Beauty in Fight

"The value and beauty of every story is not always found in the ending, but sometimes in the very fight itself" ~ Naomi Zacharias

Door

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." ~Helen Keller

Lyrics....

So many times I'm thinking of you and then a song comes on and THEN I REALLY BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT YOU.... I think I'm going to post some of those song lyrics that I can't hear without you coming to mind here on my blog.... It is always interesting how I feel that God can use music to speak to our hearts in so many ways and in His perfect timing....
 
When I start to doubt or question what I know God has already spoken to me, or when I try so hard to NOT think about you and..... what comes on the radio a song filled with lyrics that make me think about you in some way or another....
 
Ok, time to stop rambling on and just write those words called song "lyrics" whether a full song or only a part,  here it goes all of 'em in one spot... Actually some will only just be listed....

And though reading them probably isn't the same effect as hearing it, and hearing it exactly when God wants you to or when God needs you to.... Always a Hug and Smile from Him though....

Here are some of those songs through the years that have made me think of you.... and some REALLY make me think of you NOW almost every day.....


 

Beautiful by MercyMe
The days will come when you don't have the strength
When all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart
They'd see too much

Chorus:
You're Beautiful, You're Beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're Beautiful, You're Beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're Beautiful

Praying that you have the heart to fight
Because you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
But they are nothing in the shadow of the cross

Chorus

Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to die!

You're Beautiful, You're Beautiful
In His eyes

You're Beautiful!
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're Beautiful!
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're Beautiful!
You are made for so much more than all of this
Y'ou're Beautiful!
You are treasured
You are sacred
You are His


Somebody's Heartbreak by Hunter Hayes

I'd love to know just what you're thinkin'
Every little river, runnin' through your mind
You give and you take
You come and you go
You leave me here wonderin' if I'll ever know
How much you care or how much you don't
Whatever you need, whatever you want

If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak
If you're gonna be somebody's mistake
If you're gonna be somebody's first time,
Somebody's last time, baby be mine
If you're lookin' to be somebody's 'just friends',
A little laughin', little lovin', never callin' again, that's just fine
If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak
Be mine
Oh, be mine

I guess that all I'm tryin' to tell ya
Is a minute with you is better than two without
Oh, I won't be a fool but I can't play it cool
So I'm playin' safe and I'm breakin' the rules
I'm wishin' I had what I know that you got
So if you're comin' my way then please don't stop

If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak
If you're gonna be somebody's mistake
If you're gonna be somebody's first time,
Somebody's last time, baby be mine
If you're lookin' to be somebody's 'just friends',
A little laughin', little lovin', never callin' again, that's just fine
If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak
Be mine
Oh, oh
If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak
Or somebody's mistake
Somebody's first time, or their last time, baby be mine
If you're lookin' to be somebody's 'just friends',
A little laughin', little lovin', never callin' again, that's just fine
If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak
Be mine (If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak)
Be mine (If you're gonna be somebody's mistake)
Oh, I'll take my chances
If you're gonna be someone's heartbreak
If you're gonna be someone's mistake
Somebody's first time, somebody's last time
Be mine
Might as well, might as well be mine
 

 

Her Man by Gary Allan

I'm gonna change my way of doin' things around here
Well I'm turning over a new leaf, gonna get myself in gear
'Cause I've got a woman who's better than most,
and I've made a mess of her plans.
Starting today all I'm gonna be is her man.

Chorus
'Cause I've been a wild catter, and a go go getter
Been an S.O.B. right down to the letter.
I've had misadventures, I've even got pictures
I'm even more than I can stand.
But startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man.

I'm gonna give it all back, 'cause all I've done is take
Well I've put her on the back burner while I was out on the make
But I've got a woman who's good enough to give me
A second chance again
And startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man

Chorus

I'm a little bit late but I'm wisin' up
Now I'm takin' her by the hand
And startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man.

 

 

Cowboys and Angels by Dustin Lynch

There's a want and there's a need
There's a history between
Girls like her and guys like me
Cowboys and angels
I've got boots and she's got wings
I'm hell on wheels and she's heavenly
I'd die for her and she lives for me
Cowboys and angels
Chorus
We ride side by side
A cloud of dust, a ray of light
My touch is her temptation
Her kiss is my salvation
She's sweet, I'm wild, we're dangerous
Cowboys and angels

I'm not sure why her path crossed mine
Accident or grand design
Maybe God just kinda likes
Cowboys and angels

Chorus

There's a want and there's a need
There's a history between
Girls like you and guys like me
Cowboys and angels



Like Jesus Does by Eric Church
I'm a long gone Waylon song on vinyl,
I'm a backroad sinner at a tent revival,
She believes in me like she believes her Bible,
She loves me like Jesus does.

