cheers to Jesus!

walking by faith... while drinking wine.

yup. while drinking wine, preferably red.

so i recently shared my blog post to onto my facebook wall. no big deal right? uh. wrong.

i had no problem with putting the link onto my twitter account. i mean with over 1,000 followers, plenty of which i never see on the regular or even never met, it seemed like it would be less personal thus leaving less room for judgement.

but sharing it onto my Facebook?!? where anyone from my mom, to my old youth pastor to my old high school mentees could view and read my thoughts at the most transparent stage in my life right now?

uhhh. yeah.

but after saying a quick prayer and basically saying, "ok Jesus, if you didn't want me to share with people, you would've never given me the ultimate courage to even start this thing" i pasted the url onto my wall. hit share. then boom. there it was. out there. forreal. forreal.

that was a complete "walking by faith, while drinking wine" moment.

so let me attempt to break me down my crazy way of thinking things so maybe i may actually make sense to some.

2 Corinthians 5:7 reads "For we walk by faith, not  sight."

this scripture has been on me heavy. especially within these past months. when you walk by faith, you have to fully submit all of your worries and what if's to God and just watch him work. now granted, you still have to put in work towards whatever goal you are reaching because the bible also says that faith without work is dead. but in all retrospect, you have to ultimately come to terms with no matter how hard we work at something, if we have no faith in knowing that God already sees fit his plan for us, we are bound to become overworked, stressed, emotional wrecks and whatever else is a result from trying to handle our own lives.

Walk by Faith!

i love this scripture so much, i even have the word "Faith" tattooed on my inner left foot. (i know. i know. how can she sit here and quote the bible and she has tattoos?! aren't tattoos ungodly!?!)

but let me just say this. granted the Lord does see my tattoos, but im pretty sure he's way more concerned in knowing my heart, and seeing me trying to live by his word than trying to decipher how many tattoos i have.

and for those who want to know, i have 6.

no, im not perfect. i never said i am. and i have no plans on ever proclaiming to be.

being of the legal age to partake in an adult beverage every now and then, i do. and wine seems to be my choice.

walking by faith, while drinking wine.

drinking wine is relaxing. think about it, have you ever had a glass of wine and became stressed out? i hope not. because then you won't relate. but for me, i haven't. when i sip on a glass of wine, i'm relaxed. i'm taking time to enjoy life.

(again, i know. oh my gosh! how is she talking about God then going on about drinking wine. well, because Jesus loves me, flaws and all. that's how. boom.)

so yeah, drinking wine = relaxing. slowing the pace and actually taking your time. because one cannot chug wine. what's the rush?

so, let's put it all together shall we?

"walking by faith, while drinking wine."

letting God work. letting him work on you. letting him continue to act out his plan he has for you in your life. your job while he is working is to sit back, don't bug him, relax and just watch him work.

easier said than done. but whenever you feel the need to even attempt to question him, take a minute to sip on your imaginary glass of wine. then relax and remind yourself that God is working on it, so it must be right!

amen? AMEN!  now, let's toast to that.