Beach tomorrow, rain or shine.
The melody of waves eases the mind.
The ocean breeze brings with it peace.
And the sand beneath my feet keeps me grounded.
- Bri
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Gifts of The Spirit - By Faith
Do you believe that the gifts the Disciples of Jesus had, are in existence today? Basically, do you believe in miraculous things being done through human beings. I believe those things are still very much real. The gifts of the Spirit. Prophecy, Laying on of Hands (Healing), etc. all still exist. His Word says, "Faith can move Mountains" but it is contingent upon your belief in the fact that by Faith, God can move that mountain. The problem is we lack the faith. We don't think that the God of today is the same as He was then. But He is. And so the same miracles performed then by the hands of His disciples could be performed today by the hands of his modern day disciples, but according to our faith. Just like it says in Job 2 "God deals with us according to the measure of our faith, our love, the measure of His Spirit within us." What is the measure of His spirit is us if we cannot believe He is able to do through us all things?! His will being done on earth as it is in Heaven is solely dependent on us accepting that it will be done. And again in Matthew 9 with the Blind men that cried out to Jesus to heal them....
" When He (Jesus) had gone indoors, the blind men came to Him, and He asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”.... “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; and their sight was restored." See, that's how God works, in us and through us. Their sight wasn't restored because they asked Jesus, but because they believed. It's all about Faith. That's why I think His Holy Spirit in us and strengthening That is so essential because as the measure of His Holy Spirit increases in us, so does our faith, and as our Faith increases so do the displays of His will being done on earth increase also.
- Brianna Carey ©
" When He (Jesus) had gone indoors, the blind men came to Him, and He asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”.... “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; and their sight was restored." See, that's how God works, in us and through us. Their sight wasn't restored because they asked Jesus, but because they believed. It's all about Faith. That's why I think His Holy Spirit in us and strengthening That is so essential because as the measure of His Holy Spirit increases in us, so does our faith, and as our Faith increases so do the displays of His will being done on earth increase also.
- Brianna Carey ©
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Watching this incredible sunset, which a picture just wouldn't do justice. So I'll try to describe it with words.....
"A hue of pink I've never seen....
a hand painted dream across a once blue sky
It's like the sun kissed the clouds goodbye
as if this were the last time they'd ever meet."
- Brianna Carey ©
"A hue of pink I've never seen....
a hand painted dream across a once blue sky
It's like the sun kissed the clouds goodbye
as if this were the last time they'd ever meet."
- Brianna Carey ©
Friday, November 11, 2016
Something's Gotta Change.....
The level of animosity these past few days is baffling to me..... The division between friends, the discord between family members, fights with neighbors..... I just don't understand it.....
How someone would be willing to let an election result destroy relationships they've had for years is beyond me. I also don't understand how you can disregard all aspects of the person you cared about on November 7th, just the day before, and now vow them an enemy because they didn't vote the same as you. If something like this uproots your entire relationship with another human being you once considered friend or family, it wasn't built on genuine love to begin with. Love doesn't mean having to agree on everything. And you don't walk out on someone because they don't think the way that you do. All I keep seeing as I scroll is "Unfriend me", "block me", "cut me off", "you're no longer a part of my life".... all I see is such hateful words being spewed from both sides and I'm just utterly disappointed in humanity.....
The fact of the matter is, not everyone is going to share your views, but that's not cause to go around hating each other. A person shouldn't have to Be exactly as you are or Think exactly as you do in order to be a part of your life. I have friends of many walks of life, and I would never minimize the extent of who they are as an individual, the soul on the inside, to who they voted for in one election. Nor would I throw out years of cherished memories over a difference in opinion. That is so unnecessary and rash.
I'm just over the hate..... my heart is heavy from this atmosphere of negativity fueled by anger and animosity towards others for simply clicking a button on one day in history that 4 years from now won't matter anyway. But I'll tell you what will matter, and have a lasting effect.... how we chose to treat each other during this moment in time. What example did we set for our children?
Change for the better is never born of hate. It's conceived in Love. And unity cannot come by way of division. It comes by way of compassion and understanding. And a willingness to sit down together at a table and share a meal. 'Whether you're both "meat eaters" or you're both "vegetarian", you should still be able to across from each other and be at peace. If you cannot do this, then you must ask yourself 'what within my heart prevents me from doing so and how do I correct it? Because it should never be a difficult decision to love others.
Put aside your differences, hug one another, move forward in love. Together, we can make tomorrow a better day.
Romans 14 MSG
- Brianna Carey ©
How someone would be willing to let an election result destroy relationships they've had for years is beyond me. I also don't understand how you can disregard all aspects of the person you cared about on November 7th, just the day before, and now vow them an enemy because they didn't vote the same as you. If something like this uproots your entire relationship with another human being you once considered friend or family, it wasn't built on genuine love to begin with. Love doesn't mean having to agree on everything. And you don't walk out on someone because they don't think the way that you do. All I keep seeing as I scroll is "Unfriend me", "block me", "cut me off", "you're no longer a part of my life".... all I see is such hateful words being spewed from both sides and I'm just utterly disappointed in humanity.....
The fact of the matter is, not everyone is going to share your views, but that's not cause to go around hating each other. A person shouldn't have to Be exactly as you are or Think exactly as you do in order to be a part of your life. I have friends of many walks of life, and I would never minimize the extent of who they are as an individual, the soul on the inside, to who they voted for in one election. Nor would I throw out years of cherished memories over a difference in opinion. That is so unnecessary and rash.