I'm a left foot leanin' on a souped up Chevy,
I'm a good ole boy,
Drinkin' Whiskey and Rye on the Levee,
She carries me when my sins make me heavy,
She loves me like Jesus does.

All the crazy in my dreams,
Both my broken wings,
Every single piece of everything I am.
She knows the man I ain't,
She forgives me when I can't.
That devil, man, naw he don't have a chance,
She loves me like Jesus does.

I always thought she'd give up on me someday,
Wash her hands of me, leave me starin' down some runway,
But I thank God each night and twice on Sunday,
She loves me like Jesus does.

All the crazy in my dreams,
Both my broken wings,
Every single piece of everything I am,
She knows the man I ain't,
She forgives me when I can't,
No that Devil, man, he don't have a prayer,
She loves me like Jesus does.

Yeah she knows the man I ain't,
She forgives me when I can't,
That devil, man, naw he don't stand a chance,
She loves me like Jesus does.



Keep Me in Mind by Zac Brown Band
How come all the pretty girls like you are taken baby
I've been looking for someone like you to save me
Life's too easy to be so damn complicated
Take your time and I'll be waitin'

Chorus:
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only

I think about you somedays
And the way I would lay wastin' day after day with you
We always go our separate ways
But no one can love you baby the way I do

Chorus:

Bridge:
Well the world can be real tough
Find shelter in me
If there's no one else to love
Keep me in mind

If ever you wanted me, I'll be your man
I'd be a fool to let you go with someone else
Whatever you want from me, I'll be your man
I'd give it all up just to have you for myself



Wanted by Hunter Hayes
 You know I'd fall apart without you
I don't know how you do what you do
'Cause everything that don't make sense about me
Makes sense when I'm with you
Like everything that's green, girl I need you
But it's more than one and one makes two
Put aside the math and the logic of it
You gotta know you want it too

'Cause I wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
Never let you forget it
Yeah, I wanna make you feel wanted

Anyone can tell you you're pretty
You get that all the time, I know you do
But your beauty's deeper than the makeup
And I wanna show you what I see tonight

When I wrap you up
When I kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
Never let you forget it
'Cause baby I wanna make you feel wanted

As good as you make me feel
I wanna make you feel better
Better than your fairy tales
Better than your best dreams
You're more than everything I need
You're all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted

And I just wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
Never let you forget it
Yeah, I wanna make you feel wanted
Yeah, baby I wanna make you feel -
Wanted
'Cause you'll always be wanted



I Want Crazy by Hunter Hayes
I'm booking myself a one way flight
I gotta see the color in your eyes
I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright
Without you baby is a waste of time

Yeah, our first date, girl, the seasons changed
Got washed away in the summer rain
You can't undo a fall like this
Cause love don't know what distance is
Yeah, I know its crazy

Chorus:
But I don't want good and I don't want good enough
I want can't sleep, can't breathe without your love
Front porch and one more kiss, it doesn't make sense to anybody else
Who cares if you're all I think about,
I've searched the world and I know now,
It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind
Yeah, I don't want easy, I want crazy
Are you with me baby? Let's be crazy

I wanna be scared, don't wanna know why
Wanna feel good, don't have to be right
The world makes all kinds of rules for love
I say you gotta let it do what it does

I don't want just another hug and a kiss goodnight
Catchin' up calls and a date sometimes
A love that revels and still believes
We're the kind of crazy people wish that they could be, Yeah

Oh, I know we're crazy, Yeah

Chorus

No! I don't want good and I don't want good enough
I want can't sleep, can't breathe without your love
Front porch and one more kiss, it doesn't make sense to anybody else
Who cares if you're all I think about,
I've searched the world and I know now,
It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind
Yeah, I don't want easy, I want crazy

Yeah, look at us baby, tonight the midnight rules are breaking
There's no such thing as wild enough, maybe we just think too much
Who needs to play it safe in love....
Let's be crazy!!


Wanted You More by Lady Antebellum
I kept waiting on a reason
And a call that never came
No, I never saw it coming
Something in you must have changed

All the words unspoken, promises broken
I cried for so long
Wasted too much time, should've seen the signs
Now I know just what went wrong

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

All the nights we spent, just talking
Of the things we wanted out of life
Making plans and dreams together
Wish I'd seen, I was just too blind

My heart was open, exposed and hoping
For you to lay it on the line
In the end it seemed
There was no room for me
Still, I tried to change your mind

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

Oh, I don't need you
I don't need you anymore


The One that Got Away by Jake Owen
She rolled in my little sandy town
She spent the summer there
A couple of houses down
Well it was magic in the air
When she caught my eye
We shared three short months
And one long goodbye

