Exhaustion! ♥

So I got the basics taken care of on this lil nest of mine. BUT there is still so much to do :(.
I need to fix the top where my pages are but that sounds like another days worth of work and effort.

So for now. I am going to thank God for this beautiful MONDAY! It is so lovely outside here in Orange County.
Not that I have really been outside.
or showered yet today.
I pretty much woke up, ate my waffles and got to work on here.
Oh! I did brush my teeth though :).
That would just be offensive.

I am so blessed to live in America.
We have a nation that truly has given us so much freedom and liberty.
When I look to who I am as a woman on this earth I see the barriers across the nations.
The barriers that keep us from believing the truth and believing a lie.
We see so much and live so freely here in the states.
But our sisters across the globe are hurting, and are suffering under satan and his attacks and lies.
Yes. We are bombarded with false images of self and identity.
BUT WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO FIGHT BACK.
TO SPEAK UP!!

Our sisters out there are forced into silence.
Some cannot even leave their homes without a male escort.
Some are sold along with the family cattle in order to keep a roof over their families heads.
Some are married not out of love or desire. BUT out of deceit and lies. Lies that they belong to men and are not worthy of choosing or voicing their own opinions on the matter of spouse.

Our clothing.
Our hairstyles.
Our going out and having "GIRLS NIGHT".
Our shopping alone or with a friend at the local mall, vintage boutique or second hand store.
Getting coffee with a friend.
Reading our bibles in the park, on a school bench between class or at work.
Praying in public?
Wearing MAKEUP!!


WE could all contribute something that we take for granted here in the states to this list.

But my point isn't to bombard you with images that leave you feeling guilty.
It is to just share with you how beautiful and free you are!
That God has blessed you for no reason other than love with America.
Sure it isn't perfect.
But if you count your blessings you will see just how much grace and mercy surrounds you.

Sin is inevitable. That is the world we have been born into. But GRACE abounds and I think we are blessed to be able to see just how much grace has been dealt to us.

So PRAY FOR YOUR SISTERS!
Pray for the bondage we suffer as members of the body of Christ to be broken.
Pray for love to break through our hearts of stone.
Pray and then pray some more. And then smile because you have Jesus.


And He is more than enough.


Sorry for the mini rave but sometimes you just gotta let it flow.


&heart;CheChe

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Speak For Me

I finished Romans on Today. It was a sweet ending to a great time with my King. I am excited to advance on to the next book but I am even more excited to watch His Spirit move and grow within me.

These photos are really a few things that put a smile on my face.

• I adore anything soft, pink and girly. 
• Cupcakes taste so amazing at anytime of the day
• You Are Lovely...duh?
• I don't wear tons of makeup but I relax so much when I have free time to just play with pretty colors using my face as the canvas
• I have learned that my heart has eternal value and not just ANY man will do in the handling or care of it. It has to be Gods fully.
• All things really do work together. I'm living proof

Thanks for stopping by! Have an amazing, fantastic, Monday-Hon-day. I know that makes no sense but it rhymed and that is all I am really looking for right now. Silliness and rhymes go together so well don't they?

What are you doing MONDAY? What is making you smile inside and out these days? 

♥ Chetreanna ♥

oh. P.S. My team of ladies have a blog up and running on tumblr now. www.mission-uganda.tumblr.com

love you :).

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While the world is sleeping I am just getting home from service, church and dinner with a sister and completing night 11 of my circuit. I know it is extremely late and exercise is not something that one should do before bed but I feel so much more energetic and just overall content when I exercise and then wake up and start my day! After getting rid of my gym membership a few months ago (and deciding that Jesus loved me enough to give me a body that is not handicapped) I realized that the gym was not doing anything but taking a much needed thirty dollars from my account every month. Part of the split from the gym had a lot to do with how much food and exercise were tied into a previous relationship of mine. I think I wanted to just rebel against everything that THAT particular relationship had began to manifest itself as. 

So I ate donuts for a month in a half straight, wore the same sweats for a month straight, cried uncontrollably and at random moments and actually had moments where I felt sorry for even having emotions so that I could just continue on living my amazingly BLESSED life. 

So I made the split and it felt good to not have it for SEVEN whole months. I actually felt free and liberated. The illusion of my worth which I had began to accept as reality was so wrapped up in that darn GYM and EATING "good" and blah blah blah... We really don't need to get so into that :). Anyways the point is I am finally beginning to find out why CHE enjoys exercising and how I feel good taking care of me FOR ME. Rather than taking care of myself so that I may be appealing to someone else...Hopefully that made sense to someone out there. 

There has been a reoccurring theme in my life recently as well. God has provided me with this inward reflection and it is about my heart and prayer. I have a heart that desires my Lord so much but I really need to be praying MORE and with much more URGENCY. In the beginning of my walk with Jesus I can remember praying for hours sometimes just ignoring time and space and pouring out my heart. I can remember that desperation for his voice so deeply within that I could not even voice my desires I could only groan and cry out for him. It was the most amazing and scariest place to be because I was truly SOLD OUT for Christ in my prayer life. 

Lately prayers haven't had that effect. I know this makes me no less of a Christian woman but it certainly is something I think I should take a look at in regards to where I am now. I am really encouraged by this to start "spicing" up my prayer life. Maybe even focusing on something each day to pray about without ceasing and keep on the front of my mind for that day? Just as a reminder of what we are called to do as Christians. PRAY! Pray for one another and pray for those around us and our government and our nation, whomever and wherever that may be. I just realize that seasons come and go with God. Some seem dry and some are extremely ABUNDANT. However we may perceive it WE are the ones who are changing NOT JESUS. He is the same as yesterday, today and tomorrow! Our Eternal God. The firstborn of the dead :). These seasons are about CHOICES. They're about us choosing to keep after Christ, and if that means changing our devotional life up, using new prayer techniques or attending a new study or ministry at our church so be it. AMEN I just really want to always be moving FORWARD in this relationship, this true love I have. What a gift we have chosen to receive as his children grace and mercy... Our sanctification does not end until we are called out of this world! Accepting Christ is only the beginning so get up and start walking :)!!!

I am so in LOVE. I cannot imagine the Love I will share with my husband someday but I am praying it gives me everything I need to keep seeking my FIRST LOVE Jesus Christ and to not lose heart. There is a spiritual battle brewing for our souls you guys. We must be on guard and in the word and protecting ourselves because we are human and easily strayed!

Have a blessed day and Sunday and may Jesus reach out and touch each and everyone of your hearts on this day! In Jesus name.. LET IT BE TRUE amen :)

♥CheChe

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