The Grand Adventure

Life: it can be crazy, hectic, peaceful, exhilarating, sad, blissful, and frightening.  Life can be a lot of things, so long as you keep moving.  Life should be an adventure; a story that you can tell others.  Life is full of opportunities to meet new people, share stories, and touch lives.

We never realize it, but each of us are a part of someone else’s story.  We create for that person a new idea, a new challenge, a new path to take.  Life is a beautiful blessing to be lived out, and we bless each other by being a part of each others’ story.

Life is an adventure; we cannot stand still, we must keep moving, growing, learning, and loving.  Get out there and experience it.  Taste the rain, touch the sun, and hug the wind! We were given a gift that is best when shared.

Live your life. Love your life. Love others. Do it. 

The Color Anger

Anger: It can take a hold of you and sink its sharp teeth in deep, cutting you away from love and happiness.  However, sometimes it feels good to hold onto it for awhile, letting it drive you.  That red, hot passion can often feel good for a short time.  You feel stronger, like you can do anything.   It can push you to try new things, be different, try harder, and be bold.

This anger can be good for you, but also harmful.  We don’t want to go to sleep while still feeling anger towards someone.  Anger towards someone is dangerous and can destroy relationships if not confronted and dealt with.  This type of anger can cut into the heart and eat away at the soul.

I suppose you always need to be careful when anger shows its face.  You never know how hard it will try to cling to you.  Sometimes we are left unaware of its lingering presence in our hearts.  It is because of this that we must practice forgiveness, communication, and love.  The Enemy’s job is to destroy relationships; it is God’s business to help repair them through redemption.

Corinthia -10.25.2011

QUALIFIED

QUALIFIED

If you have ever had to fill out a job application, then I am sure you know exactly what I am talking about when it comes to being “qualified” for a job.  What exactly does being qualified mean, does it really matter if the person has a passion and drive for the job, and how do you become qualified?  All of these questions have been flooding my mind recently whilst applying to job after job.

What does it mean to be qualified?  In the most generic terms, this means that you have had experience and training in the job area that you are applying for.  But, what about in the God area?  When we think about being qualified in human terms we end up going down a road of doubt, despair, and depression.  You second guess yourself, make bad choices, and often end up putting yourself down.  I, myself, have battled the doubt-the lie: “maybe I shouldn’t apply for this because someone else is probably more qualified; I’ll just apply for an easier position.”  We forget that God has placed favor on us when we gave our lives over to Him.  In Psalms it says that “His love and favor surrounds us…” and in Corinthians Paul reminds us that His Favor is all that we need.  This is TRUTH.  If we live in that Favor and act like it, God will bless us abundantly.  Not only that, but others will notice this favor.

There are many jobs out there that ask that only those “qualified” need apply.  What if what they need, is not necessarily what they are asking for?  I say apply anyway.  There are places out there that are simply looking for people with a passion for the job.  If your heart is in it, perhaps mention that in your cover letter.  Any smart employer will not ignore that; they will see that you are willing to learn the ropes, take the challenges necessary, and become what they want in an employee.  Not only will you bring a lively force to the company but a passionate heart is a contagious one.  Others will take notice of your drive and motivation, and that is what is most needed in the work force today.  Never stop fighting for what you love.  If you have a passion, then fight for it and don’t give up.  You might end up working for some place that you don’t want to for now, but continue after that “dream.”

Alright, so how do we become qualified? If being qualified is the only way to get a job these days, how do we go about doing so?  Experience is the first thing that comes to mind.  We need experience.

When Jesus asked these 12 random dudes to join Him in His ministry, do you think they were qualified? Had they ever done ministry before? Nope.  However, they became qualified as soon as Christ called them into the “job.”  His disciples became disciples by discipaling, i.e. LEARNING.  Now they were a bunch of screw-ups, a tax collector, a few fishermen, you know guys who were not into the whole God thing.  At the time they were doing what they were told they were qualified to do, as told to them by society.  But Jesus decided that they were qualified for greater things.

I recently had a prayer session and conversation with my father about this.  I felt that I wasn’t qualified or able to do any real job, other than spread the Gospel.  He told me that sometimes that means we are NOT READY.  I may feel like this because God is preparing me for what He needs me to do with my life.  I think that I am only qualified to do ministry, but God might see that as I am not really.  I need to have that confidence in Him to know that I can do anything.  When I can live by that confidence and trust in Him, THEN I will be ready.  But only God can decide when that is.

You became qualified to do anything through Him, when you gave your life over to Christ.  You gained that favor and power to excel in everything.  When you find out what God has planned for your life; when you discover your calling, follow that path and listen to the instruction that He gives you.  It might be one day, one month, or ten years before you are ready to fully step into that “job” that you are qualified for and called into.  When He decides that you are ready to jump in, He will set up everything for you to do so.