Chorus:
She was the one that got away
The one that wrecked my heart
I should've never let her go
I should've begged her to stay
She was the one that got away
Yeah, the one that got away

Well she kissed my lips
Down on Ocean Drive
She set my world on fire
On the fourth of July
We wrote our names in the sand
Under the star soaked sky
But it washed away like she did
With the rising tide

Chorus

Every summer that rolls around
I'm looking over my shoulder
Wishing I could see her face
Wishing I could hold her

Chorus


A Little More Country Than That by Easton Corbin
Imagine a dirt road full of potholes
with a creek bank and some cane poles catchin' channel cat,
I'm a little more country than that

Picture a small town with an old hound
layin' out front of the courthouse
while the old men chew the fat,
I'm a little more country than that

Chorus
I just want to make sure you know just who you're gettin' under this ol' hat,
'Cause girl I'm not the kind to two time or play games behind your back,
I'm a little more country than that

Think of a Hank song from days gone,
with a steel ride, it's so strong it send chills up your back,
I'm a little more country than that

If you want a brick home in a school zone,
with the doors locked and alarms on,
girl you're way off track
I'm a little more country than that

Chorus

Yeah, I'm sure that you've heard those three words from others and they fell flat,
but this ring ain't something that I mean to give you and then take back,
I'm a little more country than that

Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

[Chorus:]
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true

[Chorus]

Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.



I Won't Give Up by Jason Marz
When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
There's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are

How old is your soul?

Chorus:
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up

And when you're needing your space
To do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find

'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not
And who I am

Chorus

I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)
We've got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)

Chorus



Man in Your Life by Jack Ingram
Just a little bit closer,
A little closer still.
If you let it take you,
Baby it will.

Baby, I can feel it,
You can feel it too.
Lettin go is all we have to do,
It's just me and you.

Tonight I'm gonna be your lover,
Tonight I'm gonna be your friend.
Baby, don't worry 'bout forever
'cause this ain't gonna end.
I wanna take your body, baby.
I wanna take your soul so high.
I wanna steal your heart, give you mine.
I wanna be the man in your life.

It only takes a one moment, only takes one kiss.
You're the only one who makes me feel like this.
Baby, it's magic. We can disappear,
Make the world stop turning.
Baby come here, won't you just come here.

Tonight I'm gonna be your lover,
Tonight I'm gonna be your friend.
Baby, don't worry 'bout forever
'cause this ain't gonna end.
I wanna take your body, baby.
I wanna take your soul so high.
I wanna steal your heart, give you mine.
I wanna be the man in your life.



She's More by Andy Griggs
I like blue eyes, hers are green
Not like the woman of my dreams
And her hair's not quite as long as I had planned
Five foot three isn't tall
She's not the girl I pictured at all
In those paint by number fantasies I've had

So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more

No, it wasn't at first sight
But the moment I looked twice
I saw the woman I was born to love
Her laughter fills my soul
And when I hold her I don't wanna let go
When it comes to her I can't get enough

So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more

More than I dreamed of
More than any man deserves
I couldn't ask for more
Than a love like hers

So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more


She'd Give Anything by Boy Howdy
She's waiting for someone who could turn her life around,
Someone who could make her feel,
The way she used to feel, but he never comes.
She's dating, but no one that she cares to talk about.
And all the flowers in the world
Don't amount to much: what she wants is love.

An' she'd give anything and everything to fall in love.
Just this one time, she'd like to find,
What she's been dreaming of.
She can find someone to hold her,
But that wouldn't be enough.
She'd give anything to fall in love.

Now she's looking just like she'd rather be someplace else.
Starring across the bar, lost in herself,
Will he ever come?

'Cause she'd give anything and everything to fall in love.
Just this one time, she'd like to find,
What she's been dreaming of.
She can find someone to hold her,
But that wouldn't be enough.
She'd give anything to fall in love.

She's gonna keep on making wishes;
She's gonna keep on being strong;
She won't settle for less than true love;
She's gonna keep on holding on.

She'd give anything and everything to fall in love.
Just this one time, she'd like to find,
What she's been dreaming of.
She can find someone to hold her,
But that wouldn't be enough.
She'd give anything to fall in love.

She'd give anything to fall in love.



