Doing Flows From Being

"It is impossible to get from preoccupation with behavior to the gospel. The gospel is not a message about doing things. It is a message about being a new creature. It speaks to people as broken, fallen sinners who are in need of a new heart. God has given His Son to make us new creatures. God does open-heart surgery, not a face-lift. He produces change from inside out. He rejects the man who fasts twice a week and accepts the sinner who cries for mercy."
-Tedd Tripp

I am NOT Religious!

“Religion is, ‘I obey, therefore I’m accepted’. The Gospel is, ‘I’m accepted through what Jesus Christ has done for me, therefore I obey’. Religion gives you control, that’s why its so popular…If I am saved by what I can do, then there’s a limit to what God can ask of me. I still have some control. But if I am saved by sheer grace, then there’s nothing He cannot ask of me”.
- Tim Keller

More Fun Pics

Seriously, I've watched just enough America's Next Top Model to be dangerous! hahaha!

I love how my eyes look blue in this one! These photographers truly are awesome! They have some amazing skills!

I love the detail and classiness of this one! It looks like it's from the 50's or something, and of course, I'm a huge black and white fan! :)

I tell ya what, Lezlie Andrew is an amazing photographer! I just wish she didn't live all the way in Texas... thank you Lezlie for a fun day! I had a blast!

Scary Freedom

“Believers sometimes forget that we have been set free. Freedom scares us and more important, it scares those religious leaders who are into control. Jesus said, ‘Therefore if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.’ We want to change that, to create some parameters and to ameliorate the dangers of the freedom Jesus gives. When we do that, we miss the joys of being free from the bondage of our slavery to rules and manipulation...Being free enables us to go to God without the need to act like a proper slave...Being free means that , in prayer, we don't have to work for 'slave's wages'...Being free means that we don't have to worry about every word and every thought that is uttered in the presence of God...God says...'You aren't a slave, Quit acting like one".
-Steve Brown. When Being Good Isn’t Good Enough.