So, even so my resume may not look like much to the average employer, and I may not seem qualified to do much work, God knows I am qualified to do anything in Him.  I have His favor upon my life, and anything that I come across I will excel in because He will be in it with me.  That dream job will happen when I am ready, and until then I must continue learning and gaining more experience.

Prayers and Blessings to those in your search!

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BOMBSHELL: 90-DAY CHALLENGE

BOMBSHELL

After years of struggling with a poor self-image, it is time that I confront this head on.  It is time that I start living with a positive God-image: realizing the Beauty that God has created in me.

All of my efforts to lose weight and slim down seem to have failed.  I am starting a new health program, however, that should help ease the affects my arthritis has on my body, and help me lose some weight to get that pressure off my joints.  BodyByVisalus has already helped millions of people including my grandmother, who was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia recently.  Well, with this health program she lost some weight which is great, but the doctor also said that her Fibromyalgia is significantly LESS severe.  The good news: She was taken off TWO of her medications for it!

I have decided that I need to do this to be healthy; the weight loss will just be a bonus.  I am no longer doing this to look like a bikini model, but rather for myself and my health.  Doctors used to tell me that I was living on borrowed time (I was not expected to live past 20), but you know what? I am living on GOD’S TIME.  ONLY HE CAN DECIDE MY TIMELINE.  So I might as well start living healthier and accepting that in God’s eyes I AM A BOMBSHELL.

I am beautiful and I have a God-Confidence.  I am a bombshell beauty in my own way.  “It’s more fun to hug a tree than a stick anyway.” <3 

So here I am beginning my 90-DAY CHALLENGE, to get healthy and fit.  My goal is to have more energy, less pain, and [perhaps] lose 15 pounds.  If you wish to support me simply pray and remind that special someone in your life that they are a BOMBSHELL because God made them so. <3

Prayer for Change Copyright 2010 Corinthia

PRAYER FOR CHANGE

LORD, GRANT ME PERSEVERANCE, AN ABANDONED HEART FOR YOU.  GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO PURSUE YOU AND LIVE FOR YOU DAILY.

TEACH ME TO STAY IN YOUR RIVER OF SAFETY.  I TRUST YOU, GOD THAT IT WILL ALL BE OKAY.

FATHER, GRANT ME YOUR PEACE AND JOY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUFFERING.  GIVE ME JOY IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL.

GOD, GIVE ME A HEART TO REJOICE ALWAYS AND LONG FOR YOU.  GRANT ME THE POWER TO REBUKE AND LET GO ALL THAT HINDERS ME.  TEACH ME TO GIVE UP TO YOU EVERYTHING.

LORD, CONTINUE YOUR HEALING; DO SURGERY TO MY HEART.  FATHER, KNOW I CANNOT GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT YOU.

*AMEN*

BODIES

Oh, what a beautiful body we have for we have been created by God

I tell people every day that they are beautiful.  I tell my sister that she is beautiful.  Yet, I struggle with telling myself that I am beautiful.  I know that I have a beautiful heart and soul, because God created me.  However, some days it is hard for me to see the beauty in my physical self.

Some days all I can see are the curves, the scars, the bruises, the scratches, and the disfigured joints.  There are days that I just wish I had a new body.  All I can see is the sin that has wrecked havoc upon my body and mind.  When I look in the mirror all I see is someone who should be trying harder.  I see someone who has failed at so many diets and so many exercise gimmicks.  I see an old woman, when I should be seeing a young twenty-three year old.

I try every day to tell myself that I am beautiful.  That in my own way I have that gorgeous quality.  I have my good days when I feel pretty, but they are soon ruined by some air-brushed magazine cover or digitally altered swimsuit commercial.  I know that they are edited images, but there is still some bit of truth in the picture.

I have to hold onto that promise that Jesus made; that when He returns we will be given new, perfect, spotless bodies.  But what will this body look like?  Will I be a size 2 and have long, flowing hair?  I really don’t care at this point.  As long as God grants me a body that is pain-free and not disfigured, I will be happy.

What can we expect from the Ultimate Designer?  We can only expect one thing from Him: Love.  In His infinite wisdom and love He will give us heavenly bodies, so that we will not find ourselves wanting.

Someday these bruises will fade.  Someday these scars will become just a memory.  And I pray for the day that the disfigurations will be just like something from a forgotten nightmare.

HELP.

This is how I feel; there is no stopping it, or ignoring it.  I will always love you. You have been there with me and for me so many times.  Even when you are not there physically, you are there in spirit.  I will never stop being your friend. No matter how hard you try to push me away, or how much you say you don’t need me around, or how many bad things you do; I will always love you.

That is what true, real, Godly love is.  This type of love never fades and will always shine through.  Bad things happen.  Sometimes we can control it, other times we cannot.  The times we can control it, perhaps we do not want to.  Maybe we need to vent and let sin take over.  God created us Not to be perfect, but to aspire to be like Him.  He loves us more than we know or can describe.  So when we do want to lay back and vent, He will be there.  Listening.  There, with open arms.