Just a Kiss by Lady Antebellum
Lying here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings
when it feels so hard to breathe
Caught up in this moment
Caught up in your smile

I never open up to anyone
So hard to hold back
When I'm holding you in my arms

We don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow

Chorus:
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might be the one
I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight

I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real
No, it's never felt so right

Chorus

No, I don't want to say good night
I know it's time to leave but you'll be in my dreams
Tonight, tonight, tonight

Chorus

Let's do this right with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight
A kiss goodnight



Just Haven't Met You by Michael Buble
I'm not surprised, not everything lasts
I've broken my heart so many times I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in, I talk myself out
I get all worked up then I let myself down

I tried so very hard not to loose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought, I thought of every possibility

And I know someday that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you this, that I give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet

I might have to wait, I'll never give up
I guess it's half timing and the other half's luck
Wherever you are, whenever it's right
You'll come outta nowhere and into my life

And I know that we can be so amazing
And baby your love is gonna change me
And now I can see every possibility

Somehow I know that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you this, I'll give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet

They say all's fair in love and war
But I won't need to fight it
We'll get it right and we'll be united

And I know that we can be so amazing
And being in your life is gonna change me
And now I can see every single possibility

And someday I know it'll all turn out
And I'll work to work it out
Promise you this I'll give more than I get

Oh you know it'll all turn out
And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you this, to give so much more than I get, yeah
I just haven't met you yet

I just haven't met you yet
Oh promise you this, to give so much more than I get

I just haven't met you yet



Leap of Faith by Lionel Cartwright
You want a no-risk guarantee before you take a chance
You wanna know how the song will end before you start to dance
Well, I can't foretell the future, but my heart clearly sees
Your hand in mine for a long, long time if you could just believe

Chorus:
And take a leap of faith, cast away your doubt
Darlin, come what may, we can work it out
A love that's real will always find a way
If you'll trust in me like I trust in you
There's no rain or fire that we can't go through
The first step's always the hardest one to take
It's a leap of faith

I understand all your doubts and fears of laying your heart on the line
But aren't you afraid of just throwing away a love like yours and mine
I know your heart's been broken
You've been let down before
Though the stakes are high, give it one more try
This time you can be sure

Chorus

If you'll trust in me like I trust in you
There's no rain or fire that we can't go through
The first step's always the hardest one to take
It's a leap of faith

It's a leap of faith



One Day Closer to You by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
My married friends keep asking me
When I'll settle down
They tell me time is passing
And there's not to many good ones still around
I tell them I am not afraid to be alone
And there's no need to rush into something wrong

Chorus:
So I'm not gonna worry
No I'm in no hurry
It's in the hands of fate
There's nothing I can do
And it might be tomorrow
Or the one that follows
Got the rest of my life to look forward to
Cause everyday is one day closer to you

You might be in Montana, living in the hills
Or you might be in Virginia, working in the mill
All I know is that I haven't found you yet
But who knows maybe we've already met

Chorus

Everyday I pray that God will keep you safe
Cause I know your out there somewhere

Chorus

Yeah everyday is one day closer
Everyday is one day closer to you



Someday by Vince Gill
I wipe a tear away as I give up this day
Wondering if I'll ever find someone
When I close my eyes and dream
These are the words I'm whispering
Someday love will come

I won't have a doubt my head up in the clouds
And certain as the morning sun
I will always believe
There's somebody just for me
Someday love will come

Chorus:
Someday, after all these nights of waiting
And someday, I'll find a chance worth taking
Saving me from waking up alone
My heart will find a home
Someday

And she'll be so beautiful
The sweetest miracle
Someday love will come

Chorus

And when I close my eyes and dream
These are the words I'm whispering
Someday love will come

Someday love will come



 One of these Days by Tim McGraw
As I walked away
And I still see her in my dreams
And to this day she's whispering
One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
About the time you turned from me
And what good friends we might have been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
And maybe even cry a little
But one of these days, you're gonna love me

Now everybody stands up
the congregation sings
It's a song of sweet forgiveness
And as the chorus rings
The wind blows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I learn

One of these days I'm gonna love me
And feel the joy of sweet release
One of these days I'll rise above me
And at last I'll find some peace
And then I'm gonna smile a little
And maybe even laugh a little
But one of these days...
I'm gonna love me



99.9% Sure by Brian McComas
You don't know what you do to me
You changed around the scenery
And now everything is new to me
But it looks just right, yeah, it looks just right
Whoa, it's strange but it's beautiful
Yeah, and I know where I am

Chorus:
Oh, I never been here before
I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stublin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way
Nobody's ever made me say
I'm 99.9% sure I've never been here before

I'm walkin' in a wonderland
Gone ever since it all began
And I don't even want to understand
'Cause it feels that good, yeah it feels that good
It's a state that ain't on a map
Yet I know where I'm at

Chorus




Here is a list of some other songs.... I may add lyrics later on, as well as even more songs to the list....

But for now, the ones above REALLY make me think of you right now, Boaz.....


