BAMKAPOWXO --> Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. +Philippians 4:8

“You either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.”

“To possess true beauty, we must be willing to suffer. I don’t like that. Just writing it down makes my heart shrink back. Yet, if Christ himself was perfect through his sufferings, why should I believe God would not do the same with me? Women who are stunningly beautiful are women who have had their hearts enlarged by suffering. By saying, “Yes,” when the world says, “No.” By paying the high price of loving truly and honestly without demanding that they be loved in return. And by refusing to numb their pain in the myriad of ways available. They have to come to know that when everyone and everything has left them, God is there.”

“Women’s honor is to love more than they are loved.”

“Great love,
Setting the world on fire
I am in awe of who You are
And it’s Your love I’m looking for
Great love, filling me up inside
You are the One I’m looking for
And I am Yours forevermore”

“I thought somehow he would sense my disapproval and change his life in order to gain my favor. In short, I withheld love…It was selfish, and what’s more, it would never work. By withholding love from my friend, he became defensive, he didn’t like me, he thought I was judgmental, snobbish, proud, and mean. Rather than being drawn to me, wanting to change, he was repulsed….That is, instead of withholding love to change somebody, I poured it on, lavishly. I hoped that love would work like a magnet, pulling people from the mire and toward healing. I knew this was the way God loved me. God had never withheld love to teach me a lesson.”