I'm just over the hate..... my heart is heavy from this atmosphere of negativity fueled by anger and animosity towards others for simply clicking a button on one day in history that 4 years from now won't matter anyway. But I'll tell you what will matter, and have a lasting effect.... how we chose to treat each other during this moment in time. What example did we set for our children?
Change for the better is never born of hate. It's conceived in Love. And unity cannot come by way of division. It comes by way of compassion and understanding. And a willingness to sit down together at a table and share a meal. 'Whether you're both "meat eaters" or you're both "vegetarian", you should still be able to across from each other and be at peace. If you cannot do this, then you must ask yourself 'what within my heart prevents me from doing so and how do I correct it? Because it should never be a difficult decision to love others.
Put aside your differences, hug one another, move forward in love. Together, we can make tomorrow a better day.
Romans 14 MSG
- Brianna Carey ©
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Pearls to Swine
Sometimes you've just said all that you can, and at some point in the conversation you have to stop trying to convince someone of something they've already made up their mind they won't accept.
It's hard to do because you want so deeply to impact that person for the better, but once you feel you've given it all that you have, and it's just falling on deaf ears, be still, say Shalom and just pray for that person; that God will sow a seed in them. God tells us not to go on and on, with the back and forth rhetoric. At that point, you're just throwing your pearls to swine.
"Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." - 2 Timothy 2:23-24
The fact of the matter is you cannot make someone listen. You could talk until you're blue in the face, you could convey with eloquence simple and precise reasoning for your position but you can't make them really hear you if they have decided not to. You can't position a heart to be in a place of reception. They either want to receive from you a word, or they don't. It cannot be forced.
Never minimize the power of prayer. It can do more than a million words ever could. God is always working!
Blessings and Love to everyone. Goodnight!
- Brianna Carey ©
It's hard to do because you want so deeply to impact that person for the better, but once you feel you've given it all that you have, and it's just falling on deaf ears, be still, say Shalom and just pray for that person; that God will sow a seed in them. God tells us not to go on and on, with the back and forth rhetoric. At that point, you're just throwing your pearls to swine.
"Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." - 2 Timothy 2:23-24
The fact of the matter is you cannot make someone listen. You could talk until you're blue in the face, you could convey with eloquence simple and precise reasoning for your position but you can't make them really hear you if they have decided not to. You can't position a heart to be in a place of reception. They either want to receive from you a word, or they don't. It cannot be forced.
Never minimize the power of prayer. It can do more than a million words ever could. God is always working!
Blessings and Love to everyone. Goodnight!
- Brianna Carey ©
Love me but just don't tell me I'm wrong.....
To insinuate that one has to condone the behavior of someone in order to love that person, that's a false perception of what it means to Love. If I am to love honestly though; I don't have to like everything that you do, let alone be in support of it. For instance, I can love the drug addict, but I don't have to condone his behavior in any way, shape, or form in order to do so. I find it disheartening that by having a strong personal conviction against something that equates also to you hating those who take part in that which you are against. That is truly sad. And in most cases, that couldn't be further from the Truth.
At the root of this misconception of Love, is the egos' desire to expect Love without discipline. But the two go hand in hand. It's like the Word says in Hebrews 12, "whom the Lord loves, He disciplines" and again in Proverbs 3 "Do not despise discipline of the Lord, for whom the Lord loves, He corrects." Unfortunately people do despise being corrected. People would rather you allow them to walk off of the cliff than to tell them the correct path to follow that will not lead to their death. But see.... I'm just not a believer in that, simply because we are given free will from God, to do as we please, that we (His children) should never intervene. If we allowed everyone to do everything they wanted regardless of consequences to themselves or others.... Well.... The world would be in even more disarray than it already is.
Unrighteous judgment condemns. Righteous judgment corrects. Knowing the difference is wisdom. You don't have to take my advice but that won't prevent me from giving it. Why? Because I love you too much.
- Brianna Carey ©
At the root of this misconception of Love, is the egos' desire to expect Love without discipline. But the two go hand in hand. It's like the Word says in Hebrews 12, "whom the Lord loves, He disciplines" and again in Proverbs 3 "Do not despise discipline of the Lord, for whom the Lord loves, He corrects." Unfortunately people do despise being corrected. People would rather you allow them to walk off of the cliff than to tell them the correct path to follow that will not lead to their death. But see.... I'm just not a believer in that, simply because we are given free will from God, to do as we please, that we (His children) should never intervene. If we allowed everyone to do everything they wanted regardless of consequences to themselves or others.... Well.... The world would be in even more disarray than it already is.
Unrighteous judgment condemns. Righteous judgment corrects. Knowing the difference is wisdom. You don't have to take my advice but that won't prevent me from giving it. Why? Because I love you too much.
- Brianna Carey ©
The Day After Election
Contrary to popular opinion, my voting Trump did not equate to me being a Racist, Misogynistic, Bigot, who hates gays, latinos and Muslims and is in support of rape. Surprisingly enough, I'm actually a multifaceted human being who chose the person I felt most closely resembled my Biblical principles on several policies closest to my heart. And furthermore, oddly enough, I don't have any hate in my heart today, only Love. It's the darndest thing.
Sincerely, Brianna Carey ©
Peace Be Still America.
Sincerely, Brianna Carey ©
Peace Be Still America.
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