While I'm Waiting by John Waller
Waiting in Vain by Annie Lennox
Someone Else's Star by Bryan White
Wait for Me by Rebecca St. James
Only God Could Love You More by Jerrod Niemann 
Changed by Rascal Flatts
I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons
Remind Me Who I am by Jason Gray
You Are by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Loves Worth the Wait by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Faithfully by Eric and Leslie Ludy
Next Time I Fall in Love by Eric and Leslie Ludy
I Surrender by Eric and Leslie Ludy
Far Beyond by Eric and Leslie Ludy
Truly by Lionel Richie

Kissing

Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the 'noise' in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.

Ok, someone had that posted on something on Facebook.... And I thought really????
So, then I decided to do a little more research....

Here is some information I found out about the subject of KISSING and Health Benefits:

One article stated for Singles to beware, because not only does marriage reportedly reduce the risk of heart attacks, as Finnish scientists noted, but kissing is also great for your health.  A simple embrace increases levels of the "love hormone" called oxytocin.

Another article even mentioned that Kissing could help you lose weight!!

Here is more information I found online in an article by Silvia Mordini:

 ...  there are actual Kiss Scientists who study kissing. They are called Philematologists and they have discovered a wide range of benefits of kissing such as:

1. Kissing lowers STRESS.

Kissing decreases the stress hormone cortisol and increases serotonin levels in the brain. Kissing has also been measured to lower anxiety and has similar benefits to meditation.

 

2. Kissing makes us HAPPIER.

Kissing improves our mood by increasing endorphins, which are our feel-good hormones.

 

3. Kissing keeps us HEALTHY.

Kissing improves our immunity by releasing antibodies that kill bacteria. And kissing helps us prevent cavities by increasing saliva that washes our teeth. It has been shown that our saliva secretes natural antibiotics when we kiss.

 

4. Kissing CALMS us down.

Kissing increases levels of oxytocin otherwise known as the "love hormone" which calms us.  Kissing also reduces pain through our saliva which contains a kind of anesthetic and increases pleasure by releasing dopamine.

 

5. Kissing STRENGTHENS our RELATIONSHIPS.

Kissing promotes togetherness and couples who kiss regularly live five years longer than those who don't.

 

Top 10 Reasons To Kiss List:

• Lowers blood pressure
• Decreases cortisol stress hormone
• Increases serotonin
• Reduces pain
• Increases oxytocin
• Improves immunity
• Fights off cavities
• Increases dopamine
• Improves mood
• Lowers anxiety

 

 

There are plenty more benefits to kissing...but I am guessing that you already have your favorite reasons. What’s my favorite kissing moment, you ask? When you can feel your partner smiling as you kiss each other. Kissing makes us smile more!

Love yourself, love your day, love your life!

Silvia

 

She had this painting called The Kiss (Der Kuss) by Gustav Klimt 1907-1908 mentioned:

 

 

 

One from healthmeup:

1. Start kissing everyday and spark your love with and get cleaner teeth

2. If you want to lose some calories without much hard work, then go on a kissing diet

3. Start kissing to maintain the health of your heart

4. Instead of popping antidepressant pills, start kissing to be happy

5. A kissing session will increase the blood circulation of your face and give you a younger looking complexion. Since a passionate kiss involves moment of 34 facial muscles and up to 112 postural muscles in the rest of the body, which helps to keep your muscles tight and toned.

 

And lastly, since I am finding pretty much the same thing everywhere, is from Women's Day:

5 Surprising Benefits of Kissing:

1. Kissing boosts immunity.
2. Kissing helps you pick the best mate.
3. Kissing burns calories!
4. Kissing keeps facial muscles strong.
5. Kissing naturally relaxes you.

 

Heck what I found out is that God needs to hurry up and bring that Boaz into my life.... I got years worth of Kissing to catch up on.... Wow, you mean KISSING could have helped my stress all these years, not to mention, anxiety that I allowed to be in my life. Why has God made me wait this long or at least why haven't I been kissing more often?!

Watch out whoever my Boaz is, WE WILL BE DOING A LOT OF KISSING!!!!

 

 

Living Fully....

"Maybe this is the true secret to being fulfilled and content. Living in the moment with God, defined by His truth, and with no unrealistic expectations for others or things to fill me up. Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment."

That is from Chapter 2 page 36 of the book "Becoming More than a Good Bible Study Girl" by Lysa Terkeurst.... and it is exactly what I feel.  Exactly how I am trying to live every day Expectantly with Hope.... However, I am fulfilled and content living in the moment with God when I am living moments with others.... I take each moment I have with friends and family for what they are when I have them.  I don't expect them to be anyone or anything in particular except exactly who they are.  I met someone recently whom I wish could see that I do live each moment I have with them for All that it is.... I don't have an expectation and wish they weren't afraid that they wouldn't live up to expectation they think I may have of them.  Can't they just see that what I expect exactly who they are.... both the good and bad.....

I don't need anyone or anything or any position to make me feel complete or content.  I'm content with being God's girl. Since God is my fulfillment I can simply enjoy others for what and who they are.

