AFOMFT: Books Books Books

Hey guys!

So, I finally decided to update my 'A Few of My Favorite Things' series. I'm super excited to do this one too.

Last year was sort of a crazy one for a lot of reasons, one of the biggest ones was that I finally decided what I want to do for the rest of my life. If you know me than you know that was actually the hardest thing for me to figure out. But I have decided that I am going to be a writer. You know, books, blogs, the whole shabang. So, anyway. I have been really super into reading books lately.

So this is My Favorite Books! It includes published books and books/short stories that I have read on wattpad and really enjoyed. (I will link the barnes and noble/wattpad pages for all of the books so that you can check them out if you haven't already.)

• The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
• Probably my favorite book of all time--ever. The characters became apart of me, and there are really no words to describe the beauty that is this book. Hazel and Gus are just...ugh. I can't even explain this book to you. Basically, just go read it if you haven't. Okay? Okay.
• The Help - Kathryn Stockett
• Another one of my favorite books of all time. I just love the writing style. The story line is amazing. I feel like I can really connect with all of the characters. It was just sort of a love at first sight book. 
• Cherry Knots - hepburnettes
• Basically this is adorable and perfect and one of the best stories I have ever read on wattpad. It is fabulous and you should definitely read it if you have time. 
• The Accidental Tourists - toastedbagels 
• Again I say, it's adorable and perfect. One of the bests (along with her other book, Float, which isn't done yet.) But this story is totally hilarious and I couldn't stop reading until I was finished with it. Her writing is basically flawless and amazing. 
• Saving Elliot - northbynorth (Not Completed)
• Okay, so even though this isn't actually finished yet it definitely qualifies as one of my favorites. Seriously, I can't even begin to describe how much I love the Elliots. It is hilarious and perfect and yeah. I'm horrible at describing why I love books but that's because there's really no way to understand without reading them. Just check it out, yeah?
• Looking for Alaska - John Green
• Yup, I kinda, sorta, really like John Green books. It's a thing. Sorry 'bout it. 

So, there you have it. My favorite books. Be sure to check them out, because they're all seriously fab. Okay. Yeah. Bye. 

The Crave Movement: We Can't Settle

It starts in middle school. The feelings of loneliness and vulnerability. It carries over into high school. You get your first everything; heartbreak, friends leaving, loss. I guess you could say that it sucks. Big time.

There's something that you might not know, though: It happens to everyone. Everyone feels broken, lonely, hurt, and frustrated. Our hormones are running ramped and the stress feels unbearable. We get pressured to be like everyone else and we often give in. We want to fit in, because we are afraid to stand out.

I have felt this too. We all have. Because the worst feeling in the world is sitting in a cafeteria full of people, and eating alone. Silent. Alone. Scared. The thing is, though--and this took me a long time to learn--is that we can't settle. We can't settle into the standards that this world has laid out for us to settle into. We can't go with the crowd because we aren't called to be apart of the crowd. The truth is that if this world hates you, you're doing something right. John 15:19 says "if you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."

The best part about this is that we get to spend an eternity with someone who loves us enough to die for us. We aren't of this world, we are of the body of Christ. We get to have a best friend at all times. Jesus. When you're feeling lonely, or broken, or scared, or whatever it is is, he is there for you.

He died for us; for our sins and our insecurities and our doubts. He died for all of that simply because he loves us. He loves who we are because he made us that way. He made us and all of our quirks that the world loves to hate.

I want you to know that you're never alone. There are so many people who are going through the same things that you are. I want you to know that on the loneliest, most frustrating days, you can talk to someone--Jesus. He will always be there to be your friend. And that is why we can't settle. We can't settle for something that isn't the best, and you'll never find a truer love, or a truer friend, than in Jesus.

The CRAVE Movement

So, here I am with another series for this blog. 

Introducing: THE CRAVE MOVEMENT.  

Now, I'm sure some of you are wondering what is crave?

Crave stands for: chasing revelation and victory everyday. 

It's what I want my life to represent. I want to be on fire for the Lord. I want to crave him. So this little series is going to be some thoughts that I have on everything about this as I continue to grow and grow in my faith. It is very important for me to show my generation how important it is to crave a relationship with our heavenly father. I want people to know that they're never too far gone and that there is always room for redemption. 

Finally, brothers, whatever is true whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--thin about such things. (Philippians 4:8)

Is It Really 2014?

Hello beautiful people of the internet.

It's been far too long since I last posted anything, but to be honest, I got kind of lazy. (I also lost my password to this account and just got it back tonight.) Can you guys believe that it's already 2014? I mean, when I was younger and would think about the year I graduate in it seemed like it would never get here, but in reality it came so quickly.

But anyway, I just wanted to say that I am going to attempt to keep this blog updated as best as I can from now. I want to really get serious about it...

In other news, I am almost finished writing my very first book and I would appreciate it greatly if you would all go and check it out for me. Here is the link. It's called Coffee Colored and I am actually really proud of it so far. I am hoping to get it published someday. That's the goal anyway.

Also, school has been pretty insane this year. I am graduating in five months! I really can't believe it's gone so fast. I have been busy applying to colleges and what not. Hopefully I can start going on some adventures and what not to make this blog a little bit more interesting, ya know.

Well, I'm probably boring you all to death right now so I will go.

Much love. xx