Anonymous asked: Have you had boyfriends/girlfriends in the past that you know you gave away too much to? i'm finding it hard :(
Heyy Anon!
Louiseee here, in what way do you mean ‘gave away’? As in secrets/who you are/physically..?
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Anonymous asked: What would you like to see change in this world? :)
Paul here: what I would like to see is people changing the world with their own unique gifts and talents. We have limitless potential and it would be a miracle to see every person release it.
Anonymous asked: love<3
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wrestlingwitgod asked: I struggle with an inner battle between my human nature and my spirit...I want to follow God. I want to have a deeper more intimate relationship with him. I need lots of prayer and support and a solid foundation which I am getting from school now just slowly. I keep hearing the same message of God's love and mercy and grace and how nothing can separate us from his love and that he is always there...even on our darkest nights he never left our sides...I know all of this...but its hard to make the transition from just knowing about God and all this stuff to believing it and understanding it. can you pray for me?
Hey! Of course we will pray for you! This is the struggle that every christian faces at one time or another! Your flesh wants one thing but your soul wants God more than anything! You are doing the right thing though, Seeking God with all your heart. He want’s you to know him just as he knows you, as he has always known you! Because he made you, and he made you special for him. Immerse yourself in his word, the bible, or other christian books. Books like “Sex.God” by Rob Bell Or “Soul Cravings” by Erwin McManus, If you aren’t a big reader you can also get some podcasts from here > http://mosaic.org/podcast/ Check out Erwin Mcmanus’s teachings, he’s a really cool guy and so inspiring! :) God isn’t fighting you, He’s pursuing you, he just want’s to love you and he has big plans for your life, he wants you to talk to him honestly, about everything, see him as a best friend that comes everywhere with you :) I’ma put a wee prayer here for you if you don’t mind?
Dear God,
Thankyou God for all you have done in his life already, and thankyou that you won’t relent. You never give up! You won’t let us go! You never never do! I pray that he opens his eyes to you. Let him see the little miracles you have sprinkled all over the earth in creation, let him see the miracle that is himself and his life, He want’s to understand you, he want’s to know you, give him a passion in his life for you, be the flame on his heart, give him clarity in his vision, that you will let him know his path and you will set one foot infront of the other because if we chase you, the dream giver, we always find our dreams right there. Let him feel how very much you love him, let him see your love in his life, how much you adore him, how very proud you are of him and you know his heart, the depths and secrets of his heart and you love him the same! That he dosn’t have to hold on to shame, that you don’t see it, you don’t keep a record, that his relationship with you dosn’t depend on what his past holds, it’s the future that matters and you want nothing more to show him his future, help him walk with you through it all knowing that you are there to carry him, especially in the most difficult times and he has your spirit, guiding him, comforting him, every step of the way! Thankyou for everything! In Jesus’ name, Amen!
Louu<3
Anonymous asked: What are you're passions?<3
what do you dream of and what inspires you's:)
OOOhhh, that’s such a big question! :)
My passion is people! Always people! Seeing beautiful things happen! And most importantly God!
Everything seems to inspire me these days! Conversations, listening, the message, sunshine, smiles, laughter, kind words, seeing real love come true, sunsets, stars, shooting stars, glitter, heartbeats, influence, the energy, drive and relentless faith that kids have, music, ALL music but especially acoustic, other peoples passion.. for anything, truth, freedom, butterflies, the sand in my shoes, worship, other peoples faces during worship, technology, photographs, colourful hair, colourful anything, kind hearts, a need to see change, life.. and how huge an adventure it is! Tumblr, creation, seeing other people create, beauty, nature, faith, YOU, friends, dedication, loyalty. Yeah… pretty much everything hehe :)
Louu<3
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I think the best way to answer this is to sum it up in one word:
»»» Love «««
love means not only to love someone or others, but love is a verb so means to do the things you love in life as well.
