Well it's been a while..

MY GOODNESS BLOGGERS!
OK. Before you start yelling at me, saying "what took you so long Carley?!" and blah blah balah, I would just like to say that I have been SO busy!!!!!!
...but I was thinking about you guys like crazy... and here I am!
Ok... so what's new in my life? WELL.
1. MY MOM IS MARRIED!
~ This happened back in Novemeber and it was AMAZING! Welcome to the family Pastor Bill :) or shall I say Poppa :)
2. I have my own room!!!! :D
~ I love having my own space now. I love my sister and all, but I needed my own space... and a CLOSET! I love love LOVE my closet! haha
3. My friend, Linsdeytardio, and I are making a random video from her iPhone right now and thats pretty exciting :)
4. I found this box of some crazy old photos of people in my family on my dads side from like 1970.
There are many more things that are new with me, but I shall update this more haha. Right now I must go focus on video making :)
Be blessed bloggers!
Love,
Carley <3

What it means to be LIMITLESS

Hello bloggers!
A few weeks ago, my youth group (Revolution) , started an event series called Limitless.  I have been really learning what it means to be limitless and live a life with out any limits.
Limitless, to me, means that you must live life with no fear, no chains, and be obedient and ready for whatever God is going to ask you to do. Lately, I feel that God has been asking me to break and do things that I would never normally do. 
For example, I feel like my day isn't complete unless I tell someone about Jesus. I have been wanting to go crazy and tell every single person I see about Jesus, but me being a little too shy, can't do that, unless I have A LOT of help from God. 
Well...... I obviously know what limit I have to break! 

Ok. So I am going to be starting this little thing called "Break the Chains Challenge".  This is going to be a weekly thing, and every week, there will be a new challenge. What I will do, I will have a dice, and have different subjects for every number on the dice. Every subject will require you to break a limit in your life. I will post a video of me rolling the dice and explaining what you will have to do, and give you a little pep talk. 

What's your part? I want you guys to make videos of yourselves DOING the challenges and either send me them through Facebook (if we are friends on FB) or send them to my Youtube page (link below). 


The challenges will be starting within the next few weeks so be sure to look out for them!
Be blessed,
Love
~Carley~

Pre-challenge: Tell someone about Jesus

What's on my heart

Hello bloggers! So a few things have been on my heart for a while. 
And.....
It's time to share them with you.

For a while now, I have been debating on whether or not I should start vlogging (video blogging). My vision for these would be weekly vlogs, and they would be totally laid back vlogs. They would basically be what God is doing in my life, what goes on in the Esther House on a weekly basis, what I do at church (nursery, platform, Revolution). Stuff like this. BUT! I need my fellow Esther Girl's permission to do this. Soooo..... if ALL goes well, I shall start doing this. 
(I will keep you updated) 

Number TWO! :)
I have challenged myself to memorize the books of the Bible! I found a rap on Youtube that I am memorizing. SO, when I memorize it, I will make a video of me rapping it. (It will most likely be up on my Youtube channel, so I will post it on here) 
Btw.. here's the rap:

Number three. 

I have been losing weight lately!! :) Last summer I had made a goal to be down to 150 pounds by this summer (I used to weigh 180ish). Right now, I am down to 157 pounds!! :D Where am I getting at? Well. I am making a new goal weight. My new goal weight is going to get down to 145 pounds by next summer.

But there is a catch.

I need to either run, swim, or do something active every day, and I can only have ONE "treat" day per week. This will start on November 1st and go until September 1st of next year. 

I will keep y'all updated (hopefully once a week of where I am at with my weight). 

Well. That's all for now fellow bloggers. 

Be blessed!

Love,

Carley<3

Transition.... Oooohh transition. The good and the bad.

Hello dear bloggers! Well I have a lot to share with you in this blog, but for starters... I am going to share some videos with you that has been getting me through some things. :) Enjoy. 

Transition. 

Everyone goes through it one way or the other. Some transition is harder than others. Some are for the better, but then there are the ones that are for the worse.

The bad ones could be a Christian who has back slid from God. Or maybe a marriage breaking apart for the wrong reasons.

I have recently watched the movie Soul Surfer For the third time, and there were two clips that really stuck out to me. The first clip is when the youth pastor (played by Carrie Underwood) is talking about getting new perspectives on things. The second is kind of how I am feeling about the transition I am going through (but I will talk more about that after you watch the clips.

Okay. Lets talk about the first video. Lately I have been feeling like the transition I am going through is this gigantic mountain, that looks like I can never overcome. Did you catch the Bible scripture in the first clip? Jeremiah 29:11.  This verse has restored some hope in me about my transition. I have never really noticed this particular scripture until my friend texted it to me and told me to look it up. When I did.. I couldn't believe what I had just read. So you can obviously see my reaction when I heard Jeremiah 29:11 when I watched Soul Surfer. I had to rewind the movie just make sure I heard Carrie Underwood correctly! 

