"Love is the final fight"

"Love is the final fight."

These are the words from a hero of mine, John M. Perkins.
A few months ago I finished his book, "Let Justice Roll Down."
It was so immensely powerful and insane at the same time.
I recommend it to anymore who is a lover of social justice and equality.

Here is a music video/song Switchfoot dedicated to this man. Enjoy!




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"Love helps to make us generous and courageous, it opens our eyes not only to the beauty of the beloved but to all beauty." C.S. Lewis
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In other news, today Caitlin and I went on a 5 mile walk.. it was intensely amazing. It started pouring down rain like half way through it. It was amazing! :)

Then, we came home and drank Wheat Grass Shots. Wheat Grass is like the whole earth combined in one. haha. Seriously, though, google it. It's intense stuff.

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Wheat Grass Shots. Mmmmm :)

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After a 5 mile, rain pouring, walk!

Peace. Love. Joy.

Chanellll :)

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Thought:

What happens when you've seen so much defilement, that it no longer has an affect on you anymore?

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So, I went to the bookstore yesterday because I got these gift cards for graduation...and I came upon, "The Gospel According to Chanel". I am so excited to start reading it...Coco Chanel amazes me. Her whole concept wasn't about having the latest fad, but knowing who you are and what style you like and embracing it. Although, she is all about being classy for sure! lol :-)

Peace. Love. Joy.

Hollywood.

I have such a heart for Hollywood,
I probably couldn't even explain to you the depths of my love for those people.
They have influence not just in the U.S. but literally all over the world.
When they encounter their Abba it's totally going to change everything.
I truly believe that.

Lately though I have been really asking God, "how do you influence such a lost, influential people?" As I was thinking this through a couple of days, I came to the conclusion that what I was praying for them, I needed to be living myself. I want them to be completely abandoned to the King, but if I am not my prayers mean nothing. I want them to be of the utmost purity and righteousness, but if I am not living that way myself, heck it's simply words.

Literally a day after journaling this very thought Bill Johnson tweeted:
"We aren't culturally relevant when we become like the world around us. We are relevant when we model what they long to become."

I want to be so desperate for Jesus, that from that place; extremely lost, influential people come to know who their Daddy is.

Peace. Love. Joy.

"But oh, the agitated heart- Til someone find us really out."

"Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man." (Psalm 113)

[He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. "Is that not what it means to know me?",declares the Lord.] (Jeremiah 22:16)

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"We make ourselves a place apart-
Behind light words that tease and flout,
But oh, the agitated heart-
Til someone find us really out."
(Robert Frost)

mmmmm...now that is something to really ponder.

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"When passion dies, the lamp of perception is eventually removed."

Bill Johnson tweeted that this morning and it really,like most things he says, made me really think. It's profound in a simple
sense.

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Inner ramblings today:

I don't want to be the one who points out the obvious problems. Rather, the one who has solutions for the problems.

Peace. Love. Joy.

What Will Your Story Be?

The truth is everyone has a story.
Everyone is going to leave the earth with a story.
You choose exactly how that story turns out.
So what is your story going to be?
You decide.

Imperfection is Beauty.

I am finding that imperfection truly is the most beautiful thing.
In a culture where we are told that being skinnier, tanner, or essentially just flawless to be beautiful...I venture to say it's not true.

I find myself finding people's imperfections the most beautiful thing about them.
I guess for me it's this illustration of loving who God made us, and knowing HE loves that flaw, how dare I not love it.

I truly believe without a doubt that someone who is so in love with their Abba, those are the people I look at and goo ohh jeeeez they are gorgeous! It's this inner light, inner glow that just shines through into everything they do.

Believe you're beautiful simply because He thinks you're beautiful!
Mind Boggling.

Although, I have never been a huge Jessica Simpson fan she just did a show called The Price of Beauty and she goes all over the world to see what every people and culture define as beautiful. It was really incredible to watch. I love cultures in general, so I was intrigued :-)

Here is the trailer, you can go to Hulu.com to loook at the full episodes. My favorites was he Uganda, Thailand, and L.A. one :-)

Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

I just finished a book called "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and it was absolutely amazing! Her story seriously leaves me dumb founded. How a girl, from Somalia, who has been isolated for most of her life escapes an arranged marriage and moves to Holland and eventually is apart of the parliament of The Netherlands. Sheeeesh. I can't imagine doing all that and actually living in a free world where I am encouraged to fulfill dreams and none of my abilites or talents are supressed. She does this, knowing pretty much nothing about the world encompassing her.

Her whole campaign is to see the opression of Muslim Women over with. I am totally for this. The stories she tells of her childhood are absolutely horrid, I can't even imagine living in that kind of world. She no longer is apart of the Islamic religion due to her not being able to understand the Quaran and the horrible things within it. She is now an athiest. I am going to pray, pray, pray for her every day; that she comes to know Jesus and His love that nothing on this earth can transcend.

Here is the short film she made about the opression of women. I am warning you it is a very detailed and has vivid imagery, and it's not for people who can't handle intense things.