Stop. it. 

Stop it. Just stop. Seriously, stop going to church. Stop giving clothes to charity. Stop being friendly. Quit Bible study. Just stop. Stop singing in church raising your hands up high. Stop giving tithe. It's worthless, pointless really. Profits nothing......without love that is. If I give my body to be burned, but don't have love. I am nothing. If I raise my hands in church apparently praising the One who died for me, but don't love my brother (or enemy) my worship is null and void. If I go to a forgein land, and live my life spreading the gospel, yet I don't love, then I have done it all for nothing. 

This thought is obviously not orginal with me. It comes from 1 Corinthians 13. Agape love....true love is so much bigger than me. May I live each and every day in an understading that the people around me are hurting literally, fighting hell. Love them inspite of themselves not because I am capable in myself, but because He loved me first. 

Matthew 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Oh, that my life would revolve around bringing people into a peace with God and showing them the light.

"There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully around with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy or at least the risk of tragedy is damnation. The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbrations of love is Hell.

C.S. Lewis

"If you do not have beauty of character if you do not have nobility of soul you will be but a flame without heat, a rainbow with color, and a flower without perfume." 
Vernon McGee

You are my Peace.
You are my Contentment.
You are my Joy.
You are my Love.
You, oh Lord, are my King. 
                               natalie edith

I made this today. It's dairy free "lasagna", which kinda makes it not lasagna, but it was delicious! I baked it all the way till it was bubbly and crunchy...the results were just amazing. here is the link. I'm dairy free, which was hard at first, but I totally getting used to it and lovin' it! 

P.S.

I registered for my LAST semester of college....AHAHAHAH! so happy. 

but for real, try the lasagna, you won't regret it! ( just maybe don't tell the man ( or men.....i have brothers) in your life whats in it till after, especially if they are picky eaters.) 


Happy Friday! have a great one....for me its gonna be school and work all weekend long, lame! this is the part of the semester that really kicks my butt. 
If you didn't read  this blog last week, when i posted it you should. Its beautiful.

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down is someone who matches you on accident...everyday of your life."


-Arnold Glasglow ( modified by natalie hannah)