Now the second clip. I am kind of in the same boat as Bethany right now. I am having a real hard time seeing what good is going to come out of this transition in my life right now. You know why though? Both Bethany and I have not yet taken that step back. I haven't gained a new perspective on my transition. Instead I have been stuck on my feeling of standing in the middle of all these brick sky scrapers crashing down on me, and thinking that I am alone through all of this. (Blimey! What a big lie that is!) God is with me. He is covering me, and He will never leave me. Did you catch what Carrie said at the end of the second clip? I have to believe that something good is going to come out of this. I do. I have to believe and stand on God's word, that something good will come out of this transition.

I was talking to another one of my friends about the transition I am going through, and they told me that this is something I need to welcome with open arms. No, its not going to be easy, but then again, serving God with all your heart isn't easy either..

So. You are probably wondering what this BIG transition is that I am going through. Well. I am going to tell you.

....... when the time is right. 

Bloggers, there are still quite a few things that I still need to work through. So I am going to deal with these things, and when I do, I shall tell you what my big transition is. 

How will you know what the blog will be that tells you about my transition? 

Don't worry.

Just look for the blog that will be titled Soul Surfer Has Transitioned!!! 

I know it's a random title... but hey now.... at least you will know what it is :) 

God bless my friends. And remember, NOTHING is too big for God.

Love,

Carley <3

Oh Summer..

Dear Summer,
Why are you leaving so soon? I mean you just got here. Please stay longer. I am going to miss the warmth of your summer sun's embrace. The sweet smell of the great outdoors. Going to the beach. Swimming. Soaking up the sun. Look, I know that September is wanting their turn with us. But promise me something. Next year, you will sit back, kick up your feet, and stay a VERY long time. 
Love,
Carley.




Well bloggers, it is that time of year again. 
We are going to be saying good bye to our beloved friend, Summer. 
But it is time to let go until next year. TRANSITION into a new season. 
No, I am not looking forward to winter and cold and snow, but you know what? I am deciding to have a positive attitude about this transition. 
I am going to have a smile on my face during the entire white session.. and just know that God created the ugly...umm... beautiful, white, fluffy, cold stuff.
Embrace this transition my friends. Don't run from it.
God bless.
Love, 
Carley <3

Faith Like A Golden Key

Bloggers.

Face it. Admit it. Come clean and confess. 

We all want that Golden Key from Caramilk. 

"So what Carley?! What's your point?"

Well. People around the world are searching for these keys. They put videos on Youtube. They break the chocolate bars in the stores to see... well feel... if there are keys in them. I have even heard of people buying car loads of Caramilk bars. 

What's my point? 

If we are capable to put THAT much faith into a golden key, why is our faith in God lacking? Can you imagine what our world would look like if our faith in God was just like people's faith in a golden key? Our world would look so much different.

Look at it this way. 

There is a key to eternity. 

God is this key.

How do we find God? 

Easy.

The Bible.

If we actually open up our Bible and read it from cover to cover. Be studying in the Word of God every day and have faith that God has an amazing plan for our lives, we will win the Grand Prize.

It's time to have Faith Like a Golden Key.

Lets start searching for the Eternity Key!

God bless,

Love,

Carley <3

Keep Running God's Race

As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord- Joshua 24:15

       Lately God has been speaking to me about running hard after Him and no matter what the enemy tries to throw at you, keep pressing in for the goal. I have been really struggling with knowing what God has for me- my destiny, who God wants me to be with, etc.  For the past few days, I have been physically seeing Joshua 24:15 everywhere and it reminds that I need to serve the Lord with everything I have. 

       The other day at church, my Pastor said something that really stuck with me. He said keep running hard after God with no distractions, and one day you will look beside you and the one that God has ordained for you to be with will be right there running beside you.  This doesn't mean that there aren't going to be any distractions. This means that when distractions come, what will you do about these distractions? Are you going to give into the enemy? Or are you going to keep your eyes focused on God and keep running after the goal. Last Friday at my youth group, one of the events we had to do was to lay on the ground with our eyes closed and keep a little cup on our heads. We had to really focus on keeping the cup on our heads as people came around and did whatever they could to distract us. This taught me that the enemy is going to get all up in my face to try to get my focus off of God, but no matter what the distraction may be, I CAN'T CAVE IN TO THE ENEMY! 

       A few days ago, God gave me a vision of log that was sitting just outside the campfire. I asked God why He showed me this and He said This log can only feel the heat of My fire. It only has one more step to be fully surrounded in fire. Carley, you are that log. This week I have been connecting the running thing and the campfire thing together. The revelation? That log isn't going to get itself into the fire. It needs to be picked up and thrown into it. I need to throw myself into God's fire, and once I am in, there is no turning back. Once I am in His fire, I need to keep running after God and keeping my eyes on the goal. 

       Fellow bloggers, keep your eyes on the goal. Don't give. Don't back down. Keep running after God and being on fire for Him. The best is yet to come. 

God bless,

Love,

Carley <3