not reach out to hurting people? Why don't we give more of our money in faith to cure malaria and stop world hunger. Why am I willing to pay $30 every month for an IPhone but would hardly think about sponsoring a child for that same amount?

Have we ever stopped and realized that our world has fully rejected Christ? We are embarressed about Him, we want Him taken out of schools, the pledge of allegiance, our currency.  Have we ever thought that maybe all this bad in the world isn't because of God, or because He doesn't care, but because of US and our sin?

Maybe the reason everything goes wrong in our lives isn't because God wants it to, but because we have been so obstinate in our sin that God has given us over to our sins?  He gave us free will for a reason.  He didn't want puppets- He wanted real people. So when we didn't want Him, perhaps His love for us couldn't hold us and just keep the bad away. That would be interfering with our free will. God doesn't want your allegiance- He wants your heart. He wants something real, just like we all do.  (**I'm not sure if this is correct. I'm not a pastor or a highly intelligent person. I'm just a girl who God has chosen to reveal Himself to.  I'm not perfect, and I may not have everything straight**)

Whatever the case may be, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chr 7:14)

GOD IS NOT DEAD. He is alive and well and speaking to those whom hearts are open.  The power of God is foolishness to those that are perishing.  

Sometimes I get upset at the inequality shown to Christians and then I realize, we're not supposed to be treated fairly.  We never will be.  Everyone else will complain about being treated unfairly and we will always get the short end of the stick, that's how it's gonna be until the end of this world.  Jesus told us we would be persecuted.  Things will never get better in this world, but our hope is in Christ and His second coming. However, we still do good because that is what pleases God.

Love to all!!

Forever His, 
     Dorothy Marie

AFTER SCHOOL

Wow....has anyone noticed that writing a blog post sort of seems impossible when you don't have much to say?  Haha...the long white post descending....and descending.....

Anyway-

~I started school. Senior year is going to amazing. Minus the school, but.

~ I am at work on my music! One song finished, one song almost finished, and two in the making ;).  Also have cover songs I need to work on.

~Acoustic music is bomb. So is pop music. COUGHCOUGHANTHEMLIGHTSCOUGHCOUGHMARIANASTRENCHCOUGHCOUGH.

~ WHY AM I BLOGGING?!?!?!?

It's the Little Things...

Sometimes I think we can drown in discontent.  We want this that and the other, our family is SOOO annoying, our friends aren't perfect, and we don't have enough money.  Or maybe it's bigger things. You're depressed, you're sick, you're overloaded, you're far from God, you're having relational problems and you feel alone.  Nothing works, everything is miserable, and you're not quite sure how you're gonna get through today.

I am not undermining these things, they are so important.  I have been in a hard place, and am going through tough stuff right now. But something I realized a couple days ago is that concentrating on the little things and being thankful for them provides little pieces of comfort.  Focusing on God's goodness even in the midst of trial can help provide sunshine to a dark situation.

For me, it was my dog.  Our city had its first official dog swim and I had such a good time taking Bear there. When I was picking out my dog, I knew I wanted a dog that loved water, and I prayed for that.  I also knew I wanted a dog that was loyal and stayed by me without having to be leashed.  God blessed me with all this in a shelter dog!  At the dog swim there must have been 20 or 30 plus other dogs, but yet Bear chose to stay by me and never went too far away.  I oftentimes am very embarrassed in public with him because he is still a puppy and can get very excited. Since he is close to 80 pounds this proves very hard for little me to control him.  So at the dog swim it was so nice to see that even though he still had a lot to learn, he HAS come a long way and God has blessed me with an INCREDIBLE dog and just what I wanted.  I am so thankful.

What little things are you thankful for? Hope this helps bring some sunshine to your day!

Forever His,
  Dorothy

MUSICA

So...recently I've been crazy into all this music so I thought I'd share!

First off, heard this song on the radio twice the other day and have loved it since.  The lyrics are shady, but I couldn't really understand a lot of them on the radio and then when I looked it up it was weird...so...keep that in mind

Second, I love the CLEAN version of this song

And last but not least, I LOVE CHRIS AUGUST

What are some of your favorite songs recently?

You're Gonna Have All Of Me

I want Him to have all of me.

I spend so much of my life trying to fit God into my life, but I want Him to BE my life.  I want that fire again, the fire that burns inside and makes every day a mission for Him.  The fire that says I wanna know YOU more, I wanna be like YOU.  I don't want to just make sure I'm not doing the wrong things, I want a passion to do the right things.

But I'm not gonna just stand here wishing that the fire would come.  I'm gonna ignite it. I'm gonna make an effort to put into practice the wonderful things I learned at camp about prayer.  I'm gonna spend time with God, not just do my devotions.  I'm gonna worship Him unashamed in all I do.  I'm going to live how I believe.  I'm gonna only care about what He thinks about me.  I'm going to be who HE wants me to be, not other people.

(All Of Me by Matt Hammitt)

What do you think of all this?

FOREVER His,
    Dorothy

New Project!

Hello!

For those of you who don't know I attend a private school for Homeschoolers every wednesday during the school year called C.H.E.S.S. (Colorado Heritage Education School System).  There is a strict dress code consisting of white, blue, black, and khaki.  Most girls at my school  are very frustrated with the dress code and many think that it is impossible to look cute while in a CHESS outfit.
Yes, the colors are drab but there are so many ways to accessorize the outfit with other colors that it is a lie to complain about looking ugly in the CHESS outfit.

Last summer I decided to make a sort of fashion magazine pamphlet thing on making a CHESS outfit more fashionable.  It turned out to be difficult to manage and get going.  However, today I had the grand idea of starting a blog for it! That way I can continually add to it and feature new things.  And I figured since I was a senior I had to do something because my time is running out.

I just made the blog and it is under construction, so don't even bother going there yet. But I am hoping to get it up and going soon! Hopefully little by little it will become pretty cool.

What do you think of this idea?

Forever His,
    Dorothy