And as I said, I am living in the moment with God, sometimes that is even by myself with just Him and other times it is when I am in the presence of someone amazing whom God has Blessed my life with. And there are a lot of those somebodies.  Though to be honest sometimes when I am home alone, which is very often it is hard to live fully in those moments 100% of the time.... maybe because sometimes it is hard to enjoy and laugh just by myself.... But.... even that is still Living in the Moment that God has me in at that direct time....

Lysa goes on on that same page at the end of Chapter 2 to say more of what I am exactly thinking too:

"I have finally landed. That's the way I feel since I stopped that intense search for what I am supposed to become in life. I still have goals and HOPES for my future, but they no longer send me into a striving frenzy. But I must continue to pursue truth that keeps me grounded and God's love that keeps me filled. Then my desperate hollowness is replaced by a desire for holiness. And though it took me years to get it, and though I definitely don't live it out perfectly, I have finally found what I'd been looking for."

It's so nice to just Be Still, and Know He is God.  Because He knows the plans He has for me I can be still and adventurously Wait Expectantly with Hopeful Trust on Him. And with a childlike Faith say, "What's Next, Papa?" I am here with open hands and open heart for All that you have Ready for Me....

Let me say Adventure Ahead as I Live in Every Moment with You, God my Everything!!!!

HOPE

It is my favorite word..... So today I looked into some scripture that used my favorite word, as well as added some photos and other scripture pictures I have collected when seen...

HOPE

Job 6:8

“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,

 

 Job 11:18

You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

 

Psalm 25:5

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

 

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.

 

Psalm 31:24

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

 

Psalm 33:18

But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

 

Psalm 33:20

We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

 

 Psalm 33:22

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.

 

 Psalm 62:5

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

 

 

Psalm 119:49

Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

 

 Psalm 130:5

I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.

 

Psalm 130:7

Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

 

Psalm 147:11

the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

 

 Proverbs 23:18

There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

 

 Proverbs 24:14

Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

 

 Isaiah 40:31

but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

 

Isaiah 49:23c

Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

 

 Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

 

 Lamentations 3:25

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

 

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

 

 

Romans 5:2b-5

And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Romans 8:24-25

For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

 

 Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

 

 Romans 15:4

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

 

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

 

1 Corinthians 13:7

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

 

 

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

 

Galatians 5:5

For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.

 

 1 Thessalonians 1:3

We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

 1 Timothy 4:10

That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.

 

Hebrews 6:11

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

 

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

 

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

 

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

 

 1 Peter 3:15

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

Ruth Appeal

Today I had the PERFECT 6 hour date!!!! My date was spent with God, an Americano with breve, a Chai pancake, a book by Jack Hayford "A New Time and Place", and the book of Ruth!!

Before I begin about date I'd like to make note of days that I want to remember:

February 5, Noticed
February 9, Emails
February 10, Text
February 11, Call
February 15, Met
February 16, Silence
February 18, Emotional Truth
February 20, Trust..... this WILL be Different

As I trust you God, please allow me to trust my own gut and not listen to the whispers from the enemy who comes to steal, kill and destroy. I WILL BE STILL and KNOW YOU ARE GOD!!!
Love the Way GOD has spoken today after setting forth the above statement. All confirming that I need to trust my gut, and still have Hope….. GOD never ceases to amaze me!!!!

February 22, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young:

 

YOU NEED ME EVERY MOMENT. Your awareness of your constant need for Me is your greatest strength. Your neediness, properly handled, is a link to My Presence. However, there are pitfalls that you must be on guard against: self-pity, self-preoccupation, giving up. Your inadequacy presents you with a continual choice- deep dependence on Me, or despair. The emptiness you feel within will be filled either with problems or with My Presence. Make Me central in your consciousness by praying continually: simple, short prayers flowing out of the present moment. Use My Name liberally, to remind you of My Presence. Keep on asking and you will receive, so that your gladness may be full and complete. 1 Thessalonians 5:17; John 16:24 (AMP)

 

Now to my awesome date with God today, February 23:

As soon as my eyes were opened and my mind awake today I heard a few thoughts run through my head... Read Ruth and Take him dinner.... Of course many should know me and one of my favorite words from God just a few years back which was "JUMP".... something I knew I was hearing loud and clear from Him but continued to try and ignore. yep,  I knew I was hearing Him loudly with Read Ruth and Take dinner, but I rolled over and tried to pray other things.... God continued to insist, so after about a half hour is when I decided to get up and go spend some time with Him, before I even considered the second part of His morning message. I remembered this book that I read a long long time ago that was on my book shelf about the book of Ruth, I figured it wouldn't hurt to have more to reference.  So I found it, what an awesome surprise to remember who had given it to me in the first place. My dear best friend from Nashville, Laura.... Made it seem like an even more God calling moment. so, I grabbed my Bible and the book and set out for Uncommon Grounds coffee house in Powell, Wyoming to have a God date, and plus I've learned a long time ago NOT to ignore when or NOT to fight HIM when HE is speaking and calling. I figured too that if it was really HIM speaking the later part of the message He would make it clear to me. Thus, my date began.