I know what you are going through and am deeply sorry. I wish, for your sake, I could stop all the horrid things in your life. But I can’t.  That is why, for the time being, I am able to lend an ear.

WAKE ME UP PLEASE

WAKE ME UP PLEASE

Where has the time gone?  Where am I going?  Do you know?  Do I?  These days become a daze; my true self is somewhere, but not here with me.  My soul is in need of a wake-up call; it needs something to bring it out of this hazy existence.

Oh God, speak to me again like you used to. Help me to listen with an open heart and yearn for your discipline, like those days before.

My light is dimming, Father.  Please add burn to the flame You set in me all those years ago.  Bring back that passion I had.

Where do I go from here?  All that is left is for me to keep searching, searching for something more.  I want to do Your will, so why is it so hard to get there?  I have support from all sides, so why am I running into dead ends everywhere I turn?

I say “God willing” because I only want what You have for me.  In my deepest heart of hearts, that is what runs true.  So God I ask for Your will to be done with my life.  Set ablaze to my soul and sear into me a new fervor for Your Word Alive in my life.

DO NOT LET ME SLEEP ANYMORE.

“Happy are they who know that discipleship simply means the life which springs from grace, and that grace simply means discipleship.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Looking for Full-Time Employment

 I am looking for full-time employment with flexible hours.  If my resume looks interesting to you or your employer please email me.  I do have a disability and that is why I am posting my resume on here; there are few places willing to hire me because of my absentee-ism due to doctor appointments.  I need a position that accommodates to my disability and that pays enough to help with bills or has medical benefits.

Corinthia

ChooseHim@Gmail.com

Career Profile:  BA in Communications and BA in Religious Studies

Qualifications:

• Effective and assertive communicator, interviewer and public speaker
• Demonstrated knowledge of computer programs with development of fliers, newsletters, worksheets, tests, and forms: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Research and implementation skills for fundraisers and hospitality events
• Knowledge of inventory control, job scheduling and volunteer coordination

Strengths:

• Efficient organization skills
• Resourceful, dependable, independently motivated, and attentive to details
• Driven to promote, maintain and create success
• Works great within a group and open to sharing ideas for the benefit of the whole
• Great writing skills
• Exceptional speaking skills

Education and Training:

• Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA – Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree, Religious Studies; Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree, Communications
• Internship with The Spirit Radio Station in Hiawatha, IA
• Internship/Field Study with Vineyard Church of Cedar Rapids
• Youth Leader at Vineyard Church of Cedar Rapids
• Student Ambassador for Revolution Live!
• Hall of Fame Thespian Member: Troupe #2167

Work Experience:

• Active Edge Fitness Club, Cedar Rapids, IA- Front Desk Operations (Current occupation)
• Casey’s General Store, Fairfax, IA- Cashier
• Basile Beans/Java City, Cedar Rapids, IA- Barista
• General Mills, Cedar Rapids, IA- Summer Hire: Warehouse Sanitation
• Hollywood Video, Cedar Rapids, IA- Customer Service Representative (Store Closed)

Accomplishments:

 

• Published multiple articles in The Mount Mercy Times.
• Helped orchestrate a major fundraiser and multiple events for The Spirit Radio station
• Directed and DJ-ed Christian music show for local collegiate radio station in Miami, FL
• Helped as a Student Ambassador for bands in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, FL; worked in promotions and merchandise sales
• Volunteered many hours with my sorority Alpha Phi and raised money for Women’s Heart Health
• While in college maintained a high GPA, being recognized on the Dean’s list.  Also worked part-time retail positions, volunteered at the school, organized fund-raising events within our church and The Spirit Radio Station.
• As a volunteer, supported and helped with the promotion of a recently FDA approved drug that showed significant improvement in arthritis patients by traveling to various locations for public speaking engagements and fund raising appointments.

Feeling Lost…

Have you ever been to that place where your dreams and reality meet? It really sucks, to put it plainly.  Here I am a college graduate with big dreams to help people and serve God, which I sort of am doing…but only part-time.  I would love it if people could look past my disability and see that I have a heart to serve and work…and maybe hire me full-time somewhere doing something I was called to do.

I have reached that place where I must grow up now and face reality.  As it says in Colossians: “it is time to stop studying and to start living what we have been taught because school is out!”  Well, I am living by my faith, but my faith is strained when it comes to the reality of today’s economy and my financial situation.  No one wants to hire someone who has been hospitalized 3 times in the past year and has to take days off for regular doctor visits…not to mention someone who can get “deadly” sick if someone so much as sneezes on them (yes it has happened).  I am ready to start participating in my calling, but how?  I would love to go back to school and get my M.Div., but how can I afford that AND medical bills?

I feel as though I am lost with only a map showing where the “X” is but no way to get there.  What am I to do now?

God Help Me, please.