Krystalights....

It's been almost one year since the last time I've post on here but here I am.

There are so many things that I want to take place in my life but I know everything takes time and it must line up with the Lord's will for my life. So for now all I can do is focus on what it is I need to be doing right now in this moment and lately being encouraging and carrying a positive energy has stuck out to me. Being encouraging and exposing the good out of people's negativity. I've lost that recently and became lost in negativity and carried that with me daily but the Lord has lifted that negative from me and now I am ready to get back into the game.

It's interesting that my blog name is Krystalights because that is exactly what I am trying to be and bring to the people, "light". So I don't know what's to come of this blog or if anything will come from this blog but hopefully this is the start of a beautiful journey.



Alrighty, Signing Out.

Stay Up, Stay Encouraged and Keep the Light!

Blood-Line

There is so much life and history behind the eyes of my family but it's hard to get it.

I've been wanting to know more about my family but I really don't know where to start! I know my blood line travels back somewhere but I don't know where. I love my family and what to know who my people are. I kind of gave up because not too many people wanted to help and I simply didn't know how to find information.

Through all of the searching and information I did gain, I found out about a lot of people and some of them even stay in my city. Now the sad part about that is, I still haven't met any of them yet and it's been almost a year!! That's my fault :( but I plan to pick all of this back up very soon!!! I want to know who are my people and where I come from. Through the searching and phone calls, I did find out about two people I'm related to that I already knew. That was exciting but there are still so many more people I have to meet!!!

Wish me luck!!! Here I go...

Recently, I was challenged by someone's life and it made me think. No matter how much training you receive, it still doesn't make you better than the next person.

The Lord showed me myself and it wasn't good. He showed me that I think to highly of myself. I think I am above people when I am no better!! It doesn't matter how much training I've gotten if I'm not doing anything with it!! Extra training does not mean that you're better than anyone!!

This entire thing came about because I viewed this person as someone not as spiritually mature as me. I was comparing this person to some people I knew, plus those people had been to some of the same camps and conferences so I was placing this person in that category. I expected this person to act a certain way when that's not how it should be. I was checking out their resume but I was looking at the wrong one! I was checking the external verses the internal!

Your growth in Christ is not determined by the amount of events you've been apart of, it's about a true heart filled relationship with the Lord!! You're just like everyone else that think they're Christians if the only thing you're worried about is what looks good to the human eye.

Who is right in God's sight:
          the person that's "on s/he face daily before the Lord"
                                       OR
          the person that's "been to all of the conferences, mission trips and etc."

God truly showed me my heart and humbled me!

¡Take Off!

The day has finally come that I leave for Australia. I can't believe it's finally here and I'm about to fly alone all the way to Australia and change planes twice! This has truly been an experience and The Lord has truly done work to get me here because I doubted that I would get here. God completely turned things around the week of SpringBreak and it was amazing. Monday-I was able to buy my plane ticket, collect another donation and register for the conference; Tuesday-Thursday raffle tickets continued to be sold; then Friday- The raffle ended and from the raffle there was about $600 raised! #Amazing Right!! I was in complete shock because I honestly didn't think that much was going to raised from the raffle alone!!! Praise God because it was HolySpirit who told me to do it on a Friday morning and so much has came from that! I'm happy and thankful for everyone and everything!!!

Thank You again everyone for stepping in to help me!!

THANK YOU

This has definitely been journey getting here and there has been some bumps in the road but I made it here! Thank you to everyone because it is because of you that I've made it this far! I went from Excitement-Doubt-WhiteFlag-HolySpirit telling me if I want it I have work-Completely Depending On God Provide If This Is Where He Wanted and it's been interesting. The raffle went great and raised a lot more money then I expected and many more people donated to make this happen!

So again thank you so much for showing me how many people I truly have on my team!! 😃😃😃

Humans=Mistakes

You are human and I am human right? So we will forever make mistakes. Sometimes we even set ourselves up to make those mistakes but we are still human beings. With those mistakes we can't continue to punish ourselves or beat ourselves up about it. It's life and life happens. 

What we can do is: recognize the mistake, what lead us to the mistake, how we can prevent doing it again, and how we can learn and grow from the mistake. You can't move forward if you continue to hold yourself back. We have to understand that the Lord has never left our side and all we have to do is turn to Him for help, love, security, understanding, forgiveness, support, and etc. 

              "I look up to the mountains---does my help come from there?

              My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth! 

              He will not let you stumble; 

                   the one who watches over you will not slumber. 

              Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. 

             The Lord himself watches over you!

                 The Lord stands besides you as your protective shade. 

             The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at the night.

             The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.

             The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,

                    both now and forever." -Psalm 121

Trust in the Lord to get you through those tough times in life. Allow the Lord to take complete control and you follow his lead. Accept the changes that the Lord wants to make within you and please work towards them. 

So as humans, we will make mistakes but you have to stop beating yourself to the ground to stand up!

Slavery

There is slavery going on in our world and it's crazy that it's still going on!! Pray, Pray, Pray for the survivors, victims, and those who see but don't report!! As a body of believers we must come together and pray for this situation because it's a problem that is still rising in numbers. We can't overlook it but take action!!! #WhatWillYouDo