I took notes from my reading, parts that hit home to my heart.  The book had 5 chapters and the whole day I was met and filled to overflowing by God!!!

page 19: ... The Lord will make it His business to care for those who REST their HOPE in Him rather than RUSH to figure out their own solutions.

page 20: The Lord promises He will faithfully deal with the people who stand firmly with Him- even when they are lacking what their hearts desire.

pages 46-47: One quality in Ruth I admire very much was her refusal to "be cool" or "play it coy." You never find her pretending that Boaz's interest and kindness were of little consequence. In our day-to-day human interactions, we seem so prone to play little relational games and toy with one another's emotions. One of the favorite ploys, it seems, is slipping on that well-practiced mask of indifference and unruffled reserve in the presence of others.

For instance... if a fellow shows a little interest in a girl, she will often as not feign aloofness- even though inwardly she may delight in the attention. Delight, however, isn't "cool." And everyone knows it's a risk to appear "too interested."

Of course this isn't uniquely a feminine trait. It's true of all human nature. At times each one of us prefers to be coy rather than frank and honest. We hesitate to make plain statements. We're reluctant to commit ourselves. It's a trait of our times: We don't want to appear too enthusiastic or excited about anything. Society's sophistry teaches, "Don't let anyone know what you're really feeling or thinking. It's so much safer to be neutral and noncommittal."

Ruth, however, was of a vastly different cut of cloth. And there is something about her spirit in this little book of Scripture that calls to mind my own courting experiences.

I WANT to be like Ruth, a vastly different cut of cloth..... Hayford goes on to describe his own dating experience with his wife and concludes it with:

page 50: Even if she's irritated with me, she's still just herself, with no manipulating or maneuvering. In a world of three thousand exotic ice cream flavors, she is consistently and deliciously Vanilla.  And I've always loved vanilla best of all.

page 51-52: ?'s Permit me to ask you something rather pointedly: Are you prepared to allow the Spirit of God to change your status quo? Are you truly ready for the Lord to do something new in your life? Something unexpected? Out of the ordinary? Are you ready to follow Him down roads you've never traveled? Are you open to the possibility that He might bless you in an expected, perhaps startling way?...

Who says you know what's next for your life?

Who says God can't use you in a dramatic, wholly unexpected way?

Who says He can't lead you into a season of life and ministry beyond anything you've ever experienced- or even dreamed?

Just who is the limiting factor here? Is it God? Or are we capable of closing our hearts to what He wants to do in and through our lives?

page 54: I can't help but notice that Ruth found her way and her future in a harvest field. That's where things happen. That's where relationships develop and deepen and where destinies are revealed. True, none of us can earn a relationship with God by working for Him, but we can certainly learn the depths of such a relationship when we busy ourselves with what concerns Him most....  the harvest.

To think of the biblical term " harvest" is to think of people helping people, touching people, loving people, serving people, and winning people into the love of God. On the other hand, to misplace or lose our perspective on "the harvest" - on serving people with life- is the surest way to short-circuit the promised possibilities of our lives.

page 56: ... in Him, today can be dramatically different from yesterday.

page 66: Hear me in this, friend: It is not the will of God that anybody, for whatever reason, live out his or her life as a loser. None of us are ever in a situation beyond His ability to redeem. If He could take a stranger and foreigner and bring her into the ancestry of kings through a kinsman-redeemer, He can also say to you and me,... "I can cause the purpose I have for you to be realized in you."

page 72: "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day." (Ruth 3:18)

page 75: .. Do it just as He says.... Listen to these three replies once again...
"All that you say to me I will do."
"Let it be to me according to your word."
"Whatever He says to you, do it."

What are we talking about here? We're talking about the kind of commitment that opens the way for the kingly purposes of the living God to be realized in and through us.

page 79: People may learn how to pray and how to praise. People may come into the assembly of believers and lift their hands and glorify the Lord and sing a thousand songs. Yet these things will never substitute for those long hours at the feet of Jesus- often spent "in the dark" - either of night or of circumstances. And those who have learned to live at His feet, clinging to His promises and waiting on Him, experience a dimension of life and fruitfulness beyond what they have ever known before.

pages 80-81: When Ruth walked away from Boaz and the threshing floor in the dim light of that early morning, she walked away alone. Yet she walked away with his firm promise and a "down payment" of grain, a foretaste of the great provision to come.