I dream of love and many other things :)
I see love in others and this inspires me, they may not have the same qualities of others, but makes me think whoa! everyone has there incredible own unique special qualities, everyone is so different yet so similar. Mind blowing!
Things that inspire me:
blogs, books, magazines, films, people,nature, art, music, exercise religion, great projects, dream, success, stories, life, photography so many lets just say the entire world!
one of the major things that inspire me is the human mind, cause i love when people say its impossible to do or cant be done and someone or thing does it.they believed went threw the pain, put the time in and in the end proved people wrong i love that! anything can be done if you put your ind to it.
it can be the greatest downfall or it can give you unstoppable power that you never imaged you were capable of.
Paul
Anonymous asked: I don’t really know what to say into this. Basically I need help, I suffer from many different problems and have a lot of things wrong with me, my self-confidence is low, my self esteem is low, not feeling self actualized and my self critic is really loud atm. The main thing that is really annoying me atm is my OCD, which, to put it all simply, feels like there is a battleground inside of my head that won’t ever stop. It’s like a battle between who I am and what I want to do and what I fear that I do not want to become or to do.
I won’t go into more details because it’s a scary battle that my mind is going through and I do not want anyone to see it. I know that everyone has these battles but due to my OCD, they cause me distress and can destroy me. I am currently doing CBT atm (which sadly, my therapy with a professional ends next week), I have found it helpful in getting rid of some of my OCD tendencies but not all of them and the ones that are left are causing me great concern. One of them being that I can’t handle a knife without the urge to kill myself by stabbing myself or cutting, this meaning that I can not even make myself a sandwich without wanting to kill myself. The true fact is that I do not want to kill myself but the problem is that the OCD wants to kill me. OCD kind of plays on my greatest desires/fears, the three being:
• The desire to live and the fear of dying.
• The desire to find a GF and have a family and the fear of ending up alone or something similar.
• The desire to make a positive difference and the fear of not making a positive difference or making a negative difference.
Sometimes I wish that there was some drug or treatment that I could take to quieten the fight so that I could live a somewhat normal life and not have to restrict my life.
I am not a Christian so would appreciate a non-spiritual types of advice or anything like that. So far, my main way of coping with my problems has been to use altruism (which means to help other peoples problems and hope that by doing so, some of your problems can be solved) but I am just hoping that someone can help me so that I can help more people and not have my mind destroy me at any available moment and leave me destroyed.
PS, I am not helping other people just to hopefully be helped myself, what I mean is that I primarily want to help other people and the things that helping people offers me, helps me(self worth etc).
2nd PS Sorry for this being a long post. I just had to make sure I said it all and it made sense.
It all makes perfect sense, don’t worry! :)
Okay, firstly, I think you need to take a step back from all of this, even for just a second! And let yourself breathe! Try and clear your head because there is obviously a bit of a war going on right now! It helps me sometimes to look at things in 3rd person, like if I could tell someone else whos in the same situation what to do, what would I tell them? Then tell yourself that.
I, personally, have fought with these same feelings of low self esteem and lack of self worth and still sometimes do. I know just how difficult it can be to deal with them and how they creep up on you. Sometimes it helps a little to know you aren’t alone! Which you most definitely aren’t! I know sometimes all you may want to do is hide yourself away behind closed doors because it’s easier that, than having to face things, Face yourself. But sometimes that’s what you need to do! To get to know yourself? To discover who you really are and who you’re really meant to be! Step out and be brave! I’d encourage you to try to surround yourself with positive people, life giving people. People that will encourage you every step of the way! And if there are people in your life who are the opposite, the kind that are telling you aren’t good enough for something or that you have no purpose, I’m telling you they are lying to you! And they probably shouldn’t be in your life anymore! Freedom is possible! You don’t have to be scared of anything, sometimes you have to lose something.. or someone to find yourself. It helps me to seek beauty in the little things..