For a brief time, she couldn't see him, couldn't hear his voice, and couldn't feel the touch of his strong, gentle hand on her shoulder. It was probably a very long day for Ruth. Yet Naomi told her, "Sit still, my daughter... for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day" (3:18).

Similarly, for you and me there will be times when we may feel the Savior is a million miles away from our situation. But receive the promise, dear one. He has placed His Spirit within you and me as a certified assurance of His will to complete everything! And until He settles all things and eventually takes us home to Himself, we may continually rely on the presence of the living God. No matter how dark or long your night, He has pledged, "I will never leave you nor forsake you!"

So come and bow again. At this very moment, affirm your commitment to wait before His throne- dependent on His presence, His power, and His promise.

Jesus, according to Your Word, I will wait at Your feet, for You ARE my Redeemer. However dark or long the night, I receive Your provision, and I commit to live in the inheritance of the Holy Spirit You have given unto me... en route to the fullness of Your purpose in my new time and new place.

pages 87-93:

page 96: Thankfully, scripture gives us a different story. After Ruth made her appeal according to the provisions of God's Word, she stepped back. In quiet dignity, she let the redeemer redeem. She left it in the hands of Boaz... and God. As difficult as it may have been, she obeyed Naomi's counsel to "sit still" until the matter was concluded one way or another.

page 124: "Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. They give us Hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises." Romans 15:4 (NLT).

pages 125-127: Come with me now... in prayer.

Dear Father, I am warmed within by Your Holy Spirit of promise, whose presence has drawn me into Your Word of Truth. In Jesus' name, I come to thank you.

Thank You for the truth that NOTHING can frustrate Your purpose toward me. NOTHING can blockade the possibilities of Your loving intent for my life being fulfilled. As I have read Ruth, one of Your daughters of long ago, You have convinced me of Your car for me, one of Your children in the here and now. I put my case before You, not on the grounds of my worthiness, but on the foundation of the cross which had purchased my salvation and all that I need pertaining to my life as one of Your own....

Now, dear one, speak your heart.  My own heart's cry for a new time, a new place, or both and more!

So, dear Father, I commit these words of my heart's hope to You. And just as Ruth's path involved time and trial before her fullest hopes were tangibly fulfilled, I will simply rest my case with You and wait for You to act on my behalf.

You are the Father of my hope and my salvation, and Your Son is the Author and Finisher of my faith. As Your own child, and with Jesus as my Lord, I now move forward to live in the realm of Your Kingdom's new possibilities for me....

at this new time of trust,

and in this new place of rest.

Amen.



While I was having this amazing incredible date with God both of my running buddies came in the coffee shop.... we had decided to meet for a run later in the day.  So, when I had finished the book and my date with God, I left and met them.  It is so nice to have such incredible women to run with and be able to share life with.  I couldn't thank them enough for their encouragement about what I heard God confirm in my heart today. As well as knowing they would be praying for me on the Ruth appeal I was about to go and make after our run, and would not stop praying until they heard from me.

I went home and made the dinner, took a shower and prayed, and prayed and prayed more.  I think I was questioning what I was hearing God tell me to do.... This really was a NEW TIME and PLACE for me to be in.... and HE made that apparent starting Monday of this week, and now it was Saturday and time to bring the matter to that NEW TIME and PLACE, where it has NEVER been before.

Dinner was taken, and what I had planned on being about 5 minutes turned into 3 hours..... So,

After I made my appeal according to the provisions of God's Word, I stepped back. In quiet dignity, I let the redeemer redeem. I left it in the hands of Boaz.... and God. As difficult as it may have been, I obeyed counsel and scripture to "Be Still" until the matter was concluded one way or another.

I am overwhelmed by God's Love for me.... not to mention that "last kiss" God would also use to speak to my heart. While I TRUST You, GOD, allow me to trust my own gut, heart and head. Not listening to the whispers of the one who tries to steal, kill and destroy. I WILL BE STILL and KNOW YOU ARE GOD... Sure, Ruth only waited a night and part of the next day, but this Ruth thinks she may be waiting for months... But, I'll WAIT for ALL I've ever Dreamed of to come true in Your Time and in Your Way and in the Place You would have it.....  For You are the Father of my hope and I will rest and wait for You to act as I move forward to new possibilities for me.... at this new time of trust and in this new place of rest.


Funny part is later this night before going to bed, I finished another book I was reading and these words jumped off the page at me after the day I had....

"The Grace and Truth Paradox" by Randy Alcorn on page 90:
THEN WE WAITED, HOPING AND PRAYING!!

Yep, that's me Waiting Expectantly with Hopeful Trust.....

 JOYFUL, PRAYERFUL, THANKFUL (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

and.... HOPEFUL!!