I’m not any expert on OCD but my advice is to firstly, recognise one of these thoughts when you feel it coming on, distinguish it, realise that it’s not you, you don’t need it, and, easier said than done, try to work around the OCD thoughts by focusing your attention on something else, distract yourself with something you love. Put up a mental barrier? Picture a wall, and put all the thoughts.. needs? on the otherside of it and always think of the wall as unbreakable. Maybe too, try not to put yourself into situations you know trigger these thoughts, if you know that handling a knife makes you feel that way, confide in someone and i’m sure they would be so willing to do it for you. If looking in mirrors makes your confidence drop, only have one mirror that you look in, etc.. If you know you are still struggling and your therapy is ending, tell someone! Maybe CBT isn’t for you and you need another path?
If you really want to make a positive difference in this world, you WILL. Just by being you. Where there is a will, there is a way! Sometimes all you have to be is yourself and you will change things for the better. It just takes the desire to want to. You could change someones day just by saying “Hi”. Start small but think big! Don’t be afraid to dream, The biggest day dreamers are the most influencial in my oppinion! Remember too not to take on everyone elses problems too much, it’s so so amazing that you help, just don’t let them weigh you down too much? How you feel matters too! You are beautiful, no matter what!
Lou<3
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I really understand you, i thank you for taking the courage to write this no matter how long or short it is. “even trying you succeeded”You said you have many things wrong with you an endless battlefield from within. Life is a battlefield it not against you or wont do you any favours either. Everyone has there battles including the most successful and happiest people in the world you are not alone.
You keep saying negative things about yourself stop it, you are fuelling what i like to call your shadow. The more you feed it the more resilient it becomes.
STOP IT
The best advice anyone can recieve, i really mean this:
Stop looking for a solution to your problem(s) Ocd, drugs, alchemy, friends, family(father/mother),life, education and professionals etc
The solution is you and only you. Wanting to change only you can change your circumstances and thoughts there is no quick fix. Yes you can get advice from professionals,friends, family and rescue and many others, but the real work comes down to you.
I will say it can only you can decide to change, it is no ones fault. if you think negative then the result is negative. Its time to say enough is enough, i want better and i am going to i realise now its down to me its has always been (it always has)
So start today not tomorrow and don’t pass of the advice you have been given there is only so much people can help only you can change. Yes its hard work but if you looking for help then reading this you will change straight away. Dont look for excuses, cirumstances or blame things and people. you choosed to let tit effect you, so now you can choose to change and dont let it effect you.
yes its hard but the more you try and try the easier it gets.
face your fears, your the only one that can confront and overcome them. It may take days, weeks, months even years, but it all starts with you.
“the only thing to fear is fear itself”
The only person can help you is you, friends etc can encourage, show sympathy, But only you can choose and decide who you want to be. We all feel the same no matter what the circumstances or feeling it falls down on.
“we all feel it”
I hope you see now only you and you alone can change. i hope you choose this and not run from it or use excuses to cover yourself in and keep you down.
Its now or never
Paul
Anonymous asked: Why when you forgive someone is it ten times harder to realise it was a good thing? Cause right now im really regretting it. Plus i thought it would make my relationship with God a lot deeper but it feels like its gettin worse. Please help cause im begining to feel really discouraged. Thanks
I’ve definately been here a few times! Sometimes you forgive but you’re still holding on to the issue deep down? It’s so much harder than it sounds but you need to let it go.. Your heart will feel so much lighter when you do. Bitterness captures life, love releases it! We are all human and we all make mistakes! Also know that whatever happened is not your fault! And this will only make you stronger! Now is the time when you can really rely on God. He’s gonna bring you through this! And he sees your pain <3 Tell him everything your heart holds, and pray honestly, if your angry at him, tell him so! Ask him why this happened? What you need to learn from it? write your prayer down even? Then read it back, you may even find you’ve answered some of your own questions.. I hope you’re okaaay!
Lou. <3
hwigley asked: this is such an awesome idea louise :) I love it.
Thankyou Heather :)
Spread the word! Hoping that people find it! <3
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